Chapter 55: The Golden Brick Marked by the Double-Headed Eagle
Mai Zilong really helped Chen Zikun a lot, and the party was cleaned up so thoroughly that Chen Zikun did not have to worry about political and reputation problems at all, and took over a clean Jiangdong Province, and no party members were active here.
Legend has it that although the office was renovated, Chen Dashuai thought it was too bloody, and listened to the persuasion of the masters, and built an experimental middle school on the original site to suppress the evil spirits with the yang energy of young students. In fact, this is not the case, Chen Zikun just thinks that the old town of Tai Yamen is too heavy, and his wife and daughter are unwilling to go back to live here, so it is better to use it to set up an educational career.
The new provincial chairman's official residence was selected on a vacant lot near the river, where Chen Zikun ordered people to plant many maple trees, build a wide asphalt road with four lanes, and asked American architects to design ten garden houses with unique shapes, the largest of which is his new official residence, covering an area of 5,000 square meters, shaded by green trees, flat lawns, Scandinavian architectural structure, and the design drawings look like a castle in a fairy tale kingdom.
"My Yan'er will grow up here in the future." Chan was very satisfied with the design drawings.
The long-delayed Huaijiang iron bridge project has also been officially put on the agenda, which is an important bridge connecting the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River in the province, once completed and opened to traffic, the rich coal and iron ore resources in the north of the river will be more convenient to transport out, and obtain more lucrative profits.
Others have persuaded Chen Zikun that the current war is still going on, the project is intermittent, and it will take at least seven or eight years to complete, so it is better to save this money to buy guns and artillery for self-protection, but Chen Zikun is full of confidence and said that China will be unified in less than two years, and the early start of construction and early income, I will not only build railways and bridges, but also open coal mines, steel mills, and power plants.
Many projects are launched, using the manpower and material resources of Jiangdong Province, the funds come from the Jiangdong tickets issued by the Jiangdong Industrial Bank, the workers are hard-working Jiangbei farmers, raw materials such as sand, gravel and wood are raised locally, and the steel and cement road construction machinery are all imported foreign goods.
The provincial chairman made such a generous construction blueprint, but people of insight in the province shook their heads, saying that Chen Dashuai was eager for quick success and quick profit, and he was afraid that he would give up halfway.
"You can't just issue banknotes." So says an economics professor at Koto University.
"In the end, it's a martial artist, and it's far from running an industry." A vice president of the provincial general chamber of commerce said so.
Just when everyone was not hopeful about Chen Zikun's grand goal, an incident surprised them, Gong Jiaxiang, general manager of Jiangdong Industrial Bank, came to Shanghai to announce that an additional 30 million Jiangdong bills would be issued, with gold as a reserve, and every dollar of Jiangdong bills would be exchanged for 0.0321 ounces of gold.
At the press conference, Gong Jiaxiang symbolically displayed fifty gold bricks, the dazzling gold reflected the eyes of the reporters, for a while the magnesium lights flashed, the reporters enthusiastically asked, wondering where Jiangdong Industrial Bank got so much gold, but General Manager Gong just smiled and did not answer.
"In short, we have gold reserves, and one yuan Jiangdong ticket can be freely exchanged for one gram of gold, I don't believe you can try it." After being forced to be anxious, Gong Jiaxiang said this.
There are really good people, Du Yuesheng, a person who heard about Shanghai Tang, has always had business dealings with Jiangdong Province, he took a Jiangdong ticket to find Gong Jiaxiang, and sure enough, he came back with a gold brick.
Du Yuesheng himself also opened a bank, and there are many financial elites under his hands, and everyone carefully identified this gold brick, first convinced that it was pure gold, and then found traces of polishing, and could vaguely identify the mark of a double-headed eagle on the gold brick.
"This is the treasury reserve gold of tsarist Russia!" The knowledgeable person couldn't help but gasp.
