Spy War 1929

Chapter 108 Making Big Money Together
Seeing the smile on Chen Ledao's face, Hector McQueen was very curious, but didn't ask much.

Leaning on the backrest, there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

It is a good harvest that the relationship with Chen Ledao has improved during this trip today.As for the song and dance hall, it is good to succeed, and there is nothing to regret if it fails.

Chen Ledao is just a sub-district arresting inspector, neither money nor power is enough to make him look differently.The key is the people behind him.

Chen Ledao has long been familiar with the section from Xiafei Road to Yeweiyang by heart, but the rush hour does not distinguish between times, the car moved slowly among the crowd, and it took the two of them some time to arrive at Yeweiyang Song and Dance Hall.

At the gate of the ballroom, the crowd was bustling, a busy scene.

Because of Fang Yanyun, there are many idle mistresses and rich second generations among the people who go in and out of Ye Weiyang, and of course there are also so-called celebrities and romantic talents.

From the point of view of future generations, the contemporary romantic talents may be the most famous poet of the New Moon School, Mr. Xu.Chen Ledao has not met him face to face, only heard his name, it seems that he and his wife, Ms. Lu—so called—are now living in Shanghai.

Not to mention the comments of later generations, Chen Ledao really liked Mr. Xu's "Farewell to Cambridge".Cambridge, which is beautiful and a bit sad, was the school he considered going to when he was a child.

There are too many guests, and there are many more waiters at the gate, who are responsible for helping guests with chores at the gate, or helping with parking, or welcoming and leading the way in front.

Ye Weiyang is able to have what he is today, except for Chen Ledao's whimsical ideas that he himself is not sure whether they are reliable - let alone whimsical ideas, Wei Zhengyun's painstaking efforts also accounted for most of them.

No matter how potential a company is, it needs a CEO who can see its potential and realize it.

Seeing Chen Ledao's car, the waiter standing outside the door immediately ran over to open the door for Chen Ledao.Chen Ledao and Hector got out of the car by themselves, before the waiter could speak, Chen Ledao said first:
"Help me get the car into the parking area."

"Yes!" The waiter was respectful, got into the car and drove away.

"Chen, this Yeweiyang dance hall is amazing, look at their waiters, they treat the guests very well."

Seeing that the waiter was respectful to Chen Ledao, Hector couldn't help but said.

Although he would be respected and welcomed no matter which dance hall he went to in Shanghai, but the respect of that person just now came from the heart, and his eyes were not just good-looking.

Chen Ledao smiled slightly and said:

"It's really good. I think it's all thanks to their boss. Only with a great boss can there be such a dance hall."

He is in a good mood now, and he doesn't mind playing a humorous trick with Hector McQueen.

"I think so!"

The two stopped outside the gate of Weiyang Ye, watching the busy scene of Weiyang Ye, Hector nodded seriously.

He had long heard that the Yeweiyang Dance Hall had recently become famous in the French Concession, and seeing it with his own eyes now, he knew that what he had heard was true, and the meeting was even more famous.

"I'm a little interested in her boss. I think we can cooperate with this mysterious boss. If we can have such a dance hall, he will definitely be interested in creating the largest dance hall in China." Hector said with a complexion. A little excited.

"Really, I think you will get your wish, Hector." Chen Le said with a slight smile on his lips.

Outside the gate, a group of waiters saw the boss standing with a foreigner, and were hesitating whether to go up and say hello.

There are not many opportunities to show your face in front of the boss, but if you bump into the boss's guests, it seems even worse.These foreigners have more rules than the emperor, and they might ruin the boss's business if they are not careful.

"Let's go in, Chen," Hector said.

"Okay." Chen Ledao nodded.

The two were about to take a step when Ding Li came out of the gate in a black suit with a cigarette in his mouth, and caught sight of Chen Ledao.He greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Brother!" Ding Li walked up to him, took the cigarette out of his mouth and said loudly.At the same time, he glanced at Hector standing beside Chen Ledao.

Chen Ledao nodded as a response.

"Brother, Ms. Huang sent over the song you wrote to Ms. Fang two days ago. Ms. Fang has almost practiced and is going to perform on stage today. We released the news in advance. Many celebrities in Shanghai are here today. gone."

