Chunhe private club in Shek Tong Tsui is the only high-end private club built in Shek Tong Tsui after the war.


    Before the fall of Hong Kong, shuikengkou and shitangzui were once the most famous fireworks sites on Hong Kong Island. They sold gold grottoes. How many Qin Lou Chu pavilions with elegant Museum names written by well-known literati and writers, and how many private clubs designed and built by foreign designers once attracted rich businessmen and young masters from Hong Kong to sing and have fun here.


    After the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the drunken shitangzui was burned with the fire of the war. After the heavy light, it was no longer popular in the past. Although some private clubs, restaurants and restaurants reopened here, it was a little inferior to those famous clubs before the war in terms of scale and ostentation, which seemed to deprive the pleasure seekers of the feeling of fighting and smiling, Shitangzui never returned to the pre war scene of numerous guild halls and groups of tycoons and businessmen.


    The only place where the carnival built after the war can compare with those private halls before the war is Chunhe private club.


    The five storey building is designed by British Architects and adopts British stainless steel scaffolding structure. The specifications refer to the Hong Kong Governor''s office and the single family villas of British senior officials. The reinforcement for the overall structure of the club is transported from Canada, and the marble steps at the gate are first-class natural goods ordered from Italy. Due to the high surface of the sea, Even the glass of this guild hall is imported thickened glass with bronze window frames, which can withstand the severe weather of typhoons in Hong Kong.


    At this time, in the cafe on the second floor of the club, several young men and women were sitting in various seats in the cafe, chatting in a low voice with the elegant jazz trumpet and treble Saxophone accompaniment of a small band in the corner.


    Zhang Yuliang tidied up his tie and stepped into the cafe. As soon as he appeared, the men and women before him looked over and said hello to him.


    "Ah Liang, I have to come here for tea today?"


    With a smile on his face, Zhang Yuliang walked over table by table and talked for tens of seconds at each table:


    "Brother Xing, I have an appointment to talk about business on the third floor. Come and say hello later."


    "Sister Yan Yin, I haven''t seen you for a few days. I''ve become beautiful again. If I''m my brother-in-law, I''d better tie them together with a rope so that you won''t be robbed."


    "Ah Yang, let''s have two drinks together in the evening. My eldest brother sent some red wine back to Hong Kong in Australia. You are an expert in this field. Just help me taste it."


    Zhang Yuliang even stopped to listen to the "Stardust" played by a small band in the corner for a minute, then took 205 Hong Kong dollars out of his wallet, turned his hands and handed it to the waiter in the cafe, gently said to the waiter, "five yuan is your tip."


    "Thank you, Mr. Zhang." the waiter took the money flattered and bowed to Zhang Yuliang who turned upstairs.


    When he first came to work in this guild hall, he always called the frequent guest Fang liangshao, but he didn''t know whether he had worked for a long time and his eyesight had improved. He didn''t see any dissatisfaction with Mr. Zhang, but he could vaguely feel that the guest didn''t like to be called Liang Shao and preferred to be called Mr. Zhang.


    The third floor of the guild hall is a standard British teahouse style. A small sign of Brighton blackbird teahouse is hung at the door. It is no longer an ordinary Chinese waiter, but a blonde White Russian woman in British clothes. A waitress standing at the door of the teahouse sees Zhang Yuliang and smiles to help him open the wooden door of the teahouse.


    "Thank you, Zina." Zhang Yuliang deliberately teased the waitress in some strange Russian.


    "I''m sorry, Mr. Jin, I''m a little late. My eldest brother and second brother flew to Australia recently. My third brother has some trivial things to deal with in Wuyi chamber of Commerce, so I attended the monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of Donghua Third People''s court today for them." Zhang Yuliang freely took off his suit and coat and handed it to the waitress behind him, While speaking in English skillfully, he explained to the two British whites sitting in front of him.


    The two Britons, a man and a woman, are in their 40s. The man who is already slightly bald is named Alberta Fink. Following the example of other Britons in Hong Kong, he has taken a Chinese name for himself. Jin Weikang is the supplier of the European coast company and the head of the Hong Kong Office of Xerox Pharma of the United Kingdom. He is about 30 years old and slightly plump, The woman dressed conservatively is Belle Mayne, the financial officer of Smith & nephew pharmaceutical''s Hong Kong office.


    "It doesn''t matter, Mr. Zhang. We are already old friends, but we ordered Earl Black Tea in advance, hoping to suit your taste." Jin Weikang said to Zhang Yuliang after taking his seat.


    And Belle mein, who was nearby, glanced coldly at Zhang Yuliang and turned her head.


