Chapter 324
Mr. Su once again made a promise that he would be back early today and went to work. God knows what kind of work he’s doing now, with a salary of only seventy dollars a month, it’s not enough to spend a dinner at a restaurant.
But Mr. Su was really planning to go home early today, so he didn’t even take a sip of water when he got back to the office and asked his secretary to contact Secretary Zhao’s office.
After the secretary contacted him by phone, he said, “Secretary Zhao is not in his office, he should have gone to look for a VIP.”
Su Chunjun: “I have something to do to find the VIP, you make a call.”
The secretary’s phone dialed out at the same time, he had already gone out. Up the stairs, down the stairs, up the stairs again, and after being searched by the guards at the door, he knocked on the door, “VIP, this is Su Chunjun.”
The door opened and it was Secretary Zhao, “Come in, just in time to talk about you.”
Su Chunjun nodded and walked in, saying to Jiang behind the table, “Mr. Zhang is resting, I waited a while before giving him the report, but he didn’t give a reply.”
Jiang waved his hand, stood up and walked over to him and said, “That’s just an excuse to get you over there, it’s not important. Chunjun, come and sit down.”
Su Chunjun said, “VIP, I’m afraid I have to leave early today. Yan Yan is in shock today, and I can’t leave her home alone. I wanted to bring my mother-in-law over to keep her company, but she’s not home either. I’ll just have to go back early.”
VIP Jiang: “I should. Today was indeed a bit of an accident. You go back and comfort Yan Yan.”
Su Chunjun smiled bitterly, “She has never seen a host with a gun who comes to the door and invites people to be his guest in her entire life.”
Essential Jiang glanced at Secretary Zhao.
Secretary Zhao comforted, “Yan Yan is a new youth in a new era, it’s not good to be so timid. You’ll give her more guts to practice.”
Su Chunjun shook his head, “Let’s talk about it later. Alas, I could never have imagined it. I thought it was just a joke from Ms. Zhao, how come she really found Yan Yan there? And also picked the time when I was not there.”
Secretary Zhao looked at Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang nodded, Secretary Zhao pushed Su Chunjun to sit down, and poured him a cup of tea in front of him.
Secretary Zhao said in a warm voice, “You probably don’t know about Mr. Zhang, let me tell you about it.”
Mr. Zhang’s name is Zhang Jiushi, his family has been an official for generations and is also a family of tired eunuchs. His father was made General Dingxi in the Qing Dynasty, and had been stationed in the area of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. As the emperor was far away from that place, the Zhang family was known as the King of Dingxi.
When the old Buddha died and the Emperor ran away with the Japanese, the few loyal ministers who stayed in the capital drew up a decree to ask for help from various warlords, asking them to work hard to snatch the Emperor back, and in the meantime to fight the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
After receiving this decree, Mr. Zhang’s father thought about it and ignored it.
Later on, the Zhang family established themselves as kings. The original is also the King of Dingxi, although there is no emperor real seal, but a province of the military and government are by the Zhang family when a word.
The Zhang family has people, land, food and army, life is very good.
Secretary Zhao: “Then the Japanese went over.”
The Japanese were trying to get the Zhang family together. They helped the Zhangs build arsenals, steel mills, automobile factories, hospitals, schools and railroads, and finally said they wanted to rule Sichuan with the Zhangs.
The Zhang family didn’t object when the Japanese started building this and that, and when the Japanese made their demands, Mr. Zhang’s father flipped out.
Secretary Zhao: “General Zhang probably thought that the Japanese might not dare to flip out because his family had the advantage of the location. And he did covet the Japanese’s new technology. He doesn’t mind the Japanese doing business on his turf, but he’s never thought of giving his turf to the Japanese.”
Zhang Gongzi’s father flipped out in front of him and wanted to kick all the Japanese out, and the Japanese assassinated Zhang Gongzi’s father’s family.
Secretary Zhao: “General Zhang, Mrs. Zhang and the rest of the family died. Mr. Zhang went to school in Beijing and escaped.”
Zhang Jiushi rushed home and after burying his entire family, he planned to seek revenge on the Japanese. He contacted around, hoping to pull a few more families to join him in fighting the Japanese.
Secretary Zhao spread his two hands, “But the result was not as expected.”
Su Chunjun also understood and sighed.
Since ancient times, it was easy to add flowers to the brocade, but difficult to send charcoal in the snow.
When you are making money together, you have a lot of friends, but when you are in trouble, how many true friends are willing to live and die together?
At this time of national crisis, everyone only pity the power in their own hands, there is no comrade in arms that can be trusted, and ultimately only waiting for the enemy to break them one by one.
Essential Chiang smoked a cigarette.
Secretary Zhao: “Later ……”
Everyone watched, all refused to make a move. Despite the words, no one was willing to fight with him.
Zhang Jiushi’s mind gradually cleared up after his grief. He is very clear about the war a fight life two money, he with the strength of a family want to beat back the Japanese is a fool’s errand, and so he and the Japanese against the back of no one to support, may only send his family life. He doesn’t mind if he lives or dies personally, but he has to die with value, he can’t give his life away for nothing.
Secretary Zhao: “Mr. Zhang has been waiting for a price. He is likewise a friend of our party, one of its most important partners. However, he doesn’t hold any position, so you have to treat him with more respect, but you also have to be careful. Otherwise if something goes wrong, he’ll be fine and you might not.”
