1928: The Rise of Giants

Ignoring the doubts and puzzled looks, Ye Luo reached a consensus with the Ministry of Military Affairs as quickly as possible.

From the industrial parks where he stayed in Zhabei, all technicians, staff and the latest equipment were evacuated directly, escorted by Ye's Security and Ye's Sports, and temporarily moved to the tax police headquarters in the suburbs of Jiacheng.

The remaining old equipment, factories and land were packaged and sold to Wang's faction.

Even though Ye Luo was unwilling to leave the technicians and the latest equipment here, Wang still felt that he had made a lot of money, and he was smiling and celebrating in various ways.

Ye Luo was recognized as one of the businessmen of the pro-principal faction. He plundered a large number of industrial parks from him, which was equivalent to giving the principal a direct blow.

In Wang's eyes, the excitement caused by this matter is even higher than the value of these industrial parks.

He finally defeated the arrogant principal from the front.

He finally proved that within the Kuomintang, he was a big boss who could sit on equal footing with the principal.

Others, such as Sun Ke, have not been able to do this.

After several discussions, the Ministry of Military Affairs and Government offered a price of 2762 million yuan, which was considered to be a good profit for Ye Luo since he was "recognizable".

Ye Luo readily agreed.

After the most important technical personnel and new equipment are evacuated, the remaining scrap metal is actually not worth much.

As long as he is given a few pieces of land of the same size, he can reshape several such industrial parks in minutes.

Ye Luo's lowest price was 1200 million oceans, but Wang was very generous and more than doubled it.

It has to be said that these politicians are indeed making money. Checks for nearly 3000 million oceans were written out without batting an eyelid.

On January 1, the newly appointed military and political minister came to Shanghai to sign a contract with Ye Luo with a smile, and also brought Chairman Wang’s sincere greetings.

Someone Wang also tried to win over Ye Luo.

Previously, he had persuaded the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium headed by Yu Qiaqing to make them his money bag.

If we can capture Ye Luo now, it will be equivalent to cutting off half of the principal's financial resources.

How could Ye Luo dare to be associated with such a big traitor? He simply declined with a smile, while silently mourning for Yu Qiaqing and others for a few minutes.

No wonder the principal came back later, and while fighting the Anti-Japanese War, he was also preparing for the "National Advancement and Private Retreat" movement.

He hated these duplicitous businessmen.

After being rejected, Wang was not discouraged. There were plenty of opportunities anyway.

The principal has already resigned. Isn't it just a matter of time before we clean up this pile of rotten fish and shrimps like you?
With this in mind, he promulgated several new decrees overnight.

One of them was to remove Zhang Qun from his post and transfer him to Hubei Province to serve as the top military and political leader.

This is an understatement. Hubei Province's current economy is underdeveloped, banditry is rampant, warlords are everywhere, and it has been exposed to war many times. It is not an easy place to run a business.

No matter from any point of view, it is better to stay on the beach and be comfortable.

And going there is equivalent to indirectly leaving the "capital area" headed by Jinling, which is equivalent to being transferred away from the center of power.

Zhang Qun was also helpless. Who made him a die-hard loyalist to the principal's faction?
It was a big honor to Wang that he didn't force him to get out with the principal.

Also suffering was the ambitious Bai Xiongqi, who was obsessed with promotion.

He was also fired and transferred to the post of Minister of Military and Political Affairs in Jiacheng, and his official position was cut in half.

That is to say, seeing that he had Ye Luo as his biological brother-in-law, Wang could not suppress Bai Xiong too hard while retaining the slightest possibility of recruiting Ye Luo, so he was not tortured to death.

Jiacheng is the headquarters of the Tax Police Corps, which is roughly equivalent to Ye Luo's territory. It is better to send him there than to go to Hubei Province like Zhang Qun did. After a series of personnel transfer orders were issued, the principal's faction members in Jinling were reduced to pieces.

Wang was not stupid at all. He knew that military figures could not be touched at this time, so he let Dai Ji go.

It was this decision that prevented the January 28th Incident from reaching the most extreme bad ending.

Ma Yongzhen, who is also close to Ye Luo, continues to serve as the head of the Songhu Police Department. After all, compared to Bai Xiong and them, he is just a younger brother.

Moreover, in the past few years, Ma Yongzhen has built the Songhu Police Department into his own home. Even if he is dismissed, the new chief will not be able to greet these subordinates.

Despite this, the voices of badmouthing Ye's Investment and Ye's family are slowly rising.

As the Ye family declined, rivals such as Sassoon & Co. naturally took advantage of the situation and moved up.

The last time Edward went to the north to "flex his muscles", he almost didn't come back. Since then, he could no longer believe his sister Rosemary's words, so he directly booked a boat ticket and prepared to leave Shanghai at the end of the month.

Rosemary was very helpless. Although Edward was no longer able to compete with her for the position of successor, it was still good to stay as a gunman.

Unexpectedly, this stunned Qing became scared after a few times like this, which made her very unhappy.

Fortunately, although she suffered a defeat in the north, her goal was still achieved.

Just as she had guessed, Ye Luo always seems to do things that ordinary people can't understand, but if you look deeper, there must be a reason.

When Ye's investment was withdrawing from the north, almost no one could resist the temptation. Rosemary also wanted to fight for the territory several times, but she still suppressed her restless heart.

Before coming to China from overseas, she repeatedly studied Ye Luo's life experience.

Ever since he came to prominence with Jing Ruishan when he was twelve years old, his life has been like a joke, with both civil and military skills and proficiency in everything.

After studying abroad for six years, Rosemary also obtained some information about Ye Luo at Cambridge and Harvard through family connections. After reading it, she, who also graduated from Harvard, was in awe of this senior.

No wonder this idiot brother can't beat Ye Luo.

He returned to Shanghai in 1928 and started running Yip's Automobile in just one year. This was something that Edward would never learn in his lifetime.

The more she got to know Ye Luo, the more surprised Rosemary was.

Therefore, when Ye's investment left the north, her first reaction was not to follow others to seize territory and industries, but to wait and see.

I just tricked Edward into trying it out.

Sure enough, everyone who went to the north lost everything.

The unlucky ones even lost their lives.

From a superficial point of view, it was because of the sudden outbreak of the Fengtian Incident, which plunged the north into war, and businessmen naturally became fishy.

But if he only relied on this kind of luck to do business, could Ye Luo make Ye's investment reach a scale of several billion?
She didn't believe it.

There must be a deep-seated reason for this.

The more Rosemary thought about it, the more excited she became. She sat on the boss's desk, swinging her short legs leisurely and humming a song.

Anyway, she made an appointment with Ye Luo for dinner at Paramount tonight, and all the mysteries might be solved during this dinner.

She also admired Ye Luo's boldness and magnanimity.

Sassoon & Co. and Yip's Investment were close enemies. He actually dared to come to a dinner date with his rival's daughter!
interesting! (End of chapter)