Hardy Empire 1945

The reception was held in Penang's most luxurious Tian En Hotel, which is the property of the Zhu family, a wealthy Chinese family in Penang. The main building of the building has four floors and is mainly white.

Behind it is a large garden and golf course. The scenery is very beautiful, which is very suitable for holding an outdoor reception. The main venue of today's reception is outdoors.

Today, Tian En Hotel has a lot of guests. Government officials, congressmen, wealthy businessmen, patriarchs of big families, and bosses of big companies from Penang and Malacca all came, and they also brought their family members and wives. There are five or six hundred people in the venue.

This can be said to be the grandest event held in Penang these years.

The Governor was invited, and the guests felt honored, all of them were happy. In the crowd, Huang Henian, the patriarch of the Huang family, as well as his younger brother Huang Xinnian and his son Huang Linghui became the focus of the crowd, and many people gathered around them to chat.

Not long ago, it was because of the Huang family and his son that a major earthquake in Malaya was triggered. The Sultan of Johor was killed, shaking the world, and even alarming the United States and the suzerain country, Britain. Finally, half of the land in Johor was sold to Governor Hadi.

In the eyes of everyone, the Huang family has been completely labeled as Hardy.

certainly,

The Huang family is also happy to see it succeed.

Men were holding wine glasses and chatting in groups of three or four, while women gathered in a group and chatted about topics of interest.

at this time,

There was a slight commotion in the distance.

Governor Hardy walked into the venue, next to Han Yizhen holding Hardy's arm, behind Hardy, there was a large group of people following, including Andy.

The people at the reception immediately divided into two rows and kept saluting to Hardy. Hardy smiled and nodded to the people.

Hardy didn't like those empty-headed things, and there were no complicated ceremonies. After meeting people, he walked up to the stage and started to give a speech. People in the audience stood up straight and looked at the governor.

I hope that the Penang and Malacca Dominion will be a free, democratic, safe and stable place in the future, a place with strong inclusiveness, where people can live and work in peace and contentment, where there is freedom of religious belief, and where there will be no famine or war.

Of course, it is not easy to achieve this, so it requires the joint efforts of all the people of the Dominion.

Economically, the Dominion adheres to an open policy and welcomes all companies that invest here to settle here. My vision is to build the Dominion into a financial transfer station in Asia, a place for processing high-end products, with the characteristics of the Dominion, and a place in the world occupy a place in the world.”

Culturally, diversity is the hallmark of the Dominion.

Regarding education, I have already communicated with the government. In the future, the Dominion will implement a universal education policy. Primary education will be completely free, and free lunch will be provided. Junior and senior high schools will implement universal education, and build three colleges to go to universities, and jointly run schools with top universities in Europe and the United States. , and make our university a top university in the world.

 …

Hardy described a perfect picture scroll to everyone present. Of course, he didn't draw a big picture, he really planned to do so.

Andy stood in the distance, not listening to Hardy's speech very carefully, because he had already read Hardy's speech yesterday, and many of the contents were negotiated between Hardy and him.

He took a sip of the champagne in his hand, and looked away unintentionally.

suddenly,

His gaze freezes.

Because in the crowd, he saw a girl's face, it was a familiar yet unfamiliar face, familiar because he saw her yesterday, strange because he didn't know who she was at all.

yes,

It was the smiling girl on the beach yesterday.

Sometimes fate is such a strange thing, you may not feel it when you get along day and night, and it may be deeply rooted in people's hearts just by looking at each other.

The lyrics of the song Legend read:

It's just because I took one more look at you in the crowd, and I never forgot your face. I dreamed that I would meet again one day by chance. From then on, I began to miss you alone.

When you miss you, you are in the sky, when you miss you, you are in front of your eyes, when you miss you, you are in your mind, when you miss you, you are in your heart.

I don't know if it's telepathy,

Or Andy's eyes were too eager, the girl seemed to feel something, and looked sideways at Andy.

The two looked at each other again.

The girl was slightly taken aback. She seemed to have seen this man before, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it. The two looked at each other. Out of politeness and upbringing, the girl nodded slightly to the middle-aged man who was staring at her blankly. Responding with a smile, he turned his head and continued to listen to Governor Hardy's speech.

Andy's heart beat again.

The girl laughed again.

 …

Hush!

After Hardy finished his speech, he received warm applause, then stepped down, and people began to communicate freely.

Hardy became the center of the men.

As for Han Yezhen, she became the center of women.

Hardy took Andy and introduced to everyone that this is the president of Hardy Group, and people immediately respected Andy.

