At the beginning of October 1922, more than 1,200 kilometers away from Beijing, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, there was a city that never sleeps.

This city, in the Qing Dynasty Daoguang 25 years, this place is still Shanghai County, the Qing government will be the area north of the pidgin as a foreigner settlement, and then gradually form the British concession.

In the 28th year of Daoguang, the Hongkou area was divided into the American Concession, and in the 29th year of Daoguang, it will be simply said that the first is the demarcation of the British Concession in Shanghai County, in 1849, the French colonists also requested the demarcation of the French Concession, and in 1863, the American Concession and the British Concession were merged to form the Public Concession.

In the 25th year of Guangxu (1899), it was renamed the 'Shanghai International Public Concession', and since then, the concession has been expanded many times.

So far, the Shanghai district has been divided into different jurisdictions.

And today, in Huangpu District, Lujiazui, Pudong, more than a dozen black-clothed men are surrounded by a middle-aged man wearing a Mao suit and an extraordinary bearing.

The afternoon sun, through the clouds, sprinkled to the earth, and under the illumination of the light, this person's bald head is even brighter, this middle-aged man is the thirty-six-year-old Chiang Kai-shek Jiang Zhongzheng!

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek, once again stepped into Shanghai, his identity has been very different, and now he has been appointed by Sun Yat-sen as the chief of staff of the Second Army of the East Road Thief Army, and he is no longer the little-known Shanghai Little Red Guy before.

In June this year, Chen Jiongming, commander-in-chief of the Guangdong army, defected, and Sun Yat-sen took refuge in the Yongfeng ship. Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek went to Guangzhou to board the ship and escort him for more than 40 days. Gain Sun's trust and respect, and rise to the top from then on!

Before that. Chiang Kai-shek was actually a revolutionary/party member, and even five years ago he was the director of the operations section of the General Headquarters of the Guangdong Army, but because he was excluded by the generals of the Guangdong army, he left his post and lived in Shanghai.

"Mother, I have to wait until the natal year before I can run it?"

After speaking, Chiang Kai-shek smiled and shook his head. Then he walked to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, escorted by the black-clothed men around, walked all the way, when he came to the financial street, he saw the tram slowly moving in the middle of the road, the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a slight smile, and then, gradually fell into memory

Three years ago, Chiang Kai-shek, who resigned from the Cantonese army. Arriving alone in Shanghai, there were already many revolutionaries/communists doing business in Shanghai, and at this time, Chiang Kai-shek, who was not yet politically competent and financially poor. Shows an unusual passion for business.

So he found Chen Guofu, who was still working in the 'Jin'an Qianzhuang', who was the nephew of Chiang Kai-shek's brother 'Chen Qimei', during the revolution in the Xinhai year. Chen Guofu became acquainted with Chiang Kai-shek because of the relationship between his second uncle Chen Qimei.

Until 1916, Chen Qimei launched an uprising and failed to be assassinated by Yuan Shikai. Most of the Shanghai Revolutionary Party was scattered, and Chen Guofu had nothing to do for a long time. A year later, with the help of his father-in-law, Chen Guofu entered the 'Jin'an Qianzhuang' to learn to do business.

Chiang Kai-shek found Chen Guofu, the two talked for a long time, Chiang Kai-shek found that although Chen Guofu worked in Qianzhuang, his monthly income was only 14 yuan, and he obviously did not have enough money, so the two planned to do something business together.

At that time, Chiang Kai-shek, although he was strapped for money, actually saved some private money. He just lived a very frugal life, going out every day, never calling a rickshaw, let alone taking a taxi, and generally taking a tram, just like the buses of later generations, but the speed was more than ten times slower.

During this period, Chen Guofu borrowed 1,000 taels of silver from Chiang Kai-shek as capital, 'made a Yangdian business', and earned more than 600 taels of silver in less than three weeks, which instantly solved the economic problems of the two in the second year.

Chen Guofu's business acumen of being poor and changing only made Chiang Kai-shek look down on him a little. Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek decided to use the ideas of Sun Yat-sen's submission to start the exchange.

You must know that a few years ago, Sun Yat-sen, who was well versed in the way of Western management, sent someone to write a letter and write an application to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of the 'Beiyang Government' in order to raise funds for the revolution, applying for the establishment of a securities exchange in Shanghai to operate securities, yarn, gold and silver, miscellaneous grains, furs, etc., and the total amount of funds was set at 5 million yuan at that time.

