1928: The rise of giant merchants

Good news came frequently from Yip's Automobile Shop and Liangyou Pictorial, and Fengminglou's business was also rising because of its connections with many subsidiaries of Yip's Investment Company.

Originally, many of these brothels, which mainly focused on courting powerful people and supplemented by operating and making money, were unable to make ends meet. However, over the years, Xiao Aqiao's careful management, coupled with the efforts of a group of little sisters, actually brought Ye Luo a lot of money. a considerable income.

Even so, Ye Luo is a little different from most of the tycoons in Shanghai.

Little Ah Qiao didn't know why he seemed to be less optimistic about these three hugely profitable gray businesses: opium, casinos and brothels. Since the establishment of Ye's investment company, and after the Ye family's labor union was disbanded, except for Fengming Tower, he no longer had any Contaminate any such business.

She was quite distressed to see that many of the territories that Ye Yuqiao had worked so hard to manage over the years were divided between the three tycoons, Yu Likui and Ye Chen.

It wasn't until today that Ye Luo mysteriously revealed the slightest bit of news.

He plans to close Fengming Tower this year!

As soon as she heard these words, little Ah Qiao's soul flew away.

Once Fengming Tower is closed, her eldest sister's reputation will be gone!

Where will my little sisters who depend on this go?

She has no money to support such a big family.

But she was reluctant to think of sending them to be concubines to those perverts who were not human beings.

But if we don’t do this, what else can these young and beautiful women do?

We can’t just go everywhere to find jobs like the new era women after the last women’s liberation movement, right?

These days, a woman's romantic world is just like a man's world. It's easy to get in but hard to get out. It's not that they don't want to change careers, but no matter what they do, it's hard to take off the label.

Even a eldest lady like her who never compromises with other men can hardly wash away the reputation of a romantic woman, let alone those ordinary girls?

"What do you mean by the second young master? Don't show off and try to make me look bad. I can't bear it." Xiao Ah quietly shook her round fan and smiled. Although she was smiling, she was extremely worried in her heart.

Of course she didn't believe that Ye Luo would abandon her, but just because he was willing to accept her didn't mean he was willing to accept the other girls in Fengming Tower.

"This is another business deal that I had negotiated with President Sloan. I think President Sloan should have some clues when he comes back so soon." Ye Luo winked at him.

Alfred Sloan smiled and nodded. The fact that he, a big foreign boss, was willing to sit here showed how much he gave Ye Luo face.

"Ye, I have lived up to my trust and have negotiated everything for you." Alfred Sloan smiled and took out all the documents in his briefcase. "Thanks to the money you spent to buy the car, GM The company has successfully overcome the difficulties of capital turnover and is now back on track with our new cars. I believe we will soon catch up with Ford or even surpass it!"

No one could have imagined that General Motors could actually come back to life.

This king of automobiles from the old era, who was disliked by all American economists and business tycoons, has risen again.

"This is 5% of General Motors' shares. It is part of my personal thank you gift to you." Sloan handed Ye Luo a form filled with dense English letters.

Xiao Aqiao took it. She understood the words, but couldn't read the words on it.

It’s not clear how big the so-called 5% stake is.

Ye Luo accepted it with a smile. 5% of the shares was not a lot, but it showed Sloan's attitude towards him.

Because GM has been listed in the United States, holding 5% of the shares means that he has reached the threshold of a major shareholder. Changes in the shares of such major shareholders need to be announced before they can be traded. This also means that he will have a major shareholder of General Motors in the United States. The status of a shareholder is very precious to a Chinese, and it can facilitate him to enter the upper class overseas.

You must know that it is difficult for a top chaebol like Song Ziwen to be recognized by a large overseas company, let alone donate shares as powerful as Principal Chang and the four major families of the Republic of China.

This is a license that can be commercially transferred overseas.

Of course, Sloan was willing to give him these shares not because Yello helped him save General Motors.

It was the paper that Ye Luo had just finished that made him make a fortune in the U.S. stock market!

Today there are only four people who have made a fortune from this thing.

Sidney Barton, the British Consul General in Shanghai, Clarence Goth, the US Consul General in Shanghai, Ma Murray, the US Minister to China, and Alfred Sloan, the president of General Motors, sitting in front of him.

Sloan knew that his status was far lower than the other three, so he was extremely grateful for Ye Luo's kindness.

