The Langham, London. ¤ Title Novel, x.

It has been several days since the signing of the contract with the British Persian Oil Company, and now the Wichham oil field has been fully taken over by the people of the Persian Oil Company, and Xiao Zhenlei and others have all withdrawn to London, still staying in the Langham Hotel.

For the next period of time, Xiao Zhenlei decided to make waves in the London rubber stock market while waiting for the 45 million pounds sterling used by the Persian Oil Company to buy the oil fields to be transferred to the account of the White Penguin Company, and as soon as the money arrived, he would leave England and go to Germany to buy steel-making furnaces and visit the German steel-making and metallurgical industry.

In Xiao Zhenlei's room, Su Gu was reporting to him about the acquisition of rubber stocks in the stock market with Bai Siqin in the past few days, and Xiao Zhenlei asked after listening: "How is the price of rubber in the London market these days?" ”

"It has risen very fast these days, and today it has risen to 12 shillings per pound!"

Xiao Zhenlei nodded when he heard this: "No wonder the rubber stock price in the stock market has risen so much, and the physical price of rubber has risen so fast, let alone the stock price!" This is all due to the demand for rubber in the market, and last year, the United States imported 57 million US dollars, and this year it is estimated that it will increase to about 70 million US dollars. The value of British rubber imports last year was 840,000 pounds, and this year it is estimated to increase to about 1.4 million pounds, and the price of rubber has continued to rise as its demand expands, which has led to the rise in the stock market rubber stock price. At present, the production cost of rubber in Southeast Asia is only about 18 pence per pound, plus the freight and the profit is only two to three shillings per pound at most. ”

Awaya responded, "Yes." Sir, in just 10 days or so, two new rubber companies have been formed and shares have been issued. I think there will be a rubber company to be set up next, and we have already done what you told us before. As long as a new rubber company is established and shares are issued, it will be snapped up immediately, and before our two million pounds after several rounds of raising the stock price and then selling and suppressing, and then buying at a low price, through guò this short-term way of buying at a low price and selling at a high price, the market value has more than doubled, and now it is about 4.2 million pounds, and the average stock price of various rubber stocks has also increased by about 80% again! ”

Xiao Zhenlei was very satisfied with Su Gu and Bai Siqin's expressions during this time, nodded his appreciation, and he got up and walked to the window to look at the night view of London outside the window. After taking a few puffs of his cigar, he asked, "Is there any news from Shanghai Beach in the past two days?" ”

Since leaving Shanghai, Xiao Zhenlei has been in contact with Song Shijie, Chen Huizu and others once a day, at least once every three days, although in this era to send a telegram is calculated by the number of words, the price is very expensive, but this is also a matter of no way.

"Yes, sir!" Awaya immediately reported: "As of today, Langezhi's share price has risen to 1,100 taels, and Si Niwang's share price has risen from 630 taels on February 25 to 750 taels today. The share prices of other rubber stocks have risen even more! In addition, now there are important officials in Shanghai, down to countless people from all over the country, ordinary businessmen and even ordinary employees of various industries, especially Chen Yiqing, the owner of Zhengyuan Bank. Dai Jiabao, the owner of Zhaokang Bank, and Lu Dasheng, the owner of Qianyu Bank, jointly issued 6 million taels of bankers, of which 359 bankers were placed in foreign banks. With a total value of 1.4 million taels, they also borrowed 1 million taels from Citibank, Warby Bank and Jardine Matheson to deposit in these three banks. They also adjusted their positions and bought stocks on a large scale from Senyuan, Yuanfeng, Huida, Xiefeng, and other money banks that they had dealings with. Now those people are crazy, and even the two ticket numbers supported by the government, Yuan Fengrun and Yishanyuan, are involved. According to the estimation of Director Chen Huizu, the two ticket numbers are estimated to have purchased a total of about 4 million taels of various rubber stocks, but now they are not satisfied, and they still want to continue to buy a large number of rubber stocks.

Xiao Zhenlei knows very well that those foreign banks and the money banks and ticket numbers in Shanghai still have money to buy rubber stocks because he has paid off all the loans from the banks and banks and the ticket numbers before coming to London, except for the 10 million taels mortgaged by rubber stocks, all the other loans have been paid off, so those people have the money to buy stocks, otherwise those people just want to buy rubber stocks and have no money, plus there are very few rubber stocks that can still be circulated in the market, basically there is no market! They just thought of sending someone to London to snap up stocks!

"What a bunch of stupid pigs! There are times when they cry, huh! Xiao Zhenlei snorted coldly and scolded, "From tomorrow, continue to buy, as long as there are rubber stocks for sale on the market, they will all be bought, but if the price rises, you must sue me!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

On March 10th, Bai Siqin, who was studying at London City University, was sent by Xiao Zhenlei to find him, after more than half a month of observation and testing, Xiao Zhenlei found that Bai Siqin, this young man, can be used, Bai Siqin is not only more regular, but also more intelligent in business, Xiao Zhenlei thought that if he left London, the situation here would be handed over to Bai Siqin, and it should be feasible to leave two brothers to assist.

