1928: The rise of giant merchants

How proud are you that you dare not give up even a cent?

Ye Chen even began to suspect that he was hallucinating.

"Aluo, are you sure? You don't want any of the Labor Federation's property?" Ye Chen asked again.

Ye Luo nodded.

Those industries either involve too many gray businesses, with high profits but also high risks, especially things like tobacco and casinos. When the war was initially decided, Jinling started to rectify Shanghai, and they were the first to deal with it.

In November of this year, the "Jiang'an Ship Incident" that shocked the country and abroad was caused by the cigarette business. At that time, Jinling would even send Zhang Zhijiang, chairman of the Anti-Smoking Committee of the Republic of China, to thoroughly investigate the case.

If you take over this mess now, it seems like you will make a lot of money, but I don’t know how you will die by then.

As for other good industries, without the support of the Ye family, Ye Chen would not be able to hold on to much, and in the end his life would be embezzled.

But it doesn't matter.

Because in fact, no matter who takes over the labor federation's plate now, they will be completely cleaned up by Jinling in the end.

How can there be eggs under the cover of the nest?

Ye Chen thought that he would be able to rest easy by joining the three tycoons and the General Chamber of Commerce, but in fact, he was just taking fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps.

"Godfather, Brother Hao, what do you guys say?"

This matter was so big that Ye Chen didn't dare to listen to Ye Luo alone.

He looked at the two people who were silent.

Ye Hao looked puzzled, but he had trusted his younger brother extremely since he was a child. In addition to Ye Luo's shocking words before, "What if Marshal Zhang is no longer here?", he did not hesitate and said, "I listen to A Luo."

"I'm old, and now it's your young people's world." Ye Yuqiao said with a look of reluctance. Over the past few days, he has fallen from being the president of the Labor Federation that everyone respected, and now even the juniors don't take him seriously. , the huge gap really made it difficult for him to adapt.

But so what?

He turned his head and glanced at Ye Luo, who was still sitting peacefully.

Although things had twists and turns, they were indeed developing step by step according to the younger son's reasoning.

Now that things have come to this, what else can be done?

"Okay!" Ye Chen felt a sense of relief in his chest!

So many years.

Unable to wait any longer, Yu Likui had already run out to set up his own business. Although he was doing well, he was still dependent on others and could not stand on an equal footing with tycoons like Ye Yuqiao.

Why is Yu Likui so keen on overthrowing the Ye family?

He just wants to usurp everything Ye Yuqiao owns and be promoted to Shanghai's new tycoon.

But now, everything he desires will fall into his hands!

There are thousands of brothers, but Ye Luo doesn't want any of them. He doesn't take any of the property that earns hundreds of thousands of dollars a month!

Ye Chen even suspected that Ye Luo was not Ye Yuqiao's biological son, but his biological brother!

"Then the last thing is the money in the bank account of the Federation and the goods in the warehouse." Ye Chen took the account book from an old man and pushed it to Ye Luo, "Aluo, take a look, what do you want? carry."

Money, power, goods, people.

Among these four things, Ye Chen valued power and people the most, followed by goods, and finally money.

He originally thought it would be a very difficult family separation meeting, but unexpectedly, he easily won the most important power and person without giving anything.

Thinking about it this way, the remaining goods and money are not so important.

Ye Chen was in a good mood.

If Yu Likui and the three tycoons are not borrowed, it means that he can have these things for himself today.

Or give some to them and the General Chamber of Commerce, so that you can quickly gain a foothold in Shanghai and build a force!

The future is infinitely bright!

Ye Luo took the account book and looked through it carefully.

The Labor Federation has been pocketed by a group of insiders over the years. Many industries are obviously making money but losing money year after year. However, these bastards are still smart and do not dare to touch the cash in their bank accounts.

Eight hundred and sixty-seven thousand oceans.

This amount is much less than I expected.

It can be seen that the Labor Federation has been in a situation that seems to be prosperous in recent years, but in fact it does not make much revenue.

This is a common problem among all gang-type forces today.

You have a large group of brothers to support, without any institutional constraints, without any rules and regulations. In a mess, the accounts will always be unclear.

Ye Yuqiao has not yet made much money from the Labor Federation.

The Ye family's own financial situation is not much better.

There are too many such wealthy families in Shanghai. They seem to have unlimited glory, but in fact they have very weak foundations.

