1928: The rise of giant merchants

"I understand, Second Young Master." Zhou Xiangsheng sat back down, looking ashamed.

Ye Luo patted him on the shoulder to show encouragement, then looked at Su Guoguo: "Director Su, how is the situation in the electronics factory?"

"Many technical barriers cannot be overcome in a short time and require the efforts of one generation after another." Su Guoguo replied truthfully, "According to what you said before, Mr. Er, we did not focus on product production and profitability, but focused on batteries and light bulbs. The manufacturing process of accessories such as batteries and batteries has already achieved certain results."

As he spoke, he pushed a thick document to Ye Luo, which recorded the work of Ye's Radio Factory in the past year.

Because its main business income is only one Asian and American radio station, Ye's Radio Factory is particularly "outstanding" among the many subsidiaries invested by Ye's. It is a typical example of eating too much and producing little, which made Su Guoguo feel very ashamed and reluctant. Come and attend Yip Investment’s monthly internal high-level meeting.

Regarding this, there was a lot of discussion within Ye's Investment, and many people felt that the expenses of the radio factory should be reduced and used to subsidize other companies.

These people's ideas are correct. After all, they are working for Ye Luo, not the government.

But as soon as Ye Luo came back, he met the three brothers of the Su family, and then went to Asia and America Radio to record a program, asking Ye's Film Company to take care of this little brother, and then emphasized the importance of electronic machinery at today's meeting. , so that the internal opposition immediately disappeared.

This is Yip Investment.

No matter how far it develops, Ye Luo has absolute control over it and has absolute support from the people.

Ye Luo quickly browsed the documents and was quite surprised.

Last year, he set a goal that the radio factory could become a qualified assembly factory within one year. As long as it has sufficient equipment and raw materials, it can assemble various electronic products by itself.

Unexpectedly, with the assistance of a group of German electronics experts, the radio factory achieved this goal early and is now working on developing the first domestic radio.

This is a qualitative transformation.

Because this radio is still in the early stages of manufacturing and improvement, and it is estimated that it will not be officially launched until the middle of next year. Su Guoguo is not a person who likes success, so he never mentioned it at the meeting.

This was a nice surprise.

"Director Su, do you know the American Radio Company?" Ye Luo put down the information and looked at him with a smile.

Su Guoguo sat upright and nodded slightly: "Yes. American Radio Company is the number one leader in our industry. As long as we are in this industry, no one knows about it."

"In a few days, you ask Lily to clean up and find a few young people with good skills and learning abilities in the factory. I will send them to study there," Ye Luo said.

Su Lili, Su Guoguo's younger sister, was originally a student at a Chinese and Western girls' school. She dropped out of school because she couldn't afford the tuition, and has been helping out in her family's factory ever since.

The little girl is very smart and has a malleable talent. It would be too wasteful to work in the factory all the time.

"Does the second young master have any connections there?" Su Guoguo couldn't calm down.

For people like them who are engaged in the electronic equipment industry, going to a leading enterprise such as American Radio Company for further study is the same as soldiers going to "Whampoa Military Academy", which is their ultimate goal.

"No. But that company is almost mine now." Ye Luo said calmly, and the group of people listening were dumbfounded.

The American Radio Company is the leader of the American electronic equipment industry!

Su Guoguo heard that its market value exceeded 30 million US dollars last year, which is equivalent to 150 million yuan. I am afraid that the entire Ye's investment is not as good as others.

What did the second young master just say?

The company belongs to him?

"Second Young Master, this joke is not funny at all." Wu Liande has been looking for a new outlet for Liangyou Pictorial recently. He feels that if he keeps doing this kind of borderline, erotic and political content, one day he will be eliminated. The pictorial needs Be on par with big newspapers like Shenbao and Xinwen.

And the method he has just found is a weakened version of "UC shock flow", using this eye-catching method to publish normal news.

Ye Luo's words just now sounded more extreme than his shock.

"Do you think I'm joking?" Ye Luo glared at him, then slowly explained.

Most of his operations in the U.S. stock market cannot be described casually, but some of his assets and operations can still be discussed.

For example, he first discovered penny stocks and deceived the ordinary people of the United States. Later, he followed Huixin to short-sell U.S. Steel and made a profit of US$38 million. Later, he used a large amount of funds to acquire companies crazily and founded YB Bank.

