1928: The rise of giant merchants

"I, Ma Yuzao, am currently the dean of the Department of Chinese Literature at Peking University." The middle-aged man in his fifties has a bald head, elegant round-rimmed glasses, and a large mandarin jacket. He has a literati temperament in his movements.

"It turns out to be Director Ma. I have admired him for a long time." Ye Luo responded with a smile and cupped his fists.

Ma Yuzao is a cultural celebrity, a famous professor at Peking University, and has a high status in the literary circle.

In the previous quarrel between the north and the south caused by Ye Luo's dance hall business, Ma Yuzao, as a Northern scholar, wrote a pen to speak out for Ye Luo, saying that "ballroom dancing is a sign of the progress of the times." He was a rare supporter of Ye Luo from the Northern school.

The most famous event in Ma Yuzao's life was the initiative to initiate the country's first officially promulgated legal phonetic notation of Chinese characters - the phonetic alphabet, which made outstanding contributions to the correct pronunciation of Chinese and the spread of Mandarin.

He also has a very famous daughter, known as the "Queen of Peking University", the 19-year-old Peking University beauty Ma Jue.

"Mr. Ye, please come this way." Ma Yuzao led the way, leading him and the guards to an alley in Peiping.

In a private house.

"Yucai, come out quickly, do you see who I invited here?" Ma Yuzao pushed the door open and shouted excitedly into the room.

"Dad, are there any guests?" A girl with a good figure and beautiful appearance ran out with a smile. She was the Queen of Peking University, Ma Jue.

She saw the tall and handsome Ye Luo at a glance, and her pretty face turned red: "It turns out to be Mr. Ye! Hello, Mr. Ye~"

"Hello." Ye Luo smiled and nodded, and was amazed by Ma Jue for a few seconds.

Ma Yu has excellent skin on her face, which is white and rosy and can be broken by blows. Her face is slightly rounded and oval-shaped, with big eyes. She does not wear any makeup. She is a gentle and cute kind of cute girl.

Someone once said that Ma Yuzao's greatest contribution in his life was giving birth to a daughter who was the school belle of Peking University.

Last spring, Ma Jue was admitted to Peking University's preparatory program. Soon after enrolling, she received dozens of love letters every day. Because there were so many students who admired her, the boys privately called Ma Yuzao their "father-in-law."

A veritable father-in-law of Peking University.

The famous scholar Professor Zhu Wenliang, because he entered school too late, lamented every time he held a class reunion: "It's too late for the rest of my life, and I won't be able to see the prosperity of the three generations."

At the beginning of this year, a student named Xiao committed suicide by jumping off a building because his pursuit of Ma Jue failed. Fortunately, he was rescued. This incident made a big fuss, and coupled with other messy reasons, Ma Jue, who was originally going to transfer to the Political Science Department of Peking University next year, was so disturbed that he dropped out of school before finishing college, and finally married an ordinary civil servant in Tianjin, leaving her Countless literary students were heartbroken.

"I'm going to prepare tea for Mr. Ye." Ma Jue is also a little fan of Ye Luo. Today, she heard that Ye Luo was going to speak at Yanda and Tsinghua University. She wanted to sneak over to listen, but she didn't expect that a guest suddenly came to the house. Can keep company at home.

She was quarreling with her mother about this matter just now. Unexpectedly, Mr. Ye was invited to her home by her father.

Ma Yuzao's wife Chen Dexin also went to the kitchen to prepare the evening meal and told her daughter not to disturb Ye Luo's conversation.

An old acquaintance of Ye Luo walked out of the inner room.

Lu Yucai smiled and shook hands with Ye Luo and hugged him: "Mr. Ye, goodbye on the beach. We haven't seen each other for a long time. How are you doing lately?"

"It's okay, I won't die of hunger." Ye Luo smiled playfully.

The last time the two met was back when Ye's Grand Guangming Cinema opened. Lu Yu came to watch a movie. Later, Ye's clothing company was established, and he spoke up for Hu Die's women's underwear business.

This time I came to Peiping, firstly to help my critically ill mother seek good medical advice, and secondly to find connections in Peiping to rescue Chen Ruiqiong who was trapped in Longhua Prison.

