A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er touched the material and found it wasn't particularly bad, but it wasn't particularly high-end either. She said to Sha Yanxiao, "Brother, this set is nice."

Sha Yanxiao nodded and said to the manager, "I want both colors."

The manager packed the clothes with a smile on his face. Sha Yanxiao paid the bill and took Guier out for lunch before returning to the villa.

Wu Mingqiang had already returned. As soon as he saw them, he eagerly approached them and said, "Young Marshal, it's settled. The documents are all in order. I also found someone who knows Mr. Zhang from Mitsui & Co., but I don't know him very well. He's a busybody. He'll do anything for money, good or bad. I've pretended the young lady is a relative of mine, and that she's struggling to make a living, so I paid him ten dollars to introduce her. He agreed immediately, and we'll bring her to Mr. Zhang tomorrow."

Sha Yanxiao looked at the forged ID Wu Mingqiang had given Gui'er and asked, "Is this person reliable? Have you checked this Mr. Zhang?"

Wu Mingqiang said, "I checked and found out that he was just an ordinary clerk at a foreign company. He worked his way up from a junior clerk at several foreign companies and had good business skills. Then he was poached by Mitsui & Co."

Sha Yanxiao nodded and said, "Well, but not tomorrow. We're pressed for time. Go find the middleman and tell him to take you to see Mr. Zhang this afternoon and go to work tomorrow."

Wu Mingqiang was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll do it right away."

Sha Yanxiao said to Gui'er with a smile, "Let's make a quick decision. If we can't find the source, we can take our time. We can also find someone to infiltrate the foreign company storing the goods in the warehouse at Gonghexiang Wharf to investigate. We'll go back to Jiangcheng to celebrate the festival first."

Gui'er felt that Sha Yanxiao might not have high hopes for her actions, so she didn't know what to say. She nodded and said with a smile, "Okay."

Soon, Wu Mingqiang came back and told Sha Yanxiao that everything had been arranged and the middleman would take the lady over now.

Guier quickly changed into her new clothes and followed Wu Mingqiang out. Wu Mingqiang first drove her to the side of the road, then stopped the car and said to her, "Miss, you've been wronged. I told them that you're from a poor family, so it's not convenient for you to take a foreign car."

Gui Er smiled and said, "It's okay, little bro is really thoughtful."

So the two of them came to the roadside and lined up under a tram stop. After a while, a tram came by and they lined up to get on the tram. The conductor stood at the front of the tram next to the driver's seat and bought tickets one by one. Guier saw that some people gave copper coins and some gave banknotes. She didn't have any banknotes, so she glanced at the person above her and saw that he gave 20 copper coins, so she quickly took out 20 copper coins and handed them to him.

The ticket seller rolled his eyes at Gui'er, took it, and tore off a ticket for her. Wu Mingqiang gave her a dime in French currency. Gui'er found a seat and sat down. Wu Mingqiang came over and sat next to her. Gui'er found that most people gave banknotes, and only a few who looked obviously from other places gave copper coins. She thought to herself, no wonder that person gave me a look, he must have thought I was from other places.

Wu Mingqiang whispered in Gui'er's ear, "Miss, when you come back from the office, take this tram. We'll pick you up at the place where we just parked. The security here is pretty good. There are Indian patrolmen, so small hooligans won't cause trouble. And take these French francs. In Shanghai, many people have been using French francs these past two years. If you still use copper coins, you'll be laughed at and called a country bumpkin."

Guier nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Wu."

The tram was moving slowly forward with a series of ding-ding-ding sounds. Gui'er was a little dazed. Looking at the tall buildings on both sides of the road, she had the illusion that she seemed to have returned to the modern era.

"Miss, Miss, we're here."

Gui'er finally came to her senses and followed Wu Mingqiang out of the car and walked into a restaurant. It was not a high-end restaurant, as it was decorated in a Western style, but the menu on the wall was Chinese food, a bit like a modern Cantonese tea restaurant.

Wu Mingqiang brought Gui'er to a table and sat down. He asked the waiter to bring a pot of fragrant tea. After a while, Wu Mingqiang stood up, waved his hand and said, "Boss Fu, this way."

Guier quickly turned her head and saw a man in his 40s with a fat face, a slightly bald head and round-frame glasses walking in.

He first shook hands with Wu Mingqiang enthusiastically, then glanced at Gui'er and said, "Is this the Miss Wu you asked me to introduce? She looks very quiet and graceful. I've already told Mr. Zhang about this. Mr. Fu still has some face in this regard, so he asked me to bring Miss Wu over for an interview right now."

Wu Mingqiang smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Boss Fu. Let's go."

Boss Fu waved his hand and said, "Hey, Master Wu, there's no need to go with us, right? They're looking for female employees, and they need to get things done. If a bunch of people go with them for the interview, it'll make you look incompetent."

Guier smiled and said, "Boss Fu is right. Brother Wu, thank you very much for this matter. I'll treat you to a meal later."

Wu Mingqiang understood and said, "Okay, thank you very much."

Boss Fu smiled and said, "That's right, Miss Wu, let's go."

When they went out and took the tram, Boss Fu was really a fool. He didn't pay when he got on the tram and said, "I'll pay later." What he meant was that he wanted Gui'er to pay for the fare for him. Obviously, Wu Mingqiang had already spent ten dollars to give him, and Gui'er still needed him now. She was too lazy to argue with him and paid for the ticket with legal tender.

The two took the tram to Mitsui & Co.

Gui'er originally thought it was a very grand company, but it was just a small three-story building, one of the first floors. Boss Fu took her to the second floor, pushed open a door, and went into a large room with many desks. There were both male and female employees, with more men, most of them wearing suits. The female employees wore dresses, cheongsams, and curly hair, and they looked quite fashionable. In such an environment, not only Gui'er, but even Boss Fu seemed a little out of place.

A female employee asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Boss Fu bowed and said, "Hello, I'm a relative of Manager Zhang. I have an appointment with him."

The female employee was a little surprised, but she still walked to the door of a small room, knocked, opened the door, and said inside: "Manager Zhang, two people who claim to be your relatives are here to see you."

A few seconds later, the female employee turned around and said to the boss and Gui'er, "Manager Zhang, please come in."

Boss Fu bowed and nodded in thanks, then invited Guier into the small office.

The small office was not luxurious at all, and it couldn't compare to Sha Yanxiao's or Dashuai's. It was just a square desk with a bookcase behind it filled with all kinds of cowhide briefcases.