At the time of the civil strife in Russia, the Tsar's 500 tons of gold disappeared in Siberia, and this matter was widely spread among the White Russians in Shanghai.
Many people don't want to believe this fantasy, but after careful analysis, Chen Zikun has a Russian mercenary group under his command, many of which have served in the Kolchak Provisional Government, and these people are very likely to know the whereabouts of the hidden gold, and there are also rumors that 200 of Chen Zikun's White Russian regiment sailed north last year, and they are missing, and it is likely that they went to Siberia to find gold.
These are just rumors and speculations, but sometimes rumors are enough, and in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the shares of Jiangdong Industrial Bank have skyrocketed one after another, up tenfold! Even some other Koto plates followed.
Jiangdong Industrial Bank took the opportunity to issue new shares and public bonds, and made a lot of money.
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In a villa on Xiafei Road, Chen Zikun, Li Yaoting, Gong Jiaxiang, Andrei Vasilyevich, Mu Yichen and others are sitting around the fireplace, the cypress is beeping and burning, and everyone is smoking paper cigarettes or pipes, all of them are in high spirits.
"The money has doubled, and the opium trafficking has not been so fast, it has increased fifteen times in the blink of an eye." Li Yaoting couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Gong Jiaxiang was very calm: "Don't worry, the big head is still behind, and after the stock price has increased thirty times, it will be slowly thrown out." β
"Thirty times? That's the start, at least fifty times later. Chen Zikun said.
Everyone exchanged glances and laughed, the courage of the handsome man is great.
Everyone present is hoarding a large number of Jiangdong Industrial Bank stocks, the average stock price is only a few cents a share, and now the stock price has been as high as five jiao, and it is difficult to buy the whole hand of Jiangdong shares on the stock market.
Chen Zikun was in a good mood and asked Mu Yichen: "How is the progress of personal problems?" β
Mu Yichen said: "There are many good things, but Uncle Che no longer cares about our relationship, which is equivalent to acquiescing in this marriage." β
Chen Zikun walked to the window, saw that the leaves of the plane tree in the garden were yellow, and took a puff of smoke and said: "27 years is really a turbulent year." β
As soon as the words fell, a soft female voice came from the radio: "Zhang Fakui's troops recovered Guangzhou, the rebel leader Zhang Tailei was killed, and his remnants were defeated and Haifeng ......"
Li Yaoting said: "Big brother, what you said is not quite right, which year is not turbulent, fighting everywhere, rebelling everywhere, Leng has not stopped for a day, Wuhan and Nanjing are together, but the power has fallen into the hands of the Gui department, Wang Zhaoming is a talent, turned his face and ran to Guangzhou to set up another central government, and made a separation between Ningbo and Guangdong, this is good, a return to Nanchang ** is not enough for him to bear, and then a Guangzhou **, I think he can't survive it, sooner or later he has to come back, politely invite Brother Jiang out of the mountain." β
Chen Zikun said: "I don't care who is the chairman, anyway, Beiyang has run out of life, the country is about to be reunified, all kinds of waste to be rebuilt, make a few money, build factories and railways, so that the people can live a good life is the right way." β
Gong Jiaxiang said: "This is very true, Jiangdong is rich in resources, fertile land, only years of war, Huai River flooding, only to end up so poor, as long as the truce for ten years, Jiangdong, oh no, China can take off." As he spoke, he danced with his hands.
Andrei Vasilyevich coughed dryly and looked at everyone with cold eyes: "Gentlemen, I want to know, what should I do if the trick of the gold bricks is discovered?" β
Everyone didn't speak, but looked at Chen Zikun.
