1928: The rise of giant merchants

Puyi's head was broken, and the consuls general of various countries and celebrities from all walks of life in Tianjin also fell silent.

The scene was extremely embarrassing for a time. Only Lu Zongyu, the most loyal supporter of the former Qing Dynasty, shouted "Emperor" and cried bitterly.

None of the warlords spoke, they just waited quietly to see how the second young master would end.

The "imperial doctor" had already arrived with a medicine box. Puyi covered his head with gauze to stop the bleeding. Of course he was sober, or he was not drunk at all. Looking at Ye Luo's eyes at this time, there was 70% to 80% fear and fear out of 10. Puzzled.

It is well known that the second young master has conflicts with the Japanese, but no one is sure how much he hates the Japanese.

But now it's okay, everyone knows it.

"Everyone, the food here is not to my taste. I will hold a banquet at the hotel another day and apologize to you all." Ye Luo stood up and left, cool and neat.

The stunned Tang Yiying looked at Pu Yi who was wailing in pain on the ground, and then at the panicked Wanrong and Wenxiu. She gritted her teeth for the last time, picked up her skirt, followed Ye Luo, and left the table.

Jingyuan Living Room.

"Well, I suddenly remembered that I have something important to do at home, so I took my leave first." Duan Qirui clasped his fists at several people and left without stopping.

"It's getting late, I'll take a step first." Lu Yongxiang got up and ran.

Several former warlord leaders raised their heads, and those who did not dare to stay here to touch Ye Luo's head left the table one after another. Not many people came to express condolences to Pu Yi.

The consuls general of various countries and foreign tycoons also left as if their butts were on fire. Only Yoshizawa Kenkichi came over to comfort Puyi and express the importance and care the Empire of Japan attached to him.

At a banquet, all the guests dispersed. Puyi, who had almost emptied his family fortune to please Ye Luo, only got a bottle of wine in exchange for a headshot, which was miserable.

Noon the next day.

Tianjin Wei, Li Shunde Hotel.

During the Republic of China, there were four well-known hotels in Tianjin, namely Lishunde Hotel, Guomin Hotel, Jiaotong Hotel and Huizhong Hotel.

Among them, the most popular and powerful one is the Lishunde Hotel, which, together with the Licha Hotel in Shanghai, is known as the top hotel in the north and south of the Republic of China.

With the opening of Lishunde Hotel in 1886, Tianjin's hotel industry entered a new era.

In the following nearly forty years, businessmen, compradors from various countries, and domestic capitalists took the Lishunde Hotel as a reference and established many hotels that can still be described as "international" in future generations.

The name of Lishunde Hotel is taken from Mencius' motto "Lishun is based on virtue", which means that if you want to get benefits in real life, you need to have moral character as the foundation to achieve success. The hotel has taken this as its business motto and has been widely praised and favored by many Chinese and foreign celebrities.

Mr. Sun stayed here when he passed through Tianjin on his way north; General Cai E and Mr. Liang Qichao secretly discussed the plan to defeat Yuan Shikai here; US President Hoover and Customs and Taxation Secretary De Cuilin conspired here to defraud the Kaiping Coal Mine; Zhang Hanqing and Zhao Yidi's first experience was also here Here, the last emperor Puyi and a total of 5 presidents, 22 prime ministers, and 47 governors in Peiping all lived here.

On January 4, 1930, Lishunde Hotel was transferred from the Chinese and foreign joint ventures to Ye Luo's name at a price of 3.5 million oceans.

Today at noon, Lishunde Hotel held a grand banquet, inviting celebrities from all walks of life in Tianjin. The host was Ye Luo, the second young master of Shanghai Beach, and the organizer was his subsidiary Ye's Investment Co., Ltd. It was said that it was a public apology for the Jingyuan incident a few days ago. , but everyone felt that the second young master wanted to start some new business and was attracting investors.

The concept of investment has gradually emerged in various parts of the Republic of China since the rise of Ye's Investment. Many small business owners do not understand the true meaning of investment at all, but deliberately name their stores and companies as XX Investment to ride on the popularity of Ye's Investment. Unexpectedly, it has spread everywhere They actually received preferential treatment from some government and private organizations, allowing many people to rise out of the wilderness and earn their first pot of gold.

