Chapter 223 The Decaying Jinling

Ye Luo's head was filled with questions.

After thinking about it, he didn't seem to have anything to do with Zhang Zhijiang.

"President Zhang, what are you doing?" Ye Luo was confused by his excessive enthusiasm and asked while shaking hands.

"Oh, blame me, I didn't explain the cause and effect of the matter." Zhang Zhijiang laughed and pulled him to sit down together, then looked at Song Ziwen, "Ziwen, you should also know about Jingwu Sports Club's defeat of Hongkou Dojo before, right?"

"Of course! Huo Ting'en fought fiercely for several hours and beat Naoki Sachinari to death in the ring, which made our national martial arts feel bad! How could I not know about such news that shocked the whole country?"

Song Ziwen smiled and nodded,

"Furthermore, my little brother's advertisements for the Dragon-Tiger Man-Elixir have reached the north, completely replacing the Japanese invaders' Ren-Elixir. It's gratifying."

"Yes, Jingwu Sports will enhance the reputation of our Chinese martial arts, and as the director of the Jinling Chinese Martial Arts Hall, I also get a lot of glory. However, the Chinese martial arts world is a mixed bag, and it is actually filled with all kinds of corruption. It has been accumulated for a long time. It’s difficult to solve.”

Zhang Zhijiang is a staunch fan of Chinese martial arts. Because of this, he regards the Chinese martial arts world as his own life and is very uncomfortable with the current situation in the Chinese martial arts world.

"I have published articles and organized meetings several times, but the elders of the Chinese martial arts community have been disapproving of them. Unexpectedly, this time, in order to rectify the Paramount Ballroom, Boss Ye asked Chen Zhen and Huo Ting'en from the Jingwu Sports Association to clean up several members of the Chinese martial arts community. It was a cancer, but it saved the life of the martial arts world!"

Zhang Zhijiang was excited and emotional when he said this.

The martial arts world is life to him, so he said Ye Luo saved his life!

"Mr. Zhang has worked hard for our national martial arts for many years." Song Ziwen patted Ye Luo on the shoulder, "The Jingwu Sports Association is a non-governmental organization after all. If it is too powerful and there is no official guidance, it will easily cause conflicts. How many of you? Pay attention and see if you can incorporate it into your name.”

"I have established a Ye's Sports Company, and they are also interested in joining." Ye Luo glanced at Song Ziwen. His words were very consistent with Ye Luo's understanding of the National Government, and he did not want any uncontrollable factors.

Zhang Zhijiang doesn't care about this. He only hopes that the national martial arts can flourish and one day regain its former glory.

During the meal, several people sat around the dining table, and the topic was naturally about the third national anti-smoking conference to be held in the Great Hall of the People two days later.

"Smoking harms people and ourselves. Since the late Qing Dynasty, the imperial powers have used the smoke to enter our country and poison and harm all living beings. It is very abominable! There are still many unscrupulous businessmen in the country who are proud of selling smoke and suck the blood and fat of the people. This is really a misfortune for the country. !”

When talking about this topic, Zhang Zhijiang was the most excited. The Great Smog not only destroyed one citizen after another, but also destroyed many martial arts masters.

In the original history, Huo Tingen was also addicted to smoking and failed to carry forward the Jingwu Sports Club inherited by Huo Yuanjia.

Another reason why Zhang Zhijiang respects Ye Luo so much is that not only does he not sell cigarettes privately like most of the gangster tycoons in Shanghai, he even explicitly boycotts the cigarette business. Ye's investment company's net worth is exceptionally clean.

Song Ziwen was not very interested in this topic.

He just used this meeting to gather people and then add to his power.

As for the smoking business.

Smoking was banned repeatedly during the Republic of China, and there must be support from the Nationalist government behind it.

The principal wants to fight wars and raise an army, so he will naturally not let go of the industry with the highest taxes and profits, but at the same time he has to take into account the national sentiment, so every time he makes loud noises and small rains, but in the end it always comes to nothing.

