1928: The Rise of Giants

January 1930, the 11th year of the Republic of China (2).

"Dad, Dad, look at my paper airplane!" Li Siye, wearing braids and a cotton-padded jacket, held Ye Luo's leg with one hand, while the other held up the paper airplane that was about to fall apart.

Li Siye, who is also over one year old, is crazier than her brother Ye Zhuohua. After she can talk and walk, she runs around like a crazy girl all day long, scurrying around mischievously, and runs away every time she is caught by Xiaoli. Go and move Bai Xiuzhu's reinforcements.

Not long ago, Hui Xin successfully ran for the first Chinese-American female senator in the United States by relying on Ye Luo's money and influence!
In the original history, the first Chinese-American female congressman successfully elected was named Zhao Meixin, who became a California federal representative in 2009.

The United States implements a federal system plus a bicameral system. The Congress has the highest legislative power, the president is the highest executive of the administrative system, and the federal courts have the highest judicial power. The Congress also includes the Senate with a total of 100 people and the House of Representatives with a total of 435 people. .

Congress advertises to the outside world that there is no substantial difference in power or status between the Senate and the House of Representatives.

But in fact, the senators represent the upper class of society in the United States. They serve for a term of up to six years and have only 100 members. They are called the "Upper House" and have a series of supreme powers such as the president's power to approve personnel appointments, while the representatives represent the states. The majority of the people, with a two-year term and 435 members, is called the "House of Commons" according to the proportion of the number of states. It has certain powers.

In other words, these 100 senators are equivalent to the highest level of power in American politics!

Even in later generations, no Chinese could enter the Senate and become a senator.

Huixin can be said to have set a precedent in history, benefiting from the huge influence of Yip's investment in the United States and the terrorist financing capabilities of YB Bank during the financial crisis.

Of course, Xiao Siye didn't know that her mother was so powerful. She had been raised by Bai Xiuzhu since she was a child. She was very close to Bai Xiuzhu and would run to her whenever something happened.

During the recent period, Ye Luo has been staying at home and often plays with brothers and sisters Li Siye, Ye Zhuohua, Ye Hao and Ye He, and he quickly became familiar with these children.

Ye Luo smiled and folded the paper airplane for her again. He breathed a sigh of relief and threw it out. The paper airplane flew several meters away and landed on Xu Zhimo who was walking towards him.

"Dad is so awesome! Dad is so awesome!" Li Siye clapped her hands and cheered loudly, jumping up and down to pick up the paper airplane, but without paying attention, she bumped into Xu Zhimo's thigh.

She covered her forehead and immediately put away her temper when she saw outsiders, and greeted politely: "Hello, Uncle Xu~"

"Hello, Xiao Siye~ Why did your paper plane crash?" Xu Zhimo liked this smart and cute little guy very much, and admired Ye Luo's willingness to help Huixin raise this child.

"Zhimo, why are you free to come here today?" After Ye Luo returned to Shanghai, he continued to massage Lu Xiaoman's body and treat stomach problems. Because of the outstanding results and Lu Xiaoman's liking for him, he gradually alienated the spare tire Weng Ruiwu and Xu. The relationship between Zhimo also gradually warmed up.

Xu Zhimo completely resigned from his job in Peking and returned to Shanghai.

"It's not Xiaoman. She heard that you were running a textile factory, so she wanted me to ask if she could get some shares." Xu Zhimo was a little embarrassed and hesitated, "You know, now She is bored at home."

During the Central Plains War, Lu Xiaoman had conflicts with Tang Ying and others over the production and sale of cheongsam. In addition, she was lazy and playful and often did not come to work in the company. Tang Ying fired Lu Xiaoman in anger.

Later, when she came back to her senses, Tang Ying felt that this was too bad, so she asked Feng Chengcheng and Jiang Meiying to come over and make peace, but Lu Xiaoman refused.

The two faced off in court. In the end, Yunshang Clothing compensated Lu Xiaoman 20 yuan, and Ye's Clothing compensated Lu Xiaoman 12 yuan. So far, Lu Xiaoman has completely severed ties with these two companies.

