1928: The rise of giant merchants

Yu Qiaqing and the other three didn't look very good.

From their perspective, Ye Luo had clearly tricked them.

By disclosing financial statements and limiting personnel expenditures, wouldn’t that mean cutting off their financial path?

"President Ye is so courageous. I hope the foundation will get better and better under your leadership." Fu Xiaoan looked at him with a smile, with a hint of contempt in his eyes, "When I was young, I could have the courage and financial resources of President Ye. That’s great. By the way, how much does President Ye donate?”

"How much is 20% of the Chevrolet 490's sales profit?" Yu Qiaqing pretended to be thoughtful, and then smiled, "Anyway, I heard that the sales of the Chevrolet 490 are very good, so this amount must not be small. The next generation is to be feared, and the next generation is to be feared."

"20%? If he doesn't sell half of 2,000 cars, can he make money? Young people nowadays just like to boast about Haikou." The old man behind the two people smiled coldly.

Ye Luo saw him for the first time and didn't know who this was: "Who is this?"

"Zhang Yuan Zhang Hong Lu." The old man blew his beard and glared. Although he was short, he looked at him sideways.

Ye Luo suddenly realized.

No wonder the old man was so resentful of himself.

He pushed hard to open public parks and advertise his cars, thereby destroying the interests of many private parks.

Zhang Yuan is the top group in the private garden, and the damage must be extremely serious. No wonder Zhang Honglu dislikes him and came to wear a pair of trousers with Yu Qiaqing.

"Hello, Boss Zhang, I don't need you to worry about the donation." Ye Luo would not spoil the old man.

"President Ye, that's not what you said. It's a good thing for you to do charity, but you have to be strong to do things." Fu Xiao'an looked at him with a smile and said seriously, "What's the current situation of the Ye family? President Ye should You know better than me. The election day for the next General Chamber of Commerce Committee is coming soon. Mr. Zhang is a veteran figure in the General Chamber of Commerce. With his support, plus me and Qia Qing, you will have the opportunity to serve on the committee."

"With the support of the General Chamber of Commerce and your status as a committee member, your car business or other businesses will be able to establish a foothold in Shanghai. President Ye is a sensible person. You should understand what I mean, right?"

"Originally, I wanted to take advantage of today's charity gala to introduce Mr. Zhang to you, and also help you resolve the misunderstanding between you, but now."

Fu Xiao'an paused for a moment, and his eyes gradually became colder. He came closer and patted Ye Luo on the shoulder: "Young man, I will treat what happened tonight as if you drank too much and made a mistake after drinking. Go back and think about it carefully. I will be at the General Chamber of Commerce tomorrow. Waiting for you. Don’t delay your future. The Ye family can no longer protect you from the wind and rain. "

The three of them looked at Ye Luo coldly, then turned around to chat with other tycoons.

Such a naked threat made Ye Hao and others extremely unhappy, but there was not much they could do.

As Huo Ting-en said, the General Chamber of Commerce dominates the Chinese business community. If they are excluded, it will be difficult to do business well.

Now the situation of the Ye family is very delicate.

In early May, the Northern Expeditionary Army continued to attack Fengjun and successively occupied SJZ, LY, Dezhou and other places. It can be said that the momentum is overwhelming and the general trend has been determined.

Under such circumstances, the Federation of Labor had no choice but to tighten further. In less than a month, the total number of people has been reduced by half. Those who have been kicked out include informants planted by other forces, some small and medium-sized forces related to the Lu family, and the thorns of Yu Likui and others. There are also those guys who have done nothing for these years and have done evil things next to the big tree of the Ye family.

The remaining half of the people are also moving towards Ye Hao, and are basically out of touch with the work of the Labor Federation.

By doing this, the Ye family was clearly abandoning their car to protect their commander, and directly gave up their former territory. The previously occupied properties were also sold off into silver coins and deposited in the bank.

The remaining industries are all concentrated in the public concessions, and most of them have foreigners and senior officials as shareholders, so they will not be affected.

Most of the territory vomited out by the Labor Federation was taken over by Yu Likui and the three tycoons, while a small part fell into the hands of Bai Leli, Tan Si and others.

Without the power of the Ye Family Labor Federation, they felt that Ye Luo would be unable to compete with the General Chamber of Commerce.

At this charity party, Ye Luo offended them to death.

As peers, Huo Tingen and others naturally admired Ye Luo's courage, but when they thought about the problems that would follow, they felt that they could not be solved properly.

