1928: The rise of giant merchants

Chapter 253 So you bought it too?

November 26, the seventeenth year of the Republic of China (1928).

At the joint request of the SH City Hall and various forces, major newspapers and periodicals finally stopped reporting on Jiang'an's armed cigarette transport.

The war of words between the Songhu Police Department and the Garrison Command in their respective media has also come to an end.

However, now that the matter has come to this, citizens and people in surrounding cities have long been familiar with this matter. In particular, many celebrities in the literary and art circles have strongly condemned the inaction of the city hall. They even jointly signed a letter and wanted to send it directly to the Jinling National Government and request the principal to personally Come to Shanghai for inspection!

The news and newspapers have stopped, but public opinion has not.

Li Haoxuan, who was seriously injured and hospitalized, was lucky enough to survive, but he will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

For this reason, Li Boyu, the editor-in-chief of the News, decided for the first time to join forces with his arch-enemy, Shen Bao, vowing to make the Jiangan Lun incident known to everyone, and those behind the scenes must be dealt with seriously!

Shenbao and Xinwen were the only two large newspapers not controlled by the propaganda department of the Nationalist government, and they had great influence among the people.

While the two major newspapers frantically ridiculed the incompetence of the City Hall and the National Government's slackness, and even began to call for the principal to resign, they also praised Ye Luo, the second young master who has continued to do his best for Shanghai's business community, calling Ye's Investment Company the best in the past thirty years. Chinese business enterprises far surpassed the Yongxing Company, which started out by selling cigarettes and everyone wanted to beat them up.

The three tycoons of Yongxing Company, who were at the forefront of the storm, suddenly disappeared in Shanghai and disappeared from the world.

After Jiang Anlun was detained, Lu Yusheng felt the fatal crisis for the first time. He wanted to turn to his two sworn brothers for help, but saw that they were also frowning and somewhat helpless.

On the evening of the 24th, Lu Yusheng couldn't hold himself back anymore and confessed the matter to Huo Tianhong and Zhang Wanlin. He originally only wanted to buy five to six million goods from Edward Sassoon, so that he could sell them in Shanghai like Zhang Wanlin. It would be great if the losses of industries such as Paramount were recovered.

Unexpectedly, he accidentally hooked up with an unexpected high-level line. After thinking about it, he was hit by Ye Luo in the dance hall industry. He gritted his teeth and decided to increase the total amount of goods to 1,000 boxes. As long as Jiang If An Lun can be successfully handed over to the other party, he will be able to make a comeback and return to the top with these 1,000 boxes of smoke!

After hearing what Lu Yusheng said, the two brothers Huo Tianhong and Zhang Wanlin were stunned. Then they looked at each other and said at the same time: "Actually, I am too."

As soon as the words were spoken, the three brothers stared at each other with six eyes, each other shocked.

After a long time, Lu Yusheng gasped and asked, "Eldest brother, second brother, didn't you also buy big cigarettes from Edward?"

"I always buy goods from him! Okay, brother, third brother, you guys are contacting him behind my back and want to share the money I make?"

Zhang Wanlin had a straightforward temper, and after a quick thought, he finally figured out the cause and effect of the matter, and he couldn't help but cursed while pointing at the two of them.

"You are even jealous of your brother's money?!"

"Lao San, things are not what you think." Huo Tianhong coughed a few times and said calmly, "I didn't plan to do this business originally. You also know that I don't have much spare money, how could I easily get involved in the big business you have been handling? Cigarette business?”

"Don't talk to me about what you have or don't have. Just tell me, did you ask the ghost guy to buy cigarettes?" Zhang Wanlin interrupted Huo Tianhong rudely, "Okay, okay, this ghost guy is also a human being. How much goods is he going to deliver behind the back of the three of us!"

"Second brother, you really think too much. I originally just wanted to recover Paramount's losses, but unexpectedly I came across a good opportunity." Lu Yusheng explained. He told the cause and effect. No one knew about this. He was the first Talk to people for the first time.

Of course, the identity of the other party was concealed in the process of speaking.

"I'm doing it for the sake of our Yongxing company. If this continues, sooner or later that little red guy Ye Luo will ride on our heads." Lu Yusheng added.

"Lao San and I have similar ideas." Huo Tianhong nodded, "I plan to sell it directly to Song Ziwen for profit."

In fact, Song Ziwen agreed to help him get in touch with the Kong family.

He couldn't tell his brothers about this yet.

Zhang Wanlin looked at them, eyes wide with anger: "Okay, okay, it's all for Yongxing, right? I'm doing it for myself, but it's my fault?"

"That's not true. We didn't discuss it with you. It's our fault." Huo Tianhong said nervously.

Zhang Wanlin snorted coldly: "Brother, you also sell to Song Ziwen, and I also sell to Song Ziwen. How much do you want?"

The three of them then realized that the total amount of ventilation was not yet available, so they each reported the figures.

After finishing speaking, the three of them fell silent.

A total of 300 boxes of cigarettes cost nearly 50 million oceans.

This is equivalent to hollowing out Yongxing Company and investing the wealth of three people into it.

The three brothers each hid some secrets, but they knew very well that Yongxing Company, plus their respective assets, definitely did not have 50 million yuan in liquidity. So where did the money come from?

They didn't dare to ask each other, and they were unwilling to tell the truth, so they tacitly pretended not to notice.

"That's not right. Can Song Ziwen eat so much food by himself? It's not like he wants to take advantage of others." Zhang Wanlin jumped and said, "And the third child, who is your customer? He can't be his kid, right?"

"No, it's definitely not Song Ziwen. The guy behind me will definitely have no problem eating Jiang Anlun." Lu Yusheng shook his head, "But I promised him that I can't name him. But the Security Headquarters and Songhu Police Department, I didn’t expect that.”

"The Security Command has made it clear that it wants a piece of the pie. As for the Songhu Police Department, it was Ye Luo's people who discovered the Jiang Anlun problem. Could it be that he was up to something?" Huo Tianhong asked.

Lu Yusheng shook his head: "Probably not. Didn't you say that? Your goods are all on the Nissin. This is the goods that Song Ziwen entrusted Ye Luo to deliver. If he betrays you, he betrays himself. Are you crazy? Want to engage in the Jiangan Shipbuilding War? Just like the Nissin, he wouldn’t be so stupid.”

The two nodded, thinking that was the case as well.

The problem now is that once the cargo of the Nissin and Jiangan are seized, the three brothers will be close to death.

Especially Huo Tianhong, who secretly mortgaged 60% of his shares and assets and asked Ye Luo for 8 million!

"Now I can only wait for the task force to arrive. I'll ask the person behind him if there is a chance to have a meal together." Lu Yusheng seemed to be very confident in the backer behind him.

Huo Tianhong and Zhang Wanlin asked again, but Lu Yusheng just shook his head to reassure them, but his specific identity could not be revealed.

Lu Yusheng became more confident after seeing that the garrison headquarters would rather save the Jiangan ship than risk it all.

He would only be afraid if the Security Command and the Songhu Police Department immediately united their front after the incident.

Now, it means that the person behind has started to take action.

"Eldest brother, second brother, maybe this time will be a good opportunity to overthrow Ye Luo." Lu Yusheng said lightly.