Boston, USA, 1919.

This year, two foreigners came to Boston.

One is a Chinese who arrived in Boston from New York. There is also an Italian named Charles. Ponzi.

Of course, the middleman was very low-key, rarely appeared in public, and almost no one in Boston knew who he was.

And Charles. Ponzie is different. As soon as he arrived in Boston, he showed his high profile.

He claimed that he could make money by buying some kind of postal bills in Europe and selling them to the United States!

As long as you know a little bit of financial knowledge, you can know that it is impossible to make money in this way. However, on the one hand, Ponzie is playing tricks on the financial side, and on the other hand, he has set up huge bait.

He claims that all investments can be returned by 50% within 45 days. Moreover, he also gave people "seeing is believing" evidence: the first group of "investors" did get the promised return from Ponzi within the stipulated time.

As a result, a large number of followers believed in Pang Qi's plan to "make money" and followed up.

In just three months, Ponzi made more than six million dollars!

He lived in a 20-room villa, bought hundreds of expensive suits with special leather shoes, owned dozens of gold-encrusted crutches, and bought his wife countless expensive jewelry, including his pipes inlaid with diamonds.

When a certain financial expert exposed Pang Qi's investment fraud, Pang Qi also published an article in the newspaper to refute the financial expert, saying that the financial expert did not understand anything.

On this day, in Ponzina's 20-room villa, an uninvited guest suddenly came.

This was a young man with an oriental face, able to speak English fluently, and behaved very politely, even bringing Madame Poncie their gift:

A delicate, luxurious porcelain of the Zhongyuan Kingdom.

This quickly won the favor of the Pons.

This young man introduced himself, his name was "Williams", his parents were Oriental, he immigrated to the United States at an early age, he grew up in the United States, and his family had a large public office, just in New York.

Hearing that he had come from New York, Mrs. Ponzie seemed very excited, and kept asking him how his life in New York was different from that in Boston.

Ponzi was even more curious about how the Orientals could succeed in the big city of New York.

Cai Chenfang briefly introduced it to Pang Qi. His parents were officials of the Qing Dynasty at that time, and because they could not bear the turmoil of the national family and the chaos of the party everywhere, they quietly left their country with all their wealth and immigrated to the United States.

It dawned on Pang Qi at this point.

I heard that Zhongyuan is a beautiful and rich country, which is full of gold and silver, and opportunities to make a fortune are everywhere. It's just a pity that I haven't been to that place, otherwise I would have been able to show my skills there.

"I came to Boston this time to take care of some personal matters, but I heard that you are the most famous person in Boston today, so I came to visit you." Williams said politely.

Ponzi looked very proud: "Yes, I can bring a lot of wealth to people, and I can help many people achieve their dreams of becoming rich." What about you, my friend, would you like to invest in me too? ”

"Yes, I'd love to." Williams smiled and said, "But with all due respect, I don't particularly care about this little reward, I just admired your reputation and extraordinary genius in finance, so I came to visit you." ”

Pang Qi was slightly disappointed, but the compliment still made him feel very proud.

"I'm glad to meet you." Williams suddenly said, "In addition to meeting you today, I have another thing I want to ask for your help from. ”

"Tell me, my friend."

Williams looked a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment before saying:

"That's right, after my father died, I took over his company, but in the last two years, my company has had some problems in operation!" …,

Are you here to ask yourself about borrowing money? Ponzi thought to himself.

But Williams's following words casually made Ponzie feel that he was worrying too much:

"Mr. Charles, I admire your extraordinary business investment skills, and since we can meet in Boston, it means that we are very close. So I would like to ask you to go to New York with your wife, and I would like to hire you as my special adviser to help me see what is wrong with my corporation. ”

Ponzi was relieved, but looked very embarrassed: "My friend, I would be happy to help you, but you must also see that I also have a big business in Boston, and I really can't get out of it." ”

"Oh, sir, it won't take you a long time, just a few days." Williams said hurriedly, then took out the checkbook, swiped a few strokes on it, and then handed it to Ponzi: "Mr. Charles, I won't let you run in vain, this is your consulting fee." ”

Ponzi and his wife glanced at the check, and both let out a low cry in unison.

