1928: The Rise of Giants

The next night, in a villa.

There was a sound of water dripping from the shower room in the room, and a graceful figure was vaguely visible through the frosted glass door.

Ye Luo was wearing a large white bathrobe and drinking refreshing coffee, but his thoughts were flying everywhere.

These two years are the most peaceful two years in the next twenty years. After that, when the Japanese invaders fully invade China and Zhang Hanqing launches an incident to force the principal to unite against foreign enemies, this continent will be filled with continuous war and fighting.

Except for a few large cities and secondary capitals, business in the inland areas was still going on, while other places basically collapsed completely due to the war.

But no matter how the war situation changes, given the huge scale of Ye’s investment, losses will inevitably outweigh profits in the country.

Important industries had to leave the Republic of China in batches. Factories could move to some small countries in Southeast Asia, but core industries had to take root in powerful countries such as Britain and the United States in order to thrive.

The city of Australia, which will not be affected by the war, can accommodate his entertainment industry, and Japan and the peninsula can also absorb part of it.

The most important industries will probably have to continue slowly on some unknown small islands.

From the current perspective, a number of industries will gradually withdraw from Shanghai and the Republic of China starting next year.

It was only then that Ye Luo realized that thanks to his trip to the United States, Ye’s investment had a chance to continue during the war.

Otherwise, if we continued to fight the Republic of China, even if a large number of our industries would not be swallowed up by the war, they would still be completely devoured after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

As I was thinking this, I looked up again and a pair of slender, white legs appeared in front of me. My sight slowly moved up to the slender, white legs and saw an exaggerated yet extremely attractive plump buttocks.

A purple, thin, transparent gauze skirt is wrapped around her, connecting her slender waist, with two full and tall curves hidden underneath, making her look sexy and charming.

Huixin, who is also in her thirties, is more mature and plump, like a berry that can be picked at any time. With a little force, the juice will flow out.

"Brother Luo~" She called Ye Luo softly, and soon she squatted down. Her already graceful and enchanting body formed an even sexier curve.

The foxy, passionate face disappeared from sight.

The next day at noon, Ye Luo's family held Ye Hongdou at the airport to see Hui Xin off. They didn't know how long they would see each other again. The women cried the loudest, causing the little kids to cry as well.

The commander of the security headquarters, Dai Ji, could not help laughing when watching this scene. He nudged Ye Luo with his elbow, his eyes seemed to say "So there will be such a day for the Second Young Master too".

Because of Xu Zhimo's plane crash, Ye Luo did not dare to let Huixin take the unreliable domestic airline, so he specially invited Chennault and a group of experienced pilots, equipped with the most advanced aircraft, to send her to New York.

As the plane disappeared from sight, everything gradually came to an end.

Also leaving on the same day were several ships full of Japanese businessmen and expatriates. The Shilipu Wharf was bustling with activity. Of course, the Chinese who heard the news were not there to see them off.

They were cheering for the departure of the Japanese. After these ambitious guys left, everyone hung up lights and decorated the place and cheered.

On the same afternoon, Okamoto Jusan finally took the initiative to find Ye Luo and sold the Hongkou Dojo to Ye Investment for 320 million yuan.

At the same time as the contract was signed, Yeh Construction's engineering team rushed over and began to demolish the houses in the Japanese Concession area.

Houses collapsed one after another, and the remaining Japanese businessmen and expatriates cried out in low voice and ran to the consulate general to protest, thinking that Okamoto Juzo's sale of so much land to Ye's investment was "treasonous behavior."

But Okamoto Jusan and Iwai Eiichi were determined to get the money, and completely ignored their protests and the various orders from the Japanese military. In this way, amid the wailing, Ye's Film Company's new sound theater rose from the ground.

This place will become the center of film, television and entertainment in Shanghai in the future. The cinema will only play well-known sound films from home and abroad. The ticket prices are low and everyone can enjoy it.

Taking advantage of this wave of popularity, Chen Yumei's new film was released and finally became a small hit.

Unfortunately, movie fans in Shanghai still couldn't forget Hu Die and Ruan Lingyu. Even though the two became concubines of Ye Luo's family and were pregnant, their love for them did not diminish at all.

This is different from movie fans in later generations, who are very tolerant.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the person he is going to marry is Ye Luo. If it were someone else, the fans would still rebel.

In this way, the four months of August, September, October and November passed quietly.

In all parts of the Republic of China, those who needed to fight fought, those who needed to "suppress bandits" did so, and those who needed to do business continued to do business.

Apart from the fact that the situation is becoming increasingly tense, money is becoming increasingly difficult to earn, and people are becoming more and more miserable, not much else has changed.

In November 1932, something big happened in the United States.

Franklin ran for president as the Democratic candidate and proposed a program to implement the "New Deal" and revitalize the economy.

His political opponents often used his disability to attack him, and this was something he had to struggle with throughout his life, but he was always able to turn this disadvantage into an advantage with his outstanding political achievements, excellent eloquence and abundant energy.

When he first participated in the election, he told people through his speech: "A governor does not have to be an acrobat. We did not elect him because he can do forward or backward rolls. He does mental work and finds ways to benefit the people."

At that time, the storm of the Great Depression was sweeping across the United States, with unemployment, bankruptcy, closures and market crashes everywhere. The people urgently needed a new president who could lead them out of their predicament.

Franklin's high-profile campaign was in line with people's expectations of a new leader.

The most important thing is that although he did not get funding from those old financial groups - the Morgan Financial Group, the Rockefeller Financial Group, etc. were not optimistic about him.

But the newly emerging Livermore Group did its best to fund him, and YB Bank under Ye Investment and various major industries also voiced their support for Franklin.

These two are the biggest beneficiaries of the US economic crisis. Ye Investment is the only new consortium established by Chinese that is doing well in the United States.

The entire New York is dotted with the industries of these two new consortiums. Franklin is riding the wave and the situation is very good!
December.

The Nanjing National Government and the Russian Bear resumed diplomatic relations. At the beginning, Nanjing was still making exorbitant demands, clamoring to solve the issues of Outer Mongolia and the Chinese Eastern Railway first.

But when the "League of Nations Investigation Report" was published, the principal's attitude immediately changed 180 degrees, and he fully agreed to unconditionally resume diplomatic relations with the Russian bear.

Immediately afterwards, the Kuomintang held another important meeting, and factional struggles became increasingly fierce.

The current situation is that the principal is in charge of the army, Wang is in charge of the government, and Sun Ke has gained nothing.

So he vigorously promoted democratic constitutionalism at the KMT meeting and received widespread support from people from all walks of life. He wanted to take advantage of this public support and momentum to come to power. (End of this chapter)