1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 186 Sino-Japanese Arena Competition

At 09:30 in the morning, outside the Hongkou Dojo, there was a Sino-Japanese arena match.

This is the largest martial arts event held in Shanghai since the competition between Akutagawa Ryuichi and Fearless 18 years ago.

In just a few days, the disciples of the Jingwu Sports Association built a huge martial arts stage at the three-way intersection. There were railings around the stage, and tables and chairs were placed in the front row outside the railings for the Shanghainese who came to watch the competition. Beach tycoons rest.

There are bright red flags planted in the four corners of the martial arts stage. The words "Friendship First" and "China-Japan Exchange" are written under "China-Japan Arena Competition", and the signature below is Ye's Investment Company.

There were many banners advertising "Dragon Tiger Man Pill" hanging on and around the martial arts stage, which made people dazzled and amazed.

In order to maintain law and order during the competition, the patrol houses of the two concessions dispatched a large number of patrols and detectives to check the identities and information of the spectators. There were also police officers from the Songhu Police Department in the outer circle, holding pokers to guard against anyone. Assassination of VIPs.

In addition, many gangs from major gangs also sent out many helpers to help maintain order and make the scene orderly.

These are all people who came here because of the reputation of the second young master, Ye Luo.

As the largest sponsor of this ring competition, Ye Luo imitated the models of some boxing matches and martial arts competitions in later generations to build the momentum to the greatest extent.

In this way, he can not only promote the power of national martial arts, but also advertise various industries under his name, killing two birds with one stone.

Ye Luo, who arrived at the scene first, was protected by Shi Jianqiao and Ding Li, and a group of plainclothes officers from Ye's Security Company were on standby.

Ye Hao, who rarely got involved in business, also came here for the first time. Also coming with him was Ye Yuqiao, who had been living at home for a long time and had nothing to do every day.

"Aluo, do you think Ting En can defeat that Japanese?" Ye Hao looked eager to try.

He had been hanging out in the Jingwu Sports Club before and was very familiar with Shi Jianqiao, Huo Ting'en and others.

"You also want to go up and have a fight?" Ye Luobai glanced at his elder brother and smiled lightly, "I'm warning you, if you dare to go up, I'll call dad to break your legs."

"Isn't this just a casual question?" Ye Hao smiled and followed him to the VIP area and sat down.

This game is not just a duel between Huo Tingen and Naoki Sachinari.

With a lot of momentum created, it has turned into a decisive battle between Chinese martial arts gyms such as the Jingwu Sports Association and Japanese karate dojos.

The competition format adopts a best-of-five-round system, with five players from each side. The rules of the competition are similar to those of later bare-knuckle competitions. After the opponent admits defeat, they are not allowed to continue attacking.

After a while, Zhang Dingyao and others, who are now the most powerful in Shanghai, arrived belatedly, and Ye Luo immediately stood up to greet them.

Seeing Zhang Dingyao's increasingly sunken eye sockets and extremely poor expression, Ye Luo couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This old man's suspicion is too serious.

Followed closely were the consuls general of various countries, some foreign business tycoons who were interested in martial arts, and the mighty Shanghai tycoons.

These people occupy the front row of the VIP seats, and are also the targets of the patrol room and Songhu Police Department's special protection.

Ye Luo saw Hiroshi Morishita sneaking into the venue with Shichitaro Yada among the crowd. This group of sneaky Japanese invaders bypassed the large army and headed for the Hongkou Dojo. They didn't know what they wanted to do.

But when he saw Hiroshi Morishita running out of the heavily sealed Suzuki Hospital, he also understood that, just like Shiro Xiongqi said, the handling of the Rendan incident would eventually end in nothing but thunder and rain.

This is the Republic of China.

No matter how prosperous it is, the foreigners in the concession still have the most say, followed by the senior officials of the National Government. "Second Young Master, long time no see!" Fourth Master Tan, who was held by Yan Yangtian, was wearing a gray cloth gown and walked towards him with a smile on his face.

