1928: The rise of giant merchants

April 18th.

The news of the opening of the Concession Public Park, which was widely publicized in newspapers such as Shenbao and the News a few days ago, has already spread throughout Shanghai.

Ye Qingqing and his party guessed that the Bund Park would be crowded on the opening day, so they deliberately arrived a few hours late. A few people dressed up properly, hired a rickshaw, and rushed to the Bund Park before lunch.

When they passed the Waibaidu Bridge, they realized that they had underestimated the enthusiasm of the citizens.

Even on the first day of opening, in order to prevent excessive crowds, the four major public parks only issued a certain amount of admission tickets. However, when seeing the countless people, Ye Qingqing's scalp went numb, and for the first time he experienced what it means to "The water is blocked".

Because the Rich Hotel and the British Consulate General in Shanghai are nearby, there are too many high-ranking foreigners living here, so the detectives from the patrol room started to maintain security early in the morning.

Rickshaws can only stop farther away.

Ye Qingqing called Bi Yunxia, ​​took her hand and got out of the car, and headed towards the Bund Park with his second aunt and third aunt, escorted by the Ye family's valet.

Li Fu, who was also lining up in the crowd, was bringing his family with him. His wife and two children were mixed in the queue, feeling the scorching summer heat.

After finally squeezing into the park, he looked around and saw at a glance that there were rich ladies, eldest ladies, and eldest young men whose status was completely different from his own, as well as ordinary citizens dressed in ordinary clothes. There are progressive students who wear civilized new clothes (tops and skirts) and Chinese tunic suits, as well as seductively dressed women who deliberately slit their cheongsam to the waist to reveal some underwear.

This was the first time that Li Fu saw people of different classes standing together in the park.

The Bund Park is indeed the first public park in the concession, an eye-opener for countless people.

"Tsk, the woman on this billboard is too slutty, shameless!" My wife, who was holding her child next to her, pointed and pointed at Huang Liushuang, who was only wearing cool clothes on the huge standing billboard.

This actress is unfamiliar to everyone, but through the publicity in Liangyou Pictorial, opening flyers and park billboards, most people know that she is a Chinese actress under the Yip Investment Company. She is filming abroad and is open and hot. Is the spokesperson of Chevrolet 490.

"Every man and woman should have a car that matches their status."

"If you love her, buy her a Chevrolet 490!"

“Women in the new era drive their own cars, work by themselves, and are independent and self-reliant!”

Various banners can be seen everywhere in the Bund Park.

"Husband, you said you wanted to buy me a Chevrolet 490!" A familiar voice came from not far away.

Li Fu looked up and found that it was the company's general manager Ou Bin and his wife Tan Huiran.

"Brother Fu, this car is really nice." The wife next to her obviously heard Tan Huiran's coquettish voice, so she came over and whispered, "I'm going back to my hometown in the county in a few days, and the tram doesn't go there right now. , Riding in a rickshaw is so tiring, the two babies can’t stand it.”

"I know, wait a minute, there will be a lottery draw for car coupons on the 30th." Li Fu had actually made up his mind to buy one for a long time, but when he thought of the price of 490 US dollars, he felt a little pained.

Unknowingly, after walking all the way back, Li Fu was impressed by the beauty of the Bund Park. He thought that he could take his family to play here at any time in the future, and his favorable impression of Ye Luo, the seller of Chevrolet 490, suddenly increased.

It is said that the second young master of the Ye family is a real industrialist, and he lives up to his reputation.

I heard that he was a great talent who had studied abroad. He must be a kind, gentle and delicate scholar.

On their way home, what Li Fu and his family heard most was not the opening of the public park, but the 500 Chevrolet 490s that were about to arrive in Shanghai!

Holding the car coupon in his hand, he looked forward to the lottery draw on the 30th.

As for Shiliupu Wharf, strict inspections and crackdowns have recently begun. Tan Si summoned a group of subordinates to make full preparations for the big event in more than ten days.

The rickshaws he targeted most were the rickshaws. Many of Yu Likui's nails were mixed in among these people, and they would definitely cause trouble on April 30. Now that the three tycoons are becoming more and more arrogant, the Ye Family Labor Federation has withdrawn from Shiliupu Pier. The patrol room and Songhu Police Department have limited manpower, so they can only rely on him.

The work at the pier has decreased, and the flow of people has decreased, which makes people who set up stalls and do business by the pier extremely distressed.

Ding Li's fruit stall had been experiencing bleak business for several days. He was chewing on apples with a sad look on his face.

At this time, a team of suits and top hats came from across the street. They were employees of the former office of the Labor Federation. They were originally responsible for collecting membership fees from various stalls. I don’t know when the membership fees were handed over to the rickshaw operators.

As a member of the lowest class of people, Ding Li has a very negative impression of rickshaw dealers who are at the same low level as himself.

The reason is simple.

