1928: The rise of giant merchants

Yan Laoxi received a large amount of US dollar support, and his back straightened instantly. As the commander-in-chief of Chiang Kai-shek's navy, army and air force, he finally lived up to his name. At least he could equip the motley army under his command with some good weapons and equipment.

The money came from YB Bank. Yan Laoxi couldn't tell what kind of bank it was. Anyway, he just wanted to brag. It was money given by Americans. Isn't that awesome?

As for the fact that he had mortgaged the tax revenue from Tianjin City Customs and Changlu Salt Department, he did not mention it at all, and the British and Americans would not talk about it to avoid losing face.

This time the principal was frightened.

The Americans have always supported themselves, so why did they suddenly allocate funds to Yan Laoxi?

He quickly asked the principal's wife to contact the United States to inquire about the payment.

Hoover's cabinet was still busy with the economic crisis. Seeing that the domestic crisis was becoming more and more serious, and those consortiums were becoming more and more ruthless, trying to annex various enterprises, and wanted to completely carve up the American business community, he had no intention of caring about these trivial matters. After several calls, the Ministry of Finance denied allocating funds for support, which made him feel that the principal was just looking for trouble, fearing that he wanted to support him again.

Inexplicably, it became an unsolved case, and the principal had to give it up temporarily.

Fortunately, Ye Luo was still very capable and bought back the pile of arms and equipment that he had coveted for a long time from Tianjin City, and then sold them to him at a price slightly lower than the market price.

He had sent people to negotiate with the British several times before, but the other party was gritting their teeth and refusing to let go. They also asked him to buy it at a high price, transport it by himself, and bear a lot of additional expenses.

After several discussions, I don’t know if the person sent was wrong, the communication was wrong, or some other reason, but the two parties broke up directly.

The British said they would rather leave it to Zhang Hanqing and Yan Xishan than to him, Chiang Kai-shek.

Unexpectedly, Ye Luo did it, which had troubled most of Jinling's top brass.

Even knowing that he must have made a profit from it, the principal was very happy.

Of course, if he knew that it was Ye Luo who gave Yan Laoxi military expenses, took two taxes, and secretly built ships and established a port in Tianjin City, ready to run away at any time, he would not be able to laugh.

"Wenyi, didn't Aluo just give birth to a pair of twins? Find someone to bring some things that can be used by the children, and ask for imported goods. Then, isn't he working on some new business? See if you can help. Be busy and try not to let him suffer." The principal called Deng Wenyi. According to the original thinking, such a capable person must be promoted, but when he thought that Ye Luo had no official position, he was in trouble for a while.

Not long ago, Ye Luo also resigned from the Shanghai Bund Business Sector Reorganization Committee and gave full power to Lin Kanghou and Yu Qiaqing. He also refused to join the Kuomintang and seemed to be completely separated from politics. The principal really had no place to reward him.

The only thing you can give away is money.

But what does the Second Young Master of Shanghai Beach lack most?

It’s money!

"Boss Ye was working on the arsenal and guard regiment matters before, and I heard that he was helping Minister Song." Deng Wenyi thought about it for a moment, and then carefully suggested, "After Dai Li's incident, Boss Ye asked us in Jinling and the party leaders There must be quite a lot of complaints, and now Minister Song and the others are still forcing each other at every turn."

"What kind of tax police group is that in Ziwen?" The principal had heard of this thing, but the scale and establishment were so small, and there were no decent soldiers. He didn't think Song Ziwen could come up with anything, so he ignored it.

From Deng Wenyi's point of view, it looked like Song Ziwen was using his power to force Ye Luo to do things for him. He also received a lot of benefits from the Ye family, so he naturally put in good words for Ye Luo whenever he had the opportunity.

Now that Ye Luo has a very good impression on the principal, he sees the opportunity and of course has to help Ye Luo win some privileges.

"Yes." Deng Wenyi nodded.

"The war is coming, so all these things have to stop. In this way, I will tell Ziwen later that he is not an official of our Ministry of Finance, so we can't bother him with everything." The principal frowned.

