This time the conversation was much easier than the last one, because the two were already familiar with each other, and they were both traversers, which also brought the two closer together.

Anderson was not in a hurry to talk about business, but talked about this negotiation first, and said: "I really didn't expect that this negotiation would actually break down, and the politicians in Japan and Russia are really derelict in their duties." ”

Li Sanjie said: "They are unwilling to pay war reparations, so what can they do, they can only fight again." ”

Anderson said: "It's hard for them not to know that once the war resumes, their losses will be greater than the current reparations?"

Li Sanjie said with a smile: "Didn't you read yesterday's newspapers? Britain and France have already announced their entry into the war, so Japan and Russia do not think that they will lose, and they still have the hope that the war will be overturned. ”

Anderson snorted and said, "Stupid, what if Britain and France enter the war, isn't it the same inevitable defeat." ”

Li Sanjie said: "It seems that you have a lot of confidence in us." ”

Anderson said: "If it is an army, maybe there is still a little chance, but Britain and France can only participate in the war, it can only be the navy, and your five modern warships that have crossed over should still be usable, right? In fact, without five ships fighting together, even one Kunming ship can defeat the British and French fleets, so it can be said that Britain, France, Japan and Russia have no chance at all." ”

Li Sanjie said: "Because you are a traverser, you can make such a judgment, but Britain, France, Japan and Russia don't see it this way, they are probably full of confidence at this time." The people of this era probably don't see it that way, and everyone except us thinks that we are going to lose. Quite apart from you. ”

Anderson shook his head and said: "To use your famous saying in the old time and space, 'If you don't die, you won't die', and now Britain, France, Japan, and Russia are all dying on their own." ”

Li Sanjie said with a smile: "They died by themselves, and no one can hold it, but for you, there is an opportunity to make a fortune right in front of you, don't you plan to seize it?"

Anderson was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood, and said, "You mean the bonds you issued in the United States?"

Li Sanjie said: "Yes, my government issued bonds worth 30 million pounds in the United States, which is about 145 million US dollars in US dollars, and now it has basically been bought, so even if the value of the bonds fluctuates, there is no loss for us, but for you, if you manage it well, you should be able to make a lot of money." ”

In fact, Anderson is also a very shrewd person, and after coming to this era, he is actually good at using stocks, bonds and other financial means to create wealth, and now nearly half of their wealth is obtained in the financial market, but he can only be regarded as an ordinary rich man in the United States now, and he does not have much influence in the political circles, so he has insufficient information about international politics. Russia repeatedly stressed before the negotiations that it would not pay reparations, but in Anderson's view, it was just a negotiating tactic and would eventually give in. didn't consider that the negotiation failed, but Li Sanjie's reminder immediately understood, thought about it again, and then nodded, and said: "This is indeed a good opportunity, I also bought 300,000 of your bonds." ”

Li Sanjie said: "I don't know if Mr. Anderson is convenient to tell us, how much money can you come up with this time?"

Anderson made another silent calculation and said, "We can still come up with $500,000, up to $800,000." ”

Li Sanjie said: "If we invest $3 million, and you end up giving us $6 million worth of bonds, which is double the return, and the rest is your own, are you sure of this?"

Anderson calculated in his mind again, and said, "Yes, but if you can invest $5 million, I can promise to return you $12 million worth of bonds, I don't know if you dare to invest in this." ”

Li Sanjie said: "Are you so sure?"

Anderson nodded and said with a smile: "In fact, the way to make money is not only bonds, but also a good way, which is casinos." Before the start of this war, there were many casinos in the United States that offered odds for the war, so after the war reopened, there will definitely be casinos with odds, and they will definitely buy you to lose, which is not a great opportunity to make money. ”

Li Sanjie listened to it and nodded frequently, this is also a way to make money, because gambling is legal in the United States, so he said: "Okay, I will report your request to China, but you had better come up with a detailed plan, so that in our country, it will be more convincing, as long as our Executive Yuan thinks that your plan is indeed feasible, I think it can accept your request." ”

Moreover, the ratio of the dollar to the pound in this era is 4.8:1, and 5 million US dollars is worth about 1 million pounds, although the East China government still has huge war expenditures, but more than 1 million pounds can still be drawn, not to mention that according to Anderson's promise, the return can reach 12 million US dollars, and the rate of return is nearly 2.5 times, which is also considerable, so as long as Anderson's plan is feasible, the East China government will accept it.