"Anyway, if there is anything I can do to help, Second Young Master, please feel free to ask, no need to be polite!" Huo Ting'en clasped his fists to show his support.

"Then thank you Brother Huo first." Ye Luo returned the gesture with fists in his hands.

As time passed, the party came to an end. After the crowd dispersed, Ye Hao grabbed Ye Luo and called him to get into his car.

Ma Yongzhen followed quickly, standing next to the Ford V8 and alerting the surroundings in case anyone was harmful to the second young master and the eldest young master.

"Huh..." Ye Hao lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and turned to look at Ye Luo.

"What's wrong, brother?" Ye Luo also lit up a cigarette.

"Aluo, I know that you have been smarter than me and Qingqing since we were young. Whether you are studying, playing cards, doing business or having fun, you are a genius among geniuses." Ye Hao held a cigarette and said in a smooth and powerful voice, "But this matter Shang Aluo, have you really figured it out?"

"Brother, are you talking about the charity donation tonight?"

"Yes! A Luo, I know you really want to do something, but you don't know the situation of the Northern Expedition now. The defeat of Beiyang is the result visible to the naked eye."

Ye Hao turned around, and it could be seen from his eyes that he was very anxious. This was also the mental state of most people in the Ye family at the moment.

"Whenever Beiyang fails, General Lu will step down. A month ago, when you mentioned this matter, we all looked at it as a joke. We always felt that the war was long and endless, and there was plenty of time to prepare. But in fact, what you said Yes. Jinling is even willing to detour to the capital of Lu Province and continue the Northern Expedition! Their determination is too great!"

"So it is very likely that Beiyang will be completely finished this month. General Lu may not be able to see Shanghai in June, right." Ye Luo answered with a smile.

Ye Hao was stunned and immediately nodded heavily.

This was Ye Luo's judgment on the battle situation, and it was also the content of his conversation with Ye Yuqiao that night. These things were later mentioned by Ye Yuqiao and Ye Hao.

It was just that Ye Yuqiao was still undecided at that time, and Ye Hao also held the same view as him, feeling that things would not progress so quickly.

But after Xuzhou took the oath, both Ye Yuqiao and Ye Hao realized that something was wrong, and then they did what Ye Luo wanted.

Unfortunately, time was too short, and the decline of the Ye family was visible to the naked eye.

Under this situation, Ye Hao could not understand why Ye Luo would offend the General Chamber of Commerce at this point.

This is too much!

"I did it on purpose." Ye Luo understood Ye Hao's worries and doubts and said calmly.

"Is this intentional?" Based on Ye Hao's understanding of his younger brother, he knew that he would never do anything stupid and thankless, but he also couldn't figure out Ye Luo's intention, so he pulled him over to ask.

But this sentence "I did it on purpose" made him even more confused.

"That's right." Having said that, Ye Luo no longer planned to hide his brother.

In fact, he had mentioned this matter before in the night conversation with Ye Yuqiao.

It's just that Ye Yuqiao didn't believe it at first, and the tycoons probably didn't even consider this situation.

That's why the three of them, Yu Qiaqing, dared to come over and be arrogant because they couldn't get any money. When the other tycoons saw the decline of the Ye family, they all dared to get involved and felt that the Ye family was doomed.

"Yes, according to the current war situation. Jinling gains power, Beiyang loses power, and it is reasonable for the Ye family to be unlucky. But can these people who have nothing to do with Beiyang stay out of the matter?" Ye Luo lit up another cigarette, and then smiled lightly. road,

"Brother, have you ever thought about a question. Offending the General Chamber of Commerce will indeed do more harm than good to us, but what if the General Chamber of Commerce ceases to exist?"

"The General Chamber of Commerce no longer exists?" Ye Hao's eyelids twitched.

"With the success of the Northern Expedition, there is no doubt that General Lu will electrify and go to the field. But as long as Marshal Zhang is still there on the other side of Beiyang, the confrontation between the north and the south will ultimately be difficult to resolve. If the confrontation is not resolved, the changes in Shanghai will not be big, and the results will be It was the Ye family and the forces that were closely related to the Feng clan that were unlucky, and other forces took over and grew stronger."

Ye Luo nodded and analyzed.

"Isn't this the current situation?" Ye Hao asked back, "The Ye family can't shelter your business from the wind and rain! If you offend the General Chamber of Commerce again, you will be unable to move forward!"

"But what if Marshal Zhang is no longer here?" Ye Luo blew out a smoke ring and said calmly after a long time.

Ye Hao opened his eyes wide and was stunned.