1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 281 The Second Young Master of the New Year’s Eve Party Burns Cigarettes

September 17, the 1928th year of the Republic of China (12).

10pm, Paramount Ballroom.

"I want you/to stay by my side/to watch the dark night. The night is long and the world is cold/only you can come and give me a little warmth."

Wang Ji, the most popular dancer from Yip's Dance Company this year, stood alone on the stage and sang slowly into the microphone.

This song was written by Ye Luoxin to her. It is the new hit "I Want You" after "Tuberose"!
The band playing below is also a well-known band from overseas.

In addition to many red dancers from Ye's Dance Hall, there were also dancers from the Mingyue Song and Dance Troupe.

In the huge Paramount Ballroom, there are foreigners, Chinese, upper-class celebrities, and lower-class dancers and businessmen.

Only the second young master can bring together such a group of people with very different living habits.

Tonight, Ye Luo hosted a banquet and invited friends to attend his "New Year's Eve Party".

Tomorrow is January 1929, 1, New Year's Day.

During the Republic of China, it was not uncommon to celebrate New Year's Day. People celebrated both the Gregorian New Year and the Lunar New Year. However, recently there has been a call to get rid of the old custom. In many places, celebrating the Spring Festival is not allowed, so everyone focuses more on New Year's Day.

Even so, this was the first time that the concept of "New Year's Eve" was proposed. Many people found it very novel and came to watch Paramount's grand event.

Ye Luo proposed that "New Year's Eve" is not a privilege for the upper class, but a joy for the people, and everyone should participate, similar to the Spring Festival.

For this reason, although the Paramount Ballroom is reserved by Ye Luo tonight and ordinary people cannot participate, other dance halls under Ye's Dance Company are open all night and welcome guests.

All dancers are open and offer a [-]% discount on all purchases.

Tonight is also the grand celebration of the first month since the opening of Xian Lesi Ballroom. But when Sassoon came to his senses, all the guests had been lured away by Ye Luo's "New Year's Eve" stunt.

Even if he shamelessly sent people to imitate immediately, it would still be difficult to withstand the meticulous arrangements of Ye's Dance Company.

Obviously, Ye Luo has already planned on the concept of "New Year's Eve" celebrations. This New Year's Eve dance seems to be unexpected——

Ye Luo was still in another province this morning, taking the train from Fengtian back to Shanghai. He had never mentioned any similar concept before.

But anyone who understands business can tell at a glance that Ye's Dance Company must have carefully planned the entire event, which created this impeccable and grand scene of grabbing all the dance business!

Only a figure like Ye Luo could entertain important military and political figures such as Zhang Dingyao, Wen Yingxing, Dai Ji, consuls from various countries, and German military adviser Colonel Max, making the New Year's Eve party even more grand.

Dance Queen Wang Ji sang and danced at the same time, with countless pairs of eyes staring at her graceful body hungrily.

But there was only one man in her eyes.

Even though the man held his wine glass high and danced gracefully with his new wife, he didn't even look at her all night long.

She was still fascinated and crazy about it.

It only took her a few months to go from a poor girl to a Shanghai beach dancer.

During this process, countless celebrities wanted to be her guest, and some big bosses were even willing to take her in as their concubine.

She didn't agree.

Why can I still sing as heartily as I do now, when no one becomes angry because of my rejection, and why don't several dancers who were popular in Peiping die in a foreign land because of this kind of thing?
All because of him.

"I want you to be satisfied as long as you can look at me."

Wang Ji sang passionately and secretly changed the lyrics to express his feelings quietly.

Ye Luo in the audience didn't know anything about it. He put his arms around Bai Xiuzhu's slender waist. Seeing that she was sweating, he helped her go aside to rest.

At this moment, many more celebrities came up with wine glasses.

There was an endless stream of men and women discussing business, compliments, invitations, etc.

"Honey, you go and continue dancing. I'll just sit by myself for a while." Bai Xiuzhu smiled sweetly.

