1928: The rise of giant merchants

"Are you referring to the article that predicted that the U.S. stock market would be unsustainable and might produce unpredictable turmoil, or even lead to an economic crisis?" Ye Luo asked with a smile.

Franklin nodded: "Yes, that paper is not as well-known as the one you predicted the rise of the U.S. stock market. In fact, in my opinion, the latter is the article that has more reference value for the current situation of the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, I once A report was written and sent to the White House, but the president and the economic community held the same view that the stock market could not suddenly collapse."

After hearing what he said, Ye Luo was sweating violently.

Why did this big shot send his paper to the White House in such a big way?

The current President Hoover is a die-hard stock market riser. He won the presidency by relying on the repeated warming of the U.S. stock market. If he is asked to admit that the stock market will collapse, doesn't it mean that he has to admit that his political plan is completely wrong?

The reason why Franklin was squeezed out of the center of power was that, first, he worked hard for the League of Nations plan of the incoming president, which aroused the displeasure of most of the core members of the party; second, he always had a pessimistic attitude towards the stock market and repeatedly warned the public not to He is passionate and blinded by the benefits of the stock market.

Now that he is sending Ye Luo's paper to the White House, he is forcing him to get on his own ship.

Although Ye Luo really wanted to get on the boat, this behavior still made him quite unhappy.

Seemingly aware of Ye Luo's dissatisfaction, Franklin quickly smiled and said: "Sorry, Ye. After listening to Little John's remarks, I thought you were on our side. Do you still think that the stock market will continue to rise? That paper Is it really an eye-catching work?"

"No, I have talked about this with many people. From the bottom of my heart, I agree with the discussion of the following paper, but the general trend cannot be violated. What's more, I am just a businessman. If the stock market can continue to be popular, it will be a big deal for me. Good thing."

Yeluo's answer was ambiguous, but he still vaguely informed the other party that he was pessimistic about the prospects of the U.S. stock market.

Don't talk too much in one breath, as it can easily make you look cheap.

And being too far-sighted can easily attract the attention of others.

"Look, let me tell you that he still agrees with our views in his heart." A middle-aged foreigner with a big belly walked not far away. He raised his wine glass and said to them with a smile, "Franklin, believe me, win over Ye Kebi every day." Running to the White House is much more useful.”

"Mr. Antwerp, long time no see." Ye Luo greeted the other party.

"You should call me by my Chinese name. It always feels weird to call me by my real name from your mouth." The middle-aged foreigner clinked glasses with him, then leaned closer and smiled, "Thanks to the information you provided to Wang Zhengting, I You made a lot of money in the stock market, and I heard that you have now opened your own securities investment company, why don't you give me some advice?"

This Mr. Antwerp is the famous U.S. Minister to China Ma Murray.

He and Foreign Minister Wang Zhengting jointly signed the Republic of China Tariff Independence Agreement, and represented the United States as the first to support this resolution. This made the Japanese invaders very unhappy and indirectly contributed to the development of Sino-US trade in the 1930s.

Ma Murray served in the White House more than 20 years ago, and later served as minister counselor to China, counselor to the embassy in Japan, and director of the U.S. Far East Department. A few years ago, he came to China to serve as the consul general in Tianjin, and was later officially promoted to the post of consul general in Tianjin. The position of Minister to China has always been the top leader of the United States in China.

Ma Murray received a lot of Ye Luo's secret advice on the stock market from Clarence Goth, the U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, and Wang Zhengting. After making a lot of money, he became an effective member of the overseas "Ye faction".

"Mr. Mamurui, are you ready to resign and return to China?" Ye Luo did not answer and asked instead.

"Yeah, I can't hide it from your eyes." Ma Murui shrugged, "I have a normal relationship with the guy in the White House, and we have different political opinions. After he was promoted, I naturally had to be transferred back from the Far East. Recently, I have nothing to do, so I started to fire Trade stocks and make a little money.”

Ye Luo's eyes lit up, Ma Murui, Franklin, old Joseph, good guys, the trident that will stir up the American political arena in the future is here!

He glanced at Franklin in the wheelchair (because of the forest fire when he jumped into the sea, he contracted incurable polio, and could only spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair), who looked at him with a smile, and the look in his eyes meant that profound.

"It's still early for the U.S. stock market to collapse. How about we talk about how to make more money now?" Ye Luo changed the subject and stopped talking about the topic that interested them.

It's not that he doesn't want to talk about it, but it's just that there's still a long half a year before Black Tuesday. If we talk about it first, the follow-up won't be shocking enough.

He wants to whet the appetite of these people, keep them curious, and then use them like puppets on strings.

Hearing him turn the topic back to the stock market, Franklin sighed inwardly and had to give up for the time being.

At least this meeting still had a substantial breakthrough, allowing him to roughly understand Ye Luo's predictions and views on the stock market.

This young man represents part of the will of the Treasury Department of the Jinling National Government. Sino-American cooperation is a certainty, and various U.S. aids to the National Government will soon be launched. If there is a trustworthy businessman to act as a communication bridge, things will be much easier.

Compared with Song Ziwen, who was favored by Hoover and others, he preferred the young and charming Ye Luo.

The three of them continued to talk about the stock market. Ye Luo had a sharp and sharp eye. Although he was not an expert in economics, he was very rigorous in deconstructing the stock market. Everything he said was not groundless, and the two of them couldn't help but nod.

"I have decided to take all my money from other securities investment companies and entrust it to Ye's company to operate it!" Ma Mourui said with a smile.

Ye Luo waved his hand quickly: "Mr. Ma Murui, this is not my company, I am just a poor worker."

"Rose DeWitt Bookett, who is she?" Ma Murray and Franklin just found out that the financial backer behind Yello's twenty-seven securities investment companies is actually a Chinese noblewoman, but they don't know this woman. , never heard of it.

With great curiosity, the two of them ran to ask their wives, but they still received confused responses.

Ye Luo looked on with amusement and secretly cursed in her heart. Only if you know her true identity will she become a ghost.

Rose DeWittbucket is the title character of the "Titanic" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, released in 1997, and is a completely fictional character.

Now, the actress who plays elderly Rose, Lady Gloria Frances Stewart, is nineteen and in her prime.

Next year she would marry Blair Gordon Neville and continue to pursue an acting career in Pasadena theaters before signing her first contract with Universal Pictures in 1932.

Today's dinner has achieved Ye Luo's expectations. Afterwards, he drank a lot and danced and flirted with several ladies. Near midnight, under Franklin's arrangement, he met Kang, an actress who was quite active in the silent film era of Hollywood at this time. Stans Bennett spent an evening together in a room in the villa.

Looking at Constance Bennett washing her body in the bathroom through the transparent glass, Ye Luo couldn't help but sigh at the openness of overseas culture.

Although the domestic entertainment industry also has a similar custom of using female stars to serve guests, this behavior is done behind the scenes and is not done directly on the table like here in New York.

And when the two met for the first time, Constance Bennett was not shy. She took off her clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower, not minding his Chinese identity at all.

But think about it, not to mention that Ye Luo was an important guest of Franklin. He opened up the film market in China and even developed sound films before Europe and the United States. The "Sisters" starring Ruan Lingyu and Hu Die sold well overseas and was praised as The first successful sound film in film history!

At this time, Hollywood was transitioning from the silent film era to the sound era. Naturally, these stars of the silent film era hoped to get rich, catch a ride, and continue their glory.