The second floor of the Red Rose Hotel is a restaurant, which is divided into many private rooms and open seating areas. At this time, there are only a few tables of guests in the open seating area. The aftermath of the riots has not yet subsided, and the hotel's casino area is still completely closed.
What made Lu Ming helpless was that there was a stage in the middle of the originally magnificent seating area, where a storyteller was playing and singing.
A vertical red banner was also hung outside the Red Rose Hotel, which read, "Promoting the traditional culture of Shengjing, our hotel's special storytelling show."
However, the old man Li Neng on the opposite side was listening with great interest. He would occasionally squint his eyes and tap the table while humming along.
Sun Chonggu had no interest in these things at all. If it weren't for the fact that Li Neng, the old antique, liked this tune very much, he would have probably cursed and complained about the noise.
Lu Ming could only sigh that Hovers was a master. He was what was called a patchwork freak in his previous life. He was really able to come up with the idea of organizing a storytelling show in a casino hotel.
Personally, I don’t like the current atmosphere in Shengjing. From a high perspective, public opinion is so easily swayed, and the true intentions of many ambitious people can be hidden in the surging so-called public opinion.
Sipping tea and looking at the list in his hand, Li Neng submitted it, hoping to introduce management talents and technical workers from the Montenegro Special Region and even the Eastern Economic Union.
In northern Longnan, more than 20 factories of various sizes were acquired, including Western textile mills, flour mills, chemical industrial cooperatives (toothpaste and soap factories), etc.
However, it is easy to obtain machinery and equipment, but management talents are relatively scarce, and technical workers who are the backbone of the force are even harder to find.
In the past, these positions were almost all occupied by Westerners, but now some have fled and some have been killed.
However, Ren Zhonglin and others in Longbei had some ideas, so they came to me to look for talents.
After all, it is a military-political group that has the ambition to print its own currency, and it is doing so at a leisurely pace and is still in the process of preparation, which is very good.
People like the people of Anshan have been using nepotism to mess up the factories and other industries they have taken over.
In that case, it would probably be similar to South Africa in the previous life.
Looking at the list, Lu Ming said, "It depends on whether you still need Greifenni employees. The Greifenni people hiding in the concession should have employees of these factories and enterprises. Of course, many things are two-way. Most of them now hope to stay in the concession to work. We also need these talents." He paused, "So don't rush. After coordination, I will entrust the relevant departments to publish a recruitment notice to the entire Eastern Economic Union."
"Okay, I'll leave it to Commissioner Zhang!" Li Tan smiled slightly. He now liked the young man. Although everyone said that this guy was an extremely brutal spy chief, he was indeed a practical man. He was many times better than Sun Chonggu, who knew nothing.
"Commissioner Li, you're too polite. Come, have some tea!" Lu Ming raised the teacup.
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Baron Rodson's official residence is located in the central area. It is a manor with a deep courtyard surrounded by ancient trees, covering an area of more than 500 acres. From the outside, the magnificent palace is looming among the green trees.
Lu Ming was standing in front of a huge ancient tree at this time. It was an ancient banyan tree that required about a dozen people to hug together. The lush green crown was very low and extended in all directions, covering an area of dozens of feet in radius. Many branches were now supported by supports on the ground, which also served to protect the ancient tree.
Even if we estimate by naked eye, this tree is probably over a thousand years old.
I have always felt that there is a voice calling me in Shengjing. Now standing in front of this giant ancient tree, this feeling is even stronger.
There were footsteps. It was Erika, who was walking slowly like colorful candy. Behind her was Pei Wanjun, who was wearing a light blue professional suit. It was the uniform of Jin Taixiang Bank. It looked a bit antique from her previous life. The plum blossom-button vest and light blue jacket made the woman look slim and graceful.
Looking at Pei Wanjun, Lu Ming felt a little helpless. He was addicted to free food and lodging, so he also moved to this former baron's manor, now Zhang Mansion.
"Are you going to officially start work? The bank has not been affected, right?" Lu Ming asked.
She wanted to report something to me, but she didn't dare to tell me directly, so she asked Erika to do it.
It seems like they are becoming more and more afraid of themselves.
"Well, there is no impact. We will officially resume work tomorrow." Pei Wanjun said cautiously.
She is the daughter-in-law of Gao Baoshan, a former warlord in Nanping. She is a college student and a former top student. Now she has gained a new life.
Lu Ming glanced at her and said, "Your elder brother has come to Shengjing. Is he going to develop here? Is this what you want to report to me?"
Pei Wanjun was stunned and whispered, "Yes!"
Lu Ming looked at her expression and smiled: "Don't worry, no one is watching your every move, but you are staying with Erika and the others, your eldest brother came to Shengjing, which is a big event, and you have met him several times, so it is inevitable that someone will pay attention to you. It seems that your family's business has not been smooth recently?"
Pei Wanjun's elder brother Pei Yuande came to Shengjing, and the Bureau of Secrets would naturally conduct a detailed investigation on him. From this, the current situation of the Pei family was roughly outlined.
The Pei family was a wealthy family in the provincial capital of Longbei. Before Gao Baoshan fell from power, although they were a vassal state, few people in the provincial capital would cause trouble for the Pei family. Moreover, the regulatory agencies for traveling merchants also had to take care of them. But as soon as Gao Baoshan fell from power, the previous care was gone, and a lot of people came to make trouble for the Pei family.
Pei Yuande had no choice but to come to Shengjing. Although he heard that a big riot had broken out here and the bloody smell in the city had not yet dissipated, there must be opportunities at this time, especially when he heard that the Western industries had changed owners. That would be an earth-shaking change, and there would be great opportunities.
Looking at Pei Wanjun, Lu Ming asked again: "You are meeting me to help your elder brother with business?"
Pei Wanjun was obviously startled and said hurriedly: "How could it be? I have friends helping him, how dare I trouble you?!"
Lu Ming nodded and said with a smile: "I haven't worked in your bank for a long time!" He worked as a data entry clerk in Jintaixiang. He wanted to see the real work of a financial decision-making department, but later he felt that the benefits were not great and he did not go there.
Pei Wanjun forced a smile and didn't know how to respond.
Lu Ming looked at Erika again, "Let's go to the Red Rose Hotel tomorrow."
Erika nodded slightly: "Yes."
Although the environment of this manor is good, I heard from Grandma Tuolong that Erika and her family don’t seem to be living very comfortably.
Indeed, the manor is a bit old, and it has just experienced bloodshed, which makes people feel that this place is gloomy.
The top floor of the Red Rose is over 1,000 square meters in size, with more than 20 rooms of various types. Together with the terrace garden, it is probably nearly 2,000 square meters in area. As the highest floor in Shengjing, one can have a bird's eye view of the city, which really gives one a complex feeling of thinking about the vast universe.
I prefer the top floor suite of Red Rose. If you want a manor, after all, Shili Villa is a masterpiece. Compared with it, this place is far inferior.
Moreover, the manor covers too large an area and requires too many security personnel. What's more, I'm afraid of any mistakes. Shengjing will be unstable for the time being. It would be better to concentrate his "wives and concubines" in one area.
But you have to take good care of this ancient tree.