1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 261 The German Consul General’s Ball
After listening to what Wei Daoming said, Ye Luo remained silent.

Kong Xiangxi.
The Jiang family is dominated by Kong Jiacai, and the Song family sisters are Chen Jiadang.

This is really not a cover.

The Kong family has become the largest chaebol in the country by supporting the principal. Kong Xiangxi is also the head of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, in charge of the country's commerce.

Kong Xiangxi is the main messenger behind this, so there is really no way it will end.

The principal's attitude is also very obvious. If the matter ends here, it will be consistent with the original historical trend.

"Lao Zhang said he didn't have the face to see you, so he asked for a drink on the day of your wedding banquet, and then went back to Jinling in despair. A Luo, don't think too much, everything depends on man-made things. We have done everything we should do, and failure is also Destiny.”

Wei Daoming reached out and patted Ye Luo on the shoulder.

After contacting him in the past few days, he has deeply felt that this young man is completely different from other businessmen. He has contributed the most to the Jiangan Ship and the Nissin Ship, and he even almost offended the big guys in Shanghai because of it. He can get what?

If he hadn't really wanted to ban smoking, he could have joined Song Ziwen and others.

"That's not necessarily the case. The boat will straighten out when it reaches the bridge." Ye Luo smiled, not as frustrated as Wei Daoming thought.

Seeing that Ye Luo was not so downcast, Wei Daoming felt relieved and stood up to leave, saying that he would go back and continue writing the troublesome report.

Before leaving, he suddenly stopped and whispered to Ye Luo: "Although there is no way to punish Kong Xiangxi and others, Yongxing Company, which colluded with them, definitely cannot escape. Once Yongxing Company falls, Shanghai's business scene will be ruined." There will be a big hole, Boss Ye can pay attention to it."

"Thank you for telling me." Ye Luo cupped his fists.

The turbulent Jiang'an cigarette shipment incident in Shanghai has quietly come to an end. In addition to Ye Luo's wedding and Huade's cooperation, the focus of national public opinion is still on the major disarmament that the principal has repeatedly mentioned.

Six months ago, when the main beneficiaries of the Second Northern Expedition held a spoils-sharing meeting in Tangshan, the principal tentatively proposed a disarmament plan, and he even drew up a specific plan.

At the meeting, Li Zongren expressed his opposition on the spot and said that of course he could do it if he really wanted to, but he was afraid that some people had ulterior motives.

Feng Yuxiang happily agreed to the principal's proposal, but hoped to modify the plan and not kill everyone across the board.

Yan Xishan, on the other hand, is in harmony with everyone. He is friendly with everyone and cannot offend anyone.

After that, there was another incident of a joint petition from the business community, but the matter has always been unresolved.

Unexpectedly, starting in November, the Nationalist Government suddenly went out of its way to create public opinion. It also published various expenditure statistics from the Ministry of Finance in newspapers. Among them, the annual military expenditure figures were highlighted in red, which was shocking.

As a result, people across the country now know that disarmament is needed, especially the business tycoons, who are very supportive of this plan, making the principal's prestige rise again.

After taking control of public opinion and public sentiment, the principal sent a telegram to Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan and others, inviting them to come to Jinling for a meeting.

Ye Luo knew all about the little ones in the principal's heart.

The next year will be the Central War. Taking advantage of the large-scale disarmament, the principal finally achieved his long-cherished wish and pinned his friends who were sharing the spoils together to the ground.

So for the current principals, what they lack most is naturally money.

It's just that no one knows yet that this matter will cause so many disputes.

In Shanghai, the current focus of attention has shifted to Hua De cooperation and Ye Luo's wedding of the century.That evening, Yelo was invited to attend a private ball held by Knappe, the German Consul General in Shanghai.

Now Xiao Aqiao is pregnant, and Lin Ruxian's relationship is basically in the French Concession. When going to the German Consulate General this time, Ye Luosi thought about it and decided to invite Lu Xiaoman, a socialite from "Southern Tang and Beilu", to be his dance partner.

Lu Xiaoman has been worrying about money recently. Since she became a promotional model for Ye's Dance Company and received dividends from the company, she was not short of money.

However, in order to develop into a higher social circle, Lu Xiaoman ruthlessly purchased a large number of luxury goods, clothes and bags for himself, and also bought a new General Motors car as a brand.

She also encouraged Xu Zhimo to move away from Siming New Village in the county town and instead live in a large house or villa in the concession.

Poor Xu Zhimo, he is obviously a rich second generation and a famous big shot in the literary and art circles, but he can't afford Lu Xiaoman's flowing expenses.

The two had major differences over money. Lu Xiaoman, who had lived a comfortable life since childhood, was not willing to live an unhappy life and started a cold war with Xu Zhimo.

Ye Luo's sudden invitation made her particularly excited. She quickly got up from the sofa and ran barefoot to the bedroom to change clothes.

At this time, Xu Zhimo was reading in the bedroom. When he saw her suddenly barging in, he thought it was the end of the Cold War. He was about to speak, but he saw her rummaging through the cabinets and looking for clothes.

"You want to go out?"

"Yeah, I'm going out to attend the German Consul General's ball. I might not go home tonight. You should go to bed early."

"German Consul General?" Xu Zhimo pushed up his glasses. He had heard a little about his wife's social circle, but he didn't take it seriously.

How come she was able to attend a dance of that level even after not talking to each other for several days?
"Yes, Arlo was invited, but he couldn't find a good dance partner, so I was asked to come to the rescue." Lu Xiaoman was in high spirits, "The last time I met Consul General Knappe was at a Rolls-Royce sales meeting."

"Ah, Aluo, how is he lately?" Xu Zhimo is now working between school and home. In order to support the family's expenses, his hair is almost falling out and almost all social activities have been cancelled.

The latest news I heard from Ye Luo is that Sino-French Pharmacy has launched a series of health products and the premiere of "The Goddess".

"It's very good. When you have time, you can ask him to come to our house for dinner to maintain the relationship." Lu Xiaoman rolled his eyes at him, "Aluo's business is getting bigger and bigger now. If you can go to his place to help, it will be better than yours." Do you have money to write something?”

"This is an ideal, which is different from money." Xu Zhimo shook his head.

Seeing that Xu Zhimo was about to argue with herself about illusory things again, she quickly stopped Xu Zhimo with her eyes, picked out a new evening dress, put on high heels, picked up her small bag and ran out.

A Rolls-Royce had been parked outside the bungalow. Cao Fan got out of the car and opened the door for her. Seeing the luxury car bought for [-] yuan and the bodyguard cars around, Lu Xiaoman was impressed by Ye Luo's grandeur. , smiled and sat in the back row, naturally holding Ye Luo's arm.

"Xiao Man, I'm sorry to ask you out temporarily." Ye Luo looked at her with a smile.

Lu Xiaoman raised his chin and smiled: "It doesn't matter, I'm just free at home."

She replied in German, raising her chin as she spoke, as if waiting for praise.

Lu Xiaoman had been learning German from Ye Luo before, but he didn't expect that he would become more impressive in just a few months.

"That's good." Ye Luo responded in German with a smile.

(End of this chapter)