1928: The rise of giant merchants

In 1930, Jiang Meiying was seventeen years old. It was the time when the girl was pregnant, and her own ability to distinguish was not yet perfect, so she muddleheadedly handed over herself, the most beautiful woman in the Republic of China, to Ye Luo.

Although Ye Luo is sentimental, he is not sentimental, and he is by no means the kind of man who is ruthless.

Now that he and Jiang Meiying have reached this point, of course he will no longer ignore Jiang Keting's family.

He got up and let Jiang Meiying, who had been working hard all night, go back to sleep. After Ye Luo washed up, he immediately looked for Tang Fu. Only then did he know that Meng Xiaodong and Zhang Leyi went shopping and watched movies together after learning opera, and then slept in Zhang Leyi's private house. , I will continue to learn skills today.

When talking about the itinerary of the two ladies, Tang Fuhe showed an expression that a man would understand, and looked at Ye Luo's room. Apparently he also knew about Jiang Meiying sneaking into Ye Luo's bed last night.

"Is this Brother Song's arrangement?" Ye Luo lit a cigarette, pulled out another one and gave it to Tang Fu.

Tang Fu's relationship with him is not as complicated as that with Song Ziwen. The Tang family and the Ye family can be considered family friends. Ye Qingqing and Tang Ying have been inseparable best friends since they were students. If Tang Fu had not graduated early to work for Song Ziwen, If they start, he and Ye Luo should also develop into confidants like Ye Qingqing and Tang Ying.

"The minister really wants to tie you to his side." Tang Fu said as cryptically as possible, "He has mentioned it to me several times and thinks that you are more suitable than Minister Kong to manage the important affairs of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Even if he leaves the Ministry of Finance in the future, I hope I will be the first to recommend you to take over.”

"I don't dare to take your place, Brother Tang." Ye Luo said with a smile.

He knew that Tang Fulu was willing to follow Song Ziwen all the time because he knew that Song Ziwen would be unsatisfied with the status quo and want to move forward in the direction of prime minister. If Song Ziwen made progress, then Tang Fulu would naturally take over the post of Minister of Finance.

It's a pity that God did not fulfill his wish.

In the original history, on February 28, 1931, the principal detained Hu Hanmin, the president of the Legislative Yuan, at the Jinling Central Military Academy, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among local powerful factions in Guangdong and Guangxi. Soon the two Guangxi and Guangxi called on Chiang Kai-shek and formed a new National Government.

Ye Yuqiao, then president of the Federation of Labor, stood on the side of Guangdong and Guangdong. The Guangdong side hoped that Ye Yuqiao would use the forces in Beijing and Shanghai to kill Chiang Kai-shek as revenge.

In June 1931, Ye Yuqiao sent assassins to Lushan to assassinate the principal, but failed. In July of the same year, Ye Yuqiao received news that Finance Minister Song Ziwen would arrive in Shanghai in the near future. He felt that the previous plan to assassinate the principal had failed and he had no way to explain to Guangdong and Guangxi. Song Ziwen was one of the core figures of the Chiang Group. If Song Ziwen could be assassinated, it would be the same. Compensation to Guangdong and Guangxi.

As luck would have it, Tang Fulu, who was wearing the same clothes as Song Ziwen, was mistakenly recognized by the killer, was shot directly, and was forced to block the gun and die.

During that period of history, Ye Yuqiao hated evil, especially agents of the Intelligence Service and traitors. Later, he established a special assassination organization and killed countless traitors, Japanese aggressors, and important officials of the Jinling National Government. Not even a promising person like Ye Luo. son.

In this life, with Ye Luo as a lubricant, Ye Yuqiao quit his job long ago and left his business and industry to his son and daughters. Now he occasionally helps Ye's investment and business affairs, and takes care of his grandchildren full-time. He is very happy.

Because of this memory, Ye Luo always felt a little inexplicably guilty every time he looked at Tang Fu, so he was gentler to him.

Over time, the relationship between the two became better and better.

"If it were you, I would be willing to abdicate in favor of someone better. Haha." Facing Ye Luo, Tang Fuhe did not hide anything and boldly spoke out his thoughts.

"Hey, Brother Tang, please stop teasing me. You know, I have no intention of entering politics." Ye Luo shook his head and smiled, and then asked some questions about Song Ziwen and Jiang Keting.

