A meteorological observation station in the suburbs of Yangon.
Yue Weihan is looking at the wind direction and anemometer in a trance. Although Yue Weihan looks calm on the surface, in fact, he is extremely anxious inside. Eight days have passed for Professor Zhu Kezhen's ten-day time limit, and today is the ninth day.
, if there is no large-scale heavy rainfall today and tomorrow, the consequences will be disastrous.
Amidst the heavy footsteps, Professor Zhu Kezhen had already arrived behind Yue Weihan.
"General Yue, please relax." Professor Zhu Kezhen comforted in a low voice, "There will be heavy rainfall today and tomorrow, and it will cover a wide area. Rainfall will occur throughout the southwest, Southeast Asia and the South Asian subcontinent." He said this.
After a pause, Professor Zhu Kezhen added, "It's just that this rainfall is likely to be the last rainfall in the first half of this year."
"Huh." Yue Weihan breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Professor Zhu, I have to be anxious."
Professor Zhu Kezhen nodded silently. He could understand Yue Weihan's mood at this moment. Yue Weihan's original intention of hyping Myanmar's grain market was just to raise enough grain to prepare for this year's grain shortage. However, now, this hype is very likely to happen.
If it causes an unprecedented natural and man-made disaster, can he not be anxious?
The two of them were speechless, but the wind direction and anemometer at a high place suddenly began to rotate rapidly.
"Teacher, the wind is blowing!" the graduate student who was taking notes suddenly shouted excitedly, "It's the southeast wind blowing from the Pacific Ocean. The time now is 10:50, which is only 10 minutes different from the time you estimated, teacher."
!" In just a short while, the anemometer at a high place was spinning extremely fast, and Yue Weihan also felt the obvious wind force.
"Haha, I guess it's coming soon." Professor Zhu Kezhen finally showed a smile on his face.
Even though Professor Zhu Kezhen acted very calmly in front of Yue Weihan and repeatedly vowed that there would be widespread heavy rainfall in two days, Professor Zhu was actually just as nervous inside. There has never been an absolute inference in the meteorological world. Professor Zhu
It was previously predicted that there would be heavy rainfall within ten days, which was also a probability.
Since there is probability, there is also the possibility of small-probability events.
But now, the small probability event will finally stop happening, and the strong airflow from the Southwest Pacific has finally arrived!
From this afternoon to tomorrow evening, this strong airflow from Southeast Asia will sweep across the entire Southeast Asia and eventually invade southwest China. This strong airflow will bring widespread heavy rainfall to the entire Southeast Asia and southwest China. However,
After this heavy rainfall, the southwestern provinces will usher in a long period of drought.
The wind in the meteorological observation station gradually became stronger, and Yue Weihan felt obvious wind pressure on his face.
"Rain, it's raining!" The graduate student who was taking notes shouted excitedly again. Soon, Professor Yue Weihan and Professor Zhu Kezhen also felt the coolness of the raindrops on their faces. In less than a moment, the entire meteorological observation station was
Already enveloped in the haze of mist and rain, looking at Yangon City in the distance, all we can see is the thin curtain of rain.
Yue Weihan took the umbrella handed over by Yu Hu, held it up for Professor Zhu Kezhen himself, and then said excitedly: "Mr. Zhu, let's go, let's find a place to have a drink!"
"Okay." Professor Zhu Kezhen said happily, "The general has invited me, how can I not appreciate it?"
Yue Weihan laughed loudly and said: "Mr. Zhu, I heard that a new Sichuan restaurant has opened next to Sanshan Guild Hall. The Sichuan food is very delicious. Let's go there. In addition, please call all the staff of the observation station. These days
Everyone has worked hard in the past, so it’s my commander-in-chief who rewards everyone, haha.”
At the same time, the meeting room on the second floor of New Oriental Company was filled with gloom and gloom.
New Oriental Company is a British-owned company that was originally engaged in the bristles and fur goods business. However, after seeing the soaring price of food in the Burmese market, the owner of New Oriental Company, Jack, an Englishman, took advantage of the opportunity to make a profit.
I spent 100,000 pounds saved over the years and borrowed 800,000 US dollars from Nanyang Bank using the company as collateral.
Then he urgently purchased more than two million tons of rice from India, preparing to make a huge profit.
