1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 46
Zhang Honglu's sudden fainting interrupted the press conference for a while.

A group of bigwigs in the Chinese business community were in a hurry, pinching people and shouting loudly, but they could not wake up Zhang Honglu.

In the end, Ye Luo watched the medical staff from the concession hospital next door carry the stubborn old man away on a stretcher, and Fu Xiao'an and the others also left the living room dejectedly, not wanting to continue to embarrass themselves here.

As a Chinese businessman, Ye Luo showed his talents in the automobile industry and broke the myth of the monopoly of foreign companies. In the end, he was questioned and ridiculed by a group of members of the General Chamber of Commerce who were also Chinese businessmen.

Now it is a group of foreigners who are staying at the press conference to continue watching, which is very disappointing.

After the farce, Ye Luo began to answer questions from journalists from all walks of life.

Everyone is very interested in the Chevrolet 490's sales miracle. After learning the results, some people began to trace the source and wanted to understand how Yeluo created this miracle.

Ye Luo didn't care about himself, and told the story truthfully and generously.

Anyway, after the car explodes, there is no way to hide these things. There will always be interested people to review and speculate. It is better to announce it directly and create a wave of momentum for yourself.

"Mr. Ye, why did you choose a General Motors car in the first place? As far as I know, General Motors is on the verge of bankruptcy in the United States, and the Chevrolet 490 is also a model that has been eliminated long ago." A reporter raised his hand to ask.

Compared with Ye Luo's genius advertising ideas and business awareness of accurately targeting customer groups, most people are actually more curious about why he was able to fall in love with General Motors at a glance.

"This question is very interesting. Before answering, I would like to ask, do you know the name of my company?" Ye Luo asked with a smile.

The reporter was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Do you want to say, Ye's Investment Company?"

"That's right!" Ye Luo nodded with satisfaction. This reporter was quite smart. "Ye's Automobile Company is just one of the industries I acquired and invested in. In addition, I also invested in Liangyou Pictorial. The so-called investment, It is to spend money in advance to acquire some companies that you are optimistic about. Maybe they are not well-known now, but if they make achievements in the future, they can prove the uniqueness of your vision. In fact, it is also commonly known as 'partnership' to do business. This is what I went back to Shanghai to do. One of the things I really want to do in the end.”

The concept of investment has existed since ancient times, but this is the first time that Ye Luo has put it forward in such a systematic and logical way.

"My choice of General Motors is just what you see. In fact, I carefully observed various situations of this company during my studies in the United States."

Ye Luo talked eloquently and quoted scriptures. Anyway, the results were achieved and the process was correct no matter what.

The reporters below listened with great interest and were greatly shocked. After listening to it, they felt that it contained a lot of wisdom in the business world. It was not what they thought. It was the blind cat Ye Luo who got lucky and made a fortune.

A group of celebrities below were also stunned by him and began to really take the so-called investment business seriously.

Ye Luo talked a lot about this, but he actually wanted to stand out in front of these powerful figures in Shanghai.

The shadow of the tree of names.

He tried his best to set up an independent investment company, cut off from the Ye Family Labor Association, and deliberately broke with the General Chamber of Commerce, and then made his name known in front of others.

The purpose is to smoothly take advantage of the various benefits of the golden decade after the Northern Expedition!

He was extremely familiar with this period of history.

Looking at the current situation, everyone, without exception, will feel that it is the end of the Feng faction and the spring of other forces.

Indeed, if the dispute between the north and the south cannot be truly victorious, then Jinling's focus will always be on how to expand northward and how to achieve the goal of nominal unification.

Therefore, they don't have much energy to manage the situation in Shanghai. The most they can do is to ask for donations from the business community under various names to fill military resources and support their Northern Expedition.

If the north is defeated, then the remaining forces of the Feng clan will be wiped out, but that's all.

But if nominal unification is completely achieved.

Then Jinlingfang will turn his attention to the largest city in the Far East next to the capital and consider how to develop it into his own pocket!
By then, even forces from all walks of life that have nothing to do with Beiyang will never escape a round of liquidation.

The best example is the General Chamber of Commerce, which will be completely disbanded next year!
Only after the warlord forces and the old forces in the business community are cleared away can a series of new policies be implemented smoothly.

By then, whether it is policies with practical significance such as "supporting domestic products" and "recovering tariff autonomy" or the "Greater Shanghai Plan" that Jinling is trying to build, a large number of emerging businessmen will be needed.

These businessmen are different from the past. There are no warlords dictating them, and there are no old-school forces making endless noises!
Although the so-called golden decade is not really a good time, for Ye Luo, it is the best time to develop his own business empire!
It's just that before the assassination in June, his various behaviors would have seemed out of place in the eyes of others.

It doesn't matter.

When the time is right, it will be his time to harvest everything.

