Chapter 202: Closing the Net
After leaving the Qingwang Mansion, Yuan Shikai immediately ordered people to collect information about the Tianjin Rubber Company, and his subordinates were very efficient, and they got back the complete information the next day - it had been spread crazy outside, and there was news about stocks everywhere, and it was easy to get the information Yuan Shikai wanted.
"This company was indeed run by the English, and the news came back from London that the British were in an economic crisis, and that many banks, nobles, and business owners were trapped in liquidity, and that the British government had invested a lot of money in Burma to try to quickly solve the free army forces there. A large part of the funds that Britain and France had received were also loaned to the Qing Dynasty to arm us against the revolutionary party. The liquidity is temporarily insufficient, so it is publicly offered in Tianjin, which also shows the wealth of our Qing Dynasty. Yang Du took the information to Yuan Shikai and analyzed, although it has been half a century to open his eyes to see the world, but the Chinese people's understanding of the West is still very shallow, and the news revealed by the Investigation Bureau to the Qing Consul in London was believed by Yang Du.
Yuan Shikai already had a smile on the corner of his mouth when he heard it, this is a good opportunity, the Beiyang Group can just take advantage of this to make a big profit, not only with the money to implement the plan, but also with the money earned by the imperial court in the future.
Without further ado! Yuan Shikai immediately ordered Yang Du to operate this matter, he knew that it was very late, the stock price rose too fast, and it would reduce Beiyang's income later.
In fact, many high-ranking officials in Beiyang have noticed this matter, and took out the silver in their hands to buy stocks, Yuan Shikai raised 5 million taels of silver, plus his family has accumulated 8 million taels for many years, Beiyang Group from the public to the private a total of more than 30 million taels of silver, used to buy rubber stocks.
The number of accounts opened by Tianjin Rubber Company in Huasheng Bank is amazing, and it has been more than 250 million taels of silver in the account since the beginning of the public offering for more than two months!
Among them, the bulk is 20 million taels of Jin merchants. 40 million taels from Daqing Bank, 30 million taels from within Beiyang. In addition, the assets of the Manchu royal family and nobles were amazing, whether it was the prince, Baylor or the middle and lower class Manchurians, a total of 70 million taels of cash were used to buy stocks, if it were not for the rubber company not to accept land deeds, antiques and other objects, the money would be several times more. In addition, rich businessmen are big. The rusty and blackened silver dug out of the ground and the silver drawn from the circulating funds amounted to more than 50,000 taels. Since the opening of the country by the great powers, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has continuously signed traitorous treaties, land sales, and indemnities, and a Xinchou treaty alone will pay 980 million taels of compensation, but only one north of the Yangtze River in China can take out more than 200 million taels of silver in a short period of time, which shows how much wealth has been accumulated in China for thousands of years. It's just that this wealth has not been transformed into productivity, and it is rusted in the cellars and storehouses.
October 15, 1905. The Tianjin Stock Exchange was packed with people, from the three counters inside the house to the streets within a hundred meters of the house, full of people waving silver tickets and shouting loudly. Their faces were bruised, their eyes were full of blood and greed, and a few people who fought because of the fight for positions were ignored, and there would have been onlookers in normal times, but now they don't care about the excitement.
If such enthusiasm is used to build the country and defend the country, the great powers will never be able to break the country's doors. China has long stood on top of the world, but it is a pity that Chinese people often use their minds elsewhere. For example, greed, intrigues, sarcasm. The Chinese themselves think that they are the smartest race in the world, and when many things about the Jews are made public, it is a shame to say that the Chinese and the Jews are the smartest races in the world.
Look at what the unintelligent races have done, the German nation has built an industrial empire with rigor. launched two world wars, singled out Europe and North America, and almost became a world hegemon; The American nation (let's put it this way) became the world's largest economic power and power in just one hundred years after its founding, and dominated the world for a hundred years after World War II; The Little Devil Nation defeated its eastern neighbor, Tsarist Russia, and almost occupied the Pacific Ocean during World War II due to a desperate lack of resources. Rose to become the world's second-largest economic power in ruins after the war.
How embarrassed to say that it is the smartest people! There is no smartest nation in the world, only the most industrious, only the most motivated. It is despicable to be proud of showing off one's ingenuity and squeezing out others.
