The Shanxi plan is very important to Hu Chuyuan, but at this juncture, the more important thing is the "yellow bird".

During this period, Hu Chuyuan's main efforts were still concentrated on the "Yellow Sparrow," and the "Yellow Sparrow" under the cover of the "sickle" would mobilize more than 200,000 troops, 67,000 troops for direct landing operations, and 145,000 follow-up troops.

With a national debt of 2.7 billion yuan in hand, Hu Chuyuan is not short of money for the time being.

Therefore, as long as the success of the "Yellow Sparrow" can be guaranteed, he will definitely not be stingy with a penny, he will give as much support as the War Department and the Admiralty want, and as much support as he wants.

For the entire plan, Hu Chuyuan personally inquired about it and personally served as the commander-in-chief, and the front-line commander-in-chief was Ye Bojun...... Ye Bojun is one of the very few generals in China who can command both the navy and the army, and is proficient in landing operations, and also has experience in large-scale landing operations, and he is also on the front line of the Ryukyu Islands, which makes the "sickle" plan more realistic.

Although the total strength of the army has expanded to more than 900,000 troops, after receiving some marginal news about the "sickle" operation, it is still very nervous, and the original plan to go north to Korea has been postponed again and again.

From this point of view, if the "Yellow Sparrow" project succeeds, it will be the most memorable part of the entire Far Eastern war, and there is too much pure intellectual wrestling in it.

At this time, Hu Weizhong quietly returned to China.

Returning from Yingtai to Zizheng Garden, Hu Chuyuan was also very happy when he heard that Hu Weizhong had arrived at home, and couldn't wait to walk into the lobby quickly, and saw Pfister-Delano talking to Wu Shuzhen at a glance, while Hu Weizhong was standing next to him and listening.

"Huh?"

Hu Chuyuan was a little surprised, he didn't know that Pfister Delano was also here.

"Daddy!"

As soon as he saw him back, Hu Weizhong was very happy.

Hu Chuyuan is also happy, his children are willing to stand up at this time, which has a very special symbolic meaning for this ill-fated country.

He patted Hu Weizhong on the shoulder with great relief, and also looked at the child.

In a flash, Hu Weizhong was also a twenty-year-old young man, and time seemed to flow back to twenty years ago, when Hu Chuyuan was only twenty years old and had just inherited a large fortune left by Hu Xueyan.

Very good.

The family should be like this, and there should be a person in each generation who can stand up resolutely and without hesitation and pick up a heavy burden.

Pfister-Delano got up and walked over, shook hands with Hu Chuyuan, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen each other for several years, my Mr. Prime Minister!" ”

Hu Chuyuan also smiled, they are really old friends.

Over the years, Hu Chuyuan's business in the United States has been largely in charge of Pfister Delano and Albert Russell, with the former in charge of the larger American Wells Fargo Investment Bank and the latter mainly focusing on the International General Group and Wanqi Group.

He and Pfister-Delano asked, "Why did you come here all of a sudden, send me a telegram beforehand, I can send someone to pick you up?" ”

Pfister-Delano smiled in Chinese, already fluent: "I originally wanted to wait until the end of the year to come and talk to you about the problems of Bank of America and Opple, and just as your Weizhong was coming back, I stopped by." ”

Hu Chuyuan snorted.

Business matters are never in a hurry.

It was just time for dinner, Hu Chuyuan hosted a banquet at home to entertain his old friend Festher Delano, at the banquet, Pfister Delano talked about his excellent nephew, intentionally or unintentionally, and praised Winnie as a very beautiful and intelligent girl, very popular in American society.

That's true.

Lineage seems to be able to determine a person's surname, Hu Weini has been the same as her biological mother since she was a child, her surname is extraordinary, she likes a gorgeous life, as Hu Chuyuan's niece and adopted daughter, she can indeed easily get everything she wants.

In the United States, her life is much more beautiful than that of her brother Wei Sai and Hu Chuyuan's other adopted daughter Wei Ya, and she is always the focus of attention of the American media.

