1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 124 Domineering
The strong end of the Sassoon family clarified the attitude of some foreign companies in the concession towards Ye's investment company.

Since March, Ye Luo's rise has not only threatened a group of established Chinese businessmen, but his actions towards Galt and the Automobile Commerce Association have also touched the bottom line of the foreigners in the concession.

Previously, with the support of British Consul General Patton, American Consul General Goth, and French Consul General Mérieux, even though many foreign companies were dissatisfied, they were unable to pursue Yello's responsibility in depth.

But now that Citibank's Lasassone family has ended, they have the confidence to start business in the small local Cayers Investment Company and wait for the Sassoon family's next move.

Ye Luo did not choose to confront the Sassoon family head-on. After all, this was a hidden loss, and you would take it if you took it, but the loss did not mean that Ye Luo would swallow his anger and swallow this bad breath.

He was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to completely overthrow the Sassoon family.

The Sassoon family made their fortune through the cigarette business, and became the richest man through the real estate business. Water can carry and capsize a boat. If you make good use of these two points, you can catch them off guard and capture them in a business war.

At this time, everyone in Shanghai was waiting for Ye Luo's response, feeling that with his temper he would not suffer the consequences of being dumb.

However, everyone waited for three full days until the heat of the matter subsided, but no one could wait for Ye Luo's next move.

He just asked Luo Mingyou and Li Minwei to set off to the United States again to purchase a new batch of audio equipment.

Ye Luo's "giving up" made the three tycoons of Yongxing Company smile.

This good show also has their handiwork.

French Concession, Huo Mansion.

Since the Second Northern Expedition, Huo Tianhong has been traveling around various places. Finally, the overall situation has been decided. He was also selected into the general chamber of commerce committee list. He also encountered the unreasonable sweep of the No. 30 Seventh Army Independent Regiment, many opium dens and gang businesses. They were investigated, some were completely blocked, and some survived only by paying protection fees.

After the Independent Group left, Zhang Wanlin began to renovate the New World Playground. Huo Tianhong thought that he should resume the previous rhythm and continue to hold large banquets at his home, inviting foreign bosses and Chinese businessmen from the French Concession to the banquet, but he encountered a petition. Have to keep busy.

Now Feng Shaoshan and his party have gone to Jinling to petition, but the result is still undecided. Huo Tianhong is familiar with many senior officials in Jinling. The principal was very unhappy when he learned about this, so he decisively returned to Jinling on the grounds of helping his second brother repair the New World Playground. Shanghai beach.

When Huo Tianhong came back, it happened that Ye Luo was planning to build Ye's Guangming Cinema. When he heard that he sent people to the United States to buy audio equipment, he suddenly had bad thoughts and wanted to find someone to trouble Ye Luo.

As soon as he heard that he was going to do something bad, Huo Tianhong got excited and immediately started looking for someone. He soon contacted a shareholder of Citibank. The ghost guy revealed Citibank's dissatisfaction with Ye Luo, especially that he actually exchanged ocean As a condition, he forced Citibank to assist him in setting up an industrial company, and also supported him to become the director of the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and the Chinese consul of the consulate!

This made many senior executives of Citibank feel very embarrassed.

After contacting several parties, Zhang Wanlin met Edward Sassoon, the eldest son of Victor Sassoon, a playboy who possessed all the bad habits of foreigners.

He was very happy to do this kind of limelight thing, so he came up with the trip to the United States.

Finally, they relied on foreigners to win back the victory. Zhang Wanlin and the three of them were very happy. After confirming that Ye Luo had no reaction and suffering this secret loss, they invited the tycoons to come to Huo Mansion for a "celebration banquet".

It was said to be a celebration banquet to celebrate the successful renovation of New World Playground.

In fact, everyone present at the meeting understood that they were celebrating Ye Luo's success.

"Second brother, I heard that the New World has been completely renovated. When do you plan to open it?" Among the three, Lu Yusheng was the most steady. He raised his glass, found Zhang Wanlin, and asked in a low voice with a smile.

The banquet hall was crowded with people, and celebrities from all walks of life were chatting loudly. The people who came to the banquet were either long-term partners of Yongxing Company, foreign tycoons who were friends with them from various concessions, or old-school businessmen and Manchu elders. , colluding together, are a group of worms that really hinder the development of the Chinese people.

Zhang Wanlin was talking to a beautiful young woman. When he saw Lu Yusheng approaching, he smiled and patted the beautiful young woman's fat buttocks, motioning her to wait for him. Then he smiled at him and said, "Of course we will wait for the opening day of Xiao Chi Lao's Big World. Doesn’t he want to compete with us? Then I’ll satisfy him.”

"I guess that's the case." Lu Yusheng knew that this second brother never suffered a loss. After Ye Luo was tricked one after another, he would definitely come up with a big deal. But he heard some details and came here to remind Zhang Wanlin, "I heard People say you asked Edward Sassoon to become a shareholder?"

