Chapter 8: The Story of Guo Yu's Promotion

  With his arm around Hu Yunyuan's waist, he walked into the banquet hall of the Liu Guo restaurant. This cocktail party was organized by Mei Fu Yang Hang and Guo Yu had also been invited. At this Western-style cocktail party, everyone was helping themselves to food and drink, their faces all smiles as they chatted intimately with each other - but whether it was all genuine or not, only heaven knew.

  However, Guo Yu really knew a few people, Liang Shi'e was a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Finance of the Northern Government, and was considered one of Yuan Shikai's trusted men. In their conversation, Liang Shi'e surprisingly mentioned that he had heard of Guo Yu's name, which shocked Guo Yu greatly. "Brother Guo, you don't have to be surprised, your charity work in opening free porridge stalls in the capital is something I've known about for a long time, and even President Yuan knows about it."

  "What does the government think about this?" Guo Yu asked.

  "The government would certainly welcome it if everyone were like Guo, then how many poor people would be saved on our great land of China, and how many kind and innocent people would be rescued? This is a good deed." Liang Shiye seems to be very happy that someone like Guo Yu has appeared.

  "If I can get the government's recognition, I also hope that the government will issue a decree allowing me to continue setting up soup kitchens and orphanages everywhere. I will do my best to do charity work, but I don't know which department to negotiate with." Guo Yu felt that this was an opportunity for him to openly expand "Hua Fu Hui" to any place in the country, which would be very beneficial for his future development.

  "It's a good thing. I'll introduce you to Secretary Xu Shichang, and I'll do my best to make this happen." Liang Shiye agreed.

  On the second day, Liang Shiyu sent someone to call Guo Yu, who met with Xu Shichang. Xu Shichang asked about Guo Yu's background and learned that he was a British overseas student, which pleased him greatly. He hoped that Guo Yu could stay in the government to work, but Guo Yu swore that he would devote himself to charitable causes for life. In the end, Xu Shichang not only agreed to Guo Yu's request to establish a nationwide charity organization called "Huafu Association", but also appointed him as the president of the "Chinese Charity Relief General Association". Although he was not on the government payroll, his political status was equivalent to that of a minister. Guo Yu had thus risen to prominence.

  It was now mid-July 1914, and Europe was on the brink of war. World War I was about to break out. Guo Yu finally received news from the Rockefeller family. Miller told him that Mr. John D. Rockefeller Jr. had basically agreed to his request, and they could continue negotiating the details after he arrived in the United States.

  Guo Yu was overjoyed, his career had taken a big step forward. That night, he let Hu Yunwen sing with him all night long. With Guo Yu's current physical condition, Xiaoyun sister alone couldn't handle it, and the beauty was exhausted until noon the next day before getting out of bed.

  Make arrangements, prepare to leave for the United States, and call several people in charge to a hotel meeting. Now, several people are basically following the previous arrangement by Guo Yu, and have initially entered the track. As long as they continue to do so, it will be fine. Guo Yu mainly made key arrangements for the "Huafu Association" affairs.

  Tell a few people that I am now the president of "China Charity Rescue General Association", officially appointed by the government, with ministerial treatment. This matter should be vigorously publicized through newspapers. In the future, the work of "Hua Fu Society" will have formal name and fame, and there will be fewer obstacles. Continue to instruct Dazhu to establish his own "Hua Fu Society" defense organization, because the current situation is not peaceful, we need to have self-defense capabilities, under the name of protecting poor people, orphans, and "Hua Fu Society" property. When developing members, organize them together, each branch should have a corresponding number of defense teams, regularly go to orphan camps, now known as "Hua Fu School", to receive education, actually brainwashing them. Regularly dispatch Hua Fu School inspection teams to inspect local conditions, and absolutely cannot allow greedy or corrupt things to happen.

  Put the jade and watch into the warehouse, and received a batch of antiques that had been purchased recently. Guo Yu felt that he was almost ready to set off for America. In fact, Guo Yu hadn't had time to carefully examine the recent batches of antiques, anyway, each piece had been labeled with explanations by Chen Yougong, so he could look at them slowly later, just like playing a game and opening treasure chests.

