The Woolworths Building, built in 1910, is 230 meters tall and has 55 floors, and was once the tallest skyscraper in the United States and the world. It bears witness to the most prosperous years of the early twentieth century, as well as the devastating avalanche of stock market crashes more than a year ago. But even in the Great Depression, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building began construction one after another, giving a vague smell of the deepest part of the United States in the spirit of not admitting defeat.

Today, the building bears witness to another picture.

Tens of thousands of engineers and technicians from all over the United States surrounded the building in the middle of the night last night, and the queue lined up from the entrance to Fifth Avenue a few kilometers away. Everyone was dressed up in suits and leather shoes, and their thick resumes were neatly bound, and then they looked at the bilingual signboard of the "Sino-US Talent and Technology Exchange Conference" at the entrance of the building, and waited for Chapter 652 Yangmou World (1) to plunge into it with their dreams.

Among the people who went first, some of them scolded and shook their heads in disappointment, but this did not dampen everyone's enthusiasm. Because any hesitation became a joke when another hydraulic engineer rushed out of the building with a five-year contract of $2,000 a month and hugged his long-waiting wife, shouting and jumping.

Although it is rumored that the president of China has brought a large order, and it is rumored that they will open more markets, most people do not want to suffer like this anymore, they need money, they need a new life, and they need to get rid of the economic crisis! Now, China and the Soviet Union are the only two countries that can afford the price, and the former is more than twice as expensive as the latter.

The reason why it is so popular is that in addition to the "Chinese national style" brought by Yang Qiu, there are also factors of weakness and helplessness of the US government. Under the economic crisis, they can only turn a blind eye to such things as digging into the wall between China and the Soviet Union. However, the U.S. government still looks very closely at high-end talents, such as von Kármán, whom Yang Qiu most wanted to hire, was eventually poached by the U.S. because of cultural differences and other factors.

In the building, hundreds of students and overseas Chinese representatives who came from all over the United States were already on the ground, and Leng Jie and others, who followed Yang Qiu, couldn't hold back according to Chapter 652 Yang Mou (1), or joined the ranks of talent selection, or began to negotiate procurement plans with American companies. Everyone is sweating profusely, but while everyone is busy, they will always inadvertently glance at a small conference room in the corner of the third floor, and then smile at each other and continue to work.

In the conference room, Yang Qiu, who came to attend the opening ceremony, leaned on the swivel chair, next to Yan Xishan, who had gone to the United States in advance, and Wang Chonghui, the new ambassador to the United States, smiled.

“…… So far, this wave of crisis has caused about 200 billion losses in the United States, 30 percent of the factories have been shut down and bankrupt, 30 percent are on the verge of shutdown, and the remaining 40 percent are barely maintaining. The hardest hit are steel, oil, shipping, manufacturing and agriculture. The operating rate of the former is less than 5%, and the latter has reduced production by about 40 million tons due to a sharp decrease in purchasing power! The maritime industry has been completely paralyzed, with the number of ships for sale rising from 200 before the economic crisis to 8,600 now! Agriculture was completely paralyzed, and even the US government had to import grain from the Soviet Union to survive. Pei Zuyi looked excited when he spoke, the avalanche-like decay of the U.S. economy made him see the possibility of catching up with the world's most developed countries, and Yang Qiu's two explosion pioneers made him even more admired. continued: "The Soviets' purchases have also been temporarily stopped because the bait we threw is too attractive, so now the prices of various commodities are rebounding rapidly, and it is estimated that we will have to wait and see for a while." "Great, so that the Soviet Union can be contained." When Yan Xishan heard that the Soviet Union had suspended procurement, he couldn't help but high-five. After all, Moscow's economic growth data in the past few years is too scary, and it can curb the momentum and stabilize the northwest for a few more years.

But Bei Zuyi didn't have much happiness on his face, and said, "You can't be happy too early." Although in the short term, rising prices will cause the Soviet Union to consume a lot of small reserves, but in the long run, we will not be able to prevent them from getting what they want to buy, after all, this wave of economic crisis is too deep to save us alone. When our purchase list is published, the price of ordinary machines, which are most urgently needed in the USSR, will fall back to their original position, and possibly even lower. Besides, even if they can't buy it here, they can get it through Germany and France, and even Britain has recently begun to increase exports to the Soviet Union, and the situation of the left and right sources will not change for the time being. Yang Qiu didn't expect to hurt the Soviet Union by raising prices, and asked, "How is the introduction of talents?" "This office has been rented for several months, and the secret service and intelligence have already carefully checked it hundreds of times, even if the Hoover Director has the same name as the president of the United States, no matter how powerful he is, in the era of imperfect technology, it is difficult to do anything, so everyone can speak freely without worrying about leaks.

Speaking of talent introduction, Pei Zuyi's cheeks turned a little redder: "You just saw it." In addition to this, the four recruitment sites in Chicago and Boston are already full, and there are more than a dozen sacks of letters sent every day in addition to the site! Even the embassy has someone to send in to inquire about the position and salary.