"Oh, really? Why didn't you notify me of this in advance. "

No wonder there seem to be a lot more people coming to Yeweiyang today than usual, so that's what happened.Chen Ledao was stunned, but no one informed him of such a big event!
"Oh, Wei Zhengyun said that you have been too busy in the arrest room these two days, so there is no need for you to make a special trip for such trivial matters." Ding Li said.

Chen Ledao nodded and said nothing.

Hector McIntosh looked at the two in a daze. Ding Li spoke too fast and in a dialect, so he couldn't understand it very well.

"This is my colleague from the arresting room and also my friend, Mr. Hector McQueen, you go and arrange a place for us first."

Things happened suddenly today, there were too many people who came to support Fang Yanyun, if we didn't arrange it carefully, I'm afraid he, the boss, would not even have a seat.

"Okay, Mr. McQueen, hello." Ding Li greeted McQueen warmly, but just put a cold butt on him, and McQueen responded politely and coldly.

Facing Ding Li, his usual aloof mentality began to play tricks again.

Ding Li has too many quack habits. He doesn't like such people, and he doesn't know and doesn't need to make friends with such people.If it wasn't for the unusual relationship between the other party and Chen Ledao, he wouldn't bother to talk to him.

The pride of the French will not be cut off with Mr. Hector McQueen.

Ding Li smiled, as if he didn't notice Hector's attitude, he went inside to arrange a seat when he got Chen Ledao's words.

"Chen, are you familiar with the people here?" Hector asked.

"Well, you can say that." Chen Ledao said.

"Let's go, go in." Chen Ledao didn't show politeness to Hector, he took the first step to go ahead, he can now be regarded as Hector's boss to a certain extent.

"Hello boss!" As soon as the two arrived at the door, people standing in a row on both sides immediately saluted and shouted.

The neat voice instantly attracted the attention of people around him, Hector was startled by the sudden voice, it was too sudden.He hadn't expected to come here again.Other customers didn't go in like this.

"Boss?" Hector, who reacted, immediately looked around. At the moment, there are only the two of them here, so there is no boss.

"What are you looking at? Let's go!"

Chen Ledao patted Hector on the shoulder.

"Wait, you just told me in the car that you have experience in running a dance hall! You—" Hector's eyes widened, "You are Ye Weiyang's boss?!"

Hector was taken aback, and looked at Chen Ledao in disbelief.

Chen Ledao chuckled, noticing the gazes of the people around him, he pulled Hector to walk in, and said:

"I didn't say I'm not the boss here."

Chen Ledao smiled, and Hector stared with two big eyes.It's a waste for a big man to have such beautiful eyes.

"That was the boss here just now? The one who is said to be the son-in-law of Mr. Feng? Isn't that too young?" The two entered the ballroom, but the people outside started a lively discussion.

Many people have heard of Chen Ledao's name, but they have never seen a real person, and this is the first time they have seen it.

The three words Chen Ledao are linked to the names of Feng Jingyao and Fang Yanyun. He is now a well-known figure in Shanghai Bund. Maybe he has never seen it, but there are definitely many people who have heard of it.

Without much entertainment, the gossip of these celebrities has become the favorite thing for citizens to talk about.

"Are you really the boss here?"

Hector still couldn't believe this truth, but every time they met a waiter, the other waiter would salute and say hello to them, which forced him to believe this fact again.

"Hehe, haven't you seen it all? I said I have experience in opening dance halls, so I didn't lie to you," Chen Ledao said with a smile.

Hector was silent, and what Chen Ledao said earlier flashed in his mind: I think this is all thanks to their boss. Only a great boss can have such a dance hall.

"Ha ha!"

"Brother, the location is upstairs, and you can see the stage downstairs very well." Ding Li appeared in front of Chen Ledao again.

Chen Ledao nodded and said:
"Go and make arrangements for someone to bring up the best wine, and we can go up by ourselves."

"Ok."

The two sat down at the arranged seats, and the seats near them were already full of people. Judging by the clothes of those people, they were all people who were not short of money.

However, when the two came together, they still inevitably attracted the attention of many girls.

The two of them were sitting at a table for four, and from this point of view, the stage below was just in sight.

The previous dance hall did not have this stage, it was specially built for Fang Yanyun to sing.

"Chen, it's unimaginable that you are the boss here, what a coincidence!" Hector had already calmed down, but he was still a little excited when he spoke.His attitude towards Chen Ledao became more enthusiastic.

