1928: The rise of giant merchants

"Manager Solei, Director Potter, in the myths and legends of our country, the dragon and the tiger are the two kings. The dragon is the overlord of the sky, and the tiger is the king of the earth. The dragon-tiger fight means that the two kings fight to the death for their territory. A story of fighting and competition!”

Ye Luo smiled and picked up a piece of meat on the plate with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. It tasted delicious and lived up to its reputation.

"In this dish, snake meat is compared to a dragon, and cat meat is compared to a tiger. The dragon and the tiger are on the same plate, which is the famous dragon-tiger fight. Please try it."

Solei and Porter were confused, but they were also curious about this special dish and immediately started to taste it with their chopsticks.

Snake meat and cat meat are relatively rare meats. They are delicious when cooked this way, but if you want to say how delicious they really are, they are just that.

Ye Luo's real intention in mentioning the battle between dragons and tigers was to provoke a dispute over the car rental business between himself and the American Yunfei Company!

A few people tasted it briefly. Solei and Porter were not very interested in Chinese dishes. After taking a few bites, they looked up at Ye Luo and waited patiently for the next chapter.

"A few days ago, after I heard about this dish from a friend, I suddenly felt that the dish was very similar to my current situation, so I wanted you two to taste it." Ye Luo put down his chopsticks and said, Ah Qing came over and poured him a glass of wine, and sat aside obediently in silence.

Although the girls around them couldn't understand foreign language, they all looked curiously, listening to the second young master's words to guess the content of their conversation.

"Some people in Shanghai call cars city tigers. I have raised hundreds of tigers. Now I have to fight with several evil dragons owned by Galt, the boss of Yunfei Company. The outcome of this dragon-tiger fight depends on two people. Very helpful.”

Hearing Ye Luo directly talk about the conflict with Yunfei Company, Solei and Porter looked at each other and did not dare to answer the conversation.

On one side is a Chinese boss who has good relations with the British Consulate and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and may even become a guest of Consul General Gao Si;

On one side is Galt, the president of the Automobile Trade Association and the undisputed leader of Shanghai's car rental industry, Yunfei Company.

None of them want to offend anyone easily!

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Ye Luo chuckled and continued: "Don't worry, you two, I won't let you do anything difficult."

"Then what kind of help does Mr. Ye want from us?" Solei asked in a low voice, "We are just an ordinary phone company. In the battle between you and President Galt, we are powerless to help. We can only Do your best and do your best.”

He had received a lot of personal benefits from Ye Luo, and even with the thousands of dollars in gifts, he couldn't help at all.

Seeing that Solei relaxed slightly, Ye Luo immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Don't worry, you two, I don't need you to do anything to favor my Ye's Automobile Company. We are just talking about business as usual."

"Of course it's okay to talk about business normally, Mr. Ye, please tell me." Solei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. If he was really asked to do something, he wouldn't be able to refuse, but in that case, Galt would get angry. He was also worried that he wouldn't be able to resist.

It doesn't matter if we are just talking about business normally. Anyway, just don't get involved in the fight between Ye and Yunfei!

"I want to change our company's car reservation number." Ye Luo got straight to the point.

Nor does he shy away from everyone.

As soon as these words came out, all the beauties looked out curiously, and they wanted to know more and more how Ye Luo would plan to win this battle with Yunfei Company!

"Change the number? That's no problem." Solei was relieved, "Mr. Ye, just follow the normal procedure. As long as there is no owner of that number, we can help you get it."

Nowadays, all telephone numbers in Shanghai are five digits. In theory, you can choose the number at will.

But if you don't have access to the phone company, you can only resign yourself to fate and use a random number.

The previous 40251 and 40253 of Xiangsheng Automobile Company were randomly selected, and they were not much different from garbled codes.

As for those catchy phone numbers, they have long been covered by various foreign companies, so where are the Chinese businessmen?

No matter how much connections and face Ye Luo has, he can't take away the number that has already been used by others. It doesn't mean much if he takes it. After all, it has been spread among the people and there is no way to change their perception.

So Sorey and Porter agreed without caring.

This is completely legal, what’s there to worry about?

Ye Luo dared to invite them to a banquet with such a big fanfare and let all the beauties watch it, because he had a clear conscience and there was no way that Galt would catch him in this matter.

"Then, Mr. Ye, which number do you want?" Porter asked, "The company is changing the lines recently. If you pick one that no one has bought, or that has not been used for a long time, I can give it to you right away. You’ve made arrangements.”

"Director Porter, that's what I think. There are no ambulances in society now. When patients suddenly seek medical treatment, they always call the car rental company for help. Our company has opened a 24-hour emergency service to pick up and drop off patients, but the current number It’s too hard to remember, we need a number that’s easier to remember, so I want a whole number.”

Ye Luo said with a smile.

Whole number?

Sorey and Porter suddenly understood.