    "The taste and variety of tea are very important, but for us, sitting here is more important than drinking tea, isn''t it? Mr. king? The payment of HK $2 million has been entered into the account of Smith & nephew pharmaceutical company in HSBC, but the batch of penicillin ordered by European coast company has not yet entered Zhang''s warehouse." Zhang Yuliang gently picked up a piece of tea and put it into his mouth. He smiled warmly and said to Jin Weikang.


    This time, Jin Weikang didn''t open his mouth. Belier mein next to him looked at Zhang Yuliang opposite and said in a bad tone:


    "We have investigated the whereabouts of the drugs purchased by the European coast company. Mr. Zhang, you sell the drugs to the Xing Xing commercial bank, and then sell the drugs to ten percent other pharmaceutical companies or 1/3 of the business by the price of the company, and the remaining 2/3 are sold to the Chinese mainland at high prices by the company."


    "Ms. Mayne, medicine is also a commodity. What we should care about is that I paid but didn''t receive your commodity, rather than what I bought the commodity to do, right? I represent the European coast company, not Zhuxing firm." Zhang Yuliang wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and responded with a smile to Belle Mayne.


    Belle Mayne did not give him a good face and said straight to the point: "But Zhuxing firm is also opened by Zhang Jiakai. You also hold the secondary wholesale profits in your own hands. As a pharmaceutical company, Xerox will reconsider the problem of agents in Hong Kong. What we need is partners to explore the market, not illegal businessmen who make a lot of war money. The price of penicillin has reached a terrible figure in Hong Kong, ordinary citizens I can''t afford to buy this effective antibiotic. "


    "Ms. Mayne may have misunderstood me, Mr. Kim, is that your attitude?" Zhang Yuliang asked Jin Weikang, who was drinking tea with a teacup.


    Jin Weikang put down his tea cup at the right time: "no, no, no, I think we should solve this problem. If the European coast company is willing to accept the new offer of penicillin, maybe I can persuade Ms. mayn, as the company''s treasurer sent to Hong Kong, she knows very well about the sales of drugs in Hong Kong."


    "It seems that if I don''t accept it, the agency will say goodbye to the European coast company." Zhang Yuliang looked at Jin Weikang unchanged. "At the beginning, if one of the two sides terminated the agency contract in advance, he will pay high liquidated damages."


    "The contract also said that if agents engage in illegal transactions, we have the right to terminate the contract," Beriy Main told Zhang Yuliang. "It is a clear illegal trade to sell penicillin high price and then violate the embargo order to sell to Chinese mainland at high prices."


    "For the sake of the good reputation of the European coast company in the past two years, I can explain to the head office and make Ms. Mayne ignore the problems just now. You know, Ms. Belle Mayne is a Hong Kong Tong. She has six months to stay in Hong Kong every year. The only reason for her silence, The company and she get their due income. After 10% of the income goes into the bank account of the office, the batch of drugs should appear in the warehouse of the European coast company. "


    "No problem, 10%. Transfer it to the bank account of the office. Then, can we relax now? By the way, I prepared a small gift for you two." Zhang Yuliang didn''t even hesitate. He agreed. Then he took out two small envelopes from the pocket of the suit coat hanging on the clothes hanger next to him and gave them to Jin Weikang and Belle mein respectively.


    "It''s the key to the club locker. There are two gifts in it. When you leave, remember to ask the waiter to help two." Zhang Yuliang told the two people: "it''s a popular perfume in the United States. I heard that in London, the Marilyn Monroe also used this fragrant water.


    "I don''t want to hear any more. Even if Mr. Zhang increases the price by 10%, I will suggest the company to carefully consider the future cooperation." Belle mein stood up, first said sorry to Jin Weikang, then hurried out of the tea room and, of course, took the envelope.


    "No anger can resist the temptation of perfume." when the woman left, Kim opened his envelope for Kang, and inside it was a key. He held the key in his hand and asked, "isn''t it really a bottle of perfume?"


    "The head office raised the price by 25%, and Mr. Jin helped me lower the price to 10%, and there was a 5% thank-you gift." Zhang Yuliang said with a smile, "I''m disappointed with Miss Mayne. I still have an appointment. Mr. Jin, my three brothers are very busy, and I have to take care of them. Take your time to drink tea. I''ll invite you to go fishing on the sea in two days."


    "OK, you are the best partner. Your brother is not as decisive as you. The price increase has been delayed for half a month, and you have to make the final decision." Jin Weikang shook hands with Zhang Yuliang.


    Zhang Yuliang smiled and said, "I respect my brother very much. He only thinks more. Unlike me, he can only think about making more money first."


    When Zhang Yuliang came out of the teahouse, he did not go downstairs, but boarded the one that needed the core membership of the club. Prometheus and his two brothers, Astra and Epimetheus, suffered all kinds of torture, but also looked back sadly and hopelessly at the man standing in the middle of the bedroom whipping the woman.