1928: The Rise of Giants

A few days after sending little Ah Qiao off to the north at Shanghai Bund Railway Station, Ye Luo took people to Shiliupu Pier to prepare to welcome Huixin and Ye Qingqing who had returned from the United States.

Also accompanying him were Yu Qiaqing, vice president of the Southern General Chamber of Commerce, as well as mayor Zhang Qun and vice mayor Bai Xiongqi.

These three people came specifically to support Hui Xin, which shows the importance of Hui Xin in the eyes of the Kuomintang military and political circles.

The first time she came to Shanghai, Huixin came as the heir of the Dewitt Bookett family. At that time, she was known as Rose Dewitt Bookett. She was a famous pregnant widow who caused a stir in all walks of life in the south. After a period of investment in U.S. stocks.

At that time, they all only knew that she came from a wealthy family in the United States, and was engaged in the securities business that everyone envied. Her husband had died, and she had tens of millions of assets in her hands. Countless foreigners and Chinese came to kneel and lick her.

In fact, she was just a Chinese widow who was selected by Ye Luo and once had problems with food and clothing in New York's Chinatown!
And now, for the second time, Huixin is not only the vice president of Livermore Group, but also the only Chinese-American female senator in the U.S. Senate!

In the United States, two houses and one law are the highest organs of power comparable to the power of the president. Among them, the Senate, known as the upper house, gathers the elites of the United States and has greater power.

Considering the current friendly relations between the United States and the Republic of China, Zhang Qun and others would naturally be happy to come over to flatter and gain favor with such a big shot.

"Is this senator really that powerful?" Bai Xiongqi asked Ye Luo in a low voice. It was really difficult to connect the noble lady who came to Shanghai to invest in Shanghai with the top powerful person.

He did know that Huixin's daughter Li Siye had been fostered in the Ye family. He always felt that this was the child of Ye Luo and Huixin, but the time couldn't match it.

Yu Qiaqing and Zhang Qun also came over to listen.

They don't know much about the power system of the United States, and they also have the intention of joining the party this time.

In short, they have to try their best to flatter this woman, but they are afraid that the flattery will not hit the mark, but will arouse the disgust of the other party.

After all, after the last time she came to Shanghai, Huixin went to the United States with a large amount of money. The stock market business was doing well at first, but later she had conflicts with Ye Luo and the important military and political officials here, and finally parted ways.

Although the result was that Huixin's Hongxing United Group was acquired by the Bank of New York, Ye Luo successfully left, and the military and political officials lost all their money, they felt that Huixin would definitely feel a little bad about the company because of this incident.

This is also the core point that the party leader emphasized in the telegram and asked them to pay attention to -

Don't make this woman angry again.

Because now she is backed by the U.S. government, and she is also the wife of Livermore, the biggest beneficiary of the U.S. stock bubble!

Regardless of the status, it is enough to cause huge waves internationally.

At least on the principal's side, Huixin's importance is much higher than that of Zhang Qun, Bai Xiongqi and others!

"It's not that big." Ye Luo explained with a smile, "In the United States, the power of the president is not absolute. His appointment, dismissal and personnel selection must be approved by both houses. The House of Representatives, which has the larger number of people, has the power to impeach the president, but Whether the impeachment is successful or not depends on the Senate!”

"In addition, the Senate can also influence the appointment and removal of the president and the president of the Supreme Court. There are only a hundred such people in the United States. Do you think they have great power?"

Ye Luo glanced at them, the three of them were horrified.

Although one hundred people may seem like a lot, based on the total number of people in the United States, the probability is one in millions.

His natural status and power are much higher than those of the middle and high-level members of the Kuomintang such as Bai Xiongqi and Zhang Qun.

Moreover, the United States is now the world's most powerful country, and its highest authority is even higher than the heads of most countries! For example, the top leaders of countries such as Japan and South Korea have to be respectful when meeting with American senators!

After a while, the ship finally arrived in Shanghai.

This ship belongs to the former Steamship Merchants Company, now Ye's Shipping Company, and its tonnage is considered a world-class ship. However, this time it only escorted Hui Xin and a few people, which shows that the Republic of China attached great importance to her.

Wearing a dress and a lady's gauze hat, the graceful and plump Huixin stepped off the ship step by step.

Behind her, Ye Qingqing and Ye Yuan, who were also dressed in a fashionable style, also disembarked. Ye Qingqing was holding a pink and jade-carved baby in his arms, which looked to be only four or five months old.

Ye Luo's eyes widened. How come they both had a baby in the United States after not seeing each other for a year?
Have you upgraded to uncle? !
Several people got off the boat, and the reception staff on Zhang Qun's side immediately gathered around to help get their luggage and other items. The young and beautiful Ye Qingqing ran to Ye Luo with the child in her arms, shook the baby's hand and said with a smile: "Look, look, look , Pretty, second brother?”

"Well, male or female? How many months have it been?" Ye Luo subconsciously reached out to get the red envelope, but then he realized that it was still outside and stopped quickly.

"Almost six months, girl." Ye Qingqing replied with a smile.

"Congratulations to Miss Third. This child is so beautiful. She looks a bit like the Second Young Master between her eyebrows." Yu Qiaqing also came up to say hello.

"Of course. Didn't you see that Qingqing and A'luo are very similar? They are both handsome. It seems that the Ye family has good genes." Bai Xiongqi laughed.

"Mayor Bai, this is not my child, she is Mrs. Livermore's daughter!"

Ye Qingqing blinked his eyes as if his evil plan had succeeded, and said something shocking, which immediately frightened everyone.

Zhang Qun, who was still chatting with Hui Xin over there, almost fell down with fright!
After finally getting into a conversation with this aloof lady, she seemed reluctant to chat with officials from the Republic of China, which made Zhang Qun extremely distressed.

After all the hard work, Zhang Qun finally got the indifferent Hui Xin to say a few more words. Unexpectedly, something happened directly over there!
Bai Xiongqi and Yu Qiaqing said that Huixin's daughter looked like Ye Luo, but that was her and Jesse Livermore's child. Isn't this a face-turning mockery?

"This, this" Yu Qiaqing, who was always eloquent, was also stuck, and trouble came from his mouth.

For a moment, he couldn't think of any good words to close this loophole, so he had to cry and ask Ye Luo for help.

Ye Luo was also surprised and looked at Huixin, only to find that she was secretly smiling slyly at him, her brows filled with requests for credit and praise.

It seems that this is really his own child.

He and Huixin separated in December 1929, more than a year had passed, and the last time they had sex was on the night of her wedding to Livermore in November.

After calculating the time, it’s almost the same.

I just didn't expect that Huixin would go through ten months of pregnancy again alone, and even raised her daughter alone for almost six months without telling her.

"President Yu, Mayor Bai, do you really think Marilyn looks like the second young master?" Hui Xin walked over, took her daughter from the hands of the smirking Ye Qingqing, and looked at the two of them with a smile. .

The two of them were instantly petrified, feeling like no answer could be given. (End of chapter)