"Chen, now I think our plan to open the largest dance hall in the country is more reliable and feasible!" He said, completely forgetting that he said before that they would copy, no, it was a matter of borrowing from Ye Weiyang's model.

"It's not easy to open such a dance hall. You have been in China for so many years, so you should know something about it?" Chen Ledao said, Hector seems to be in daydreaming mode now.

He was also moved by what Hector said about opening a dance hall, but this kind of thing is easier said than done.It is not enough to have ideas and money, there are various problems.

"Indeed, this matter is not that easy," Chen Ledao's words were ruthlessly broken by his eager fantasy, and Hector scratched his hair in annoyance.

Opening such a dance hall was an idea he had long ago. He inquired about some things in this regard, and his uncle also told him some things, and he knew that this matter was by no means as simple as imagined.

"Chen, do you have any good ideas?" Hector looked up and asked, he almost forgot that Chen Ledao was Ye Weiyang's boss, Chen Ledao must be very experienced in this area.

"I do have some ideas," Chen Ledao nodded.

He has not been in Shanghai for a short time or a long time. During the time when he worked as an interpreter in the police station, he was not always doing nothing every day.

"But, Hector, before I can say what I think, I need to say what I want." He took a sip from his glass, taking his time.

"Say it!" Hector said directly.

"If this song and dance hall really opens up, I need the right to operate it, and I must have the final say on how to operate it."

Hector didn't answer immediately, the excitement just now cooled down, and he was thinking carefully.

"Chen, can you tell me why you want to own the management rights?" Hector asked.

"Of course it's because I can manage her better. There is a precedent like Ye Weiyang. I don't think I need to prove anything." Chen Ledao replied, his words were full of persuasiveness.

There is a precedent for Ye Weiyang to become a first-class dance hall in Shanghai in less than half a year, and there is nothing more convincing than this.

Hector thought carefully, his goal was to make money, a lot of money.As for who runs the dance hall, he really doesn't care.He is not interested in running a dance hall, he is only interested in money.

"I think you are right, you convinced me, I believe no one knows how to run a dance hall better than you." Hector nodded.Speaking of making money, his IQ seems to have increased a lot than usual.

"Okay, Chen, I promise you, as long as the dance hall opens, I won't compete with you for the right to manage it."

"No, it's not enough." Chen Ledao shook his head.

"What? What else do you want?" Hector frowned.

"If we want to open the largest dance hall in China, it is impossible to only have our two shareholders, and we need more partners. But no matter how many shareholders there are, the management right must belong to me. At this point, I need you and me Agree and support me unconditionally."

Hector breathed a sigh of relief, he thought Chen Ledao would make other excessive demands.

"No problem, even if you don't say it, I will do it. I believe that no one knows how to run a dance hall better than you. In order to make more money, I will support you! I don't want to give my money to To people I don't trust," he said briskly.

"Since that's the case, can you tell me your specific thoughts on this matter now?"

"certainly--"

"Miss Fang is on stage!!" An excited voice suddenly came from the side, and at the same time, the excitement of the entire dance hall went up to a higher level.

Chen Ledao's speech was interrupted.

"What's going on here?" Hector hadn't figured out the situation yet, and turned his head to look at the suddenly lively atmosphere around him.Many men around seemed excited.

His Chinese is not good, and he can only communicate briefly.Wherever he went to play before, he was accompanied by a guide, but not this time.Hector could only turn his attention to Chen Ledao, the owner of the dance hall, for knowledge.

"Fang Yanyun, Miss Fang, do you know? She is my friend, and she is working here now. Today is the day when she sang on stage for the first time, and she will be on stage soon." Chen Ledao explained to him.

"Miss Fang? You mean Fang Yanyun, Miss Fang?" Hector looked excited again.

"Of course I know her. I met her at a ball with my uncle before. She is very beautiful and is known as the most beautiful woman in Shanghai." Seeing Hector's excited appearance, Chen Ledao felt as if he had discovered Besides making money, he is interested in the second thing.

"Is she going to sing? Great, she must have a beautiful singing voice!"

Just now he asked Chen Ledao about opening a dance hall, but now, Hector seems to have forgotten about it.

"Then let's listen to her singing first." Chen Ledao said.

The song and dance hall can't be opened in a day or two, it doesn't take a while, not to mention he is also quite curious about how Fang Yanyun will sing this classic song in his memory.

In Shanghai in the 30s, without this song "Night Shanghai", he always felt that something was missing.

(End of this chapter)