Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, I, the rice class leader

Chapter 380 380: Nanyang Commercial Bank, who is Dr. Shegao?

Mu Yi always had a vague impression of Gao Yao's appearance, which of course referred to his political leanings. Perhaps from another perspective, he felt that although Dr. Gao was young, he was actually quite old-fashioned, and he was simply a roly-poly.

For example, Mu Yi knew that Gao Yao had a good relationship with imperialist dignitaries, but there was a limit to how good he could be. Once there was a dispute over interests, this doctor would dare to fight even the Hong Kong governor.

Its appeal among the people…

Mu Yi specifically asked the Hong Kong Working Committee, and a professional inside said: "It is comparable to a boss who makes a revolution with two kitchen knives."

This sentence is enough!

And quite relevant!

As we all know, the boss came from a Xiangxi Ge Laohui family and was already the youngest of the ten sects in the Ge Laohui when he was a minor.

Speaking of this Brother Laohui, it is really worth talking about.

There is a saying that goes well: red flowers, white lotus roots and green lotus leaves, the three religions are originally one family.

The origin of Ge Laohui is the same as that of Tiandihui. At that time, Chen Jinnan went to Yazhou to open Jingzhong Mountain on the orders of Zheng Chenggong, the surnamed master of the country, and founded Hanliu. This is called the beginning of Ge Laohui.

The Ge Lao Hui calls on "all those who join the association to call them Ge Lao Di to show the spirit of equality and cooperation." Its purpose is to "reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty."

After the leader Tianyouhong led his congregation to attack Yucheng and failed, the Ge Laohui in Tianfu lost its central leadership and its "seabed" was also lost.

After that, Yan Dingzhang, Li Yunjiu, Hu Wenhan, Zhang Liandi and others successively founded "Da'eshan", "Qingchengshan", "Jiuchengshan", "Huayangshan" and other "Hanliu" organizations to secretly fight against the Manchus. The Ge Laohui then entered a situation where there were many halls and public offices everywhere.

From the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, this Ge Laohui can be said to have been deeply involved in every major event in history. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it also raised the flag of rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and developed the Hunan Army.

For example, most of Zeng Guofan's warriors, Bao Chao, were members of the Ge Laohui.

In Zuo Zongtang's Chu army, the Ge Laohui was quite powerful. The ten battalions of the Shu army under his command, all officers and brave men, are all affiliated with bandits, and the leaders are called big brothers instead of adults...

By the time of the Republic of China, hey, not to mention, none of the warlords in the southwest were from Ge Laohui, otherwise they would never be able to recruit soldiers!

This Ge Lao Association has gone through development and its organization has gradually improved. It is divided into eight rankings with the characters of filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty, trust, etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame as code names.

The first row is the eldest brother, also known as the uncle, who is compared to Liu Bei and is the most honorable position among the brothers. Reaching this level is called "coming out of the mountain".

In "Records of Jintai Mountain" (i.e. "Under the Sea"), it is said: "Hi, uncle, I want to follow the surname Zhaolie Liu, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty worships the emperor's uncle as his kin."

The second platoon is called the second brother of the sage, compared to Guan Yu. In the Jianghu, it is customary to refer to you as the second master. Generally, it is preferable to be absent rather than excessive. If it must be arranged, this position can only be filled by high-ranking or monk brothers. When attending meetings to worship gods, the second master must wear a long robe and a mandarin jacket. He is as gentle as a sage.

"Records of Jintai Mountain" says: "Hey, the second master should be like the sage, and be a warm heart to the emperor's wife in Caoying."

The third platoon is called the third brother, compared to Zhang Fei, also known as the "head", who is responsible for internal money, food and personnel.

"Records of Jintai Mountain" says: "Hi Third Master wants to imitate the surname of Yide Zhang, and Changbanpo scares away millions of soldiers."

Four is unlucky, so there is no row of four.

The fifth platoon is called stewards, and is divided into executive, executive, red flag, and black flag. They are responsible for linking up and down, training brothers, and enforcing the law and punishing.

"Records of Jintai Mountain" says: "The Fifth Master should emulate Shan's Xiongxin and spend gold and silver for his friends day and night."

The sixth platoon is called patrolling and protecting the law, also known as the blue flag. They control the patrolling and sentry, observe the government's actions, and report immediately if there is any news.

"Records of Jintai Mountain" says: "Hai Liu Pai should imitate Zhang Shun in the waves, and ask doctors from all over the world to name him in Liu Tang."

The seventh rank is a traitor, so there is no seventh rank.

The eight platoons are called the Disciplinary Committee, and they are ordered by their elder brothers and stewards to carry out disciplinary matters.

"Records of Jintai Mountain" says: "If you don't learn from Naluo, you will become virtuous. If you don't reach the thirty-two, you will die in the underworld."