When the buying frenzy of stocks developed into a collective frenzy, reason disappeared, and everyone only saw the monthly dividends, the huge gains after the association, and did not see the slightest suspicion. They couldn't see that a dark cloud was slowly hanging over their heads, and something more terrifying than death was about to happen.
In Debaiyang, Jason looked at the rising numbers without much expression on his face. For high-level genetic agents, they only have tasks in their eyes, and they don't have much emotional understanding of the number of money.
"At present, 250 million funds have entered Huasheng's bank account, and a total of 15 million taels of dividends have been distributed in the past three months. Now the price per ten shares has risen to 850 taels, which is about the same. William, chairman of Debaiyang, asked.
"Wait, the planned closing time is November 25, and now the frenzied atmosphere has not decreased, indicating that there is still a lot of room for growth." Jason said.
In Lao Fengxiang Yinlou, Tianjin's largest jewelry store, dozens of customers, mostly middle-aged women, holding jewelry boxes in their hands, are shouting. The noisy sound made the salesperson frown, there were too many people selling jewelry recently, and they were in a hurry one by one, which was a headache.
"Madam, we can sell up to 70 taels of this bracelet."
"What! You give me a closer look, this is our heirloom bracelet for more than 300 years, to say less it costs 200 taels, you don't know the goods! ”
"Madam, there have been too many jewelry sellers recently, and the price has dropped very much, 70 taels is already a very good price, if you are not satisfied, you can try it in other silver buildings."
"Forget it, it's only 70 taels, you can help me look at the remaining pieces of jewelry, I'll sell them all!"
Outside the British Consulate in Tianjin, 21-year-old Tom looked helplessly at the Qing people in front of him, he had wasted more than half an hour of saliva, but the comprador gentleman still refused to let himself go.
"Mr. Tom, please help, as long as you can help me buy dry shares of Tianjin rubber, I can come up with a large amount of gratitude, this is a good opportunity to make a lot of money!"
"I said, you are in vain, I have seen a lot of people looking for a relationship during this time, there are you Qing people, more British, French, but there are not many people who can buy stocks, I think you still line up honestly, you can sell as much as you want. I can tell you a good news, Tianjin Rubber Company is ready to issue additional shares again, and it is too late to queue up! ”
Tom turned around and ran away as soon as he finished saying that, Tom smiled helplessly, took out the newspaper from his armpit, and wrote in large letters on the front page: "Rubber, the future of the world!" Such a headline can be seen not only in the Qing Kingdom, but also in many newspapers in Britain, everyone knows that rubber stocks make money, and even he borrowed three thousand taels from his family and bought a little.
Anyway, these stocks are too expensive! There are still a few people who can afford to buy, and there are also a lot of shares subscribed by the British and French in China, but those are high-level figures, who have been operating in the Qing Dynasty, India and other places for many years, and have plenty of surplus money in their hands.
The stock boom lasted until November, during which six new rubber companies began to raise shares, all of them were British, but unlike Tianjin Rubber, they started late, and although the shares issued were also popular, they fell behind in terms of publicity, and only a small part of them were sold, and the bulk was still taken away by Tianjin Rubber.
According to Jason's statistics, about 15 percent of the shares subscribed, about 40 million taels, can be said to have emptied the wallets of some foreign banks, banks, and colonial executives.
As of November 20, the funds for the purchase of shares have reached about 300 million taels, and there are very few new purchasers, and the net can be closed. In the process of subscribing, many people were caught in prison by the patrol who came to compete for the position, and were disqualified from buying by the rubber company that advertised civilization, and it was extremely regrettable that they did not buy the stocks, which was the luckiest thing for them.
"It's time to leave, I'm afraid we will all have to be hidden for a long time after this operation, the chief arranged for us to vacation in two villas in Kunming, Yunnan, for us, it should be the most relaxed genetic person." Jason lit a cigar, took a sip, and said leisurely.
"Don't be so optimistic first, what I'm worried about is whether I can get out of the way, Tianjin Rubber Company has become a bomb point, and it has been watched by countless people, especially Jason, you will cause panic if you don't show up for a day." Rhodes Road.
"It's okay, one day is enough time for me to send you out, four-fifths of the deposit of Huasheng Bank has been transported, and the rest will board the ship with you and leave." Wu Jinzhong, who is an invisible person in the whole plan, said. (To be continued.) )