"Shanghai is China's financial center and Beijing is China's political center, both of which are very important to China. However, compared with the window, as a window to the outside world, there are still more outsiders who come to Shanghai, and these are the reasons why we have built the second Empire State Building in Shanghai, because this can allow foreigners to feel the strength of our country very directly. In addition, at that time, Yushi Group had become the world's largest business group, and Shanghai was China's financial center, so many of Yushi Group's businesses were carried out in Shanghai, which was another reason..."

Decades later, in a certain classroom, a very beautiful young female teacher took the textbook in her hand and smiled at the bear children sitting below.

Of course, the real reasons are not limited to these, there are some more important reasons. As the only superpower in East Asia for thousands of years, China's influence covered almost the entire East Asia, but due to the corruption and incompetence of the Manchu government, under the treaties of national loss and humiliation, China not only lost a large area of territory, but also lost all the surrounding subject countries, including the last subject country, Korea, was also taken away by Japan by force..."

"By the time President Yan Da established the Nationalist Government after the Xinhai Revolution, China had completely lost its influence over all the countries around it. And with the revival of China, it has become a very important matter to recapture those countries, after all, our country cannot stand alone against the pressure of the Western powers, but also needs to rely on the help of other countries. This is also the greatness of President Yan Da. ”

"It is precisely because of this that we need to develop not only ourselves, but also our neighbors to free themselves from the colonial rule of the Western powers. so that they can reunite with us, and with China as the renew, and our country will re-lead the Asian countries on the road to great rejuvenation..."

"And if we want to bring these countries back together with us, we need to give them hope in the first place..."

"At that time, with the success of the westward expansion strategy, China's territory was already a handful of land at the time, even with Canada and Australia. and Britain in many colonies such as India, I am afraid there will not be much of a gap. However, at that time, Siberia and Central Asia were newly occupied regions and required the state to invest a lot of resources in development. In other words, even if the territory is already very vast, in fact, there is still a certain gap between China and Britain and the United States in terms of overall strength―――――― of course. Due to the huge territory and no less large population. This gap is not very large, at least at that time, China already had the ability to challenge the Western powers, while Britain and France and other countries were already covered with bruises because of the dog-eat-dog war between imperialists. ”

At this point, the governess walked to the side of the podium, picked up the water cup on it, took two sips of it for herself, moistened her throat, and spoke again.

"For my country. This is undoubtedly the best opportunity, and because of that. We need something more appealing..."

"We all know very well that Shanghai is the first stop for many foreigners arriving in China, in other words, those people's impression of Shanghai is in a way related to their confidence in China, which is why the government of the Kuomintang decided to make Shanghai a nationalist showcase to the outside world similar to Wuhu New Town, and in this process, the second building of the Empire State Building, funded by the Yushi Group, has become one of the most eye-catching buildings..."

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It is true that the purpose of building such a high-rise building in Shanghai is not only to solve the business of Yushi Group in Shanghai―――――― of course, this is also a very important factor, after all, there were too many businesses of Yushi Group at that time, and Shanghai, as a financial center in the Far East and even in Asia, is of great importance to Yushi Group.

However, it is another matter to add a little more luster to Shanghai and make it a 'showcase for nationalism'.

The external window of nationalism, this title, originally belonged to Wuhu New Town, that is, the city built by Yan Shao on the bank of the Wuhu River. Naturally, it still plays a role as a window to the outside world, and the cleanliness of the city does make a deep impression on outsiders. Even during the period of the Anhui military government, its changes had played a great role.

It's just that...

After all, the location of Wuhu is a little worse, compared to Shanghai, it is much simpler.

Of course, this does not mean that the government of the State Council will pile up a large number of materials in Shanghai, which is simply impossible, because it is completely unnecessary, because as the financial center of Asia, Shanghai itself can absorb a lot of investment, and what the government and Shanghai have to do is just to do a good job of planning, it is as simple as that...

Naturally, as a window to the outside world, there must always be some enough shocking buildings to do, and at this time, the Empire State Building, as the world's tallest building, seems to have become a good choice...

With over 100 floors, the Empire State Building has held the title of the tallest building in the world over the years. It's just that Beijing is no longer by the sea after all, so even if someone wants to come and see this building, they can only arrive in Tianjin first, and then arrive in Beijing by road or railway, which is more troublesome.

In comparison, the Empire State Building, which can be built directly in Shanghai, is obviously much simpler and more direct, which is another reason...

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Still located in 1919, Yan Shao certainly could not have known how the later classes would have introduced the building.

Actually? Yan Shao's purpose in building this building is not only because of the needs of Yushi Group. The more important purpose is to show off―――――― show off China's power, well, this is actually no different from the so-called window theory. It is all about letting others see China's strength and prosperity, and making them have great confidence in China.

It's just that Yan Shao has no place to spend this purely money, so he came up with such a thing...

Elino, on the other hand, was noticeably more sane than he was, and to her, such buildings were magnificent. It does have a big role, but compared to these, the tallest building in the world is enough. There is no need to build a higher building on this basis, and it seems like a very interesting thing to surpass yourself, but if you invest too much. That's a problem...

