Chapter 7 Chapter VII

In fact, Bai Mudan was considered popular by Mr. He, and also by the dead Governor Zheng.Zheng Dujun was originally one of the founders of the big stage.When the big stage opened three years ago, Governor Zheng was in full swing, and the Chinese territory outside the concession was still under the control of Governor Zheng's Zhen Guojun, and even the concession authorities gave him three points.At that time, Zheng Dujun often stayed in the mansion in the concession, during which he occasionally went to the big stage. Once, Zheng Dujun took a group of adjutants to the big stage to listen to the storytelling of "Big Eye Liu". He accidentally saw Bai Mudan performing on the stage, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he changed his mind and went to the theater.Hearing this, he was fascinated, not by Bai Mudan's good voice, but by Bai Mudan's good looks.Therefore, Governor Zheng applauded Bai Mudan, presented flowers that night, invited wine on the second night, and invited Bai Mudan to sing in his mansion on the third night, and asked his eighth wife Yu Wanzhen to pay homage to her. sisters.

Bai Mudan remembered that she was flattered at the time, standing in the luxurious living room of the Zheng mansion singing "Cool Red" for Governor Zheng, her whole body was hot and hot, even more nervous than standing on the big stage, but after singing, she actually sang There were fine beads of sweat all over his head and face, and he was out of tune. Governor Zheng didn't care about it—it was later discovered that the old man didn't know much about opera, and the old man said that she sang well because of her good looks and figure, and wanted to accept her as his ninth concubine.It wasn't that Zheng Dujun died later, this Aunt Jiu might have really let her do it.

Mr. He met later in Zheng's mansion. Governor Zheng took her to play cards with her. Every time Mr. He was at the poker table, Mr. He became acquainted after coming and going.After getting acquainted, Chief He also invited a group of down-home officials and politicians to support her, and even hired reporters from the bulletin board to build momentum for her, and posted articles and photos on various tabloids, "one said white peony", "two said white peony" After talking about it, she made her stage name known, and it made her popular inside and outside the concession within two months.

However, troubles followed. When I didn’t become popular, I always thought I would be popular, but when I really became popular, I realized that the feeling was not good: the peaceful life was over, and I didn’t have any freedom to speak of. —— Zheng The warlord did not allow her to associate with any young men, and tied up one of her childhood sweethearts, making her life and death unknown. This made Bai Mudan very sad.Bai Mudan almost swallowed the smoke in a fit of anger.Afterwards, he seemed to be a different person, and he couldn't arouse the interest in singing anymore, he just hung out in the arms of Dujun Zheng and Chief He, until Dujun Zheng died, and he was considered to have earned half of his body.

It was also a coincidence that at this time, he met Yu Wanzhen's nephew Zhu Ming'an. As soon as they met in the room of the East Asia Stock Exchange, Bai Mudan was stunned. She never thought that Yu Wan would have such a young and handsome nephew—and he majored in economics—and he helped her earn money the first time they met. .The life that had been sleeping for several years in a daze woke up at that moment, Bai Mudan felt that this man was really sent to her by the god of fate, and it would be a sin for her not to hold him firmly. However, Yu Wanzhen was by my side at that time—until the night of drinking and singing, Yu Wanzhen was always by my side, so it was not easy to handle.When Wanfu Company bought Zhu Mingan a suit and leather shoes, she could tell that Yu Wan really wanted to pull her into launching the "New Far East", but she didn't want her to have a hot fight with her nephew—just like she knew Yu Wanzhen, Yu Wanzhen also knew her from the bottom of her heart. She and Yu Wanzhen had slept together on the same big bed in Governor Zheng's bed, so they had trouble with Yu Wanzhen, and Yu Wanzhen would never let her pester Zhu Ming'an again.