Deng Wenyi smiled and said: "As a result, the relationship between Boss Ye and Minister Song will become even more tense. I heard that Minister Song just sent Ye Luo to a textile factory for no reason not long ago. It's no reward for nothing."

"Then what do you think we should do?" the principal asked.

He could not think of a way to prevent Ye Luo from suffering, and to satisfy Song Ziwen without hurting his friendship.

Deng Wenyi immediately said what he had thought of: "The Party Committee issued an order to allow Minister Song to form a tax police group, but the money must be paid by the Ministry of Finance, and no loans can be made to merchants in the name of the Jinling National Government. If you can't contribute money, Ye The boss should feel more comfortable."

"Okay, this method is good, let's do it this way, Ziwen and I will talk about it." The principal knew that Lei had to go there by himself, but thinking of the pile of munitions shipped from Tianjin City, he became angry, and Song Ziwen hesitated. Just go and get by yourself.

The matter was settled, and that night, the principal took the principal's wife, who rarely rested at home, to the Song Mansion.

The principal's wife has been learning new dances recently, and Ye's clothing has become popular in her circle of ladies. Of course, she, a shareholder, has to show off to the ladies and show her good relationship with Ye's clothing.

Originally she didn't want to get involved with the principal's bad things, but when she heard it was related to her godbrother, she agreed to come forward.

During this dinner, the principal was mentally prepared to suffer from both sides. Unexpectedly, as soon as he sat down and talked about the tax police headquarters, Song Ziwen smiled brightly and was very talkative.

The Ministry of Finance is his home base. With Song Ziwen's character, he will definitely have to deduct some money from the Southern Financial Group to do this. But this time he agreed very readily, as if he was not doing something for himself.

The Ministry of Finance allocates funds, as long as Song Ziwen agrees and the principal agrees. The money comes from the national treasury, not from their pockets anyway.

While Jinling was helping Ye Luo raise money, Ye Luo was spending money lavishly.

Condom production involves the issue of rubber raw materials. There are no rubber factories in China. From raw materials to manufacturing to production to input, everything can only be relied on foreign companies and overseas imports. Even if you are the second young master, you still have to pay for it, and it is far away. A premium over the supermarket price.

This was the biggest source of confidence for foreigners to do business during the Republic of China - technological monopoly.

Those few samples were all produced in the United States, but if they were produced on a large scale in the United States, opponents such as the Morgan Consortium would not sit idly by.

Ye Luo had no choice but to do it quietly and spend some unjust money.

This made him more determined to develop light and heavy industries and move towards science and technology.

Although there are huge profits in finance and real estate, the former will be monopolized by the state in the future. Commercial banks will be like that, and they will not be able to become the leading financial monopoly companies in Japan and South Korea. As for real estate, let’s not mention it.

Sanitary napkins are relatively better. They are improved on the existing basis. Similar to the underwear series, the biggest problem is fake products and follow-up competing products.

Now the support given by the principal comes into play.

It’s true that everyone can make this thing, just like the dance hall, Ye Luo can’t eat the entire market.

But now, teams after teams of military police are closing down all businesses other than Ye's. If you want to sue because you are not compliant, then go to the Concession Court and see if the ghost guy believes Ye Luo or you.

As for the new cheongsam, there is no shortage of funds for the time being after a large investment. But what Ye Luo wants to do is to promote the entire cheongsam industry and even push it out of the country. Therefore, it is not just a product, he wants to train models and many women from all walks of life. , you still have to create public opinion, advertise, etc. It can be said that money is burning.

"Thanks to the principal's sponsorship." Ye Luo had no choice but to expose his capital in the United States too early. This was the best bonus of this era - the information gap.

Once his vast empire in the United States is discovered, it won't be long before he leaves the country.

But before that, he must take care of everything domestically, and at the same time, he must have enough foundation overseas to fight against those overseas consortiums.

Don't be too hasty.

So now it is still mainly domestic Ye’s investment.

As a result, funds will become tighter.

Fortunately, he made a lot of money by reselling this batch of arms. Yan Laoxi's mortgaged taxes totaled nearly 100 million, so he was able to burn money like this. (End of chapter)