Chen Zikun said: "I'm afraid they won't see through it." β
After the small rally held in Li Yaoting's mansion this time, Mu Yichen returned to the Shikumen residence he rented, Che Qiuling stepped forward to help him take off his coat and top hat and hang them up, and said with an excited smile: "I have good things for you." β
Pulled Mu Yichen into the bedroom, dragged out a suitcase from under the bed, opened it, took out a thin stack of beautifully printed pieces of paper, and stretched out in front of Mu Yichen as if asking for merit and reward: "Look, paper gold!" β
Mu Yichen fixed his eyes and took a look, this thing was too familiar, it was actually the stock of Jiangdong Industrial Bank!
"Where did this thing come from?" Mu Yichen felt that the sweat was coming down.
"Spend money to buy it, now this stock is priceless, you can't buy it in the market, I asked an acquaintance to get it, spent a thousand oceans, bought a thousand shares, now we have the money for the wedding, don't need my father to spend a penny, but also rich, I estimate that it is enough to travel to the United States by cruise, do you know, people say, Jiangdong Industrial Bank has 500 tons of gold, their stock is paper gold, now the price is still low, sooner or later it will rise to ten yuan a share."
"Okay, okay, sell the stock tomorrow, the stock market is risky, you need to be cautious when entering the market, you know!" Mu Yichen said irritably.
Che Qiuling's eyes turned red: "What am I doing, I'm not here for our future." β
Mu Yichen complained bitterly in his heart, and secretly said that this matter is hidden from his parents, Qiu Ling, don't blame me for not being able to tell you the truth, he gently wiped away the tears on his fiancΓ©e's face, and said softly: "If you want to buy stocks, just tell me, I have a lot of Jiangdong Industrial Bank stocks here, and you don't need to spend money to buy them." β
"How many?" Che Qiuling immediately stopped crying, and his eyes lit up.
"There are always tens of thousands of shares." Mu Yichen was vague, in fact, he had 200,000 shares under his name, and he was already quietly releasing the goods, and the stocks in Che Qiuling's hands were released by himself.
"Great! We're developed! Che Qiuling was excited, "By the way, the Jiangdong ticket is also very valuable, and the strength is about to catch up with the pound and the dollar, should we exchange some." β
Mu Yichenqi said: "Jiangdongxing doesn't have a counter in Shanghai?" β
Che Qiuling said proudly: "Don't you know that there is a black market?" β
Mu Yichen said: "I'll handle these financial matters, you give me the stocks, and I'll help you sell them." β
Che Qiuling seemed to realize something: "Do you have any inside information, my father also bought tens of thousands of shares of paper gold there, do you want to throw them away?" β
"Throw it away." Mu Yichen cut the railway.
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In the next few days, the stock of Jiangdong Industrial Bank continued to rise wildly, the price of the exchange has risen to an outrageous two yuan five per share, Che Qiuling, who has thrown away the inventory in her hand, couldn't help but complain about Mu Yichen, just as she was about to leave the exchange in a puff, suddenly heard a roar, each trader raised his palm, five fingers apart, palm outward, mouth shouted loudly, the stock price of Jiangdong Industrial Bank on the water sign was written and wiped, wiped and written, all the way down, just a few minutes from two pieces of five to five corners, It's still all turbulent selling, and no one takes over at all.
Che Qiuling was stunned, looking at the falling stock price blankly, and was glad in his heart.
Back at home, Mu Yichen was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, and the headline on the newspaper was prominent: "Jiangdong Industrial Bank's reserve of gold is nothing, it is pure fraud!" β
"Oh, it's really hanging, I almost went bankrupt, but fortunately you're smart." Che Qiuling stepped forward and grabbed Mu Yichen's neck from behind.
"Oh, how much has it fallen now?" Mu Yichen asked casually.
"It's about three cents and five, it was like this when I came, and now it may be lower, what a broken bank, it's just a trick, the stock is not even as good as waste paper, listen to you in the future, never touch this thing, let alone buy the bad stock of this bank." Che Qiuling said angrily.
Mu Yichen shook his head: "No, I'll buy it tomorrow, how much money you have, how much money you spend, and buy all the shares of Jiangdong Industrial Bank." β
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