Dong Ku didn't know about the movements of the Japanese army, and after he gave Lao Jiang weapons and ammunition, he didn't pay attention to Lao Chiang, but monitoring was inevitable.

At this time, the situation in the whole country was very delicate, and Dong Ku occupied Shanghai, Hangzhou, Yangzhou. The supply line followed Gaoyou through Xuzhou to Dezhou, and entered Zhangjiakou, where there were two regiments of troops, one brigade in Tianjin, and two regiments in Qinhuangdao. The route runs through Lao Chiang's square area.

Lao Zhao's army was assembled on the periphery of Shandong, on the side of the supply line of the advance army, but in advance, a small group had entered Shanxi, and fought behind enemy lines with the Japanese army in Taihang.

Lao Jiang still controls a large area of territory, and even Nanjing has been recovered, although the voice is not the highest, but after all, the capital of Nanjing has been recovered, and the situation is also very good.

The Japanese were extremely honest in Shanxi and Shandong, and Shandong Lao Zhao gradually received weapons and trained soldiers, and did not launch a counteroffensive for the time being. Because Dong Ku told Lao Zhao to let the Japanese stop for the time being, and when his side recovered the northeast, he would attack again and annihilate the Japanese in one fell swoop, so that they could not reinforce each other.

The Japanese army in the northeast defended hard in the smoke cannons, and they did not dare to be careless at all. They will not do anything for the time being, except for frantically plundering resources and transporting them to North Korea and diverting them back to their homeland. But the work of training new recruits and replenishing combat effectiveness has been going on, and the construction of warships, the production of Zero aircraft, is in full swing. With the dedication of energy, new weapons have also begun to be continuously developed and entered a period of rapid development of armed forces.

At this time, Heilongjiang, Mongolia were under the ravages of smoke and cannons, very stable, Vladivostok, Lake Baikal. People in Novosibirsk and other places are also extremely stable, and cats are at home to escape the cold when the wind is raging.

They are not short of food, and in these days, their food for the winter has been in place step by step, so that they do not know what to do with these invaders. I am still grateful to them, but there is one thing, no one will have any thoughts here, ordinary people, a stable life is more important than anything else.

Everything is quiet, and other countries are also sending gold to Switzerland, or taking a part of the money deposited in Switzerland, exchanging it for gold, and transferring it to a designated account. to complete the agreement and get the blueprints and materials of the weapon.

In addition to recruiting troops, Dong Ku himself is busy preparing landing ships, landing craft, amphibious tanks, assault boats, and other Marine Corps weapons materials for Shanzi.

The information for Shui Linglong has been perfected, and there is only so much he remembers, and today, he also wants to meet Bruce from the side of the Sassoon family? Sassoon, who is likely to become the first president of the Eurasian Development Bank. Qualified. Shui Linglong is about to start working and will rush to Switzerland in person. Construction Bank.

Bruce? Sassoon's investigation did not go to the ocean, he grew up in the concession, and he never left the concession, it can be said that in addition to his appearance, he is already an authentic Chinese. His Chinese does not have the taste of foreigners learning Chinese, and he is still very diligent. He learned the languages of several countries, and was also influenced by Confucianism, and he did not suffer any bad deeds in the investigation since he was a child, and he also had a sense of justice, or he would not resign as the director of Deutsch-Hua Bank.

Dong Ku flipped through the thick investigation materials. In the end, I decided not to wait for Shao Pang and the financial talents on the island, and decided to meet this Bruce? Sassoon.

"Adjutant Zuo, you arrange, let this Bruce come to nine o'clock, and I will meet him."

Dong Ku said while looking through the investigation materials.

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

Zuo Boyang said, turned around and left, and went to arrange to pick up Bruce.

More than half an hour later, Bruce's figure appeared in Longxiang International, and then entered Dong Ku's living room.

"Hello Mr. Bruce, it's a pleasure. I am Dong Ku, the Supreme Commander of the Advance Army. ”

Dong Ku!

There was a palpable look of surprise in Bruce's eyes. When he was invited, he said that he was invited by a world-class bank, and he was idle at this time, hoping to find a suitable job, but he didn't expect that it would be an advance army, and he was a hot person, Dong Ku personally received him.

