Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 147 Much Ado About Nothing

It was just as Yuan Miao said. In the evening, Fang Mingyuan brought Lin Lian, Sun Zhaolun and others to the appointment, accompanied by Chen Zhong and three other security personnel.

Fang Mingyuan is really curious about Chang'an Trading Co., Ltd., and as Yuan Miao said, with the development of Carrefour Supermarket in Qinxi Province, he must gradually integrate into the corresponding circles.

There are many paths for a friend, right? Being a maverick is certainly eye-catching, but from a certain perspective, it is just another way of saying that it is difficult to stand alone. Fang Mingyuan wants to go further in the future, not only in China but also around the world.

If you are far away, you must find like-minded partners. Even those who can only play a partial role should not be let go.

After the car turned from the national highway into the turnoff road leading to Chang'an Guild Hall, Fang Mingyuan discovered that there were quite a few luxury cars on this road, including BMWs, Mercedes-Benz, and Buicks... In a short stretch of road, he saw seven cars on the road.

Among the famous cars that are rare in Fengyuan City, there are actually two sports cars, one is a Porsche, and the other one was too fast, so he didn't even see it clearly.

"This Chang'an Guild Hall is the territory of Chang'an Trading Co., Ltd.?" Fang Mingyuan said with some surprise. If that was really the case, he still underestimated the energy of Yuan Miao. Although this can be regarded as a suburb of Fengyuan, but

How is it possible to occupy such a considerable piece of land here without some background?

"Probably not, but it is said that it has very close ties with Chang'an Trading Co., Ltd." Sun Zhaolun said uncertainly, "According to uncertain information, this club seems to have a military background. I heard here that it used to be Fengyuan

A military camp where the local army was stationed was later transferred to the Chang'an Guild Hall. I don't know exactly who is behind it. Mr. Fang, this army is different from the local army. We should be careful when we go there."

Fang Mingyuan nodded. If there is a military background behind the Chang'an Guild Hall, then it is not surprising that it can establish itself in Fengyuan City.

In China, the army has traditionally been characterized by self-sufficiency as a "production team", but it only "does it by oneself and has enough food and clothing" and has nothing to do with the outside of the army. The reason why it had the characteristics of self-sufficiency production at that time was due to the situation and conditions

It was a last resort situation. Although this feature was retained after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was still strictly restricted in certain aspects and never allowed commercial relations between the army and the outside world. It has to be admitted that these activities can reduce the burden on the country and effectively solve the problem of the survival and development of the army.

The necessary material difficulties have played a greater role. It should be said that the commercial production engaged in by the army is a temporary measure, and its original intention is to relieve the country's worries, so it has received the full understanding and help of the people.

But after the 1980s, this kind of business activity has undergone major changes. The military has been deeply and massively involved in commodity economic activities, and the army, navy and air force and the three major headquarters are all fully involved in economic activities. This can be seen across the country.

Not only that, the commercial activities conducted by the military include field armies, large military regions, provincial military regions, military subdivisions, etc., all of which are engaged in business. The purpose is to supplement the serious shortage of military expenditures. For a period of time, the entire army has been immersed in the sea of ​​​​commerce.

. Anyone who has visited Nanhai Province today will not fail to be deeply impressed by the gas stations marked with military emblems on both sides of the highway. In many cities, the Signal Corps operates advertisements for paging services, military-run hotels, restaurants, bars, and karaoke houses.

, can be seen everywhere.

Although since the mid-1980s, the country has concentrated its financial resources on economic development, the military has to obey the overall situation of national economic construction and implement the policy of "patience". Military expenditures have decreased, and the gap in various funds is large. The shortfall needs to be borne by the military itself.

Under this situation, commercial production with the purpose of making money and making up for the lack of funds has gradually developed. The people can also understand. However, when the military is engaged in production and management, driven by economic interests, it competes with the people for profits.

It also happened from time to time, causing some conflicts between the military and the government, and between the military and the people, and some lawsuits even reached the Military Commission.

Moreover, in terms of income distribution, because they are self-financing, there is a big difference between troops stationed in cities, especially in economically developed areas, and troops stationed in remote and difficult areas, which affects the unity within the army. What is more serious is that the production of some units

Proceeds went into the "small treasury" and financial management was chaotic, which opened the door to extravagance and corruption, corrupting some people, including individual senior cadres.

