Dai Li couldn't say a word. It turned out that he wanted to talk about the tobacco business he had planned yesterday, but he couldn't continue the discussion now.
He didn't know if Du Yuesheng turned the topic to Lu Ming in disguise to refuse his involvement in Shanghai's tobacco business.
But he has expressed his thoughts. If he does not get a positive reply from Du Yuesheng, he will not be able to do the tobacco business in Shanghai.
"Yunong, believe me and restore your relationship with Lao Sheng as soon as possible. That way you won't be short of money. It's not a good idea to expect to grab business in Shanghai to make money to support the Fuxing Society. I really do it for your own good."
Only then did Du Yuesheng give his answer.
Dai Li's heart was extremely gloomy. He really didn't expect that his two purposes of coming to Shanghai would be in vain.
He originally knew that it would be difficult to ask the Qinghong Gang to stay out of the matter and let him suppress the Cao Gang, but he did not expect that Du Yuesheng would not be accommodating at all.
According to his opinion, suppressing the Cao Gang is still good for the Qinghong Gang, at least there is no harm at all.
Dai Li regretted that he came directly to Du Yuesheng. He should have gone to Zhang Xiaolin, a stupid young man. Zhang Xiaolin would definitely agree.
As long as one of the three giants of the Shanghai Bund Gang, Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong, and Zhang Xiaolin, agrees, things will be easy to handle.
Among the three, Du Yuesheng had the strongest momentum, so Dai Li was the first to visit him. Unexpectedly, he was politely rejected.
Now turning to Zhang Xiaolin would complicate the matter. If Zhang Xiaolin knew that he had approached Du Yuesheng first and Du Yuesheng had not agreed, he would definitely not have gotten involved in this matter.
Although suppressing the Caogang was important, and making money was also a big deal, Du Yuesheng actually refused him to intervene in Shanghai's tobacco business, which Dai Li never expected.
Dai Li said that the annual profits from the tobacco and clay business in Shanghai were tens of millions, which was actually an underestimate. According to his understanding, the annual profits from the tobacco and clay business in Shanghai were a full three thousand.
Such a large business is almost entirely controlled by the Qinghong Gang, which is a complete monopoly. Tangtang Fuxing Society only wants to get about one million from it, which he thinks is not excessive at all.
Dai Li believed that this million was not his personal income. He came to get the money on behalf of the government department and Mr. Jiang. Unexpectedly, Du Yuesheng did not give any face and directly vetoed it.
No wonder Mr. Sun Yat-sen said that the revolution has not yet succeeded. Leaders always use this sentence to warn everyone. Now it seems that the revolution has not yet succeeded.
Needless to say, the peripheral provinces are acting independently. Even in the center of the government, Greater Shanghai, it is difficult for them to make the final decision. The use of a sum of money depends on the face of the gang boss.
So, who is the person who controls this city?
Shanghai is not controlled by the government, and the government's administrative power only controls Shanghai in name only.
It is the Sheng Industry that actually controls Shanghai's finances, but it is the Qinghong Gang and the Cao Gang that control Shanghai's order.
These giants have clearly divided the upper and lower parts of Shanghai. Even the government cannot penetrate with a needle or pour water into it.
Dai Li suddenly felt something was wrong. He had overestimated the generosity and generosity of big guys like Du Yuesheng, and also overestimated the power and connections in his hands.
Dai Li always thought that he had a close relationship with Du Yuesheng, so he came to Du Yuesheng first. Unexpectedly, Du Yuesheng refused his two requests without thinking about their past friendship.
"Yunong, if you are personally short of money, there is no problem in getting a hundred or eighty thousand, but if it is for public affairs, forget it, don't end up being thankless. The government is engaged in the tobacco and soil trade while banning smoking. Once
If those reporters find out, they will pester you endlessly. Then you will have to bear all the blame, so why bother?" Du Yuesheng said in a slower tone.
Dai Li shook his head. He was not rich personally, but he would never lower his head and ask for money from his elder brother. What would he be like? He would be like a beggar.
Dai Li believed that he had great ambitions. Apart from voluntarily becoming a leader and dedicating himself to the party and the country, he could not bow down to anyone else.
Even if he goes back to eat big cakes and pickles, he will not be inferior in front of these gang leaders because of his own affairs.
Since he has joined the revolution, put on the military uniform, and is now the head of the Fuxing Society, he must stand tall in terms of any personal interests.
Even though he had been involved in gangs for a few days before, Dai Li still looked down upon these people from the bottom of his heart and believed that they were the source of all kinds of evil in society.
If the revolution wants to succeed, all these people will have to die sooner or later. They are so arrogant now, but the government can't take care of them for the moment.