The happiest thing for us is that Europe, which has not made much progress, has also responded with a lot of news, especially in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Yugoslavia and other countries, many people have contacted our local embassies and offices, and the previous invitations to famous scientists and scholars have been replied to more than ten times.

There is no problem with the recruitment and work arrangement, because most of the German technicians in the early Rhineland project have returned to China, and the second batch of skilled workers and specialists recruited from Germany will also expire this year and next. In addition, many of the Russian refugees who took in the country left for the Soviet Union, and most of those who did not want to become naturalized came to the United States or returned to Europe. Now that domestic reform is in its final stages, and I expect a reversal early next year, there is enough gap to accommodate this group of American technicians. ”

Although Pei Zuyi is still young, he has matured a lot after experiencing so many things, and his actions are steady and reasonable, which is why Yang Qiu is relieved that the central bank handed him over. After all the reports were finished, Yang Qiu raised his eyebrows and his eyes were sharp: "Songsun, did the things I asked people bring to you last time have any results?" This sentence made Bei Zuyi retract his mouth suddenly, his eyes swept around, and he stopped talking. When Wang Chonghui and several officials saw his expression, they knew that there was a confidential matter to discuss, and hurriedly got up to leave. Soon, there were only a few people left in the room, Yang Qiu, Gu Weijun and Yan Xishan, but Pei Zuyi surprisingly left a young man of twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with messy hair, thin body and thick eyes.

"This is Gu Yuwen, who Minister Zhang sent to the United States three years ago to help me, and he helped me a lot during the economic crisis. He was also the first to analyze the economic countermeasures you gave me, so I might as well let him talk about it. "It can be seen that Pei Zuyi and former Finance Minister Zhang Wenjing are very important to Gu Yu, whose hair is like a chicken nest...

Wen, character and family history must have been investigated by the Ministry of Intelligence, otherwise it would be impossible to join this top-secret operation. So Yang Qiu also nodded very simply: "Okay, let's talk." ”

Gu Yuwen was a little nervous like Pei Zuyi five years ago, hurriedly took out the economic plan that Yang Qiu brought to Pei Zuyi from his bag, grabbed his hair and said: "President, I have read all the plans, if the economic countermeasures listed above are implemented, although I dare not say that it will be effective immediately, it is not a delusion to let the United States recover within three or five years." "Oh? What is the plan to fill the hole of 200 billion in three to five years? Yan Xishan and Gu Weijun both looked at Yang Qiu in surprise and didn't understand what he meant, did he really want to save the United States?

In fact, the rescue plan that Gu Yuwen came up with at this moment was Roosevelt's New Deal that Yang Qiu pirated earlier. There is no need to confirm whether it is effective or not, and the reason why he took it out for Pei Zuyi and them to study was not to save the United States, but to find out ways to prevent the smooth implementation of the new policy through reverse deduction and set up obstacles in advance.

So he didn't have time to explain more and asked directly: "Is there a way to do it?" ”

"It's not impossible. The core of this economic plan is actually very simple: to completely abolish the gold standard and replace gold with credit. In this way, depreciation or appreciation can be artificially manipulated, and the contradiction between exports and deflation can be promoted. Perhaps it was because of the role, the tension on Gu Yuwen's body gradually disappeared, and when he talked about economic problems, there was an incomprehensible brilliance behind the lenses. The voices were much louder: "In other words, if you want to destroy this plan, you only need to concentrate your firepower on gold." ”

"And if it's you, what do you do?"

"It's simple." Gu Yuwen and Yang Qiu looked at each other and said: "Since the person who made the plan wants to cut off the gold standard, then he must first forcibly fix the price of gold and forcibly purchase private gold, just like my country, completely ban trading!" If it were me, I would simply raise the price of gold before this, as long as the price of gold remains high, then even if this plan is introduced, it will offend the vital interests of many people, and it will require several times the recovery of funds! The endless conversation between the two was like a book from heaven, which made Gu Weijun and Yan Xishan wonder, so they had to quietly pull Bei Zuyi to ask the reason.

After asking clearly, I learned that Yang Qiu had handed over a rescue plan to Bei Zuyi and his team as early as "years ago, asking for a reverse deduction of this plan to find a way to destroy and contain it early."

