1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 7 The hard-to-get game between father and son
Returned to Shanghai after six years.

Ye Luo wandered around, driving around the British Concession first.

On November 1845, 11, the British signed the "Shanghai Land Charter" with Shanghai Road, establishing the British Concession, the first concession in modern China.

The British Concession was demarcated to the west of the Huangpu River, to the north of Yangjingbang (now Yan'an East Road), to the south of Lijiachang (now BJ East Road), and to the east of Jie Road (now Henan Middle Road).Later it expanded to Suzhou River in the north and Nicheng Bang (now XZ Middle Road) in the west.

Later, the American Concession was established. In September 1863, the British and American Concessions merged and were called the Public Concession.

Later, the Bund was now part of the British Concession, also known as the Central Area of ​​the Public Concession. It was the most prosperous area on the Bund.

As you look around, you can see various Western-style buildings emerging one after another. Landmark buildings such as the Jinling Grand Theater and the Far East Horse Racing Hall are very eye-catching. They are overcrowded every day and business is booming.

However, in the past six years, Shanghai’s business has indeed not changed much.

Ever since Lu Yongxiang led his army and was stationed here, not many people could afford to do business. Everyone was moving towards various gray industries, and there was nothing pioneering.

Ye Luo, who was well versed in the history of later generations, drove by various locations in the British Concession at this time, and could even shout out the various amazing industries that would be developed in those locations in the future.

"This will be the Shanghai Grand Theater in the future, this is the Shanghai World, over there is the Longhu Company, and this should be the future new headquarters of the Shanghai Comprehensive Savings Bank. Chen Guangfu is now worried about how to develop banking business."

Ye Luo murmured to himself while looking at the scenery.

These are the wealth codes that only he knows!
Later, SoftBank Technology CEO Masayoshi Son invested in Alibaba first and was hailed as the greatest venture capital in the 21st century.

Now, Ye Luo will replicate Sun Zhengyi's genius behavior of investing in Ali countless times and become the most famous venture capitalist in the 30s and [-]s.

Ye Luo smiled knowingly when he thought about the terrifying profits that these venture capital investments would generate for him in the future.

This is his greatest confidence.

Being calm and stable when encountering difficulties all comes from this.

After finishing the British Concession, Ye Luo will continue to move towards Shanghai County, and finally encircle the difficult French Concession and eat it up bit by bit.

What was the most important thing during the Republic of China?
It's a gun, it's power.

But it comes down to money.

Those businessmen who were oppressed by warlords and foreigners could not hold their heads high.

why?
Because the money is not enough.

If the money in your pocket is inexhaustible, every move can determine the life or death of an industry, the jobs and lives of countless people.

Just like some famous literati now, if warlords want to touch them, they have to consider the consequences.

Moreover, as long as you have enough money, arms reserves are not far away.

That is the real giant businessman.

"What a giant businessman! This guy just came back to trouble me sincerely!"

After the entertainment, Ye Yuqiao returned to Ye Mansion and as soon as he sat down, he slapped the table in anger.

The maid Xiaoli who came over with tea was startled, and she stood by the desk obediently, not daring to say a word.

"Ho ho ho! You'll know as soon as you get home, Lao Ye, don't you want your liver?" Li Shuzhen, wearing a red slim-fitting cheongsam, walked into the study room while shaking her round fan. With a sideways glance, she motioned for Xiao Li to give her the tea cup.

After seeing Xiaoli closing the door and going out, Li Shuzhen took tea and walked to the desk. She rarely said softly: "What's wrong? Who has troubled you again?"

"Who else could it be? Lu Yusheng, that bastard." Ye Yuqiao took a sip of the tea and put it back on the desk, "That little red guy was uneasy and kind-hearted, talking nonsense. It's okay now, the matter has not been decided yet, the whole situation Everyone in Shanghai knows what kind of investment company the second brother is going to open for business."

"Hey, what's the point? If they want to say it, let them do it. President of the Labor Federation, are you afraid of others making irresponsible remarks?" Li Shuzhen reached out and gave Ye Yuqiao a hammer on the back, and started again He pinched his shoulders and said, "Luoluo is so smart and can definitely succeed in anything, why don't you trust him?"

"I'm not worried about the second child." Ye Yuqiao pinched the teacup and sighed slightly, "Who in the family doesn't know that the second child is the most worry-free. I'm afraid that if he does this, General Lu will think too much."

"That's better. I'll invite General Lu's concubines to play mahjong later, and then I'll pack a few boxes of shortbread cookies for them." Li Shuzhen didn't dare to fool around when it came to Lu Yongxiang, "Why don't I pack [-] yuan first?" Ocean?"

"Fifty thousand is a bit less." Ye Yuqiao frowned.

"Then eighty-eight thousand is good. The number is more auspicious and they will be happier." Li Shuzhen pursed her lips and smiled, "Then you agree to do business with Luo Luo?"

"I never said I disagreed." Ye Yuqiao blushed and drank tea to cover up his embarrassment, "I'm afraid that if I agree too quickly, my dick will stick up to the sky, and I'll think I'm behind everything in the future. "

"Look at Boss and Qingqing, how have you spoiled them? One of them is not doing his job all day long, fighting and killing in the gang, and the other said that if he wants to pursue free love, he must marry a married man! Sooner or later, I will be pissed off by them. die."

"Okay, okay, let's drink tea to calm down the fire. Anyway, did you agree?" Li Shuzhen smiled happily.

