1928: The rise of giant merchants

"Extra number! Extra number!"

"The second young master of the Ye family of the Federation of Labor has purchased Xiangsheng Automobile Co., Ltd. for 50,000 yuan!"

Last night, Ye Luo took advantage of the situation and rested in her boudoir after Xiao Aqiao poured out everything from her mouth.

Early this morning, Ye Luo felt refreshed. After eating the breakfast brought by Feng Rou, he stomped downstairs and left Fengming Tower.

Before I even got on the bus, I saw a barefooted little newsboy with a rag bag slung across his body, waving the newspaper in his hand and selling fresh newspapers on the street corners.

"Kid, how much does a newspaper cost?" Ye Luo waved to him.

Good guy, it’s really fast.

As soon as he woke up, Zhou Xiangsheng spread the news all over the sky.

These days, newspapers are indeed the fastest way to deliver news.

Newsboys hawked newspapers and shuttled through the streets. In order to sell as many newspapers as possible and get commissions, they would put the most important and explosive news in the first sentence when shouting, similar to the very famous UC shock department in later generations!

Even if you don't buy the newspaper, the news will be heard.

"Master, the declaration fee is four and a half cents per report, the newspaper is three cents per copy, and the other newspapers are two and a half cents." Seeing the business coming, the little newsboy smiled and came up with a quote.

"Okay, here's a declaration and a newspaper." Ye Luo touched his pocket, took out all the dozen copper coins, put them all into his hand and said with a smile, "No need to look for them."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The little newsboy grasped the copper coin and kept bowing.

The money Ye Luo gave was enough to buy five or six newspapers.

After getting in the car, Ye Luo sighed slightly as he watched the little newsboy jumping away happily.

Newsboys are generally children from poor families or children from other places who work part-time to earn a living. Some of them have no fathers or mothers, and some of them are from poor families. In order to save enough money to go to school, they go out every day and sell newspapers in the sun and the wind, and it takes several days to do so. Make enough money.

I looked back at Fengming Tower. It was brightly lit in the middle of the night. It was closed in the morning and would not reopen until 12 noon.

Now there are countless wealthy squires from Shanghai lying inside, who got drunk in Wenwen Village overnight, and brought a net income of several hundred yuan to Ye Luo in one night.

The wine and meat in Zhumen stinks, and the roads are freezing to death.

Flicking through the newspapers, Ye Luo discovered that his acquisition of Xiangsheng Automobile Co., Ltd. had been reported by several well-known newspapers.

What’s interesting is that both small and medium-sized newspapers like Xinxin News and leading newspapers such as Shenbao and Xinwen have uniformly put this matter on the headlines of their own business sections.

Now newspapers mean the right to speak in the media.

This headline position is usually sold as advertising space.

Large newspapers such as Shenbao and Xinxin generally cost 80 yuan for this kind of advertising space, while small and medium-sized newspapers such as Xinxin News cost 50 yuan.

From the looks of it, this piece of news bought the headlines of the business pages of all newspapers and periodicals. This must not have been done by Zhou Xiangsheng.

"Lu Yusheng, Lu Yusheng, you really put a lot of effort into flattering me." Ye Luo sneered. This cost a thousand yuan. The three tycoons are indeed very wealthy.

Among the three tycoons, Huo Tianhong is deep in the city and can endure; Zhang Wanlin is courageous and dark-hearted; Lu Yusheng has a bright mind and many ideas.

The day before yesterday, little Ah Qiao ran into trouble at the Ministry of Industry Bureau. It must be Zhang Wanlin who was behind the trouble. This guy was born as a gangster and only knew how to do bad things like chickens and dogs.

What happened today was Lu Yusheng’s handiwork.

He was not optimistic about his own business as a taxi company. If he were replaced by Zhang Wanlin, that idiot, he would definitely block Ye Luo's acquisition of the Chinese automobile company. But Lu Yusheng was different. Since he was sure that he would fail, he would secretly praise himself.

