1928: The rise of giant merchants

The news that Ye Luo wanted to withdraw 4.2 million yuan in cash from Citibank quickly leaked out.

With the public outcry, major newspapers and periodicals put it on the front page one after another. Newsboys went around the streets, promoting the fact that the second young master who had just defeated the Automobile Commerce Association was a rising star in the Chinese business world.

Most of the people are curious. Most of their monthly income is around 20 yuan. The astronomical figure of 4.2 million yuan is just like the ordinary working class with a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan in later generations who hear the news that a rich man is worth tens of billions. There is no sense of substance.

Because there is no deposit of more than 200,000 on their bank card.

The ones who are most shocked are actually the tycoons in Shanghai. They all have a lot of assets and are influential in various major industries. Only after seeing and owning huge amounts of wealth do you realize how terrifying this number is.

That's 4.2 million oceans in cash, not counting the pile of cash cow companies in his hands.

At the same time, word spread that Yeluo was going to build an amusement park and a movie theater.

The Second Young Master, who holds a million-dollar fortune, is actually targeting the slumping film industry and the entertainment industry that has long been occupied by the three tycoons of Yongxing Company. This makes the melon-eaters extremely excited and looking forward to the Second Young Master's playground and eternal life. The collision between Xing Company's new stage and the new world!

Zhang Wanlin is currently busy renovating the New World Amusement Park, vowing to make it the No. 1 amusement park in Shanghai that is even more prosperous than during the Jing Ruishan period. As soon as he heard that his rival had just sold New World to him, he started thinking about it again. Zhang Wanlin hates such a arrogant attitude in the entertainment industry.

Among the three Yongxing tycoons, Huo Tianhong is in charge of all gray industry businesses, Zhang Wanlin is in charge of entertainment business and gangs, and Lu Yusheng is responsible for establishing good relations with the three religions and nine streams, and taking the initiative to take over the serious businesses that the other two brothers don't like.

The entertainment industry is the foundation for Zhang Wanlin to gain a foothold in Shanghai, and it is also the place where he becomes famous. Ye Luo's entry into this industry is tantamount to waging war against him!

Zhang Wanlin, who had already decided to compete with Ye Luo in the entertainment industry, was full of energy and began to mobilize the internal funds of the Qinggang. He continued to build resources in the New World Amusement Park and invited friends from all walks of life to come and support him. He was bound to give Ye Luo Luo looks good.

Zhangyuan and many other fee-based park industries have collapsed because the four major parks are free. Coupled with the sky-high price of life money, these old-school business families and Manchu relics hate and fear Ye Luo. They originally wanted to live a stable life as a business alliance. Looking for the right opportunity, he decided to invest in Zhang Wanlin's New World Amusement Park and Big Stage to help him.

In order to revive the somewhat weak big stage, Lu Lanchun and a group of famous actors, who had not performed on stage for a long time, advertised in newspapers, saying that they would support Zhang Wanlin's New World Amusement Park celebration and join hands in singing on the big stage for seven days and seven nights. !

As soon as this announcement came out, there was a sensation all over Shanghai. Tickets for the celebration were sold out. Even the date was not set. It is said that nearly a thousand copies have been sold!

Now the pressure came to Ye Luo.

Everyone is paying attention to how he will respond, but Ye's Investment Company is silent and has no reaction.

Ye Luo has been very busy recently.

The top priority is to ensure that Citibank gives itself that money on time on July 15th.

In fact, he doesn't really want to withdraw all the money, he just wants to make the U.S. dollar become an ocean and use the loophole in the foreign exchange rate to ruthlessly rip off Citibank!

At that time, the 4.2 million oceans will double to a terrifying 8.4 million oceans!

To raise such a huge amount of money, Citibank Shanghai Branch would have to deplete almost 60% to 70% of its reserves, but this is still nothing compared to its huge deposits in China.

By the end of 1919, Citibank had prepared a total financial statement of deposits in China and made it public.

Among them, the total deposits of all branches in North China are US$30.846 million, and the total deposits of all branches in South China are US$10.857 million, accounting for more than half of all its overseas deposits.

Therefore, in order to protect the interests of its branches in China, Citibank attaches great importance to credibility.