On the one hand, Hu Chuyuan does not want to interfere too much with the children's choices, and on the other hand, he also believes that it may be safer for Winnie to properly disclose her identity in the United States than to live a low-key life.

Considering the special influence of the Hu family on the American economy and politics, whether you want to engage in business or politics, pursuing Hu Weini is an obvious shortcut, so Hu Weini definitely has no shortage of excellent suitors in the United States.

Listening to Pfister-Delaenau's seemingly casual words, Hu Chuyuan knew very well in his heart that Pfister's trip was most likely instructed by Wu Shuzhen, the purpose of which was to determine the special relationship between Winnie and Pfister's nephew in advance.

Problems with BofA and Opple...... It's just an excuse.

Wu Shuzhen suddenly mentioned this matter a few days ago, which was just a foreshadowing at best.

Hu Chuyuan's heart was a little entangled, in fact, whether it was Theodore Roosevelt or Pfister Delano's nephew, Hu Chuyuan didn't like it very much.

In the long run, America's overly strong and progressively hardline foreign expansion policy is likely to become a problem for China.

At the banquet, Hu Chuyuan did not say anything clearly.

At the moment, he cares more about Hu Weizhong's choice.

After dinner, Hu Chuyuan returned to the study, and Pfister-Delano and Hu Weizhong also came over.

The three of them sat down, and Hu Chuyuancai and Hu Weizhong asked, "Have you thought about joining the army?" ”

Hu Weizhong replied with great certainty: "Yes." ”

After a pause, he added: "Dad, I want to go to the front line troops, not just come back and pretend to be a number. ”

Hu Chuyuan bowed slightly in agreement and said, "I plan to let you go to the northeast battlefield to participate in the preparation of the Zhili Corps." Once the Northeast Battlefield is in full swing, the scale will be very ...... Very big, bound to be the most dangerous place, you have to be prepared. ”

Hu Weizhong replied without hesitation: "Dad, you believe me, I will take care of myself, and I just want to participate in such a test." ”

"Oh?"

Hu Chuyuan was a little hesitant in his heart, after all, he was his eldest son, and if he said he wasn't worried, he said he wasn't afraid, it was all false.

But he knew very well what Hu Weizhong was thinking and what his goal was.

Looking at Hu Weizhong, he thought of one person, that is, the fourth uncle Hu Yueqiao.

Hu Wei is indeed like his grandfather Hu Yueqiao, to be precise, as always, he has the shadow of the Hu family, with a long face and pointed jaws, thick eyebrows and slightly raised tails, and slender eyes.

He is still young, only twenty years old, and he is Hu Chuyuan twenty years ago, and he has a special drive.

At this moment, Hu Chuyuan could only pray for the Buddha's blessing.

He didn't say anything more in the end, instead asking Pfister Delano "Is there anything going on with BofA?" ”

Pfister-Delano thought for a moment before asking very seriously, "Are you planning to change China's silver standard to a gold standard?" ”

"Hmm...... There's a plan! ”

Hu Chuyuan did not deny that at the beginning of the year, he had let Pfister-Delano deal with the world's silver mining industry, and at present, BofA holds 52% of the world's silver production, basically monopolizing the major large-scale silver mines in North and South America.

Together with BHP, a subsidiary of Swire International and China Metallurgical Corporation owned by Asia's rich countries, more than 80% of the world's silver production is controlled by the entire conglomerate.

If Hu Chuyuan really chooses to change China's financial system to the gold standard, it will be he who will suffer the most, unless he sells off these silver assets in advance.

Seeing that Hu Chuyuan did not continue, Pfister-Delano was even more sure that this plan would come very quickly, completely beyond the expectations of the entire world of international financial capital.

He thought carefully and carefully, and then thought about it before cautiously asking Hu Chuyuan, "So...... Is BofA going to sell it outright? ”

Hu Chuyuan is not easy to say directly.

