1928: The rise of giant merchants

Three days later.

Oda Yuken was careful, and he specifically approached Ye Luo during the luncheon and told him that he was willing to spend 10 million yen to buy the goods that Ye's investment had made.

Ye Luo knew that he pinched it in the hope of making him sick. He probably felt that Ye Luo had been waiting anxiously for the past three days, hoping that he would agree to the deal.

But in fact, Ye Luo really doesn't care about this mere 10 million yen, or even this business.

It's good to have it, but it doesn't matter if you don't have it.

Anyway, he sees clearly better than anyone else that at this stage, Japan urgently needs to flow out a large amount of gold in its inventory to activate their monetary system and prevent the gold standard system from collapsing due to the economic crisis caused by the United States.

Now they are begging for themselves, not themselves for asking them. What is there to be anxious about?

Seeing that Ye Luo was not surprised or relieved at all, but kept looking at him with a teasing smile while holding the goblet, Oda Yuken's cheeks became hotter and hotter, knowing that Ye Luo had already seen through the little tricks in his heart, and he became more and more worried. Feeling embarrassed, I just found an excuse and left.

In the afternoon of that day, Ye Luo and others signed a contract at the Yokohama City Hall, promising to sell a large number of products to the city hall at a package price of 10 million yen, and put them on the shelves of major department stores that day.

The contract also stated that if Ye Luo intends to develop Ye's investment in Yokohama in the future, the city hall will strongly support it and give him priority in resources.

However, Ye Luo didn't take these benefits and preferential treatment seriously at all.

Because in a few years, the Japanese invaders will invade China on a large scale, and the two countries will become hostile countries. At that time, this kind of contract will naturally be in vain. Even if factories and companies are really opened in Yokohama City, they will not be annexed by the city hall for various reasons. Great, never mind competing with their local businesses.

Ye Luo's appearance of not caring about petty profits made Oda Yuken more and more convinced that this Chinese businessman was playing a big game of chess.

But he couldn't see through it at all.

In this way, Oda Yuken, who was full of doubts, finally found a savior after all kinds of suffering——

Japanese Prime Minister Hamaguchi Yuyuki is a master of economics who is over 60 years old.

Ye Luo did not expect that the dignified Prime Minister would personally come to take him to Tokyo. When he received the news, he was visiting the Yokohama Night Market with Shi Jianqiao and others, comparing it with the Port Night Market in Tianjin City.

The group of people hurried back to the mayor's mansion. Shi Jianqiao and the others were stopped outside for the first time. This reminded her of the time when they were not allowed to enter Franklin's mansion——

It seems that these big shots have similar habits and are very discriminatory towards ordinary people.

Ye Luo brought his pistol and told Huo Ting'en and the others again and again. Then he followed the maid into the mansion and went to the meeting alone!

Shi Jianqiao, who was waiting outside, was fully focused. Once Ye Luo gave the signal, she would rush in to save people.

Huo Ting'en is responsible for contacting and commanding the huge guard force. With their firepower, if something happens to Ye Luo, they can level the entire mansion in an instant. No matter what, they have to pull Hamaguchi Yuki as a backer.

Fortunately, what Ye Luo was worried about did not happen.

It was neither a game designed against him, nor did it deliberately pressure him into submission.

Hamaguchi Yuyuki was like an ordinary grandfather, sitting cross-legged on the tatami of the inner house, being served by several beautiful geishas to eat and drink.

On the other hand, Oda Yuken sat respectfully on the side, flattering and at the same time careful to accompany the drink, for fear that he would not be served well and make Hamaguchi Yuyuki dissatisfied.

The relationship between superiors and subordinates in Japan is very strict, and those at the top have absolute control over those at the bottom, especially in the political arena.

Seeing Ye Luo coming, Oda Yuken immediately stood up and whispered to Hamaguchi Yuyuki.

Hamaguchi Yuyuki, who was still drinking sake, suddenly stopped and turned his head to look, just in time to meet Ye Luo's eyes.

The old man and the young man looked at each other for a long time, reading a lot of information from their eyes and smiling at the same time, like old friends they had not seen for many years.

"Mr. Ye, please take a seat." Hamaguchi Yuyuki pointed to the guest futon in front of him and said with a smile, "There is an old saying in your country that seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. The real style of Mr. Ye cannot be described by the portrait in the newspaper. ."

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, has given you too much praise. I am just an ordinary businessman. In fact, there are countless businessmen like me in China. There is nothing surprising. But you, your Excellency, make my eyes shine!" Ye Luo is most familiar with hypocritical polite words. .

Isn't it just business exchanges? In his previous life, he specialized in this, and he has already become proficient in this skill.

"Haha, if China is full of businessmen like Mr. Ye, then the country's rise will be just around the corner." Hamaguchi Yuyuki asked the geisha on the side to help Ye Luo pour the wine.

Oda Tomoken, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, was so angry that he didn't dare to take a breath.

With just a few words, the two men, one old and the other young, had exchanged blows several times.

Hamaguchi Yuyuki said that he had seen Ye Luo in the newspaper, and the implication was that I want to know more about you. There are many channels, and I have already found out about you in advance. You are indeed a dragon among people, different from others.

The meaning of Ye Luo's answer is that I am no different. There are many people like this in our country. It is because you are ignorant and I have also found out your details.

Yuyuki Hamaguchi heard the aggression and hostility in his words, and then raised the issue to the national level to fight back against Ye Luo.

If all the businessmen in your country are as profitable as you, then your country must be extraordinary. But in fact, your country is now in a state of collapse, and there is no way to talk about its rise.

And so what if you are great? At the national level, I still beat you completely. This is an indisputable fact.

"Businessmen can't decide politics, only guns can." Ye Luo replied with a smile.

Hearing these words, Hamaguchi Yuyuki was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "It is true that businessmen cannot decide, so why not politicians? The only thing that can decide politics is the barrel of a gun."

The two looked at each other and laughed, and the embarrassment and smell of gunpowder just now disappeared.

Oda Tomoeken's keen political sense allowed him to hear the hidden meaning of this conversation.

Ye Luo means that his trip will not involve any political factors, and he believes that only military power can lead the political direction.

Hamaguchi Yuyuki always thought that he was more or less connected to the politics of the Republic of China. The business to be discussed was so big that he did not believe that there was no shadow of the Jinling National Government behind it.

The problem is that the two countries are still arguing over the issue of tariff independence, and their relationship is somewhat unharmonious.

If Ye Luo has political elements, it will be difficult to negotiate this business.

I didn’t expect that he really didn’t bring it!

Then Hamaguchi Yuyuki felt the same as the saying that politics is determined by the barrel of a gun.

He is a politician and Ye Luo is a businessman. When it comes to politics, the essential difference is really not that big.

Hamaguchi Yuyuki has also been looking to curb excessive militaristic ideas in the country, which is very different from those paranoid lunatics.

But the problem is that the militarists have mastered the barrel of the gun, making it difficult for him as the prime minister to resist.

Isn't it exactly what Ye Luo said?

From this point of view, Ye Luo understands his situation very well, and naturally also knows the current monetary system and economic situation in Japan.

Then it will be much easier to talk about business.

This is the wisdom and skills of the big guys in chatting while eating! (End of chapter)