"Yes, that ghost guy is the son of Victor Sassoon, and he is very rich. Without his 20 yuan, how could I have hired so many famous opera singers?" Zhang Wanlin nodded, "Originally, our seven days and seven nights were not open to the public. There were only seven actors who could sing continuously, including Lu Lanchun, and the cards were completely insufficient. Now Gui Lao gave me 20 shares, and I used his money to hire a total of 49 well-known troupes from all over the country. , let them sing for seven consecutive days in conjunction with the opening ceremony, I don’t believe they can’t destroy that little red guy’s big world!”

"Second brother, that ghost guy is not a good guy."

"boom!"

"Ahhhh!!!" Before Lu Yusheng could finish his words, there was a loud noise, followed by the screams and shouts of countless celebrities. The crowd suddenly became chaotic. Fortunately, Yu Likui, who was responsible for maintaining order at the scene, was quite experienced and immediately shouted The Qing Gang gangsters came to calm people's hearts.

Zhang Wanlin's eyes were slightly dull and he looked at Lu Yusheng who was covered in blood.

He was wearing a green shirt, but at this moment, it was stained with bright red blood. The wine glass in his hand was also splashed with a lot of blood, and his appearance looked particularly terrifying.

"That bitch, what a little red guy." Zhang Wanlin yelled, looking past Lu Yusheng, he saw that the body that caused the loud noise was a woman's body that had stopped twitching. She must have been thrown from the third floor, and then he looked up. On the third floor, I swallowed back the curse words that rushed to my lips.

"FUCK!" At the railing on the third floor, a foreigner wearing a white shirt with his collar unbuttoned to reveal a large amount of chest hair roared angrily while holding a wine glass, and began to burst out a series of vulgar words at the corpse downstairs. After cursing, he put the wine glass away He drank all the wine in the bottle and then smashed it to the ground.

boom!
Another bang.

The glass shattered into pieces.

Sputtering at Zhang Wanlin's feet.

"You, come here, right now! (You, come up here right now!)" Edward Sassoon pointed his finger at Zhang Wanlin, furious.

Everyone's eyes were directed towards him.

Huo Tianhong also came over with a wine glass. He first glanced at the corpse on the ground, and then immediately winked at Yu Likui and asked him to clean the corpse.

"Second brother, come up and see what's going on. I'm here." Lu Yusheng patted Zhang Wanlin on the shoulder and ran over to comfort the frightened guests.

Zhang Wanlin's face was gloomy and he quickly led people up to the third floor.

Edward Sassoon, who had unbuttoned three buttons of his shirt, was tipsy. He motioned to the waitress to continue pouring wine for him, then he leaned on the railing and looked at Zhang Wanlin who was running towards him: "Zhang, is this what you call casual and I enjoy it?" ?”

"What's wrong, Mr. Sassoon? Why are you so angry?" Zhang Wanlin stepped forward with a shy smile and asked, "What was that just now?"

"I just asked that woman to pour me wine, but she was not only unwilling, but also called me a foreign devil. I pushed her gently and she fell down." Edward Sassoon burped. Said calmly.

Zhang Wanlin knew that this ghost must have done something, or even gone too far, that's why there was a conflict, and then he threw the woman downstairs.

But at this time, he knew not to offend this ghost guy, so he nodded with a smile. The follower quickly came to tell him that the dead woman was a prostitute hired from Yanliu Lane and had no background. Zhang Wanlin picked up the foreign wine and gave it to Edward himself. · Sassoon poured another glass of wine.

"Zhang, I won't need to attend the court, will I?" Edward Sassoon was not worried about being sued at all, but he hated meaningless running around.

"It's okay. I'll find someone from the Songhu Police Department to report it to the city government. It's just a minor problem." Zhang Wanlin shook his head and smiled, "By the way, Mr. Sassoon, what is the money-making business you are talking about?"

Edward Sassoon glanced at the interpreter and hesitated to speak.

Zhang Wanlin quickly smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Sassoon, translator Fan Shiwei is an old subordinate brought by my eldest brother from Ningbo Shipping Company. He is very reliable."

Fan Shiwei translated this sentence to Edward Sassoon. He used to be an employee of the Ningbo Steamship Company and joined the Qinggang in his early years. Because he was proficient in foreign languages, he was valued by Huo Tianhong and now works as a translator for Zhang Wanlin.

Hearing that it was a money-making business, he became interested, but he was quite intimidated by the moody second-generation foreigner in front of him.

Because he had witnessed the prostitute being thrown off the third floor just now. This foreigner didn't regard the Chinese as human beings at all!

Edward Sassoon seemed to be worried about letting others know, and finally shook his head: "No, I can only tell you three brothers about this matter. You have to find someone more trustworthy to translate."

After hearing this, Zhang Wanlin felt more and more how precious this opportunity to make a fortune was, and nodded in agreement.

The two talked about Ye Luo again, but Edward Sassoon smiled scornfully: "Don't worry, I will invite him to my birthday party after a while, and then humiliate him in public! He is just an ordinary Chinese businessman, I have There are many ways to kill him! Mérieux, who can support him, will be transferred soon, and his power in the French Concession will no longer exist!"

(End of this chapter)