1928: The rise of giant merchants

"You guys continue to practice dance well, I'll go to the office." Ye Luo glanced around at the sweaty Yingying Yanyans in the dance studio. Nowadays, the dancer training of Ye's Dance Company is becoming more and more professional, and they can't afford to practice dance. It’s painful, but I think that some people who enter the dance industry to make money will soon be eliminated by the company, and then go to smaller dance halls to fish in troubled waters.

In order to ensure the quality of the dancers in the dance company, Ye Luo asked Xiao Aqiao, Hua Mei and others to strictly control the situation and prevent speculators from taking advantage of it. However, this could not prevent most speculators from sinking further. The market and companies are changing, which has indirectly led to the current increasingly turbid waters of Shanghai's dance industry.

No wonder the principal of Jinling has always discouraged and disliked the culture of ballroom dancing. Some people say that his wife, Mrs. Song, loves to dance, which made the principal very unhappy, which led to the subsequent ban on dance. In fact, it may be due to the increasingly chaotic dance industry. Many military and political figures were shaken, which aroused the principal's dissatisfaction.

No matter what the future holds, Ye Luo will never give up easily when it comes to making money.

"Second Young Master, the Japanese is waiting in the office. I'll make tea for you." Xue Leng has always been cold-tempered every time she sees Ye Luo since Ye Luo helped her out during the Qin Tongli incident. They all laughed non-stop. Occasionally, Xiafei's cheeks turned shy and she ran away, making Ye Luo scared and thought she had taken the wrong medicine.

"Has the Japanese been carefully inspected?" Ye Luo gently pushed open the slightly ajar door and touched the pistol at his waist with his right hand. For Japanese invaders, especially those who were in China during the Republic of China, he never contempt.

As the world situation and the situation in Southeast Asia become increasingly tense, the relatively peaceful Japanese have returned home one after another. Those who are left behind are either important military and political figures or fanatical militarists, and they are not good things.

Suzuki Hospital only treated Japanese people. For this reason alone, Ye Luo wished it would close down soon.

And the Rendan developed by Hiroshi Morishita dominates the domestic pharmaceutical market. It is said that it is also related to militia elements and Japanese spies. Regardless of whether it is true or false, since it is targeted by Ye Luo, it will definitely not be allowed to continue to be sold.

Opening the door, the formally dressed Morishita Hiroshi stood up from his chair, bowed slightly to Ye Luo, with a slightly superior smile on his face: "Hello, Boss Ye, I am Hiroshi Morishita, the director of Suzuki Hospital. .”

"Hey, my Japanese is not bad, just speak Japanese." Ye Luo has been in Tokyo for a year and has already become proficient in Japanese.

"Boss Ye actually understands Japanese!" Hiroshi Morishita was a little surprised. He held up his gold-rimmed glasses with his hand, picked up the suitcase beside him, and put it directly on the desk. "This is a little bit of my thoughts, please. Accept it."

The suitcase was opened and it was full of banknotes.

Ye Luo glanced at the pile of money. Now, for him, only big money is worthy of his attention and arouses his desire.

As for this small amount of money, it can't be spent in any of his properties.

"This is the VIP medal of our Suzuki Hospital. There are three in this box. Boss Ye can bring it to your family. As long as you register with our hospital with the medal, you will be able to receive medical treatment at Suzuki Hospital like the Japanese in China. "

Seeing that he was unmoved, Morishita Hiroshi took out another box of golden medals.

"You should know that our medical level and facilities are far ahead of your traditional Chinese medicine doctors. Even many tycoons in the concession really want to seek medical treatment in our hospital, but we all refused."

He said this with an obvious sense of superiority.

Since the late Qing Dynasty, most young talents who want to make a name in the medical field and study medicine to save the country have chosen to study abroad in Tokyo. The pharmaceutical industry has always been Japan's world-renowned big industry.

In the early years of the Republic of China, after a large number of overseas study abroad crazes, many Japanese businessmen also migrated from Japan to China. Many of them started in the textile and pharmaceutical industries, grabbing a piece of meat from the foreign merchants of other powers.

"Your pharmaceutical industry is indeed good, but this does not mean that Western medicine will be a high school medicine, nor does it mean that our own Chinese pharmaceutical industry will never develop." Ye Luo glanced at the box of medals. If he didn't have many Due to foreign relations, the temptation to seek medical treatment at Suzuki Hospital is quite great.

After all, everything is vain in front of human life.

It's a pity that Ye Luo stayed abroad in England and the United States for six years, and now his business is getting more prosperous.

People who are rich, powerful and well-connected never worry about medical treatment.

Seeing that he was still unmoved, Morishita Hiroshi's face was obviously ugly. He hesitated and reluctantly took out a letter from his arms.