Unless you are like the Three Tycoons, you touch everything you shouldn't touch, take what you shouldn't take, and treat the gang account as your own personal account.

But this model is still not a long-term solution.

As for the goods in the warehouse, Ye Luo ignored the smoke and focused on the firearms and equipment.

He took out his pen, drew circles on the notebook, clicked out everything he wanted, and pushed it to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen lowered his head and took a look.

Good guy, he is really a pure businessman.

All he wants is money, goods, and guns that everyone is jealous of.

Ye Chen thought that Ye Luo would at least take away a batch of large cigarettes. After all, it was a real ocean, but he didn't touch it at all.

Thinking of the charity foundation, Ye Luo broke up with the General Chamber of Commerce in order to disclose the accounts.

He looked at Ye Luo with a surprised look on his face. Isn't this kid really a new young man who is overly enthusiastic?

The inherent impression the Ye family left on him was too profound.

Although Ye Chen was not familiar with Ye Luo, he always regarded him as a member of the Ye family and inherited the genes of that family.

But now I see that this kid is really weird and interesting!

"I don't have a big problem here. Fourth uncle, take a look." Ye Chen took another deep look at Ye Luo and pushed the account book to the old people.

People are greedy.

But today Ye Luo gave them so many things that they were all confused.

At this time, I felt that the money was nothing at all.

The total value is only one million oceans. Of course, it will still hurt to throw it out at once, but compared to the New Labor Association that can develop sustainably, are these nothing?

"If there is no problem, just remember to move the things to Ye's Security Company, and then transfer the money to my Citibank account in US dollars."

Ye Luo said the last thing.

"Dollars?" Ye Chen looked at him doubtfully, "You don't want the ocean?"

In Shanghai, hard currency has to come from the ocean. You can use U.S. dollars abroad, but in China, except for foreign banks, basically no one can settle the bills for you.

The problem is, if you are not a VIP customer of a foreign bank, and you have thousands or hundreds of dollars in hand, they may not be willing to exchange it for you! Or they may deliberately take advantage of the falling exchange rate to give you less money, and you won’t even be able to tell your story!

So now in Shanghai, if you want to exchange foreign currency with foreign currency, you don't even have to go to a bank to exchange it. You can exchange it for more foreign currency at a higher exchange rate in black markets everywhere.

Eight hundred and sixty-seven thousand oceans, according to the current exchange rate, can be exchanged for US$361,250 from the bank, but from the black market, you can get almost US$440,000!

"No, I just want US dollars." Ye Luo shook his head.

"Okay, but you have to wait for a while, the money won't come back so quickly." Seeing how persistent he was, Ye Chen didn't ask any more questions.

He knew that Ye Luo was doing business with foreigners, and it was normal to ask for US dollars.

But he felt that Ye Luo was too greedy for small profits.

If you waste a few months, you will only earn more than 70,000 US dollars and hundreds of thousands of oceans. But if you get these more than 800,000 oceans early, you can do more things.

A short-sighted businessman.

Ye Chen felt that the second young master's reputation was difficult to live up to, and he felt relieved.

The family separation meeting, which was originally expected to be tense, turned out to be unexpectedly smooth.

After the peaceful breakup, Ye Chen was all smiles, and even said goodbye to Ye Luo when he took the people away.

Back in the car, Ye Luo, Ye Hao and Ye Yuqiao were sitting in the back seat. Ma Yongzhen was driving in front. I always felt that the atmosphere tonight was a bit weird.

He didn't understand these messy things in the Labor Union and the struggle for power. He only knew that the second young master was very happy when he came out. He must have got everything he wanted.

I just don’t know why the eldest young master and the old master look so sad, as if their wives are dead.

"Luoluo." Ye Yuqiao spoke, wanting to break the silence, but was interrupted by Ye Luo's words.

"Dad, it's time to pay!"

Ye Luo smiled and reached out to him.

Ye Yuqiao and Ye Hao looked at each other, looking at him a little confused.

"Have you forgotten? Our bet."

A bet?

Ye Yuqiao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"From today on, you can plant grass and flowers at home and play mahjong with peace of mind. Brother and I are here to take care of things outside, so you can rest assured."

Ye Luo took the brand new ocean from Ye Yuqiao's hand,

"There will be no Ye Family Labor Association from now on, only Ye Family Investment Company. Don't worry, I will get back everything they took away today in double amounts soon."