"Oh, it's nothing. I suddenly thought of something and fell into a trance." Du Juan came back to her senses and smiled.
Lu Ming looked at Du Juan's appearance and smiled with satisfaction.
Du Juan has really changed a lot. Her body is stronger than before. Although she is a little tanned, she is healthier. She no longer feels as weak as before.
He feels that Du Juan is more confident and calm now. It is a kind of self-confidence after having a direction in life, no longer confused and hesitant.
In the past, the cuckoo was like a lonely bird. Although the bird was affectionate and charming, it could not withstand the wind and rain and could not survive independently.
Dujuan felt Lu Ming's gaze over her, her heart warmed, and she returned her eager gaze.
"Hey, someone is flirting with each other, that's good." Zhang Ziyang saw it and immediately started shouting.
"If you have anything to say, just say it directly. You don't need to use this secret method, right?" Sheng Muyi also teased them.
"None of you are serious, except Sister Cai Lian." Lu Ming pointed at Sheng Muyi, Yuan Ziyuan and Zhang Ziyang and said.
"I didn't say anything?" Yuan Ziyuan felt very innocent.
Liu Qiwen watched and listened to these people talking and laughing, feeling envious and sad at the same time. This is the feeling of close relatives and friends being together. You can say whatever you want, and it doesn't matter if you say it wrong.
She has never had a friend like this.
Colleagues or other friends in the workplace are all estranged, and they have to use their brains when speaking, which is completely unable to achieve this level of unrestrained and freewheeling.
Maybe this is the concept of a big family that Miss Mingzhu mentioned.
Of course she didn't know that the friendship between these people had been there since childhood and had developed to the point where it was no less than a true blood relationship.
Yuan Mingzhu ignored this and held Lu Ming's hand while leaning into Lu Ming's arms. The panic and insecurity for many days disappeared.
Yuan Mingzhu didn't care about Lu Ming's situation. It didn't matter whether he was under house arrest or interrogation. For her, as long as she could be with Lu Ming, even being locked up in the same prison would be fine.
Thinking about it this way, she became a little jealous of Liu Qiwen, not jealous of what would happen to her and Lu Ming, but jealous that she and Lu Ming were locked up together for two days, why not herself.
Everyone chatted until nine o'clock in the evening, then went to the restaurant on the second floor to eat, and did not return upstairs until twelve o'clock.
Everyone chose their own rooms, but there was actually nothing to choose from. All rooms were furnished in the same way, with the same bed and the same furniture.
The waiter had already delivered various tea sets, tea leaves and boiling water to all the rooms. Lu Ming had already paid for them regardless of whether they were occupied or not.
Needless to say, Yuan Mingzhu insisted on living with Lu Ming in front of everyone, and no one was surprised. She used to live in Lu Ming's Wanguo Apartment, and the suites there had a similar layout to the rooms here.
Needless to say, Zhang Ziyang and Cai Lian still live together. Ziyuan, Mu Yi and Du Juan each chose a room, and Liu Qiwen still lives next door to Lu Ming.
After settling in, Lu Ming asked Mingzhu to take a shower first, and then went to Sheng Muyi's room.
He knocked on the door, and Sheng Muyi opened the door and let him in.
"Mu Yi, you haven't rested yet. I have something to tell you." Lu Ming had something to say in his heart. It was difficult to say it when there were many people.
"What's wrong? You want to whisper to me?" Sheng Muyi said with a smile.
Lu Ming was speechless and said in a daze: "Mu Yi, I have something serious to do with you."
"I don't even call you sister anymore. It's definitely not a serious matter." Sheng Muyi said with a smile.
Lu Ming smiled bitterly. He really had this problem. When he asked Sheng Muyi for something, he would immediately call her sister. Normally he would not call her sister.
The weather was too hot. After returning to the room, Sheng Muyi put on a silk nightgown, revealing her slender and graceful figure.
However, the relationship between Lu Ming and Mu Yi is too close, almost like siblings. They are so familiar with each other that they are immune to this kind of temptation.
After Lu Ming sat down, he asked a series of questions: "Muyi, tell me, what happened when Sheng's stock was sold off in large quantities? Who is short-selling Sheng's stock? Why is the old man not worried at all?"