To know,

Most of the enterprises in the Dominion now belong to the Hardy Group. Even the Hardy Investment Company, which has the largest assets, is only a subsidiary of the Hardy Group.

Soon Andy became the center of entrepreneurial chat.

Hi, President Andy, I'm Zhu Yunquan.

A broken English came from behind Andy, and Andy knew that another person came to say hello, so he turned to look over.

When he saw clearly the people behind him, he was slightly stunned.

A middle-aged man, about fifty years old, with a slightly fat body, which is nothing unusual, and Andy was stunned that it was the girl next to the man, the girl who had smiled at him twice.

Andy looked at the middle-aged man, stretched out his hand and said, Hi, I'm Andy.

My name is Zhu Yunquan, I~~

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunquan couldn't continue. He basically didn't know English. The English that greeted him and introduced his name just now had only been learned in the past few days.

Zhu Yunquan said to the girl next to him: Xi Jun, help me translate, just say that this hotel belongs to us, and hope to cooperate with Hardy Hotel in the future.

This sentence is spoken by the middle-aged man in Hokkien.

The girl nodded and said in relatively pure English: Hi, President Andy, my father said that it is a pleasure to meet you, this 'Tianen' hotel is our family's business, and my father said that he hopes to have the opportunity to cooperate with Hardy Group.

The girl's voice is very gentle.

At least that's how Andy felt.

Of course, I don't know what to call Miss? Andy asked.

Sorry for not introducing myself, my name is Zhu Xijun. The girl smiled at Andy.

Laughed again.

This is already the third time the girl smiled at him.

If Andy knew the story of China, he would know the allusion of Qiu Xiang's three smiles.

Hi Miss Zhu. Andy held out his hand to Zhu Xijun.

Zhu Xijun shook hands with Andy generously.

Letting go, Andy said: It turns out that this hotel belongs to your family, and it's done very well. The Hardy Group also has a hotel company. Now the largest Hilton Hotel Group in the United States and even the world is a cooperative enterprise of the Hardy Group.

Our Hardy Group also has its own hotel group, which is in charge of the hotel business in the United States, Cayman, and Hong Kong. If you want to cooperate, there is no problem at all. The Hardy Group is willing to cooperate with powerful companies.

Zhu Yunquan couldn't understand what Andy said so much. He could only look at his daughter. He brought her here today and asked her to be the interpreter.

Zhu Xijun translated Andy's words to his father. Zhu Yunquan was very happy when he heard it, and then told his daughter a lot. This time it was Andy's turn to not understand.

Zhu Xijun looked at Andy with big eyes, and translated: My father said, Zhu's family has hotels in Penang, Malacca and Singapore. Our Zhu family's business not only has hotels, but also rubber plantations, plantations, and rubber processing factories. , wood processing, pulp and paper companies all hope to cooperate with Hardy Group.

Andy smiled, Of course it's fine.

Zhu Yunquan didn't expect the chat between the two sides to be so smooth, and said with a smile: Xi Jun, you invite President Andy, if you have time to visit our house, please visit our company by the way.

The girl hesitated, Father, he is the president of Hardy Group, how can he have time to come to our house?

Are you polite? This is courtesy. Zhu Yunquan said.

Zhu Xijun turned to look at Andy, and expressed his father's meaning in English. Andy hesitated for half a second, then nodded, I'm just going to investigate the industrial structure in Malaya, I'll go to your house to see It's good to see.

Andy's answer surprised Zhu's father and daughter.

Then there is the surprise.

I didn't expect this big shot to agree. You know, in an industry like the Zhu family, not to mention Andy, the president of the group, even the president of a branch company, or even a business manager of a department can go there.

Who is Andy?

The president of the Hardy Group, he doesn't need to care about such a small business, but he actually agreed, maybe he can take this opportunity to get a little relationship with this president Andy, which is definitely a great thing for the Zhu family.

Zhu Yunquan was overjoyed.

Xi Jun, tell Mr. Andy that we are very welcome.

Girl translates.

Andy nodded with a smile. The Zhu family's father and daughter left, and other people came to chat with Andy. When Andy chatted politely with the visitor, he glanced at the girl's back.

the next day,

The Zhu family sent someone to invite, and Andy brought several company leaders under him to the Zhu family's enterprise for inspection.

I mainly looked at rubber processing factories, wood processing, and pulp and paper companies. The scale of Zhu’s companies is not bad. They are already very good in Malaya, but they are much worse than the United States. The level of industrialization Also lower.