It is true that whole numbers are easier to remember than scattered numbers, but compared with numbers with strong homophonic sounds like 30189, they are still very ordinary.

Solei and the others didn't think that just by relying on this number, Ye could turn defeat into victory and defeat Yunfei, who had dominated the car rental market all year round.

But Ye Luo is so determined, of course they will not get into trouble with him.

"That's no problem. Which number does Mr. Ye want?" The two nodded and asked.

Xiao Aqiao and Zhongmei, who were sitting aside, began to calculate the phone numbers in their minds, trying to guess which number the second young master thought could turn defeat into victory.

There are so many whole numbers, but after thinking about it, none of them are special.

They looked at Ye Luo doubtfully.

But Ye Luo smiled slightly and answered: "What I want is the number '40000'."

"Huh?"

"Eh?"

"ah?"

All kinds of doubts came and went, resounding throughout the second floor.

All the beauties looked at each other, and then cast their eyes on the eldest sister. Seeing that she also had a dull look on her face, they became even more confused.

Didn't the second young master even mention this matter to the eldest sister?

40,000?

They racked their brains and couldn't think of anything good about this number.

It seems easy to remember, but if you think about it carefully, it is easy to remember the following zeros!

Otherwise, it would be easy to say "4000", which is not easy to remember at all!

Do we still use the awkward way of remembering four and the next four zeros?

Both Sorey and Porter were stunned. They thought it would be a number like "80000", but they didn't expect it to be an ordinary "40000".

"Absolutely no one is using this number. If Mr. Ye is determined to use it, we can get it all done tomorrow. Within three days, we can complete the wiring and change the number and officially use it!" Solei patted his chest and promised, "Since it is Mr. Ye's mouth Ask, there will be some discounts on the price, what do you think of 300 oceans?"

"Deal! Thank you so much, Manager Solei and Director Porter." Ye Luo stretched out his hand to shake Solei's hand, and the corner of his mouth curled up, as if he was very satisfied.

"If it is confirmed that it can be officially launched within three days, then I will have people design advertising slogans, produce leaflets and business cards tomorrow."

"Mr. Ye, please don't worry. It should be done in less than three days." For this trivial matter, Solei only needs to urge his employees.

In fact, judging from the benefits he received from Ye Luo, even if Ye Luo really asked him to help run Yunfei Company, he would not be able to refuse.

Now Ye Luozhen didn't make it difficult for him, but made Solei feel a little guilty, so he became extremely happy to agree to these small things.

"I have one more thing to ask Manager Solei." Ye Luo spotted the trace of guilt in his heart and continued to add, "Nowadays, there are many people in Shanghai who have your company's phone installed in their homes, but now the phone Usually hung on the wall, it is very inconvenient when people want to call someone else after receiving the call. They either have to wait there and cannot move, or they run to call someone and it is easy to hang up the phone accidentally. "

"This is indeed a big problem we are currently facing." Solei kept nodding. Unexpectedly, Ye Luo had studied such trivial matters. "Does Mr. Ye have a good way to solve it?"

"I have sent people to design and make a small metal shelf that can perfectly solve this problem. I can send people to theaters, restaurants, dance halls, casinos and other busy places to install phone shelves for free, even for those who use the phones at home. I can also send someone to come and install it for free." Ye Luo said proudly, "But I want our name and trademark of Ye's Automobile Company to be printed on the shelf, as well as this new '40000' reservation number."

"I don't make a penny from this business, I only have this small request. At the same time, I also hope that Manager Solei will not cooperate with other companies to promote phone shelves in the future, and only use our Ye's products."

Ye Luo looked at him with a smile.

Solei immediately understood that he was going to use this method to advertise, but when he heard that the shelves could solve the problem for free, and the price was just to let Ye's Automobile Company monopolize this small scrap business, he naturally would not give up on Ye. In order to save Luo's face, he nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Ye Luo raised his glass with a smile on his face: "Then I wish us smooth cooperation and make a fortune together."

"Haha, Mr. Ye is indeed a great businessman. Your courage is fascinating. I also wish you a prosperous business and abundant financial resources!" Solei picked up the wine glass, his face full of spring breeze.

After solving the phone shelf problem, he can earn a lot of fame in the company. In the coming year, he hopes to leave the phone company and develop on a better platform!

The three of them were chatting happily, but Zhongmei was still bowing her head and thinking hard about what was so strange about "40,000".

Xiao Aqiao followed Ye Luo and learned many details. She was very smart. After thinking for a while, she suddenly remembered the recent affairs of the charity foundation and Zhang Hanru, and a vague but clear feeling gradually emerged.

It seemed like I had caught something, but it seemed like I had caught nothing.

When she looked up at Ye Luo again, she found that he was smiling at her.

The remaining trace of uneasiness and worry in my heart disappeared instantly.

She smiled.

What are you worried about?

He has never lost to others in business.