Sheng Muyi smiled mischievously and said, "Didn't you guess it all? There is a background to short selling Sheng. The fundamental reason is next year's currency reform."
"The currency reform will not be promoted until next year. Everyone is waiting and watching. What does this have to do with me being arrested?" This is what Lu Ming doesn't understand.
"Of course it does matter, and it does matter a lot." Sheng Muyi poured a glass of water for Lu Ming.
"Sister, please stop showing off, okay?" Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
"It's good if you know how to call me sister. Let me tell you, in fact, you will understand it as soon as you hear it. Although our government of the Republic of China has administrative power, it does not have financial power. This means that it currently does not have the ability to issue its own currency. Finance
Who holds the power? The central government is the Kong and Song family, and the local government is a group of consortiums headed by Sheng Industry."
Sheng Muyi revealed the secret with a single word. Although the matter was complicated, the truth was very simple.
"So Mr. Jiang has become the most powerful poor man in China." Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh.
"Yes, Mr. Jiang is indeed short of money. The government's taxes are simply not enough to cover expenses, and we still have to fight a war. We have no choice but to borrow money to spend it. Who can we borrow it from? Of course, we can borrow it from families like us who control a lot of assets.
If it's not enough, you have to borrow money from foreign financial groups. To be honest, the current Republican government is relying on borrowing money to live."
"I know this. Haven't we been helping the government raise funds from the International Financial Group? Does it mean that after the currency reform, the government has money in its pocket? Isn't this a magic trick?" Lu Ming knew it but didn't know why.
"The main purpose of the government's currency reform is to take back fiscal power. As long as the government has the right to issue currency, it also has fiscal power. Paper currency itself has no value. It is just paper and printing ink. At most, it also has printed currency.
You can also understand the technical costs, such as anti-counterfeiting, etc." Sheng Muyi explained patiently.
"Well, I understand this, but what does this have to do with arresting me? I'm not a rich man from the International Financial Group." Lu Ming shook his head.
"Well, you majored in international law, not finance. Let me explain to you, for example, why are several of our Sheng's banks able to issue banknotes? Why should everyone trust you?" Sheng Muyi asked.
"That's because we have enough silver in our bank, and the silver notes have the same value. You can exchange them for silver dollars immediately when you get them to the bank." Lu Ming said.
"By the way, this is the basis of currency. When you issue currency, you must have gold, silver or copper coins of equal value as collateral, or anchors. One thing you must be able to do when issuing banknotes is that others can use you to issue them.
If you go to your bank with the banknotes, you can immediately exchange them for equivalent gold and silver."
"That's okay. The government just needs to take back all the silver on the market and put it in banks, and then issue equivalent banknotes." Lu Ming said.
"It's not that easy, silly brother, you are so stupid." Sheng Muyi pointed her finger at his forehead.
"Did I make a mistake? Isn't that the truth?" Lu Ming said unconvinced.
"The theory is correct, but does the government have silver? If the government has enough silver, why should it promote currency reform? Can't it just continue to use silver dollars as currency?"
"Oh, they have no money, well, how can they run a family without money." Lu Ming made a face.
"It can't be said that there is no money. Of course the government has some, but it is too little. Whose silver is on the market now? Most of the silver is circulated among families like us who have a lot of assets. Look at you, you have a lot of money in your bag.
There is a stack of banknotes left in the sky, how many people can do it?"
Sheng Muyi used Lu Ming as a target to explain, so that maybe he could understand what "financial power" was all about.
"In that case, wouldn't it be a lie for the government to issue banknotes? They have no collateral or what you call anchors at all. At that time, what the people will get is just a piece of white paper with numbers printed on it. Is this the purpose of currency reform?"
Lu Ming said disdainfully.
"You are right, so the government thought of a way to bypass the silver currency system and switch to the gold standard currency system of the United States and the United Kingdom. In this way, currency reform can be launched temporarily." Sheng Muyi explained.
This is really a bit confusing. In fact, what the government wants to do is to distract people. If it doesn't bother you, how can it promote currency reform?
Lu Ming only knows how to spend money lavishly, but he never thought that there are so many tricks hidden in currency.