What's more critical is that the military not only participates in normal commercial activities, but also participates in some smuggling and profit-making activities. Such as smuggling cars, cigarettes, reselling arms, operating luxury hotels, real estate speculation, etc.

For example, I don’t know when, many cars with military motor vehicle license plates suddenly appeared all over the country - a small license plate can be exchanged for bundles of banknotes once changed hands, and for the army, apart from the need to apply for military license plates

In addition to time, it can be said that there is almost no cost.

These vehicles with military plates enjoyed a series of local privileges that the local traffic police department could not manage at all. This undoubtedly gave some people in the society at that time the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes - they used military vehicles to carry out smuggling.

When this situation attracted the attention of local traffic police, some local armies even rented out their own soldiers together with military vehicles - which is in line with the saying of "escorting" reform and opening up.

This chaotic situation would not be truly resolved until the late 1990s.

But Fang Mingyuan is not worried about anything. If the Chang'an Guild Hall really has a military background, it may be more beneficial to him. In the past few years, Carrefour Supermarket has accommodated no less than a thousand families of martyrs' survivors, although they are scattered throughout the country.

On the vast land of Qinxi Province, but in terms of total volume, except for those large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, I am afraid no one can do better than myself. The military pays attention to the suitability of clothes, and I have solved such a problem for the army.

There are many bereaved families facing difficulties. It seems that if they don't have a legitimate reason, they would be embarrassed to put it in trouble for themselves.

While they were talking, the group of people had already arrived in front of the Chang'an Guild Hall. The first thing they saw was a tall stone archway with four gleaming golden characters - Chang'an Guild Hall.

On both sides of the archway, there is obviously a parking lot. As you look around, you can see rows of luxury cars lined up left and right. Under the bright lights, it is eye-catching. Compared with these cars, the two Santanas they were sitting in were really

It seemed extremely shabby.

Fang Mingyuan shook his head secretly. Although he had been mentally prepared for it, he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied when he saw this scene. How many of these luxury cars were smuggled in? How many were earned through his own efforts? Let's see.

Today's Fengyuan citizens live in two different worlds when looking at these luxury cars.

The two sports cars that passed them just now were among them. Four young men and women held hands and walked towards the gate of the club, chatting and laughing.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Before the car stopped, two men wearing similar armed police uniforms came over, slapping the front of the car and saying with disdain, "Don't park indiscriminately, we are a membership club here, non-members can

You are not welcome! You have to park and find another place!" Those who come here are either luxury cars or vehicles with military license plates, government license plates, civilian license plates like Fang Mingyuan and others, and they are ordinary Santana members. There is no such thing.

, so they are not worried about offending anyone. This is the Chang'an Guild Hall. As the saying goes, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door. Although they are looking after the car park, they are not comparable to ordinary people.

"Dogs look down on people!" Sun Zhaolun cursed bitterly. With his salary, let alone owning a good car in Fengyuan, even buying a luxury car from regular channels in Hong Kong would definitely not blink an eye. But Fang Mingyuan

The demand in this area has never been high. As a subordinate, he is naturally embarrassed to invest too much in this area.

"What about you! We don't accept outsiders here, leave now! Leave now!" The two men looked at the car and shouted loudly, "If you don't leave, don't blame us for smashing your car!"

His voice was so loud that even the four men and women heard it clearly, and they couldn't help but stop, stand in front of the door, and look this way.

Sun Zhaolun slowly rolled down the window. Fang Mingyuan threw the invitation out and sneered: "Since you don't welcome it, let's go and you can hand this thing over to its owner. Brother Chen, turn around!"

The invitation spun twice in the air and fell to the ground. Chen Zhong started the car knowingly and slowly turned around in front of the gate of the club.

"What are you dragging? Two broken Santanas, things that can't be put on the table!" one of them cursed.

The other one picked up the invitation from the ground and glanced at it twice. His expression immediately changed. This was the guest invited by Yuan Miao of Chang'an Trading Co., Ltd.!

"Quickly stop them!" He pushed his companion and said in a low voice, "This is President Yuan Miao Yuan's guest!"