Ye Luo likes this kind of person.

Cleverness is misled by cleverness!

It actually saved him a lot of money.

After reading the business section, Ye Luo looked at other sections.

The battle between the north and the south has been intermittent, and this month has entered a brief ceasefire negotiation period. Many people think that the Jinling Warlords will temporarily cease their activities, and that the leader of the Beiyang Warlords in the north, Marshal Zhang, will be stable for a while.

Let's fight, it will always be the ordinary people who suffer.

The war continued, and it was difficult for the affected areas to develop. Many wealthy businessmen took their wealth and either fled to Peking and Tianjin, or went south to Shanghai and Jinling.

But even in these four major cities, no one dares to settle down and do business.

The person who ate this first bite of crab was Ye Luo!

Ye Luo drove back to Ye Mansion, and when he stopped the car, he saw Xiaoli rushing out: "Second Young Master! Second Young Master! You are back!"

"Every day is full of excitement, Xiaoli, you can't get married like this." Ye Luo teased Xiaoli, got out of the car slowly and locked the door, "Tell me, what big thing happened again?"

"Let me count, Second Young Master. One, two, three." Xiaoli, who was wearing a three-piece light-colored coat and culottes, counted with her fingers seriously, then raised her head and said, "There are three big things!"

"Okay, let's talk while we walk." Ye Luo took off his suit jacket and threw it to Xiaoli, and walked into Ye Mansion amidst the bows of the servants.

Xiaoli's suit jacket suddenly covered her head. There was a height difference of more than thirty centimeters between her and Ye Luo, and the suit jacket almost covered her.

"Second Young Master, you are so tall." Xiaoli hugged her clothes and hurriedly ran to follow. "This morning, the Ministry of Industry and Industry Bureau sent a telegram. Second Young Master, your approval document has arrived. There is also a call from the British Consulate General in Shanghai. , saying that I want to invite you to eat Western food at Licha Restaurant."

"Oh? Is it Consul General Barton?" Ye Luo came to the living room and happened to see his father's three concubines and Ye Qingqing playing mahjong.

"It's not the Consul General, it's someone called, called." The foreigner's name was too difficult to pronounce. The more anxious Xiaoli became, the more she couldn't remember it. She was so anxious that she stamped her feet and didn't say the name. Her face was so red that she almost cried. .

"Alfred Sloan." Ye Qingqing's English was very standard, "Hey, Second Mom, don't be in a hurry to draw the cards. I want to eat the four of Third Mom's cards."

"Eat, eat, eat, I'll kill you." The second aunt pursed her lips and chuckled, saying coquettishly. She is thirty-five years old this year, and her charm is still there. She is the woman that Ye Yuqiao stole when he was still living a bloody life in the Knife Gang.

"Mom, you shouldn't touch Qingqing's ten thousand piece. If you touch it, it will definitely set off a firecracker." Ye Luo walked around the mahjong table and was about to sit on the sofa. When he passed by the youngest fourth aunt, he gave a casual pointer.

The fourth aunt looks cute and cute, she is small but has a big background.

Her stage name was Bi Yunxia. She was once very popular in the Chengnan Amusement Park in Peiping. She sang Kundan, was very good at acting, and was very popular with a group of Beiyang warlords.

Later, I don't know who I offended, and I followed my father Xie Yushan back to his hometown in Shanghai. I was attracted by Ye Yuqiao and took him in as my fourth concubine.

This happened exactly six years ago, and Bi Yunxia was only three years older than Ye Luo.

"Then, then I won't touch it." Bi Yunxia squeezed the one-to-one million that she almost threw away. Her face was flushed, and she turned to look at Ye Luo secretly, only to find that he had already sat down and chatted with Xiaoli again. On.

"What's the third thing?" Ye Luo took a sip of the tea handed over by Cuicui, the maid who served as the bedchamber. Alfred Sloan took the initiative to make an appointment for dinner. It was also a call from the Consulate General. It seemed that it was Patton's favor was gone.

