1928: The rise of giant merchants

The more anxious Huo Tianhong is, the more leisurely Ye Luobian is.

The shopping mall is like a battlefield. Once you take the initiative, the enemy will become a soft persimmon that you can manipulate.

When Huo Tianhong offered the conditions for selling at a low price, he was giving these high-quality assets to Ye Luo.

He was not an idiot like Zhang Wanlin. Knowing that as soon as he said this, Ye Luo's shrewdness must have guessed that he had a more profitable business in which he needed to invest money.

Even so, Huo Tianhong still spoke, which shows how profitable this big business is.

In other businesses, Huo Tianhong would not dare to ask Ye Luo to "borrow money" so directly, but this was a tobacco business, and Ye Luo would not touch it.

Moreover, the source of the goods came from the Sassoon family's planting area in India. From production, transportation to trading, every step was done secretly, and there was no way Ye Luo could interfere.

Huo Tianhong is confident. After deducting all expenses from the cost of 20 million yuan, he will make at least 50 million yuan in his hands!

With this money, is he still worried about not being able to get in touch with the Kong family?

"Second Young Master, let me tell you something. I'm here today, and I don't want to lose my face." Huo Tianhong rubbed his hands, looking anxious, "If you can settle the payment at once, I can make it cheaper." .”

"Haha, the business that Boss Huo wants to do this time seems to be extremely profitable." Ye Luo took a sip of tea, first looked at Xiao Aqiao, and then turned his eyes to Huo Tianhong, "The information you gave me last time, I remember there were twenty-six companies in total, three of which were arsenals, how about fighting?"

"Yes, they are all in my hands now." Huo Tianhong nodded, "Textiles, medicines, real estate, daily necessities, machinery, catering. These companies cover all walks of life in the Shanghai Bund Concession. Taking them down is equivalent to taking over Shanghai. Half of the Tan business community.”

Ye Luo laughed.

To say half of the country is a bit exaggerated, but these high-quality properties are indeed better than the few half-dead rags given by the Kadoorie family.

The original controllers of these companies were all Chinese businessmen. They worked hard to develop the industry, but in the end they were usurped by the powerful Yongxing Company. The lucky ones were able to stay in the original companies and hold official and semi-official positions. The unlucky ones were In the commercial struggle, the family was directly destroyed.

The former Jing Ruishan family and now the Chen Lianshan family, which almost suffered a disaster, is the best example.

There are three old bastards in Yongxing Company: Huo Tianhong is greedy for power, Zhang Wanlin is greedy for money, and Lu Yusheng is greedy for sex. If a Chinese businessman is targeted by them, he will most likely end up losing both his life and money.

If all were acquired, plus those Chinese business properties previously acquired piecemeal by Ye's Investment Company, Ye Luo could indeed be said to occupy half of the Chinese business community in Shanghai!

"How much does Boss Huo want?" Ye Luo asked him with a smile.

Huo Tianhong didn't expect that Ye Luo would actually give him the pricing power. He hesitated for a moment and raised five fingers: "Five million oceans, all of them will be sold to you."

"Twenty-six companies, of which ten have neither losses nor profits, six have losses of seven to eight million yuan a year, and the remaining ten have profits of more than one million yuan. After I win them, I will reorganize them, especially The relationship with the three arsenals and the garrison headquarters needs to be reworked. Boss Huo, these companies are of high quality, but once they are won, they will not be able to turn losses into profits in the next three or four years. You want five million from me?"

Ye Luo's expression changed and he said coldly to Xiao Aqiao,

"Baby, see you off!"

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Hey, hey, the second young master is staying!" Huo Tianhong saw that he turned against him faster than flipping through a book, so he quickly ran over to pull Yeluo, "The price is easy to negotiate!"

"Boss Huo came to entertain me early in the morning. What's the point of doing this kind of business? Low price? You are killing me like a fat pig."

Ye Luo took out his hand and looked at him with a sneer.

"I thought out of consideration that we are all members of the General Chamber of Commerce and asked Boss Huo to set a fair price. Are you bullying me for not knowing business? Even if all twenty-six companies make a profit, they can't sell for five million if they are packaged. Ocean, right? Foreigners still have the final say in the business world in Shanghai. No matter how high-quality the Chinese company is, it won’t make much profit. Otherwise, why would you, Boss Huo, sell it all to me? "

Several rhetorical questions in a row made Huo Tianhong blush.

And indeed it is.

These so-called tycoons can make a fortune because, first, they rely on the support of high-level officials of the National Government to engage in some gray and black industries, and second, they monopolize lucrative industries in the Chinese business world, such as Tan Si’s dock business, Feng Jingyao’s department store business, and Rong’s textile business, etc.

There has been only one Chinese businessman who can truly compete face-to-face with foreign companies through industry for decades, and this person is standing in front of him now.

"How much is the second young master willing to pay?" Huo Tianhong's gap is 3.7 million yuan, but he hopes to leave some room.

"Boss Huo, you can take care of it yourself. You are in a hurry for money now, and I won't take advantage of others." Ye Luo said and sat back again, "But you can't kill me like a fat pig."

"Yes, yes, yes." Huo Tianhong gritted his teeth, "Four million oceans! One million oceans is missing. The second young master doesn't think it's still expensive, right?"

If they hadn't sent people to carefully investigate these companies and knew Huo Tianhong's current situation, ordinary businessmen would most likely agree to this price.

But Ye Luo doesn't.

"It's too expensive." Ye Luo shook his head.

"Is this still high?!" Huo Tianhong couldn't hold himself any longer.

If it's less than four million, doesn't it mean that he has to go elsewhere to make money?

Although the cigarette business is very profitable, it also violates the taboos of the National Government. If it becomes so popular that everyone knows about it, the principal will not be able to protect himself!

Huo Tianhong has almost drained his family's wealth for the 20 million yuan. If he goes to a bank for a loan, once the news leaks out, the business community will talk about it, and the issue of guaranteeing the tobacco business will be exposed.

Ye Luo nodded and said: "Three million is too high, you tell me four million? Boss Huo, I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet! Baby, show him the compiled data."

Little Aqiao pursed her lips and smiled, shook her waist and hips slightly, and handed the written data sheet to Huo Tianhong: "Boss Huo, this is a data analysis written by our professionals at Ye's Investment Company. To put it simply, it predicts this The future situation of the twenty-six companies and the investment required were also evaluated, and their asset strength was evaluated. They are only worth two million oceans now."

"Two million? Why don't you go and grab it???" Huo Tianhong grabbed the document and looked at it for a few times. He had never read much before. He was confused by the professional terms that Xiao Aqiao was talking about, and now he only understood One thing is that the seemingly amiable Ye Luo wants to kill himself like a pig!

"If Boss Huo doesn't trust our assessment, you can also hire other professionals to do the assessment." Xiao A looked at him with a smile.

There are only a few people in Shanghai who have the ability to evaluate the company's assets, and they are basically all foreigners.

relations with foreigners.

Ye Luoke is countless times stronger than Huo Tianhong.

Today, he was sure to take over Huo Tianhong!