"Back then, in order to oppose the Yangtze Company, you deliberately dragged the Beiping Chamber of Commerce into it. It looked like you were helping us make money, but your real goal was just to put a spoke in the Yangtze Company's wheels."
Wang Yueshu laughed. "Luo Kaiyan, don't pretend to be so innocent. When you were all making money, every one of you couldn't wait to crush the Yangtze Company to monopolize the entire North China market. If I hadn't stepped in, the National Government would have picked you clean to the bone long ago. What chance would you have had to survive until today?"
"I don't blame you for not being grateful; it’s only natural for people in business to want to make money. But what you should never, ever have done was to squeeze the very last cent out of the hands of the common people. You sit in your grand mansion, counting your silver dollars and grinning from ear to ear, yet you never bother to step outside and see the plight of the people on the streets—dressed in rags, holding empty grain bags, unable to afford even a single pound of food!"
Chapter 307