Today, in a magnificently decorated hall on Ninth Street in Zhangjiakou, also known as Ninth Avenue, high-ranking political officials gather. All of them are well-dressed and smiling. But they all have one characteristic, that is, they all
They are civil servants, because today is the day when Chahar Northwest Bank opens for business, which marks that Chahar begins to truly take control of currency issuance, price control within its jurisdiction, and other rights.
Su Tong, who had just rushed from the army, also appeared here. After all, the establishment of the bank was of great importance. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was related to the people's livelihood and the country in the four provinces of Chahar.
At this time, next to Su Tong was a chubby old Jewish man. His name was Stonek Christian. He was a banker in Germany and was worth a lot of money. Later, his bank was nationalized by Hitler, but
Lao Xi generously gave him a free boat ticket to China. When he came to Chahar, he discovered that there was no bank of his own in Chahar. He exclaimed that this was the most incredible miracle of the twentieth century.
Ever since Stone saw that Chahar, a government that governs the same population of more than 70 million as Germany, and whose territory is several times larger than Germany, does not even have a decent bank, the old Jewish man suddenly became like a boss.
He turned on the alarm clock and went to Chief Su's office almost every day to work as a lobbyist, encouraging Su Tong to establish a formal bank.
In Stone's words: Mr. Su, I can't tolerate a place where I live that doesn't even have a trustworthy local bank. As a banker, it would be my dereliction of duty if I didn't supervise and remind you.
If this happens, I won’t have the face to see God after I die.
In fact, Su Tong had already had the idea of starting a bank. After all, domestic banks at this time were controlled by four major families: the Central Bank, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Farmers Bank, Central Trust Bureau, and Central Cooperative Treasury.
It is monopolized by bureaucratic capital and controls the lifeblood of the national economy.
Su Tong also knows how terrible the depreciation of legal currency will be after a few years. If Chahar does not have the support of a strong credit currency and financial system, it will be extremely detrimental to the future development of Chahar. But opening a bank is a matter of time.
This is a big event, and the person in charge of the bank must be a trustworthy person with rich financial work experience.
After Stone came to visit him a short time ago, Su Tong used his own channels in Germany to investigate Stone's information in Germany and found that the old man's credibility was pretty good and his reputation in Germany was pretty good.
After several days of consideration, Chief Su decided to let Stoneka serve as the president of the newly built Northwest Bank. At the same time, he was afraid that he would be too tired and assigned two deputies to him. They called him to learn from him.
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We Chinese people pay attention to the word "eat" no matter what we do, so Su Tong prepared a buffet today. He invited elites from the business community and all walks of life to come and support him. Originally, Chief Su did not have many opportunities to appear in public during this period. In Chaha
There were even fewer people on the ground who dared not give him face. So when they saw that Chief Su had sent the invitation, everyone was very generous and came one by one.
At this time, the hall was crowded, with hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered together. Su Tong took a glass of red wine and stood at the edge of the venue, watching Stoneka, an old Jewish man, chatting and laughing in the venue. He was like a fish in water. Even though he had just come to China not long ago.
But he can already talk to people in some simple Chinese, which makes Su Tong extremely envious. I think it took him three years to figure out how many letters there are in English when he was in junior high school, but now look at people, come to
How long has it been since Chahar was able to talk to people? It’s really hard to compare people to goods.
"Jianming, why are you here alone in a daze instead of chatting with others?" A gentle voice rang next to Su Tong. It turned out to be the little nurse who walked up to him and asked softly.
The little nurse came with her father today. Huang Honor felt that he was getting older and it was impossible for his son-in-law to take over the family business, so he had to start training his eldest daughter to take over.
Su Tong looked at his wife and smiled: "It's okay. I don't think I have anything to say to them. I just want to go back to the headquarters. There are still many things waiting for me to deal with there."
The little nurse stretched out her delicate hand and gently brushed away the dust on her husband's clothes: "You, you haven't been home for two days, and you haven't showered in the army for a few days. The affairs of the army are important, but it's also important.
I have to go home.”
Su Tong scratched his head awkwardly and said with a smile, "I'll go back tonight."
"Okay, then I'll make soup for you tonight."
When she heard that her husband was going home in the evening, the nurse's interest suddenly became much higher.
"Haha, the virtuous couple are really deeply affectionate and enviable." At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a Chinese tunic suit and a middle-parted hair came over with a glass of red wine.
Su Tong's eyes immediately narrowed when he saw him. This person is a liaison officer sent by the Nanjing government to live in Chahar. His external name is the Liaison Office. His name is Liang Qiuli. This person has been fine all day.