Regarding this "investment" chaos, Ye Luo did not ask the principal and others to help beat them to death with a stick. Instead, he said that as long as these bosses can do business in the future, promote the country's economic development, and solve people's employment problems, he will ignore them.

On the contrary, if the small bosses who made the first pot of gold on their own grow into the second Yongxing Three Tycoons, then Ye's Investment will not be lenient and will sue you until death.

After Ye's investment was stationed in New York, it also set off a wave of investment in the United States.

Unfortunately, the United States is contending with an economic crisis at this time, and companies are closing down one after another. Only those wealthy plutocrats have enough money to invest and acquire companies.

Accompanied by Tang Yiying, Lu Yongxiang and Lu Xiaojia arrived at the Lishunde Hotel early.

"I didn't expect that the little guy under Ye Yuqiao's knees in the past would actually grow into a towering tree that even I want to look up to." Lu Yongxiang was filled with emotion. When he led the army to occupy the beach in Shanghai, people gave him the title of King of the Sea. His son Lu Xiaojia could fight Huo Tianhong whenever she wanted, and rob anyone's woman he wanted. Even the son of Sheng Xuanhuai, the former richest man in the Republic of China, had to "be willing to admit defeat" and lost more than 100 houses to him.

Now, the father and son are huddled in Tianjin Wei's concession, and they don't even dare to go to the Huajie, for fear that a killer will rush out on the road and kill them.

"Hey, thanks to dad, you were so smart and helped Uncle Ye start the Labor Federation. I also benefited from it. Together with Brother Luo, we are also known as the four young masters of Shanghai." Lu Xiaojia still looked cynical. Originally, he Day and night, I worried that Huo Tianhong would find someone to come to Tianjin to kill him.

It's fine now, Huo Tianhong is still sweeping the streets, Lu Yusheng is dead, and Zhang Wanlin heard that he was taken to prison.

The actor Lu Lanchun he had fallen in love with ran away with a wild man, and then came to Tianjin to find him, which gave him a lot of pleasure.

I feel that as long as I stay close to Ye Luo, I can enjoy spicy food.

"You're the only one who's worthy?" Lu Yongxiang scolded his son with a smile, "You, you've been out of shape all day. This time A Luo comes over, why don't you find a chance to do something with him? Do you want to hang out in the casino for the rest of your life?"

"Hey, I hope Brother Luo can like me." Lu Xiaojia did have the idea of ​​​​doing a business, but he had no money and no one, and his father's brand, the former governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, was not easy to use. "Speaking of which, Brother Luo... I bought Lishunde for the first time, do you want to start a restaurant business?"

Looking at the assets owned by Ye's Investment, it seems that there are no companies related to the catering industry.

When he bought the Majestic Hotel from the Kadoorie family, Ye Luo transformed it into the Paramount Ballroom.

"Probably not~ Brother Luo said that buying Li Shunde was just for convenience. He must have a place to stay in Tianjin Wei." Tang Yiying has been secretly sneaking into Ye Luo's room in the past few days. Lu Xiaojia is well aware of this and wants to take care of it.

He doesn't care about being like-minded with others.

Even the custom of wife-swapping was very popular in the upper class society of the Republic of China.

Lu Yongxiang and Lu Xiaojia were horrified. They realized that they seemed to have underestimated Ye Luo's financial resources.

People who want a place to stay usually buy a house or something, but Ye Luo just bought the best hotel in Tianjin Wei.

"Anyway, no matter what you are doing, let's go in and take a look before talking about it."

Many acquaintances had already greeted Lu Yongxiang, testing their words to see if they knew what business Ye Luo wanted to do.

It seems that everyone is not a fool. No one really takes Puyi's headshot seriously. The focus of attention is still what the second young master wants to do.

Lu Yongxiang and his party poured into the hotel, which was already crowded, including many celebrities from Tianjin Wei.

Sharp-eyed Lu Xiaojia saw Ye Luo surrounded by countless foreigners at a glance, and was about to go up to talk to him when he heard Lu Yongxiang beside him whisper: "This seems to be Mr. Ma Murui, the American Minister to China?" (End of Chapter)