1928: The rise of giant merchants

The Ye's investment products that Yokohama City intends to keep are worth about 4 million yen, equivalent to 2 million U.S. dollars, which is not a lot for a large city.

However, the contract drafted by Ye Luo clearly stated 10 million yen, and the selling price more than doubled.

The extra zero was an exaggeration by Tomotake Oda, but it also reflected his shock from the side.

"I just said it, Oda-san, I am a businessman, a profit-seeking businessman. You are also an expert graduated in economics and finance from Harvard University. You should understand that the price I offer is not too excessive, right? Even if it is 1,000 If you accept this batch of goods at a price of 10,000 yen, you can still make a lot of money."

Ye Luo looked at him with a smile, not being frightened by his angry tone and expression.

The Japanese are the best at showing off. If the bottom line is really touched, Oda Tomoe will not continue this topic at all, but will directly turn his back and leave, exposing his ugly face.

He is now pretending to be angry and dissatisfied, just to lower the price.

After all, the selling price suddenly doubled, which meant that most of the money that could flow into his pocket was reduced. How could he not be anxious?

"Ye Sang, having said that, the price is still the same." Oda Tomoken wanted to continue arguing.

Ye Luo waved his hand directly: "This is the final price. I will not leave the goods in Yokohama for even one cent less. I believe that there will always be officials willing to trade with me all the way from Yokohama to Tokyo. Even if there are not, I believe Prime Minister Hamaguchi will." Will swallow them whole.”

To say who is most worried about the issue of gold outflow is undoubtedly Hamaguchi Yuki, who was just elected president for restoring the gold standard system.

The restoration of the gold standard system can be said to be the biggest basis for voters to support him in forming a cabinet.

If the monetary system collapses, his time as prime minister will be over.

So no matter how much Ye Luo opened his mouth and how many products he had, he would bite his teeth and eat them all.

This was already confirmed in Ye Luo's mind when Franklin contacted Yuki Hamaguchi and set foot on Japanese soil after getting the promise.

Oda Yuken also knew this very well, so when he heard that Ye Luo was going to sell the goods to other officials, the indignation on his face disappeared immediately, and he said instead: "Ye Sang, please don't make such a decision yet, okay? Because the transaction volume exceeded my expectations, I have to discuss it with the officials of the Ministry of Finance first. Can you please give me a few more days?"

"Three days. I can give Xiaotian Sang three days at most. If this period is exceeded, I will contact the new buyer myself." Ye Luo held out three fingers.

"Thank you very much!" Oda Yuken swept away his dissatisfaction and bowed repeatedly to thank him.

After leaving the mayor's residence, Shi Jianqiao, who was following Ye Luo, couldn't help but ask: "Second Young Master, that Japanese guy just cried and laughed and was almost quarreling with you in the middle. Why did he bow to thank you at the end? "

"Because he is an extremely hypocritical person."

Seeing that everyone else was very curious, Ye Luo briefly talked about the negotiation process with Oda Yuken.

"The price suddenly more than doubled, how cruel! The second young master is still cruel!" Huo Ting'en gave a thumbs up, admiring him with admiration.

They can all imagine Oda Yuken's mood at this moment, which must be as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

From Oda Tomoken's perspective, Ye Luo is a profit-seeker. After tearing away the glamorous and gorgeous exterior, he reveals an ugly soul inside, just like a big profiteer.

But he was helpless and was manipulated to death by Ye Luo.

As Ye Luo said, if you don't buy it, there will be people rushing to buy it. If you don't value the profit, there will be people who do.

Nowadays, the most important thing is to keep gold trading flowing and maintain the monetary system in various cities in Japan.

If you can achieve this goal and make some money at the same time, why not?

"But if you do this, wouldn't you take the initiative to antagonize these Japanese politicians? The second young master often said that businessmen should not be blinded by lard and miss out on huge markets for some petty profits. Now they are disgusted by the money. What will happen in the future? Continue to open up the Japanese market." Shi Jianqiao reasoned.

I have to say that after being with him for a long time, Shi Jianqiao has indeed learned some business thinking, and his thinking ability has also improved a lot.

Ye Luo nodded approvingly: "Jianqiao is right, but what if I haven't considered the Japanese market at all?"

"Have you never considered it?!" Huo Ting'en and the others were also stunned.

They rushed to Japan from the Republic of China with great fanfare. At this time, because the diplomats of the two countries were arguing over the independent tariff agreement, and because the Japanese bombed Marshal Zhang to death and massacred the capital of Shandong Province, the relationship between the two countries was quite tense.

Ye Luo came to Japan with great fanfare, which made them think that just like when they went to the United States, they wanted to put down roots for Ye's investment in this land.

But now he says that he never thought about opening up the Japanese market when he came here.

Is it really just a one-time deal?

Everyone was puzzled. Ye Luo had no intention of explaining. Shi Jianqiao, the most curious, could only wait and keep thinking, trying to understand Ye Luo's logic.

It's a pity that they can't figure it out.

Because if they could all figure out the link and see through Ye Luo's intentions, let alone Yuyuki Hamaguchi and his group of think tanks who are known to be the smartest in Japan.

At the same time, the mayor's residence.

After returning to the office with an ugly face, Oda Yuken immediately dialed the phone number of the Prime Minister's residence, and soon a familiar voice came from the receiver.

"Your Excellency, I have completed preliminary negotiations with him!"

"Well, how did things go?"

"Everything went smoothly. But when he finally signed the contract, he suddenly doubled the selling price and said that if I didn't buy it, he would sell it to others, and he would never lower the price anyway. Damn it! Bastard! This is a profit-seeking person. A profiteer! A mere Chinese, the lowest and lowest race, dare to be in front of me."

"Oda."

"Yes! Your Excellency! Do you have any instructions?" Oda Yuken, who was still complaining, immediately calmed down his temper when he heard the other party's unkind tone, stood up respectfully, and kept bowing as he spoke.

"Do you think a person who can make American conglomerates fearful, who can be personally recommended by the governor of New York, and who can easily eliminate many of our companies in China is just a stupid profiteer? In other words, a person who can establish his own bank in the United States has at least 100 million U.S. dollars. Would a wealthy banker get so confused and do something ridiculous just for a few million yen?"

"Of course not!" Oda Tomoe replied immediately.

When Hamaguchi Yuyuki mentioned Ye Luo's resume, he remembered that he had shaken up the U.S. stock market and was an out-and-out capitalist.

How could he be so short-sighted and stupid.

It's all because of his ugly face that he suddenly sat down and raised prices, which made me lose my judgment and make a fool of myself in front of the Prime Minister!

In his heart, Oda Yuken blamed Ye Luo for all the faults, but he said: "I'm sorry, Sir, I was too impulsive! I will continue to observe his words and deeds to confirm his true thoughts."

"Well, in short, he is the only businessman who is willing to trade gold with us. No matter what the request is, as long as it is not too outrageous, we should satisfy him." Hamaguchi Yuyuki said the last thing, and then asked, "He will give it to you What’s the deadline?”

"Three days."

"Okay, then I'll see him in three days."

"Are you going to meet him in person? A mere businessman."

"Xiao Tian! If you always despise the other person because of his identity and nationality, you will suffer a big loss one day."

"H-I'm sorry, Your Excellency! I will never do this again next time!" (End of Chapter)