Anderson said, "Okay, I'll start writing the report as soon as I get back." ”

Talking about this step, both sides are very satisfied, although both sides did not mention the establishment of a cooperative relationship, but in fact has begun to cooperate, and the level of cooperation is just right, deeper than the general pure economic cooperation, but not to the extent of in-depth cooperation, but as the first cooperation between the two sides, it is very suitable, as long as this cooperation is successful, then the trust and cooperation foundation of both sides will increase, and the depth of cooperation in the future is a logical thing.

However, the negotiation delegation will soon return to China, of course, after Li Sanjie returns to China, the East China government will definitely send someone to contact Anderson, and before that, Li Sanjie designated Gu Kai to be responsible for maintaining contact with Anderson.

During this period, the economic and trade delegation frequently met with American business tycoons, financial oligarchs, and capital predators, held business banquets, auction parties, and balls, and organized two exhibitions to extensively publicize the East China Government's plan for the development of northeast China and its plan for attracting investment.

The industrial and commercial circles in the United States are very interested in the plans of the East China government, not only because the Northeast region does have great development value, but also because many American companies hope to use the development of Northeast China to open up and expand their business territory in China.

At the time of the current official investment boom in the United States, a large amount of international capital poured into the American market. Regulation is quite imperfect, so a large amount of capital flowing into the United States has poured into the stock market, causing the stock market to soar, but economists with brains know that this is by no means a good phenomenon, capital must flow into the market to be completely digested, but a large amount of capital must have enough market to attract and accommodate, although the United States itself is a huge market, it is not enough to attract such a huge amount of capital, and now the East China government provides a fairly large market, which naturally attracts American capital.

Although the tripartite talks eventually broke down and Britain and France had both announced their entry into the war, the enthusiasm of American capital for investing in Northeast China did not diminish much, and they still held frequent talks with delegations from the East China government, and even signed cooperation intentions. Because capital is not afraid of war, sometimes the more the war is fought, the more capital accumulates, first, the war itself is a huge consumption, and after the war is broken, it needs to be rebuilt, and it is a huge business opportunity, and at the same time weakens the control of the local government, which is more conducive to the development of capital; second, it is precisely because of the threat of war that capital can take advantage as much as possible in the game with the East China government, and if the war is over, it will definitely be much more difficult to enter the market of the East China government.

However, although capital does not refuse to shoot the war, capital can only operate and flow through agents, and the war still poses a considerable threat to the agents of capital, and they cannot help but face the danger of losing all their investment and even killing them. But this is not too much of a problem in the United States, because the United States is now an adventurer's paradise, as the so-called wealth and danger are sought, in the United States in this era, there has never been a shortage of people who dare to take risks and gamble. This is also an important reason why the East China government's trade mission is sought after in the United States.

As a result, the business delegation signed a total of about 60 million US dollars worth of cooperation agreements in the United States, and a small number of enterprises planned to make a small amount of investment immediately, and some companies sent their own business representatives to Qingdao with the delegation to discuss the details of the investment and inspect the investment environment.

So on the last day of January, the East China government delegation boarded a train in New York and headed for San Francisco, officially embarking on the journey back to China.

On the same day, Britain offered Japan a low-interest loan of 50 million pounds, requiring the Japanese government to organize 20 divisions over a six-month period in preparation for the combined British and French fleets to fight together after they arrived in the Far East. Naturally, the Japanese government will not refuse. The French government also provided Russia with an interest-free loan of 500 million francs and a low-interest loan of 1.2 billion francs, which was converted into about 70 million pounds and 650 million rubles, which could not allow Russia to completely stabilize the domestic economy and still have enough funds to start another war. Russia also promised to send 300,000 troops to the Far East within six months to fight in conjunction with the British and French armies.

In addition, in order to stabilize Germany in Europe, Britain and France also decided to make concessions to Germany on the Moroccan question, recognizing not only Moroccan independence, but also Germany's most-favored-nation interests in Morocco's economy, and participating in supervising the establishment of Morocco's treasury and national banks.

Although Britain and France did not want to enter the war, after it was determined that they had to enter the war, the two countries acted quite quickly and resolutely, and although they had not yet formed a combined fleet, they were already on the track of war.