I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 200 Arrogant, very arrogant, even more arrogant!
For most people, the surname Mendelssohn is familiar as that of the pianist and composer Mendelssohn, the author of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

However, this family itself is not involved in music or philosophy. Although there is a leader of the German Enlightenment, Moses Mendelssohn, who is known as the "Socrates of Germany," it is all bullshit.

What truly enabled Moses Mendelssohn to establish his academic standing was that the Mendelssohn Bank had the financial resources to promote various fundamentalist Jewish philosophical ideas.

This financial resource won't be effective against companies that focus on localization.

The only one that has localized its approach happens to be "a certain major Eastern country".

The Mendelssohn Foundation is not a particularly powerful foundation; its size is roughly equivalent to that of a local foundation like the Cleveland Foundation in the United States. However, it has one notable characteristic: it is quite influential in the fields of literature, history, and philosophy.

Therefore, one branch of the Mendelssohn family in the Far East, in addition to selling opium with the Sassoon family in earlier years, also established one of the earliest non-church educational institutions.

Why not run church schools?
Because church schools are Christian, not Jewish.

After more than a hundred years of development, there have been some intermarriages with families in Hong Kong and Heung Shan O, but not deep ones.

The logic is simple: neither High Germany nor Low Germany could have accomplished anything during the British Empire, let alone being Jewish. So unless you were the Queen's dog, a dog belonging to a foreign Queen is not a dog.

Therefore, there is a pattern: if they are not the dogs of the Queen of the British Empire, they will choose Dutch or Portuguese merchant ships and then rely on Jewish agents in some colonial port in India; if they are the dogs of the Queen of the British Empire, they can plant their flag in Hong Kong and help calculate tribute.

Yes, tribute, this thing also existed in the "British Empire". Of course, to a certain extent, it was actually "tax farming", but not that much. The reason is simple: the Qing Dynasty at that time had objectively and completely lost the right to customs duties. It was only later that the customs duties were completely contracted out to foreigners.

Among them, besides local compradors, there were "foreign compradors," who were Jewish. They acted as accountants and stewards, and occasionally cooperated with the governors of the empire to convert the spoils of war into cash during special military operations.

In this process, Goa, India at the time, took on another role—a transit point.

In fact, the French had also taken over some parts of India at that time, but it didn't last many years. They weren't the dogs of the "British Empire" queen, and it wasn't that they didn't try to join "France" or something, but it was no use.

The Mendelssohn family was the kind of family that was useless. So, in order to get some benefits, since they couldn't contract the opium business in Hong Kong like the Vidal Sassoon family, nor could they establish themselves in the property business like the Kadoorie family, they learned from the Rothschild or Habsburg families and formed marriage alliances whenever possible, regardless of their social standing or whether they were "justices of the peace."

Over the past few decades, due to the changing world situation, a young man named Howard finally caught a ride and fell in love with a girl from the Hu family who had lived in Hong Kong for a long time. Together, they took advantage of the country's resources...

Life is still pretty good.

If it weren't for Hu Xianda, one of his brothers-in-law, being turned into "roast beef" in Kobe.

Zhang Da'an had never seen the night view of Victoria Harbour, but Huang Jianfei, a 49-year-old middle-aged man, had seen it more than ten years ago.

There was a local gang leader of unknown origin who wanted to kill another enemy. He gave Huang Jianfei 50,000 yuan, shot him twice in the chest and once in the head, and then took a fishing boat home to contract an orchard.

After more than ten years of hard work, I have accumulated a debt of 280,000 yuan.

The fruit couldn't fetch a good price, and the workers were unwilling to give them IOUs. In addition, various "local gentry" would occasionally ask him to help pay for the repair of ancestral halls and graves, relying on their seniority... and that's how things ended up like this.

The main reason they weren't perverted was because everyone shared the surname Huang, so they couldn't bring themselves to do it.

Huang Jianfei was hoping that "Da Anzai" would visit his hometown. He wanted to ask "Da Anzai" to kill his two uncles, five or six brothers, and three or four nephews.

He simply couldn't bring himself to do it, restrained by the simple morals of his hometown.

Now the opportunity has come. Work for "Da Anzai". If you come back alive, you'll get 400,000; if you don't, you'll only get 200,000.

This is a great opportunity; it can settle accounts and get "Da Anzai" to come back and suppress his own people.

If outsiders kill those bastards, it's none of Huang Jianfei's business.

"Uncle Fei, there are people waiting for us on the shore."

"I understand."

As soon as he got a travel bag, a Crown was waiting for him on the shore. Without any small talk, he told Huang Jianfei the location and showed him the photos. Then, a makeup artist in the back seat quickly styled Huang Jianfei's hair, used hair gel to set it, trimmed his beard, and used dark powder and eyebrow pencil to fill in the details.

