1928: The rise of giant merchants

"Principal, I'm here to find you." Ye Luo climbed up the pole, looking like a shameless rogue.

The principal smiled, feeling a little helpless about his lackadaisical style. He could only laugh and scold him a few times, and pulled him to the principal's office.

Zhou Bin, the real principal of the Tangshan Artillery School, saw that these two people were present. He stood up obediently and got out of the way. Then he and the principal's secretary Deng Wenyi ran to the corridor to stand guard. He did not dare to look at the two men at all.

"A Luo, sit down." The principal took the main seat and asked Ye Luo to sit on the guest sofa.

Ye Luo sat down obediently. Facing the current top leader of the Jinling National Government, he maintained his usual image of a gentle and courteous junior, smiling without showing his teeth and looking happy.

"Don't be so nervous, just talk casually." The principal is a man who has climbed all the way from a low-level officer to this position. He has probably had some judgments and opinions about Ye Luo in his previous contacts with him.

What he admires most about Ye Luo is that he can "carry it clearly".

Businessmen go all the way and never touch politics. Even if they have excellent resources, they will not cross the line.

This may seem simple, but only one businessman in a million can actually do it.

Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen were both businessmen. The former was the principal's brother-in-law. Why was he willing to run around for him?

Isn’t it for the current position of Minister of Industry and Commerce?

Not to mention Song Ziwen, who relied on the big tree of the Song family to win the important position of Minister of Finance, and he also contradicted the principal every day and made trouble, which gave the principal a headache.

Down the line, people like Yu Qiaqing and Lin Kanghou, as well as the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium that once supported him, all wanted to buy power with money and enter the political arena.

No one is a pure industrialist.

In this Republic of China, the current business environment lacks such a pure businessman.

Therefore, the more the principal looked at Ye Luo, the more he appreciated him.

"I heard that you made a lot of money in the United States?" The principal pointed out, "Your naughty god sister didn't cause you any trouble, did she?"

Ye Luo quickly recalled the process, and after confirming that the principal did not know much about it, he replied with a smile: "There is no way to make money, it just happens that I don't lose money. How can she act so nonsense? It's too late for me to rely on her."

"Haha." The bald principal's expression changed and he looked at him coldly, "Aren't you talking nonsense? Isn't it nonsense to spend tens of millions of military dollars to speculate in stocks in the United States? And Ziwen, they think I don't know that he secretly transferred money from the Ministry of Finance Stock trading? 100 million yuan, what a great move~"

Ye Luo didn't need to talk about these bad debts. The news from the United States would always come back. Moreover, they originally invested in Hongxing United Group. No matter the amount or the identity of the investor, it was impossible to hide it from the principal.

He most likely learned some information through Deng Wenyi and others, and then through Kong Xiangxi and others.

As for the principal's wife's money, Ye Luo wouldn't believe it even to death if the principal knew nothing about it.

Without your approval, can the money spent on buying an airplane be turned into a deposit in Citibank?

Anyway, if something goes wrong, you push it to the Song family and make money, and you reap the benefits.

But on the surface, Ye Luo still pretended to be exposed, and replied with some fear: "Principal, I don't blame my sister and the others for this, I didn't handle it well."

"You, you, let me tell you what you are good at. Your sister has lost all her tens of millions, and you are still going to wipe her butt! In this way, she will only remember to eat and not to beat. And Ziwen? 100 million, I heard that you lent him 87 million yuan? If you lend this money, do you think he will pay you back!"

The principal looked like he hated iron, and he stood up and tapped Ye Luo with his finger, sighed repeatedly, and finally sat down again.

"You really think I don't know anything?"

"." At this time, Ye Luo could only hesitate, looking guilty, as if his little thoughts had been seen through.

The principal was very satisfied with his reaction, and that was probably the case as well.

From the principal's perspective, Ye Luo has a close relationship with his wife and Song Ziwen, especially his wife. It's like eating ecstasy soup. She knows that Ye Luo is married to Bai Xiuzhu, but she still wants to introduce her to her cousin. give him!

Forget about Song Ziwen.

The Nissin incident deceived Ye Luo, and he was later involved in raising military expenses. The business community also deceived him with regard to fundraising. Even so, Song Ziwen was still actively repairing the relationship with Ye Luo, and could still borrow such money from him. A lot of money.

The principal was puzzled by the tricky nature of it.

The only possibility that can be thought of is that Ye Luo already has a close relationship with the Song family.

The Kong family and Ye Luo had conflicts over the ownership of the U.S. stock market and the Steamship Merchants Group. Kong Xiangxi, the current richest man in the Republic of China, was very hostile to Ye Luo, the future richest man in the Republic of China.

But it happened that his beloved youngest daughter Kong Lingjun respected Ye Luo as her teacher and wanted to inherit Ye Luo's mantle.