"Boss Ye, I know you are rich and powerful. Since the person who introduced me here said that you will definitely be able to help me solve my problem, then there is a high probability that you will not value these money and medals. They are just icing on the cake. I have an email here. Letters can be a good thing to provide help in times of need.”

Seeing his strange expression, Ye Luo also put away his relaxed attitude and reached for the envelope. To be on the safe side, he asked first: "Do I have to help you after I open the envelope?"

"No, this is just a letter written by our ambassador to China to people with lofty ideals in China." Hiroshi Morishita lowered his voice slowly, looked at Ye Luo, and added, "Especially since you have been to Tokyo to study. Chinese who also have a certain reputation.”

Ye Luo raised his eyebrows.

If he remembered correctly, the current Japanese ambassador to China was a Class-A war criminal, Chong Guanggui. This bad old man was full of bad intentions. He was behind the massacre in the capital of Shandong Province. It was said that he sent agents to do the death of Marshal Zhang.

Although the Second Northern Expedition ended, the Japanese invaders still occupied Shandong Province on a large scale and sent heavy troops to guard it, constantly eroding the economy and people of Shandong Province.

Shandong Province is mainly engaged in the textile industry and the grain industry. After these two industries were occupied by the Japanese invaders, the grain merchants in the north went bankrupt one after another and had to go south to make a living. Not to mention the textile factories, which were either taken over by the Japanese invaders and became their base in China. Black-hearted factories will either close down directly, causing a tragic situation where countless people have no food to eat.

More than five months have passed since the tragedy, but the Japanese troops still have not withdrawn from Shandong Province. The Jinling National Government is also actively sending people to negotiate, but the results are very poor.

Thinking of this, Ye Luo's expression became filled with a hint of gloom.

Not long ago, the principal officially paid homage to Mr. Sun's spirit in heaven, and was very proud of his success in the Northern Expedition, as if it was a great achievement to unify the country in name and defeat other warlords.

While this group of big shots were vying for power and profit, trying to take over all the land in the country and rebuild a new country, the people of Lu Province were still humiliated under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders.

Ye Luo wanted to chop off the head of the Class-A war criminal who caused this series of tragedies.

What good letters can he write to the Chinese?

Ye Luo opened the envelope and took it out for a look.

The text of the letter was very short, and it was nothing more than the same old story about China and Japan co-prosperity. We all have a good relationship, they are close friends of the two countries, and there needs to be a lot of communication between talented people. Ye Luo didn't even bother to read it.

The pass inside the envelope is the core.

"Boss Ye, I heard that you once worked as a teaching assistant at Imperial University. You should know how difficult it is for Chinese people to become Japanese citizens. With this pass and letter of introduction, you can immediately become Japanese citizens. At the same time, as long as you are willing , I can also apply to the Consulate General. The US Consulate General can give you the status of a Chinese consul, and so can we."

When Hiroshi Morishita said this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

If it weren't for the fact that Suzuki Hospital was related to Rendan's operation and sales, and a large part of Rendan's income would flow into military construction, and that Rendan's advertising pictures had other mysteries, he wouldn't have been willing to take out this letter and give it to Ye Luo.

Ambassador Chongguang had warned them at the beginning that only very qualified Chinese could be carefully recruited.

It turns out to be a bloody traitor’s pass!

Ye Luo stuffed the things back into the envelope, his chest rising and falling slightly.

Hiroshi Morishita thought he was surprised, smiled slightly, and waited for Ye Luo to agree.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Ye Luo stood up, returned all the things to him, and then slowly approached him with his hands on the desk.

The terrifying momentum made the sitting Hiroshi Morishita feel on pins and needles, and he stood up, not daring to continue sitting down.

"Boss Ye, you."

"Dean Morishita. First of all, it is not difficult for me to become a Japanese citizen. When I was on exchange at Imperial University, as an outstanding graduate of Harvard University and an assistant to my tutor, your professors came to visit me every day. I wanted to If I keep my job, the conditions they offer are much better than yours. Secondly, I don’t care about the identity of the Chinese consul in the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, so why do I care about what you gave me?”

Ye Luo approached him with a fierce attitude. Instead of being angry, he smiled.

"I know why you came here. Ren Dan can no longer be sold. Suzuki Hospital is also involved in the old case of Jing Ruishan's death. You are reluctant to bear the huge profits you made from our country and want me to help settle it, right? ?”

"Jing Ruishan?" Mori Xiabo's eyelids twitched. It had been a long time since Ye Luo didn't mention it, and he had almost forgotten it.

Looking at Ye Luo's look, he became even more puzzled.