"Ah?" His companion opened his mouth in surprise. President Yuan Miao is an old member of the guild hall. He is a big shot who spends a lot of money. How could he invite such a shabby little person to the guild hall?

"Ah what? Why don't you stop them quickly? If they leave, we will be in trouble!" Not only will it be trouble, but we may also be severely punished!

The two people hurriedly stepped forward and blocked the way of the car, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we didn't know that you were Mr. Yuan's guest. You don't care about the faults of villains, so don't care about the short-sightedness of the two of us."

As he spoke, he bowed repeatedly.

"Forget it!" Fang Mingyuan had no intention of fighting with such little people. If such people had to be dealt with one by one, he would have been pissed to death.

One of the two men was responsible for arranging the parking space, and the other quickly used the intercom to contact the people in the club, and at the same time led Fang Mingyuan and others to the door of the club. "Um, these gentlemen, although you have Mr. Yuan's invitation, according to the

According to the rules of our club, even if there is an invitation from a member, if you say you are not a member, you have to wait for the member to come out and bring you in. You guys are unfamiliar to me, do you have a membership card? "

"Since it's a rule, just wait for Mr. Yuan!" Fang Mingyuan stood in front of the door and looked at the door of the club.

The gate of this guild hall is really grand. There are two huge stone lions on both sides. The carvings are lifelike and definitely not the spectacle of ordinary stores. There are two small doors next to the black painted gate on the white marble steps, which look extraordinary under the light.

"Yu San, who are these people?" A sinister voice came from the side.

The man who was accompanying Fang Mingyuan quickly ran over and said with a smile: "Young Master Tuesday, these are the guests of President Yuan Miaoyuan of Chang'an Trading Co., Ltd., and they are waiting for President Yuan to come out."

"Yuan Miao, it turns out it's him!" Young Master Zhou Zhou curled his lips and said. He looked to be in his early twenties. He was not tall, only about 1.7 meters tall. His body looked a little thin, and he even had a hair dye.

His blond hair looks a bit like those foreign gangsters in the movies that Fan Mingyuan watched in his previous life.

"This is what kind of person makes friends. A nouveau riche deserves to know such a person. Two old Santanas can drive to this Chang'an Club. It is really embarrassing for us members! Yu San, go

, I feel ashamed to drive our car to the other side and put it next to their car!" Mr. Zhou Zhou threw the keys in his hand with a look of disdain.

Yu San took the key, looked at Fang Mingyuan with a grimace, and then at Young Master Zhou. He couldn't afford to offend either of them.

"What are you still doing? Didn't you hear what we said?" The young woman standing next to Young Master Tuesday scolded in a sharp voice, "Don't you want to do it anymore? We will tell you to pack up and get out of here!"

Fang Mingyuan frowned. These people were obviously trying to cause trouble. He was strangers to them. Why did he talk so coldly when they met?

"What do you mean by this?" Sun Zhaolun stepped forward and glared angrily.

"Tsk, tsk, you are actually a southerner, with a bit of Hong Kong flavor. Hey, if you are really a Hong Konger, how can you be so embarrassed to drive a Santana on the street?" Mr. Tuesday said sarcastically, "Don't think it's Chang'an Trading Co., Ltd.

The guests of Mr. Yuan of the responsible company treat themselves as a person and tell you, this is the Chang'an Guild Hall!"

"Uncle Sun, you don't have to be familiar with him!" Fang Mingyuan stretched out his hand to pull Sun Zhaolun back, walked up to Young Master Zhou and said, "Which car is yours? Can you point it out to us?"

Young Master Zhou raised his chin, rolled his eyes, and said with a disdainful look: "Did you see that the Porsche that Yu San is driving now is mine! I can buy ten of your Santanas that just left the factory.

Eight cars. This is the Chang'an Guild Hall. If you don't have the strength, don't even think about getting in. If you park that kind of shabby car here, you won't feel embarrassed, I will feel ashamed too!"

Fang Mingyuan suddenly realized: "Young Master Tuesday means that my car is not of high quality?"

"Huh! You're smart!" the young woman standing next to him said sharply.

"I have a question. I remember that Secretary Cheng of the Provincial Committee also drives a Santana. Is it because he came to the front of the Chang'an Guild Hall to embarrass you?"