1928: The Rise of Giants

Ye Luo, whom the principal's wife wanted to teach a lesson to, could not go back to Shanghai at all.

Zhang Hanqing's opium addiction recurred repeatedly. The initial treatment was successful, and he even recovered to be a normal person. But when the addiction recurred, even Hu Ruoyu and others could not control him. The painful scene stimulated Yu Fengzhi and other women to be heartbroken.

Fortunately, Ye Luo was very determined and insisted that Dr. Miller continue to treat Zhang Hanqing. No one was allowed to approach Zhang Hanqing, who was suffering from a smoking addiction, and provide him with any help.

Ye Luo also burned all the things related to opium in the Marshal's Mansion so that Zhang Hanqing could not see it.

Even when he received a telegram from home saying that Dai Li was coming to arrest his father, he just called back and after confirming that Ye Yuqiao was okay, he continued to look after Zhang Hanqing and help him quit smoking.

When Ye Luo heard that the principal's wife was also there, he immediately understood Dai Li's little thoughts.

Historically, when Shirakawa Yoshinori and others were bombed, the first people to applaud were the principal and Kuomintang senior officials such as Wang.

In order to avoid the Japanese artillery fire, these senior Kuomintang officials boarded the train to Los Angeles as soon as possible on the pretext of moving the capital to work, and even the city hall began to relocate as a whole.

They were really afraid of a head-on conflict with the Japanese invaders.

After this sudden assassination, the Japanese invaders stopped their attacks. The principal was overjoyed. Not only did he not blame Chen Mingshu, the initiator of the assassination, but he also commended him greatly and promoted him to the head of the 19th Route Army.

Of course, the official reason for his promotion was his outstanding performance in the Battle of Shanghai.

Therefore, Ye Luo knew very well that this matter would not implicate the Ye family.

And from the intelligence network of Ye’s Investment, we learned that the matter was indeed related to Ye Yuqiao.

In early March 1932, with the mediation of Britain, France, Italy, the United States and other countries, China and Japan began negotiations on March 3.

While the negotiations were ongoing, the Japanese military decided to hold a "Shanghai Battle Victory Celebration" on April 4, the Emperor's birthday. We believed that this was a provocative act against our country.

After negotiations failed, Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai decided to sabotage this provocative action.

A few days later, Chen Mingshu secretly met with Ye Yuqiao. During that period, Ye Yuqiao always went out early and came back late, just to discuss the sabotage operation with Chen Mingshu.

In view of the fact that the Japanese side strictly prohibited Chinese from entering the venue and took strict precautions, Ye Yuqiao found some people from the Peninsula who also hated the Japanese invaders and asked them to disguise themselves as Japanese and enter the venue.

On the 27th, the killer Yun Bong-gil went to Hongkou Park for an on-site investigation to find the best attack location. He also went to a Japanese bookstore to buy a portrait of Shirakawa Yoshinori for identification.

Afterwards, he bought Japanese flags and other items in the Japanese Concession to use as supplies to blend into the venue.

That night, Yun Bong-gil wrote a suicide note to his parents, wife and two sons.

On the evening of April 4, Yun Bong-gil received two specially made bombs from Ye Yuqiao, one of which was shaped like a Japanese lunch box and the other was shaped like a Japanese kettle.

On April 4, Yun Bong-gil dressed up as a Japanese rich man, wearing a suit and tie, a water bottle on his shoulder, and a lunch box in his hand. He successfully entered the venue with his fluent Japanese.

At the climax of the ceremony, he rushed forward amid the sound of salutes and threw the bomb with all his might onto the podium. It landed accurately at Shirakawa's feet, killing and wounding a group of Japanese invaders.

On May 5, the arrested Yun Bong-gil was sentenced to death by the Military Court of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army. He was then taken to Japan, imprisoned in Kanazawa Prison, and tried by the Tokyo Military Tribunal.

In the original history, at 1932:12 on December 19, 7, Yun Bong-gil was tortured to death by the Japanese army using the most cruel torture method, and was torn to pieces on a wooden rack. He was only 40 years old when he died. Ye Yuqiao played a role in the whole assassination operation. He and his old brothers were doing this kind of thing, and they had recently set up an organization called the Anti-Japanese Traitor Group.

Ye Yuqiao did all these things on his own without telling his two sons and his wife.

He thought very clearly that he had experienced ups and downs in his life, and it was only thanks to the Republic of China and the people that he was able to reach his current position.

This group of older people, who have experienced everything from the Qing Dynasty to the Great Revolution, to the Beiyang Period, to the Nanjing National Government Period, have a very strong sense of patriotism.

Today, the Japanese invaders are arrogant and domineering, and the great powers have blasted open our country's gates with cannons and opium. They are indignant and dissatisfied, and vow to drive the great powers out of our land.

Ye Yuqiao also knew that if he continued to do this, he would sooner or later become a thorn in the side of the Kuomintang and many warlords, just like the underground organizations, so he tried his best to separate the Anti-Japanese Traitor-Extermination Corps from the Ye family, and he was also prepared to die rather than implicate his family.

But he didn't know that these things could not be hidden from Ye Luo's intelligence network.

Everything he did happened under Ye Luo's nose, and most of the time Ye Luo had to clean up the mess.

Ye Luo thought about it again and again, and finally chose not to interfere with his father's thoughts.

Everyone has their own aspirations and destiny, and this is a great thing for the country and the people. He felt bad for stopping it for the sake of his family.

His plan to go to sea is still moving forward, and as the 37th year is approaching, things have to progress faster.

In this plan, he did not force his family to obey him.

Ye Luo was very happy about the death of Shirakawa Yoshinori and others, so he decided to take a risk and arranged for Chen Zhen and a group of Jingwu Sports Company employees who were familiar with Japan to secretly take a boat to Japan and rescue Yun Bong-gil who was imprisoned in prison!
He couldn't bear to see such a patriot being torn to pieces.

At the same time, while helping Zhang Hanqing to quit smoking, he sent people to speed up the crackdown on the tram company.

The workers who were striking for their wages have joined Ye’s Automobile Company. The tram company is now just an empty shell, unable to recruit workers and unable to operate the trams.

In June, Lu Beiya finally couldn't bear it anymore and agreed to Van Benk's proposal to auction the tram section.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Second Young Master had no intention of letting the Belgians go. He wanted to kill them all and then take over the tram company for himself!
6 month 3 day.

Ye Luo came out of the Marshal's Mansion and strode into the Belgian Consulate General in Tianjin. Together with a group of "Chinese businessmen" he had invited, he participated in the auction of some tram sections in Tianjin City.

Lu Beiya and Van Benk watched helplessly as he took away the tram route that originally belonged to them for $780 million.

At this point, the shares of Tianjin City Tram Company had shrunk significantly, and its market value had dropped by more than half.

Before leaving the Consulate General, Ye Luo went to find Lu Beya and said, "Consul General, this is not over yet! Please estimate the price of the tram company. I suggest you sell it to me as soon as possible to avoid losing more money."

"Are you crazy, Boss Ye! This is our Belgian company. Do you dare to acquire us under the pressure of international disputes?" Van Benk was dumbfounded.

"Then you can see if I dare to do it." Ye Luo laughed loudly and walked away. (End of this chapter)