1928: The rise of giant merchants

Ye Luo not only rejected the proposal of Mu Ouchu and the others, but also told them that he had sent Xiao Aqiao to collect Ye's assets invested in the north.

This is tantamount to telling them face to face that Ye Investment is ready to completely abandon the northern market!

Not only the textile industry, but also other industries, the second young master seems to have given up!

On the way back, Mu Ouchu and Sheng Aiyi looked at each other in confusion. In the end, they could only sigh. Who made them choose this big boss? Now that the matter is over, no matter what Ye Luo decides, they must follow him.

At the same time, Xiao Aqiao's actions in the north were gradually observed by some interested people. These spies who were watching Ye's Investment closely all the time. As soon as they heard the news that Ye's Investment was collecting assets, they immediately sent telegrams back to the south. .

the same day.

Sassoon Company headquarters building.

Edward Sassoon, who has been in a state of depression in recent days, is either drinking heavily, smoking cigarettes, or looking for women. He does not look like a successor at all.

The U.S. stock bubble hit him hard.

He was full of confidence at the beginning, raised a large amount of funds, and gathered a group of second-generation rich people. He vowed to make some achievements in the US stock market to shock his boss and completely secure his position as the first successor.

Unexpectedly, there was a financial tsunami. Not only did he fail to make any money, he also lost all his previous profits!

A total of more than 8 million US dollars!

The equivalent of more than 40 million yuan!

Including the money lost by Sassoon, the total amount is as high as 20 million US dollars, nearly 100 million oceans!

Almost all the money made by Sassoon \u0026 Co. in Shanghai over the years has been lost!

Since then, Sassoon has lost his prestige, and his so-called title of richest man in the Republic of China has become unworthy of his name.

And he was even worse. He was directly eliminated from the sequence of first successors. Although he still retains the title of successor, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is no longer destined to be the leader of the Sassoon family.

"Gululu," Edward grabbed the bottle, poured a large amount of whiskey into his mouth, and complained vaguely, "It's all those damn Chinese, and that damn Ye Luo. If it weren't for him."

"Without him, my dear brother, you would not have been able to become the true successor of the family."

A petite, fair-skinned girl with blond hair and twin tails pushed open the door and walked in. She chuckled and clapped her hands to signal the maid to come in and help Edward clean up the messy office.

"N-nonsense!" Edward heard the voice and struggled to get up. His temper was getting louder, and he was about to snap at the person coming, but when he saw the other person's appearance, the harsh words were forced back into his throat.

Rosemary Sassoon is sixteen years old but already has a Ph.D. in economics from three top universities: Harvard, Cambridge, and Oxford. She is known as the smartest descendant of the Sassoon family in the past century.

She was also the woman who replaced him as the first heir.

As irritable as Edward is, he also knows that Rosemary's prestige and popularity in the family are now there. If he breaks up with her, his father may just tell him to go back to India and never come back again!

"You, are you here to see my joke?" Edward curled his lips and placed the wine bottle in his hand heavily on the table, which scared the maid who was packing her things and exclaimed.

"How is that possible? Edward, you are the brother I admired most when I was a child! Seeing you like this makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Rosemary came running up and down. Although she said these words, her expression was full of teasing and disdain.

"But worship is worship. If you ask me to choose ten thousand times, I still think the Chinese named Ye will win."

"." Veins popped up on Edward's forehead, but there was nothing he could do.

"If you just came here specifically to mock me, then I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

Edward sat back in the boss's chair and forced himself to calm down.

"I'm not that boring." Rosemary sat down on the sofa, her short legs under her short hot pants slapped on the coffee table, she hugged her shoulders and smiled, "I came here specifically to tell Brother Edward something good. News.”

"What good news?"

"See for yourself." Rosemary clapped her hands, and the staff outside immediately handed a telegram to Edward.

It was the top-secret news that Ye Luo recently sent Xiao Aqiao to go north to collect assets.

"What do you mean?" Edward didn't understand. "Why did he give up the northern market?"

"Is it possible that he is not willing to give up, but has no choice but to give up?" Mary Rose looked at Edward with a smile.

Edward was stunned for a moment, and then became even more confused.

"To put it simply, the north is the territory of the warlord surnamed Zhang, and the south is the territory of the warlord surnamed Jiang. It is said that the warlords in this country have fought a fierce civil war and decided on the last two winners."

Rosemary swayed her short legs and said leisurely,

"The current warlord surnamed Jiang is busy encircling and suppressing some underground organizations. Brother Edward, who do you think is stronger among them?"

"Isn't that nonsense? How could the underground organization resist the Jinling National Government?" Edward was a political idiot, but not that stupid.

The answer is obvious.

"But what does this have to do with someone named Ye going to the north?" Edward couldn't understand.

Rosemary rolled her eyes at him again: "Of course it does. Soon, the so-called 'bandit suppression' will end. What do you think the warlord surnamed Jiang will do in the future?"

". Attack the north?" Edward hesitated for a moment, and under the guidance of his sister, he came to a new conclusion, and then suddenly realized.

He slapped his thigh and sobered up a lot.

"So, Ye Luo went to the north to collect assets to express his position to the principal?" Edward felt that he had grasped something. "Once the war breaks out, he must choose his side. After all, Ye Luo's investment base is in the south, so he It can only be forced to give up all the interests of the north."

"It turns out that Brother Edward is not an idiot~"

Rosemary clapped her hands, nodded and said,

"That's it! Their Chinese businessmen are different from us. They must always maintain a close and friendly relationship with the warlords. The issue of sides is a problem that he cannot avoid, but we don't have to consider it."

"So." Edward looked at his sister.

"Brother also knows how profitable Ye's investment is in the north, right? Now that they have left, why can't we occupy the vacant market?"

Rosemary stood up and shook her fist at him.

"So brother, you have to work hard. Maybe if you help the family win this market, dad will have a different view of you."

After saying this, Rosemary left with her people without waiting for Edward to answer.

Edward seemed to have woken up from a dream and immediately summoned his think tank, but as soon as the call was made, a doubt arose in his mind.

Why did Rosemary say this to herself?

Since it was such a good opportunity, why didn't she do it herself?

outside the building.

"Miss, if you remind him so bluntly, will he really go to the north to seize the market?" the maid couldn't help but ask.

Rosemary got in the car, crossed her shoulders with her hands, and showed a smile as cunning as a little devil: "It doesn't matter whether he goes or not. The key is to let everyone know about Ye Luo's investment actions, and then create some trouble for Ye Luo. "

"No matter who they are, the first few waves of people who went to the north to grab the market will eventually become cannon fodder."

"We just have to wait patiently and wait for these idiots to catch the big fish, and then... What does that Chinese proverb say? Oh yes, the fisherman will benefit."

"And Edward has no way out. He has no choice. Even if they knew that this was my conspiracy, his idiot think tanks would definitely advise him to seize the market first!"