Nine rows of titles are listed, cultivating new players, promoting and replenishing, registering the ranking of brothers, the upper four rows are gold medals, the lower four rows are silver medals, and those who are punished are black cards.

"Records of Jintai Mountain" says: "Hi Jiupai must imitate the Ba surname of Jiuzhai. Our brothers in Bajiuzhai have said favors."

The tenth platoon is called the camp gate and conveys and reports on all matters.

"Records of Jintai Mountain" says: "Hai Shi Pai must imitate Shi Xiu's character and avenge his brother in Cuiping Mountain to be able to do so."

In fact, those standing in the eighth and ninth rows are the names of the sisters of the generals of the Yang family, and they generally do not interfere with others.

In other words, it seems that there are ten rows in the Ge Lao Club. In fact, if you deduct the second, fourth, seventh, eighth, and ninth rows, there are only the first row, the third row, the fifth row, the sixth row, and the tenth row.

The Ten Factions, also known as the Fengwei Ten Factions, are reserved for juniors with potential within the guild.

The boss back then was already a rising star in the world before he even debuted, and everyone in the black and white circles respected him.

How sharp was it back then? When the boss goes to any place in the country where there is a presence of Ge Laohui forces, he can easily raise an armed force as long as he reveals his identity to these people.

It is a bit exaggerated to compare the Hong Kong Working Committee to high officials, but thinking about it conversely, Mu Yi believes that the doctor's appeal among the people of Hong Kong Island is still extremely strong.

Since we can rally the people, we are the people's good friends and the target of the united front.

Especially now, the organization and alliance desperately need the help of such a good friend.

"PhD."

Mu Yi said: "Our company has decided to formally establish a shipping company."

"But don't worry."

"The original contract will continue to be fulfilled, and we may also charter a few more ships from Gaosheng Shipping."

Axia had informed Gao about the matter previously, so Li Mingzhi readjusted his strategy and started looking for new long-term tenants.

Gao Yao laughed: "Okay, as the business grows, we really need to have our own maritime transportation team."

In fact, before the advent of containers, land transportation was the mainstream, and sea transportation was suitable for ocean shipping.

If land transportation was still available in China, United would not rent a boat.

Unfortunately, there was a war going on in China at that time, and trains and highways were almost paralyzed. Our army's battlefield supplies could only be transported by sea.

Due to the needs of war and resumption of production, our army must have its own maritime transportation team.

Gao Yao knew this very well. Business is like this. Although everyone wants to be successful, there will always be various accidents.

He then asked casually: "Mr. Mu, have you found a crew? Do you want me to recommend a few?"

After being reminded by Mu Yi before, Gao Yao started to establish Gaosheng Navigation Training School to train his own crew members.

Mu Yi hurriedly said: "Thank you, doctor, we have found a few comrades."

He has indeed found a few. On the other hand, the salary offered by the organization is not much.

For example, Liu Yiping, who was recruited by the Muyi Institute, is currently teaching at Jimei School. Through him, it is not difficult to find seafarers. The main thing is that these seafarers understand the difficulties of the organization.

For example, several of the seamen's monthly salaries are high. For example, Liu Xinnan and Zhou Bingxu, who used to work for Dong Shipwang, had a monthly salary of 800 Hong Kong dollars at that time. After the union, because the supply system was implemented here, , which stipulates that the monthly allowance is 50 yuan (in addition, 30 yuan will be given to parents for support, and 30 yuan for wife if married).

According to this standard, it is not easy to find satisfactory crew members on Hong Kong Island, especially after Gao Yao changed his salary...

"Hello, comrade."

Gao Yao smiled slightly. To be honest, he admired the integrity of these revolutionary comrades. They could endure loneliness and poverty and wanted to liberate the white areas.

Compared with the Kuomintang, it is really a world between heaven and earth.

“With the same virtue, we have the same heart, and with the same heart, we have the same spirit.”

Gao Yao said to Mu Yi: "Mr. Mu, this is a great thing. If there is anything I can do to help, please don't hesitate to ask."

"There is indeed something."

Everything Mu Yi does is for the public, but he also knows that business is with others after all, and people don't do it for the public, but for their family.

That's why he first talked to Gao Yao about the shipping matter. Seeing that Gao Yao didn't blame him for the matter, he felt relieved.

There is nothing that can be done about it. If Dr. Gao is really offended, Mu Yi is afraid that no one will be able to help him in the future.

"Doctor, we would like to ask you to help us register the country of ownership of the ship."

Gao Yao was startled, and suddenly he realized, yes, although our army was the political power at that time, it had not officially established a country and did not have a national flag.

And everyone knows that a ship is the mobile territory of a country, and the national flag it flies is the symbol of the motherland.

“How about Panama?”

