Those who are able to lift their eyes and scan the international horizon from this bleak family picture can at least find some comfort in the brethren in distress. At first, Hoover himself was inclined to place the ultimate blame on reasons other than the United States. He found the source of this bitter medicine in the First World War and its aftermath. Waste and destruction, loss of manpower, war debts and taxes, inflation and subsequent devaluation, greed and imperialism in other countries, coupled with new expenditures due to fear and rearmament, are all pernicious legacies of a struggle for which "our people are accountable". And, in the case of the United States itself, these complications originate from Woodrow? During the Wilson period, "the war began during the administration of the Myoke Party".

Even if this analysis may seem like a great consolation — to put the American people in the classic role of innocence at home and abroad — it cannot be denied that the Great Depression is spreading rapidly in an economically interdependent world. States are seen, like mountaineers, bound together by the ropes of loans and debts, cartels and tariffs, and the rapid exchange of information, whether hope or panic. Countries that are predominantly agrarian tend to collapse first, and the decline of industrial powers is a little later, but more thrilling. By the spring of 1929, or a little earlier, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, and Poland, as well as China and Japan in the East, were showing signs of decline, while Germany's long postwar depression had deepened. More to the United States than the United States were the United Kingdom, France, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, and the Scandinavian countries. The second wave, which began around 1931 and was more severe than the first, affected all of these countries equally, and did not begin to ebb until around the spring of 1933.

The worldwide "Great Depression" of 1929-1933 was an unprecedented global event in human history, which caused the world economy and society to experience a phoenix nirvana. Although the form and severity of the crisis varies. However, when one looks at the global picture, one is surprised to see that it is not only Americans who are easily deceived by the blind prosperity, but also that the situation is reflected to varying degrees in various countries. China and the East, like China, were the most severely affected by the crisis, but the end result was diametrically opposite.

Wall Street, New York, USA.

"How long have you been working for him?" Lu Maolan looked at the bright sunshine outside the window and asked Shen Wanyun who was standing beside her softly.

"It's been more than 10 years." Shen Wanyun thought of Yang Shuoming, and a pink face involuntarily started to burn, "I have always been in charge of this business." ”

"So, you earned him a lot of money?" Lu Maolan looked at the girl who was now a celebrity on Wall Street with a slightly red face, smiled slightly, and then asked.

"Hmm." Shen Wanyun nodded, with a hint of melancholy and sadness in her voice, "However, I hope that one day I can not only be his money-making machine......"

"You've done what he's told you every time, haven't you?" Lu Maolan asked.

"It used to be like that, but not all of it anymore." "A lot of the time, it's my own hands, because he taught me a way to accurately grasp the direction of the market, and this method has now become my instinct." Of course, I would consult with him, but we often coincided......"

Listening to Shen Wanyun's answer, a hint of surprise flashed in Lu Maolan's eyes.

"How profitable do you expect to be from your gold futures trading this time?" Lu Maolan asked again.

"I'm doing it 14 times the volume, and the profit should be 500% to 800%." Shen Wanyun replied softly, her expression was calm, and her tone was flat, as if she was talking about a new dress she had just bought, "We'll see in a while." ”

Listening to Shen Wanyun's answer, Lu Maolan couldn't help but gasp.

She didn't expect that this "financial heroine" in the American Chinese business community would be able to achieve such great results in such adversity.

Among the great collapses in human history, the 1929 crash of the U.S. stock market was the most tragic. The stock market wiped out more than $500 billion in U.S. assets overnight. The collapse of the stock market led to the Great Depression, and the U.S. economy fell into the quagmire of economic crisis, with a large number of companies going bankrupt, thousands of banks failing, and the U.S. financial community suffocating; GDP has fallen sharply; The number of unemployed people has soared to more than 17 million, accounting for more than one-quarter of the entire labor force; There are 34 million people who have no income at all.

Despite this, some industries are thriving. Industries like the sale of contraceptives make $250 million a year. More than half of the nation's residents watch movies once a week, keeping the film industry thriving; The number of people smoking paper cigarettes is increasing year by year, although no one knew at the time that the habit was harmful. The "Ear Winnet" refrigerator and the "Atwater Kent" brand radio were a bestseller. Miniature golf courses and mobile libraries are also thriving. Alfred? Fuller organized a group of people to sell brushes door-to-door, and the results were very good, and sales increased from $15,000 to $50,000 in one month, and then to as much as $1 million every year. Also, there was a man named Paul? Gertie's genius quietly bought a number of cheap oil wells and made a fortune. There are also individual businesses that are fortunate to succeed in various places, but these "lucky people" are only a few after all, and their achievements are limited.

Like Shen Wanyun's handwriting, it is not something they can compare.

can stand tall in such a crisis, and Shen Wanyun can no longer be described as just a "genius".

However, even if a genius like her, the truth of some things is not easy to know.