It's funny to say that the president of an American automobile company always comes in and out of the British Consulate in Shanghai, and his misfortune is quite bad.

"Also, the few friends of the second brother heard that you were back and called you to listen to music and have a drink. Fortunately, the call was intercepted by the second mother. If dad heard it, he would pick it up again. You are skinny."

Ye Qingqing clinked the mahjong tiles in her hand. She was a progressive female student and looked down upon the group of second-generation ancestors who were shouting and drinking in Shanghai the most. However, those people had a very good relationship with the second-generation ancestor.

"Oh, what's the point of listening to music? The second young master really wants to listen to it, so just let the fourth sister sing a section for him." The third aunt glanced at Bi Yunxia and meant something.

She was the least messed with among Ye Yuqiao's group of women. Originally, she was the most favored when Bi Yunxia was confiscated. After coming to Bi Yunxia, ​​her status plummeted, so she was always unhappy with this actress who came out halfway.

The best songs Bi Yunxia sings are all pornographic songs, which sell pornographic gimmicks. How can she dare to sing to Ye Luo.

Seeing Ye Luo looking here, Bi Yunxia blushed and apologized: "Third sister, I haven't sung for many years. I can't compare to the new actors in the theater troupe, and the second young master won't like to hear it."

"Idiot, Luoluo, are you going to listen to music? That's a man's social interaction! The caller is General Lu's son. What do you know? Play your cards well."

The second aunt gave the third aunt a hard look, and she was not happy with Bi Yunxia, ​​but the palace fight drama was a palace battle drama, and involving Ye Yuqiao's most beloved son, that was courting death!

"Ah, it's Xiaojia, okay, I'll call him back later." Ye Luo was still wondering who came to ask him out so quickly, but it turned out to be Lu Yongxiang's favorite son, Lu Xiaojia.

Both of them are the youngest in the family. Lu Xiaojia is arrogant and domineering, but is obedient to Ye Luo and is his number one younger brother in Shanghai.

After taking the last sip of tea, Ye Luo saw that the chips in the drawer in front of Ye Qingqing and Bi Yunxia were all gone. He smiled and called Xiaoli to refill them: "Qingqing, mom, I will invest fifty yuan each in your place." , help me win the third mother’s money.”

"Okay, second brother, don't worry, go and watch me kill everyone!" Ye Qingqing was having a headache and had lost all his money.

"Thank you, Second Young Master~" Bi Yunxia thanked her softly.

"Oh, that won't make me lose all my private money." The third aunt, who was scolded by the second aunt, realized how stupid she was just now. Fortunately, Master Ye Luo doesn't remember the faults of villains. This move, That is to say, the matter has been revealed.

Just after Ye Luo left, the third aunt began to pat his rainbow fart: "The second young master is getting more and more handsome. People who have studied abroad are different. Recently I heard that he wants to do business, so I have to take the opportunity to follow him. You can make a small fortune while climbing the mountains."

"What kind of business does the second young master want to do?" Bi Yunxia pinched the pair of ten thousand and was also very curious.

"Taxi is ready. The newspapers are crazy this morning." Ye Qingqing sighed. The second brother is good at everything, but he is too stubborn. After listening to her husband Lin Yuan's science talk all night last night, she finally understood what a big brother he was. It's a garbage business.

But my father didn’t object to it openly. Who dares to say no?

When Ye Luo drove to the British Consulate General in Shanghai, Barton had already gone out.

The maid Audrey welcomed him to the recreation room and saw Alfred Sloan playing pool table alone.

Hearing that Ye Luo was coming, Alfred Sloan quickly threw away his golf club, strode over and gave him a big hug, as if he was afraid that his God of Wealth would run away.

Ye Luo was also quite surprised to see this legendary tycoon who later saved General Motors.

"Ye! I finally see you!" Alfred Sloan was so enthusiastic that Ye Luo could hardly bear it.