However, the 'Beiyang government' was apprehensive about Sun Yat-sen's request, so Sun Yat-sen's submission was not approved, and the matter was put on hold, and Sun Yat-sen did not continue to fight for it.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek consulted with the representatives of enterprises introduced by a certain political party in Japan and initially came up with specific measures for the establishment of an exchange. But later he found out that the demands made by the Japanese business representatives were very excessive, and they had full control over the exchange, which Chiang Kai-shek could not do!

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek tried to preemptively attack, so he organized a secret society called the 'Xiejin Society' in Shanghai, and invited Yu Qiaqing, Zhao Jiayi, Sheng Pihua, Hong Chengqi and others from Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols to be members of the organization in order to expand its strength. Shanghai Stock Exchange'.

Under their persuasion, Huhaidao Yin had no choice but to send a secret telegram to Beijing:

"If Yu Qiaqing's application for the establishment of an exchange is not approved, they will trade in the concession first, and if the local government office closes it, it will cause Japanese businessmen to obtain patents. ”

At this time, the Beijing regime was controlled by direct warlords, and Cao Kun and Wu Peifu did not want the Japanese to intervene in Chinese affairs in any way, so the first comprehensive exchange led by stocks was approved.

The trick of pretending to take over the hands of others and setting up an exchange is extremely ingenious! And informing the 'Beiyang government' to set up an exchange just for the sake of this cake and not falling into the hands of outsiders, this strategy seems extremely correct!

So, at the beginning of July of the following year, the Shanghai Stock Exchange opened. At that time, the exchange was handled by brokers. The broker pays a considerable amount of margin in the exchange. Buying and selling goods on behalf of merchants in the market to obtain corresponding commissions.

On the same day, the "Declaration" published such an advertisement:

"Chen Guofu, the No. 54 broker of the Shanghai Securities Exchange. Contemptible people buy and sell securities and cotton on behalf of customers, and we sincerely welcome them if they are entrusted. Phone"

Since then, Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Guofu, Dai Jitao and others have become the founders of the Shanghai Securities Exchange, and they are also brokers, and the brand name is 'Maoxin', which is only one of the brokerage institutions of the Shanghai Securities Exchange, but due to limited financial resources, they are not shareholders of the Shanghai Securities Exchange, but shareholders of the exchange's brokerage agency Hengtai.

The business scope of Maoxin. On the surface, it is to buy and sell various securities and cotton yarn on behalf of customers, with a total capital of 35,000 yuan in silver, 1,000 yuan per share, divided into 35 shares. There are 17 shareholders in total, but for various reasons, real names are often not used in the contract.

Among the shareholders, 'Jiang Weiji' is the code name of Chiang Kai-shek, and each shareholder has stamped his own name on the contract, only Chiang Kai-shek has no seal, and only the name of 'Zhongzheng' is signed under the name of 'Jiang Weiji'. Chiang Kai-shek accounted for 4 shares of it, and his 4,000 yuan share capital was handed over by the revolutionary bigwig Zhang Jingjiang on his behalf.

After the speculative stage was set up, Chiang Kai-shek and others naturally engaged in the speculative game of 'grabbing hats' in the market of the exchange. Gang up and manipulate the market.

As a result, those bigwigs showed their own powers, making the Maoxin account locked when it opened. The end is a bull fork! It is expected that the opening of the new Maoxin is unfavorable, and Chiang Kai-shek loses the first battle. The closing price per share turned out to be only 29.9 yuan, four days later. The closing price only reached 42 yuan.

At this time, Chen Guofu ran at both ends of 'Jin'an Qianzhuang' and 'Maoxin Company', and after the manager of Jin'anzhuang agreed to accommodate a small amount of money, there was a financial exchange between 'Jin'an' and 'Maoxin'.

But Maoxin, on the first day of opening, lost money, and the blow to everyone was not small, but fortunately, Chen Guofu was flexible and adaptable, and soon turned losses into profits.

As the stock on the exchange rose rapidly, the price per share slowly began to rise from less than $30 at first.

On the first day, it was 29.9 yuan per share

On the fourth day, it was 42 yuan per share

On the ninth day, it was 49.7 yuan per share

A month later, it was 62.5 yuan per share

Three months later, it was 87.3 yuan per share

Eight months later, it was $120.6 per share

In less than a year, the Maoxin earned hundreds of thousands of yuan! Chiang Kai-shek's mouth was crooked, and after he had money, he never took a tram when he went out, and even a rickshaw could not get into the eyes of the law, but took a taxi! At this time, a taxi was an antique car with the brand name 'Cadillac.' In Shanghai, only the real celebrities could afford to consume it, while ordinary people could only watch it with a blank eye.