As a result, before the rice ordered by Jack arrived, the price of grain in Myanmar began to plummet. If unknown capital had not intervened and swallowed up the 300 million tons of grain thrown out by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the grain market in Myanmar would have been
It had already collapsed. At that time, Jack really had no choice but to commit suicide by jumping off the building.
Fortunately, the price of food in Myanmar has finally returned to the high level of US$1.2.
After all kinds of efforts, Jack finally formed an interest alliance with dozens of British grain merchants, and then formed a broader interest alliance with American grain merchants and Siamese grain merchants. Moreover, Jack already knew about Siamese grain merchants.
They all have a Japanese background, but whether they are Japanese or Siamese, the top priority now is to help each other and make money together.
Whose money are you making? Of course you are making money from the Chinese people, and of course you are making money from the Chinese people’s national crisis!
I won’t talk about the ups and downs that followed, but the news that “there will be heavy rainfall on a large scale within ten days” released by Professor Zhu Kezhen nine days ago really dealt a heavy blow to the interest alliance of grain merchants in various countries, making this originally
The unstable interest alliance almost fell apart. Later, it was Jack's mediation that finally calmed down the situation.
Early this morning, Jack once again invited more than a dozen grain merchant representatives to his company.
As the ten-day deadline approaches, not only Professors Yue Weihan and Zhu Kezhen are nervous, but speculators from various countries are also nervous, but their mentality is completely different. Yue Weihan and Professor Zhu are looking forward to rain, but speculators from various countries are looking forward to others.
It rains, because once it rains, it means that their speculation has failed.
"Everyone, today is already the ninth day!" Jack looked around the crowd and said in a deep voice, "If it doesn't rain today and tomorrow, it means that Professor Zhu is lying. His subsequent attempts to evade the rumors were just a coercion.
We can relax and wait for a severe drought to break out in China because of the unintentional remarks made under the pressure of the Chinese Expeditionary Force."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jack's Burmese female secretary suddenly hurried into the conference room.
"Who let you in?" Jack was furious when he saw this, and yelled at the female secretary, "Get out, get out!"
The female secretary from Myanmar did not flinch, but said with a pale face: "Boss, the wind is blowing and it's raining heavily!"
"What did you say?" Jack's face suddenly changed. He stood up and rushed to the window to lift a corner of the curtain. Representatives of grain merchants from various countries who were sitting at the long conference table also stood up and rushed to the window as quickly as possible to lift a corner of the curtain.
Curtains, looking out through the window, I saw that the entire city of Yangon has been completely enveloped in the vast rain.
Upon seeing this situation, representatives of grain merchants from various countries immediately became anxious and were about to turn around and leave.
"Everyone, wait a moment, please wait a moment!" Jack was anxious and quickly got up and closed the door of the conference room.
Jack knew very well that if the representatives of grain merchants from various countries were allowed to leave at this time, the situation would be completely out of control. These dozen representatives not only represented various small interest groups, but were also large grain merchants themselves. Once they were allowed to leave, the Myanmar market would be in ruins.
There will soon be a wave of panic selling, and a complete collapse of the grain market will be inevitable.
"Jack, what do you want to do? You don't want to imprison us, do you? Get out of the way!"
"Damn British guy, don't even think about throwing away your food and escaping alone. If you're going to die, let's die together!"
"Do you want to get out of the way? If you don't, I will fire a warning shot. This is Myanmar, not India!"
Seeing that the grain merchants from various countries were furious and ready to take action if they disagreed, Jack suddenly became anxious. He immediately pulled out a revolver and pressed it against his chin. Everyone was stunned when they saw this, and the commotion was also heard. Jack
He quickly said: "Everyone, please listen to me, otherwise I would rather die in front of everyone."
These grain merchants were originally human beings, and they soon understood Jack's intentions, and immediately returned to their seats.
The situation is obvious. If everyone goes back to sell the food they have hoarded, the final result will be collective suicide. In the end, no one will be able to escape unscathed. If you grit your teeth and persevere, there may be a glimmer of hope. Is it raining today?
Wrong, but who knows whether this will be the last rain in the first half of this year?
Yue Weihan still underestimated the psychological endurance of these speculators.
Although the ten-day life-and-death time limit dealt them a heavy blow, it was not enough to break their psychological defenses.
These speculators are like gamblers who are losing money. At this time, as long as there is a slight chance of making money, they will bet all their wealth without hesitation!
Yangon, Yue Weihan's official residence.
