1928: The rise of giant merchants

Ye Luo raised his eyebrows, silently took the document handed over by Xiao Aqiao, opened it, and immediately understood.

On it were written dozens of companies belonging to various industries under the name of Yongxing Company. Some were under the name of Lu Yusheng, while others were under the name of Zhang Wanlin.

Textiles, medicine, real estate, daily necessities, machinery, restaurants... Ye Luo was overwhelmed by the dazzling array of things to see.

At the end of the file, there are surprisingly three small arsenals!

No wonder little Aqiao didn't dare to make up her own mind.

This has touched the bottom line of the Jinling National Government.

Since the warlord war, although these big guys have been fighting for territory and resources all day long, they all have a consensus that no one except them is allowed to touch the two major industries of military industry and transportation.

After the establishment of the Jinling National Government, in order to encourage capitalists to save the country through industry, they deliberately liberalized industrial lines, except for military industry and transportation. Without high-level instructions, whoever touched them would die.

"Boss Huo, the document you gave me contains a tiger's butt. Do you want to trick me to death?" Ye Luo threw the document on the table and looked at him with a smile, waiting for the follow-up.

Huo Tianhong was not a fool. He must have known that he would check it in detail before making the purchase. Even so, he still had to write down the three arsenals, which must have his intentions.

Huo Tianhong chuckled and glanced at Lu Lanchun.

"Oh~ Master, I'm not a talkative person." Lu Lanchun was still bored as usual. She actually couldn't understand the conversation between the two, but seeing that little Aqiao could sit upright and talk together, " "If others have it, I want it too" was her core idea, so she wanted to stay and listen.

Unexpectedly, Huo Tianhong, who had always doted on her, suddenly changed his face this time. He slammed the tea cup in his hand on the table, pointed at the door and shouted: "Get out! Didn't you hear me?!"

Huo Tianhong's sudden burst of anger startled Lu Lanchun. She screamed, covered her face with tears, and rushed out of the study, slamming the door shut.

Ye Luo was also shocked by his actions, but he subconsciously held Xiao Aqiao's waist and said calmly: "Boss Huo, calm down, it hurts your liver."

"Haha, you made the second young master laugh. Women, that's how it is sometimes. If you give her a good look, she will really think she is someone, no big or small! I will give her a good lesson later."

Huo Tianhong, or in other words, most men during the Republic of China were chauvinistic, especially the tycoons with low educational levels but strong financial strength.

He glanced at the sitting little Aqiao again, and saw that she was motionless, so he had to continue: "The companies here are actually quite profitable, but now we in Yongxing can't find so many people to take care of them. Over time, no matter how good they are, Their business will also become a burden. So I want to ask the second young master to offer a price and pack them all away. "

"As for the 'tiger butt' that the second young master said, don't worry. You can ask Minister Bai and others first. These three small arsenals are located in the suburbs of the county, Suzhou City and Jiacheng. They are all military camps eliminated by the National Government. It was renovated and commissioned by the city government, and all the weapons and equipment produced were supplied to the 32nd Army stationed in the garrison headquarters.”

Huo Tianhong patted the table gently and said with a smile,

"Commander Qian is away from the station all year round. The person in charge of this industry is Commander Xiong Shihui. I will sell them to you just to change the boss."

Ye Luo immediately understood that these so-called three arsenals seemed to be small money bags used by the Garrison Command and Yongxing Company to embezzle weapons and equipment and the military finance of the Nationalist Government!

Nowadays, there are only a few domestic arsenals that are actually used to supply weapons and equipment to the troops, and almost all others have been banned to prevent new small warlords from taking the opportunity to purchase a large number of weapons and rise up.

The survival of these three arsenals in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Jiazhou shows that there is the tacit approval of the big bosses in the military and political headquarters of the Nationalist Government.

There is even a deeper black industry chain inside!

"I have to think about these three arsenals. As for the other industries, after I complete the investigation, I will give you a price, Boss Huo. How about this?"

Ye Luo has heard of many of the companies on the document. They are indeed well-known and powerful small and medium-sized companies in Shanghai and nearby towns. These high-quality industries originally belonged to large and small Chinese business groups, and I am afraid they are all used by the three major Yongxing companies. The proceeds were forcibly annexed by illegal means.

This made him even more confused.

The three tycoons will not go to Hong Kong to develop like Rowlands Kadoorie, right?

So many high-quality properties were inexplicably given to a bitter enemy?

Moreover, Huo Tianhong came to the door secretly, which showed that the three of them were not working together. It was most likely that he wanted to cash out all these assets.

Cash out?

Ye Luo suddenly thought of something and looked at Huo Tianhong with a smile.

Seeing his hesitation, Huo Tianhong said quickly: "The second young master, please investigate as soon as possible. After time, these assets may be transferred to others."

"Okay, boss Huo, don't worry, I will have a reply within three days." Ye Luo stood up, looking at Huo Tianhong's unconcealable anxious look, the suspicion in his heart deepened.

The more anxious Huo Tianhong is, the less anxious he is.

After the business was discussed, Huo Tianhong personally sent Ye Luo and the two to the door of the villa, and asked the young man to write down Ye Luo's phone number at No. 32 Xiafei Road before waving goodbye.

Ye Luo brought little Aqiao back to the car. Seeing that both of them were fine, Shi Jianqiao felt relieved and immediately asked: "Second Young Master, where should we go now?"

"Go back to No. 32 Xiafei Road, and then help me call my eldest brother, Ting En, Chen Zhen, Yongzhen, Ding Li and sister-in-law. I want to hold an emergency meeting." Ye Luo replied, then looked at little Aqiao , "Baby, do you feel weird too?"

"Yes. Huo Tianhong's behavior is too abnormal." Xiao Aqiao leaned on his shoulder and said leisurely, "Based on my understanding of this old fox, unless he is extremely short of money, he will never sell a small industry that can still make money. . Especially when he saw that you were planning to investigate first and then make the acquisition, he seemed particularly worried and anxious. It’s not like there is fraud in these industries, but it’s like he’s worried that you won’t pay.”

"Yes, he is short of money, but he shouldn't be." Ye Luo thought about the assets that Huo Tianhong might hold, and felt that things were more and more strange and bizarre.

Among the three brothers, Zhang Wanlin was defrauded of more than one million by himself in the New World Amusement Park project, and Lu Yusheng lost several million in Paramount. To say that they were short of money, the two of them should be even more in need.

"Maybe it's not the kind of lack of money that means money, but the kind of money that needs money." Shi Jianqiao said subconsciously, "When I was a child, my father strictly controlled my coin purse. In fact, as a young lady, I have never been short of money. money, but every time I want to buy some expensive toys, I find that money is tight."

She was worried that Ye and Luo wouldn't understand, so she gave an example.

Ye Luo suddenly realized that this idea was actually similar to his.

He also felt that Huo Tianhong needed capital turnover not because of debts or poor management, but because he wanted to "buy" some fancy "toy" and couldn't let the other two brothers know, so he secretly transferred the assets to himself.

There are only a few "toys" in Shanghai that can attract this veteran tycoon, and the answer is ready to come out.

"I think so too." Little Aqiao nodded and looked at him, "Anyway, when doing business with such an old fox, Brother Luo, you must be careful and don't be led into a trap by him."

"Don't worry, I probably know what's going on." Ye Luo smiled and gently rubbed her hair.