Yang Qiu frowned and continued to ask: "Raising the price of gold requires cash and liquidity, and now there is a shortage of liquidity all over the world, even if you want to speculate on gold, you have no money. Second, more than half of the world's gold has become U.S. Treasury bonds, which are locked in the treasury and cannot be used. ”

The corners of Gu Yuwen's mouth suddenly hooked, and for some reason this smile made him a little gloomy. But he didn't feel it himself, but he was very proud, and even the freckles on his nose seemed to be glowing, and said: "It is not difficult to increase liquidity, as long as the treasury bonds are opened to be exchanged!" Taking the United States as an example, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries all hold a large number of U.S. Treasury bonds, and China and Japan also have a lot of them. There are 1,000 more in the United States

100 million national bonds, if all released, is 150 billion US dollars of liquidity! ”

"Wait!" Gu Weijun, who already understood the general situation, hurriedly raised his hand: "So many national bonds have been released, and the US treasury will be emptied!" A lot of them are gold bonds! And releasing so much money at one time didn't it help the United States solve the economic crisis? ”

Gu Yuwen shook his fingers, took out the crumpled cigarette case from his pocket, and didn't care that everyone took care of it, took two puffs before saying, "It's not that simple." Gold is American, and they can pay in gold, as well as in dollars. If it were me, I would declare that I could only exchange dollars, and then under the pretext of pulling exports, I would legislate that the dollars exchanged for national bonds must be exchanged for American goods, so that even if I redeem money, I can only save the United States and not other countries! ”

"What's the difference?" Gu Weijun was even more confused.

Gu Yuwen said with a smile: "The problem is that this kind of exchange that seems to be 'free' but is actually not 'free' is something that Britain and France do not want to see, and they would rather cover tens of billions than sell them to purchase American goods." So I predict that a maximum of 50 billion will be released. Although 50 billion seems like a lot, after more than a year of painful decline, how much of this money will be invested in the long-term manufacturing industry once it is circulated? To put it another way, if we have money now, what is the first thing to do? Pay the loan first, then preserve the value! In this environment, if you want to maintain your value, you can only buy gold! Buy Silver!

Buy real estate! So the end result is that the banking sector will be the first to improve, the manufacturing sector will be slightly better, and the value of gold and real estate will skyrocket several times! In this way, whoever wants to cut off the gold standard adopted by the United States in the future will have to face a high price, unless he is willing to accept several times the loss, or declare war on the whole United States! ”

A few years later, Roosevelt's New Deal Yang Qiu was already familiar with it, forcibly fixing the price of gold and silver, completely cutting off the gold standard after prohibiting all exchange and trading, using manual intervention to manipulate the currency, devaluing the dollar by 40 percent overnight, and at the same time increasing expenses for relief for work, and so on. It can be said that it was this plan that saved the United States, and the whole plan was interlinked, and if one of them went wrong, the effectiveness of the New Deal would be greatly reduced.

The method adopted by Gu Yuwen is to destroy the method of cutting off the gold standard, and first release the treasury bonds to increase liquidity. And as he said, even if the money comes out in the general environment, the vast majority of people will not invest in the manufacturing industry with a long cycle, and will definitely find a way to maintain value first. It's no wonder that tens of billions of dollars of gold prices are not outrageous! When Roosevelt came to power and implemented the New Deal, he would find that the price of gold was already ridiculously high, and if he wanted to cut off the gold standard, he would either artificially announce the depreciation of the gold price, or recycle it by several times the price.

The question is, the 50 billion national bonds that can be released have been released, how much money can he have to recycle gold to increase liquidity?

"But what's in it for us? You can't take advantage of the price increase to sell all the gold and silver in the treasury, right? ”

"No good." Gu Yuwen looked at Yang Qiu, snuffed out the cigarette butt and said: "My country is still my country, the United States will be better than now, but in the long run, it will have a lot of disadvantages." As for Britain and France, they are about to get into big trouble! Now the whole world hopes that the U.S. Treasury bonds can be freely converted, so that they can sell dollars to recover funds to save their own economy, if the United States restricts the exchange of dollars, can only purchase American goods, the manufacturing industry of Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Italy will face a dollar squeeze, and the final result is a panic depreciation of the Chinese dollar and a collapse in stock prices! ”

"Is it necessary for the United States to collapse Europe if it is half dead?" Yan Xishan was puzzled.

Don't say that he is puzzled, in fact, even Gu Yuwen doesn't understand why Yang Qiu asked him to deduce this plan, and he also uses the world economy at the moment as the background, is this the secret rescue plan of the United States?

Yang Qiu got up slowly, walked to the window and looked at the still weaving queue downstairs, and took a deep breath: "According to your deduction, how sure are you?" ”

This sentence made Gu Yuwen brush back to the nervous and timid appearance just now, biting his lip and thinking for a long time before saying: "Don't hide it from the president, in fact, I am not sure about this deduction myself." But one thing is certain, if this is done, the old forces of Britain and France will be ten times more difficult than they are now! ”

"That's it!"

Yang Qiu waved his hand fiercely, and his tone was hard: "To do things, you don't have to get much benefit in front of you!" What I want is not today and tomorrow, but the future! History has taught us that any emerging power that wants to rise has no second way to go except to break the framework of the old world! Europe has been the center of the old framework for hundreds of years, and if we want to really rise, we must first let the basket of peaches in Europe completely rot and rot! ”

"Until, they can't go any longer!" !!