And. Instead of putting a lot of money into this kind of thing, you should lend it all to someone else, as Eleno said...

And no wonder...

Today, Rainstone Group has become the world's largest business group, with annual revenues exceeding 100 million pounds. Moreover, Yushi Group is still a family business so far, to be exact, Yan Shao's personal industry, which means that no one can share the profits from Yan Shao as a shareholder...

Therefore, the earnings of more than 100 million pounds are all Yan Shao's alone. And Yan Shao has become the richest man in the world...

Then, the question arises...

The money is indeed earned. But where exactly should it be spent?

This is a very important question, isn't there such a saying, money is used to spend. But Yan Shao has made a lot of money now, and where to spend it is the biggest problem.

Investing in China? At present, Yushi Group is already in a monopoly position in many industries in China, if it touches some other industries, even if it does not need to use much effort, I am afraid that it will be very light to obtain a monopoly position―――――― monopoly is basically equivalent to no competition, and the market without competition is basically equivalent to a pool of stagnant water.

One of the reasons why Yan Shao allowed Yushi Group to monopolize some industries was that such industries could bring high profits enough to help the original national government continue to develop, and on the other hand, because these industries were not accessible to ordinary businesses...

Of course, at present, Yan Shao has begun to deliberately withdraw the pressure exerted by the group on other enterprises, of course, this will be a very long process...

But on the other hand, it is precisely because he is very aware of these things that Yan Shao will try his best to control the zhì group not to touch some fields that are easier to enter, such as some lucrative but not so complex civilian industries...

In this way, it is equivalent to greatly restricting the development of Yushi Group in business, after all, this can not be invested, that can not be invested, although China is big, but there are more restrictions will also be a headache...

Of course, if you can't invest in China, you can also transfer it abroad, but the problem comes again...

This is not the era of the market economy of the later generations, and almost all foreign countries have become colonies of the great powers. Investing in the colonies of the great powers is definitely not something that can be done by talking about it, at least one of the very important reasons why the great powers will seize the colonies is that they want to be able to monopolize the trade in the colonies, that is, the commercial interests of the colonies.

In this case, they would not have allowed the Rainstone Group to enter at all.

Therefore, the investment goals of Yushi Group are very restrictive...

Even if there are some places that can be invested, such as South America and other regions, or oil in Mexico and other places―――――― Yushi Group has returned to Mexico and intends to explore some more oil, but unfortunately, although the land bought so far has also produced oil, it is rarely the size of Tampico.

However, after having such strength, the current Yushi Group does not need to worry about extracting oil, and will be threatened by others...

At the beginning, Yan Shao was weak, and he got such a large oil field, so naturally some people would covet it. But now, not to mention the scale of the Yushi Group, the people and countries standing behind it alone are enough to be measured.

In addition, the oil fields discovered by Yushi Group in Mexico are not very large, so naturally they will not make so many people hot-headed...

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It is precisely because of these various reasons that the investment ability of the Yushi Group is limited, so for a long time, the Yushi Group can only watch more and more money deposited in the bank, but does not know where to spend it―――――― yes, the Yushi Group has indeed begun a new round of loan plans to promote the development of domestic industry and commerce.

But the problem is that the domestic market has just started after all, and even if it can consume how much, it is impossible to consume it all...

So in the end, Yan Shao could only put the direction of the loan abroad, that is, Britain and France.

At the time of the outbreak of the European war, Britain and France did need a lot of money. This can be seen from how much money Britain owed the United States at the beginning, so soon Britain and France quickly absorbed the money that Yan Shao took the initiative to send to the door.

Of course, this is equivalent to tying Yan Shao to their chariot, and making Yan Shao have to help Britain and France win this war, after all, if they lose this war, then Yan Shao will also lose all his money...

And in this regard, Britain and France are very proud...

But...

100 million, 100 million borrowed, gradually, Britain and France owed more and more debts, to the present day, Britain and France need to repay the debt every year, as high as 40 or 50 million pounds, almost equivalent to one-third of their pre-war revenue...

As for the Yushi Group, just eating interest, it is already about to make money...

Now, of course, with the end of the war, it seems that Britain and France no longer need so much money. But in reality, this is not the case, especially in France, where the war has caused severe damage to the country's homeland, especially in the north, which is almost in ruins, and many countries in Europe have also suffered heavy losses because of the war...

Although the need for funds in European countries is much smaller today than it was during the war, it is still very considerable. At this time, instead of throwing money on a building that is of little use, it is better to throw it at finance...

"In a few years' time, we may even earn more than £100 million in this area, and with other gains, it is not impossible that we will earn more than all the countries in the world," said Elano's face with a mysterious glow.

"Of course, you also have to play a great role in this, especially when it comes to arrears, if any country intends not to pay back the arrears, then you will come in handy..."

If any country really intends to default on its debts, then violent debt collection will become an inevitable option. In fact, in such a period, it is also one of the responsibilities of the government to collect debts for the domestic capitalists.

Merely...

is both a government and a capitalist, I'm afraid there is only one Yan Shao in the world... (To be continued......)