Gao Yao said: "Panama is a country with a very developed maritime industry, and ships from other countries are welcome to register Panamanian nationality in order to collect a certain agency fee from them, and it will be easier to deal with the Hong Kong government later."

This was exactly the same as what Liu Yiping said. Mu Yi immediately understood that it seemed that Dr. Gao knew that he deliberately owed him a favor.

He thought to himself that the doctor really had a delicate mind, so he said, "That's fine, just follow what the doctor said."

"It seems that I will have to trouble the doctor later."

The two of them immediately smiled knowingly.

Only then did Mu Yi officially enter the topic. He said solemnly: "Our company plans to set up a bank, and we hope that a doctor can join us."

The current alliance is a party property, not a domestic one. Mu Yi's formal invitation shows that Gao Yao has come under the discernment of the higher-ups.

This is not only to bring the relationship between the two parties together, but also to make the union on Hong Kong Island smoother.

Yes, the most important thing is to be able to go more smoothly.

After entering 48, our army's import and export trade with Hong Kong Island and foreign countries was gradually increasing, and its demand for foreign exchange was also increasing. At that time, there was an urgent need to have its own bank to facilitate the circulation of funds for our army.

But there are several problems here. In January this year, in view of the chaos in the financial industry at that time, the Hong Kong government promulgated the "Hong Kong Island Banking Ordinance", which stipulated that any company must obtain a banking license to operate banking business. Business operations must be approved before they can be launched. A bank license must be signed by the Hong Kong Governor and the Executive Council before it can be issued.

The whole world knows that the Governor of Hong Kong will generally not refuse Dr. Ko's request. He only approves a bank license. Dr. Ko's intervention is simply killing a chicken with a bull's-eye.

This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, banks in Hong Kong Island are hierarchical, and Dr. Gao, who is known to the whole world, is not only a big banker himself, but also has close connections with foreign banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Yili.

If anything happens, it will be much easier if Dr. Gao just says hello.

However, this is not the most important thing at the moment. What Mu Yi hopes to get help most at the moment is another problem: "Doctor, we currently do not have relevant talents who can handle banking business. I hope the doctor can help recommend one."

With the unfolding of the Liberation War, there is currently an urgent domestic demand for cadres who understand economics. Otherwise, there would be no rush to open training courses on Hong Kong Island.

Under this premise, it is no wonder that Muyi can't find anyone who can take charge of the overall situation of the bank.

Gao nodded, this is indeed a problem, just like a bank and a bank, they seem to belong to the same financial industry, and there is only one word difference, but the difference between them is a world of difference.

There are at least hundreds of banks in Hong Kong Island now, but there are really only a few that can truly upgrade from a bank account to a bank.

The most important thing is that at that time, most people working in the financial industry on Hong Kong Island were close to the Democratic Party. No wonder Mu Yi couldn't find the right person.

Under the management of Li Guowei, Gaosheng Bank, a subsidiary of Gaoyao, is now a rising star in the banking industry. It is currently presiding over the acquisition of many bank accounts and is doing well in the financial industry.

In addition, Gao has a close relationship with big bankers such as Kan Tung Pu of the Bank of East Asia, Zheng Tie of the Bank of China, and Sandus of HSBC, so he is very familiar with famous people in the financial industry.

Gao Yao can find someone to take charge of the overall situation with his eyes closed.

"Mr. Mu, let's do this."

Gao Yao is a businessman, and it is a good business to start a bank with United, but it does not mean that he will be satisfied.

As the president of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce and an absolute social sage and powerful person, Gao Daoyao is used to sharing the benefits.

To put it simply, he wants to borrow from the United Bank to achieve other purposes.

Gao Yao said: "The bank is no small matter. To be honest, I, Mr. Gao, do have many candidates."

"But just to be cautious, let me think about it for a few days and talk about it carefully."

Mu Yi smiled: "That would be too troublesome, Doctor."

This is what he wants.

"but."

Although Mu Yi knew that Gao Yao was always thorough in his work and must have known his side, out of duty, he still wanted to remind him: "Doctor, I want to be open to all rivers."

"But I hope this gentleman has a bright mind."

This is one of the main reasons why United has difficulty finding suitable bank operators.

Gao Yao laughed loudly: "Mr. Mu, the red sun shines on the earth, and everything is wrapped up in me."

If we divide the current Chinese forces in Hong Kong Island, they are Chaozhou, Wuyi, Dongguan, and Hakka, which is actually Daguangfu.

If you really have to choose, it's easy to choose. For example, Li Guowei can help Gao Yao select someone from Gaosheng Bank who is absolutely qualified to preside over the overall situation of the bank.

Gao Yao, who had ulterior motives, asked one last question: "Mr. Mu, can you confirm the bank's sign?"

"Nanyang Commercial Bank!"

"Okay, wait for my message!"

Having understood Mu Yi's requirements, Gao Yao said goodbye and left.

(End of this chapter)