"...Liu Yuanwai...you are in a good mood! Are you still in the mood to have breakfast leisurely?"
The fat middle-aged man was soaking the fried dough sticks in soy milk and drinking and eating. He raised his head and saw the figure he had been chatting with recently.
Looking at the other party's dark eyes, carrying a Taishi chair on his shoulders, he was sweating profusely from exhaustion, and his body was quite embarrassed. The fat middle-aged man opened his eyes so fat that they were narrowed into slits.
"What's wrong with you, why are you like this?" The fat middle-aged man asked with a confused look on his face.
"You didn't read the newspaper? Something happened to Lan Weimai. Those people smuggled all the silver away, leaving only a shelf in the bank!"
"...Ah..." The fat middle-aged man was also startled, but he immediately returned to normal. He was still a little puzzled and asked, "Isn't this okay?"
"What's wrong? All our money has been taken away!" The embarrassed man shouted anxiously, feeling quite helpless.
"... Bang bang... Fortunately, I went there in time and grabbed a chair from inside, otherwise! There really wouldn't be any hair left."
"...Okay, okay...sit down first, sit down first, tell me what happened while you rest, and eat something together on the way!" The fat middle-aged man didn't refute, and asked people to sit down first.
Seeing Mr. Liu's fat body sitting motionless and still in the mood to ask the store to add more dishes, the embarrassed man was speechless for a while.
But he didn't say much, he quickly put down the chair, put it aside without hesitation, moved the bench beside the table, and sat directly on the Taishi chair.
When the soy milk was served, the embarrassed man hurriedly took a few sips. If he didn't eat it, it would be nothing. After this! He might not be able to bear to eat like this.
Thinking of this, the embarrassed man wolfed down his food with a sad face. Almost all his money, including what he earned, was used to speculate in silver, but now what he got back was just a few scraps of paper.
Yes, there is also this chair. It is estimated to be worth a few dollars, but it is only enough to sustain his family for a few days. From now on...
After thinking about it, a big man, with tears welling up in his eyes, saw the fat middle-aged man and quickly asked to divert his attention.
The embarrassed man was not in the mood to create any suspense, so he gave a brief summary of what happened.
"Liu Yuan, you didn't sell those deeds early, did you?" Seeing the fat middle-aged man's calm expression, the embarrassed man was a little curious.
"Where can I sell it? Leave it all at home! Who will buy it at this time?" The fat middle-aged man spread his hands helplessly and said that he could go and see it if he didn't believe it.
He was a small landowner in the surrounding area. He came to Shanghai to live in Shanghai for a while when he was young. However, the old man left a few years ago and he went back to take over the family property.
He's a landlord! His main job is to rent land, lend money, and run a small shop. Land is not easy to buy, and he doesn't dare to buy more for fear that he won't be able to keep it, so he spends more time on running a shop.
Over the past 10 or 20 years, he has opened several pawn shops and money shops with good profits. He has gained a small amount of wealth and has a lot of spare money on hand. He does not dare to open more.
Moreover, after seeing the feasting and feasting in big cities, the countryside is a bit boring. Of course, he does not want to enjoy the feasting and feasting. He has earned the money penny by penny, and he is reluctant to part with it.
He just wanted to stay in this environment and see if there were any opportunities to make more money. He looked at workshops, factories, and shops, but unfortunately none of them really suited his liking.
He has no background. He wants to run this business just to earn some hard-earned money. The risks are not low. He has no ability to resist if something goes wrong and is not very willing to invest.
Until recently, there was a trend of silver speculation in the area. He didn't want to join in, but he couldn't stand the countless people around him who kept talking about how much they earned all day long.
In the end, I couldn't help myself and invested some money to give it a try. I actually made a lot of money. I then invested a lot of spare money in it. As a result, the price of silver suddenly plummeted and I got back a pile of paper.
Naturally, he felt very distressed, but at least he had encountered many storms, and he was not like other people who worried about gains and losses, as if he had become a loser.
"Then you don't care at all? Those people took away all our money!" The embarrassed man couldn't help but asked again.
"What about our silver?" The fat middle-aged man shook his head and said, "The price of silver has already fallen below the price of the mortgage. If you want to get the silver back, you have to pay back the money at the original price and pay interest to redeem it.
After all, we still owe others money! Can we afford the large sum of money to be redeemed? Are you willing to redeem it? No one is willing to pay for it, so the money has long been theirs.
!”
The embarrassed man was stunned. It seemed that this was indeed the case. He didn't know much about the matter. He only knew that the money written on the deed that he bought belonged to him.
It's just that before you withdraw it, you have to pay a large sum of money to the banker, and he won't withdraw it. He just buys the deed, waits for the silver price to rise, and then sells it at a higher price.
This guy got involved in a daze, but after hearing what others said, saying that their money had been smuggled away, he impatiently joined in the trouble.
Among the troublemakers, many were like him, and of course there were also many who deliberately instigated it with other ideas. For example, Menqing lost everything himself, but was unwilling to do so and wanted to rush in and take the opportunity to make some money.
And so on.