Since Black Cat Dance Hall became popular in Shanghai, countless small dance halls have imitated it, hoping to get something to eat from Ye Luo's mouth.

Ye Luo did not burn bridges. As long as serious Chinese businessmen were doing business, he ignored any of the dance halls that followed the trend and allowed them to grow wildly and eat and drink.

Anyway, the biggest head of the dance industry business is still in his hands, and no one can shake his position.

Tan Si also wanted to get a piece of the pie. The last cleaning activity of the Independent Group and the Jinling petition had severely damaged the vitality of his dock gang and it was almost impossible to make ends meet.

Ye Luo generously gave up the business of the dance hall near the dock, and also sent someone to guide Yan Yangtian in running the new dance hall, so that her Yihuchun business would be on the right track and make a lot of money.

Many times of happy cooperation have kept Ye Luo and Tan Si on good terms. Another thing Ye Luo put his heart into this time was to ask Tan Si to help with it.

"Long time no see, Fourth Master, please sit down." Ye Luo pointed to the empty seat next to him.

Tan Si was stunned for a moment. He originally wanted to go back, but seeing Ye Luo's resolute attitude, he had to sit down awkwardly, feeling uneasy about the sights around him.

This area was basically filled with high-level military and political officials and foreign consuls-general. Some tycoons with similar status to him were all in the back rows. Sitting here, he looked a little out of place.

"Second Young Master, the weather is not very good today, so you and Miss Bai should not go shopping at the pier." Tan Si quickly changed his smile and said to him.

Ye Luo raised his eyebrows, understood the implication of his words, and asked with a smile: "The weather is bad, I wonder if the ship from Shiliupu Pier can still go out?"

"Haha, Second Young Master, you are joking. Not to mention the weather, even if it gets worse, the ships that should go to sea will have to go out. Otherwise, they will stay at the dock like the last heavy rain, and the boss of the ship company will suffer a huge loss." Tan Si smiled and then said, "However, when a ship goes to sea and returns to the sea, there are quite a few checks that need to be done. Our dock gang assists the Songhu Police Department in handling the security around the dock, and any 'unstable factors' are strictly not allowed to board the ship." "

"That's natural." Ye Luo glanced at him and continued to ask, "Since Fourth Master is here to watch the game, does it mean that the important work at the dock has been completed?"

"It's done. Especially the batch of goods you ordered, Second Young Master, was sent to Aocheng not long ago. Don't worry." Tan Si nodded.

"Thank you so much, Fourth Master." Ye Luo smiled with satisfaction.

Tan Si is still very reliable in doing things, and he deserves to be given so much business to him.

This morning was also the time when the group of French soldiers secretly left Shanghai. It seems that Verdi and others saw the opportunity of everyone gathering here and tried to deport these evil people back to the country. Unfortunately, Ye Luo, who had already received the news, had already laid a dragnet. The murderer will never be allowed to go unpunished.

After dealing with the five French soldiers, the Jingwu Sports Association disciples who were doing the work will also be secretly sent to Macao by Tan Si's people to temporarily avoid the limelight.

Now that it was over, Ye Luo felt relaxed all over and looked towards the martial arts stage with a smile.

At this time, Xue Leng came over with several women in cheongsam. Some poured tea and coffee into the cups on the coffee table, some placed desserts and snacks, and some simply sat in the arms of the distinguished guests. Here, the serious ring competition seems to be a playground for watching monkeys.

Ye Luo shook his head helplessly. These VIPs could bring popularity to the competitions he sponsored, but at the same time they would also bring unhealthy petty bourgeois atmosphere.

As long as Shanghai Beach is in their hands, this trend will never dissipate.

Fortunately, most of the women that these tycoons are obsessed with are from Ye's Dance Company and are his employees.

In addition to these food and drinks, Xue Leng also personally placed two boxes of iron-packed Dragon-Tiger Pills on each coffee table.

This is a new product made by the pharmaceutical factory in the industrial park. Together with the surrounding advertising paintings, it immediately attracted the attention of many tycoons.

(End of this chapter)