Chapter 58 Tea Party

  Ouyang Yun is an official fan? If someone asks this question to the students, I estimate that 10 out of 10 will give a cold stare in response. Those with a worse temper might even get slapped as an extra reward.

  But no matter how others see it, Ouyang Yun himself currently really wants to be an official and has already set a goal.

  After the tea party of Beiping Chamber of Commerce and Xuebingtuan, he started working towards this goal under the pretext of sending Chen Hanlin back home.

  Chen Hanlin was so enthusiastic about this tea party, actually it was the idea of "near water tower first gets moon", hoping to rely on his daughter's special relationship with Ouyang Yun and Chu Tian Ge to jointly establish a pharmaceutical factory, at the very least, he also wanted to buy shares.

  The tea party had only gone halfway when he became disappointed. Everyone was smart, and although Ouyang Yun didn't say it explicitly, the businessmen all understood that as a military-run enterprise of the 29th Army, the pharmaceutical factory couldn't possibly be divided up among civilians. Fortunately, Ouyang Yun then threw out a bunch of big pies: an auto factory, engine factory, electronics component factory, radio factory, TV factory, steel refinery, garment factory, oil company... Many of these names were unfamiliar to those present, but from the expression on the pie-thrower's face, they saw the potential for profit, and so the tea party atmosphere, which had been somewhat dull, suddenly became lively again.

  In order to "use commerce to control agriculture", Ou Yang Yun has reached the bottom of shamelessness. At this time, China doesn't even have a TV station or a TV drama production unit, but he's already brought out a TV set.

  Nor did anyone know who was the first to exclaim: Genius!

  Then, one after another, big hats were placed on Ouyang Yun's head, what a rare encounter in a hundred years, a genius of the ages...

  Ouyang Yun was so shameless that his face was thick-skinned, but he couldn't help sweating profusely.

  Gu Lianyun couldn't stand the dirty air here and directly pinched her nose to leave, but Liu Zhe Liang was left behind, standing respectfully behind Ouyang Yun, looking at the sweat dripping from the team leader's neck, feeling sympathetic while also being in a precarious situation, because someone had already praised him: Look, this is Ouyang's officer's soldier, really majestic!

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  The businessmen apparently had very high expectations for this tea party, and their sincerity was sufficient. In the end, Chen Hanlin took the lead and presented thirty glittering gold bars and two beautiful maidens.

  When presenting the beauties, Chen Hanlin said: "I heard that Director Ouyang has not yet settled down, and his family members are mostly overseas. It's not good for him to be alone without anyone to take care of him. These two girls are clever and agile, let them take care of your daily life."

  The two beauties were very sensible and immediately came up with a bow saying: "We have met Officer Ouyang, from now on, we are your people."

  Ouyang Yun's eyes widened in shock, muttering to himself what era is this? Could it be the Qing dynasty restored? This kind of etiquette seems to have only been seen in Qing operas.

  As he was stunned, the merchants were delighted, especially Qin Zilin who insisted on sending beautiful women. He couldn't help but nod his head at Chen Hanlin, implying: "See, I told you that no cat can resist temptation, right? It doesn't matter how big this cat is, as long as it's male, it's fine."

  It just so happened that Gu Lianyun came back at this time, saw Ouyang Yun's "ugly appearance", and she was furious. Although she didn't immediately pierce his ears, her eyes made Ouyang Yun immediately regain his composure. He hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, thank you for your kindness, elders. Please take these two girls back with you. I live in the military camp, and there are soldiers to serve me. Besides, women are not allowed to enter the military camp."

  The businessmen didn't know that he was lost in thought for another reason, but actually it was because he had committed a minor mistake in the customs of the Republic of China. They thought he was being hypocritical and polite. Qin Zilin smiled and said: "Sir, women are not allowed to enter military camps, don't you have a place to stay in Beiping? If so, I'll give you a set of apartments."

  Others, upon hearing this, thought it was a good opportunity to give gifts and chimed in, one saying there was a great house somewhere, another saying they had just built a new residence, all wanting to give him a house to live in luxury.

  Ou Yang Yun didn't expect that refusing one courtesy would lead to another, he glanced at Gu Lian Yun and saw her eyes were as cold as the temperature in the coldest winter. He stood up and said: "Everyone, Ou Yang Yun is a soldier, this courtesy absolutely cannot be accepted. The time is also getting late, let's stop here for today. In a few days, I will make a list of the projects that were announced today, if you are interested in investing, please look for Chairman Chen... Goodbye!"

  After finishing speaking, he pointed to the gold on the table and said to Liu Zhe Liang, then walked to Chen Hanlin's side and said: "Chairman Chen, wait a moment, you take my car, I'll send you back."