The fat middle-aged person can still understand whether the money belongs to you. After all, he runs a pawn shop, a money shop, etc., not to mention professional financial literacy, but at least he understands it in layman's terms.
"The other party took the silver away probably because they were worried about today's incident. However, the other party was indeed ruthless and greedy when they took all the money away. I guess they left some behind for redemption, so it wouldn't end up like today."
"So, we were wrong?" After saying this, the embarrassed man felt a little disappointed. He was originally standing on the moral high ground, but now he is the one at fault.
"How can there be so many rights and wrongs in things? It's just for our own benefit. The other party wants interest, we want the price of silver to increase, and we all have to bear risks.
Now that the silver price has dropped, we have lost everything. It is wrong to be dissatisfied and cause chaos. But they have taken away the silver. It is estimated that the silver price will fall even more sharply because of this. They are also wrong.
Moreover, the other party is uncertain and will force us to repay the loan when the silver price is lower. You must know that if the silver price falls, they will lose money even if they hold the silver. They will definitely not let it go, so there is no need to worry about this kind of thing.
Right or wrong.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The fat middle-aged man comforted the other party with a few words. Of course, it was not just comfort. This was what he was mainly worried about before. After thinking about it, if he really wanted to transfer money, he would not
Not a small amount.
"So, we can't keep those deeds anymore? Otherwise, we'll have to pay back money?" The embarrassed young man looked stunned and still very worried.
"...It's not that..." The fat middle-aged man shook his head and explained: "The deed issued by the other party can be bought and sold privately, and the other party probably doesn't know who is holding it.
If you say you won't keep it, then there's nothing we can do if we throw it away to the other party. I guess they may ask us to pay back the money when the silver price is lower, and then set a time, and then it will be voided if the deed is not paid.
It is also a good thing that you have penetrated each other and smuggled the silver away. Maybe you can use this as an excuse to delay the time. When the silver price rises again, these deeds will still be useful, and we may be able to get our money back."
"...Ah..." The embarrassed man was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he finally figured it out and said, "You said the price of silver will rise again. If you keep this, you can still sell it in the future?"
The fat middle-aged man nodded and said: "The price of silver has gone up. I heard that the U.S. government is buying silver and wants to raise the price of silver. Although I don't know why it suddenly fell, it is estimated that it will not keep falling and may rise again in the future."
I’m coming back, but I don’t know how much it will increase.”
"Eating!" As soon as the fat middle-aged man finished his words, a thin and short young man immediately greeted him and came to the table. He stared at the unfinished food on the table and swallowed wildly.
The two of them heard that voice clearly, and the corners of their mouths twitched. This guy usually joined them, but he was squeezed in. Compared to speculating, this guy had more motivations for eating and drinking.
"Let's eat something together!" Seeing that the person had no intention of leaving, the fat middle-aged man said helplessly.
This guy belongs to the group of people who ask questions, and he is well-informed. He didn't come here before. What about now? It's better not to make it too ugly, he is shameless, but he still has to be careful.
"What were you talking about just now? Seeing how absorbed you were in chatting?" Shouhou was not embarrassed at all. He sat on the other side with a smile, asked, and then ordered food from the store.
Seeing that the fat middle-aged man didn't stop him, the embarrassed man didn't interrupt either. He just ate and drank and was no better than others! He also told the other party about the conversation.
"Fortunately, fortunately, I didn't sell my deed, otherwise it wouldn't be a big loss!" After hearing this, Shouhou patted his chest and said with a smile.
"Anyone else wants to buy the deed?" The fat middle-aged man asked curiously after hearing this.
"Yes! There was someone selling it near Lan Wei Ai, but the price was very low. One silver dollar would cost at least several hundred or even thousands of taels of deeds. My little bit wasn't worth a few silver dollars, so I didn't sell it. Mr. Liu, can we really get it back?
Book?"
Liu Yuanwai shook his head and said: "I can't say for sure, it's just a guess. It depends on what the price of silver will be in the future, and whether the deed is void or not, it doesn't matter what we say.
If the silver price rises back, it will be in vain if the deed is cancelled. On the contrary, it will be the same if the silver price does not rise back. But since there are still people accepting the deed, it is probably possible."
"...Hmm..." Thin Monkey nodded while eating, paused for a moment, and said: "The identities of those who were watching the collection are probably not ordinary, and some people have collected them before, but they were secretly collected in the surrounding areas. I don't know the details.
, but there really might be something going on.”
After saying that, Shouhou quickly took a few mouthfuls and continued: "But there is news that just came out. I heard that the batch of silver that was smuggled away was robbed by those people from Nanjing. I don't know if it was.
real."
The fat middle-aged man frowned when he heard this, and the embarrassed man also became worried and asked: "If it is really robbed, and the price of silver rises, won't this deed be just like useless paper?"
The fat middle-aged man thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said: "I don't understand this matter either, but if someone can fight with the Japanese on this matter, maybe it will turn things around. Otherwise, it will definitely be left to the Japanese to make the decision.
It won’t benefit us.”
After listening, the two of them nodded in agreement. As the Japanese shop opened, various rumors about the other party were also widely circulated here. It was good for the other party not to directly rob the Chinese.