Chapter 500 Independent Establishment of Tariffs
When a group of people arrived in Lishunde, they realized that they had no chance to get in front of Ye Luo.
At this time, Ye Luo was surrounded by a group of foreigners, ranging from ministers, ambassadors, consuls general, and bosses of various foreign companies. They all wanted to pick Ye Luo up and carry him home, without giving the Chinese celebrities any chance to get close to him.
Lu Yongxiang and Lu Xiaojia tried several times, but in the end they could only watch Ye Luo and Ma Murui walking further and further away, and had no choice but to return to the wine table with their names on it and sit down.
The people at this table included Duan Qirui and other former warlord leaders. They looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They could only drink sullenly before finding a way to get close to Ye Luo.
Tang Yiying was still stuck in the term "American Minister" and she still underestimated Ye Luo's influence.
Nowadays, because the United States strongly supports the Jinling National Government, Americans have a higher status than foreigners from other countries in the south under the rule of the president. The American ministers and ambassadors can be said to be the most powerful foreigners in China during the Republic of China.
Puyi tried his best to please those foreigners, but in the end only one Japanese minister was willing to collude with him, and the Japanese minister was like a younger brother to the American minister.
She realized that the time had come for her to divorce and stay away from the Aixinjueluo family!
the other side.
Ma Murui and Ye Luo said as they walked: "Ye, how come you know more about diplomacy than me, a diplomat? It's unbelievable."
"Haha, I told Minister Wang Zhengting at the beginning that China's tariff independence is unstoppable. After you and the United States took the lead in speaking out in support, Britain, France, Germany and other countries will inevitably follow. No matter how much the Japanese don't want us to have tariff independence, it will be difficult for them to do so. Stop this trend."
Ye Luo explained with a smile,
"Compared to the issues of troop withdrawal and consular jurisdiction withdrawal, which you think are easier to negotiate, I think tariff independence is the easiest one to achieve. You see, I was right."
"That's true. If you were not engaged in business but focused on diplomacy, maybe your country could recover some rights and interests from other countries faster." Ma Murui admired Ye Luo for a long time because of the US stock market turmoil, although he did not join them later. family trust fund, but the relationship between the two is still that of close friends.
In his eyes, Ye Luo is an all-around genius that the Chinese have rarely seen in thousands of years. He is far superior to ordinary people in economics, politics, diplomacy and even literature.
"Mamurui, you have always believed in the Washington System, right." Ye Luo changed the subject and suddenly said, "Your diplomatic views have always been based on the Versailles-Washington System after World War I. In other words, you insist on using military force. force to safeguard U.S. treaty interests in other countries, including ours."
"Yes." This was a relatively disgraceful thing. Facing Ye Luo, Mamurui lacked confidence and could only respond in a low voice to express his agreement.
The so-called Versailles-Washington System is the political system established by the imperialist powers through the Paris Peace Conference and the Washington Conference after World War I.
It established the order of imperialist rule in Europe, West Asia, Africa, East Asia and the Pacific. It was a system in which the imperialist countries re-divided the world after World War I and enslaved the colonial and semi-colonial peoples.
The Washington Conference was a continuation of the Paris Peace Conference, which consolidated the imperialist order in East Asia and the Pacific, brought serious disasters to our country, and returned our country to a situation dominated by a few imperialist countries.
China was originally one of the victorious countries in World War I, but it failed to join the ranks. Instead, it was hit just like the defeated countries.
The beneficiaries of this system are the four countries of Britain, France, the United States and Japan. In order to consolidate the system, Mamouri's diplomatic strategies are all based on this.
Therefore, in the face of various labor movements and student movements in the Republic of China, he advocated the use of force to suppress them. However, when he saw that the Northern Expedition was over and the National Government in Jinling had a tendency to unify, he took the lead in proposing that "the United States was the first to support and recognize" the National Government. Suggestions are also made to vigorously promote rights and interests such as tariff independence.
This is what politicians and diplomats do. They have no absolute concepts of good and evil, and everything is based on national interests.
Ye Luo did not hate his behavior when he was seeking his own government, and the things he later promoted were generally good for the Republic of China.
But he also wanted to use this to tell Mamuri a truth.
"Let my tongue shine like a lotus flower, but as a diplomat you should understand best that a weak country has no diplomacy."
"A weak country has no diplomacy." Ma Murui chewed this sentence deeply several times and felt that Ye Luo had hit the essence.
Yes, a weak country has no diplomacy.
He can negotiate with the foreign ministers of other countries as he pleases because the United States has a proven track record as a victorious nation and a great power. He is the icing on the cake and cannot provide help in times of need.
Ye Luo couldn't do it either, so he didn't interfere in diplomatic issues.
The two of them were silent for a moment, and then Ye Luo brought the topic back: "Anyway, I can get your confidence, which makes me feel more confident."
"It has been confirmed that the Sino-Japanese tariff independent establishment agreement will be officially signed in Jinling on May 6." Ma Mourui nodded.
This sentence is enough.
Previously, he had only received a few pieces of information from Wang Zhengting and Song Ziwen. Now with Ma Murui's confirmation, Ye Luo can boldly start new business with confidence.
After Japan also recognized its tariff autonomy, it meant that the Jinling National Government had completely taken back its tariff rights. What does this mean?
In the future, there will no longer be low tax rates on overseas imported products in China, causing imported goods to squeeze out the living space of domestic goods and seize the market, making domestic factories and companies unable to recover, and export goods are strictly guarded by various countries, making domestic goods unable to circulate around the world.
In the past, Chinese businessmen were able to survive in the cracks, relying solely on the dividends of China's hundreds of millions of people. If it were replaced by other small countries, after being locked in tariffs by the great powers, domestic companies were basically finished. They could only work for the factories of the great powers, or bite the bullet. Do industries with extremely low profits and huge consumption, such as agriculture.
Exchanging 10,000 kilograms of agricultural products for a bicycle is not a joke, but a real case.
The final establishment of tariff autonomy, as well as the announcement and implementation of various tax rates, actually took until 1931. But in fact, after the talks were completed here, the Jinling National Government had already sent people to do the corresponding work and business.
When ordinary Chinese businessmen see this business opportunity, those who have connections and know the inside story have already made a lot of money.
A hundred years later, information gap is still the most important prerequisite for doing business, let alone today's reckless era.
This should be one of the few opportunities to make a fortune before the outbreak of the 1937 War.
Ye Luo has just made 3 billion US dollars from the US stock market, and now he still has about 1 billion US dollars of capital in his hands. If we don’t stud now, when will we stud?
And although many people know this news, not many people know how to apply it and make a fortune.
Thinking like this, Ye Luo seemed to have a complete plan in mind. At this time, Cao Fan came over, beckoned and said, "Xiao Fan, are you ready for the things in the private room?"
"It's all done, Second Young Master." Cao Fan smiled and nodded. (End of chapter)