1928: The rise of giant merchants

January 18, the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930).

Yip's Department Store officially completed the first wave of financing for condoms and sanitary napkins, while the cheongsam business continued to attract investment and shifted its production and other focus to Yip's Clothing Company in Shanghai Bund.

At noon that day, Yip's Department Store announced the total financing amount of the two projects and the list of participating companies. Among them, the condom project received funds of NT$6.24 million, and the sanitary napkin project received funds of NT$4.79 million. Both projects have a total of about 400 people from across the country. Celebrities from all walks of life from all over the world participated, making it a grand event.

When he first started doing business, it was difficult for Ye Luo to raise tens of thousands of dollars. In order to buy Xiangsheng Automobile Shop, he had to withdraw funds from Fengming Building.

The last time he became famous, he only made 1 million yuan with the Chevrolet 490.

Now that he is famous, he can easily raise such funds just by showing off his brand name as Second Young Master, which makes Ye Luo very jealous.

Meng Xiaodong wanted to follow Ye Luo back to the south, so the management and operation of Ye's Department Store was first entrusted to Chen Youde. She took Ye Luo back home in a hurry in the afternoon to let her father-in-law and mother-in-law meet her son-in-law.

Meng Hongqun still had the same old ideas. He always felt that his daughter was an actor and had a low social status. It was the limit for her to be able to match Mei Lanfang, who was also an actor. Looking for someone like Ye Luo was not only a high-level pursuit, but also a bit like a rotten toad trying to eat swan meat.

However, Meng Xiaodong had already taken Ye Luo home and made it clear that he would go south with Ye Luo to Ye's house to meet his parents-in-law. Meng Hongqun had no choice but to agree.

Her mother, Zhang Yunhe, was very much in favor of this. Initially, she had intended for Meng Xiaodong to remarry Ye Luo. Even being a lover would be better than having no name or status in the Mei family and being looked down upon by others.

Now things happened inexplicably. Before Zhang Yunhe could be happy, he pulled Ye Luo to greet him and give him all kinds of compliments, which made Meng Xiaodong feel a little embarrassed.

Ye Luo was also unambiguous and stated his attitude directly. He would marry Meng Xiaodong as a concubine, at least as a concubine, and he would never buy a courtyard in Shanghai like those warlords to keep Meng Xiaodong captive and use her as a tool to relieve his anger. .

This is because this kind of lover just feeds off their youth. After they grow old and lose their beauty, if they are lucky, the man will give them some money to let them enjoy their old age. If they are unlucky, they may either be chased away or chased by the palace like a rat crossing the street. Fight, old age is extremely miserable.

Ye Luo would not let Meng Xiaodong become such a woman, nor let the Meng family worry that such a thing would happen.

After setting up the car and horse, the meeting with the parents went smoothly this time. Meng Hongqun and others left the two of them to have a simple meal as a farewell dinner. That night, Ye Luo took Cao Fan, Meng Xiaodong and others back to Shanghai. beach train.

He also left a group of backbones of Ye's investment in Tianjin, and asked them to open a Ye's shipping company in the name of Steamship Merchants, taking advantage of the situation to capture some business in Tianjin Port.

Originally, the shipping business of Tianjin Port was monopolized by the British, because the minister of the port customs department was British, and the newly appointed director of the General Customs and Taxation Department, Mele, was also British.

But when they heard that Ye Luo's Ye Investment was going to step in, the British were very considerate and took out a lot of property from their teeth to give to Ye Luo.

Who makes him have a good relationship with the current British ambassador?

Everyone thought that Ye Luo wanted to develop the newly acquired China Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. After all, due to the bursting of the US stock market bubble, Kong Xiangxi’s capital chain became extremely tight, so he directly sold the shares of China Shipbuilding Industry and Technology Co., Ltd. to Ye Luo, making him an instant success. the largest shareholder.

He had to be responsible for the profitability of the Steamship Merchants Company. If there was a big loss, it would be the money in his pocket.

But in fact, after Ye Luo established Ye's Shipping Company, he did not focus on the transportation business. Instead, he continued to open up waterways and shipping relationships, seeming to open up global routes.

A few hours after Ye Luo and his party left, Lu Xiaojia learned that Tang Yiying had also left with Ye Luo. Before leaving, she specifically asked him to help explain to Pu Jie who had returned from Japan.

Lu Xiaojia now understands that Ye Luo wiped her butt, and now he has to reciprocate the favor.

Ye Luo also mentioned Wanrong and Pu Yi, asking him to pay more attention to them, the former Qing nobles, and not to let Ye's Department Store conflict with them.

After hearing these words, Lu Xiaojia's ears turned into "Pay more attention to Puyi's bad behavior. If there is any conflict with my Ye's Department Store, he will be punished to death" and "His Queen Wanrong is very good. You can find a way to fix it." Come to my bed." After all, this is what he has always done. He felt that Ye Luo could ask him for help, so he probably went in this direction.

Lu Xiaojia also specifically asked her father for advice to see if she might have made a mistake.

Lu Yongxiang and Lu Xiaojia are truly a father and son, and they peed into a pot.

As soon as he saw Ye Luo taking Tang Yiying away, he immediately thought that Lu Xiaojia understood it well, and immediately started to handle these things. At the same time, he also sent a message to the old brothers who were living in Tianjin City, asking everyone to do it together, which was also convenient. Show your face in front of the second young master.

Puyi, who didn't know what was going on, had just been shot in the head by Ye Luo. Although he was unhappy, even the Japanese people warned him not to provoke Ye Luo again, so he had no choice but to be a coward and swallow his anger. He never thought that he was at home. Sit down and the pot comes from the sky.

Since Ye Luo left, he has never had a stable life.

Similar misunderstandings have happened several times in Peiping and Fengtian.

Ye Luo took Meng Xiaodong away and specifically mentioned those annoying pornographic tabloids. His original intention was to curb public opinion and prevent them from continuing to find fault with Meng Xiaodong.

Who likes their woman to be exposed to pornographic rumors all the time?

You think she is being taken care of, well, let me tell you now, the sponsor is me, Ye Luo, are you convinced?

If you are convinced, then leave them all to me.

But this thing was over-understood by Zhang Hanqing, and other warlord leaders heard about it that day, and it suddenly caused a storm in the city.

The yellow tabloids in the north disappeared with lightning speed.

The various forces attack them with the same intensity as they attack underground organizations, so that no one dares to be a paparazzi, for fear that they will be accidentally discovered by the warlord leaders and lead the army to ransack their homes.

It's not worth losing your life for that few dollars!

Ye Luo, who was sitting in the train at this time, didn't know about these messy things.

He was reading the latest Ta Kung Pao. The headline was calling on all parties to calm down, especially the angry principal, hoping they could maintain the current peace and not rush into war.

Many of the data at the bottom of the box were dug out by these editors, revised and published one by one, counting the materials consumed by the warlords' melee in the past ten years, as well as the population and economic losses caused.

"Ta Kung Pao" predicts that if this war breaks out, it will probably be more tragic than any previous civil war, and the funds lost will be in the order of one billion. If this money can be invested in education, industry, agriculture, medical transportation and other gaps, perhaps It can make the overall level of the Republic of China rise a lot.

Many newspapers advised the warlords not to use troops, and they received widespread support.

But the warlords didn't want to hear it.

The principal directly closed down several of the most popular newspapers and asked Dai Li to arrest them and rectify them. At this point, everyone understood the principal's attitude.

"In war, it's the ordinary people who suffer." Ye Luo sighed as he looked out the car window. (End of chapter)