A few months ago, Ye Luo returned to Shanghai after saying harsh words in Jinling. Lu Xiaoman came to apologize and insisted on returning the 120,000 yuan to Hu Die, but finally let it go.

Ye Luo did not pay attention to the trivial matters of these women, but knew that because of this, Lu Xiaoman had a rift with their circle and stopped playing together.

Now that several months have passed, she has probably spent all the money again. She wants to continue to make some money with Ye Luo, but she is too shy to mention it, so she sends Xu Zhimo, a vanguard, to intercede.

It was because Xu Zhimo loved her so deeply that he came to ask for work shamelessly. "It's time for dinner, let's have something together, and we'll talk while eating." Ye Luo and Xu Zhimo knew each other since they were students. At that time, Lu Xiaoman was in her prime and was the goddess of a group of male students. She and he were also brother and sister. The relationship is excellent.

In Ye Luo's perception, Lu Xiaoman is a restless woman. She is a bit lazy and a bit vain, but she is still a good person at heart. She is the kind of "green tea" who can't play well with girls but has a good relationship with boys. ”, actually it’s not a big problem.

Therefore, if he could help her, Ye Luo would do his best for the sake of friendship and Xu Zhimo's face.

But this matter involved Tang Ying and the others, and their thoughts and feelings had to be taken into consideration, so Ye Luo did not agree immediately.

Sitting at the dinner table, Xu Zhimo couldn't help but feel extremely envious and admired when he saw a group of warblers and swallows surrounding Ye Luo but in perfect harmony.

He felt that Ye's family was much better than his own, and Ye Luo's wives and concubines, all of whom were not economical lamps, could live in such harmony in Ye Mansion, while he couldn't handle even one of his wives, which was really embarrassing.

It's quite funny to say that Xu Zhimo is the most innocent one compared to his friends.

After he married Lu Xiaoman, he never messed with other women again.

On the contrary, Hu Shi, Liang Qiushi, Gu Weijun and others, although they did not take concubines, they all had lovers in private.

The reason why he was criticized for his marriage was simply because he abandoned his wife and son for Lu Xiaoman, which made people think he was heartless and unjust.

In fact, if he had not divorced his first wife Zhang Youyi and continued to maintain a relationship as husband and wife while dating Lu Xiaoman secretly, no one would say anything.

"By the way, Aluo, thank you for what happened to my uncle. I'd like to toast you." Xu Zhimo raised his glass.

When he went to Jinling, Ye Luo also begged for Jiang Baili's favor.

However, the principal's attitude was ambiguous and he did not explicitly release him, but it made him feel a little better.

Ye Luo's words made his life much easier, and also made Xu Zhimo feel more admired.

"This matter involves the dispute between Ning and Guangdong, otherwise Mr. Baili should not be unable to get out." Ye Luo sighed.

The so-called Ningyue dispute refers to the battle between the Jinling principal faction and the Jiangcheng Hu Hanmin faction. The reason why Jiang Baili was imprisoned was for supporting Tang Shengzhi, the core general of the Cantonese faction, to rebel against Chiang. This was an act that touched the bottom line of the principal. No wonder he was punished so miserably.

In two months' time, the principal will play a dirty trick and set up a trap to put Hu Hanmin under house arrest.

However, this behavior caused the principal to stir up a hornet's nest. Someone Wang took the opportunity to cause trouble and gathered the so-called "supporting Hu faction" to form a new government in Jiangcheng, which caused an uproar and huge momentum.

He played the political battle very well this time and forced the principal to resign!
However, the Japanese invaders broke out on September 18th during this period, forcing the Kuomintang to abandon their old grudges. The principal took the opportunity to return to power and avoid this turmoil.

Jiang Baili was involved in this kind of political struggle, and the principal wanted to shoot him. If Ye Luo hadn't interceded, his head might have been hung at the city gate.

It is understandable that Xu Zhimo came here to express his gratitude.

After talking about Jiang Baili, Ye Luo talked about the new business to be done in the near future - a textile factory, which was also the core purpose of Xu Zhimo's trip. (End of chapter)