The capital oligarchs all over the world know what the relationship between Bank of America and him is, and as long as he still holds Bank of America for one day, it means that China will not give up the silver standard, and silver still has room for appreciation.

After all, they have been friends for so many years, and if they really want to cash out Bank of America, they do need the full cooperation of Pfister-Delano.

Hu Chuyuan no longer completely concealed it, and said to Pfister-Delano: "China is a large country with a trade surplus on a global scale, and from the consideration of national interests, whether it is the gold standard or the silver standard, China can maintain a large amount of reserves. Compared to gold, the mining cost of silver is too low, and as long as a new large silver mine is discovered in the world, the price of silver will inevitably face a large-scale increase in production. In particular, silver mines like those in South America are too rich and too low in cost to be used as an indicator of national currency reserves. ”

Pfister-Delano had anticipated it, and he was very well prepared, taking out a special classified U.S. Treasury Department document from the briefcase he was carrying, as well as an internal assessment document dozens of pages thick.

He first handed over all these hard-to-obtain internal documents to Hu Chuyuan for his review, all of which were classified documents of the United States considering the implementation of a dual-standard currency system, and the source of the drafting of the classified official documents was the current US President William McKinley.

The U.S. plan is to change the dollar exchange standard to 70 per cent gold and 30 per cent silver.

After reading it roughly, Hu Chuyuan shook his head and said, "It is impossible for the United States to implement this plan in the end, unless you and JP Morgan put enough pressure on it." From the current point of view, for at least 50 years, the total amount of gold reserves and the total production of the world will be enough to carry the heavy responsibility of the world's currency. This is a fatal key factor. ”

"I have an idea that if both China and the United States adopt such a dual-standard monetary system, it will be beneficial for the world economy as a whole to increase the circulation and reserve ratio of silver around the world," said Pfister-Delaenau. Even considering the large reserves of silver in the Americas and the low cost of production, silver can still be used as a large-scale financial base currency, which will help the Asian economy to avoid the hedging and suppression of European gold capital in the process of development. So, contrary to your judgment, I think that if both China and the United States adopt a dual-standard monetary system, silver will become the basis of the currency held by more countries. ”

Hu Chuyuan did not veto this, because he was also very clear.

He knew, but he preferred to compete with Europe on an equal footing in the simplest way, believing that the simplest way was usually the best, and that adopting a two-standard monetary system would be too complicated, if it was one way.

After thinking briefly for a while, Hu Chuyuan still said bluntly with Pfister Delano : "I believe that the United States will not adopt such a monetary system in the end, the reason is very simple, once the United States does this, the world silver price will rise by at least 30 percentage points, which is almost a catastrophic blow to the American economy." The same is true for the Chinese economy. ”

Pfister-Delano was silent.

Hu Chuyuan continued: "No matter what kind of response you propose, no matter how China and the United States intervene, the whole process will be too complicated and very vulnerable to the intervention of other international capital. So, the easiest way is usually the best way out there. ”

Hearing this, Pfister-Delano knew that his lobbying efforts had failed.

After a little thought, he and Hu Chuyuan asked, "So, will China definitely enter the gold standard?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "This will be a complicated issue. From the perspective of the entire country's financial system, the stability of the currency exchange is the most important, not to mention the problem of the silver industrial bonanza, once a country abandons the silver standard, or a large country turns to the double standard, the fluctuation of the silver price is too great. This is where the problem of the double standard comes in...... However, we have turned around and adopted a relatively flexible floating exchange rate, including a dual-standard system, and used the market fluctuations in the exchange price of gold and silver to control the currency exchange rate, which is also a very good financial means for the country's macroeconomic regulation and control...... The problem is that it's hard to get there. Any policy fluctuation may lead to dramatic changes in the exchange price of gold and silver, and this change will have a very serious impact on the country's economy. ”

Pfister-Delano remained silent.

As president and direct manager of the Wells Fargo Investment Bank Corporation of the Americas, Pfister-Delano has a huge influence on the United States, and the dual-standard system is exactly what he has been plotting to promote for the past two years.

