A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 29: Forcing People to Submit
Tuesday, April 1927, 7.

The Yangtze River Rickshaw Dealership welcomed a "big happy" day. 24 rickshaws with "Da Zhaohui" license plates were placed on the open space outside the dealership base, ready to be put into use.

Because the base's yard was too small and needed to accommodate 72 rickshaw pullers, the vehicles had to be parked outside and watched over by He Xiangdong and his men.

"Oh my god, the Yangtze River Vehicle Company has suddenly added so many rickshaws. Boss Chen must have become rich again!"

"These rickshaws appear to be old vehicles. Could they be the vehicles previously owned by the Changjiang Vehicle Company?"

"Impossible. I've already found out. Today is the Changjiang Motors' 'New Cars in Service' celebration. Everyone's talking about it!"

"I heard too that there were more than seventy rickshaw drivers inside, receiving a lecture from Boss Chen!"

For a while.

The residents of Fangua Lane who came to watch the fun gathered in three layers, talking about it.

Of course, this is also the effect Chen Guangliang wants, to prove his strength and reassure those who lend him money.

At the Changjiang Car Dealership Base, Chen Guangliang is training 72 new drivers.

These rickshaw drivers were originally from the "Wang's Rickshaw Company". They happened to be "unemployed", so Chen Guangliang recruited 24 of them, just enough to equip rickshaws.

"You're all veterans now, so I won't elaborate on other details. Let me reiterate the rental rules here: three eight-hour shifts a day. The 21 rickshaws ahead of us were rented this way, and it's proven to be very effective. Eight hours of efficient work is just as good as your ten hours, and the rent is significantly lower."

"If you have any opinions, you can raise them now."

Everyone said: "No opinion"

They had all heard of the rules here, and they had been explained clearly before they came, so they had no objection to it.

At this time, a rickshaw driver asked, "I heard that the Changjiang Car Company is recruiting shareholders. Is this true, Boss Chen?"

Chen Guangliang replied loudly, "Yes, but not with this batch. This batch of vehicles is a collaboration between me and the transportation officials. You don't stand a chance. But I can tell you, there will be no shortage of such opportunities in the future, and you will be given priority."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen"

"Boss Chen is a good man"

Everyone responded with satisfaction.

We can’t say that it’s “greedy as a snake swallowing an elephant”, after all, every rickshaw puller has a dream - that is to own his own rickshaw.

But it is definitely unrealistic to buy one by yourself nowadays. A rickshaw plus a license plate is already three hundred dollars, and you also need channels to buy it.

But at Changjiang Car Dealership, it is equivalent to giving everyone an opportunity - the opportunity to buy a car together, so everyone is naturally very happy and has a deep sense of belonging to the car dealership.

Next, Chen Guangliang continued, "Okay, everyone should know that we at Changjiang Car Dealership can promote our products. This week we're just training on how to promote our products. We'll have another training session a week later before we can officially promote our products. Anyone who promotes our products without permission will be dismissed. If you're not familiar with the business and start working on it, you're bound to offend our customers."

Everyone nodded.

Afterwards, Chen Guangliang explained some speech techniques and precautions to everyone.

Including the previous speech, the whole time took half an hour before he announced the end.

Next.

Everyone started working according to the pre-arranged shifts.

Unlike the previous Wang's Rickshaw Company, the Changjiang Rickshaw Company usually rents rickshaws with the same number to three fixed people.

So, during the three shifts of the day, it was possible for two shifts to hand over on the way and not have to return to the Changjiang Vehicle Dealership. However, the rent had to be paid on the same day (unless there were special circumstances). If it was returned the next day, a warning would be given. Under He Xiangdong's command, everyone pulled their rickshaws and started the day's work.

At this time, Changjiang Rickshaw Company already owned 45 rickshaws!

Although it is not a big deal among the many car dealerships in Shanghai, for Chen Guangliang, it has laid a good foundation for his career.

at the same time.

In the prison of the police station.

"Tang Zhiqing, your wife is here to see you. I'll give you half an hour."

Inspector Gao's men came in with Tang's wife, and their attitude was still very good; because their superiors had already instructed that Tang Zhiqing should be given special treatment.

At this time, Wang Chengyun had colluded with Inspector Gao and others, and was determined to pin this matter on "Tang Zhiqing leading his men in an internal fight with the drivers, and Wang Chengyun wanted to stop it but it was too late, resulting in serious consequences."

Therefore, whether Tang Zhiqing and his accomplices plead guilty or not is of vital importance.

Soon, only Tang Zhiqing and his wife were left in the house, and the police station felt relieved.

"Boss Wang has promised me to pay us six hundred dollars. Three hundred of that will be paid to you first, and the remaining three hundred will be paid after I plead guilty. Did you receive the money?"

As soon as the voice fell, Tang's wife burst into tears and said, "My son is missing."

Tang Zhiqing suddenly stood up and said, "What? Your son is missing. What do you think?"

He got married when he was almost thirty, and finally had a son, so how could he not spoil him?

He pleaded guilty this time because he knew he would be sentenced to a heavy sentence. Besides knowing that he could not escape the relationship, the more important thing was that he was attracted by the generous resettlement allowance.

He wanted to use this settlement fee to provide his son with good conditions so that he could go to school.

Tang's wife said, "The kidnappers left a message saying that if you admit that it was Boss Wang who ordered us to do this, they will tell us where our son is. Otherwise, they will make us lose our son forever. They also warned us not to tell Boss Wang about this, or they will kill us immediately."

Tang Zhiqing was so angry that he wanted to rush out to save his son, but he quickly calmed down.

He knew that it must have been done by the group of coachmen.

But since he dared to do this, he must have taken his son to a secluded place.

Tang Zhiqing felt empty. If he told the truth, he would definitely offend Boss Wang, and he would lose all his money and his jail time would be in vain. If he didn't tell the truth, he would lose his only son.

"Boss, saving our son is the most important thing. Money is not necessary!"

Tang Zhiqing shuddered, then said, "Are you sure they can return our son?"

Tang's wife insisted, "Yes, they said that as long as you admit in front of the reporters that Boss Wang ordered you to beat him up because he couldn't get the rent increase, they will release you immediately. And the reporters will be here for an interview tomorrow, and we will be able to see our son right away!"

Those drivers are being directed by a master!

Tang Zhiqing quickly understood the key point and said, "Okay, I'll save my son!"

"Remember, you also have to convince Ma Xiaoliu to join you!"

"Okay, don't worry, he's my brother!"

This time, Tang Zhiqing and his brother Ma Xiaoliu were imprisoned for the crime.

(End of this chapter)