1928: The rise of giant merchants

Chapter 351 Her name is Rose DeWittbucket

In 1919, Franklin lobbied hard for Wilson's League of Nations plan, which resulted in his failure to run for vice president in 1920.

Thereafter, he served as vice chairman of the Maryland Credit and Savings Company, and at the same time returned to his old profession as a lawyer.

The so-called League of Nations plan refers to the fact that during World War I, some peace groups in the United States actively advocated the establishment of an institution to mediate international disputes.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the then President of the United States, strongly agreed with this idea and incorporated it into his "Fourteen Points" and advocated the establishment of an organization such as the League of Nations.

According to the "Covenant of the League of Nations", the responsibilities of the Council are: drafting disarmament plans, reviewing annual reports submitted by countries undertaking mandates, ensuring the territorial integrity of member states, proposing proposals to the General Assembly to resolve international disputes, and implementing economic and military measures against aggressors. Military sanctions, etc.

Although the League of Nations was the first attempt by states to establish an international institution to prevent armed conflicts and enhance universal peace and security, it did not play a role in maintaining peace in practice.

The "Covenant" stipulated that the defeated German lands would be mandated by the League of Nations. In fact, the "League of Nations" was controlled by Britain, France and Japan. This was tantamount to handing over these lands to Britain, France and Japan for rule, which was in vain.

Franklin was also deeply affected by the failure of the League of Nations.

In August 1921, after putting out a forest fire, Franklin jumped into the cold sea water. As a result, he contracted polio and gave up hope of living.

Fortunately, his wife never left him, always accompanying him and supporting him. Until 1928, with his wife's understanding and support, Franklin returned to politics, participated in the gubernatorial election and narrowly lost, and became the governor of New York State in 1929 (1930 was re-elected as governor).

This famous figure finally relied on the economic crisis that swept the world to successfully serve as the 32nd president of the United States in 1933. He was also the first president in U.S. history to serve four consecutive terms (died of illness in the fourth term).

Naturally, Ye Luo was not the kind of dog-licking kind of person who would visit someone with a hot face but a cold butt.

In early May, he carried an invitation to the Franklin family's family dinner, accompanied by Shi Jianqiao, Huo Ting'en and others, and came to Franklin's garden villa in the suburbs of New York.

Little John arrived first, but did not follow the others into the villa. Instead, he pulled his brother-in-law, Old Joseph, to wait at the gate.

Seeing Ye Luo and others getting off the Ford, Little John immediately came over with old Joseph and waved to him vigorously: "Hey, Ye, here!"

"Long time no see, little John." Ye Luo walked over with a smile, shook hands with him, and said hello, "Who is this?"

"Hello, Ye. I am Joseph Patrick Kennedy, John's brother-in-law. You can just call me Old Joseph." Old Joseph, who is 41 years old and has a high hairline, also shook hands with Ye Luo.

After graduating from Harvard University, he has been serving as chairman of the Bank of Boston before joining politics this year, starting his long political career.

However, Joseph Sr. did not achieve any impressive achievements in politics. He is most famous for two things.

The first was that he used his huge financial resources to help Franklin defeat Hoover and be elected the 32nd president.

The second thing is that his second son also successfully ran for president in 1960.

As a politician, he is not qualified, but as a businessman, he is a benchmark for many plutocrats.

Because they were both business giants, Joseph Sr. knew Ye Luo quite well.

In the six years from 1922 to 1928, Ye Luo established an academic reputation in many overseas universities and became world-famous for a paper on the rise of the U.S. stock market.

It was also in 1928 that Ye Luo became famous in China. His first business in Shanghai was to use General Motors, which everyone was not optimistic about, to defeat Galt's Automobile Trade Association. It became famous among foreigners and spread back to the United States.

At this time, Yelo held 5% of General Motors' shares, and General Motors also relied on the profits earned from the 2,000 Chevrolet 490s to come back to life. It has also acquired automobile brands such as Vauxhall and Opel, and together with Ford, it is known as the double digit of the American automobile industry. male.

Sloan, the president of General Motors, was not stingy with his words of praise. Whenever someone asked about General Motors' miraculous resurrection, he would start by saying, "This has to start with a friend of mine in China." , help Ye Luo brag.

While walking and talking with old Joseph, Ye Luo realized that he was already the first non-native person in the American business and academic circles!

No wonder he was able to attend the family dinner of Franklin, whom he had never met, just by relying on Little John’s recommendation!

"I heard that Ye has been buying and selling stocks recently?" Old Joseph asked curiously.

Ye Luo nodded and smiled: "Yes, I originally came here with the official funds of the Jinling National Government to look for opportunities. Unexpectedly, I got lucky and met a Chinese lady who was extremely wealthy and well-connected in the United States. With her help, I successfully established a relationship with the Hongmen eldest brother and asked them to help me open 27 securities investment companies."

"Hongmen." Old Joseph's Chinese sounded strange. He obviously knew this Chinese organization. "You mean the Chinese gang organization entrenched in Chinatown?"

"They are a serious society, not a gang." Ye Luo corrected his "speech problem" with a smile.

Old Joseph quickly apologized and nodded with a smile: "That's it. It's just twenty-seven securities investment companies. This is too crazy. I heard that there have been some stocks with extremely high return on investment in the stock market recently, and most of them have It was after being recommended by several newly emerging securities investment companies that he slowly became popular. Could it be that..."

"Haha, they should be the stocks recommended by the companies in my hands." Ye Luo responded with a smile, "But when it comes to this, I have to thank my beautiful partner."

"Chinese lady?" Old Joseph became even more curious.

But he racked his brains and couldn't think of any famous Chinese ladies.

If she is a female tycoon like that in the Chinese circle, in the eyes of indigenous plutocrats like them, she is nothing at all.

Even Situ Meitang of Hongmen was nothing in the eyes of old Joseph if he left the three-acre land in Chinatown and without the support of the vast number of Chinese workers.

But seeing that Ye Luo admires it so much and has indeed caused a bloody storm in the stock market, he must not be such a small player.

"Yes, her English name is Rose, Rose Dewitbucket. It is said that she is the sole heir of a certain family, a Chinese-American mixed race." Seeing that Old Joseph had taken the bait, Ye Luo quickly took Huixin's new name. The tip of the iceberg was revealed, "Miss Rose told me that her father was Chinese and her mother was an American aristocrat, but her mother's entire family died in the Titanic that sank in 1912."

The more Ye Luo spoke, the more mysterious he became, but Joseph listened very carefully.

No matter how exquisite the lie is, if it is told by an insignificant person, no one will believe it.

No matter how clumsy a lie is, if it is told by a person who is never bored enough to lie, everyone will believe it.

"Sorry, forgive my ignorance, I really didn't know there was such a noble lady among the Chinese community." Joseph looked at Little John aside.

Little John also shook his head repeatedly: "We have very few interactions with the Chinese, and the Chinese who can get to know us usually have a good status in China. Isn't this lady really cheating on you, Ye?"