It's miserable.

In the end, he failed to persuade Hu Chuyuan to adopt a two-standard system with the United States, which he originally thought would be a very simple matter, because almost all of the world's silver industry has been monopolized by Hu Chuyuan.

It's a pity that for the sake of national interests, Hu Chuyuan would rather bear this loss.

After thinking about it for a long time, Pfister-Delano couldn't help but ask Hu Chuyuan: "What should we do behind Bank of America?" ”

Regarding this question, Hu Chuyuan has thought about it many times in his mind, and he replied directly: "The solution is very simple, if you think that selling silver mines will cause market worries and expose our targets in advance, then you can integrate the assets of Bank of America, especially with the gold mining industries in South Africa and Australia, and integrate them into a new Anglo-American Standard Group." At that time, I will be able to transfer a controlling stake in Standard Bank through Swire & Co. to form a new Reading Force. ”

Pfister-Delano nodded solemnly and asked, "What will you do next?" ”

Hu Chuyuan continued: "After the birth of the new Anglo-American Standard Group, you can set up Anglo-American Standard Metals Company, Anglo-American Standard Energy Company and Anglo-American Standard Metallurgical Company under the group, Standard Metal holds the smelting industry of steel and aluminum, copper, nickel, manganese, chromium and other metals, Standard Energy develops the oil, coal and natural gas markets, and Standard Metallurgy holds the gold and silver industry and gold and silver mines in various places, with the production of lead, zinc and other associated metals. Standard Metals and Standard Energy should not rush to go public, and the group's Anglo-American Standard Bank and Standard Metallurgical Company were listed in London and New York, taking advantage of their capital advantages to merge and merge other gold and silver mines significantly. In this way, this will be seen by the market as a larger-scale capital consolidation, rather than simply judging as capital cash-out. ”

Hearing him say this, Pfister-Delano had to sigh in his heart, Hu Chuyuan was still so terrible after not coming out to do business in person for so many years.

If...... Over the years, the rich countries of the Americas and the rich countries of Asia have always been under the control of Hu Chuyuan himself, and it is really an unknown that it is difficult to predict what the two rich countries will develop!

This move is too ruthless.

Pfister-Delano immediately said: "Then I understand, we don't cash out directly, but continue to dilute Standard Group's stake in Standard Metallurgical Company through forced mergers and reduce the final loss." When the world silver price plummeted, dragging down the stock price of Standard Metallurgical Company, we suddenly increased our holdings of stocks in the market, and controlled the gold mines held by others at a low price. ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded and said, "Yes." In the short term, the price of silver will indeed plummet, but in the long run, the exchange rate of gold and silver can still remain at 1:20. As long as we survive this plunge, we can regain control of the world's gold and silver production, and we can still make more profits. Alternatively, it is possible to cash out a portion of the stock at a high price and use the money to invest in Standard Energy. In the next few years, Standard Energy must speed up the development of the U.S. natural gas market and the South American oil market, and can also speed up the construction of power plants and large-scale investment in power systems. ”

"Okay, I really understand what you mean!"

Pfister-Delano couldn't help but show a sneer that looked very sly, and his heart became very cold, this is really a good opportunity for a big bargain.

As long as this battle is successfully fought, from now on, there will be four giant companies under the banner of the rich countries of the Americas: International General, American Ten Thousand Flags, Anglo-American Standards, and American Bank.

Compared with these four large companies, it also owns San Francisco Gulf Investment Company, American Press News Company, Wells Fargo, Bank of New York, and Banco Nacional de Mexico...... It's very small.

At this moment, Pfister-Delano was particularly happy in his heart, although he only had 4% of the shares and 11% of the chief senior partner's dividend rights in the rich countries of the Americas, which was completely incomparable with Hu Chuyuan, who occupied 74% of the shares, but it was enough.