As soon as Yue Weihan returned to his official residence after drinking the celebratory wine, he was poured cold water on his face.
After listening to Mr. Rong's report, Yue Weihan's face immediately darkened and said, "What? These grain merchants are really calm. After all, they are still unwilling to sell the grain they have hoarded?"
"Well, it's not difficult to understand." Mr. Rong sighed and said, "For this speculation, many grain merchants invested their wealth accumulated over the years, and many also borrowed huge loan sharks. For them,
, this is a last-ditch battle. If we can’t make huge profits, our family will be ruined.”
"Damn, now we're in trouble." Yue Weihan pulled open the hem of his clothes and suddenly felt an unexplained heat.
Mr. Rong Desheng was at his wits end. The 300 million kilograms of grain he had hoarded in the early stage had already been sold out. The subsequent 100 million kilograms of grain that were urgently transferred to Myanmar through various channels were also eaten up by various capitals.
Even if all the surplus grain from the Production and Construction Corps were sold, it would not be enough to cause panic in the entire market.
"Alas." Mr. Rong sighed deeply and said sadly, "General Yue, it seems that an unprecedented natural and man-made disaster is unavoidable. At this point, it is better to pay tribute to Chongqing and forcibly cancel the grain transaction.
, and then implement food rationing throughout the Kuomintang-controlled areas, so that famine can be controlled to a minimum."
Saigon, Japanese Southern Army Headquarters.
After Professor Zhu Kezhen's ten-day time limit came out, not only Yue Weihan and grain merchants from various countries were anxious, but in fact the Japanese army base camp and the old Japanese in the temple were also anxious. No, as early as a week ago, more than a dozen meteorological experts made a special trip from Japan to Saigon.
, two meteorological experts have even disguised themselves as merchants and sneaked into Yunnan, China, accompanied by agents.
The reason why Japanese meteorological experts are so mobilized is to verify Professor Zhu's research results.
After nearly a week of observation and verification, Japanese meteorological experts finally came to a conclusion and rushed to the headquarters of Old Devil Terauchi to report as soon as possible.
After listening to the meteorological expert's report, the old man in the temple was shocked and said: "What? There will never be a severe drought in southwest China?"
"Hai!" The leading Japanese meteorologist named Tian Fangshu suddenly lowered his head and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, according to our observations and research, drought is unlikely to occur in Southeast Asia and the southwestern provinces of China throughout this year.
, but China’s North and East China regions are likely to experience a large-scale drought.”
"Baga Yalu." The old devil in the temple said ferociously, "So, we have all been fooled?"
Several meteorologists such as Tabata Fangshu didn't say much, but Adachi twenty-three next to him lowered his head. He was the one who strongly advocated the continuation of this economic war. However, now, domestic meteorologists ruthlessly pointed out that,
This is a complete scam. The Japanese base camp has been tricked by Yue Weihan!
"Andajun, if the Siamese grain merchants we control start selling now, how much money can we get back?" When it comes to this, the old devil in the temple can't bear to be angry for the time being. The most important thing now is to get as much money as possible.
Recover the losses and get back the hundred tons of gold allocated by the base camp under very difficult circumstances.
"This..." Anda 23 also lacked research on market speculation and said in an uncertain tone, "I heard that grain merchants from various countries in Myanmar have reached an alliance of interests and have stated that they will not sell grain in the near future, so
If we act carefully and control the scale of the sell-off, it shouldn't be a problem to withdraw half of the funds."
"Only half?" The old devil in the temple was furious, but he said politely, "Mr. Anda, you are solely responsible for this matter. You must try your best to reduce the empire's losses!"
"Hai." Anda Twenty-Three suddenly lowered his head and immediately took the order and left.
Yangon, Yue Weihan's official residence.
Yue Weihan was hesitating whether to call Chongqing and suggest that the National Government implement a grain rationing system, because once this telegram is sent, it will mean that the Chinese Expeditionary Force has completely admitted defeat, and grain merchants in various countries will be at ease, and even if they continue to drop goods
After ten days of heavy rain, I'm afraid they won't be able to easily sell off the food in their hands.
Just when Yue Weihan was hesitant, Yuhu suddenly walked in excitedly.
"Haha, are the Japanese going to dump their grain?" After reading the urgent telegram from Nanzo Yunzi, Yue Weihan was overjoyed, "Japanese meteorological experts have helped us a lot!"