Reciprocating favors can make cooperation last longer.

"This is the second thing you need. Letters of cooperation from several large ballroom dance-related companies such as New York Dance Company. Equipment, dancers, coaches, etc. are all available. We will definitely help you open the ballroom as quickly as possible. "

Compared with the first generous gift, Sloan felt that the second gift was much more.

Just discuss cooperation with those dance hall owners.

In the United States, the dancehall industry has entered a decline, and it is very convenient for those bosses to try to sell their companies and to curry favor with big industry bosses like Sloan.

Ye Luo accepted the order.

Only then did Xiao Aqiao and others realize that Ye Luo had this intention in shutting down Fengming Tower.

She felt uneasy. In her world, although brothel prostitutes had a bad reputation, they earned a lot of money. If they got involved with some rich and powerful people and became someone's lover or concubine, they would be like a loser. Phoenix!

Can being a dancer make more money than this?

Others were less convinced either.

It was painful for them to hear it now.

On the one hand, Ye Luo constantly slapped them in the face with facts, proving his extraordinary business ability. On the other hand, every decision he made was completely unconventional and unconvincing.

Just like the follow-up to the Northern Expedition, he was still concerned about whether Marshal Zhang could get out of seclusion!

Everyone is worried about something happening to the Ye family!

"Baby, this matter is left to you. You must handle it well." Ye Luo pushed the cooperation letter to Xiao Aqing.

He said "Baby" in public, for others to listen to.

Everyone understood that this was the real destiny given to little A'Qiao.

Xiao Aqiao listened sweetly, and for a moment she felt that let alone shutting down Fengming Tower, she would be happy to let her die!

"Yeah!" She took the cooperation letter and hugged it to her chest, feeling so precious.

"This is my wife Shu Qiao, President Sloan. She also knows some English and will often cooperate with your people on this matter in the future." Ye Luo said to Sloan again.

Sloan smiled and nodded: "No problem, Ye. Your wife is very beautiful, I believe she will succeed."

After explaining these matters, Ye Luocai continued to discuss with them the subsequent development of Ye's Investment Company.

Su Guoguo also sent someone to say that even if the Ye family suffered, he would be willing to sell the Yamei Radio Factory to Ye Luo at a low price, but Ye Luo still refused.

Ye Luo only put forward the demand for investment and acquisition. The three brothers Su Guoguo, like Zhou Xiangsheng and others, became his right-hand men instead of leaving the electronics factory completely.

This matter is still under negotiation, because he has been busy with the car rental business recently, so he has not taken care of it.

After Sloan left, everyone present simply expressed their opinions on the subsequent development of Ye's Investment Company.

Ye Luoting likes to have this kind of brainstorming occasionally. He is not an outstanding businessman himself. In his previous life, he was just an ordinary migrant worker. In this life, he relied on the resources and conditions of his family to live more comfortably than most people. He also studied abroad for six years. His knowledge and vision are enough, but he is not necessarily better than them in terms of business details.

Here were Zhou Xiangsheng, an old-school businessman from the Republic of China, Lin Zhenbin, a new-school boss who had returned from studying abroad, and Lu Meiseng, who was specialized in the art. They did give him a lot of interesting suggestions during the discussion.

Before they knew it, they had spent the whole day talking in the workspace.

In the evening, Xiao Aqiao called Simei to help with cooking. Lin Zhenbin and Zhou Xiangsheng were still arguing about how to completely disrupt the Yunfei Company's market. At this time, a shocking news break came from the crystal radio.

"Daishuai Zhang canceled his trip to leave the customs today and postponed the date to June 6."

Everyone looked at Ye Luo.

Ye Luo smiled and said nothing.

This is not the key.

In fact, Marshal Zhang will secretly leave Peiping by train tomorrow in order to confuse Japanese spies.

It's a pity that many of the measures he used to create the maze are still ineffective. The moment the train reaches Huanggutun, the train car he is in will be accurately detonated!

This major event remained an unsolved case and an unsolved mystery until later.

Some people said that his close confidants were Japanese invaders, others said that the Jinling side betrayed the information to the Japanese invaders, and there were even unbelievable remarks that the young marshal joined forces with the Japanese invaders.

In short, Ye Luo doesn't care who wants to kill Marshal Zhang. He only cares about the outcome after this incident breaks out tomorrow.