"Yeah! I will tell him when he comes back. Don't let the news out first!" Ye Yuqiao glared at his wife.

"I understand. I'll ask the servant to help you make something to eat. I'll take care of the pastries. General Lu likes those concubines now. They can blow the air on the pillow and handle everything easily." Li Shuzhen He twisted his waist and shook his fan and left.

As soon as she walked out of the study room, she ran into Ye Luo coming towards her.

"Mom, why are you going out to play mahjong so late at night?" Ye Luo took out the checkbook and returned it to her, "Take the money with you. Remember to count me a share of the winnings."

"I know, you are the best. Every time you lose money, you can't see the figure!" Li Shuzhen stood on tiptoe and pinched his face lovingly,
"Luoluo, your dad has taken care of it."

Before leaving, Li Shuzhen blinked at Ye Luo.

Ye Luo was stunned for a moment, then woke up and walked towards the study with a smile.

Pushing the door open, Ye Yuqiao was sitting at his desk, reading a newspaper under a green banker's lamp.When Ye Luo saw the distinctive green lampshade, he felt a sense of age coming over him.

Emeralite Desk Lamp, the official English name of this desk lamp, was invented by Czechoslovak designer Harrison McFandy, who also specially applied for a patent for this emerald green lampshade.

It is said that many foreign bankers like to use it to read at night, so after it was introduced into the country, it was called the banker's desk lamp.

Nowadays, almost every tycoon must have several banker lamps in their home to show their personal taste and style.

"Dad, I'm back." Ye Luo pushed the chair in front of Ye Yuqiao and sat down.

"Well, what did you do in the afternoon?" Ye Yuqiao closed the newspaper, took out the Biluochun from his collection, and made him a cup.

"I went to the Jinling Grand Theater to listen to music." Ye Luo answered truthfully and took a sip of Biluochun. Good tea tastes good.

These days, the terrain of Shifeng Mountain is steep and can only be transported by human power. In addition, the production volume is very small, so Biluochun is regarded as an expensive luxury product, and only a few rich people and nobles can taste its deliciousness.

The high-quality Biluochun collected by Ye Yuqiao has a market price of 600 yuan per catty, which is considered a luxury among luxury goods.

In this one sip, I drank a few yuan.

And those rickshaw drivers only earn [-] or [-] cents after a hard day's work.

"Go less often in the future. If you meet someone from the Bai family, it won't be a good idea after all."

Ye Yuqiao said so, but in fact he didn't think highly of the Bai family.

Bai Xiongqi is the Minister of Finance, but he has fame but no power.

The current financial power is completely in the hands of Lu Yongxiang, and he is just a puppet on the table.

Ye Yuqiao hoped that Ye Luo's first wife would come from a wealthy family, and again she would have to be the daughter of a powerful official's first wife. Only then would she be considered a good match.

It's a pity that my family started from scratch and has no prominent background.

Neither the top wealthy families nor the families of powerful officials in the Beiyang government think highly of the Ye family.

In addition, Bai Xiong had contributed a lot to his early success, and the two families had already booked their wedding.

Bai Xiongqi now wants to use the power of the Ye family to board General Lu's boat and take himself further in the political arena.

This marriage is not easy to break off, and it's not that bad, so we can only leave it like this for now.

Ye Yuqiao's tone now was completely different from that during the day.

Ye Luo wasn't stupid either. He had already noticed this from his mother's words.

The reason why my father was so excited during the day was simply because there were so many people at the Dahua Hotel, and Bai Xiongqi had to give him enough face. If his true thoughts were spread and the Bai family knew about it, the two families would be very embarrassed.

Ye Luo himself had no intention of rejecting the marriage outright, firstly because he had been childhood sweethearts with Bai Xiuzhu since he was a child, and he also knew how charming this girl would be when she grew up.

First, because he also knew that Bai Xiongqi would rise steadily in the future and rely on the Jinling National Government to become the deputy mayor.

In his early years in Peiping, Bai Xiong rose up to serve as Prime Minister Jin Quan. Later, the struggle failed and he was transferred to Shanghai.

If he had not met Ye Yuqiao originally, he would have returned to Peiping again, waiting for the opportunity.

At that time, Bai Xiuzhu will become childhood sweethearts with Jin Yanxi, the young master of the Jin family.

But after getting to know Ye Yuqiao, and with their support, Bai Xiongqi stayed in Shanghai.

There was actually a little help from Ye Luo, but neither of them knew it.

Dad looks down on them now. It is estimated that in a few months, people will look down on the Ye family.

"If you really don't like Xiuzhu, just reject her." Ye Yuqiao no longer had any scruples when the father and son were talking alone.

"I will handle it myself. This matter is not important." Ye Luo took a sip of tea and said, "Dad, I want to talk about business."

"What business? I don't agree! You will go to work in the Hudong office for me tomorrow!" Ye Yuqiao slapped the table, blew his beard and glared.

???

This doesn't seem to be the same as the script.

Ye Luo looked down at him, then smiled inwardly.

The old man is playing hard to get.

"Dad, it's impossible to go to work. I will never go to work in this life." Ye Luo crossed his legs and looked leisurely.

"What are you going to do if you don't go to work? Are you going to live on the family income?" Ye Yuqiao didn't understand what he meant.

"I don't know anything else, so I can only do some small business to maintain this kind of life." Ye Luo continued to shake his legs.

"Snapped!"

Ye Yuqiao slapped the table again: "Then tell me what business you plan to do and why you want to do it?"

(End of this chapter)