1928: The rise of giant merchants

Using the money earned from Japanese gold to buy silver from the Republic of China was something only a time traveler like Ye Luo could do.

A few months ago, if he had told others this idea, they would have thought him a fool.

"Ye Luo has a working capital of 1.2 billion, this is no joke." Zhang Hanqing bumped Ye Luo with his elbow and reminded him in a low voice, "There is no such thing as joking in the army. Once you deal with this matter, you must really be able to solve it. "

"If you want to collect this 1.2 billion, are you planning to package and sell your entire Ye's investment?" Chen Guofu looked at him with a sneer.

1.2 billion oceans!

If the young man in front of me can really easily come up with such a large amount of liquidity, then the assets of the entire Ye Investment Group will be immeasurable!

Compared with the Jinling National Government, which is currently strapped for resources, it is difficult to guarantee that the principal will not be tempted to commit crimes.

In the face of absolute interests, any emotion is false.

Not to mention that Ye Luo and the principal don't have any feelings.

"If I sell Ye's investment, where will I make money? Minister Chen, don't make fun of me." Ye Luo knew that as time went by, once the Japanese invaded and the nation was in danger, the principal's dream of reunification would be lost. Disillusioned.

At that time, he would slowly focus on consortiums from various places, thinking of peeling some oil and water from them.

As the war gradually subsided, the scale of the civil war tilted towards underground organizations. The principal would realize that the general trend was irresistible, so he launched the "National Advancement and Private Retreat" and other movements. In the end, he made a fortune and fled after killing the people he wanted to kill. Treasure Island.

Ye Luo, Ye Family, and Ye Investment, whether from the perspective of the principal or the underground organization, are the kind of big landowners and capitalists who must be overthrown and then divide their property.

As long as 49 years have passed, Ye Luo will definitely die if he continues to stay in the country.

The only possibility of escaping is that the person in charge becomes Zhang Hanqing, and his ending may be better.

But that is nothing short of fantasy.

Once the Xi'an Incident is over, Zhang Hanqing will become the principal's prisoner, and Ye Luo's biggest backer will fall.

This is a problem he has to face.

So after Ye Luo went to the United States, he made money while establishing a good relationship, and then established a good relationship with Franklin, the real big boss in the future. It was best to support him to sit on the throne of the president, so that he could advance or retreat in the future.

Therefore, when Ye Luo harvested the leeks of the Republic of China, he would not be merciful.

It doesn't matter whether you are Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang or the principal, as long as you fall into the trap, you will be my meal.

"Then how did you get this money?" Chen Lifu didn't believe Ye Luo could directly come up with 1.2 billion.

"The mountain man has his own clever plan." Ye Luo gave it up, but in case they didn't believe it, he still revealed a little bit about it first, "Previously, the principal issued a lot of military coupons, and also asked our Ye family to invest in claiming them. Quite a few, this is not a small amount.”

"The military coupons I gave you total only 10 million oceans. Doubling that would be 20 million oceans, one-sixtieth." The principal smiled. This was a little secret between him and Ye Luo.

In order to show goodwill and ease relations, these military coupons were given to Ye Luo free of charge.

"Then if I have 150 million military coupons, wouldn't it be 300 million if doubled?" Ye Luo blinked.

The smile on the principal's face suddenly froze.

Everyone was also stunned.

Zhang Hanqing was the first to react, and then he hammered his shoulder hard and said with a smile: "You're a good Aluo, you are worthy of it. They used to say that you have a ruthless vision in business and dare to take all kinds of risks for profit. I'm not too sure about it." I believe you are not afraid if you even dare to collect military coupons."

It’s hard to say the next thing.

After all, the principal is here, so he can't just say that everyone didn't expect him to win the war in the Central Plains. It would be too disrespectful.

"I asked why those guys in the military and political circles were so sad after winning the battles one after another. It turned out that they sold all the military coupons in their hands to the big boss." Song Ziwen couldn't laugh or cry.