During the Labor Federation, Chairman Ye clearly marked the price, which booth, which location, and how much membership fee you had to pay. Once you paid the money, your business was guaranteed to be safe and there would be no problems.

For Ding Li’s fruit stall, you only need to pay a membership fee of one yuan a month.

But now Yu Likui has taken over the dues business at Shiliupu Wharf, directly doubled the dues, called it member money, and still doesn't care!

Looking at it, it seemed that the team of suit top hats had a conflict with the manager of the rickshaw shop and started to fight. Many stalls around were damaged and fruits were everywhere.

Ding Li watched with great interest for a while. It wasn't until he saw the steward Zhang Hai picking up the kitchen knife from a stall nearby and slashing it at a middle-aged fat man in a top hat that he realized something was going to happen!

"Damn little red guy!"

"I'll chop that old guy to death!"

Before Zhang Hai could even drop his kitchen knife, his wrist was pinched hard.

It's like a pair of iron pliers that can't be loosened.

After escaping the disaster, Chow Tai Fook was dripping with cold sweat. He didn't expect that Zhang Hai would dare to stab him with a knife.

After the last wedding of Ye Qingqing, with the care of Miss Hua Mei of Fengming House, Chow Tai Fook joined the Hudong office. Only then did he know that his old brother Uncle Jiu had been ruined by Yu Likui!

Not long after the wedding, Zhang Hai led people to attack Uncle Jiu's house, killing three people and injuring more than a dozen. Uncle Jiu's two daughters were dragged into the gauze factory and tortured all night. When they came back, they were mentally disturbed. The eldest daughter jumped from the building in the hospital, and the second daughter The attempt to cut his wrists failed, and he is now being treated in a sanatorium.

After the Ye family began to clean up its personnel, people like Zhang Hai with criminal records and problems started to work as officers in Yu Likui's rickshaw shop, and got involved with Zhang Wanlin's gangsters. In Shanghai counties and some gray areas, those He does all kinds of evil and is notorious.

Today, Chow Tai Fook followed the orders of Ye Hao, the eldest son of the Ye family, and came to Shiliupu Pier to help find people and form a patrol team. Then he would share some of the pressure with Fourth Master Tan. He happened to meet Zhang Hai and others collecting money from members.

Chow Dafu had a bad mouth and got into a quarrel with him. Unexpectedly, he was almost hacked to death.

Ding Li recognized Chow Tai Fook and hurried to stop him. When he first came to Shanghai, Chow Tai Fook introduced him to the fruit stall business.

"Uncle Zhou, are you okay?" He let go of his hand and looked at Zhang Hai.

Zhang Hai originally thought about who dared to stop him, but when he saw it was Ding Li, the fruit seller, his face suddenly darkened: "Ding Li, that little red guy, is your head so wet? Do you want to make more money with me?"

"Brother Hai, Uncle Zhou is my family, your lord"

"I'm so proud of you!" Zhang Hai slapped him in the face, but his hand was blocked again.

Everything is really going wrong today!

Zhang Hai was so angry!

When he opened his mouth, he scolded me, "Where did that little red guy come from again?"

Turning his head to look, he found that he could only see the other person's chin, so he had to look up.

Then the second half of the sentence froze.

"Uncle, long time no see." Ye Luo didn't look at Zhang Hai and pushed him casually. Zhang Hai was one size smaller than him and had no strength at all, so he staggered back several steps.

"Second Young Master!" Zhou Dafu exclaimed as he stood up with Ding Li's help.

When he said this, people in the surrounding stalls looked over one after another, with surprise and curiosity on their faces. They wanted to take a closer look, but they didn't dare.

Next to Ye Luo stood the real leader of Shiliupu Pier, Mr. Tan Siye, the king of Shanghai Bund Pier.

His face was ashen, and the group of younger brothers behind him were even more frightened, knowing that Fourth Master Tan was about to get angry.

Today he specially invited Ye Luo to come to the dock to see the order, but he didn't expect to find him lonely.

No matter who is causing the trouble, Tan Si's face is completely gone now.

Ding Li was startled because he kept hearing the second young master's name recently.

After all, the Chevrolet 490 is about to be highly promoted, and this car is the second young master’s biggest industry at the moment.

Ding Li couldn't afford it, but he secretly hoarded a lot of car coupons.

There is also Huang Liushuang, who is more beautiful than a porn star. Who in the entire Shiliupu Pier has not secretly hidden some illustrated magazine covers and leaflets for craft work?

It turns out that this elegant, handsome and tall young man is the second young master of Fengyun Shanghai!

Opposite me, Zhang Hai was confused.

Is this person the second young master?

The young boy who got off the boat with Chow Tai Fook?

Chow Tai Fook’s nephew?

He looked at Chow Tai Fook again and found that the old man had gained confidence instantly and looked at him with a big belly.

But considering that I am no longer a member of the Labor Federation, why should I be afraid of him?