  Guo Yu led Hu Yunwen, Wu Xiaoni, Wu Erzhu, Li Meng and two bodyguards, a total of seven people, boarded the "American Princess" cruise ship docked at Shanghai Wharf. What a strange name, does America have princesses? It is said that this cruise ship can be compared to the Titanic, but why do they always want to compare it with a sunken ship, those strange Americans.

  Thanks to the "Mayer & Co." connection, Guo Yu and his friends all got high-end rooms. The decor in Guo Yu's suite was comparable to that of a five-star hotel in later times, and the conditions were not bad either. Otherwise, this long month would have been unbearable.

  Before departure, Guo Yu exchanged all the silver dollars for US dollars at Citibank, making it convenient for him to use in America. The total was $300,000, which was a large sum of money during the Republic of China era, when an American worker earned only $5 per day.

  The American Princess blew its whistle and slowly sailed into the vast blue ocean. The 40-day voyage has begun. Hope this is a pleasant trip.

  That night, the First Class Dining Saloon of the SS America held a grand ball. All passengers who stayed in first-class cabins were invited. Guo Yu brought Hu Yunyan and Xiao Ni, Wu Erzhu, and two bodyguards to the lavishly decorated dining saloon, walking into the crowded dance floor filled with distinguished guests.

  The band was playing American blues music, people were wearing gorgeous clothes and dancing passionately. In the hall, Chinese people only accounted for a small part, most of them were foreigners with big noses and blue eyes. Guo Yu found a corner where several people sat down, ordered a few bottles of red wine, and directly threw out 10 yuan as a tip.

  A few people had a drink, and Guo Yu called on everyone to dance together. Er Zhuang and his friends refused to go, so Guo Yu had no choice but to take Hu Yunyan's hand and head to the dance floor. The two of them happily started dancing. In Guo Yu's opinion, Hu Yunyan's background was not a problem, but rather allowed her to learn more things better. Compared to this, most women in the Republic of China did not have the same level of sophistication as courtesans, and here Guo Yu could directly pull Hu Yunyan onto the dance floor, while ordinary family women would absolutely not be able to keep up.

  Moreover, they are not pretentious or manipulative, can recognize their own position, and have been educated since childhood on how to serve men and please men, they are the women who can make men feel most comfortable.

  They played happily all night, and the slightly drunk Gu Yu hugged Hu Yunyan's small waist and entered his own room. He picked up the beauty in one go, and Hu Yunyan hooked her arms around Gu Yu's neck, gazing at him with a dazed expression, sending out signals of desire. She was truly a seductress. Gu Yu rushed into the bedroom, placing Xiao Yun on the soft big bed, and the two kissed each other.

  In a state of infatuation, their spring feelings burst forth. The two kissed and undressed each other at an extremely fast speed, merging into one another. Xiaoyun let out soft moans as the couple swayed together with the waves. As they reached the depths of passion, Gu Yu finally plucked the untouched daisy.

  Time slowly passed, and life on the ship was dull and monotonous. Guo Yu thought of finding an English teacher for a few people. Since they were idle anyway, let them learn some everyday English phrases, after all, they had to learn something. Let's start from today.

  He asked a waiter if he could find an American English teacher, and the waiter surprisingly introduced a shipboard hostess to Guo Yu.

  Lisa, one of the most common and ordinary female names, has over 800,000 people with this name in America. Lisa was originally living a happy life, she was an elementary school teacher, her husband owned a shoe factory, but the damned financial crisis, they went bankrupt, lost their house, and the couple took the remaining money to buy two tickets on the American Princess cruise ship, planning to go to the Far East to find opportunities. Who knew that during the trip, her husband got sick and died, leaving behind a large medical bill for the ship, initially thinking of working as a service staff to pay off the debt, but found out it would take several years to get off the ship, later under someone's persuasion, she became a bar girl.

  Of course, Lisa was also very lucky because of her youth and beauty, she didn't have to do the lowest-level prostitution. They were gifts prepared for rich people, only those rich people, and men whom Lisa had set her eyes on, could get into her bed.

  Lisa received this job unexpectedly, and it turned out to be teaching language courses to a few Chinese people. However, Lisa discovered that her employer, Guo Yu, was an extremely charming man. Guo Yu originally had a height of over 1.8 meters, and due to body modification reasons, his physique tended towards perfection, plus his mature and stable appearance, that unique confidence was very attractive to women.