Why, although he didn't care about him before, at least he wasn't so tense, but when he took out the envelope that he thought would be the trump card to persuade Ye Luo, the other party's attitude changed completely!

"Boss Ye, I hope you will consider my proposal again. Helping our Suzuki Hospital means helping Ambassador Shigemitsu, and it means that you will get friendship from us. Maybe in your opinion, we are not as good as Americans and British, But who knows what the future will bring?”

As if he thought of something, Morishita Hiroshi regained his confidence, took a few steps back, looked directly into Ye Luo's eyes, and said calmly,

"You also have an old saying that the winds and tides will change. Boss Ye, losing our friendship may kill you in the future!"

This is already a naked threat.

Morishita Hiroshi's words and deeds are in line with Ye Luo's inherent impression of militarists.

It also made him more certain that Suzuki Hospital was not as clean as it seemed.

Even when the sales of Rendan plummeted and there was still the danger of being seized by Zhang Dingyao, Morishita Hiroshi could still maintain such a condescending attitude and words and deeds, which shows that he is very confident in his work.

Where does this confidence come from?

Naturally, it was the Ambassador Chongguang he was talking about.

Although anti-Japanese sentiment is already very high across the country, after all, the opponent is one of the great powers and is a force that the Jinling National Government favors. It has not yet completely exposed its fangs. Therefore, from the perspective of Morishita Hiroshi, Ye Luo probably feels that it is difficult Decline his offer.

And he seems to have a good understanding of some future trends. The phrase "the wind and water will turn around" refers to the impact of the Songhu Battle on the business world?

Or can he still estimate the isolation period of Shanghai Beach?

In any case, Hiroshi Morishita obviously knew something about this, which also showed that the Japanese invaders already had plans and ideas within them.

The reason why they originally pulled the Suzuki Hospital into trouble was because they accidentally learned from Huang Chujiu that they were related to Jing Ruishan's death. In addition, the Dragon Tiger Human Pill that Ye Luo was going to make and their Rendan were competing products, so naturally they wouldn't have an easy time. .

But today Hiroshi Morishita came over and unexpectedly revealed a greater amount of information to Ye Luo.

He himself didn't realize that not only did he not succeed in convincing Ye Luo this time, but he also got into trouble!

"Kill me?"

Ye Luo gently pressed his hand on the pistol at his waist.

Seeing his action and some rumors he had heard before, Morishita Hiroshi's expression suddenly changed. He pressed himself against the door and raised his hands in front of him: "Boss Ye, please calm down! If we shoot here, you will definitely You can’t escape the sanctions of the consular court!”

"Here's the gun. I'm not interested in killing you, but you said you want my life, so why don't you shoot it and show me?" Ye Luo pressed the pistol heavily on the desk, pushed it forward slightly, and raised the corners of his mouth. , with contempt and disdain in his smile, "If we lose your friendship, will we lose our lives in the future?"

Hiroshi Morishita glanced at the pistol that was close enough to him and rolled his eyes slightly.

At that moment, he was indeed a little moved.

Ye Luo is a well-known tycoon in the Chinese business world, and it seems that he will become their archenemy.

Judging from his tone, he was very dissatisfied with himself and had a strong sense of hatred.

Moreover, not long ago, the consulate sent a killer to assassinate him, hoping to provoke conflicts between British and American businessmen and Chinese businessmen. Unfortunately, the female killer failed and accidentally killed Galt, and was killed by Ye Luo.

In the end, the body was delivered to the door of the consulate by Ye Luo, which angered many consuls.

Maybe killing him here would be a good choice.

He was so arrogant and arrogant that he suffered a heavy blow and could also shatter the confidence of their Chinese businessmen.

But Morishita Hiroshi gave up.

He cherished his life and did not want to trade with Ye Luo.

I'm just asking for help today for Rendan's business, so there's no need to completely break your skin.

Although this is no different from tearing one's face apart

"Boss Ye, it seems that this business deal can't be concluded, so I'll take my leave first." Hiroshi Morishita packed his suitcase and was about to open the door when he heard Ye Luo sneer.

"Dean Morishita, do you know who is spreading the news that Ren Dan contains poisonous ingredients that cause chronic lung disease?"

Morishita Hiroshi suddenly looked up at him.

"It's me. I'm the one who single-handedly planned to ruin your Rendan business at Suzuki Hospital." Ye Luo looked at him and gently held down the other hidden pistol with his left hand.

As long as Morishita Hiroshi goes to get the gun, he can have an excuse to kill the Japanese directly.

Yes, Ye Luo had murderous intentions, so he carelessly threw the gun on the table.

Telling the truth is also to stimulate Morishita Hiroshi again.

After hearing this, Morishita Hiroshi's face suddenly became angry!