1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 303 Spring Festival Ban
Xu Zhimo is worthy of being a university professor. He has a strong ability to accept and adapt to new things. As soon as he got the Yip's permanent brand 28-inch flat bike from Ye Luo, he quickly started riding it.

It was his first time riding a bicycle, but he learned surprisingly quickly.

This reminded Ye Luo of Puyi, the current deposed emperor of the Qing Dynasty. In order to learn to ride a bicycle, this guy even asked the eunuchs and maids to smooth all the thresholds of his residence to make it easier for him to shuttle around, but in the end he kept falling and failed to learn.

When thinking of Puyi, we have to mention that he later listened to the Japanese invaders' lies and went to Manchukuo to become a puppet emperor again. He can be called the modern version of "Murong Fu".

His younger brother Pujie also took a wife named Tang Yiying, who was a playboy, and almost sold out all his belongings!

Here Xu Zhimo has almost mastered the skills of the bicycle. He pushed the bicycle and promised to help Ye Luo promote this imported product among the progressive student groups.

After finishing the matter, Ye Luo stopped staying for a long time and said goodbye to Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman, preparing to return to Ye Mansion.

Lu Xiaoman dressed up and wanted to stay with Ye Luo for dinner, but failed. She couldn't invite him shamelessly and could only watch Ye Luo leave.

After seeing the Rolls-Royce drive away, she turned to look at the bicycle pushed by Xu Zhimo, and then thought about the luxury car that had just left. She snorted coldly in her nose and gave Xu Zhimo a look, which made the great poet With a look of confusion and confusion, he quickly pushed the cart and chased after him.

After leaving Siming New Village, Ye Luo rushed to the Ye's Radio Factory, which he had not been to for a long time.

The three brothers Su Guoguo are still working tirelessly on the research and development and use of radio and other communication equipment. With the financial support of Ye's investment, the factory that has been losing money for many years no longer needs to consider money issues.

After a series of incidents such as the massacre in the provincial capital of Shandong Province, Ye's Radio quickly gained fame and became another media medium that was highly sought after and loved by the public after Shenbao and the News.

Relying on the profits of Yip's Radio Station, Yip's Radio Factory barely managed to support itself. Although its life was not as good as other Yip's subsidiaries, it was still far better than most Chinese businessmen.

Yelo and Max worked together to promote the Hua-German military cooperation project. The second important sub-project was the development of electronic equipment. Dozens of German experts in this field flooded into the electronics factory, bringing new ideas, technologies and equipment to the electronics factory. Brought here, Ye's Radio Factory moved forward at an incredible speed.

In the industrial development plan formulated by Yip Luo, Yip's Radio Factory will also expand three electrical appliance manufacturing plants, five light bulb and vacuum tube factories, five battery factories and ten battery cell factories.

It is scheduled to produce 2 light bulbs, 1 vacuum tubes, and 2000 large and small broadcast radio sets annually to supplement domestic demand.

In terms of production, we also shifted from imported German raw materials to independent production and independent processing.

In the process of industrial development, the construction of the electronic equipment industry is extremely important.

However, due to the insufficient industrial capacity of the National Government, Ye Luo could not become a big fat man in one breath, and could only lower the predetermined production targets again and again to meet the minimum demand.

Everyone knows that Ye Luo is engaged in cooperative projects with great success. According to the past situation, most of these projects have false reputations, and the people inside are trying to make money crazily. In the end, they make a mess, and then use the foreigners as a shield to let the National Government just You can hold your nose and swallow your anger and let the Ministry of Finance wipe your butt.

But as time went by, Song Ziwen and others gradually realized that Ye Luo was really working on the project and was not trying to make money. This made them feel a little uneasy while being shocked.

Although electronic equipment is extremely useful, it is not profitable for businessmen at all. The supporting industrial chain and market have not emerged at all. Yeluo has so many electronic equipment that cannot be sold. After being put into production, it is equivalent to selling at a loss, which is puzzling.

Everyone knew about this situation, but Ye Luo did it very happily and attentively. Even the principal and his wife found it a bit baffling.Amidst such confusion and doubts, the Spring Festival of 1929 came quietly.

February 2th is New Year's Eve. A few days ago, Ye Luo took a group of women to the department store to buy various New Year's goods, Spring Festival couplets, red lanterns, etc.

As the New Year approaches, the flow of people in the public concessions gradually becomes thinner. Foreigners do not have the habit of celebrating the Chinese Spring Festival, and they shuttle to various entertainment venues as usual.

The entrance of Ye Mansion was very festively decorated. The old housekeeper directed the servants to hang red lanterns high on both sides, and affixed couplets specially purchased by Bai Xiuzhu——

First couplet: Prosperous wealth and abundance
Second line: good luck and good fortune.
Horizontal batch: Fumen Hongyun

With wealth comes good luck, and wealth goes to Ye Luo, good luck goes to everyone in the Ye family, and good luck goes to the elder brother who is an official.

Ye Luo originally thought that Bai Xiuzhu, who was born as a eldest lady, was not proficient in these matters, but he did not expect that she not only took it seriously, but also did it very well.

There are many various shops opened by Chinese businessmen near Ye Mansion, but their luck is not so good.

A group of young men wearing red sleeve bands were like hounds searching for prey. When they saw a closed shop, they immediately rushed over and broke down the door!
"Bang bang bang!"

"Open the door! Open the door! If you don't open the door, we will seal the store!"

After knocking on the door several times without getting a response, these young people knew that the boss and the store clerks had returned to the county or suburbs to celebrate the New Year, so the store closed inexplicably in February.

The young man at the head glared at the clothing store and waved his hand: "Affix a seal and seal it immediately. We will come back after a while and ask the boss to pay the fine. Let's go to the next store!"

After he finished speaking, several young men carrying small buckets filled with paste swarmed over, dipped their brushes in the paste, took out the seals and sealed the clothing store.

The seal is signed by Department D of the National Government in Shanghai Bund City Hall.

After affixing the seal, these people rushed to the next house, doing the same thing again.

Soon, some members of the team noticed the extremely festive Ye Mansion decorated in bright red. Several young people quickly ran over with angry faces and knocked on the door of Ye's house that had just been closed.

"Who is it, so early in the morning?" The old housekeeper opened the door and said to the group of young people with red sleeves, "Keep your voice down, keep your voice down, my ladies and gentlemen are still sleeping."

"The action team of Department D of the Nationalist Government in Shanghai Bund City Hall. I am Inspector Liu He." The young man at the door puffed up his chest, "Don't you know the regulations of the Nationalist Government? There will be no holidays during the Spring Festival, and all shops must be open. , people are not allowed to celebrate the New Year with great fanfare! Why do you want to disobey the government order?"

"Oh, Spring Festival ban." The old housekeeper suddenly realized, and then pointed to the plaque above his head.

Before he could say anything, the captain of the action team headed by him ran over like a firecracker and slapped the young man named Liu He several times!

(End of this chapter)