  Everyone saw him like this and thought that today's gift would not be sent, because their gift was counted together with gold and maidservants. Seeing Liu Zhe Liang pick up the pile of gold and take it away, they suddenly realized that this young official loved money but not color. One by one, looking at his back, they couldn't help but think, saying to themselves that it seemed they still had to find a way to inquire about the location of the Xuebing Corps and send another big gift over...

  Ouyang Yun and Gu Liyun sat in the car, one after the other. Before he could even sit down properly, Gu Liyun threw a cold sentence at him: "You damn pervert! You've never seen a woman before! You've lost face for all of us Sichuan people!"

  Ouyang Yun thought to herself that she had done quite well just now, although she hadn't reached the state of being unmoved by temptation, at least her heart was as calm as still water. She said, "Big sister, you're mistaken, my performance just now..."

  "He's still putting on an act, looking like a silly goose, he's practically drooling! She was about to say something else when she saw Chen Hanlin walking over, and only then did she shut her mouth with a huff."

  Chen Hanlin saw Ouyang Yun sitting in the back row and sat down in the back row, smiling and asking him: "Officer Ouyang, I don't know what advice you have?"

  Ouyang Yun saw the merchants coming out one after another, and many of them waved at him under the dim light at the door. He smiled and waved back at them, then said to Gu Lianyun: "Let's go."

  Gu Lianyun started the car and turned her head to ask Chen Hanlin: "Mr. Chen, what is your home address?"

  Chen Hanlin was about to respond, but Ouyang Yun took over and said with a smile: "You think I really want to send Mr. Chen home? He has his own car, this is just me wanting to have a private talk with Mr. Chen."

  Gu Lianyun hummed a sound, hung up the gear and drove the car away.

  Ouyang Yun glanced at Chen Hanlin and smiled, saying: "Boss Chen, Tian Ge and I are like brothers. If you don't mind, I'll call you Uncle from now on."

  Chen Hanlin was overjoyed and humbly said: "How dare I be worthy of this."

  Ouyang Yun smiled slightly and said: "I want to ask Uncle Chen for a favor."

  "Oh, just give me an order, Chen will definitely do his best."

  "Uncle Chen was being polite, I won't treat you as an outsider, so I'll speak directly. Do you know some of the important people in the Beiping Military Division?"

  "I know a few people, and I'm on pretty good terms with Qin Dechun."

  Qin Dechun Ouyang Yun had heard of him, knew that he was the current chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government and deputy commander of the 29th Army, but he did not know that he also held a position in the Beiping Military Sub-district. So he asked very innocently: "Qin Dechun? What position does he hold in the Beiping Military Sub-district?"

  "What? Don't you know, young master?"

  Ouyang Yun's face turned red as he explained: "I just returned from America not long ago, and I'm not too clear about the situation in Beiping."

  Chen Hanlin nodded: "I see, he is a member of the Beiping Military Sub-district Committee. What can I do for you?"

  Qin Dechun, being the deputy commander of the 29th Army, naturally had a good relationship with Song Zheyuan. What Ouyang Yun didn't know was that Qin Dechun was known as the "brain" of the 29th Army in history. His answer was very direct: "I want to be an official!"

  "Ah!" Chen Hanlin's eyes widened, clearly shocked by the sentence. Then he asked with a self-righteous tone: "What? Does my virtuous nephew find his current official position too small?"

  "No, no, I'm referring to the civil service, you know. With the 29th Army taking full control of Hebei and the original National Government agencies all withdrawn, some local department heads will definitely be reassigned."

  Chen Hanlin suddenly understood what he meant and said with a look of sudden realization: "So you want to go to the local government to be an official?"

  Ouyang Yun nodded and said: "Yes, and it must be a county magistrate or something that can control a place."

  "This one, can you tell me the reason?"

  "Of course, I already have a goal, the highest official in Renqiu."

  "Renqiu, it's just a small town."

  "But there is oil under Renqiu!"

  Chen Hanlin exclaimed: "Is there oil under Renqiu?!"

  Gu Lianyun turned her head to look at him, only then did she understand what he meant by "With Ren Qiu's treasure land, our future will surely be bright".

  "If this deal goes through, Uncle Chen, I can promise you that the oil company will give you at least 10% of the shares!"

  Chen Hanlin was moved, but he didn't get carried away and asked: "Ou Yang Xian nephew, as far as I know, the country currently does not have the capability to develop and refine oil."

  Ouyang Yun smiled proudly: "That's because I haven't returned home yet, now that I'm back, none of this is a problem!"

  "Alright, I've got this one covered!"

  Ouyang Yun reached out his hand and said: "So I wish our cooperation a success! Also, please don't tell others about today's conversation, Uncle Chen."

  "I've got it!" Chen Hanlin and he grasped each other tightly, feeling as if they had grasped a golden rod.