Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Xu Wenqiang nodded and said, "Brother Fei, I understand what you mean. You want to unify Shanghai."

"Now in Shanghai, besides our Longmen, there is only one Tianlong Society and one Lu Yongxiang left."

"Brother Fei, tell me what you are going to do."

Ye Yunfei said: "I plan to spend two or three months to expand the number of people like crazy. It would be best if the number of people in Longmen can be expanded to 200,000 within three months."

"If we can have 200,000 people, then we can basically launch an attack on the Tianlong Society and Lu Yongxiang, swallow them up in one fell swoop, and then dominate Shanghai."

"What do you think, three months? Is that enough?"

Two hundred thousand people?

Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, Xu Wenqiang frowned and said, "If we just want to expand the number of people, two hundred thousand people, three months should be enough."

"But there is a problem now. Our funds at Longmen are seriously insufficient."

"We now have about 120,000 gang members. Just for these 120,000 gang members, we have to spend several million dollars every month."

"The money that Longmen earns alone is not enough to support the development of 200,000 people. Therefore, if we want to continue to expand our manpower, we must have more money."

"Otherwise, I feel that few people will join us at Longmen."

"You have to know that people nowadays are very realistic. It is difficult to impress them with emotions and influence alone. If you want to attract more people, you still have to rely on money."

"If there is enough money, I feel that we can recruit 200,000 gang members within three months."

Money, money again.

When Ye Yunfei heard Xu Wenqiang talking about money, he felt a headache.

Longmen had been in a state of lack of money for a long time before. He opened a power plant and supplied electricity to the whole of Shanghai, which barely solved some of the financial problems.

And now, I’m short of money again.

No matter where you are, money is hard currency.

Without money, it is difficult to move forward.

But he also knew that Xu Wenqiang was right. If he wanted to recruit talents for Longmen, he had to pay.

Without money, no one will come to your rescue.

Ye Yunfei said: "So, the most important issue now is money."

Xu Wenqiang nodded and said, "Yes, the power plant we opened before can bring us good profits, but there are too many people in Longmen now, and the funds needed are also an astronomical figure. The power plant alone is not enough to support the development of Longmen. We have to think of other ways."

At this time, Ding Li said: "Can we promote this power plant throughout the Republic of China?"

"A power plant in Shanghai can make so much money. If we build power plants in various places across the country, we will definitely make a huge amount of money."

"Just think about it, Shanghai is so small. There must be at least hundreds, or even thousands, of Shanghais in the entire Republic of China."

"If we can promote the power plant nationwide, we will definitely make a fortune."

Hearing Ding Li's words, Xu Wenqiang smiled bitterly and said, "Ali, you think things are too simple. You are right. If we promote the power plant nationwide, we can indeed make more money."

"But you have to know that the entire Republic of China is controlled by countless warlords, and they absolutely do not allow us to interfere in their territory."

"The reason why we can build a power plant in Shanghai is because we basically control the entire Shanghai."

"It's easy to open a power plant in the territory we control, but it's impossible to open a power plant in someone else's territory, unless you don't want to live anymore."

After listening to Xu Wenqiang's words, Ding Li was stunned for a while, then he sighed and said, "Yes, I forgot about this."

"It seems that doing business in the Republic of China is extremely difficult."

After listening to what the two said, Ye Yunfei said, "Is it possible for us to cooperate with them?"

"We can build a power plant on their land, and share the profits with them. This will be mutually beneficial, and they should agree to it."

Xu Wenqiang said: "Brother Fei, if it is a cooperation, they should agree."

"But there is a problem, which is very troublesome. That is, if we wait until the power plant is built, they will directly send people to take over and will not let us intervene at all."

"All the money we earn goes into their pockets. Every year they just give us a little, or even nothing at all. What should we do?"

"After all, this is on someone else's territory. They can do whatever they want. We have no room for resistance at all."

"With our current strength, we don't have the ability to go to other people's territories and compete with them for these things."

Ye Yunfei frowned and said, "You mean, they will go back on their word and take the power plant for themselves after it is built."

Xu Wenqiang said: "Brother Fei, the warlords nowadays are more shameless than each other. If you trust them, you will definitely suffer a great loss."

"These people are all greedy and ruthless, so it's better not to take this risk. Otherwise, it's like throwing meat at a dog and making wedding clothes for others in vain."

Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. It seems that we can only think of a solution in Shanghai."

"However, Shanghai is a small market after all. It would be difficult to make more money here."

Shanghai has a large population, but after all, the place is too small. It is possible to make a little money in Shanghai, but it is definitely difficult to make a lot of money.

And as of now, Lu Yongxiang still exists in Shanghai, so he cannot be said to have completely occupied Shanghai.

Therefore, it is difficult to support an army of more than 100,000 people relying solely on Shanghai, not to mention that it will be expanded to 200,000 people later.

Xu Wenqiang said: "It is indeed difficult, but now, only Shanghai is our territory."

"It is really difficult to make money and do business in other places. Not to mention making money, you may even lose money."

Ye Yunfei frowned and lowered his head to think for a while.

"There is."

At this moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes: "I have thought of a good place to make money. I can definitely make a lot of money there, and the risk will be much smaller."

Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang looked at him curiously and said, "Brother Fei, what place are you talking about?"

"Apart from Shanghai, is there any other place in the Republic of China where we can make money so easily?"

“It feels difficult.”

Ye Yunfei smiled and said, "Yes, of course, this place is definitely suitable."

"What place is it?"

Xu Wenqiang said.