1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 247 I'm afraid the world will not be chaotic
After afternoon tea, Ye Luo asked Cao Fan to take him to the British Consulate General in Shanghai first.

Consul General Patton went to the United States some time ago. At this time, they, a group of foreigners, focused their attention on the U.S. stock market and were unable to extricate themselves from it.

In the huge Consulate General, only a few people are working seriously, including Ye Luo's best friend George.

"Ye, why are you here?" George was overjoyed. Just as he was about to get up, he suddenly realized something and sat back down. "I always feel that nothing good will happen when you come."

"I'm here to deliver a paper to you." Ye Luo chuckled and added "But it's just fragments."

"Thesis?!" George became interested again, "I thought you were too busy with business and had given up on academic research long ago."

"How could it be? People have to live and learn." Ye Luo took out a thick stack of manuscripts from his briefcase. After giving everything to George, he has been taking time to write this——

"1929 - The destruction of the U.S. stock market and the birth of a world-class economic crisis! 》

Just one glance at the title and George was hooked.

"Is this the follow-up you've been talking about?" George couldn't wait to reach out to take it, but Ye Luo dodged it.

"Yes, at the end of the last paper, I already stated that I was not optimistic about the U.S. stock market, but most people chose to ignore it." Ye Luo nodded and said, "But this is a fact. You read my article Paper, you will understand.”

"I know, I know!" George nodded wildly in agreement, "I discussed this matter with the teachers when I sent your paper back to Harvard, but most of them only focused on the first half of your paper and made pessimistic predictions about the rest. I don’t agree.”

"Even so, your paper was included in the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the American Economic Review. Unfortunately, the prediction of the stock market collapse was deleted." George said Face regretful.

The Quarterly Journal of Economics is edited by the Department of Economics at Harvard University and published by Oxford University Press. It is one of the top international English-language academic journals with the longest history in economics.

The American Economic Review is one of the oldest and most respected economics professional journals in the American economics community, and is also recognized worldwide as one of the most prestigious and authoritative top publications in the field of economics.

Both of these are the world's most important top academic journals in the field of economics. Having his papers included in them is equivalent to Ye Luo being recognized as a capable and famous economist!

Ye Luo didn't care about this, and patted the manuscript in his hand gently: "This is a quarter of this paper, George, let's stick to the old rules."

"I knew you weren't so kind." George rolled his eyes at him, but still couldn't resist the temptation of the paper, "Tell me, what's the tricky thing this time?"

Ye Luo first told the story about the declaration building being smashed by the patrol room.

George frowned when he heard this. After listening, he nodded and said: "I don't know about this matter. It seems that after Consul General Barton went to the United States, someone was secretly mobilizing the power of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. We have to investigate the person behind the scenes. Anyway, you Don’t worry, these victims will be given justice.”

"Then it's up to you." Ye Luo nodded, "Smashing the newspaper office is nothing to the people in the patrol room, but blatantly prohibiting the Songhu Police Department from sending telegrams is intriguing."

"Based on my experience, it is very likely that high-level officials from your National Government will be involved later. You have to be careful." George reminded, "These politicians kill people without blinking an eye."

"I understand." Ye Luo raised a second finger, "There is one more important thing. I hope you can find a way to mobilize all consulates general to boycott the transportation and trafficking of cigarettes."

"Boycott the transportation and sale of cigarettes? Isn't this ruining people's jobs?" George himself does not smoke cigarettes and is well aware of its harmful effects, but he also understands that this is the biggest business of the imperial powers in China. "You are crazy!"

"I'm not asking you to go to them to resist, but to amplify the public opinion and cause a stir."

Ye Luo rolled his eyes at him,
"It's unrealistic for you to ask these people who are extremely rich from the cigarette business to boycott cigarettes. But let them stand up and resist the sale and transportation of cigarettes from a humanitarian perspective, just like doing charity, they will definitely Very happy.”

"I understand." George nodded.Public opinion is a double-edged sword. It is more powerful than guns when used properly. If used improperly, it will lead to trouble and death.

Why did Ye Luo not purchase a large number of newspapers and magazines by himself to control public opinion, but chose to cooperate with large newspapers such as Shen Shen and Xinwen?
It's because he knows this.

During the Republic of China, fists were much more powerful than your pen, which really annoyed the National Government. Even celebrities like Shi Liangcai would kill at will without mercy.

But if you use public opinion within the tolerance of the National Government, it will become an extremely sharp sword that can inadvertently deliver a fatal blow to the enemy!
After asking George, Ye Luo left the Consulate General and asked Cao Fan to drive to the city hall, preparing to talk to Zhang Dingyao.

At this time, Zhang Dingyao and others were busy discussing how to deal with this conflict between the Garrison Headquarters and the Songhu Police Department.

It was a certainty that the Jiang'an ship would transport smoke. Zhang Dingyao was furious when he received the news at midnight last night.

Xiong Shihui, Wang Hu and Lu Yusheng can really find trouble for themselves!
Seeing that at the end of the month, the German military advisory team is about to arrive in Shanghai, there is such a big drama!
That night he called Xiong Shihui.

What did Xiong Shihui say?
He said that people from the garrison headquarters intercepted the Jiangan ship and found that it was transporting smoke, so they temporarily detained it at the reconnaissance team headquarters!

As for why a police officer from the Anti-Smuggling Department was detained, he believed that the Songhu Police Department might have been involved in transporting the smoke, and Xiong Shihui had to ask his superiors for instructions before making a decision.

Who is the superior?

First, we must find Qian Dajun, who is fighting in Lu Province.

Qian Dajun didn't reply at all.

Seeing that Xiong Shihui's words were unclear, Zhang Dingyao knew that the matter was not that simple and immediately sent someone to investigate.

In the morning, I suddenly received a telegram from Wang Hu.

Good guy, here it is said that the Songhu Police Department caught the Garrison Headquarters armed with cigarettes. Not only did they disobey orders to stop the ship, but they also detained the police officers and took them away!
Zhang Dingyao had to question the only witness Ma Yongzhen alone.

Ma Yongzhen's confession was consistent with Wang Hu's.

This made him more and more certain that the Security Headquarters wanted to take advantage of others, but they were caught by the Songhu Police Department.

Just in the afternoon, Zhang Dingyao received new messages.

It turned out that Wang Hu's telegram had been intercepted by information investigators and was prohibited from being published in newspapers.

Also involved in the ban on publication was the patrol room.

Things are getting messier and more complicated, and Zhang Dingyao is hesitant.

Just then, Ye Luo came.

Hearing that it was Ye Luo, Zhang Dingyao quickly shouted to the guard: "Quick, quick, please come in!"

(End of this chapter)