1928: The Rise of Giants

After listening to Uncle Jiang's introduction, Ye Luo finally understood why Liu Xiang in history was able to gain a firm foothold among the many warlords in the Sichuan Army and finally nominally unified Sichuan and Chongqing Provinces.

Having an expert under his command who knew how to manage money and win over people's hearts would have been a downright blow to other warlords during the Republic of China.

But there are also "thorns" in Qing City that Liu Hangchen can't deal with——

Huang Yunye, the "Seven Masters", is known as the number one comprador in Qing City.

Huang Yun'e's father, Huang Dexuan, was engaged in business in his early years. He opened "Deheheng" in the lower half of Qing City and ran department stores, and became a well-known wealthy businessman at that time.

Later, Huang Dexuan spent a huge sum of money to buy a barren hill on Nanshan Mountain from the Xia family of the "Black Chaomen" of Nan'an Xuantan Temple, built a villa and cultivated a garden.

After Huang Dexuan's death, Huang Yunye took over and installed extensive entertainment facilities in his villa. He often invited celebrities to participate in the current trend of Qingqing City. The mountain was named "Huangshan" because of his surname.

In the original history, the Jinling National Government moved its capital to Qing City a few years later. After it became the accompanying capital, land-hugging businessmen and plutocrats like Huang Yunye naturally became the focus of the principal's attack.

After Huang Yunye's death, the "Huangshan" villa became the principal's private residence.

Huang Yunye started his career as a comprador for the British. He did everything he could to make money. He not only harmed villagers and other businessmen, but also helped foreigners invade Qingshi Customs. It was a heinous crime.

Luo Shengzhi, the number one arms dealer in Qing City who was shot nine years ago, was his sworn brother. When Luo Shengzhi was still alive at that time, Huang Yunye was the one who dominated the business community in Qing City and no one could rule him.

Last year when Liu Xiang took over Sichuan and Chongqing, Huang Yunye knew that something was not going well, so he immediately arranged various relationships, gave gifts and money, and bribed many of Liu Xiang's subordinates to avoid disaster.

When Pan Wenhua became the mayor of Qing City, he was shocked to find that Huang Yunye, backed by Thomson, the director of the Customs and Taxation Department of Qing City and the general manager of Baili Foreign Company, had already taken the business community of Qing City into his arms.

Pan Wenhua asked Liu Hangchen to clean up all walks of life in Qing City, and he soon achieved results. Only the business community controlled by Huang Yunye was unable to win.

Every time Liu Hangchen led his team to come to the door, they were blocked by Thomson and other foreigners, making it impossible to break through.

Over time, the business community in Qingshi became rotten.

No wonder the hot pot restaurant owner would rather set up a stall than let his store be associated with the business community.

Once you enter the gate of Qing City's business community, it is like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and sooner or later you will become Huang Yunye's meal!
After talking about this, Uncle Jiang went back and continued to take care of the company's affairs. What needed to be said had been said. If the second young master really wanted to confront Huang Yunye, he would have no choice but to risk his life to keep up.

Even though Ye's investment is backed by the two big mountains of Jinling National Government and Yeluo, it is still difficult to defeat Huang Yunye in Qing City.

This is why, after operating for a long time, Uncle Jiang still has not been able to really start the business of Ye's investment.

After returning to his residence, Ye Luo had just sat down and picked up the tea that Xiao Aqiao had made, when an employee came to the door in a hurry and delivered an invitation.

"Husband, this is an invitation sent by Pan Wenhua, inviting us to have dinner at Qingdu Hotel tonight."

Little Ah Qiao said to him after reading the invitation,
"Also eating together are Liu Hangchen and Lu Zuofu, whom Lao Jiang mentioned just now."

"That's good. It saves us the trouble of searching one by one." Ye Luo smiled and nodded, "Then get ready. We will take Lingjun with us for dinner later."

"I want to go too?!" Kong Lingjun, who was sitting at the desk practicing calligraphy, had sharp ears. When he heard Ye Luo's words, he suddenly became frowning and asked repeatedly.

"Why stay here if you don't go?" Ye Luo glared at her, "Since I promised your parents to discipline you well, I can't be as casual as before."

"Godmother~" Kong Lingjun rolled into little Aqiao's arms like a little raccoon, acting coquettishly while gesturing with his eyes for her to speak for him.

"You are not allowed to plead for her." Ye Luo said with a stern face, "This little girl's character has become worse and worse since she came home. If she doesn't have a bed tile for three days, she should be treated well." "Lingjun, You heard it, it's not that your godmother doesn't want to help you, it's that your teacher is determined to have you follow him and accompany him." Little Aqiao pinched the little devil's chubby cheeks and smiled helplessly.

This kind of dinner party with all the top dignitaries of the Republic of China is actually very boring.

Either they drink and brag, or they talk about politics in a pornographic manner.

For a twelve-year-old girl, it was indeed very painful.

However, Ye Luo was determined to let Kong Lingjun inherit his "business skills", regardless of her wishes.

Kong Lingjun was so angry that he made a face at Ye Luozhi, and then angrily ran outside to learn martial arts from Aunt Shi Jianqiao.

After she left, Ye Luo smiled and said: "I didn't expect that it would be quite pleasurable to squeeze a child forcibly. No wonder my parents always ignored my wishes when I was a child and insisted on me doing this and that."

"The young dragon-slaying boy finally became an evil dragon." Little Ah Qiao also pursed her lips and smiled.

"By the way, the seventh master will also come, right?" Ye Luo asked.

Little Aqiao read the invitation again, confirmed it and nodded: "I will come, and the foreign director Thomson will come too."

"That's just right. Let me meet this big man who has unified Qing City's business community for a while to see what he is capable of. He can actually make Pan Wenhua and Liu Hangchen helpless."

The corners of Ye Luo's mouth turned up slightly.

Since the three Yongxing tycoons were defeated by him, he has rarely met opponents in the business world. This sudden appearance of Huang Yunye aroused Ye Luo's interest.

I hope he can be a little more forceful so that he doesn't fall down in just a few strokes.

Qingshi at night is obviously different from other cities. There are almost no rickshaws here, and there are very few modern cars.

It’s a mountain city, and pulling a rickshaw is so exhausting!
As for cars, the road conditions here are poor, which greatly tests the quality of the cars and the driver's skills. Most people really don't dare to buy a car and ride in it.

The first car in Qingshi was the Chevrolet 1929 imported by Huang Yunye from Ye's Automobile Co., Ltd. in Shanghai in 490.

It caused a sensation at the time and attracted countless mountain people to watch.

To this day, the usual means of transportation here is still the sliding pole.

An ancient vehicle made of two strong long bamboo poles tied into a stretcher with a bamboo deck chair in the middle.

Ye Luo and Xiao Aqiao sat on the sliding pole, and the bearer carried the sliding pole up the slope, which was very comfortable as it swayed.

The two of them suddenly remembered the time when Yu Likui dragged them all over the beach.

But at that time, Ye Luo acted mischievously and deliberately let little A Qiao sit on his lap. As the rickshaw bumped, little Ye Luo kept hitting little A Qiao.

Unconsciously, three years have passed and the two have become an old married couple and have children of their own.

Every time she thinks about the past, Xiao Aqiao feels like she is in another world.

Three years ago, I would never have imagined that one day I would be able to go to Qing City with him on a skateboard to meet the big shots! (End of chapter)