After a short period of astonishment, he stretched out his hand, shook Dong Ku's outstretched hand, and said with a smile: "I have admired General Dong's name for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to witness the general's demeanor. ”

"Oh, Mr. Bruce's Chinese is really very good, don't look at the looks, Dong really can't tell whether you are Chinese or not." Come, Mr. Bruce, please be seated. ”

Dong Ku was secretly surprised by the authenticity of the other party's Chinese, as well as the sour taste, and was also touched by the other party's calm expression.

Bruce was not polite, and sat down and waited for Dong Ku to open.

After taking his seat, Dong Ku asked, "Does Bruce drink tea or coffee?" ”

"I have lived in China since I was a child, and I love tea very much, and coffee is still a habit, you can drink anything."

"Okay, let's have tea."

Dong Ku said and waved his hand.

Yan'er nodded and left, going to prepare tea. Zuo Boyang followed out of the room and guarded the door.

No. 5 and No. 6 were busy with each other, and there was nothing important that would not disturb Dong Ku, but here, only Dong Ku was alone, and even Shui Linglong did not come over.

Yan'er left, Dong Ku said straight to the point: "Mr. Bruce, I invite Mr. to come today, I must have known you, I am going to open a bank, a multinational bank, a bank facing the world, you have rich experience in bank management, but I have always had a question, why doesn't Mr. Bruce open a bank by himself?" With the strength of the Sassoon family, it is not difficult to open a multinational bank, but why work for someone else? ”

Bruce smiled and replied: "General Dong, first of all, I want to explain that I am from the Sassoon family, but I am a collateral line, and I have not been with the direct family here since I was a child, so it is unlikely that the idea will be recognized by the family, and I have not made any efforts in this regard." ”

"Secondly, Bruce is not without ambition, my ideal is to be able to run the largest bank in the world, all banks should be able to look up to it, the first reputation bank, as for who's it, I don't care, and if I open it myself, to achieve this goal, there is not much chance in 30 years, because, just the accumulation of reputation requires a process, so I chose to work for the bank. to fulfill your heart's desire. ”

"If this wish is granted, will you choose to open your own bank again? At that time, your personal income alone may not be enough, but the friendship you have built with this bank should be able to be supported, so what will you choose? ”

"General Dong. I think, I will not choose, because since the bank I serve is the largest in the world, then the bank I opened myself cannot be surpassed, rather than exhausting my life in the effort, it is better to create brilliance in this first bank, working in the first bank in the world, it is my wish, I will not choose the second. Even if you resign. ”

Dong Ku glanced at Bruce in surprise, and after Yan'er put down the tea, he stretched out his hand and let it go, and summed it up in his heart: The persistence of this product is different, the goal is firm, there are no distractions, and it is a bit pedantic.

"Mr. Bruce, tell me about your expectations for the world's No. 1 bank. See if my Eurasian Development Bank can live up to your expectations. ”

Bruce took a sip of tea, smiled and said, "It's actually quite simple. That is, if this bank needs a loan, it can borrow billions or even more money from major banks in the world, and the other party is not worried that the bank will not be able to repay it, and there is no need for collateral when taking out a loan, and it can be borrowed only by creditworthiness. As for the policies of the other leaders, they are within the scope of business and are not in the standards of this first company. ”

"Oh?"

Dong Ku put down his teacup and looked at Bruce again. Others don't know the way, but he knows it very well. Bruce is talking about something that only exists later, intangibles.

Unsecured, just creditworthiness, it depends on the value of your bank's intangible assets. And now, the concept of intangible assets has not yet come out, and now even the trademark law has not come out, let alone the concept of intangible assets.

And Bruce's concept is so advanced, although it is not standard or systematic, but the purpose is correct, that is, the concept of intangible assets.

"Mr. Bruce, under what conditions can this be realized?"

"General Dong, this needs to be accumulated, one is the strength of the bank itself, it needs huge funds, it needs to have a safe way to lend, and it needs to be able to absorb private funds."

"Is it feasible for the bank itself to use gold as collateral as a reserve?"

"General Dong wants to issue currency?"

Dong Ku's words fell, and Bruce sat up straight in surprise.

"Issuing currency?"