Just running around everywhere. According to the secret report of the Investigation Bureau, Liang Qiuli also came to Chahar with a special mission, but since he didn't achieve anything famous, we didn't bother to touch him.
Little did he know that Liang Qiuli was also very depressed. Originally, he was ordered by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek to come to Zhangjiakou to check on the people's livelihood and economy here, and to see if there was any chance to win over some political dignitaries or military generals. But he only came to Zhangjiakou after he came.
I found that it was extremely difficult for me to complete the tasks assigned by the Chairman.
Here we follow a high-salary system to support integrity. The salaries and military pay of political axes and military officers are very high, and a retirement benefit system is also implemented. As long as you work until retirement, the monthly pension you receive will be enough for your family.
People are living a very prosperous life.
Moreover, the penalties for corruption and bribery here are also particularly severe, ranging from dismissal from public office to imprisonment. Basically, there is no situation where authority replaces the law. Everything is done in accordance with the law, just like
After the Labor Law was promulgated by Chahar last time, although some businessmen had some emotions about it, they all complied with it honestly. Occasionally, a few people who did not abide by the laws were invited by the labor department and police station here.
After drinking tea for a while, he was fined by the court until he was in a state of ecstasy.
Liang Qiuli felt that he was like a mouse trying to pull a tortoise and had no way to start working here. Moreover, everyone here knew that he was from the central government and had always kept a distance from him. No matter how capable he was, he had no way to start.
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However, after I sent the news that Chahar was going to open a bank back to Nanjing some time ago, Kong Xiangxi, then Minister of Finance, Vice President of the Executive Yuan, and President of the Central Bank, became very interested in the newly established Northwest Bank.
Liang Qiuli was instructed to see if he could get some shares of Northwest Bank from Su Tong. Of course, the more shares the better, and the price was of course that, haha.
"Chairman Su, I wonder if you have time. I have been ordered by Director Kong of the Executive Yuan to come and talk to you about some matters." Liang Qiuli said to Su Tong with a smile on his face.
"Jianming, Director Liang, please chat slowly while I go to see my father." The considerate little nurse saw that her husband had something to discuss with someone. Although she had not seen her husband for a few days, she felt a little reluctant to part with her, but she still
Leave with a smile and let them talk.
"Oh, Director Liang, you have never come to see me before. Is there anything important that needs you to come here in person today?" Su Tong asked lightly.
Liang Qiuli smiled awkwardly. Today, he was a typical person who did not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. On weekdays, if he had nothing to do, he would not have time to see Su Tong hiding from him. How could he look for him personally?
After all, Su Tong now controls four provinces, has 700,000 troops, and is the most powerful warlord in China. He is already the largest warlord in the country who will stop at nothing. Who is Liang Qiuli?
Weeds are not even considered. To put it bluntly, I am not even qualified to be looked at by others. If I go to him if I have nothing to do, only this man can tell me.
If he hadn't fulfilled Dean Kong's commission, he wouldn't have come to see this evil star. It's not better to go to a nightclub and dance with those white Russian girls who escaped from Russia than to watch others' cold looks here.
A hundred times?
But having said that, Zhangjiakou is now very prosperous. In some aspects, it is not as bad as big cities like Yanjing and Shanghai. Some places are even better than there.
"That's it." Liang Qiuli said with some embarrassment: "Dean Kong heard that you opened a new bank, so he asked me to ask, and it was impossible for the Central Bank to buy shares. Dean Kong said, he
He is very optimistic about the future of the newly established Northwest Bank, so he hopes to buy some shares of Northwest Bank at a high price, and the price is easy to negotiate."
"What, Dean Kong wants to buy the shares of Northwest Bank?" Su Tong was a little happy when he heard this. Good guy, you have a very good nose, Mr. Kong. You want to get involved in my bank just after it opened. How can you make money?
You won’t be left behind when it comes to buying and selling.
"Yes, Dean Kong is really sincere. Chairman Su, you might as well consider it." Liang Qiuli tried his best to look sincere.
"No, no, most of the shares of Northwest Bank belong to the Chahar Government. How can I sell them at will? Doing so will damage the interests of the Chahar Government." Su Tong shook his head like a wave.
He said in a very firm tone that he did not want to negotiate on this issue. He turned around and prepared to walk aside.
When Liang Qiuli saw that Su Tong was leaving, he became anxious and said without hesitation: "But don't you have 30% of the shares in your hand? Can you share it evenly?"
"Yes." Su Tong stopped as soon as he heard this. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Liang Qiuli, with a cold light shining in his eyes.