A whole five thousand dollars!

God, this Oriental man is too generous! Five thousand dollars, a whole five thousand dollars, but he threw it out like this, and he didn't feel the slightest distress at all!

"We are touched by your sincerity." Ponzi exchanged views with his wife: "Well, we accept your invitation. ”

Williams breathed a sigh of relief and stood up with a smile: "Then, I will come to pick you up in person tomorrow." ”

New York.

This is the financial and economic center, the largest city, the port, and the most populous city in the entire United States!

But in 1919, New York was in a state of chaos.

In January 1919, the dock workers in New York held a strike, which opened the prelude to the movement of workers in the United States in the early post-war period. In February, there was a general strike in Seattle; In July and August, railroad workers in Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia went on strike. At the end of August, the Formation of a Banner was established with John. The American Communist Party of Volunteers, led by Reed. On September 1, the Communist Party of the United States headed by Ludenberg was established; In September, under the leadership of Foster, the U.S. steel workers went on strike, and the strike of 360,000 steel workers swept 50 cities in 10 states, including Pennsylvania and Indiana.

And in New York, a general strike of 500,000 mine workers has finally broken out!

"It's a shame to see the worst side of New York at its worst." Williams looked very sorry and pointed to the boycott workers who were fighting with the police officers: "Those thugs are directing more thugs to try to turn back on us, and these people should be thrown to jail!" ”

"Yes, they should have been thrown in jail." Ponzi couldn't agree more.

The car came, and Williams politely opened the door for the Ponzies: "Please, we'll be there soon." ”

A beautiful, luxurious two-story office building appeared in front of the Ponzies.

The environment here is really good, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a tourist holiday place.

But as soon as he walked into the office building, called Waller Investment Corporation, Ponzi quickly discovered that something was wrong.

The employees sat lazily there, chatting with each other, and when they saw their boss come in, they panicked and pretended to be very busy.

Williams, however, did not notice any of this, but seemed to be very pleased with his employees, and invited the Ponzies into his office, took out three crystal-made wine glasses, poured them into the wine, and placed two glasses in front of the Ponzies:

"Welcome to New York!"

"Thank you for your hospitality!" The Ponzies raised their glasses.

The three of them took a sip of wine, Williams was about to speak, and Ponzi had already spoken first; "With all due respect, my friend, there's a big problem with your company!"

"Really?" Williams looked surprised: "You've just come here, have you already found a problem?" ”

"Yes!" Pang Qi said proudly: "As long as you look closely, you can find a lot of unknown things. Williams, your employees are so loose that they don't work there at all, they're just dealing with you, swindling checks out of your pockets. ”…,

Williams looked unconvinced: "Mr. Charles, my staff are very loyal to me, and I don't think they're the kind of people you say they are. ”

Instead of arguing with him, Ponzi put down his glass, walked to the door, opened it a slit, and beckoned to Williams:

"Come on, come and see."

Williams walked to the door and looked through the crack in the door, an angry expression on his face.

Outside, the employees were talking and laughing, some were doing what they were doing, some were reading the newspaper, where was there who was working?

"Damn it, damn it!" Williams was completely angry: "I pay them so much, and they only know to be lazy there!" I'm going to fire them, fire them all! ”

"We must use capable employees, capable employees!" Pang Qi closed the door and said in an aggravated tone: "If you are incompetent, you must be resolutely dismissed, this is what a public company manager should do." I don't think you've been in charge of the company for a long time, and you don't have enough experience in some areas. ”

"Mr. Charles, you are truly my savior, and I will definitely do exactly what you tell me to do." Williams said gratefully:

"As a token of my gratitude, I will be hosting a special reception tonight to welcome you and your wife, and you will be sure to attend anyway."

Pang Qi exchanged glances with his wife, then nodded and said, "Okay, we accept your invitation." ”

Williams said happily: "I think my drinking party will satisfy you by then!" ”

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