1928: The rise of giant merchants

Ye Luo looked at the mostly shabby but energetic students in front of him and said with emotion: "I have nothing to say. You are all the future pillars of the country. I only hope that you can study hard when you go abroad and be prepared to serve the motherland in the future. Don’t let down the vast number of people who spend money to support your overseas study tours.”

Although the money for studying abroad was actually sponsored by Ye Luo and a bunch of businessmen and warlord leaders, he still attributed all this to thousands of ordinary people.

These words are actually very offensive, especially when there are many senior officials from the Shanghai Bund City Hall standing next to them. In the past, such speeches usually started with a few words of encouragement and praise for the students, followed by some warnings, and finally thanked the party members and the people. The support from the government and others is naturally indispensable in touting their hard work as a city hall.

But Ye Luo didn't mention anyone, didn't say anything, didn't say a word, and didn't even give him the respect of the party seat.

It was so straightforward, speaking to the students in the most straightforward way.

"Remember, no matter which country you go to, you are the face of the Chinese people overseas. You must take into account the image of the Chinese people in everything you do. You must also try your best to safeguard the country's reputation. You must not do anything illegal or indisciplined for your own selfish purposes. Do not Greedy for pleasure.”

What Ye Luo said has all happened before. Not every student studying abroad is a passionate young man. In the early years, there were too many students sponsored by the Gengzi Scholarship, and there were many robbers.

"The second young master is right. Outside, we are the face of the Chinese people. I will never lose the face of the Chinese people!"

"I will definitely bear in mind the words of the second young master."

"I swear to God, if I can't study and come back in the future."

The international students responded one after another and were infected by Ye Luo's words.

Afterwards, Ye Luo accompanied Zhang Qun and the others to shake hands with the students one by one. While shaking hands, Ye Luo solemnly told: "Study hard and serve the motherland."

"Students, please note." The international students would reply solemnly when facing Ye Luo. As for Zhang Qun and others, they just went through the motions with them and didn't react much.

No matter how stupid an onlooker is, they can still see the difference between Ye Luo and those officials. The former is admired by the international students, while the latter is not so popular.

This is also the attitude of ordinary people towards these people in power.

After sending the international students onto the ship, Ye Luo turned to look at Xu Wenqiang in the officer queue.

After returning from the United States, Xu Wenqiang resigned from his position as an agent in the concession patrol house and plunged into the elite troops of the Kuomintang stationed in Shanghai. Not long ago, he was resting in his hometown in Peking and took his fiancée Situ Feifei to visit his two elders. A matter of concern.

Originally, Xu Wenqiang and Situ Feifei planned to use the money earned from the U.S. stock market to open a company in Peiping, and help Ye Luo handle some affairs of Ye's Department Store. Hongmen also wanted to set up camp in Peking, so this important task naturally fell on this pair. On the young couple.

With the banner of Situ Meitang, there is no need to worry about the scattered Hongmen cronies not recognizing him.

From an angry young student who was penniless, was expelled from school, and arrived in Shanghai destitute, and learned that his childhood sweetheart had become the mistress of a tycoon, to now he married the only daughter of a Hongmen leader, became wealthy, and became the confidant of the number one tycoon in Shanghai. Xu Wenqiang has been in this year His experiences are more exciting than those in the TV series.

All this was given by Ye Luo, and he would not dare to forget it for a moment.

Among Ye Luo's closest confidants, Ma Yongzhen has become the top leader of the Songhu Police Department, and Ding Li is also the acting director of the Nitrate Mine Management Bureau, but he is a bit inferior.

The only thing Xu Wenqiang can boast to his brothers is that he has a beautiful wife.

Ma Yongzhen is still a bachelor, and it is said that she has an unrequited love for Hua Mei. Unfortunately, Hua Mei's heart has long been set on Ye Luo, and she will never let go.

Although Ding Li always works with Yue Lang in the office, their identities have never been made public. They probably have a relationship like Tan Si and Yan Yangtian, and they will most likely not get married in the future.