"Sir, Mr. Bai has arrived!" Ayaya knocked on the door and came in to report.

Xiao Zhenlei, who was standing in front of the window, waved his hand: "Please let him in!" ”

Su Gu nodded and beckoned Bai Siqin in, Bai Siqin walked in and bent down slightly, "Sir, I heard that you are looking for me?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei turned around and showed a smiling face, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sofa: "Brother Bai, please take a seat!" Suya, please pour two glasses of red wine! ”

Su Gu agreed and went to prepare, and after Xiao Zhenlei and Bai Siqin sat down, they said: "Brother Bai, I have seen the table you and Su Gu have been on the stock market together during this time, you are very discerning and talented!" Do you know why we, China, are so far behind the Western powers? I think you have studied in London for so many years, you should have experienced it, right? ”

Bai Siqin thought about it and said in a somewhat sad tone: "Our Qing Dynasty has never opened our eyes to see what the world is like, and we have always thought that we are the Heavenly Empire, and we have been immersed in this self-absorbed dream from top to bottom. It wasn't until Britain and other powers launched the Opium War that the imperial court was beaten and woke up. It's a pity that it's already too late, we are too far behind the Western powers. In the past few years, I have studied here and after some investigation and research, I found that the reason why our Qing Dynasty is backward is because of the lack of correct understanding of science, many Chinese people think that it is just a strange skill, but in fact this is the foundation of a strong country! ”

Xiao Zhenlei handed over a cigarette, Bai Siqin waved his hand to signal that he wouldn't, Xiao Zhenlei was not reluctant, he nodded and said: "What you said has a certain truth, so what do you think we lack most in China now?" ”

Bai Siqin blurted out: "Of course it's science and technology, foreigners rely on advanced science and technology to build strong ships and cannons to defeat my Qing Dynasty!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled when he heard this. said: "You're right, but you're not right! ”

Bai Siqin was stunned, and then asked, "What's the explanation?" ”

"Although we lack science and technology in China, what we lack most is talent!"

"Lack of talent?"

"Yes!" After Xiao Zhenlei finished speaking, he pointed to Bai Siqin and said: "Just like you in various fields, science and technology are mastered by people, only science and technology without talents, and science and technology cannot be turned into productive forces, and it is also impossible to compete with foreigners, but there are enough and comprehensive talents of all kinds." It is equivalent to having science and technology, and science and technology can be turned into powerful production and manufacturing capacity, I will use an analogy, if someone invents a high-yield rice. The yield per mu is more than 1,500 catties, and the area of cultivated land in China can basically completely solve the problem of having enough food for the common people at this stage. We in China can completely ensure that everyone has clothes to wear, and of course, everyone can be fed and clothed. These are not enough, there are a number of other issues involved. However, as long as these technical problems are solved, other problems can be solved, so talent is what we need most, but today's Qing court not only does not attach importance to talents, but also suppresses the compatriots who have returned to study abroad, and does not let them become officials and scholars! ”

Bai Siqin asked excitedly: "Sir, you said it so well, are you a revolutionary party?" Is it the Alliance's Society, or the Liberation Society's? ”

Here, Xiao Zhenlei is not afraid of having secret agents of the Qing court, he said with a smile: "We are indeed revolutionaries, but we are not from the League, nor are we from the Liberation Society, our organization is called the 'Iron and Blood National Salvation Society', in order to save this increasingly weak country, in order to be able to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, drive away the great powers, and let the common people live a good life, some of us decided to ignore personal honor and disgrace, life and death, and united to establish this organization, and the contemptible people are now added as the secretary general of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society!" ”

"Secretary-General?" Bai Siqin was a little puzzled, what kind of title is this?

Awatani explained: "The Secretary-General is the supreme leader of our Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, and internationally, the top executives of many organizations call him the Secretary-General!" ”

"Oh, I see!" Bai Siqin suddenly realized, and hurriedly said, "Sir, do you think I can join this organization?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "Of course you can, but to join our Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, you must break away from other parties or organizations, you can't be a member of our organization, and at the same time a member of another organization, have you joined another organization before?" For example, the Alliance? ”

"No, I haven't joined any other organization, I don't like the people of the Alliance, many of them are too bad, I think this is very bad for an organization that rebels against the Qing court!"

Xiao Zhenlei didn't expect Bai Siqin to have such an opinion, it seems that this young man is still very thoughtful, he nodded and said: "Brother Bai, during this time, I can see that you are a young man with a developed mind, flexible response, and enthusiasm for the motherland, I welcome a person who shares the same ideals with us to join us, but before officially joining, you must go through layers of tests, until we think you have made enough progress in your thinking, we will introduce you to join, before again, We can absorb you to become a reserve member to accept the test, and after you have passed the test, we will sincerely invite you to join us and work with us to build our country into a brand new country, so that every ordinary person can live a happy life with abundant food and clothing, so that our country will become stronger and stronger, and we will no longer be bullied by the foreign powers, and we will control the destiny of our own country! ”

Bai Siqin agreed very excitedly: "I am willing to accept the test!" (To be continued......) R640