Naturally, Zhu Yunquan and Zhu Yunquan's two sons were in charge of the reception. Zhu Xijun continued to be the interpreter. In fact, the spoken English of Zhu's two sons was not bad, but it was much worse than Zhu Xijun's.

According to the introduction of Zhu's father and son, Zhu Xijun was at the side to translate, occasionally explaining a few sentences, and half a day passed quickly.

Andy asked Zhu Xijun why her oral English is so good. She had studied abroad before. Zhu Xijun said that she went to university in Hong Kong and majored in economics.

It's no surprise that the University of Hong Kong now teaches mainly in English.

After the factory inspection, Zhu Yunquan chatted with Andy about the hotel, and finally the customs in Southeast Asia.

If the tourism industry is developed in the future, the Southeast Asian style can be regarded as a selling point, and our hotel will focus on local characteristics. Zhu Yunquan said.

Andy said: During the few days I've been here, I've also visited some places, some of which I found very interesting, but it's a pity that I didn't have the guidance of the locals and didn't experience it in depth.

It's easy to be guided by the locals. Zhu Yunquan looked at his daughter, How about letting my daughter Xijun accompany President Andy to experience the customs here.

Zhu Xijun looked at his father, but he still translated it.

Andy looked at the girl and asked, Do you have time?

Zhu Xijun hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: If I have time, if Mr. Andy is willing, I am happy to accompany Mr. Andy to experience the local customs.

Andy nodded with a smile.

Then it's settled like this. It's late today, let's go tomorrow. I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow. Andy said with a smile.

Then bid farewell.

After Andy left, the family gathered around. After all, his two elder brothers could understand Andy's words. Knowing that Andy was willing to let his daughter accompany him to visit Penang, Zhu Yunquan said happily: This is to get closer to President Andy. It’s a good time for a relationship, Xijun, we must have a good relationship with President Andy.”

I will be my father. Zhu Xijun nodded sensibly, he knew that President Andy was very important to the family business.

the next day,

Andy sent a car to pick up Zhu Xijun, and then went on a tour in Penang.

streets and alleys,

Variety of local delicacies.

Zhu Xijun introduced local customs.

Although the itinerary is simple,

But the two chatted very happily.

 …

Governor's Palace.

Someone is reporting to Hardy.

Boss, Mr. Andy went to Zhu's house yesterday. Today, accompanied by Ms. Zhu's family, he toured the whole of Penang. It can be seen that Mr. Andy is very happy.

Has the situation of the Zhu family been investigated? Hardy asked.

Andy is the president of the Hardy Group. It can be said that he is the most important person besides Hardy. Hardy trusts Andy very much, but he also pays more attention to his situation. After all, he is too important to the Hardy Group. error.

It is said that the ancestors of the Zhu family came from the royal line of the Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty. They have always settled in Penang. They are the top wealthy merchant families in Penang. They operate hotels, rubber gardens, plantations, rubber processing factories, wood processing factories and other enterprises. Assets between $2 million and $3 million, and also a member of Hardy Investments.

What's wrong with that Miss Zhu?

That Miss Zhu's full name is Zhu Xijun. She is 19 years old this year. Zhu Yunquan, the head of the Zhu family, has 7 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters. Zhu Xijun has two older brothers and one older sister. The older sister is married.

Miss Zhu went to the University of Hong Kong to study last year. She is a student of the Department of Economics. Now she is on vacation. Zhu Xijun has been studying in Penang before going to Hong Kong. She has never lived and studied in other places for a long time.

After listening to the introduction, Hardy

He picked up the photo on the table and looked at it.

The girl has fair skin, bright eyes, graceful, graceful and charming, not inferior to Han Yizhen.

Andy was imprisoned because of his wife and was imprisoned. Even though he was rescued by Hardy and cleared of the suspicion of killing his wife, he was still seriously injured emotionally.

On emotional issues, Andy deliberately closed himself off.

Hardy had persuaded Andy before, hoping that he would find his love again, but Andy has never responded. Now he is rarely willing to contact a girl, which is definitely worthy of attention.

Hardy thought to himself, if Andy is willing to find a Chinese girl, it’s actually not bad. Today’s Chinese girls, especially girls from Southeast Asia, have received a lot of traditional education, and the concept of husband and child is deeply rooted in the bone marrow. Andy’s heart With a hurt heart, it is really good to find a gentle and considerate Chinese girl.

The personality of European and American women who advocate openness and freedom is not suitable for Andy now.

But Andy, this guy is 42 years old this year. Finding a girl who is only 19 years old is definitely an old cow eating young grass.