Professor Zhu Kezhen was roaring in his office to Reuters reporter Avril who came to interview: "Bureaucrats, these are a group of bureaucrats, scum, scum of the nation. I am ashamed to have such compatriots! At this time of national crisis
, what they are thinking about is not how to fight against Japan and save the country, but they only want to make money, and they even do not hesitate to create man-made disasters for this purpose!"
Avril's pretty face turned a little pale, and she said anxiously: "Professor Zhu, are you saying that the drought in southwest China is fake news?"
"Yes, this is complete false news." Professor Zhu said with an excited expression, "I have never published such news, but when I returned to Yangon after completing my project from the Hukang Valley, I found that the major newspapers
Everyone is promoting the news that there is an imminent drought in southwest China. This makes me very shocked and extremely angry. There is no bottom line for businessmen to pursue profits, but the government does the same."
The color on Avril's face is getting darker and darker, and she has to worry because her uncle also borrowed half a million US dollars from Nanyang Bank and purchased more than 100 tons of rice from India, and is currently hiring a cargo ship to transport it to Myanmar.
Well, if Professor Zhu's revelations are true and the news about the severe drought in southwest China is false, then her uncle will definitely lose everything.
Fraud, this is a financial fraud, and it is a government act!
Avril thought angrily in her heart that if it were the British government or the American government, they would never do this. This has obviously exceeded the bottom line of business ethics and violated the rules. In the Western world, doing so is illegal, regardless of
Whether it is the President of the United States or the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, once they are found to have engaged in financial fraud, they will definitely step down.
However, what makes Avril even more sad is that this matter was probably manipulated by Yue Weihan. At this moment, Avril is no different from many girls in later generations whose idols have collapsed. She just feels that the whole world has played tricks on her.
Now he asked with difficulty: "Professor Zhu, are you saying... that this fraud was controlled by General Yue?"
"No, no, no, I didn't say that." Professor Zhu looked nervous and waved his hands repeatedly, "I think someone must have instigated General Yue. General Yue is a soldier, and fighting is his strength.
, he probably doesn’t understand the financial market and speculation, I think he is probably being used by people with ulterior motives.”
"Isn't that the same thing?" Avril said angrily, "In any case, he knows."
Seeing Avril's angry look, Professor Zhu couldn't help but feel a little guilty, but he soon felt relieved.
When he first decided on this countermeasure, Yue Weihan had already foreseen that his and Professor Zhu Kezhen's reputations would definitely be damaged, and that Mr. Rong Desheng would be infamy for causing harm to the country and the people. However, the three of them were very calm. As long as they could save the motherland and the two
With tens of thousands of compatriots in danger, what does it mean to be burdened with mere infamy?
"I'll go find him!" Avril left angrily before the interview ended.
Although the relationship between Avril and Yue Weihan has not yet developed to that point, Miss Avril considers herself to be Yue Weihan's confidante, so when she knows that Yue Weihan has manipulated financial fraud and done something that will damage his reputation
She did not hesitate to go to the commander-in-chief's residence to investigate the matter.
The Commander-in-Chief's Residence, Yue Weihan's Study Room.
Yue Weihan was teaching Hu Zi how to draw step by step when the door of the room was suddenly pushed open. When the father and son looked back hurriedly, they saw Helen walking in with an angry look on her lips.
"Foreign mother?" Huzi said with a smile on his face, "Who made you angry? Huzi beat him!"
"Who else could it be?" Helen glared at Yue Weihan and said angrily, "It's your father, do you dare to beat him?"
Huzi was startled when he heard this, then turned around and made a face to Yue Weihan, and then ran away as if he was running away.
Helen couldn't help but feel angry when she saw that Hu Zi had even gone to the door before leaving. She immediately turned around and poked a finger on Yue Weihan's forehead, and said angrily: "Is the news about the drought in southwest China really false?"
Yue Weihan shrugged and said with a wry smile: "You don't know that the expeditionary force is short of money?"
"Then you can't do this?" Helen sighed and said helplessly, "Sigh, using academic authority to publish false news, create panic in the market, and then make a fortune. This is fraud, and you will be held legally responsible in the United States.
Yes! How could you do such a thing that damages your own image?"
After saying that, Helen glared at Yue Weihan hatefully and said angrily: "Just wait, your British lover will come to you soon to settle accounts, but I heard that Avril's uncle
We also brought over a hundred tons of rice from India."
