1928: The rise of giant merchants

After leaving the declaration building, Cao Fan drove Ye Luo directly to the French Consulate General in Shanghai.

As soon as the Verdi couple arrived at the Consulate General in a false alarm, they immediately asked Heng San to run to invite Ye Luo. Unexpectedly, as soon as Heng San left, Ye Luo arrived at the Consulate General.

After hearing this situation, Ye Luo couldn't laugh or cry. He felt that it was really troublesome to have no mobile phone communication during the Republic of China, so he had to ask Cao Fan to drive to Ye Mansion and No. 32 Xiafei Road to see if Heng San and others went there to look for him.

Shi Jianqiao was resting in the living room, and Ye Luo came to Fan Erdi's office alone.

"Ye! Thank you so much! I really don't know how to express my gratitude to you!" Fan Erdi was in shock, and his feet were shaking when he thought of the Taihu water bandits.

"You are my friend. Now that I know about this, of course I will try my best to save you. No need to thank me." Ye Luo waved his hand, sat down and asked again about the cause of the incident.

Fan Juli knew a lot about these water bandits and told Ye Luo all the information she learned. She heard a lot of the information from Heng San. When talking about these water bandits, she gritted her teeth with hatred.

"One hundred thousand yuan. Tsk tsk tsk, that's quite an appetite." Ye Luo raised his eyebrows. Except for the last time Edward cheated Li Minwei of more than 200,000 yuan worth of audio equipment in the United States, he had never suffered a loss in business or money. .

After that time, Ye Luo found success in two major businesses, the New World Amusement Park and the Paramount Ballroom, which made Edward feel ashamed. Recently, he didn't dare to show up at balls where the upper class gathered.

Sassoon opened his own Symphony Ballroom, which was completely copied from the original Symphony Ballroom in New York, USA. It had just opened recently and the business was pretty good.

The old trickster Sassoon is much smarter than his son Edward, who cannot support him. He knew that Ye Luo's dance business was booming, so he immediately sent people to Paramount to learn business models and strategies secretly, and learned in a decent way. It's much better than the fake empty Paramount made by Lu Yusheng.

It's a pity that in the dance industry, it is impossible for anyone to compete with Ye Luo.

The best dancers, the best bands, the latest songs, and the most advanced business models are all led by Ye Luo, and they are still being improved.

Xian Lesi could only eat the leftovers from Paramount.

As his thoughts turned around, Ye Luo whispered: "Chen Zhongfu and Chen Zemin turned out to be them."

"Does the Second Young Master know these two people?" Fan Juli asked curiously.

Ye Luo nodded.

Both of them were natives of Suzhou City. Among them, Chen Zhongfu studied in the Japanese University of Political Science and Law in his early years. In 1917, he also served as a member of the Military Committee of the Generalissimo's Office and Mr. Sun's secretary.

Last year he was transferred to Anhui Province as director of the Department of Finance, and soon next year he will be transferred back to Suzhou to serve as a member of the Suzhou Provincial Government.

In the National Government, Chen Zhongfu was considered an upper-middle-class figure and was relatively close to the core faction of Jinling. Therefore, he had great influence even if he was not in Suzhou City. No wonder he could secretly support Wei Laosan and other arrogant water bandits.

This person became a traitor in 1938 and went to the Wang Puppet Government to hold an important position. During this period, he also participated in the infamous "Southern Tang and North Wu" plan formulated by the Japanese invaders (planning to organize a nationwide puppet government by Tang Shaoyi and Wu Peifu to replace the principal) status).

In those years, Chen Zhongfu frequently followed Japanese spy leaders Tani Masabumi, Doihara Kenji and other traitors to and from the Tang government as a lobbyist, and planned to hold important positions in the established puppet government.

Unfortunately, this big traitor later disappeared completely and seemed to have escaped overseas.

Ye Luo was very familiar with Chen Zemin.

He is the president of the Shanghai Bar Association and a famous barrister. In his early years, he went to a Japanese university to study abroad, specializing in law. After returning to China, he became famous. He was elected as a member of the Senate of the Beiyang Government, and later became the vice president of the Political Forum. He also He once served as an advisor to the Presidential Palace of the Beiyang Government, and later served as a member of the French House of Representatives.

After the Lawyers Association was established, Chen Zemin became the president. During the Republic of China, the lawyer's extremely high economic income and social reputation made him a prominent figure in Shanghai.

Xu Zemin takes over all major cases, important cases, and celebrity cases. One case can earn thousands of dollars, and he can also build good relationships with important people from all walks of life.

This guy also became a big traitor after 1937. Not only did he hold important positions in the puppet government, but he also killed many anti-Japanese people.

Ye Luo was not surprised to hear that these two men were controlling the water bandits.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, more than 10,000 traitors were sentenced across the country, of which 369 were sentenced to death and 979 were sentenced to life imprisonment.

There are countless traitors and villains, and Ye Luo doesn't bother to deal with them one by one.

But if you disgust Ye Luo, he will definitely let these people know what "wrong" means.

When she heard that one of the two was from a political background and the other was from a lawyer and business elite, Fan Juli hesitated, but she still talked to Fan Erdi.

Verdi slammed the table and was very angry. He didn't care what the other person's background was. Since he almost killed himself, he would kill the other person completely!

"Ye, I will personally go to Zhang and others to protest. If they cannot handle the matter, I will report it to the embassy and then seek help from the Jinling National Government." Fan Erdi gritted his teeth, insisting that the other party shed a layer of skin.

"These people are indeed too arrogant and should be punished. However, I suggest you wait a few more days until the time is right before you can cause maximum damage to them." Ye Luo said with a smile.

Fan Erdi's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Ye, do you have any good ideas?"

"Now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various countries are discussing the issue of tariff independence. If this matter comes up at the most critical moment, look..." Ye Luo raised his eyebrows.

Verdi suddenly realized it and smiled at him.

Naturally, the two countries will not harm their harmony because of such a trivial matter, but the leaders will definitely remove the root cause of the harm to their harmony!

Ye Luo asked him to postpone it, hoping to get together with this month's Jiang Anlun incident.

Not only will he give these people who dare to blackmail him a good look, but he will also punish the three tycoons of Yongxing Company and the Sassoon family!

His vengeance is much more terrifying than others.

"By the way, Ye. These are twenty special passes for the French Concession that I sent people to make. From now on, your people can use these passes to pass through any area of ​​the French Concession without inspection."

Fan Erdi asked Fan Juli to hand Ye Luo a dozen passes.

Ye Luo accepted it with a smile. This is a good thing. It is equivalent to a disguised gun license.

In the bustling French Concession, not many people can carry guns.

"Also, the Chinese businessmen in the French Concession will give our consulate about 1 million yuan in dividends every month. Half of this money will be handed over to the embassy, ​​and the other half will be taken out for my own use through some methods." Verdi smiled at him, "In the past I laundered money through HSBC, and now I want to use your Yip Investment Company, how about it?"

The wild geese leave their hair behind.

Once this 500,000 yuan passes through Ye's Investment Company, at least 100,000 yuan will be deducted.

There is an additional income of one million oceans a year.

This is also Verdi's thank you gift to Ye Luo.

It seemed that he was really scared this time and was really grateful to Ye Luo.

Ye Luo waved his hand: "Ye's Investment Company does not involve this kind of business, but I will soon set up a Ye's Investment and Development Bank. By then, all the money can come into my bank, how about it?"

"You want to open a bank?" Verdi was shocked.