Chapter 199: I Want to Drink Soup Too
Then Frankl added: "Even if you are right. I'm sorry, I'm not questioning you, I'm just trying to say what's in my heart. Assuming that the Soviet Union is beginning to weaken and begin to collapse, then their influence will certainly be greater than that of the Middle East, and even more than the influence of the Middle East and Japan combined, and the world will not be even more chaotic? Wouldn't the price of gold rise even more? This is more in line with my sister's prediction, and we should invest in gold even more. ”
Jiang Xinwei is not an economist, nor is he a politician, what he has is just some memories attached to the time travel, and he is not clear about many processes and ins and outs, so he doesn't know how to persuade this simple guy in front of him who likes to admit death.
I can't tell him that the former powerful Soviet Union is dying and will die and disintegrate by the end of next year? If you really want to say this, not only will Frankl think he is talking nonsense, but it will also lead to many unpredictable risks.
I can't say that I know that the United States sent Leo Vantaa, a brilliant agent, in order to bring down the Soviet Union's finances, and that this guy with multiple identities would make the Soviet financial system collapse almost overnight, thus giving financiers a good opportunity to feast on the wealth of the Soviet Union.
Vantaa is a legend that few people know about, a super-rich man with huge stealth assets.
If you have some understanding of the collapse of the Soviet Union, if you have paid attention to the collapse of the Soviet financial system, if you have carefully analyzed the "shock therapy" adopted by Russia in order to save the economy, you must be familiar with this Monsieur Vantaa hidden in the shadows, and everyone will be amazed by his tremendous energy of turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain, and everyone will be amazed at his earth-shattering distance.
In just a few years in the Soviet Union, this guy has made his family fortune jump from tens of thousands of dollars to $27 trillion! His assets have increased nearly 100 million times, and even Jobs and Bill Gates can only bow down in front of him.
But making money is just a small skill of his. With the cooperation of certain Soviet officials, he made the Soviet ruble change from 1 ruble to 2.8 US dollars (that is, 1:2.8) to 100 rubles to 100 rubles to 100 dollars (100:1), but the matter did not end there, he continued to short the ruble, and then it was smooth sailing, and when the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia was founded, it was difficult to "effectively stop the financial turmoil." The real depreciation of the entire ruble is as high as 14000 times!
In Soviet times, 10,000 rubles could buy a small car, but in Russia, 10,000 rubles was only enough to buy a cheap cushion to put on the cab seat, and not even a tire.
Where did the value of 10,000 rubles go? It was swallowed up by the Western economy and finance of Vantaa, and the wealth that the Soviet Union had worked hard to accumulate for decades was eaten by these Western elites who opened their mouths of blood, and they also gained the gratitude of many Soviet people.
It was not until later that the Soviet people could not fill their stomachs with enough food and thin clothes could not withstand the cold that they realized that they had not helped the Western elites sell themselves and that they had helped the Western elites count their money.
In order to destroy the Soviet Union, Vantaa had many plans, and every plan was bound to succeed.
For example, on the eve of the collapse of the USSR. Seeing that the domestic economy was very bad, in order to save the fate of the government and themselves, and also saw the good opportunity for the turmoil in the Middle East and the crisis of the Japanese economy to increase the price of gold, the Soviet Central Bank asked the Central Bank of the Soviet Union to sell a part of the gold in exchange for valuable foreign exchange, and was ready to use the foreign exchange exchanged for gold to purchase materials in short supply at home in the international market, so that the common people could fill their stomachs and civil servants could receive their salaries.
However, Vantaa ignored the fact that the turmoil in the Middle East and the economic crisis in Japan could spur the price of gold to rise. The massive short sale of up to 2,000 tons of gold on the international gold market completely bankrupted the Soviet Union's plan to sell gold for life-saving supplies. As a result, the Soviet Union was headed for the road of disintegration from which there was no turning back.
It was Vantaa's generosity that surprised many economists around the world, who had failed to predict that the price of gold would rise sharply in 1991.
Clearly, Frankl's sister was one of those economists, or at this point she came to the same conclusion as most economists: the price of gold is going to rise sharply, and now is the time to invest in gold!
Jiang Xinwei, who knows the direction of history, naturally will not let her do such a meaningless thing. In his opinion, he may not be able to devour the wealth they have accumulated for decades in the Soviet Union like Vantaa, but it should be okay to drink some soup and water with him. Because in the next few years, the USSR and the soon-to-be-founded Russia will be a paradise for financiers and adventurers, as well as a gold mine for them.