"Hey, what do you mean by this?" Yue Weihan asked hurriedly, "I haven't even touched anything like Avril's."
Yue Weihan originally wanted to say that he had never even touched Avril's hand, but as he spoke, he remembered that he had actually touched Avril's little hand. Not only had he touched his hand, but he had also touched her waist and buttocks.
The breasts and crotch haven't touched yet, but based on the current progress between the two of them, they will probably break through the last two hurdles soon.
After all, Yue Weihan was not psychologically opposed to the British girl Avril's embrace.
As a time traveler, I came to this war-torn era, and I was doing physical work that sucked blood with a knife. The workload every day is not ordinary. Shouldn't I kill a few more girls to eliminate their punishment? Really?
If you want to live the life of an ascetic monk, you would be too sorry for yourself and your glorious identity as a "traveler".
Just as Yue Weihan was thinking, Jade Fox's voice sounded outside the study: "Avril, are you here?"
Helen glanced at Yue Weihan with a half-smile. Yue Weihan quickly lowered his voice and said: "What about that, my dear, please help me take care of it first. I'll go to the Army University first. I heard that those bastards in the general class have been causing trouble recently.
It’s so awesome, everyone went to a nearby bar to start a fight, and they were all jealous, it’s really outrageous.”
After saying that, Yue Weihan jumped out of the window and escaped, and Helen could only smile bitterly in return.
Yue Weihan hadn't escaped far when Avril's angry voice came from behind: "Yue Weihan, just wait, I will expose the truth of the whole incident tomorrow!"
The angry Avril did not take action in the end. The first person to expose Professor Zhu's refutation of the rumor was the Yangon Morning News. Soon, Nanyang Daily, Ta Kung Pao, Shen Bao and other influential newspapers followed and reprinted it. For a time, Yue Weihan
and the entire top management of the Ministry of Industry were all pushed to the forefront of public opinion.
Public opinion in Nanyang was fierce, but Yue Weihan and the Ministry of Industry chose to remain silent.
Maybe they knew they were in the wrong, maybe they didn’t bother to explain, but anyway, the expeditionary force and the Burmese officials collectively lost their voices.
No matter how hard the major newspapers and many reporters tried, they were still unable to face-to-face with the officials from the Ministry of Industry of Myanmar. Yue Weihan even disappeared. The official statement is that Yue Weihan has gone to Mawlamyine and is currently inspecting the 3rd Group Army station.
As for the training status of the troops, only God knows what the real situation is.
Saigon, Japanese Southern Army Headquarters.
A piece of intelligence was submitted to the desk of Lieutenant General Anda Twenty-san, Chief of Staff of the Southern Army. After reading the telegram, Anda Twenty-three's expression suddenly changed. If the information in the telegram is true, it would not mean anything to the Southern Army.
The good news is that the economic war launched by the Japanese base camp, which did not hesitate to spend hundreds of tons of gold, is likely to fail miserably.
Adachi twenty-three did not dare to neglect, and immediately came to Juichi's office in the temple with the information.
After reading the telegram, the old man in the temple also changed his expression and said solemnly: "Fake news? Scam? No way?"
The old devils in the temple could not help but be surprised. Today, hundreds of tons of gold urgently transferred from the Japanese army base camp have been converted into US dollars through various channels, and entered Myanmar in the name of legal businessmen from Siam, Britain, the United States and other countries.
And deposited it in major banks such as Nanyang Bank, preparing to create an unprecedented natural and man-made disaster in southwest China.
But now, news has come from Myanmar that the news about an imminent drought in southwestern China is false!
If the news is true, it means that hundreds of tons of gold assets that have entered Myanmar are likely to disappear. This is definitely a disaster for the Japanese government’s financial situation. This incident may even be the one that breaks the camel’s back.
The last straw eventually led to the complete collapse of Japan's national economy.
After pondering for a long time, the old man in the temple asked: "Mr. Anda, what do you think?"
Anda Twenty-Three pondered: "There are only two possibilities for this matter. One is that the news is true, and Yue Weihan is indeed creating a market fright to take the opportunity to amass huge amounts of money. The other possibility is that he deliberately invited Professor Zhu, a meteorological expert, to come out
The purpose of refuting the rumors is to avoid triggering a larger-scale man-made famine before a severe drought arrives."
"Baga." The old devil in the temple said angrily, "Aren't you talking nonsense?"
"Hai." Anda Twenty-three suddenly lowered his head and said, "I think the latter is more likely."
