sjar Chapter 791: Your Face
Chapter 791: Your Face
This banquet was originally held for Li Shaoyi, so Li Shaoyi's every move would attract the attention of the people around him.
What Li Shaoyi did just now has been seen by most people.
Embarrassing the Windsor Empire's consul in Pujiang is something no one else dares to do. Even if there is any conflict between the two sides, at most you will suffer a small loss in secret. In such a big occasion, Li Shaoyi directly lost his face. No one in the National Government has ever done such a thing.
Li Shaoyi actually didn't know this little star, he was just borrowing her. After saying a few words, Li Shaoyi turned around.
"Excuse me, sir. Please make way."
Maybe it was because you didn’t see it the first time, but the second time you still had the same attitude, can you still say you didn’t see it?
There were exclamations all around, and some foreigners had already clenched their fists in anger. Li Shaoyi's behavior towards the Windsor Empire's consul in Pujiang was not only a provocation to an individual, but a provocation to their entire country.
Diplomatic consuls represent the entire country when they are on the territory of other countries. You have ignored our diplomatic representatives twice. What do you mean by this?
"Mr. Li, please allow me to introduce myself. Perhaps we haven't met before..."
"Then there's no need to introduce yourself. Since we haven't met before, there probably won't be many opportunities to meet in the future. I already have a lot of friends."
Mr. Melontai said with a fierce face, "I had wanted Li Shaoyi to recognize me, but I didn't expect him to give me the chance to speak. Besides, how could he not recognize you? This is just the third time I've let you down."
In just five minutes, Li Shaoyi humiliated Mr. Melontai three times. This was unimaginable in the Pujiang Concession in the past, but it happened in front of everyone at this moment, and Li Shaoyi did not hide it at all, just to embarrass you.
The people in the Pujiang Municipal Government were dumbfounded. They couldn't afford to offend the consuls of other countries. Pujiang was different from other cities. It was mainly composed of two major concessions. Foreigners played a much greater role here than the locals.
Li Shaoyi was a northern warlord who could just walk away if he got into trouble, but these people had to continue living here. Moreover, being able to be an official in Pujiang, although it could not be said to be the result of good deeds by their ancestors, was the result of a long period of scheming. If they lost their official position for this reason, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
So when Li Shaoyi left, people from the Pujiang Municipal Government quickly surrounded him, just like slaves, and wanted Mr. Melonte to calm down. If he went back in anger, how would he vent his anger?
"Don't sit here anymore. Didn't you see what happened just now? If you continue to sit here with me, that foreigner will give you trouble later. Don't ask me to compensate you for your losses."
Li Shaoyi returned to the original small table. Mr. Du was still sitting there with his legs crossed. He asked for a new glass of red wine for Li Shaoyi and showed no intention of leaving.
"That's what you said. Does that mean he won't bother me if I leave now? What's coming will eventually come. The more you try to avoid it, the more you can't avoid it."
Mr. Du said with a wry smile that although others called him the King of Pujiang, he knew that it was just the favor of the people in the underworld, and this title was also used by the middle and lower classes. Look at those senior bankers or industrialists, how many of them recognized him as the King of Pujiang, not to mention those foreigners.
In the eyes of those foreigners, Mr. Du and his gang are just tools to do dirty work for everyone, especially the consuls of various countries. They would never treat such people as guests of honor. The reason why they often meet and drink with them is because they need these people to do things. If they were not needed, they would have kicked them away long ago.
There is no need to investigate the relationship between Mr. Du and Li Shaoyi. The two of them established a partnership a long time ago. So if Li Shaoyi offends the Windsor Empire's consul in Pujiang, Mr. Du and his men will definitely suffer setbacks.
But the reason why Mr. Du chose not to leave was that his interests were too closely tied to Li Shaoyi's, and he would suffer greater losses if he left. The second reason was that he also wanted to see how Li Shaoyi would respond. He knew that Li Shaoyi was a man who would not suffer any loss. Whether it was the Japanese or other Westerners, it would be impossible for them to take advantage of this stubborn man.
Just as the two were talking, Li Shaoyi noticed a figure walking up to their side. Wasn't this Mr. Melontai, whom he had just humiliated?
"Mr. Li, let's be frank. You don't have to say you don't know me. If you don't know me, I can still introduce myself to you. You must give me an explanation for your behavior today, and an explanation to the Windsor Empire."
Mr. Melonte stood by with an arrogant look on his face, his hands almost about to crush the cup. Since he became a diplomat stationed in China, he had always been praised by others, and no one had ever dared to treat him like this.
But the appearance of Li Shaoyi made this guy realize that there were not only slaves who were absent from the public on this land, but also some troublemakers, some troublemakers who were very difficult to get along with.
"Do I need to explain to you? What qualifies you to ask me for an explanation? Is it because of the Windsor Empire behind you? If I kill you now, do you think the Windsor Empire will go to war with me? With your strength in the Far East, do you have the qualifications to challenge me?"
Li Shaoyi's voice was quite loud, and while he was speaking, he had already picked up the dinner knife next to him. Of course, he was just playing with it, but this action scared Mr. Melonte so much that he took several steps back and took a defensive posture.
"This is simply barbaric. Is this the only way you uncivilized people can communicate?"
Mr. Melontai realized that Li Shaoyi was just bluffing and had no intention of taking action. Now Li Shaoyi had already taken an apple and slowly began to peel it.
However, Mr. Melonté was also upset about his embarrassment just now. The other person was just using a knife to peel an apple, but Mr. Melonté thought that the other person was going to kill someone. His action just now was really ungentlemanly.
"Are we an uncivilized people? When our ancestors ate cooked meat, there were no people in your place. By the time you were eating cooked meat, we already had all kinds of delicious food. Although we have fallen behind in recent years, remember, things change over time. There will be a time when you will look up to us..."