Chapter 128: The Harvest Begins
. "Ready to get rid of all Japanese bonds, I think there should be a lot of people who are flocking to Japanese bonds now, the Japanese have been grinding for more than 1 year, and finally won, so naturally they have to buy some at this time, you say, Laura?" Ruprecht said with a sip of tea.
"So you've set a trap for them, and the war is over, and Japan is going to get a lot of reparations, so the bonds can be cashed out, but in reality, Japan may only be able to survive the reparations, and the repayment of the previous bonds may have to be achieved by borrowing again." Laura replied.
"So, what's your hole card against Japan? How much compensation can Japan get? ”
"100 million taels of silver, maybe more, but that's about it." Ruprecht held out a finger. Historically, the Japanese initially asked for 300 million taels of silver, but of course this figure was a lion's mouth, and the final implementation was only 200 million taels. And now the 100 million taels of silver proposed by Ruprecht are also well thought out, because this figure is the bottom line accepted by Japan!
No one knows how much famine Japan pulled in this war, but in addition to the war funds saved by Japan with its own funds before the war, the 100 million taels of indemnity is basically just enough to make up for the loopholes in the war, that is to say, from an economic point of view, Japan's war should be in vain!
"The silver matter must also be grasped, after the negotiations begin, I will release some rumors first, we will not veto the Japanese proposal on compensation at the beginning, you have to hurry up and operate." Ruprecht admonished.
"I've always wondered why the Three Kingdoms didn't completely overwhelm Japan this time. Or rather, why didn't Russia take the opportunity to make a move? Solve it directly by force of force? Laura said with some confusion
"Because Germany and France have no intention of fighting the British in the Far East! Even Russia's attitude is not very resolute, they just want to contain Japan, they want to completely destroy this emerging country, Russia will pay a great price, everyone knows that if Japan is also finished, Russia will be the well-deserved hegemon of the Far East, and this result is unacceptable to neither the United States, Britain, France, nor us! Japan can't live well or die, that's the consensus of everyone! ”
"You trust me so much? You know, some of these decisions, if they can be sold, are probably worth tens of millions of marks. Laura said half-seriously, half-jokingly. A smile also appeared on his cold and arrogant face, which can be regarded as a friendly expression.
"If the news can get out, then I'll just find a piece of cheese and kill it." Ruprecht said disapprovingly. There is a saying in Europe that the king has the most secrets, and now although Ruprecht is not a king himself, with the factories he has built and the system in his hands, he has also begun to establish some organizations to deal with shady things. Well, in the final analysis, it is a distrust of the historical intelligence and secret services.
"Are we going to fight Japan to the end? After all, they are the victorious powers, and if there is a gap in funds in time, they can still gain a huge commercial advantage in the Qing State, and it is said that they want to include the Liaodong region south of Shengjing and Taiwan into their territory, which is equivalent to giving this country nearly one-third of the territory! They have a market, they have raw materials, and they can still hold on even if they lack funds. "Countess Laura analyzes the matter from the point of view of a businessman.
"Want colonial and economic benefits? Did they ask me? Ruprecht sneered. Too young, too simple! I don't just plan to eat this fat meat of the Japanese, if you don't believe it, you can look at it, Japanese goods may not sell as well in the future as they did before the war! Do you believe it? ”
"It's hard to understand things in politics." Laura said noncommittally. "But your persecution of Japan in this way has gone beyond the scope of ordinary economy, you are suppressing Japan in all directions, if you are making your own profit in terms of compensation, it is understandable to open the port, then what about the colonies? If you are from the point of view of the Russians, maybe I can understand, but you are now German. ”
"It's not something you can understand." Ruprecht's answer was sloppy, because in addition to the reasons of the previous life, Japan was the key point for him to pry history! And for this plan, he is not particularly well prepared.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, in the letter to me recently, Her Royal Highness the Princess asked me to pay attention to something special, don't you want to know?" Laura quipped.
"As long as you know how to deal with it, we just communicate normally, after all, there have been a lot of contacts with the Russians lately." Ruprecht said, pretending not to care.
"But what do you mean by accepting her into the gang in this financial battle? Doing so will dilute our profits. Laura said with embarrassment.
"This is investment, whether you understand investment or not, you look at the reply yourself. My dad doesn't care about that. Ruprecht said with some dissatisfaction.
When the Qing-Japanese war finally stopped and the two sides decided to negotiate in Los Angeles, USA, all those who held Japanese bonds or other financial derivatives were finally relieved that Japan had finally won, and the Japanese bonds in their hands could finally be turned into real money. These people who still hold bonds are proud in their hearts. They know how hard it is to get this money!
The Qing State is such a huge country, although it has suffered repeated defeats, but the enemy it faces is also a big country, not to mention that there was a draw in the Qing and French Wars that year. Can you do it in Japan? When Japan issued war bonds under various names, many people were not optimistic about Japan's prospects, and only a small number of sharp-eyed people could see Japan's vigor and the weakness of the great power in the Far East.
Everything started according to a script designed by the Japanese, but there was a problem with this script from the very beginning! How dare the Japanese attack the Germans! And Germany, a country in the Far East that has traditionally appeared only with the face of a businessman, has shown its sharp fangs this time! A single battleship crushed a Japanese detachment!
And with the sinking of two Japanese warships, all those who held Japanese bonds felt that the end was coming! Germany didn't seem to be going to be good, but the Germans had 4 armored cruisers in the Far East at that time! And then, after the Japanese gritted their teeth and handed over the reparations, things were still unclear, because it was still doubtful whether Japan, which had been greatly damaged, would still have the confidence to fight in the first war.
Most people began to waver and threw out Japanese bonds, but the shrewd people were still waiting, because they found that most of these bonds and futures were absorbed by some inexplicable forces, which means that some big investors are still quite confident in Japan, so these smart people began to forbear, carrying a large number of bonds every day, waiting for them to turn into gold or blank paper!
They endured and waited, and finally one day, the war ended, and Japan was victorious, everything went in a good direction, and it seemed that the cost and effort they had paid would be rewarded?
At this time, the Japanese government issued bonds again, and businessmen who already knew the results of the war were naturally willing to subscribe to these high-quality industries, and just where people were not paying attention, some real financial predators began to take out positions, and now, for them, they can stop on the Japanese bond project!
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