Ye Luo's money, even if the exchange rate is advantageous, is only more than 2.7 million US dollars. Nearly ten years later, the savings of all branches in South China are estimated to have doubled. Ye Luo's only one-tenth is not excessive!

On the afternoon of July 10, Ye Luo was invited to participate in Citibank's new masked ball. After Chen Ruide's introduction, he unexpectedly met Mr. Merieux, Consul General of the French Consulate General in Shanghai and Director of the Public Board of Directors.

Mérieux fell in love with Yelot inexplicably at first sight, and then warmly invited him to the consulate for a private banquet on July 12.

Nowadays, French power is completely unable to compare with the two powerful powers of Britain and the United States, and is on the decline like Germany. However, the French Concession is still the most prosperous and fashionable area in Shanghai. It has huge commercial value and economic significance. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The prestige of the Board of Directors is still the same as before, so the three Yongxing tycoons are trying their best to join the Board of Directors and become Hua Dong.

The French Consulate General in Shanghai is located at No. 319 Yueyang Road. It is two Shanghai-style buildings that were just completed this year. Since it was said to be a private dance, Ye Luo invited his sister-in-law Lin Ruxian to accompany him to the banquet.

The Ford V8 parked outside the Consulate General. Shi Jianqiao looked up at the two luxurious villa-shaped buildings first and couldn't help but sigh at the luxury of foreigners' life in China.

Ye Luo is wearing a suit and leather shoes, with her left hand on her waist. Lin Ruxian is wearing a beautiful pleated dress and a black gauze lace lady's hat. One hand is holding the skirt elegantly, and the other hand is put into Ye Luo's arm. The two are like They walked towards the Consulate General like a loving couple.

Mérieux had been waiting at the door for a long time. Next to him stood a tall and handsome French man, who was about the same height as Ye Luo, who was more than 1.8 meters tall, but his face was slightly pale, and he felt like he was at a serious deficit.

"Welcome, my friend, dear Ye." Merieux showed the unique enthusiasm of the French as soon as he came up. He hugged Ye Luo heavily, and gave Lin Ruxian a kiss, and then pointed to his side and said, " This is my secretary Feildi, he is your loyal fan, Ye."

"My fans?" Ye Luo looked at Verdi curiously.

Fan Erdi immediately stepped forward to shake hands with him enthusiastically: "Yes, I am a fan of the automobile industry. The hot sales of Chevrolet 490 and the growth of Ye's Automobile Company opened my eyes. Mr. Ye is a truly genius businessman. "

"Mr. Verdy is too praiseworthy." The more Ye Luo looked at him, the more familiar he looked, and then he suddenly realized that this guy was not the handler of the case of tram driver Wu Tonggen that triggered the conflict between China and France in September this year?

It turned out that he was Merieux's secretary. No wonder he succeeded him as the French Consul General in Shanghai after Merieux left Shanghai.

Several people entered the consulate mansion chatting and laughing. Several people had gathered in the living room, but they were all foreigners.

Several familiar faces among them came up to say hello enthusiastically as soon as they saw Ye Luo.

Lin Ruxian was relatively well-known in the French Concession. Seeing so many foreign bosses greeting Ye Luo enthusiastically, she couldn't help but be shocked by the connections and resources of her godbrother.

When Ye's Automobile Company opened, she thought that Ye Luo was just making friends with the British. Unexpectedly, it was later spread that he was a guest of the American Consul General, Mr. Gao Si, and now the French Consul General kindly invited him to a private dance——

A banquet where only foreign bosses gathered!

Lin Ruxian gently pinched the soft flesh of Ye Luo's waist and felt that she had grown taller too.

These foreign hags usually have high esteem and disdain to talk to Chinese women, but now they talked to her like best friends in broken Chinese, which made Lin Ruxian quite proud.

No wonder he can guarantee his innocence in the Jing Ruishan poisoning case.

He has such strength!

Ye Luo shook hands with everyone one by one and made a kiss to the female guests.

Present were British Consul General Barton, his dance partner Audrey, consul and director of the Ministry of Industry George, American Consul General Goss and his wife Catherine, French Consul General Merieux and his wife, Secretary Verdi, and the Belarusian nobleman in exile in China. Fenia Ivanova, and a group of powerful foreign tycoons from the public concession and the French Concession.

Ye Luo is the only Chinese in the venue, but he is also the one who gets the most attention.