Chapter 185: The richest man in the Republic of China
But the development of things was obviously beyond Qin Di's expectations!
Perhaps a big man intervened and deliberately went against the Qin family, and even disclosed in the newspaper: "The ranking of the four major families of the Republic of China has changed! The Qin family may rise to the first place!"
The article mentions that according to the information provided by unknown sources, the Qin family has 5 million deposits in the Central Bank, 5 million in the Farmers Bank, and 5 million in the Bank of Communications!
Somehow, there is no mention of the Bank of China in the article, and the president of this bank is Song Ziwen.
The article was heavily criticized, saying that 15 million is an astonishing amount of money, how many people can be fed, Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road......
A string of related articles followed!
There are people who help the Song family wash the floor, saying that all the family property of the Song family adds up, but it is only 10 million yuan! With such a small amount of money, how can it rank second among the four major families?
Some people say that Mr. Qing has a clean sleeve and does his best for the country and the people, and the underwear he wears is torn! Then a photo was attached that Mrs. Qing herself was sewing and mending clothes with a sewing needle!
Some people say that the Kong family is a virtual appearance, and some wealth is passed down from ancestors, but in Kong Xiangxi's generation, it is just barely supporting.
Some people also say that the Chen family is even more pitiful, the family is surrounded by walls, and there is not even a servant! Occasionally, when I go to a restaurant, I only order green vegetables and tofu......
"It's unimaginable that the Qin family has so many deposits!"
"It seems that scientists are the most profitable profession! Although the Qin family has donated a large amount of grain, it is still a drop in the bucket!"
These people didn't know that the real wealth of the Qin family happened to be a large amount of grain reserves, and their eyes were fixed on the huge deposits!
In 1934, such a large amount of deposits did seem somewhat surprising.
Even during World War II, a newspaper in the United States said that Song Ziwen was the richest man in the world, with assets of 20 billion yuan, but when he died in 1971, according to the statistics of the New York Estate Court, his assets were only 7 or 8 million US dollars.
Some people suspect that he has hidden assets, saying that he has a lot of assets hidden in Brazil, Peru, and Argentina, but everyone is dead, what is the purpose of hiding assets?
Some people may say that because he fled overseas and lost a lot of assets, if the government of the Republic of China does not fall, he will definitely be the richest man in the world. There is merit in this statement.
However, in October 1939, the Japanese secret service conducted a survey on the number of deposits made by Chinese officials in foreign banks, and the report showed that Mr. Qing had assets of $8.09 million, Mrs. Qing $3.77 million, Song Ziwen $6.37 million, and Kong Xiangxi $6.35 million......
These numbers may not seem staggering, but they may be close to the real thing.
The reason why the four major families are infamous is mainly because they manipulate the financial industry, Mr. Qing controls the central bank, Song Ziwen controls the Bank of China, Kong Xiangxi controls the Bank of Communications, and Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu control the Farmers Bank. In addition, they also control the Central Trust Bureau, the Postal Savings and Remittance Bureau, as well as the Industrial Bank of China, the China National Bank, and the Shaanxi Yuhua Bank, and form a monopoly on industrial and mining enterprises through the manipulation of financial means.
In other words, bureaucratic capital controlled the whole country, but it was deposited in industry, and when it fled in 1949, it was impossible to take anything but cash from the bank.
Moreover, in addition to gold, silver, and US dollar bills, bank deposits are mainly fiat currency and gold yuan bills, and these banknotes issued with the endorsement of state power will become waste paper when they arrive on the island!
Because of this, after the four major families escaped, their assets shrank greatly.
In any case, the Qin family had a deposit of 15 million US dollars in 1934, and was still pushed to the position of the richest man in the Republic of China by the newspapers!
At the same time, the ranking of the top ten families in the Republic of China has also changed, and the top six are Qin, Song, Kong, Jiang, Zhang, and Chen.
The Chen family was demoted by one place, and the Zhang family was promoted by one.
The Zhang family, that is, the Zhang Jinjiang family, has seven brothers, a big family, and many years ago they were extremely rich. In addition, in recent years, Zhang Naijing has risen strongly as the second generation, especially when he followed Qin Di to sell real estate, exchange it for US dollars, and then invest in industry. not only made the Zhang family's ranking rise, but also made Zhang Naijing rise in the family and gradually became a decision-making figure.
Therefore, Zhang Naijing was in a happy mood and was about to wake up laughing from his dreams.
He looks at his wife and children every day, and he feels very happy, and it is not in vain that he spent a lot of effort to chase Qin Ling into his hands, such a wife clearly has a prosperous husband!
And in these days, Mr. Han Cheng, the old man of Qin, reads a large number of newspapers every day, and the more he reads, the more he feels frightened, and he has a feeling of panic all day long!
As the saying goes, the gun shoots the first bird, and the richest man is not easy to be!
What do you think, Mr. Qing, the head of state? What does Mr. Song, Minister of Finance, think? What does Mr. Kong, the head of the "Executive Yuan," think? What does the Chen brothers, the head of the CC secret service, think? What do the other high-ranking officials, especially those generals with heavy troops, think in their hearts?
With so many big names eyeing each other, if the Qin family is not careful, they may face the catastrophe of annihilation!