Zhang Hai took a step forward, but soon became timid again.

Where he was and whether he was afraid of the second young master seemed to be different things.

"Second Young Master, please move to the ship. I'm ready for the banquet. Things are going on here." Tan Si wanted to break the deadlock.

But Ye Luo waved his hand.

"Fourth Master, I admire you very much. There are so many piers on the beach and there are so many people. If you ask me to take care of them, I will definitely not be able to take care of them." He squatted down. There was a fight between the two sides just now. The surrounding stalls were smashed, and there were still stains on the ground. Lots of fruits mixed with soil.

Ye Luo picked up a pear.

"The Chevrolet 490 was my first shot at Shanghai's business community. I bought 2,000 cars alone. To be honest with you, it cost a million to start."

Ding Li's heart began to beat violently when he heard "Millions of Oceans".

The most he had ever seen in his life was one hundred oceans. That time he followed someone to a nearby brothel. Someone took out this small amount of money and took three brothel ladies home together to become concubines.

What is the concept of millions?

A bit beyond his imagination.

"In order to sell cars, I also bought a car dealership, bought Liangyou Pictorial, and did a lot of advertisements. By the way, the four major parks opened today. Fourth Master, have you gone to see them?"

Tan Si's face became increasingly ugly.

"Second Young Master, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter!"

"No, I will handle this matter myself today." Ye Luo shook his head, then looked at Zhang Hai, turning the pear in his hand up and down, "Um, Brother Hai, right?"

"Second Young Master, what happened today is my fault, but I" Zhang Hai took a step back.

Ye Luo handed him the pear in his hand: "I like pears very much, do you like it?"

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"People say it is unlucky to separate pears. I don't believe it. Brother Hai, do you believe it?"

Ye Luo moved his hand a little further.

Ding Li and Zhou Dafu looked at him talking, he was talking in a friendly manner and with a smile on his face. Although what he said was a bit confusing, they didn't know why, but they always felt that he was more fierce than Zhang Hai who was about to chop someone with a knife just now!

Aura!

The word popped into Ding Li's head.

"Don't you like eating?" Ye Luo's smile gradually faded.

"I like it, I like it!" Zhang Hai took the pear with both hands and took a bite of the mud.

He finished a pear at the speed of light and looked up at Ye Luo.

I found Ye Luo picking up another apple from the ground.

"As long as you like it." Ye Luo smiled with satisfaction, squatted down, and handed him the apple in his hand, "It would be a waste to have such a delicious fruit scattered on the ground. Since Brother Hai likes to eat it, you're welcome. I'll cover all of this, Brother Hai, you can eat until you're full."

Zhang Hai, who started eating the apple, froze.

He glanced at the various fruits scattered around at his feet, maybe eighty if not a hundred.

Now, he was really scared.

"Second Young Master"

"Listen to me. I don't care who you are or who you work for, if you dare to cause trouble here on April 30th." Ye Luo patted Zhang Hai's head gently, "I guarantee you won't see the first Two days of sun!”

"Whenever you finish eating these fruits, get out of here." Ye Luo stood up and restored the smile on his face.

"Let's go, Fourth Master, we won't disturb others when they eat fruit." Ye Luo glanced at Tan Si, then patted Chow Tai Fook on the shoulder, "Uncle, I'm quite familiar with the Hudong office. I'll give it to you next time. Introduce better jobs."

"Thank you, Second Young Master!" Chow Tai Fook felt his face light up. There were so many people around him, he really looked pretty today.

Tan Si accompanied Ye Luo on the boat. At this time, the two began to talk about the specially arranged theater troupe on the boat, as if nothing happened.

Ding Li knew.

Second Young Master, everyone says he is a harmonious person and never gets angry.

The premise is not to touch his reverse scales.

And his reverse scale——

After looking at Zhang Hai who had been eating fruit, Ding Li suddenly had an idea.

He wants to join the patrol team of the Hudong office and help the second young master look after the car.

"Okay, Nong's name is Ali, right? My two nephews are coming to Shanghai tonight. I told Nong that they are about the same age as Nong. One is named A Xing and the other is Yong Zhen. You three are in a group. , just right”

Ye Luo didn't hear what Chow Tai Fook said later. It was just a small incident.

He just wanted to use the topic to tell Tan Si that this business was more important than everyone thought!

Anyone who dares to get into trouble with this matter will wait until the corpses of the whole family are collected.

Ye Luo has a good temper, because he always thinks that he is a businessman, and he can make money with kindness.

What he wants is to be a wealthy businessman and protect his family.

No matter who you are, it doesn't matter if we don't mess with each other and make a fortune together.

But you insist on doing all kinds of things to make it difficult for him.

Ye Luo doesn't mind giving them a bloody lesson.

"Second Young Master, I am responsible for what happened today." Tan Si asked someone to bring foreign wine, opened the cap, and drank the entire bottle!

"I did it, you can do whatever you want!"