The old devil in the temple said: "In other words, Professor Zhu is spreading false news. There will indeed be a severe drought in southwest China?"
"Hai." Anda Twenty-Three nodded again, "This is just Yue Weihan's little trick. This is how things should be."
"Yo Xi." The old Japanese in the temple nodded happily and said, "Immediately inform the Burmese side that the plan remains unchanged. Once the Chinese Expeditionary Force starts to release grain to lower the price, it will start to eat."
Starting from early February, Myanmar’s food prices began to fluctuate and decline.
By late February, the price of grain in Myanmar had dropped to 25 cents per catty, four times lower than the price of US$1 per catty. During this period, the Chinese Expeditionary Force sold more than 200 million catties of grain, and recovered more than 100 million yuan in total.
US dollars, this has far exceeded the initial investment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the profit has exceeded 60 million US dollars!
Just when grain merchants from various countries were about to lose their hold, unknown capital suddenly intervened strongly.
By early March, all the more than 100 million kilograms of grain subsequently thrown out by the Chinese Expeditionary Force had been eaten up by unknown capital. The price of grain in Myanmar once again reached a historical high of US$1 per kilogram, and the increase continued unabated. Two days later, it
It has unprecedentedly risen to 1.2 US dollars per catty, once again hitting a record high, and people have finally starved to death in Myanmar.
Food is not like other luxuries. People can live without luxuries but cannot live without food.
At this time, tens of billions of kilograms of grain transferred from India, Australia and other places finally entered Myanmar.
However, as Yue Weihan had previously worried, grain merchants from various countries almost did not believe Professor Zhu Kezhen’s refutation. Before a large-scale drought broke out in southwest China, few people were willing to sell their grain. Occasionally, grain merchants would
The grain in the hands of the collectors and sellers was quickly absorbed by capital from all parties.
On March 10, Nanyang Bank and other official banks announced interest rate hikes.
As a result, the pressure on grain merchants from various countries immediately increased, because almost all grain merchants borrowed money from banks to buy grain. Now that the grain has not yet been sold, grain merchants from various countries have no funds to withdraw money.
, even the freight charges for hiring ocean-going freighters are still owed, so where can the extra money come from to pay for the sudden increase in interest?
Under pressure, grain merchants had no choice but to borrow loan sharks, and Du Yuesheng, who had just arrived in Yangon, opened an underground bank again.
On March 12, Professor Zhu Kezhen released the latest research results through Nanyang Daily, claiming that there will be a large-scale heavy rainfall in the southwestern provinces of China within ten days, and the small-scale drought in early spring will soon be alleviated, and, next,
There will be several heavy rainfalls within two months, and a bumper spring harvest is expected!
This is undoubtedly a death knell for the hoarding grain merchants from various countries!
If the weather in China's southwestern provinces was good and there would be no drought at all, then the more than 50 billion kilograms of grain stored in the hands of various countries would all rot in the warehouses.
By this time, many grain merchants had actually believed Professor Zhu Kezhen's later refutation of the rumors. Unfortunately, things had reached this point and they had no way out. If they could not sell the grain at a higher price,
Losing all your money is a trivial matter, but failing to borrow money from underground banks at high interest rates can cost lives!
Even though the price of grain in Myanmar is still at a record high of US$1.2 per kilogram, grain merchants from all over the world are smart people. They all know that this price does not explain anything. Without the support of the huge Chinese market, just relying on
The demand in Myanmar alone, just releasing a few hundred million kilograms of grain is enough to collapse the entire market.
Therefore, until drought breaks out in southwestern China, no one would dare to commit suicide by simply letting go of grain.
Things were dragging on like this. However, Professor Zhu Kezhen's news that "there will be widespread heavy rainfall in the southwestern provinces of China within ten days" put a fatal noose on them, and this noose still had a time limit.
The time limit is ten days! Naturally, these ten days have become the psychological bottom line for grain merchants in various countries!
If there is widespread heavy rainfall in southwestern China within ten days, the entire market will definitely collapse.
If there is no large-scale heavy rainfall in southwest China within ten days, it means that Professor Zhu Kezhen’s later refutation of the rumor was only an unintentional statement after being pressured by the official expeditionary force, and the news that there will be a severe drought in southwest China is the
Really, then grain merchants from various countries will still grit their teeth and persevere until the drought breaks out.
Ten days of life and death, these are really ten days of life and death. Life or death depends on whether there will be rain in these ten days!