As the car moved forward, he changed into a suit. On the back of the front seat was a photo of today, and the two people in the photo were Joseph Mendelssohn and Hu Xiaozhu.

In Hong Kong, they are called Charles and Zhao Xiaoman; in Xiangshan'ao, they are called Robert and Qian Dai; and in Australia, they use their real names.

"The party is about to start; the green light and red sign indicate the retreat route."

After Huang Jianfei finished his makeup, the makeup artist quickly changed his own clothes. He was originally a lean man, but with the help of chest pads and makeup brushes, his cleavage was clearly visible. With just a few strokes, the makeup became a disguise. After putting on a wig, his whole demeanor changed.

The evening gown was quite tasteful, and when paired with Huang Jianfei, it looked as if a nouveau riche boss had specifically chosen a woman from a down-on-her-luck family to team up with in order to infiltrate high society.

However, for a local tycoon to reach this level, his abilities must be considerable. Huang Jianfei's dark skin, tanned from years of hard work, contrasted with his murderous intent today, creating a contradictory yet plausible aura.

The two will not become the focus of attention. After taking out their "meal tickets", they will enter the venue, check the time, and plan their escape route.

Huang Jianfei, who hadn't checked his watch in over a decade, had no idea where the people who came with him would make their move, but he was too lazy to think about it. After glancing at the watch, less than ten minutes later, "Charles" and "Zhao Xiaoman" came into view.

Just as I was about to exchange pleasantries with someone I knew, three shots rang out, followed by another three shots.

A scream rang out, and the crowd erupted into chaos. Just as the security guards were about to take further action, all the lights were turned off, followed by the sudden filling of the lobby with tear gas and smoke bombs.

sizzle.

The woman in women's clothing tore open her skirt, wrapped the spent cartridge cases on the ground, and then retreated.

Huang Jianfei calmly pulled out his more familiar "Black Star" and went forward to fire two more shots into the heads of "Charles" and "Zhao Xiaoman".

He then threw a card on the ground before running away. There was indeed a green light in the darkness, and a red sign was indeed posted on it. Huang Jianfei left the scene two and a half minutes later, jumped into a van with special markings, and drove off.

After getting back on the vehicle and changing my clothes, someone handed me a small bag containing water and emergency food, just in case. Because without navigation, a small boat can easily lose its way at night unless it's steered by an experienced person. If it drifts to some unknown island in the Lingdingyang, that would be troublesome.

However, there was a contingency plan: if they accidentally got lost and ended up on an unknown island, they could say they had lost a lot of money contracting an orchard and came out to fish and relax, only to find out they were fine when they arrived but couldn't get back.

Fortunately, the helmsman was quite skilled this time, and in the end, without any major incidents, they docked at a fish farm. The fish farmers then used their own small boats to take people ashore.

Huang Jianfei arrived home a day later, and the people who went with him also returned together. They ate a clear soup hot pot at "Pineapple Boy's" house.

I wasn't scared at first, but when we were halfway through the meal, and everyone started bragging about how they'd finished one or two of the food, we were all terrified.

Even "Pineapple Boy's" father was wide-eyed. He just wanted to bring good luck to his son, and at most, it would be a life for a life.

They were thinking that "Da Anzai" wanted to take the life of his enemy, so... that's not it?
Joseph and Hu Xiaozhu's son were gambling in Xiangshan'ao with his illegitimate uncle when they both died in the hotel bathroom.

Most importantly, the two did not stay at the same hotel because they had different plans for the day.

Young people want to see Russian flying acrobatics. Male performers may not be able to portray Yang Dingtian (the sky above the earth) while holding a horse stance, but they can certainly portray Yang Dingren (the man above the earth).

The elders wanted to listen to music in the brothel, and those "noble ladies" who ran away were also considered half adventurers. This uncle named Hu Xianzheng thought that since he dared to go out and have fun, then what's wrong with noble ladies seeking danger in life?
They just didn't catch the right time. Right now, there are middle-aged men in their forties and fifties who are planning to seek wealth and fortune through risk, and the wealthy women can't stop them from pursuing their desire for riches.

But this is a big problem. Taking out five people in one day, all of whom were related by blood, is that appropriate?

This is absolutely outrageous!
This is insane!

They hid in the back mountains of "Pineapple Boy's" hometown overnight, between two mountains called Dahua Mountain and Sweet Potato Mountain. The Liang family ancestral graves are on Dahua Mountain, and below the mountain is the old "Liang Ridge". People still live there now, but it is mostly valuable farmland and orchards.

Occasionally there are ponds, and if fish are raised in the ponds, small huts are built there.

"Pineapple Boy's" father's comrades are hiding here, temporarily pretending to be fish farmers.

The news reached the mainland, or more precisely, Luzhou and Jiangning, that very evening, but there wasn't much of a commotion when Zhang Da'an attended the "Re-employment Work Entrepreneurs Conference."