Ye Luo continued to smile and answer various questions one by one.

The rich knowledge he displayed, his genius business acumen, and his relatively good relationship with foreigners made Zhang Dingyao nod frequently in the audience.He had heard what the principal meant.

The future plans for Shanghai Beach have actually been finalized.

It's just that we are still in the Northern Expedition period, and these plans cannot be implemented immediately.

But no matter what time, Zhang Dingyao is happy to see the rise of new business tycoons, instead of facing those tough and tough-tongued old men who have already carved up Shanghai.

"I have one last question, Mr. Ye." Chen Ruiqiong also came this time. Her report on the charity gala became popular again, nearly doubling the declared sales, but troubles also followed one after another. Her report was quite inflated. Ye Luo meant to belittle the General Chamber of Commerce, so he was harassed by people from the three tycoons.

Fortunately, the report had connections with Jinling. The editor-in-chief asked her not to deliberately smear the General Chamber of Commerce in subsequent reports and to pay attention to her words, so she was allowed to continue working.

Chen Ruiqiong doesn't care about this.

In her eyes, the authenticity of the report is more important than anything else.

And Ye Luo also fulfilled what he said in the interview that day, which she admired very much.

"Excuse me, Ms. Chen." Ye Luo smiled and nodded.

Finding that Ye Luo remembered him, Chen Ruiqiong's cheeks turned slightly red, then he coughed and continued: "You just said that Chevrolet 490 sold 439 units, so there should be a lot of inventory. Why didn't you continue to sell, but chose to temporarily What about suspension of sale?”

This is also where others get confused.

Since they are selling so well, why not strike while the iron is hot and clear them all in one fell swoop?
"Of course the Chevrolet 490 will continue to be sold, and a new batch of cars will arrive in Shanghai on the 20th. As everyone knows, I bought 2000 cars from General Motors, and of course I will work hard to sell them all."

Ye Luo said with a smile, and the reporters below also chuckled.

Compared with the serious attitude of many people when being interviewed, Ye Luo's relaxed and humorous tone is more popular.

"But I have said before that I bought so many Chinese car dealers not just to sell cars. We want to do the car rental business! These cars are reserved for car rental." Ye Luo said, looking at the audience, his eyes Looking directly into the eyes of Galt, "I hope that in the future the Chevrolet 490 will not only be used by people who can afford it, but also those who need a car but are temporarily unable to buy it, can also get the same benefits by leasing our cars." Joy and pleasure.”

"President Galt said that the automobile business should be managed jointly by Chinese and foreign businessmen in order to be more prosperous. I deeply agree with this. The Automobile Traders Federation has accepted our Ye's Automobile Company, which is also a support for our automobile business. Am I right? President Galt.”

Ye Luo looked at him with a smile.

Ever since the Chevrolet 490 became popular, Yeluo will have irreconcilable conflicts with the automobile business.

At first, they all felt that Ye Luo was overestimating his abilities and laughed it off.

But soon, they will find that this Chinese is trying to grab food from the tiger's mouth and wants to compete head-on with them!
At this time, a brutal fight over the car business in Shanghai was unavoidable.

In this case, Ye Luo certainly would not choose to sit still and wait for death.

Taking the initiative and declaring war is his style!

Hearing these words, Galt, who had long been unhappy with the sales of the Chevrolet 490, became even more angry. But with so many reporters here, it was he who personally agreed to incorporate Ye's Motor Company into the Automobile Trade Association and recognized it and his own. A specification from Yunfei Company.

There’s no way to deny it!
He could only snort and nod in acquiescence.

Reporters originally thought that the Chevrolet 490's sales and donations were the biggest highlights of today's press conference, but they didn't expect that Ye Luo would drop such a bombshell near the end!
Chen Ruiqiong, who put forward the fuse, was even more stunned. It wasn't until others started taking photos frantically that she came to her senses. She quickly bowed to express her gratitude, sat down, and immediately started writing furiously.

Zhang Dingyao's eyes lit up in the audience. The foreigners around him were talking about this matter and were quite shocked.

In his many years in Shanghai, this is the first time he has seen Chinese businessmen dare to engage in commercial war with foreign businessmen head-on.

Regardless of victory or defeat, under today's national conditions, he admired this young man's courage and courage.

The dispute between the North and the South is a family matter, and the foreigners who have been bullying the Chinese are foreign enemies.

It is rare to see Chinese people with such backbone who dare to declare war on foreign enemies!

Zhang Dingyao stood up and took the lead in applauding, and naturally all the Chinese people who were still in the living room followed him.

There was thunderous applause for a while, and Galt's face became increasingly ugly.

Declare war on yourself?
Does this Chinese really think that those shabby General Motors can compete with his exquisite Yunfei Company?
Simply ridiculous!
(End of this chapter)