Tang Fuhe knew everything and told Ye Luo that what Song Ziwen wanted was actually just a few factories in Dafeng. Those people didn't care whether they lived or died, as long as they got the factories.

The purpose of hitting Jiang Keting's family so harshly was to make them retreat and hand over the textile factory to save Song Ziwen from doing it himself.

This was Song Ziwen's style, and it was also the core approach used by the four major families in collaborating with senior military and political leaders to annex private enterprises during the period when the country advanced and the people retreated.

You talk to me about rules and principles, but I only talk about fists with you.

Either you don't do business under the jurisdiction of the Jinling National Government, or you just hand over your property to me and I'll save you from death.

The Jinling National Government has not yet reached its final moment, and the principal and others have no clear idea, but the prototype of their style of conduct has already begun to emerge.

When the civil war breaks out, no matter how good the relationship between Ye Luo and them is, it is impossible for Ye Luo's huge investment to survive.

Jiang Keting is a lesson learned from the past.

Ye Luo felt like her lips were dying and her teeth were cold, and her sense of urgency became stronger.

In short, after figuring out that Song Ziwen did not intend to kill everyone, Ye Luo was able to operate easily.

"Brother Tang, you see, Mei Ying and I are both like this now. Director Jiang Keting is also considered my family, their family." Ye Luo took a puff of cigarette, pretending to be embarrassed.

Tang Fu said with a smile: "I can make the decision on this little matter. I'll make a call and go to the police station soon. Wen Yingxing will come back to take up the post after a while. Isn't it easy for you to win over a few people at that time?"

"Is it okay with Brother Song?" Ye Luo asked.

Tang Fuhe patted his chest and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Minister Song has said that if you want to bail someone out, even if the other person is a member of an underground organization, I will bail him out for you."

"I won't do this." Ye Luo laughed and scolded him quickly, "Don't hurt me."

The matter of rescuing Jiang Keting's family was solved by Ye Luo in just one cigarette.

When Jiang Meiying, who was sleeping in a daze, saw him coming back, she quickly covered herself with the quilt and got up. When she heard that her family was saved, she cried with joy and quickly expressed her willingness to work for Ye Luo for the rest of her life.

Ye Luo looked at the innocent and lovely beautiful girl and had to temporarily agree to let her follow him back to Shanghai Beach.

Anyway, she was studying at a Chinese and Western girls' school.

That afternoon, Ye Luo went to the prison to visit Jiang Keting.

Jiang Keting's face was ashen and he seemed to be in despair. He felt a little better when he heard that Ye Luo had taken over Zhentai.

It is better for his daughter to become his than to become the plaything of Song Ziwen and others.

After telling Jiang Keting to take care of himself, Ye Luo returned to the Song Mansion and happened to meet Song Ziwen who had picked up Zhang Leyi and the others. They had dinner with Jiang Meiying. During the dinner, Jiang Meiying was very afraid of Song Ziwen's "uncle" and seemed submissive, which made this dinner The atmosphere became very tense.

Going back to the room in the evening, Ye Luo briefly talked about Jiang Meiying's family affairs. Hearing that Jiang Keting, a textile factory owner, was so big that he fell down. He didn't even have a chance to resist in front of Song Ziwen and others. Meng Xiaodong was stunned, and then felt frightened. .

If it weren't for Ye Luo, a family of actors like hers would be worse than Jiang Meiying's family.

At first, countless warlords were eyeing her, so she fled from Tianjin to Shanghai to take refuge. Later, she went to Fengtian to avoid the warlords' harassment. Fortunately, she was protected by Zhang Hanqing and was able to maintain her perfect body.

All the roots lie in Ye Luo.

But how many women are lucky enough to meet a man like Ye Luo?

Meng Xiaodong deeply sympathized with Jiang Meiying's experience and planned to recognize her as her god sister and take her with her to eat, live and live together in the future.

"That's good. From now on, you will be the proprietress of Ye's Department Store. If sister Mei Ying follows you, she will have no worries about food and clothing in her life." Ye Luo teased her.

Meng Xiaodong stuck out her tongue. She was not quite ready to transform from an actress to a boss lady.

And compared to running Yip's Department Store, she is more looking forward to touring in the United States like Mei Lanfang in the future.

The group rested another night at the Song Mansion, and the news spread to the principal's ears, finally calming down his mind.

Early the next morning, Ye Luo planned to take everyone back to Shanghai. Before leaving, Tang Fulu brought him bad news.

Hu Shi was arrested. (End of chapter)