If this development continues, a 4% stake can be worth $100 million.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say to Hu Chuyuan: "So, what should I do about the problem of Opple Company?" ”

Hu Chuyuan understood what Pfister-Delano meant, and the international general group under the banner of the rich countries of the Americas officially began to expand to Europe, which would inevitably conflict with the interests of the Opple group.

In fact, as the market share of the two major groups in the domestic market has reached a limit, both sides are increasing sales in the international market, even if the international general group does not enter Europe, the conflict between the two sides is increasing.

The structure of the International GM Group is almost identical to that of Opple, the Wanqi Group and the BASF Group are also roughly the same, and the companies of the wealthy countries in Asia are also growing rapidly.

In the future, the competition between the three major manufacturing countries of the United States, Germany and China in the international market will be further intensified, and the dominant industries of the three are almost overlapping, and they all belong to the industries in which Hu Chuyuan holds and participates in the shares.

As a capitalist, this is really a happy distress!

From the perspective of absorbing and utilizing technical talents from various countries and occupying the markets of various countries, Hu Chuyuan will definitely continue to maintain a leading position in the three major markets .......

Thinking carefully in his mind and considering the long-term development of the entire capital system, he realized that it was necessary to integrate the three systems.

Exactly what to do, this still needs to be considered for a longer time, Hu Chuyuan did not immediately give a clear answer to Pfister-Delano, just let him do what he wants, in the general direction, he does not think that the UK will be a manufacturing investment center.

The problem in the UK is obvious, due to the development of the financial industry and business in the UK, the average wage level of workers is too high.

Relatively speaking, he is more optimistic about the development potential of Spain and Portugal, simply put, investing a dollar here can become ten dollars in ten years, and investing in ten hundred million dollars, maybe a billion dollars in four or five years.

Such a good business, of course.

At the same time, it should be noted that Portugal and Spain are still on the silver standard, and the economic situation has improved in recent years with the rise in silver prices, but as long as the silver price falls sharply, the economy of the Iberian Peninsula will collapse in an instant.

For foreign investors like Hu Chuyuan, the economic collapse is always a good thing.

He talked to Pfister-Delano all the time in the early hours of the morning before Hu Chuyuan sent him to rest.

Returning to the study, Hu Chuyuan did not rest immediately, but looked at Hu Weizhong, who had been listening to the discussion beside him, and asked gently, "What did you hear?" ”

Hu Weizhong replied with a sigh: "A lot." ”

Hu Chuyuan deliberately wanted to cultivate him, and asked, "Tell me about it?" ”

Hu Weizhong frowned and said, "Dad, I can't help but think that you are too cruel...... Others trust you to work with you, but your goal is to pass on the risks of the financial crisis to them, and eventually buy their gold holdings at a low price...... It's so sad! ”

Hu Chuyuan sat silently on the chair, resting with his eyes closed, and after a long time, he suddenly replied: "This is the profit-seeking surname of capital." Humanity is constantly moving forward with this power, and if there is no such profit-seeking, humanity will stop. ”

After a pause, he opened his eyes again, looked at Hu Weizhong silently, and said, "If one day...... If you want to sit in the position where your father is sitting now, you have to learn this skill first, you can do without it, but you have to know how to prevent it. Capital is ruthless, it is just constantly pursuing more profits, if you want to sit in this position, you have to learn to use those ruthless capital, so that they can better serve the interests of the country, for all the people, just like using a sharp knife, it is also ruthless, but as long as you master it well, you can defeat all opponents, so that your competitors dare not fight against you. ”

Hu Weizhong listened to this and thought carefully in his heart.

Before, all he saw was an enlightened and pleasant father, and when he went to the United States, he really understood what his father meant...... His father was the world's largest capitalist, controlling the economic lifeblood of the United States and China.

Now, he has a clearer idea of how his father became the world's largest capitalist, because in the field of capital, his father is the most ruthless and ruthless man in the world.

With just one penny, his father could crush a company worth tens of millions of dollars and build a company worth tens of millions of dollars.

That's his father.

If you can't do it, then, this is the gap between you and him!

(To be continued)