In the second year, Maoxin's share was raised to 160 yuan, and at the end of the year, it reached 200 yuan, which increased nearly seven times in less than two years.

Lao Jiang only took two years to become a nouveau riche, and naturally he would be chic, staying in high-end hotels every day, and often going to the golf course for entertainment.

Part of the money earned by the Maoxin was used as funds for revolutionary/party activities to fund Sun Yat-sen's Dharma Protector Revolution, and money was often sent to the orphans of revolutionary martyrs, and the other part was squandered by Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Guofu and others in Shanghai.

Chen Guofu's funds to fund his brother Chen Lifu's study abroad, Chiang Kai-shek's acceptance of Yao Yecheng as a concubine, and the later marriage to Chen Jieru were mostly from this.

Even, two years later, several shareholders of Maoxin successively founded several branches, "Hengtai", "Liyuan", "Xinfeng", "Dingxin", and four consecutive firms opened, which shows that everyone is making a lot of money.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, after all, no one is a fool, such a lucrative industry, everyone wants to come over and eat a few bites, in the second year, that is, in October 1921, there were more than 140 exchanges in Shanghai.

As the saying goes, everything in the world is prosperous and declining, and things must be reversed, the number of exchanges is increasing, the quality is uneven, and the risk is gradually accumulating, within a few months, 38 exchanges are closed, and at least one exchange is closed every day since then. After the bubble burst, speculative losers abounded.

After the collapse of market credit, the air in securities trading deteriorated, and even the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which was the earliest and largest exchange, was not spared, and the former was the target of Zhang Jingjiang, Chiang Kai-shek, and others.

Maoxin, from the opening to the closure. The turnover has been hundreds of millions of yuan, and the commission income alone has also been several million yuan. However, due to excessive speculation and even illegal speculation of our shares by some people, the exchange eventually stopped delivery and led to a long period of closure. Stocks have become almost waste paper.

Chiang Kai-shek instantly became nothing, he went to the sea to do business for the revolution, but he did not want to be hit by such a blow, as the so-called 'Tao Zhu yesterday, beggars today', the wealth on paper, in the end is just an empty space!

At this time, Sun Yat-sen was trapped on the Yongfeng ship, and Chiang Kai-shek knew that the opportunity had come, so he left Shanghai. went to Guangzhou to protect Sun Yat-sen, until now he has returned, Lao Jiang's identity has changed greatly, and he came to Shanghai again, but he came with a task.

But I saw that Chiang Kai-shek, with a group of black-clothed people, was standing outside the Shanghai Stock Exchange, looking at the Maoxin that had ceased business with complicated eyes, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Reached out and knocked on the door. Soon after, a thin young man opened the door and was stunned at first when he saw Chiang Kai-shek. Then his eyes turned red, and he said excitedly:

"Uncle Jiang, I'm finally waiting for you to come back. ”

Hear this. Chiang Kai-shek immediately reached out and patted the young man on the shoulder, and sighed:

"Gouf. The days I've been away have been so hard for you. ”

Originally. This young man is Chen Guofu, after Chiang Kai-shek comforted a few words, Chen Guofu's mood gradually stabilized, and the old Chiang said:

"Pack up your things and leave Shanghai with me!"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Guofu was immediately stunned, and he couldn't help but open his mouth and ask:

"Uncle Jiang, where are we going to leave Shanghai?"

Chiang Kai-shek did not answer immediately, but thought about the conversation he had with Mr. Sun Yat-sen on the Yongfeng ship one night, and after a long time, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and then he said:

"Go south!"

Hearing this, Chen Guofu frowned, seeing this, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but ask, Chen Guofu explained:

"Because of the sudden rise of the trend, after accumulation, Maoxin still owes the exchange more than 600,000 yuan, and now we are leaving Shanghai, I am afraid that the people of the exchange will not agree. ”

"They dare !!"

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were cold, and he opened his mouth to say this, and then Chen Guofu looked at the group of black-clothed people outside, and instantly understood something, and finally gritted his teeth, nodded and agreed, and then cleaned up, and planned to return home with Chiang Kai-shek and leave Shanghai with his wife and children.

When they left the Shanghai Stock Exchange, both of them turned back several times, and obviously they did not expect that this story of speculation by the revolutionaries would become a dream! Chen Guofu looked at Chiang Kai-shek and suddenly said:

"Uncle Jiang, I know you are prepared, but if we leave like this, we will only be afraid of our reputation in the future."