This marriage—if it can be counted as a marriage, it is just her wishful thinking, and there is really not much hope for it.she knows. However, when the banquet was over that night and she returned home with a hazy feeling of alcohol, Bai Mudan couldn't help but think of Zhu Ming'an again.No matter how I thought about it, I thought Zhu Ming'an was pretty good, so Zhu Ming'an's figure in a beige suit flashed in front of his eyes.My heart was suddenly confused, although I was still afraid of Yu Wanzhen in my bones, but I still thought foolishly, although Zhu Ming'an is Yu Wanzhen's nephew, he is still a big man after all, he will not listen to his aunt in everything, as long as he Wishing to be nice to herself, Yu Wanzhen has nothing to do.Of course, a very important issue here is that Yu Wanzhen can't be allowed to speak ill of herself and tell Zhu Ming'an all the things she did with Governor Zheng and Chief He in the past.

Therefore, since that day, Bai Mudan secretly hid her love for Zhu Ming'an at first sight in her heart, not daring to be too arrogant. I can often listen to Zhu Ming'an's voice and have a private chat with Zhu Ming'an.Every time it was Zhu Mingan who answered the phone, Bai Mudan would talk endlessly, and fully agree with any suggestion Zhu Mingan made. Zhu Ming'an was also really capable, and things went surprisingly smoothly. A week later, the announcement of the preparations for the "New Far East Exchange" came out in the Huaguang Daily.On the same day, Zhu Mingan asked Sun Yaxian to write an article under the pseudonym "Little Zhuge" also published.Sun Yaxian used the headline "Former Chief He Mou Goes to the Sea to Do Business, New Far East is Intensely Prepared to Open Soon", and talked about the strong political, military and economic background of the "New Far East" in the newspaper.Sun Yaxian was originally an insider, but in the article he acted like an outsider, pretending to be mysterious.It is said that after several visits, I learned that "New Far East" has a great background, not only has the background of the Zhen Guojun, but also has the background of important officials in the Beijing government. The market has brought great impact and so on.

Not two days later, Sun Yaxian's second article came out again, which was even more mysterious, saying that the inside story of the "New Far East" was unfathomable, and that one of the initiators was Xu, a former revolutionary who attacked the manufacturing bureau back then. .There are also a number of unidentified people in a southern province who are being further visited.Therefore, the "New Far East" seems to be the economic and political stronghold for the Beijing government to contact the revolutionaries in the south. In all likelihood, both the north and the south are insured.

Bai Mudan read the newspaper and couldn't help laughing, so she called Zhu Ming'an and asked, "Which one of us is a revolutionary in the south? Is it you or me?" Zhu Mingan also smiled on the phone: "Don't take it seriously, we're just talking." Bai Mudan yelled: "You bastards keep deceiving people like this, I won't do it!" Zhu Ming'an said: "This is the end of the hype. The next step is to get serious. No, I'm going to talk to you about raising shares." Bai Mudan longed for Zhu Ming'an to come, so she said, "Then why don't you come, I have a lot to talk to you about too! ——Since we have established our own stock exchange, I still have some other people's stocks on hand and want to sell them. Help me make up my mind, how should I throw it away?"

Zhu Ming'an said: "If I want to come, I can only come tomorrow, and my aunt will be free tomorrow." Bai Mudan said angrily: "You are a real person, you have to drag your aunt for everything! You come alone, come tonight, I will wait for you!" Zhu Mingan hesitated for a while on the phone, but finally agreed. Bai Mudan was overjoyed, put down the phone and hurriedly got together with the old lady, and specially gave the old lady a holiday, asking the old lady to stay at home for one night, and come back to serve in the next morning. As soon as the old lady left, Bai Mudan changed into the gorgeous evening gown that Governor Zheng had given her back then, took out the powder box, carefully painted her eyebrows in front of the mirror, and put on lipstick on her lacklustre lips.While doing all this, my heart kept pounding in my chest, and I haven't felt this exciting feeling for many years.After dressing up, seeing myself in the mirror was no longer as tired and haggard as I used to be, and my heart calmed down a little.

