1928: The rise of giant merchants

The second young master is coming back from Jiaxing.

And he came back in a furious manner.

When Zhang Dezhi heard the news, he wanted to take a boat overnight to Japan to join his eldest brother Zhang Jingyao. He heard that his eldest brother lived a very comfortable life with Zhang Zongchang there and was protected by the Japanese. As long as the domestic situation is a little more stable, they can Will come back to make a comeback.

At this time, in this small bungalow, there were more than a dozen key members of the Shanghai branch of Ye's Department Store surrounding Zhang Dezhi.

They come from all over the world, a small part of them are elites who have climbed up from the bottom through the Yip's Investment Talent Training Program, a small part are the original management of other companies, and were transferred to Yip's Department Store to take charge of the condom project. The largest number are Biao, just like Zhang Dezhi, is an old man of the Ye family. He has followed the Ye family all the way, and finally relied on various connections to reach where he is today.

Most of these people are from the Labor Federation, and some have been with the Ye family since Ye Yuqiao's time. Although Ye Luo disbanded everyone after disbanding the Labor Federation, and transferred the elites to Ye's Security and Ye's Sports. But these old people managed to stay in Ye's investment through various operations and misfortune.

For example, Zhang Dezhi was the younger brother of Beiyang warlord Zhang Jingyao. In 1920, Zhang Jingyao occupied Xiangcheng and burned, killed, and looted in various ways. In the end, public dissatisfaction boiled and he was forced to leave.

After the Second Northern Expedition, Zhang Jingyao was defeated and exiled. He was hunted down for his early atrocities and went into exile in Japan directly with his immediate superior Zhang Zongchang.

Zhang Dezhi also changed from a Cao Ying-like figure who said "I don't eat beef" to a drowned dog that everyone shouted for. He went all the way south and relied on his brother's relationship to get into the Yejia Labor Union in 1921. Nine years later, coupled with the connections left by his brother and Da Yang, he finally established a firm foothold in Shanghai and successfully joined the middle management of Ye's Investment.

The problems exposed in the condom business are just the tip of the iceberg.

Some of them were good and some were bad, but in the end they all gradually lost their true nature because of the huge wealth they handled. From just a few hundred at the beginning, they later became thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Any company that Ye invests in is a cash cow. As long as it runs well, everyone can make money.

Therefore, when these people see that the condom business is completely substandard, their first reaction is to lie about the data first. They cannot lose their position as managers because of this and let others who come later pick the peaches.

Hidden layer by layer, the message was finally blocked to the point where no one could hear or see it at all.

As for the sales target of 10,000 yuan set by Ye Luo, the total turnover is actually very small. It is so small that they can fill the gap themselves, and it is so small that even if they make false accounts, it is difficult to detect and it is easy to be ignored.

After all, when Little Ah Qiao and the others check their bills now, their eyes must be on those bills worth tens or millions of dollars. Who cares about such a small number?

This is the epitome of this group of moths in Ye's investment.

With high wages and benefits, they enjoy fame and popularity, but make little contribution. Within a year, they all have tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets!

At first, Zhou Xiangsheng was even willing to sell Xiangsheng Automobile Dealership, which he had worked hard all his life to run, to Ye Luo for 50,000 yuan. But now, Ye's investment can create dozens or hundreds of 50,000 yuan rich people in one year!

Ye's investment did promote the economic development of Shanghai in the Republic of China to a certain extent. Of course, this amount was insignificant to the overall economy, and it was just a drop in the bucket for the upper class.

What it really affected was the middle and lower classes, creating a large number of middle class and even above middle class people in a very short period of time.

This is a problem that Ye Luo himself has ignored.

"I booked the boat ticket, but Brother Zhang, you also know that the Steamship Merchants Company is the second young master's property. Now something happens, everyone's eyes are fixed on us, there is no chance to escape." A thin middle-aged man said lowly He said, "Even if we have a party tonight, I guess."

Zhang Dezhi's heart tightened when he heard this, and he looked at a little fat man: "Fat man, didn't you say that Zhou Xiangsheng is your uncle? Go and beg your uncle, there must be a way, right?"

Little Fatty's face was full of bitterness: "When my uncle heard that I was also involved, his first reaction was to sever the relationship with me."

Everyone was silent.

Zhou Xiangsheng is Xiao Pangdun's biological uncle. When my family heard that he was involved in this, their first reaction was to cut off the relationship. This shows the great impact of this incident.

Moreover, Zhou Xiangsheng was one of the first senior figures to work with the Second Young Master, and was ranked high in Ye's investments. Such figures could not plead for their own nephews, so how could the rest of them survive?

"The world is so big, I don't believe there is no place for me without Zhang Dezhi." Zhang Dezhi gritted his teeth. His ruffian nature was inherited from his eldest brother Zhang Jingyao. In the past, in Hunan Province, his eldest brother's troops were rampant, and he was also like a fish in water. In recent years, although he has relied on The Ye family's life is getting better and better, but compared with the warlord's brother's status, it is still far behind.

Seeing that there was nothing he could do, Zhang Dezhi finally made up his mind: "Brothers, if we still want to continue to hang out in Shanghai, we have to find a backer that Ye Luo can't deal with."

"That's what I say, but are there people in Shanghai that the second young master doesn't dare to touch?" The thin middle-aged man had a bitter look on his face.

The title of the number one tycoon is not just for fun. It was a title that was truly recognized by a group of former gang bosses such as Situ Meitang who witnessed the mountain worship ceremony. The last one was the wealthy businessman Sheng Xuanhuai!

"Why not? After the three Yongxing tycoons lost to him, not everyone was tortured to death." Zhang Dezhi whispered, "Isn't boss Zhang Wanlin alive and well? Even though he was invited to talk by the Songhu Police Department a while ago , didn’t you just walk out like a normal person?”

Huo Tianhong was still sweeping the streets. He was a street rat that everyone shouted to beat. In order to make a living, he had to continue doing the hard work given by Ye Luo.

Lu Yusheng disappeared, and everyone knew that Ye Luo had done it.

Only Zhang Wanlin, since he defected to the Japanese, although his life is not as prosperous as before, he still goes in and out of mansions and hugs him, which is not comparable to ordinary businessmen.

"We have more or less some internal secrets of Ye's investment in our hands. The things may not be many or important, but as long as we surrender, the Japanese will definitely accept us." Zhang Dezhi is full of confidence. He already knows it from his eldest brother Look, the Japanese have been recruiting capable and ambitious Chinese recently. As long as they can be put to use, they will definitely be able to get along better than in Chinese territory.

More than a dozen people fell silent.

This is no different from treason. The foreign powers occupy the land, divide the concessions, foreign companies are dominant, and foreigners are rampant. The Chinese people in Shanghai can live a little better now, all because of the Second Young Master. Now let them take the secrets to join the Japanese (End of chapter)