"Never mention this again!"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chiang Kai-shek waving his hand, Chen Guofu heard this, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and nodded, this old incident of stock speculation in Shanghai, in Chiang Kai-shek's heart, is really a disgraceful past, I am afraid that it will become a spiritual scar for his life!

"Guofu! This time we go south, we will create a new cause, and the future will change because of this!" Chiang Kai-shek said confidently.

Chen Guofu nodded, but he didn't ask what this cause was, because he was smart enough to know that if Uncle Jiang didn't say it, then don't ask, after all, sooner or later, he would know.

Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's ambitious appearance, Chen Guofu also seemed to be infected, and couldn't help but look forward to this new career, but he didn't know at this time that this career was to prepare for the Whampoa Military Academy!

In the near future, it will be a military academy that can produce a large number of people! Xu/Xiang/Qian, Chen Geng, Zhou Shidi, Chen Mingren, Lin/Biao, and other famous generals with outstanding military achievements are all from the Whampoa Military Academy.

However, who knew that unlike history, in the first batch of Whampoa students, there would be an extremely murderous teenager? What this young man did would shock the world's attention, and similarly, this person would also take the unusual path and make some changes in history

At Peking University, after the opening ceremony in the morning, Chen Longting, Sun Huaibin and Wu Moming returned to school after lunch, and in the afternoon they will take elective subjects.

It has been introduced before that after becoming a student of Peking University, you can choose your own subjects, including economics, liberal arts, law and politics, business, science, engineering, and agriculture, a total of seven subjects, and 13 courses, which are philosophy, economics, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, military science, management, and art.

Peking University's course selection system stipulates that each subject should have at least one class hour per week, and one course should be completed as a unit, and 80 units should be completed in the undergraduate course, half of which are compulsory and half of which are elective (science subjects are reduced as appropriate), and they can graduate after completing the course, regardless of the number of years, and the preparatory department should complete 40 units, with three-quarters of the compulsory courses and one-quarter of the electives, and the other elective subjects can be cross-departmental.

That is to say, all students must choose four subjects out of seven subjects, three of which are the major, and the other is elective, one class is one unit, the main subject is eighty units to be completed, and the elective is only forty units, so that students want to graduate successfully, they must study at least 280 units, that is, 280 classes.

Fortunately, there is at least one class per week in each subject, so that 40 units, or 280 days, can be graduated? Of course, this is not possible, after all, in addition to holidays, summer vacation, winter vacation, if you want to graduate, it will take at least one and a half years, or even two years.

When Chen Longting and the three of them saw these subjects in the instructor, they found that the three compulsory subjects for liberal arts students were, economics, liberal arts, law and politics, and another optional subject, Chen Longting's eyes swept to the remaining four subjects, business, science, engineering, and agriculture, and when he saw agriculture, Chen Longting couldn't help but feel moved, this is farming?

You know, in Chenjiachong, our family lacks everything, but land, and a lot of wasteland is still waiting to be reclaimed, so it's you!

So, Chen Longting chose agriculture as his elective subject, and the remaining thirteen courses, but there is no need to choose, because as long as the students like it, they can go to class, which Chen Longting is very interested in, among them, philosophy, literature, going to listen to the class should be rewarding, in addition to medicine, art, hehe sister should be a lot, but after he saw military science, his eyes were bright.

Unexpectedly, there is also a military science, which should be run by an official of the Beiyang government, and they must go to see it when the time comes; then, after choosing the subjects, the three of them checked the class schedule, and then, they planned to leave the school together and come back to class tomorrow.

But before leaving, Chen Longting suddenly asked:

"I don't know, are there any clubs in the school?"

When Sun Huaibin on the side heard this, he immediately spoke:

"Of course there is! Poetry Club, Music Club, Opera Club, more, and even martial arts club!"

Chen Longting was stunned, but Wu Moming smiled and said:

"That's right, Brother Xianyi, the senior sister of the Martial Arts Society, is still one of the school flowers of Peking University!"

Hearing this, Chen Longting smiled faintly, Sister Lion, I feel so evil. The three of them then left the school together, each with excited smiles on their faces.

Obviously, they are all looking forward to tomorrow and the upcoming life at Peking University

(PS: I'm sorry, Xiaosha broke off for four days again, because of personal reasons, every year's Qixi Festival, it will make Xiaosha extremely heartbroken, so Xiaosha locked himself at home these days, and he didn't adjust his mood until today.)

That beautiful memory, Xiaosha will hide it in the bottom of my heart, and I will never forget it in this life, maybe I will continue this lost emotion in the book. (To be continued......)