Of course, Lu Maolan didn't want to and couldn't tell her that Yang Shuoming did it together, as well as the famous Morgan family, Rockefeller family and DuPont family in the United States, and the financial markets involved were not only New York, but also the London futures market and the CAC in Paris, France.

And the role of Wall Street in this crisis and what will happen next in the United States and the world, of course, she knows all too well.

And all of this, the ultimate goal, is the metal that has been the symbol of wealth and the last means of payment for a country for thousands of years - gold!

At this time, Lu Maolan could almost imagine the smug smiles of the bigwigs of the "Sixth Reich" in Europe when they saw the world's major countries abandoning the gold standard monetary system one after another.

Thinking of what might happen in China next, Lu Maolan couldn't help but shudder.

But she knew there was nothing she could do to stop it from happening.

She has long understood that the essence of capital is to plunder and kill.

The only young Chinese finance minister she admired and respected was already deeply involved in the whirlpool, and it was impossible to get out.

At this time, she chose to leave China at this time, largely to escape.

Run away from the man who trusted her so much.

Somehow, thinking of the kind of wholehearted joy and happiness he gave herself, she felt a little reluctant in her heart.

Now she is a little envious of Shen Wanyun in front of her.

Suddenly, a bold idea to make up for her mistakes came to her mind.

On the same day, late at night, Yanjing, Fuma Hutong, Yang Shuoming's mansion.

"Why is the light in the master's room still on?"

Fu Zhuoyao's maid Yuzhu looked out the window, pointed to the light in the distance, and said to Fu Zhuoyao with some resentment.

"He's a man who doesn't know how to rest when he gets up at work." Fu Zhuoyao looked in the direction she was pointing and sighed lightly, "You go and take a look, bring him some of the newly arrived coffee." ”

Yuzhu agreed, and was about to prepare, Fu Zhuoyao thought about it and stopped her again.

"Forget it, I'd better go check it out." She turned her head to look at her young son Yang Zhaomin, who was already asleep on the bed, and said, "He hasn't come over for a while." ”

"I heard that the master is ...... outside" Yuzhu looked at Fu Zhuoyao, stuck out her tongue, and shrunk the words behind her.

"Do you mean that Kazakh girl, or that Tibetan girl?" Fu Zhuoyao knew what she wanted to say, and glared at her angrily, "Which one do you know?" ”

"None of them count, and they don't pose much of a threat to you, madame. I want to say that Miss Lu has been getting too close to him lately, and he takes her with him wherever he goes. Yuzhu knew that she was not angry, and took her hand with a smile, "And Doctor Liu, I heard that this time he went to sea on a warship to inspect, and he also made a special trip to Sakhalin Island......"

"You know a lot." Fu Zhuoyao stretched out her hand and pinched her face, and said with a smile, "Your news is good." ”

"That's right, I'm not like you, I just know how to be busy all day long, and I forget about business." Yuzhu glanced at Yang Zhaomin, who was already asleep, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "You should give him another brother." ”

"Okay, okay, don't worry about this." Fu Zhuoyao looked at the personal maid with a smile, "I'll go over to see him now, if he is happy, maybe he will ...... Would you like to come along? ”

"I don't have that life, he has too high a vision to look down on me like this." Yuzhu smiled, "I'll be able to marry an officer in the future, thank God." ”

"Do you already have a master?" Fu Zhuoyao keenly sensed something from her words and asked with a smile.

"Hehe, keep it secret for now." Yuzhu smiled slyly and pushed Fu Zhuoyao, "Go quickly." ”

Fu Zhuoyao came to Yang Shuoming's room with coffee, and as soon as she came to the door, the door opened, and Yang Shuoming's figure appeared at the door.

"Why don't you sleep at such a late hour?" Yang Shuoming noticed the coffee pot in her hand, and a burst of warmth welled up in his heart, he pulled her into the room and closed the door casually.

"I should ask you that." Fu Zhuoyao couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that there were not many documents and telegrams on his desktop, "What time is it, it's time for you to rest." ”

"It's okay, not too sleepy." Yang Shuoming returned to his table, moved a chair for her, and asked her to sit down beside him, "By the way, over there, how is the matter of storing silver over there?" ”

"It's done, and it's an overfulfilled task, you know the temper of the cow shopkeeper, and it's like crazy to hear what you said." Fu Zhuoyao said with a smile, "I asked, the big cellars are all built in the mountains, which are very secretive, all of them refer to the style of Jinzhong, there are eight in total, and now they are all full." ”

"When I have time, I can take a look for myself to rest assured." Yang Shuoming nodded and said to himself.

From 1926 onwards, Yang Shuoming began to use the power of major domestic business families and financial groups in the form of "secret entrustment" to take advantage of the decline in silver prices in the international market to purchase and reserve silver on a large scale, and bought the equity of many large silver mines overseas. Not only did China's state reserve treasury hold a considerable amount of silver, but the Jinshang Group, the Huishang Group, the Overseas Merchants Group, and the treasury of the Renhe Group, the Huang family, and the Fu family were also full of silver ingots.

