Chapter 70 The war wealth of the Civil War (for the helmsman Feng Chen
"Boss, there is a Mr. James Bond waiting for you in the reception room!" On this day, JP Morgan had just arrived at the office, and his assistant reported to him.
"James Bond? I don't seem to know such a person!" Morgan said with a frown.
"Boss, he said that as long as you read this letter, you will definitely meet him!" As he said, the assistant handed over a letter.
Morgan took it and took a look, and was shocked. He quickly stood up and ordered: "Go and guard the door. While I am talking to Mr. Bond, no one is allowed to come in!"
After walking quickly to the reception room, Morgan whispered to "James Bond": "Tony, you are too brave. You dare to come to New York at this time. Don't you know we are at war?"
Yes, this so-called "James Bond" is actually Tang Ning. He replied nonchalantly: "What's wrong with the war? Who would know a little guy like me? And to be on the safe side, I decided to take the bus from Mexico instead."
The boat is coming!"
Hearing that Tangning came by boat from Mexico instead of New Orleans, Morgan was relieved, but still joked: "Tony, you are not a nobody now, who hasn't seen your "Gone with the Wind"!"
"They know Tony Tangning, not James Bond!" Tangning replied with a shrug.
"Okay, tell me, why did you come all the way and take such a big risk to come to me?" Morgan asked curiously.
"Of course it's to make a fortune!" Tang Ning replied concisely.
"Get rich? We are at war now, and business between the north and the south has been cut off. How can we get rich?" Morgan said angrily.
Tang Ning smiled and replied: "Some wealth can only be made during wars, so it is called war wealth!"
"Oh? How do you make this war fortune?" Morgan asked with great interest.
Tangning did not answer directly, but said, "I will tell you this of course, but before that you have to lend me some money. Otherwise, if I can't make much from such a good opportunity, then there is no need to bother!"
"Okay, how much do you want to borrow?"
Tangning raised a finger and replied: "Ten thousand pounds!"
Morgan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and replied: "Okay, but you have to use your next novel as a guarantee!"
"No problem!" Tang Ning replied without hesitation.
After signing the contract, Tangning said, "I don't know if you have received the news. The war situation of your Northern Army is not going well now. If someone buys a large amount of gold at this time and sends it to London, and at this time the news of the defeat of the Northern Army comes."
, then what do you think will be the result?”
Morgan replied without hesitation: "That will definitely cause the price of gold to rise sharply!"
Then he came to his senses and suddenly realized: "So Tony, what you mean is to seize the time now to buy gold secretly, and then create a momentum. A large amount of gold will be sent to London and the Northern Army will be defeated. Uh, no, it can't all be sent to London."
, you have to keep half of it in your hands, so that you can take advantage of the sharp rise in gold prices to make a profit, but this requires that the amount of gold purchased must be larger, otherwise if the half of the gold is too small, you will not be able to make much profit!"
"Why do you have to be so honest and remit half of the gold? You can just remit one-third and then claim to have half. And I speculate that as long as the gold price in New York rises sharply, there is a high probability that it will also lead to a rise in gold prices.
The price of gold in London has risen, so gold sent to London can also make money, but not as much as in New York!" Tang Ning said in a persuasive way.
Morgan nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, Tony, you are so cunning. I think you should stop being the owner of the manor and come directly to Wall Street!"
In fact, the method Tangning mentioned was one of Morgan's classic business cases before time travel. At that time, he learned from his friend Ketcham (the son of a Wall Street economic investor) that the Northern Army had suffered heavy casualties recently, so he took action.
The idea of speculating on gold gave Morgan a taste of the sweetness of war fortune. Later, during the Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War, and the Spanish-American War, he engaged in speculation and made a lot of money.
For the sake of caution, Morgan asked someone to investigate, and found that the recent war against the Northern Army was indeed unfavorable. The reason was actually underestimation of the enemy and lack of preparation, because whether it was this time or the previous Civil War, the Northern Army did not prepare for the war before it started.
The Confederate Army took this seriously. They felt that the Northern Army was outperforming the Confederate Army in terms of numbers and war potential. Even Lincoln only issued a three-month mobilization order, believing that the opponent could be completely eliminated within three months. As a result
I didn’t expect that the fight lasted for more than three years.
In fact, the losses of the Northern Army at the beginning of the war were smaller than those in the Civil War before time travel. Because this war was started by the Northern Army, the preparations were more complete than those in the previous Civil War. However, this did not affect the outcome.
Morgan's operation is all about public opinion anyway. No matter whether you lose ten thousand or one hundred thousand, he will blow it up to one million.
As a result, after some operations, the price of gold rose sharply, and even the price of gold in London rose a lot. This made Morgan very excited. He raised his glass and said to Tangning: "Tony, you are such a genius! Everything was as you expected.
They are exactly the same, we are really rich this time!"
"Without your capital and operations, I wouldn't be able to make money even if I could think of it!" Tang Ning said modestly.
Then he said: "By the way, after a while, everyone will find that this rise in gold prices has nothing to do with the input and output of military supplies, grain, and cotton. It is just speculation. After that, the gold price will definitely drop to a reasonable price. By then,
You collect another batch, because if my prediction is good, there will be an opportunity in a while that will cause the gold price to rise sharply, and then we can make another big profit!"
"What?! There is still such an opportunity? When?" Morgan asked impatiently.
Tang Ning replied mysteriously: "Well, I can't tell you this yet, but it's definitely right for you to prepare some gold. You won't lose anything anyway!"
Morgan thought that since he had bought the gold at a reasonable price, he would definitely not suffer any loss. If it was true as Tangning said, wouldn't he have missed an opportunity to make a fortune? But if this thing came true, then
We need to investigate Tangning's background carefully!
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