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In Hankou during the Beiyang period, the Concession and the Huajie had completely different appearances, but the darkness and ugliness were the same, and they could always be seen. The dividing line between the German concession and the Chinese boundary was Huajing Street. After the fire, the German consul took the opportunity to request that the boundary be expanded and police stationed. This move aroused strong opposition from Hankou business people. The warlord Wang Zichun deliberately pitted locals and outsiders against each other in order to profit from it. "There is no city without peace", but only Hankou, like Shanghai, has a large number of Ningbo people settling down with their families. Ningbo Gang, who is good at doing business, has accumulated rich experience in Shanghai and has achieved certain status and achievements in Hankou with his inherent integrity. Anniversary was originally an employee of a German-owned foreign bank in Shanghai. After the German businessman left Shanghai, he transferred all his assets to his name and sold goods from the Hankou branch to him on credit. After the European War, the German businessman came back and celebrated the anniversary with a promise to return all the assets in custody to Zhao and pay the full payment. During the anniversary celebration in Hankou, I met Jiang Wenyu, the owner of a construction factory, and Lao Shi, a German designer. The current situation was chaotic and turbulent, from the resumption of the German Concession and the declaration of war on Germany, to the warlords' melee and the establishment of the Nanjing government. After more than ten years of getting along, the three of them forged a deep transnational friendship. Jiang Wenyu believed in century-old architecture, and the contract he signed stated that the warranty period was one hundred years. Even though he was blind, he still persisted with superhuman perseverance and courage, and built brilliant buildings in the Hankou Concession and the Chinese Community, winning the trust of Chinese and foreign owners. However, after he undertook the construction of Wuhan University, due to the depreciation of the silver dollar, the sharp increase in material prices, and the floods in the Yangtze River Basin, he lost all his money to complete the century-old beautiful campus, and went from being a wealthy businessman to being penniless.