1928: The rise of giant merchants

The group of people headed to the Song family residence without stopping.

At noon, when Ye Luo and others arrived at the Song family's mansion, they coincided with the return of Song Ziwen and others' mighty motorcade, and the two groups of people bumped into each other.

Seeing that Song Ziwen's motorcade was mixed with military police and other forces, Ye Luo raised his eyebrows slightly. It seemed that the principal's God of Wealth had become restless.

Several people got out of the car and before they had time to walk to the Song family residence, they heard Song Ziwen's warm and public greeting: "Aluo, I've been waiting for you!"

"Minister Song, long time no see!" Ye Luo smiled and shook hands with him.

The two of them acted intimately and seemed to have a close friendship, which made everyone on the sidelines stunned.

These people who were closely following Song Ziwen and flattering him knew his social circle very well, and there was no memory of such a strange young man having such a close relationship with Song Ziwen.

"Arlo?"

Hearing this name, I have no impression at all.

Several people with higher status immediately secretly asked Tang Fu about Ye Luo's origins.

When I heard that the tall and handsome young man in front of me was the second young master who dominated Shanghai, I was immediately surprised.

Maybe many people don’t know Ye Luo’s name, but they have definitely heard of Ye Luo’s Charitable Foundation, which is very popular in the north, Ye Luo’s Automobile Company, which is known to everyone in the south, and Ye Luo’s dance industry, which has set off a nationwide trend. company, there are also several popular films produced by Yip's Film Company that are now being screened in the north, as well as Dragon Tiger Man Pill, which is now popular everywhere!

Ye Luo is a rising business star in China. The most shocking thing is that he is even more famous among foreigners!

When many foreigners come into contact with domestic celebrities, they will casually ask, "Do you know Ye Luo from Shanghai?" This shows how famous he is!

Song Ziwen enthusiastically introduced his little brother Ye Luo to everyone, directly referring to him as "sworn brother" in his words, which was very cordial.

But this is also his usual routine. Song Ziwen was born as a businessman and financier. If you really believe what he says, you will suffer some hardships.

Now he has a very good relationship with Ye Luo, mainly because he appreciates Ye Luo's business ability and talent. In addition, his father-in-law Zhang Mouzhi and others also rely on Ye Luo to get around in Shanghai. The relationship is superimposed layer by layer. Although there is no conflict of interests, it is difficult to say that it is cut off.

This time recommending Ye Luolai to participate in the third national anti-smoking conference was actually to attract him to his camp, and also to promote this little brother in the political and business circles of Jinling.

If he needs help from a business expert, in Song Ziwen's opinion, it must be Ye Luo.

In the past, the principal favored the three tycoons of Yongxing Company, especially Lu Yusheng, who was smart and had a large business. It was said that he and the principal were sworn brothers.

However, in the past few years, Yongxing Company has only been obsessed with the cigarette business, and the three brothers fell at Ye Luo's feet one after another without making any achievements.

The principal had stabilized the southern power, and Shanghai Tang didn't need any rogue tycoons to cooperate with him inside and outside, so he gradually began to look down on these three people.

Song Ziwen had already foreseen that in a few years, if he didn't take the initiative, Ye Luo would have to be won over by his restless brother-in-law.

At that time, names such as the Minister of Finance of the National Government and the legitimate son of the Song family were not as powerful as the principal.

Ye Luo knew exactly what was in his heart.

Anyway, Ye Luo adheres to his consistent style. No matter who you are, if you are discussing business with me, you are my business partner, and if you are against me, you are my business opponent.

As for things other than business, I'm sorry, I don't know or understand anything.

It is precisely because of Ye Luo's unsophisticated character and work principles that he has attracted many political and business celebrities, and they also like extremely pure businessmen.

If Ye Luo becomes the second Kong Xiangxi and enters politics from business, no one will be happy and everyone will have a headache.

"Aluo, let's introduce them as we walk. This is General Wen Yingxing, the current president of Tsinghua University." Song Ziwen pointed at a bald middle-aged man and smiled.

Ye Luo greeted quickly: "Hello, General Wen."

"Hello, Boss Ye, I have long admired your name. When I was in Peiping, you were the most talked about among the students." Wen Yingxing said with a smile. This was not a compliment, but the truth.

Students who are determined to do business take Ye Luo as an example and even spontaneously organize a club called "Ye Yanhui" to study the various businesses that Ye Luo has done successfully.

Students who are determined to be patriotic and save the country highly identify with Yip's Charitable Foundation and believe that Yip Luo is completely different from most businessmen who shout slogans but actually only care about making money. He is a real industrial giant who saves the country.

Ye Luo was also very fond of this big shot.

Wen Yingxing was the first domestic student to graduate from West Point Military Academy. He later served as chief of staff of the Independent Brigade of the Guangdong Army, Mr. Sun's English secretary, a full-time tutor for the Song family, and Zhang Hanqing's Fengtian military adviser. He is now the president of Tsinghua University. , the first general to serve as president of a national university.

The most important thing is that after the Songhu Anti-Japanese War in 1932, he served as the head of the Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance and led the troops to garrison in the suburbs of Shanghai.

In addition, the Jiang'an Lun incident that is about to break out this month is actually the result of internal fighting between the two major factions of the Songhu Police Department and the Garrison Headquarters at the top of the National Government, and approved the shipment of large cigarettes.

After this major incident, Wang Hu, the current top leader of the Songhu Police Department, was fired, and his replacement was Wen Yingxing.

"Aluo, this is Captain Sun Liren, who is the lieutenant's military training captain at the Central School." Song Ziwen turned around and smiled at Sun Liren, "Fumin, didn't you say you know him?"

"Haha, I know Senior Ye, but he may not know me." Sun Liren has not yet made a fortune at this time, but he is also highly valued by Song Ziwen. He is twenty-eight years old this year and is the younger one among this group of people. "Ye Senior, I am one of the students who entered Tsinghua Academy in 1920. Senior Ye, you entered school at the age of twelve and went to study in England and the United States at the age of sixteen. Legends of child prodigy are common in Tsinghua Academy."

"Captain Sun is overrated, I'm just lucky." Ye Luo waved his hand and smiled.

Another heavyweight.

Who knew that this little-known squad leader would become a famous general in the Anti-Japanese War in the future?

"Come on, come on, this one is the other heavyweight guest at today's luncheon besides you." Song Ziwen enthusiastically pulled him inside, leaving Ye Luo and a man who was nearly fifty years old, short in stature, but very majestic in appearance. The middle-aged man met and said, "This is the current chairman of the Anti-Smoking Committee, Chairman Zhang Zhijiang."

Zhang Zhijiang was one of Feng Yuxiang's five tiger generals. In 1926, Feng Yuxiang was called out of power. In September, Feng Yuxiang returned to China and vowed to fight for the Northern Expedition in Wuyuan. From then on, the National Army was transferred to the principal, and he also followed Feng Yuxiang into the National Government system.

It is a pity that because of this relationship, he has never been reused. Since 1928, he has been holding various idle positions.

After realizing that he had been abandoned, Zhang Zhijiang accepted it calmly and concentrated on fulfilling his responsibilities within his scope of authority.

After serving as the chairman of the anti-smoking committee, he vigorously promoted anti-smoking activities in various places. When the Jianganlun incident became a stalemate, it was he who personally came to Shanghai to settle the matter!

He is also very patriotic about Chinese martial arts. He is the current director of the Jinling Chinese Martial Arts Museum and has a close relationship with a number of Chinese martial arts masters.

Seeing Ye Luo, Zhang Zhijiang, who had always been taciturn, actually stood up and shook hands: "The famous second young master! You saved my life!"