Thinking of the loss of nearly ten trillion dollars in wealth before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Jiang Xinwei's eyes began to glow. He did not answer Frankl's question, but asked directly: "If our investment company is established, can your sister Mayoni persuade your grandfather's Lyon Investment Bank to help her run it? Can she hire a group of financial experts and bank management experts from this bank to go to the Soviet Union? Can she recruit some public relations personnel in Europe who are good at dealing with officials and Soviet officials?"
Frankl immediately asked, "Do you also want to go to the Soviet Union and open a bank?"
Jiang Xinxu nodded: "...... , is it also the idea of the Lyon investment bank?"
Frankel admitted: "Yes. My grandfather tried to go, but the board of directors rejected it. …… If you promise to pay a gratuity, you can definitely hire the employees you want from this bank, and even place them in your company, which is currently undergoing massive layoffs. …… But do you really think it's worth a try? It's the Soviet Union, a strange and strange country, and I wonder if they have man-eating dinosaurs there. ”
Jiang Xinwei said with a smile: "As your sister said, this money is earned anyway, why don't we gamble? Besides, this is not an uncertain bet." I think you must believe that the ruble will depreciate, right?"
Seeing that Jiang Xinwei began to pick up the pen and write words in the blank space of the plan, Frankl shook his head and said, "I believe it." But...... I hope your business will be successful. ”
Jiang Xinwei knew that he was not an economist, and he did not have the ability to arrange how to carry out the specific operation of Mayoni, he only wrote some of his rough ideas, and let her play the rest: professional things should be done by professionals.
There are two main contents of what he wrote: the first is to predict that the Soviet ruble will plummet and that we will have a lot to do in the Soviet Union. The second is that if she really goes to the Soviet Union to open a bank, ask her to absorb as much ruble deposits as possible from the Soviet people, and find a way to obtain a ruble loan from the Soviet bank, and use all the rubles she can collect to buy Soviet enterprises and equipment.
After writing this, Jiang Xinwei signed his name and handed the text back to Frankl, jokingly: "I missed an opportunity for you to make a fortune privately last time, don't miss it again this time, do you want to invest some money to have fun?"
Frankl just smiled and didn't answer.
In line with the idea of having more people and more power, more money and more money, and tying Frankl and his family to his ship as much as possible, Jiang Xinwei said half-truthfully: "You still don't believe me?" are you still hesitating?...... In five years, I can guarantee that you will get at least 20% of the annual profit. ”
Frankl's originally silent demeanor suddenly became excited, and he hurriedly asked, "Twenty percent?"
Jiang Xinwei smiled, nodded, and said in his heart: "What is a mere 20 percent profit, if you go to the Soviet Union and make less than 1,000 percent of the profit, you should find a straw rope and hang yourself." Vantaa only used tens of thousands of dollars to earn 2.7 trillion US dollars, although he has the support of the US government, no one can compare to him, but he has a cross-border identity that Vantaa can't match, better than he Vantaa knows the future development direction, he took millions of dollars to invest in the Soviet Union only to reap 1/10,000 of Vantaa's income, this shouldn't be difficult, right?"
What is 1/10,000th of Vantaa's revenue? But 270 million US dollars!
Frankl hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll give you five...... Like my sister, I'll give you two million dollars. Can you really give me $4.97 million in five years?"
The annual interest rate is 20%, and the interest rate is 2.488 times the original price after five years. This profit is obviously much better than the normal interest rate of the bank, but it is far less than the usury of the private sector.
To go to the Soviet Union to make money, the profit margin is several times that of private usury, Jiang Xinwei now of course dares to agree, so he said with a smile: "Okay, however, you can't get shares in my company, your funds are pure investment." …… Of course, for the sake of our friends, I can give you five million in five years, that is, at one hundred and fifty percent interest. But the premise must be that your sister does what I ask and actually goes to Russia to open a bank. …… Don't hesitate, your investment is definitely safe, and it can be guaranteed with the money I put in your sister's hand and the company we set up. ”
Hearing Jiang Xinwei say this, Frankl was really relieved, and he also smiled and said, "Yes, we are friends." …… If, I mean, if your investment fails, I don't want you to lose so much, just pay me back my principal and the interest on my normal five-year bank deposit. ”
Jiang Xinwei hurriedly said, "No problem." ”
The reason why he tried his best to fool Frankl into two million dollars was that he felt that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a once-in-a-century opportunity, and he must seize this opportunity, knowing that there would be no such shop in this village.
Jiang Xinwei thought silently: "This soup must be drunk! Maybe if you are lucky, you can eat a bite of meat." ”
(Ask for recommendation) (To be continued......) R1292