It's just that Xu Wen was better at this than his brothers, so he came back from Peiping and resigned and enlisted in the army.

With Ye Luo's recommendation, he could have directly joined the Tax Police Corps as an officer. However, Xu Wenqiang felt that he had little qualifications and poor abilities, so he would not be able to convince the public if he joined, so he signed up for this officer training program and was successfully selected.

But after leaving, it is estimated that it will take two or three years to return.

"Wen Qiang, if you leave, I'm afraid I'll be talked about to death by sister Feifei." Ye Luo smiled and patted his shoulder, "Newlywed Yan'er, if you don't spend your honeymoon with your wife properly, you have to do this! "

"Second Young Master, you just said that you should study hard and serve the motherland. I studied in Peking and took the college entrance exam just for this. Later, I committed suicide and lost everything. I almost didn't look like a human being. It was you who changed me from He was pulled out of the pit." Xu Wenqiang saluted him with a standard military salute and said with a smile, "It was my decision to go to the United States, and Feifei also agreed. Don't worry, I will come back as soon as I go."

"Well, study hard. I will have to rely on you to help me command the tax police group in the future." Ye Luo laughed softly.

Both of them knew it was a joke, but Xu Wenqiang still burst into tears and was very moved.

"Okay, let's go." Ye Luo finally said goodbye to them.

Xu Wenqiang saluted again.

At this moment, a familiar face appeared in the crowd.

She was mixed in the crowd, wearing a gorgeous cheongsam. She was extremely beautiful. It looked like she had been carefully dressed. She just looked at the ship not far away, and she finally stopped.

Just hold the umbrella and watch blankly.

It's like listening to the sound of the flute, like smelling roses, like water like honey, like smoke like fog. This is what Ye Luo said about her when he first met her.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty and Beilu, before the names of Hudong Xiao Aqiao and Huxi Lin Ruxian appeared, she was already at the top of Shanghai's social circle.

The men who once chased her could line up from the east of Shanghai to the west of Shanghai.

And she resolutely gave up her first boyfriend, her passionate dream, and was willing to be the mistress of a tycoon.

Even though the tycoon only refers to her as "that woman."

This year, Fang Yanyun asked herself countless times in her heart whether she had ever regretted it.

Now, this answer has lost its meaning forever as Xu Wenqiang boarded the boat without looking back.

She just held an umbrella and watched, just like Xu Wenqiang held an umbrella at the Peking Railway Station to watch her leave, watching her come to the first city in the Far East to pursue her dream.

How ridiculous?

What I have been chasing all my life turns out to be right in front of me.

She seemed to be chasing him, but actually she was trying her best to stay away.

Ye Luo also saw Fang Yanyun in the crowd.

He often heard news about her from Feng Chengcheng. After all, she was Feng Jingyao's favorite lover, which made Feng Chengcheng very unhappy.

Because in her eyes, Fang Yanyun was the culprit who destroyed her family.

Ye Luo also knew that in Feng Jingyao's heart, if he opened his mouth, he would send such a woman to his bed without hesitation.

There is no emotion at all.

"Let's go. Let's go back to our homes and find our mothers." Ye Luo waved his hands and left such an inexplicable sentence.

No one understood, but they all cheered in agreement and accompanied him to leave.

Only Ye Luo knew in his heart what he was sarcastic about.

At this moment, watching Fang Yanyun look at Xu Wenqiang's leaving figure, looking at Xu Wenqiang's stubbornness without looking back, he seemed to see a microcosm of the entire Republic of China.

Countless Xu Wenqiang and Fang Yanyun were swept up by the torrent of the times and could not help themselves.

I don't know how many Fang Yanyun asked for it but couldn't get it, and finally became a beauty and a dead body, unknown to anyone.

I don’t know how many Wen Qiang ended up in despair, failed to counterattack, failed to stand out, and finally died in the drunken and wealthy Shanghai. (End of chapter)