Qin Di didn't care about this, and comforted his father: "Old man, why are you panicking? Think about it, this is the Republic of China, a country where big landlords, big bureaucrats, and big capitalists are in power! If Mr. Qing can't get along with us, then he himself is a piece of shit, can he live a better life in the future? What other reason does he have to encircle and suppress the Big Red Party?
Besides, our family's wealth has come from a dignified and upright place! I will find someone to write an article to disclose how much grain we have provided for free, how much grain we have sold at a low price, and how many people have benefited from it......
And our Cathay Pharmaceutical, Ci'an Surgical Hospital, I don't know how many people have been saved......"
Qin Hancheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he slapped his thigh suddenly: "I'll do this job! I'll find a hundred reporters to help us say good things! Otherwise, those people will ruin our family's reputation!"
Subsequently, he found a group of people and published a large number of articles in the newspaper.
"In the past 10 years, the Qin family has donated 17 million yuan in cash, 25 million yuan worth of medicines, and 18 million yuan worth of grain! Millions ......of victims have been rescued and nearly 10,000 injured people have been rescued."
The reporter was fortunate to see the victims lined up and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Qin family......
"In this year's flood disaster alone, the Qin family built 830 porridge shacks in various places for as long as two months......
"Mr. Zhu Wan, soaked in the research institute every day, forgot to sleep and eat, studied hard, went through a lot of hardships, transformed knowledge into patents, and collected 12 million yuan in patent fees every year, most of which were used to import grain ......"
"Mr. Han Cheng, the old man of Qin, is conscientious and tireless, in order to go to various countries to ask for authorization money, he once encountered a storm at sea and couldn't get to shore for half a year...... He is an authentic gentleman, he does not drink, he does not smoke, he does not take concubines, and he does not keep mistresses...... Full of blood, for the country and the people......"
"The eldest daughter, Qin Ling, accompanied her mother to study medicine, only slept 4 hours a day, became ill from overwork, her hair was thin, her face was yellow, and her body was emaciated......"
"The second daughter, Qin Yue, worked hard to write books, mourned the difficulties of people's livelihood, and raised funds for the disaster victims......"
"My name is Li Qing, I am a worker in the Japanese yarn factory in the magic capital, and I originally had nothing to do with Mingzhou Home Textiles, but I clearly remember that in the past, there was a general strike in the magic capital, all the yarn factories were stopped, and I had no income, and the children were dying of starvation, but fortunately, thanks to the donation of the Qin family, we were able to get through that difficult time......"
"I am a disciple of the Green Gang, and I dare not say my name. But I can guarantee that what I said is true! In the past, Mr. Du went to the Qin family to raise funds and got a check for 4 million yuan at one time! At that time, the Qin family demanded that it should not be publicized to the public, so this matter was never seen in the newspapers......
"My name is 'Zhang Shan', my leg was cured at 'Ci'an Surgical Hospital', and they only charged half of the operation fee......
"I am a salesman at Cathay Pacific Pharmaceutical, and as far as I know, we sell 20 percent of the penicillin we produce to the Ministry of National Defense at a 6% discount at cost price, 20 percent to the Ministry of Health at a 7% discount, and 30 boxes are given to the Maternal and Child Health Hospital every year......
Master Qin burst out with amazing combat power, employing many people, article after article, as if mushrooms after a rain!
Those articles praised the rest of the Qin family as if they were flowers, and there was no single word about mentioning Qin Dashao!
This is also what Qin Di himself meant, he doesn't care about his reputation.
The worse his reputation is, the less people believe that he is a serious person, the less people believe that he can do great things, and they will not think that he will be a thief who shocks the world! On the contrary, he lives more easily, and he does not need to be cautious and pretend to be a gentleman, he can be free to do whatever he wants.
The effect of these articles is obvious, and they have reversed the attitude of public opinion at once.
Many people are saying: "A family like the Qin family hopes to have more of them!"
"Yes, people make money upright, why can't they make a fortune?"
"Now people are white-eyed wolves, taking the benefits of the Qin family, and worrying about other people's savings, such people should go to hell......"
"Mr. Zhu Wan has won the Nobel Prize four times, Mr. Qin Ling has also won three awards, and the mother and daughter have won seven awards together! They have made indelible contributions to China and the world!"
"Whoever dares to get along with the Qin family can't get along with us!" The citizens of the Demon Capital unanimously agreed to stand with Mr. Zhu Wan......
And Mr. Qing, as the head of state, wishes that the Qin family would be at the top of the rich list!
He always felt that the mention of the "four great families" was a slander against him by some well-intentioned people! If this continues, it will be very detrimental to his rule! Now that a Qin family has emerged, and it can at least help him attract firepower if it is pushed to the front at once.
The same is true of the Song family, the three sons and three daughters are all in high positions, and there is no need to envy the powerless Qin family. For them, the wealth of the Qin family is like duckweed without a foundation! It's just that because Zhu Wan's reputation is too loud, the government saves face for the Qin family, in case Zhu Wan and Qin Ling are gone, with Qin Dashao's appearance of not doing his job, it is not like a high-rise building, which suddenly falls and turns into rubble?