At least in Jiangkou Province, the murders that occurred in Xiangjiang and Xiangshan'ao went unnoticed.

Even if everyone knows it was Zhang Da'an who did it, there's nothing they can do. Even if they're not on Zhang Da'an's side now, they still want to divide up the Hu family's assets, so at least for now, they're eating in the same canteen.

If Zhang Da'an is to be arrested and executed in the future, that's a matter for the future, not for now.

"...Based on the current economic and employment growth, it is estimated that about eight million new jobs can be created each year. The contradictions are prominent and the situation is severe. Expanding employment and re-employment by all means remains an urgent and arduous task."

"My personal view is basically consistent with national policy, which is to do everything possible to broaden re-employment channels. To create a favorable macroeconomic environment for expanding employment, we cannot only focus on foreign trade; basic investment and domestic demand are equally important. We cannot easily underestimate the scale of domestic demand. As business managers, we must respond to the country's call and the needs of the people, deeply explore the market, and not only generate continuous profits but also help the country solve its problems..."

"...To create new job opportunities, while industrial restructuring promotes labor market restructuring, we must fully enable small and medium-sized enterprises and the private sector to play their due positive social role at the existing township and community levels; while large enterprises, whether state-owned or private, can provide more jobs in the current complex situation by separating core and auxiliary businesses, developing diversified operations, and by revitalizing idle assets through asset-backed resettlement of bankrupt enterprises, rather than further deteriorating and worsening the internal environment of enterprises through vicious competition for labor, thereby affecting the overall labor market environment."

"...Over the past five years, the country has added more than 34 million jobs, basically stabilizing the overall employment situation. However, this has also led to a peak in my country's labor supply. Even though the expansion of enrollment in schools at all levels has slowed the surge in new labor, there are still about 13 million new laborers entering the workforce each year. Therefore, as mentioned before, the contradictions are prominent and the situation is severe. Enterprises cannot remain unaffected, because the reason is simple: once the labor supply is severely imbalanced, it will lead to more serious deterioration of the social environment, thereby damaging the social market itself. Without a foundation, enterprise development will be impossible..."

This meeting originally had nothing to do with Zhang Da'an, because it was originally a study session on the "Notice on Effectively Ensuring the Basic Livelihood and Re-employment of Laid-off Employees of State-owned Enterprises," and the main participants were state-owned enterprises, while Zhang Da'an himself certainly had no connection with state-owned enterprises.

However, because the "Zhang'an Industrial Alliance" has a large number of local "state-owned investment companies", and the Xindongwei Port Middle School has shares in an education investment company, it still has a similar identity to ZTE. It is not a state-owned enterprise, but it is considered a state-owned enterprise.

In this way, Zhang Da'an can say things that the higher-ups want to hear at the meeting, and at the same time let the attendees diagnose the problems and see where to start their work.

Now that Zhang Da'an has spoken, no one is arguing or debating, so the bosses understand the situation.

Regarding the ways to expand re-employment channels, what Zhang Da'an said basically outlined the spirit of the "Notice" that it wanted subordinates to understand.

It represents the development direction of advanced culture.

What is "advanced culture"?
Earning money for doing work—that's "advanced culture"!
Doing the same work but getting paid more than before—that's "advanced culture"!
Anyway, while Huang Jianfei was looking after the fishponds between "Dahua Mountain" and "Fanshu Mountain", he counted the 400,000 yuan in cash he had received and felt that if his health didn't collapse, he might be able to pull off another heist when he turned fifty next year.

As for sixty years old...

It's probably completely hopeless.

He now realizes that things are completely different from when he was young. His hand holding the gun is still steady, but things are different now; he's just getting older.

He considered whether to let his son take over the business, but when he thought about how his son was an honest man, a twenty-year-old young man who had never been in a fight in the rural areas of Lingxi Province, he realized that his son was undoubtedly an honest man.

"Four hundred thousand..."

Huang Jianfei sighed, then took out the medal he had received more than ten years ago and offered it as a sacrifice, lighting an incense stick.

Just pretend you're dead.

Although no one was found coming to the Liang family's vicinity, Huang Jianfei was still worried that he might be in deep trouble. So after calling home, he asked his son to come and take away 300,000 yuan to settle the debt.

With the remaining 120,000, we can renovate and paint the house, and if we can't find a wife, we can arrange a marriage. If that doesn't work out, we can buy a Vietnamese girl as a daughter-in-law.

At this moment, Huang Jianfei was completely at a loss. However, what he didn't know was that his old comrade's son, "Da Anzai," was even more insane than he had imagined.

No sooner had he finished the "Re-employment Work Entrepreneurs Conference" than he went to another conference room, arrogantly eating "Little Champion Smart Candy" and saying even more arrogantly, "I sent people to take care of that person, so what? Is there a problem?"

(End of this chapter)