Chapter 80: Disposing of Property
"Dear Jiang, it's a pleasure to see you again. However, you entrusted me to be the guarantor before, but I didn't expect that before I could come forward, you successfully controlled Zhang Haipeng's troops, Jiang, you are really amazing. "Charlie has a larger nose than usual, a burly body, a bare head and a slightly chubby figure that looks like a foreigner's version of Mirover. Seeing Jiang Li reappear, Charlie had an exaggerated kindness on his face.
"Mr. Charlie, why did you come to me so soon? However, I have already sent someone to contact the HSBC people, and if you can't help me with this shipment, I'm sure someone will be happy to do it. Jiang Li turned a blind eye to Charlie's enthusiasm and said, he asked Charlie to come forward as a guarantee, but Jiang Li paid $50,000 worth of gold. However, he directly solved the matter, but let this backhand be wasted in vain.
However, it doesn't matter, at this time, the Second Provincial Defense Brigade was incorporated, and for Fengtian City, which was overstretched, it was a sigh of relief, as for Zou Zuohua, who was reclaimed in Xing'an, although he sent a telegram saying that he would come to Fengtian to resist Japan, the road was far away, and the railway was controlled by the Japanese. Even if no one intercepted him, Zou Zuohua's arrival in Fengtian City would be at least ten days later.
"Oh, Commander Jiang, Colonel Jiang, your sharp words are as sharp as your soldiers." Charlie shrugged his shoulders and said, "But I think Citibank is the best choice for you, and as for HSBC, to hell with them." ”
Charlie also heard the news that Jiang Li intended to release, saying that he was going to contact someone from HSBC, and Charlie immediately couldn't wait to find Jiang Li again. There is no way, although the biggest official is Tibetan Yi, and there is Huang Xiansheng on it, but in view of Jiang Li's outstanding performance and strength in the military, Jiang Li is the person in charge of the overall situation in Fengtian at this time, and at this time Jiang Li controls a large amount of gold in his hands, if this gold is transferred to Citigroup, the intermediate fee earned by his hand is a huge profit, not to mention that Jiang Li's sale was 50,000 US dollars of gold before, which made Charlie like a red-eyed gambler.
"Okay, I can work with you, but you have to do some extra reasonable things I want, or I'd rather deposit this gold with HSBC or Standard Chartered." Jiang Li groaned for a while and said.
"Brigadier Jiang, please speak." The negotiations officially began, and Charlie also put away the cynicism on his face and said seriously.
"I heard that your bank has a certain stake in GM and Ford Motor?" Jiang Li asked.
"This is a matter of the upper echelons, and I haven't touched this level yet, but if Brigade Commander Jiang's gold is enough, it is not possible for me to use this achievement to enter the upper echelons of Citigroup." Charlie said truthfully.
"I need to arrange for some workers to go to General Motors and Ford to learn car manufacturing and repair technology, and in addition, these two companies will take in some Chinese interns in the next few years." Jiang Li smiled slightly, Citigroup, as a behemoth in the American financial industry, is inevitable to cross-hold shares of various companies in the United States, and Jiang Li is also guessing about this, not so sure.
"I can't agree to this for the time being." Charlie smiled bitterly, but added, "But if I can make similar decisions in the future, I will definitely try my best to make this happen." ”
"Then this matter will not be put aside for the time being, in addition I will ask that half of the gold exchanged be converted into dollars, but the other half of your bank must be converted into silver for me in two years, one by one."
"Of course this is possible, but now that the price of silver is falling very quickly, Brigade Commander Jiang may lose a lot by doing so." Charlie nodded hurriedly, at this time, the United States was still relatively rich in silver production. What's more, there are enough silver reserves in the Republic of China, and the price of silver has fallen quickly in the past two years, but gold is hard currency all over the world, and in Charlie's opinion, this is a very stupid decision, so he reminded him.
"I know this in my own heart." Jiang Li glanced at Charlie in surprise and found that this Charlie was not too bad, at least gold and silver were the current trend, but according to Jiang Li's vague memory of history, it would not take a few years for the silver bill in the United States to be introduced, and when the price of silver skyrocketed, Jiang Li would be able to make a lot of profit from it. Half of it is deposited in US dollars, which are also hard currencies, and foreign exchange reserves are very valuable at this time. A large number of machinery moved from Fengtian will not be able to be put back into production in a day or two, not to mention that a large number of machinery has been snatched from Anshan. When retreating to the west, Jiang Li was bound to patronize the industrial base of Japan in Benxi and Fushun. It's enough to digest for a while.
Charlie nodded, he had already reminded him that Jiang Li would not have any burden in his heart if he made such a decision again.
"I need a batch of machinery for extraction and oil refining, and I need to help me transport it to the designated place in the name of your country, and you also know that I don't have a good relationship with Nanjing and Zhang Xueliang now. Get me another batch of gas masks, 20,000 of them, the latest ones, don't use some old-fashioned goods to affect our possible cooperation in the future, gas masks should be fast. Jiang Li asked in advance, the old Zhang family bought a batch of gas bombs, as well as gas masks, but the gas masks were only 2,000, Jiang Li was worried that if the Japanese army lost too much in the future war, he would jump over the wall in a hurry, so he made some preparations first.
"It's easy to do, no businessman will refuse a reasonable deal." Charlie stroked his palms and smiled, "If I can, I can transfer manpower from the branch now, when does Brigadier Jiang plan to deliver the gold?" But gas masks, ginger, are you worried that the Japanese might use gas bombs? My God, the Japanese would not risk being sanctioned by the world to do such a stupid thing. ”
"You don't need to worry about this, the Japanese army has hit Mukden City, and I haven't seen any substantive actions of the League of Nations now, I only believe in myself and the soldiers under me. When your men arrive, I'll have the gold delivered to you. Jiang Li nodded, piling up those gold in the Dashuai Mansion is not a long-term solution, it has to be taken off as soon as possible, and most of the goods of the Northeast Bank and Bank of China branches must also be deposited in Citibank, otherwise it will be a hot potato after all. After all, there are still a large number of cotton jackets, quilts, grain, flour and other goods still backlogged in the Mukden warehouse, for those laborers at this time, as well as most of the refugees, it is a great favor to ensure that they are fed and clothed. Valuable funds are used to purchase machinery and train talents.
"Head Jiang, President Feng has gathered enough students, but there is a lot of controversy among the students that they can't directly join the army to resist the war, but want to stay away from other countries, the mood of the students of Feng Yong University is relatively stable, but the students of Northeastern University are quite troublesome at this time." Liu Lanbo still had a happy look on his face when he found Jiang immediately, the students' emotional instability is not a big problem, after all, the purpose is good, they all want to resist Japan. Before the Second Provincial Defense Brigade was menacing, the situation of the Fengtian War of Resistance could collapse at any time, Jiang Li really brought only two people to quickly calm down the situation, and even failed to use other back-ups, and almost completely annexed the Second Provincial Defense Brigade, which was particularly important for Fengtian, who was short of troops at this time.
"These student babies, don't study well, what's the trouble, I'll take a look." Jiang Li sighed, letting students go to the battlefield is a great waste of resources. It doesn't take long to train a soldier, and he will come out after a period of time on the battlefield, but in this war-torn era, it takes more than ten years for a college student to go from elementary school to university, even if he has money, there is no qualified person, where can Jiang Li find a student to send abroad?