1928: The rise of giant merchants

November 12, the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928).

Ye Luo got up very early today. After breakfast at Ye Mansion, he called Shi Jianqiao and Cao Fan and rushed to the municipal government office without stopping.

Originally thinking that Huo Tianhong's business deal would be tangled for a while, Ye Luo specially asked Xiao Aqiao to have in-depth discussions with Fan Juli, and worked out various traps that would prevent Huo Tianhong from getting out safely, and he must take his Yongxing Company under his control.

Unexpectedly, Huo Tianhong's shortage of funds had reached a point where it was difficult to solve. That night, he hurried to the French Consulate General and met with Verdy and Fan Juli to discuss the loan.

Fan Erdi was overjoyed. The building of the joint venture bank was still under construction, and the first big business came to him.

He decided to place the Yip's joint venture bank building on the most prosperous Xiafei Road. He purchased ten townhouses in a row and planned to let Zhang Yuanbei's construction team demolish and rebuild it, so as to build a magnificent bank building by the end of the year. .

For this headquarters, Verdi personally sent a telegram to Lin Huiyin and his wife, and hired them to design the drawings with a large sum of money. Little did they know that Lin Huiyin and his wife were Ye Luo's close friends. When they heard that the building was owned by a foreigner, they were both less interested, but they learned that it was a joint venture between Ye Luo and Ye Luo. After going to the bank, he immediately agreed, leaving Verdi confused and thinking that he had enough dignity.

In order to deal with Huo Tianhong's large loan, Fan Erdi decisively requisitioned the former headquarters of the abandoned French-owned Credit Agricole Bank building in the French Concession and temporarily designated it as the office of Ye's joint venture bank.

Not only did Huo Tianhong want to sell the 26 companies to Ye Luo for two million, but he also planned to borrow eight million from Ye's joint venture bank!

This amount of loans is unmatched by anyone in Shanghai's financial industry over the past decade or so. If the news accidentally leaks out, Yongxing Company's reputation will plummet, and Ye's joint venture bank will be able to step on it and rise to the top.

Naturally, Huo Tianhong didn't want to see this happen, so before signing the contract, he repeatedly told Verdi to keep the contract confidential. He wanted the money and the interest would be paid. Even Yongxing Company could serve as a mortgage guarantee, but the news must not be spread.

Verdy didn't care about this kind of fame, only about business and money. He immediately provided a guarantee in the name of the French Consul General, and followed Yelo's wishes to set the official signing date of the contract as today, and then several people signed the contract secretly in the city hall office.

Witnessed by Zhang Dingyao and Zhang Qun, no other people will know.

Huo Tianhong took away 10 million yuan in cash from Ye's family in one visit. Even though Ye's investment company had assets totaling nearly 35 million yuan, it could not immediately produce 10 million yuan in liquidity.

Ye Luo could immediately take out about 6 million, and the remaining 4 million would be paid out by Fanerdi, which completely emptied Fanerdi's pockets.

Rolls-Royce passed by the Consulate General of Japan. A bunch of Japanese women in fancy clothes were jumping in front of the door. A large table was set up with sacrifices on it, attracting the curious eyes of many Chinese people.

Cao Fan couldn't help but complain: "Are these Japanese invaders trying to make a fool of themselves? I heard that during the Tang and Song Dynasties, many people from the north went to Japan and passed on many customs."

"Haha, this is not a master dance, it should be a performance of the five-section dance during the Dachang Festival." Ye Luo replied with a smile.

"Large intestine chicken? What kind of chicken is this?" Cao Fan became more and more confused. Shi Jianqiao on the side also looked confused and listened to Ye Luo's science.

"It was a part of the enthronement ceremony of the Japanese Emperor. The enthronement ceremony of the Japanese Emperor included four parts: the enthronement ceremony, the Oucho Festival, the Nio Festival, and the Yajushima Festival. The Gokoku Dance is a performance performed at the Oucho Festival, and its origin is It was one of their traditional customs during the Heian period." When Ye Luo was studying in Tokyo, in order to better understand the evolution of the character of this group of Japanese invaders, he studied their customs and habits for a while.

Two days ago, on November 10, Emperor Showa Hirohito was officially crowned.

This man likes to say that he is not a human being, but a god, and attempts to continue to use feudal superstition to control the country and the people. As young radicals assassinate the prime minister's cabinet six times, he panics and is completely frightened. The Second World War was launched in a communist atmosphere.

It can be said that Hirohito was one of the several culprits who brought pain and despair to people all over the world during World War II, a Class A war criminal among Class A war criminals.

It is a pity that Hirohito did not commit seppuku after the defeat like the thirty-four war ministers under his command, allowing him to live until the 1980s.

Originally, after the war, foreigners hated Hirohito particularly, and international public opinion was under great pressure. More than 30% of the American people demanded that Emperor Hirohito be sentenced to death.

However, in order to ensure that the situation in East Asia was under his control, MacArthur chose to abandon the resolution to abolish the Japanese emperor against all opinions.

Hearing that it was the Japanese Emperor who was crowned, Shi Jianqiao and Cao Fan spat at the same time.

"These Japanese invaders will only learn from our mistakes. Mr. Sun overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty, so that we don't have to see the Emperor Gege kneel down and kowtow in the future. I didn't expect that these Japanese invaders would pass on this custom as a treasure." ”

Cao Fan's face was filled with disdain.

"But Second Young Master, you are so awesome, you even know this."

"Because of this, the Japanese invaders' wolf ambitions have always existed. The retention of the feudal system means that the desire for aggression will not die. Today is Mr. Sun's birthday. I hope the people will remember the harm the Manchus brought to us and never go back."

Ye Luo sighed and said nothing more.

Rolls-Royce passed by Suzuki Hospital again. The Japanese hospital that had the best business in the past has been closed down. After the Rendan incident and the Sino-Japanese arena competition, Morishita Hiroshi had no chance of turning around and completely disappeared.

This place later became the former site of Renji Hospital. Looking at the abandoned buildings and land, Ye Luoji became interested and planned to buy it from the city government to cultivate some talents for his pharmaceutical company.

In the car, Cao Fan and Shi Jianqiao were still discussing the Japanese invaders, while Ye Luo, after going around in a circle, decided on several business prototypes.

He seems to have extremely high enthusiasm and expectations for making money and doing business, and has perseverance and motivation that ordinary people can't imagine.

Many people feel that Ye Luo has completed what Ye Qingqing said against Lu Yusheng at the wedding banquet, and has achieved the rise of a giant businessman as Lu Yusheng said.

Only Ye Luo himself knows.

As time goes by, after entering the 1930s, there will no longer be peace at home and abroad. At that time, money, people, materials, and technology were all hard currencies. The more, the better. You can't be too prepared now.

It's not that he loves money, but that he is really short of money.

In the future, there will be a bottomless pit of heavy industry waiting for you to fill it. This is not a business that can be done with tens or even hundreds of millions.

The Rolls-Royce parked in the parking lot outside the building. Ye Luo tidied up his appearance and mood, and officially stepped into the building, ready to peel off the last layer of skin from Huo Tianhong!