After that, there was an anxious wait - I didn't dare to make any more phone calls, fearing that it would be Yu Wanzhen who answered the phone, causing unexpected trouble, and also afraid that Zhu Ming'an would change his mind if he answered the phone, so he went outside the door again and again Alley to meet. It was almost nine o'clock when Zhu Ming'an came. He didn't come alone, but he came with Sun Yaxian who wrote the article. They took a rickshaw alone. At first, Bai Mudan didn't know that Sun Yaxian would come together. After welcoming Zhu Ming'an and was about to leave, Sun Yaxian's car had already arrived.Although Bai Mudan said she was upset, she couldn't show it on her face, she just asked with a smile: "Will Mr. Sun come to my place too?" Sun Ya was taken aback for a moment: "Oh, it's fine to sit down, Ming An and I still have a few words to say." Zhu Ming'an also said: "I asked my grandson to come with me. Tomorrow we have to look for a house on our stock exchange. I have already taken a fancy to the house on Moss Road. My grandson is going to talk..." Sun Ya first looked at Bai Mudan and said, "This house is on the fourth floor of the big company. It turned out to be an exchange. Ms. Bai may know that it is the Greater China Grain and Oil Cake Exchange. My eighth wife and I have taken a fancy to it." Bai Mudan frowned and asked, "Did the Great China move?" Sun Ya first said: "What house are you moving to? The Great China Cereals and Oil Cake Exchange has collapsed!" Bai Mudan shouted: "Oh, that's broken, I still have their stocks!" Sun Ya first asked: "How many shares are there? Is it a big loss?" But Bai Mudan didn't say anything, just took Zhu Ming'an's hand, patted the back of Zhu Ming'an's hand and said: "Ming'an, you have to help me calculate, calculate, you are an expert, I can only trust you!" Sun Yaxian was not very happy: "Can't you trust me?" Bai Mudan said: "You can write those deceptive articles, but you can't do stocks!" Sun Ya first saw that Bai Mudan only wanted to talk to Zhu Mingan, not him, and didn't seem to want him to stay in front of her, so she winked at Zhu Mingan and left, saying something before leaving: "Mingan, Miss Bai just wants to Talk to you, I will leave, and I will call you again tomorrow morning!" Bai Mudan didn't stay behind either, she said "Good morning", and walked into her room with Zhu Ming'an on her arm. As soon as he sat down at home, Zhu Mingan asked, "How many shares of Greater China did you buy?" Only then did Bai Mudan laugh: "I lied to Sun Yaxian, and I didn't buy a share." Zhu Ming'an said: "That's good." He added, "If you really bought it, then you have to admit that you are unlucky. The exchange collapsed, and I can't help it." Bai Mudan said: "Let's not talk about this, go out to dinner with me first!" Zhu Mingan was startled: "What? You haven't had dinner yet?" Bai Mudan rolled Zhu Ming'an's eyes with grievances: "Didn't you wait for you? You said you would come, but it was so late..." Zhu Mingan raised his hand and slapped himself on the face: "Damn it, I made you hungry until now!" Bai Mudan said: "I'm not hungry, but I'm so anxious to wait, I'm afraid you will be dragged away by wolves..." Zhu Ming'an said: "Well, let me treat you today, it's an apology." Bai Mudan said: "I still invite you, you helped me earn money as soon as we met, I have to thank you very much! Ming'an, tell me, where shall we go? Should we go to Victoria to eat western food, or Quanjufu to eat sauce?" duck?" Zhu Ming'an said: "It's up to you, I've had dinner anyway, I'll accompany you wherever you like!" Bai Mudan said happily: "Then let's go to Victoria, it will be more elegant and dance there." Unexpectedly, just as the two were about to go out, Yu Wanzhen came to the door in Xing Chuzhi's broken car. Seeing them walking out arm in arm, she froze for a moment, as if surprised.However, he didn't say anything, only said that she was also a little hungry, and they happened to go to eat something together. As a result, Bai Mudan lost a good night full of passion, and Yu Wanzhen was so angry that she died.