Secretary Zhao finished these words and patted Su Chunjun’s shoulder.
Su Chunjun’s mind was racing and his mouth played dumb, “Did Mr. Zhang deliberately let someone scare Yan Yan because she was friends with the Japanese?”
Secretary Zhao glanced at VIP Jiang and said, “This …… is not easy to say. Duke Zhang is a ridiculous person, all the habits of a playboy. He loves to smoke, and he smokes all day long, and he is good at having fun, and his family has money and can afford to pay for him to spend his days drinking. If so, it’s also very possible that he heard some rumors and got angry in his heart, so he deliberately gave Yan Yan a little face? VIP, do you think that would be the case?”
He and Su Chunjun looked at VIP Jiang together.
VIP Jiang shook his head, took off his glasses and wiped them before putting them back on, saying, “You’re just talking nonsense. Yan Yan is a small child, and how old is Mr. Zhang to be arguing with a small child? He is willing to eat at the same table with the Japanese, why would he care how many Japanese friends Yan Yan has? I think you’re all overthinking it. Mr. Zhang has always been like this. Everyone in his family carries a gun, and except for Miss Zhao, who doesn’t wear a uniform, everyone wears a uniform. Unless he asks Miss Zhao to pick up Yanyan, it doesn’t matter who he sends.”
Secretary Zhao nodded and said, “Then it looks like we’re overthinking it.”
Essential Jiang: “Overthinking, overthinking.”
Su Chunjun still had his brows furrowed together as he said, “In any case, VIP, do you think I should come to the door to make amends again? There are many gifts and many people are not to be blamed. Regardless of who exactly Mr. Zhang is looking at me and Yan Yan as being unfavorable, I’ll go and make amends first, do you think it’s alright?”
Essential Officer Jiang smiled and said, “Yes, why not? Let your big brother Zhao accompany you. Today, Mr. Zhang invited your wife to be his guest, if you are spiritually awake, you should bring a gift to pay a visit tonight.”
Secretary Zhao slapped his thigh: “Makes sense! Then, I’ll go and prepare the gift. Pure Jun, don’t go back in a while, go with me to see Mr. Zhang directly, it’s necessary to see him today. Early to go early peace of mind, so as to save Miss Zhao from having another whim to invite Yan Yan tomorrow.”
Su Chunjun really got uneasy again upon hearing this.
Secretary Zhao then smiled and turned to Essential Jiang, “Essential Jiang, I’ll go prepare the gift then.”
VIP Jiang nodded, “Go.”
Secretary Zhao went out.
VIP Jiang asked Su Chunjun to sit closer, patted his arm and said, “Chunjun, look, do you want Yan Yan to work here? It will give you peace of mind and avoid another incident like today.”
Su Chunjun did not want to agree, but today’s incident was really too scary.
He couldn’t decide, hesitated and said, “Yan Yan is less than twenty …… years old, too young, and she hasn’t graduated from college.”
Jiang want member: “also do not need her to do any important work, is to type, send letters, make phone calls this kind of. Besides, you don’t have to be too modest, Yan Yan knows so many kinds of foreign languages, it is still possible to be a small translator, right?”
Su Chunjun quickly shook his head, “Sir, that won’t do, what Yan Yan has learned is just ordinary stuff, conversations may be fine, but she’s not a professional interpreter, she can’t do such an important job. I’ll go back and think about it before replying to you.”
Essential Jiang: “Good. You go back and think about it, and talk to Yan Yan as well. With you here, what is she afraid of? You can go to work together every day and get off together. You can take your car back and forth, and you’ll be under your nose when you go to work, so there’s no safer place than this. There is no safer place than here. As long as she is here, no matter if it is Mr. Zhang or the Japanese, no one can take her away again, think about it, right?”
Su Chunjun was really moved.
He went back to his office to make a call home and learned that Yan Yan had taken a bath after he left and had another bowl of noodles before going to bed.
He said, “Don’t call her, let her sleep and don’t disturb her. I’ll be back later today, so you can tell her when she wakes up.”
By six o’clock, Secretary Zhao had prepared a gift and came over to call Su Chunjun.
Secretary Zhao: “Let’s go.”
Su Chunjun took his jacket and got in the car with Secretary Zhao, and saw Secretary Zhao bring up a box.
Su Chunjun: “Is this a gift? What is it? Wine? Guns?” Or money?
Secretary Zhao shook his head and opened it to show him that there was a more elaborate enameled box inside the box, and when he opened it, it contained black ointment that smelled strongly of medicine.
Su Chunjun: “Big Smoke Ointment?”
Secretary Zhao laughed: “This is the finest □□□, the Empress Dowager and the Old Buddha all smoked this. It’s not easy to find this stuff, I’ve gone through a lot of trouble.”
Su Chunjun covered his nose, “Close it quickly, don’t lose the flavor. You smoke this?”
Secretary Zhao closed the lid with a snap, “I was curious once when I was fifteen or sixteen, and my father almost broke my legs. At that time, from princes and nobles to peddlers, no one did not smoke this. You didn’t smoke it?”
Su Chunjun said coldly: “I was studying in England at that time, I knew about this, but I didn’t touch it.”
Secretary Zhao: “The British also smoke this?”
Su Chunjun: “They smoked it and took it as medicine.”
Secretary Zhao shook his head: “Why didn’t you tell the British to smoke a few more? It would be great if everyone in England smoked like in China.”