This also eased the conflict between the Kong family and the Ye family a lot.

Not long ago, the principal received secret news that Mrs. Sun, the second sister of the Song family, visited Ye Luo in New York and followed him back to China secretly. After arriving in Shanghai, she disappeared.

Mrs. Sun was the first Song family member to openly break with him. Although the Song family's position was very firm, she was her eldest sister after all, and the blood-thicker family relationship was far beyond that of his foreign son-in-law.

Mrs. Sun's views are likely to affect the Song family's attitude towards Ye Luo.

That's right.

This time the principal came to Tangshan Artillery School, nominally to invite Max to serve as his army staff officer, but in reality he was waiting for Ye Luo to take the bait.

It's not that I'm worried about what Ye Luo will do.

If he really wanted to enter politics, he should be the first to contact the Chen family. After all, as the saying goes, "The Jiang family is the Chen family's party, and the Song family's sisters are the Kong family's wealth!"

Ye Luo has no shortage of women and wealth, so he should go to Chen Guofu.

What he was worried about was that the successor to Song Ziwen whom he had deliberately cultivated would be led astray and become one of his own, just like the Kong family and the Song family, blocking his great cause from behind.

"I know that when I asked you to take 10 million yuan to raise funds for the military, you were not allowed to buy shares in the '1929 Great Shanghai Plan'. You felt very unhappy and thought I was robbing you. But I asked you whether the money you took was For the sake of the party and the country, for the world, and for the future, you are not without benefits. How is the Great Shanghai Plan now? You can ask Zhang Qun and others yourself. When the development area is determined and the land is rectified, what do you want that I won’t give you?"

The principal sighed and said,

"But you lent money to Song Ziwen, do you think you can get it back? Ye's joint venture bank, Ye's investment in this industry, in Shanghai Bund, in the concession, in the north and south, do you rely on me or your godmother?"

For this reason, Ye Luo understood.

The current principal is like his little daughter-in-law who is angry with him.

He looked like he was devastated that he was treating you like a donkey because of his good intentions, and repeatedly told Ye Luo not to be seduced by the wild flowers outside his home.

This also partially answered a question that Ye Luo had long had.

Internally, he really failed to capture people's hearts.

Whether it was a member of the family like Kong Song or an outsider like Wang, they had little dealings with him.

The Nationalist Government of Jinling now seems to be monolithic. After the victory of the Northern Expedition and the recent victories in the war, it has the momentum to aspire to the world.

But at the core, these senior executives are working on their own, just for their own interests.

No wonder the principal wanted to kill his own people first before he died. No wonder after the Anti-Japanese War, his people were broken into pieces at the first touch.

What else can "I" Ye Luo say?

Showing loyalty at this time is courting death.

Ye's investment path of only cooperation and not participating in politics has long been set.

If you change the family and join the principal, you may be able to live a more comfortable life in the past few years, but in the future, with this factor, you will have no choice but to follow him and escape to Wanwan.

As we all know, the group of people who went to Wanwan had no power but money, and they must have died miserably.

Even if you can live a relatively prosperous life, when the principal bids farewell, you and your descendants will die.

"I understand what you are thinking. When I say this, I am not asking you to break up with them or do anything to you. I just hope you can understand, Aluo, I don't want your money, I want your people. Thousands. Wan Da Yang may be an astronomical figure that is unattainable to many people, but for me, it is possible with the stroke of a pen."

The principal looked earnestly and said with a smile,

"Not long after, there will be a round of military fund-raising activities in Shanghai. You, Mr. Ye, will be exempted. I really don't need that little money."

"Thank you, principal." Ye Luo complained in his heart. Tens of millions of dollars is really nothing, but now he is worth more than 3 billion US dollars. That is a starting capital of 15 billion dollars. If you know, don't ask me.

But at the end of the day, the dividends still have to be eaten and the business still needs to be done.

Only a fool refuses to accept the green light given by the principal.

"Okay, it's useless to talk more. Remember to go around the school more and get the title of honorary vice principal. You won't be seen after the school opens. You have invested in this school after all. Let's have some snacks." The principal laughed and scolded. , I feel that today’s communication went very smoothly.

Ye Luo should be able to appreciate his good intentions.

Ye Luo ran away in a hurry. Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something and turned back. He poked his head through the door: "Principal, I have something to ask you."

"explain."

"Can you please let that Dai Libie hang around in front of my house all the time? He's so annoying."

"Dai Li? Why did he come to your door?" The principal really didn't know.

"It seems to be arresting traitors?" Ye Luo knew that Dai Li had sent Zhang Wanlin and others to the prison cell in his own name.

It's said to be a gift, but it's actually a passing blame.

"Nonsense! I'll send him a telegram later."

"Thank you, principal!" Ye Luo left the office with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Dai Li, you dare to spread rumors to test me? I can't kill you. (End of chapter)