As the Minister of Finance, Song Ziwen did not seek personal gain with power, and he would not believe it even if he said it.

Most people here have clean butts and have a clear conscience on this matter. Song Ziwen certainly doesn't want to talk too much about this topic.

In fact, he had another purpose in gathering everyone, which was to prepare to form a tax police corps.

"Allo, the German military advisory team will arrive in Shanghai at the end of the month. I asked some people on the Jinling side, and also consulted the German Consul General in Shanghai and the Ambassador to China. They are interested in opening some factories in the suburbs of Shanghai County." Song Ziwen Chao He winked and said, "Bai Xiongqi said that you are also interested in cooperating with the Germans. Why, you finally couldn't hold it anymore and want to find some industrial work?"

"Brother, this is a helpless move. The German Consul General and Mayor Zhang Dingyao have approached me some time ago. If it is really opened in the suburbs of the county, most Shanghai businessmen will not be able to escape, let alone me."

Ye Luo wanted to engage in industry and military industry, but he could not make Sima Zhao's ambition known to everyone.

"That's true. Anyway, if you are really ready to cooperate with Germany, you can come to me at any time. Big brother has nothing but friend Doha." Song Ziwen laughed.

He wanted to use this German-Chinese cooperation to obtain some high-end weapons and equipment from the Germans and equip them to the tax police headquarters so that they would have top combat capabilities.

This matter was far from the point of cooperation. Song Ziwen only mentioned it briefly to Ye Luo, and the two of them understood each other tacitly.

After lunch, Song Ziwen, who was in high spirits, insisted on dragging Ye Luo, Zhang Zhijiang, and Wen Yingxing to play mahjong all afternoon. Ye Luo lost thousands of dollars as he wished. In the evening, Song Ziwen took him to have dinner with other senior figures.

After this social interaction, Ye Luo deeply realized that the four major families were deeply rooted in the Jinling National Government. It was undoubtedly a fantasy for him to avoid them and build his own business empire.

After finally returning to the Song family mansion, Ye Luo lay on the bed exhausted both physically and mentally. He increasingly felt that he had to build his overseas power as soon as possible and could not wait for time to fly by slowly.

No matter how big his business was, it would be better for Kong Xiangxi to just grab some state-owned business and absorb the people's wealth.

And if you do it too much and too big, you will easily be targeted by them.

Unless one day he gives up Bai Xiuzhu and finds a direct daughter of one of the four major families to marry and becomes an in-law with them.

Early next morning.

Song Ziwen knocked on Ye Luo's door early in the morning and asked him to have breakfast with him and prepare to meet the principal and his wife.

Ye Luo didn't dare to neglect, cheered up, and only asked Shi Jianqiao to accompany him.

This day's schedule was even more stressful. Ye Luo took turns socializing in almost all important departments of the National Government. On the contrary, it was the meeting with the principal and his wife that he attached great importance to, which was quite relaxed.

The other party didn't take him seriously at all, he simply regarded him as a guest brought by his brother-in-law. He exchanged simple polite greetings for a while, ate a simple meal, and disappeared.

When they returned to the room that night, Ye Luo and Shi Jianqiao used their strong memory to record in detail the people and things they saw today, which will also be helpful for future business.

The Jinling circle has always been a blind spot for Ye Luo.

He was born in the Ye family, and Shanghai Tang is Ye Luo's base. After years of hard work, many of his contacts are overseas. On the contrary, he has not been involved too much with the messy people and families in China.

Now there is this trip to Jinling, which just makes up for Ye Luo's vacancy.

Of course, various powerful people hinted that they would invest in Ye's investment company and share his hard-earned money.

Ye Luo couldn't help but attract their interest, and as a tough guy who didn't have enough food and salt would be easily suspected, he let them take shares in the Sino-French pharmacy and some entertainment industries that had been planned for a long time.

He acquired Paramount, Sino-French Pharmacy, and Ye's World just to give these people some sweetness and room to enter.

As for the core industry, he was unwilling, and those people did not dare to force it. When the company moved to Macao in the future, they would have no chance to reach out.