1928: The rise of giant merchants

January 15, the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930).

Ye's Department Store was officially established. Ye Luo personally registered the company's trademark with the Tianjin City Commerce Bureau, chose the address of the head office in the downtown area of ​​the French Concession, and surrounded several luxurious bungalows as the company's temporary office. He surrounded a large piece of land in the most prosperous area, bought the land and the shops on it, and immediately sent a telegram to Zhang Yuanbei, asking him to bring the engineering team of Ye's Construction Company to build the headquarters building.

Zhang Yuanbei's engineering team has just completed the construction of Mr. Sun's mausoleum. It is famous in the country and has completed countless engineering projects. Compared with his father Zhang Mouzhi's company, it has a tendency to outperform its predecessors.

But as soon as he heard that Ye Luo was going to build the building, Zhang Yuanbei immediately put down all his work and ran to Tianjin. He also brought along Lin Huiyin and his wife who taught at Northeastern University, and Hu Shi, who happened to be in Tianjin on business.

Ye's New World Amusement Park was designed by Lin Huiyin and his wife, and now it has become the number one amusement park in China. However, Lin Huiyin and his wife are obsessed with architectural research and rarely come forward to help others design houses. Ye Luo has a lot of face and can let them come over to help with the drawing. drawing.

The group of people met at the Lishunde Hotel. Ye Luo deliberately canceled many entertainments and only brought Meng Xiaodong to the dinner.

"A Luo~ When we said goodbye last time, you promised to write to me from time to time. Humph, as expected, men are so deceitful! You and Hu Shizhi are both untrustworthy!" Lin Huiyin pouted, Holding her husband Liang Sicheng's arm, he is not forgiving and tries to push Ye Luo and Hu Shi as soon as they meet.

Hu Shi smiled apologetically and did not refute.

He came to Tianjin this time to publish with Luo Longji and Liang Shiqiu their collection of articles on human rights issues, "Collected Works on Human Rights."

Soon after, the book was banned by the Jinling National Government and listed as a banned book.

His relationship with Ye Luo dates back to a few years ago. The two got acquainted through literature. The year before last, when Ye Luo got married, he shamelessly came over to be the witness. He was worthy of the title of "the first matchmaker" in the Republic of China.

"Sister Huiyin, in a while, my Ye's Radio Factory will be able to open long-distance calls from the north to the south. At that time, making phone calls is better than writing letters." Ye Luo has always been busy, and sometimes he will take care of this. , forget that, if Lin Huiyin hadn't come here this time, he really wouldn't have thought of this.

Lin Huiyin glared at him: "You talkative! You are obviously talking about the fact that you don't write to me, but you insist on talking about your radio factory. Huh, it's great to make money. I look down on you, sister Huiyin."

"No way, I'm wronged." Ye Luo quickly begged for mercy.

Lin Huiyin always called herself sister in front of Ye Luo, and treated him as her little brother. Every time they met, the two would either reminisce with tears in their eyes or quarrel endlessly. They looked so much like happy enemies that Meng Xiaodong was stunned for a moment. Stunned.

Liang Sicheng was taciturn and usually just laughed at their quarrels. Sometimes he would interject a few words to help Ye Luo scold Lin Huiyin.

Meng Xiaodong was so excited when she heard that Ye Luo was going to take her to see Lin Huiyin and his wife today that he spent several hours just picking out clothes.

After all, the other party is a well-known scholar and professor couple!

She was an actress, and her social status was very different from theirs. She didn't have a chance to talk at all.

Unexpectedly, I thought it would be a boring and grand dinner. After arriving at Lishunde Hotel, I found that it was completely different from what I thought.

"Sister Xiaodong, you have to keep my younger brother in jail from now on. He married sister Xiuzhu the year before last, and he told me that he would be devoted to sister Xiuzhu. Now he's fine! Sister Shu Qiao gave birth to Zhuohua. A while ago, I heard that Sister Hu Die even helped him give birth to a pair of twins! If you don't care, tut tut tut."

Lin Huiyin smiled and joked, sat next to Meng Xiaodong, held her hand and talked non-stop.

Meng Xiaodong quickly integrated into this relaxed atmosphere.

She originally thought that she would be disliked as a lover, but Lin Huiyin didn't mention it at all and treated her just like Bai Xiuzhu.

During the dinner, Zhang Yuanbei was concerned about the project. When it came to the construction work, Ye Luo briefly talked about some elements.

Hearing that the first batch of products from Ye's Department Store turned out to be sanitary napkins and condoms, Lin Hui blushed for a moment because of his outgoing temperament.

Because Ye Luo not only asked them to design the headquarters building, but also asked them to draw the trademarks of two products!

"Why do you always make these messy things?" Lin Huiyin actually also uses Victoria brand underwear, which can be used for personal use. In this social environment, these are still products that are difficult to talk about and put on the table, so she privately Discuss with your girlfriends.

"Because it's making money. Sister Huiyin, do you want to buy a share? I'll make it cheaper for you." Ye Luo asked with a smile.

Lin Huiyin was not bad at money, but after being hit by Ye Luo many times, she also wanted to make a small fortune, but when she thought about the content of the business, she was a little hesitant.

"I'd better invest in Qipao." Lin Huiyin said with a blushing face.

"Actually, I think Aluo's idea is correct. These two items may sound ugly, but they are actually extremely useful and extremely profitable. If you can own a certain share, you may not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of your life." Hu Shi said with a smile, " Aluo, if you don’t mind, I’ll come up with some money to invest in these two items.”

Hu Shi was a tough figure who wrote articles in support of "big grandmaism", so naturally he would not have any prejudice against it.

Ye Luo nodded and said: "Of course there is no problem, but Brother Hu needs to discuss this matter with Xiaodong. I don't care about the share dividend."

"Winter Emperor?" Hu Shi looked confused.

Meng Xiaodong blushed and nodded slightly: "Yes, Brother Luo said that I would also serve as the proprietress of Ye's Department Store."

"Hiss—" Lin Huiyin was shocked, "I heard that the registered capital of this company is as high as 1 million oceans! Oh my god! It turns out that Xiaodong, you are a super rich woman!"

The word "rich woman" doesn't have that much of a derogatory connotation at this time, because the women who can get this kind of evaluation are from a very young background, and no one dares to make fun of them.

Meng Xiaodong said shyly: "No, no, it's all Brother Luo's money."

The registered capital alone was as high as 1 million yuan. Hu Shi couldn't help but look sideways and felt that he had to re-estimate Ye Luo's wealth level.

They all know that the second young master of Shanghai Beach is very rich, but there are different opinions on how rich he is.

In an era when registered capital was generally only 1,000 yuan, 1 million yuan was simply a fantasy.

It also showed from the side that Ye Luo really valued this business, which made Hu Shi want to invest even more.

The business matters were discussed and everyone had dinner. Lin Huiyin rarely saw Ye Luo and insisted on taking him to watch movies and go shopping together. Liang Sicheng didn't like this kind of activity, so he followed Hu Shi to the literary salon.

Meng Xiaodong had to be busy with company matters recently, so after dinner, he hurried to the Yip's Department Store headquarters with Zhang Yuanbei.

After playing with Lin Huiyin until the evening and sending her back to the hotel, Ye Luo just returned to Tang Yiying's villa when he received an urgent telegram from the principal. (End of chapter)