However, Lu Yu only mentioned this matter. Even though he had a long-standing reputation in the literary world and was well-connected in Peiping, those dignitaries who heard that people were being fished out of Longhua Prison avoided him one by one and declined his request.

Just when he was desperate, Lu Yu heard that Ye Luo had followed Zhang Hanqing north to Peking, so he approached Ma Yuzao, hoping that he could contact Ye Luo through Peking University and ask the second young master for help.

After saying this, Ma Yuzao and Lu Yucai looked at each other, a little embarrassed.

"Ms. Chen only joined our 'Chaohua Club' at the beginning of the year. The Leftist League was established next year, and she was also one of the default members. I never thought that she would be involved in such a thing." Lu Yucai sighed, avoiding the important and not wanting to talk about whether Chen Ruiqiong was The issue of members of underground organizations has shifted the conflict to "unfortunate misfortunes".

The three people here are very smart. Lu Yu only knew that Chen Ruiqiong's identity could not be hidden from Ye Luo, so he was a little embarrassed when he asked him to go to Longhua Prison to fish out a member of an underground organization.

But there is really no other way.

You can't just watch your friend die tragically in prison.

"The second young master is really in trouble." Lu Yucai sighed.

After hearing the whole story, Ye Luo basically confirmed Chen Ruiqiong's identity, and the other six arrested members of the underground organization did not run away.

In 1929, only two years had passed since the White Terror launched by the principal in Shanghai, and the Kuomintang's tolerance for underground organizations was still zero.

This kind of "rebellion" with a clear identity, let alone Ye Luo, could not be saved even if Mrs. Sun came forward in person.

Fortunately, Chen Ruiqiong was not really caught and could be saved compared to the other six people.

Anyway, Ye Luo bit her to death because she was from the newspaper and literary world, not a member of an underground organization.

"Brother Yucai probably doesn't know yet, right? Ms. Chen has been rescued by the Sixth Commander." Ye Luo briefly explained the cause and effect of the incident. Anyway, he picked everything off. Zhang Hanqing rescued the person, and he Nothing to do.

"That's it! News from the north to the south is blocked, and I haven't received any news yet!" Lu Yucai and Ma Yuzao looked at each other and smiled, and the big stone in their hearts fell.

"Thank you, Second Young Master, for your righteousness." Lu Yu then stood up and clasped his fists.

Ye Luo quickly stood up and returned the greeting: "It's not me, it's not me, it's the Sixth Commander."

Lu Yu suddenly understood and changed his words with a smile: "Yes, yes, thank you to the Sixth Commander."

"Hey, what is the principal thinking now? If this goes on day by day, the country will not be the same as the country, and the home will no longer be the home." Ma Yuzao had a headache when he thought of Peking University, which was financially strained due to factional struggles. It is not a blessing for politics to affect education. .

Now Peking University's finances are in dire straits, and even the salaries of professors like them have not been paid for several months. If Ma Yuzao's family was not well off, he would have to take to the streets to pull a rickshaw like other professors.

"Humph, dictator, what else do you have in mind?" Lu Yucai had nothing good to say about the principal.

"Yancai, be careful what you say, be careful what you say." Ma Yuzao quickly reminded his friend that not long ago, Hu Shi offended the principal due to his remarks, and was made miserable by Chen Zhengde and fled abroad.

Don’t think that now that the times are open, literati like them can speak freely.

If you are somewhat famous, once you write an article or verbally insult the Jinling National Government, the people in the Intelligence Department will not give you good luck.

"I hope this meeting can be useful." Ye Luo doesn't like to participate in this kind of topic, and he has already understood all historical trends, and the best way is to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.

This is a scene saying.

But Lu Yucai and the two felt very comfortable hearing this.

After chatting for a while, Chen Dexin and Ma Jue came over with food and called them to eat. Ma Yan, the youngest in the family, also timidly came over and asked Ye Luo for an autograph.

Unlike her sister, Ma Yan wants to be a businessman in the future. She wants to be as rich as the second young master and save the country through business and industry.

A few people sat down and saw everyone present. Ye Luo suddenly had a good idea and said with a smile: "In business, I have a good way to solve Peking University's financial problems." (End of Chapter)