He was not familiar with the specific situation of the bank, and he had never thought about issuing currency, which needed to be guaranteed by the state, with gold reserves and the support of force. He didn't plan to build any country, and that had nothing to do with him.

Bruce fixed his mind and said: "The issuance of currency is one of the ways to make banks do the first, if the exchange rate of various countries is linked to the currency issued by General Dong, and this is the standard, then the problem of credibility is no longer a problem." ”

"Bretton Woods!"

Bruce's voice fell, and Dong Ku blurted out.

"Bretton Woods?"

Bruce repeated in confusion.

Bruce's repetition made Dong Ku come back to his senses all of a sudden, how could he explain to Bruce, this is something that happened in 46 years, this is something made by the United States, a system of plundering the gold of the world, exchanging dollars for gold, using the dollar as the base currency, so that the United States has 75% of the gold reserves of the world after the end of World War II, and it really made a fortune. In the end, he refused to buy back gold, let the system created by the dollar collapse, and shamefully put the wealth of the world into his pocket to develop his own military industry.

Dong Ku suddenly realized that he was thinking too simply. If it can take the lead in creating an international financial system, won't the United States cease to be a winner?

I don't know anything about finance, but I know a lot of things, especially some big events, and these processes that have happened in the past few decades.

If you want this bank to grow, you must first have the ability and business to be linked to the world bank. As for the funds, Shao Pang's income is enough to support the operation of the bank, and lend to some countries, and the currency may really be issued in this way.

"Mr. Bruce, if I give you a thousand tons of gold reserves, do you think the bank can do it?"

"A thousand tons?!"

Bruce? Sassoon leaned forward all of a sudden, extremely out of shape.

This amount is too amazing, where is the concept of thousands of taels, tens of thousands of taels? The advance army is so rich? It's horrible. It is important to know that the opening of a bank does not require so much gold, as long as there is a certain amount of funds, a certain economic strength, a safe loan, and a way to recover, it can be opened. And a thousand tons of gold reserves, in addition to the issuance of currency, this is enough to ensure that the bank will not go bankrupt in the exchange.

Taking a deep breath, Bruce leaned in, calmed down and asked, "General Dong, is this all the funds?" ”

"No, that's the first step, and then I can add it every year as needed, and as for the quantity, it won't be less than three hundred tons a year."

"Oh......"

Bruce's eyes lit up. To know what the concept of 300 tons of gold a year is, it can completely guarantee the stability of the issuance of currency, if he really wants to issue currency.

He didn't know that this was only Dong Ku's most conservative estimate, that this was the annual output value of his gold mines, not external income, and that gold mining in Central Asia alone would not be less than 200 tons a year. You must know that once the Second World War began, his factories and mineral deposits would monopolize most of the gold in the world, and his weapons would become the main support items for the war, allowing him to flow in a steady stream of funds.

Dong Ku is not mature enough for you to think about, and he doesn't think Bruce is up to the post of bank president. He had to start the bank and transfer the gold from Switzerland to the new bank, so that he would no longer have a problem studying the next steps.

Gold standard, he is really worried about the Bretton Woods system, it is a thing that only enters but does not come out, in the early stage, it seems to balance the finance of the world, but in the later stage, it is actually a shameless plunder, and directly refuses to buy back gold, which completely monopolizes the gold of the world.

He has countless large mines and oil fields, and he really feels that he can build this Bretton Woods system, but all that is needed is the guarantee of the state and the military strength.

It seems that it will take a few years, or if the civil war does not end, how can I have a state guarantee? There is no basis for the issuance of one's own currency, and the currency is guaranteed by the state, so who will settle the exchange rate with everyone? Distributions are all problems.

Dong Ku silently calculated in his heart. He was a pure layman and did not understand the issue of currency, and this idea only faintly entered his mind, and occupied a corner, settled down, and it was difficult to implement.

The next chat with Bruce began to focus on the banking business, and Bruce was surprised to find that this soldier in charge of the powerful forces of the world world, although he was a layman, had many ideas that he could not understand, which made him look forward to the bank that had not yet started business. It's not because the other party has money, but because the other party has some ideas that are in line with him and can allow him to achieve his goals. (To be continued......)