"What the hell are you asking for so much silver?"

For Yang Shuoming to spare no effort to eat silver, as the closest people to Yang Shuoming, Huang Yunzhi and Fu Zhuoyao have always been very puzzled, but Huang Yunzhi's requirements for Yang Shuoming have always been "unconditional obedience", while Fu Zhuoyao's curiosity is heavier, she has always wanted to find an opportunity to ask him why he did this, and also wanted to know if his such a big gesture was the idea of the eldest lady of the Lu family.

"Prepare for the coming storm. It won't be long before you see the usefulness of the silver. Yang Shuoming smiled, looked at a map with various marks and symbols on the table, and said, "The use of this silver, even with that Miss Lu's wisdom and financial knowledge, is beyond imagination. ”

After listening to Yang Shuoming's explanation, which was not an explanation at all, Fu Zhuoyao didn't ask any more, just looked at his face curiously.

From the day she met him, all his judgments were as precise and accurate as clocks, and she had unconditional trust in his judgments, just like Huang Yunzhi.

Moreover, from his answer just now, she already clearly knew that this was Yang Shuoming's own "idea", not the idea of Miss Lu, the representative of the overseas business group.

"From now on, the stock can't be moved." Yang Shuoming said to her, "Gold futures might as well do more." ”

"Don't worry, it's all done as you say." Fu Zhuoyao knew that he was a little uneasy, and pointed to the coffee cup on the table with a smile, signaling that it would be cold if he didn't drink it again, Yang Shuoming smiled slightly, took the coffee cup and drank it.

Just then, the phone on the desk rang suddenly.

Yang Shuoming picked up the earpiece, although the voice coming from the earpiece was not loud, Fu Zhuoyao couldn't hear the specific content clearly, but she could see from the excited light flashing in Yang Shuoming's eyes that her husband had once again judged correctly.

After he put down the phone, he impulsively hugged her.

"What are you going to do......" she whispered in a somewhat flustered but joyful voice.

"Celebrate." Yang Shuoming kissed her sideburns and said softly.

When his wife fell asleep in bed after the peak of extreme pleasure brought by ** pleasure, Yang Shuoming was as awake as during the day, he put on his clothes and came to the table again, opened a file bag, took out the contents of the contents, and attached a black and white photo of a foreigner on a form inside.

The name below the photo, is Franklin? Draenau? Roosevelt.

"If this piece hasn't been changed, it's your turn." Yang Shuoming sneered and said.

Cincinnati, Indiana, USA.

At this time, at the train station, a man in a wheelchair was waving his arms and giving a loud speech in front of the megaphone.

"What is a state? The state is the legitimate representative of an organized human society! It was created by these people to protect each other and live happily ever after! …… Our political axe is not the master, but the tool of the people! The duty of the state to the citizen is the duty of the servant to the master! …… One of the responsibilities of the state is to care for citizens who are so caught up in adversity that they cannot obtain even the most basic means of subsistence without the help of others! ”

As soon as his words fell, he was drowned out by the thunderous applause of the audience below.

Seeing the near-frenzied reaction of the enthusiastic audience below, Franklin? Draenau? A smile appeared on Roosevelt's face.

In the eyes of many people, including Roosevelt's campaign and those who knew him well, the reason why Roosevelt dared to say such a thing at this time had something to do with his personal experience.

Although Roosevelt himself came from a wealthy class, when he attended the Groton School, he was more inclined to those from the ordinary class and more disgusted with the gentlemen in the school. This tendency continues to the present day, and many of the policies he proposes are seen by some as protecting the poor and exploiting the rich. Roosevelt always believed that the rich had too many resources, and that they and even the society they controlled ignored too many of the interests of the middle and lower classes.

In addition to this, Roosevelt was influenced by his distant cousin Theodore? Roosevelt's influence was great. On March 4, 1905, the Roosevelts, who had just been engaged, were invited to attend Theodore? Roosevelt's inauguration. On the steps of the Capitol, Roosevelt listened attentively to Theodore? Roosevelt's promise: "Treat all Americans fairly."

On January 23, 1932, Roosevelt officially announced his candidacy for the presidential nomination of the Myocook Party. Soon, at least six other candidates announced their participation in the race. And Roosevelt's old rival, powerful press giant, isolationist, and Myoke Party William? Hearst took the lead. He even began to strike at Roosevelt at the end of 1931. His newspapers repeatedly proved that the Great Depression was the result of the failure of America's debtor countries – the Allied members of the First World War era – to repay their huge debts, and that Roosevelt, a man who had once advocated for the United States to join the League of Nations, was clearly unfit to be a presidential candidate.

(To be continued)