"Then take a rest and continue to accompany me later." Ye Luo touched her little head and walked onto the stage. Hu Die, who was wearing a fiery red dress, naturally hugged her.

The two looked at each other and walked onto the dance floor with a smile.

"It's amazing, this young man. After tonight, this so-called 'New Year's Dance' trend will become popular all over the country. It's really amazing." Zhang Dingyao said to Zhang Qun beside him with emotion.Just today, Jinling rejected his resignation application again, and Zhang Dingyao also learned about Ye Luo's unusual relationship with Song Ziwen and even the principal through rumors leaked by insiders.

Not long ago, he was invited by Zhang Hanqing to attend the flag-changing ceremony in Fengtian. He was the only southern businessman!
Various rumors spread and became more and more outrageous, but no one dared to refute them.

The rise of Ye Luo means that the once all-powerful Yongxing Company in Shanghai is about to come to an end.

Today's batch of textiles was hijacked by water bandits, which is equivalent to a death sentence for Yongxing Company.

The Verdi couple and the three tycoons of Yongxing Company were the only two big shots not present.

They are all busy chasing the goods.

"You said that batch of goods, is it possible for Ye Luo?" Zhang Qun asked in a low voice.

Zhang Dingyao raised his eyebrows, glanced at Ye Luo who was inseparable from Hu Die on the dance floor, and shook his head: "Whether it is true or not, I can only say it is impossible now. The whole country knows that he was in Fengtian yesterday, and the train will not stop all the way today When we arrived in Shanghai, Paramount held its New Year's Eve Party right after, and people are still here until now."

"I heard that the Taihu water bandits are backed by Chen Zemin and Chen Zhongfu, but those guys are useless and will be destroyed in a matter of minutes."

Zhang Qun also felt that this was not possible, but there were so many things that made him think more about Ye Luo every time.

Who made it possible for Ye Luo to surprise everyone with the two incidents involving the Nissin and Jiangan?

Zhang Zhijiang came forward to protect him, and the principal directly gave him a gold medal to avoid death. Who else among the people involved in this matter has such a big reputation?

"I heard that water bandits kidnapped Mr. and Mrs. Fan Erdi before. This time Fan's transportation and delivery happened to be retaliated." Zhang Dingyao said with a smile, "Anyway, we just cooperate with Suzhou City to suppress the bandits."

"What should I do if the goods cannot be recovered?" Zhang Qun frowned, "2000 boxes, the cost alone is more than 3000 million yuan."

"We are not the ones who are unlucky, and we will not be the ones who have headaches. Just after the anti-smoking meeting, the Jiangan ship incident occurred in Shanghai. It was finally suppressed and solved. You said that there was also a problem with the Nissin, but no one noticed it. Who do you think is the unluckiest?"

Zhang Dingyao laughed.

Zhang Qun was shocked.

The principal doesn't want to go out with electricity again.

"I understand, no matter what, just do it as a textile robbery case. It doesn't matter what the result is, just don't expose it."

Zhang Qun glanced at Zhang Dingyao, this old fox was still very powerful.

At this time on the stage.

Ye Luo opened the champagne with a bang, and the audience shouted countdown.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Happy New Year!"

"boom!"

Somewhere on a barren mountain.

Wearing a gorgeous cheongsam and smoking a lady's cigarette, the beautiful woman standing in the wind listened to the gunshots and said to someone unknown: "Happy New Year."

After a while, a red fire suddenly rose into the sky.

Part of the soot is burned and destroyed, and then the remaining residue will be collected and sent to the beach for further destruction using the "seawater immersion method."

She personally disposed of 2000 boxes of cigarettes batch by batch, leaving no chance for anyone to take advantage of them.

Following the second young master for more than ten years, Xiao Aqiao has done countless businesses, some making money and some losing money.

This time was the biggest loss.

But she was so happy doing it.

Even though she couldn't be by his side on New Year's Eve, she still smiled happily and wantonly.

(End of this chapter)