Not to mention those people, how many senior officials of the Kuomintang dare to keep those military coupons?

Even Song Ziwen was completely sold out.

Kong Xiangxi also remembered that not long ago, someone was buying military coupons on a large scale. It turned out that this young man was speculating!

When I think about the specific time again, I feel shuddering.

The time when Ye Luo purchased the military coupons was just before Zhang Qun and others set out to persuade Zhang Hanqing. Thinking of this, the principal and others gradually understood.

No wonder Ye Luo was uncharacteristically willing to give advice to Zhang Qun and the others. It turned out that he was planning for his own money.

In this war in the Central Plains, these warlords were fighting each other to the death for their own interests and territory, but they unknowingly became Ye Luo's tool to make money!

Yan Xishan and the others were even more unlucky. Before the war started, they invested heavily in Ye Luo's various companies, such as the Peking University Student Fund, Yip's Department Store, etc. They had to pay various mortgages and borrow money for the war, especially the salt tax and customs tax. They all became Ye Luo. Things in Luo's bag.

After the war, Ye Luo also carried out an industrial reform in Tianjin City, merging all the shares of the warlords with the state and becoming Zhang Hanqing's.

"The young people are terrible!" The principal couldn't help but sigh, "There are 300 million here, and the salt tax and customs tax in the third quarter of this year are probably 200-300 million, which is almost half of it. Ye invested in such a huge industry, and made up 500 million. 600 million oceans shouldn’t be a problem.”

After everyone calculated it, it was indeed the case.

After piecing everything together, Ye Luo was able to spend 1.2 billion oceans to buy silver.

And everyone knows that he has industries in the United States. The exact amount is unclear, but if he says that he does not have 100 million, everyone present will not believe it.

"In the past two and a half years, Ye's investment has been doing various businesses, and I have some assets at home and abroad. My film company has also opened in Hollywood. A movie can earn two to three million yuan a year. If you accumulate a little, you will make a big sum." Ye Luohan replied with a smile.

Money is the easiest thing to blur concepts and numbers.

1.2 billion, in fact, it is slightly less than tens of millions. Now, in the 1930s of the Republic of China, when the monthly salary of a university professor was only 300 yuan, the bank deposit of a middle-class family was only 30,000 to 50,000. Tens of millions is simply an astronomical figure.

If the principal and the others really wanted to delve deeper into the situation of Ye's investment, they would find out that what Ye Luo said was full of errors after a little checking of the accounts.

Ye's investment was indeed prosperous in the Republic of China, but at the end of 1928, its total volume was only 100 million. As of the second half of 1930, all funds and industries together could not exceed 1.5 billion (excluding Japanese gold). It was the limitations of the business community in the Republic of China, and there was nothing we could do about it.

Most of his funds came from the U.S. stock market bubble. The US$3 billion was equivalent to US$15 billion, and the cost was only more than 10 million from those military and political dignitaries plus more than 30 million squeezed out by Ye's investment. After that, the US$3 billion began to snowball. , so far the total volume has reached about 4 billion.

It can be said that Ye Luo, who is worth US$4 billion, only has about 7% of his money from the Republic of China.

Therefore, from the perspective of the principal and others, it is normal for Ye Luo to be unable to provide 1.2 billion in liquidity, and they are completely unsure of how rich he is.

"In that case, then Arlo, please tell me your conditions. You spent 1.2 billion oceans to buy that pile of silver, and you are not allowed to flow out to the United States. You will lose countless money in the process. I don't believe you are so kind. "The principal smiled easily. The matter has been solved. The next step is to negotiate the conditions.

He is not worried about Ye Luo Shizi opening his mouth, but he is worried that this problem cannot be solved and will directly bring down the entire economy of the Republic of China.

Anyway, whatever Ye Luo wants can be provided by the National Government and the people, and they, the vested interests, will not suffer much. (End of chapter)