But just these operations were enough to shock everyone present.

Can business and finance still play like this?

They looked at Ye Luo with growing admiration and fear.

Wu Liande didn't care about this, but he sensed some new ways from it, and quickly asked: "Second Young Master, after the meeting, can I interview you alone?"

"In the name of Liangyou Pictorial?" Ye Luo looked at him.

Wu Liande nodded: "Yes. I think your successful experience in the United States will definitely become a big hit if it is serialized into a novel."

"Okay, you can find a new writer to help me write it, but the interview will take a few days." Ye Luo hesitated, but finally agreed.

This kind of novels similar to celebrity biographies were very popular in later generations. In the Republic of China period, it was simply a dimensionality reduction blow. It is rare that Wu Liande could come up with such an idea.

For Ye's Investment, it's almost time for him, the founder, to publish a biography and take the opportunity to put himself on the altar.

No matter how Ye's investment develops in the future, at least it must be absolutely in his hands while he is alive.

Then deifying yourself is a very meaningful thing.

"Okay." Wu Liande was elated. The matter was done. He is expected to replace Lin Yuan who left and become the new president of Ye's Newspaper Group.

Even though he is usually bored in the office, even after becoming a boss, he still enjoys frontline work as much as he did when he was the editor-in-chief. In fact, Wu Liande also has some ambitions, hoping that in the future he can become a person like Shi Liangcai, the reporting boss.

Of course, he didn't know that the declaration also included capital injection from Ye's Investment. Shi Liangcai was also a worker working for the Second Young Master, and was not much different from him in essence.

After talking about this, Ye Luo dismissed everyone, and then led by Shi Jianqiao to a secret house in the industrial park.

Some people related to the military industry gathered here.

Chen Zhen, Ye Hao, Heng San, Wu Shikui, etc., they are the persons in charge of Ye's investment in military-related industries. They directly interface with German military experts and generals of the Republic of China and are responsible for the production and research and development of military equipment.

This is Yeluo's most secret industry.

Ye Luo's military industry started by taking over three arsenals from Huo Tianhong, and then took over a few given by Zhang Hanqing. Together with all the military industry projects of this military cooperation, it slowly converged into a seemingly small, but actually very large Huge military industrial chain.

The network also includes the Nitrate Mine Management Bureau where Ding Li works, the recently incorporated Steamship Merchants Bureau, and the United States Steel Company in the United States.

Military industry was the most taboo industry in the Republic of China, especially after the warlord melee. The leaders of the major warlords integrated all the arsenals on their territory and sent troops to strictly guard them, resolutely not allowing businessmen to touch them.

If it weren't for the banner of the Huade Military Cooperation Project, even Ye Luo, the principal would not have allowed him to play like this.

The arsenal in the industrial park is a joint venture between China and Germany. It contains a large number of German military experts and a small number of Chinese. It has great power and autonomy. Song Ziwen directly appropriated the funds. Even the Shanghai Bund City Hall cannot control it. There are thirty people outside. A battalion of the Second Army was stationed for protection, making it almost airtight.

This arsenal was developed according to the plan set by Ye Luo and Max early in the morning, and all products were directly supplied to the Central Revolutionary Army.

The director of the arsenal is Max, and Ye Luo is the deputy director.

In fact, Yelo knew that this cooperation, which lasted for several years, was eventually terminated when German fascists launched a world war.

Overnight, the German experts evacuated Shanghai Beach, but they did not take away the technology, drawings and tools. Since then, the place has been abandoned and no one cares about it.

Precisely because he knew the final result of this place, Ye Luo actually didn't care about it. Instead, he put his real energy, money and talents into his own Ye's arsenal!

The Ye's Arsenal was built in Jiading. It is very large in scale, like a large industrial park. There are a large number of military and police guards outside. No one is allowed to enter without the consent of Ye Luo and Ye Hao.

Externally, it is claimed to be the second base for military cooperation projects, responsible for assisting the arsenal here and doing some leftover work.

Anyway, the power of the cooperation project is in Ye Luo's hands. Whatever he says will be done, and no one dares to object. (End of chapter)