What particularly made Dai Li feel dissatisfied was that Du Yuesheng actually used the government's smoking ban as an excuse to refuse his intervention.
Several big guys from the Qinghong Gang know clearly that the government bans smoking, but they make tens of millions of dollars from the tobacco business every year. When did they take the government ban seriously?
The government turns a blind eye to you and allows you to make huge profits every year. Now the government wants a piece of the pie, but you have this attitude and refuse to cut even a sliver of your flesh.
Dai Li was furious in his heart. Now it seems that the one who should be suppressed first is not the Cao Gang, but the Qinghong Gang, the source of the poison.
Although Du Yuesheng didn't know what he was thinking, he also knew that Dai Li was angry.
But Du Yuesheng didn't care at all. He felt that Dai Li's official position had become a little smoother in recent years, and his personality had become a bit arrogant. He was no longer as respectful as when he followed him.
But this was not the reason why he rejected Dai Li.
He didn't give Dai Li face because he was angry. He called Mr. Jiang and hoped to let Lu Ming go.
He felt that Chiang Kai-shek was too incompetent and did not give any face to the local forces in Shanghai. He wanted to find opportunities to suppress them, the representatives of Shanghai.
This is what Du Yuesheng thought. Lao Jiang only arrested Lu Ming to repair the Sheng family.
Now that Dai Li has come to Shanghai again and keeps saying he wants to suppress the Caogang, has Shanghai's local power been so devalued in their eyes?
This is not okay. We cannot let them take whatever they want. If they agree to everything, they will not take the local forces in Shanghai seriously.
If it was just Lu Ming who was caught, it would be a trivial matter and Du Yuesheng wouldn't care at all, but then short selling of Sheng's Industry appeared in the stock market.
This had to make Du Yuesheng alert, feeling that the government was going to take action against the Sheng family, and arresting Lu Ming was just to short-circuit the Sheng family and prepare for public opinion.
Before the matter was over, Dai Li came over and wanted to suppress the Cao Gang. This made Du Yuesheng even more alert, thinking that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to continue to attack their gang.
After first shorting the Sheng family and then suppressing the Cao Gang, it was obvious who to attack next, and of course it was the Qinghong Gang.
That's why Du Yuesheng didn't give Dai Li any face. In Du Yuesheng's view, this was no longer a matter of face, but a matter of the future fate of the Shanghai gang.
As for Dai Li's desire to get a share of Shanghai's tobacco business, there is no room for negotiation.
Du Yuesheng has started to engage in legitimate business in recent years, but the biggest profit still comes from the tobacco and soil trade.
Of course, the tobacco business does not belong to him personally, but to the entire Qinghong Gang's bank account, and the division of interests between them has already been divided.
Now that Dai Li wants a piece of meat, whose flesh should he cut? Have you ever thought about the feelings of the gangs in Shanghai before cutting the flesh?
The gang bosses in Shanghai may seem to be making money every day, but in fact their expenses are huge, and their annual net profits are not as high as outsiders imagine.
After all, the gang and Sheng's industry are not the same thing. The gang's industry is mainly located in Shanghai, while Sheng's industry has long been deployed throughout Jiangnan. It can be said that it has deep roots and luxuriant leaves.
"Yunong, it's hard for you to come to Shanghai. Please stay a little longer. I'll call a few brothers now and have a good gathering in the evening." Du Yuesheng said with a smile.
"Forget it, I have to return to Nanjing as soon as possible to report to the committee. I won't stay much longer this time. I'll have a good time with my brothers next time." Dai Li smiled awkwardly.
"It's not like we don't have time all day long, right? If they knew you were coming and left in a hurry without meeting each other, they would blame you." Du Yuesheng also smiled sincerely.
Du Yuesheng really wanted to keep Dai Li and find out carefully what Chiang Kai-shek was thinking and what he planned to do in Shanghai. Did he really want to return all power in Shanghai to the government?
If that's the case, the gang will be the first to rise up and fight back vigorously, and will never sit back and wait for death.
"Brother, I'm not being pretentious. It's really urgent and I have to go back immediately. I'll come back in two days." Dai Li said dryly.
"Okay, then, you are a member of the government now. Your time is precious and you can't help yourself. Unlike idlers like us." Du Yuesheng kept sending Dai Li out of the gate. No matter what, he still had to do enough on the surface.
After Dai Li got in the car, he told the driver to return to Nanjing immediately.
The driver was stunned for a moment. He had been following Dai Li for several years and knew that Dai Li would never leave without spending ten and a half days in Shanghai every time he came to Shanghai. Why did he have to leave right after arriving this time?
However, when he saw Dai Li's posture as if he was about to eat someone, he knew that he was in a bad mood today, so he didn't dare to ask a word, so he quickly started the car and left.