It took Henry three days to finally read "The Rise of the Great Powers: America".
In the original version, "American Chapter" spends a lot of space analyzing and describing the economic crisis and World War II and its post-war consequences. It is obviously impossible for Zhou Hexuan to do this because those are things that did not happen.
"The next presidential election in the United States will definitely end with Hoover's victory and Smith's defeat. The two presidential candidates are both from civilian backgrounds. One has been a salesman and the other has been a miner. But Hoover has the advantage
The reason is that he is a Protestant, while Smith is a Catholic. We look at the past presidents of the United States, from Washington, Lincoln, and now Coolidge. All presidents have three things in common, namely, male, white, and Protestant. Although American law does not
It stipulates what kind of candidate can become president, but traditional Americans seem not to be ready to vote for a Catholic...
If Hoover can be elected as the next president of the United States, he will be a uniquely lucky person. He was born in a poor working-class family. He lost his father and mother when he was young. Only with the support of his uncle did he have the opportunity to go to college. He rose from the bottom of the miner step by step.
He grew up to be an engineer, then succeeded in business, and successfully entered the political arena. This kind of inspirational story of starting from a poor person at the bottom and reaching the top of his life through his own efforts, I would like to call it the American dream..."
When Henry read this, he couldn't help but laugh. He liked the phrase "American Dream" very much. He was living his own American dream. He had to rely on his own efforts to support his mother and younger siblings, and he would also have a wonderful career in the future.
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But when Henry continued reading, he suddenly frowned:
"Hoover is lucky, but he is destined to face tragedy. I dare to predict that he will become one of the most unlucky presidents in the United States.
The world war ten years ago reversed the Europe-centered world structure, and the international status of the United States improved rapidly. Also improving was the U.S. industry, which took advantage of the European war (there was no such thing as "World War I" at this time), and American businessmen
It made a lot of money and developed comprehensively from light industry to heavy industry. However, the war in Europe was over, European countries were developing again, and coupled with Japanese competition, the supply of industrial products in the United States began to exceed demand.
In recent years, the industrial output of the United States has experienced stagflation, and the number of unemployed people in the United States has been increasing. In sharp contrast, the stock and securities markets in the United States are abnormally prosperous. According to my prediction, an economic crisis will break out by 1929 at the latest.
Like the economic crisis of 1857, this economic crisis will be global. It originated in the United States and affects the whole world..."
World economic crisis?
Henry is still under 30 years old, and he has no memory of the world economic crisis decades ago. But he admires the author of the book "The Rise of Great Powers" very much, and based on the analysis in the book, it seems to be very reasonable.
Is the U.S. stock market really going to collapse next year?
Henry found various financial newspapers to read, but the newspapers were full of good news. There were even various interesting stories, such as a certain housewife who used her pocket money to speculate in stocks and bought a car in half a year.
In the past, Henry would have definitely been stimulated by these news and jumped into the stock market even more enthusiastically. But now he is extremely calm and even feels scared. When the whole country falls into a frenzy, this in itself is a danger signal.
However, the huge profits in stocks still attracted Henry, and he was reluctant to quit now.
Half a year, yes, buy stocks for another half year. Within half a year, the stock market should still be safe, Henry comforted himself.
At this moment, in an office in New York, Jesse Livermore was flipping through "The Rise of Great Powers" and said happily: "It's a really interesting book, but the author is too pessimistic about the U.S. stock market."
Livermore is a legendary figure. He started as an apprentice who wiped the blackboard in his cell, and gradually grew into the most active speculator in the U.S. stock market. 20 years ago, he shorted every share and made a huge profit of US$3 million. As a result, it triggered
The U.S. stock market crashed, and even financial giant J.P. Morgan sent people to beg him not to stop shorting.
Making big money does not rely on fluctuations in stock prices, but on big market fluctuations. This is Livermore's wise saying. He is now waiting for a big fluctuation in the U.S. stock market.
Just as Zhou Hexuan predicted in "The Rise of Great Powers", Livermore also felt that the US stock market was going to collapse in the past two years, and he was always ready to make a big deal.
Of course, Livermore only believed that the U.S. stock market would collapse, but did not believe in any economic crisis. He regarded the so-called economic crisis as nonsense and delusions. When the stock market crash came, he would use the money earned from short selling to buy at the bottom.
Potential stocks.
Well, in history, Livermore made more than 100 million U.S. dollars when the U.S. stock market crashed. Then he bought stocks at the bottom, thinking that the stock market crash would end within a year. After this period of time, the potential stocks in his hands could be restored.
Make big money.
As a result, he was trapped and ended up bankrupt.
"Jesse, have you read the book I recommended?" Marcus walked into the office.
Livermore laughed and said: "I saw "America" and I agree with some of the author's views. But when he said that there would be an economic crisis in the United States in 1929, I thought it was a big joke. The author must have been out of his mind when he wrote the book.
wide awake."
Marcus is a history professor at Harvard University. He was invited by the publisher to write the preface to "The Rise of the Great Powers". He said with a serious expression: "I think Mr. Zhou Hexuan's narrative in the book is very reasonable. Therefore, I advise
You still have to be more cautious."
"Haha, I'm just waiting for this stock market crash," Livermore said happily, "Don't worry, you are my old friend, I will definitely bring you with me when I make money."
Marcus shrugged. He would only play with Livermore until the stock market crash, make a small amount of money and then leave.
This major stock market crash in the United States was anticipated by many knowledgeable people. Even they are still working hard to promote it. The U.S. government keeps calling on investors to calm down, but these guys are claiming that the U.S. stock market can prosper for another four years, just to defraud investors and make a lot of money.
fiscal.
But no one expected that the stock market crash would be accompanied by an economic crisis, and these greedy vampires would eventually push themselves into the grave.
Professor Marcus had classes in the afternoon. He walked into the classroom with "The Rise of the Great Powers" and after finishing the main lesson, he said to his students: "I recommend an after-school reading, which is written by a Chinese scholar and is called "
"The Rise of Great Powers". I hope that after reading this book, you can choose a post-reading reflection. This is considered an assignment and can be completed within this month."
As soon as Marcus left, Harvard history students started talking about it:
"A world history book written by Chinese? Haha, I heard that right."
"Professor Marcus must be crazy to ask us to read a work that has no reputation."
"That is, what good things can the Chinese write? They can't even read a world map."
"I know China. People there have braids on the back of their heads."
"This is an assignment assigned by the professor. Do you dare not to read it? Let's go and buy books together."
"..."
Faced with the cynicism of the American students, Chen Rongjie left the classroom with a livid face. He is a graduate of Lingnan University. He just received a master's degree from Harvard last year and is now studying for a doctorate. Although he majors in philosophy, he often comes to attend history classes.
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Americans have no understanding of China and are full of discrimination in their hearts. This kind of discrimination deeply hurts Chen Rongjie's heart. He has already made up his mind to introduce hundreds of Chinese schools of thought in English and conquer Americans with traditional Chinese thoughts.
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Chen Rongjie went to an off-campus bookstore to buy "The Rise of the Great Powers", but was told that the book was not available. He went to three bookstores to buy it. It seems that the circulation of this set of books is not large, and the distribution is not wide.
After buying the book and returning to the dormitory, Chen Rongjie couldn't wait to open it and read it. As a result, he read it until dawn, and he actually read it all night long.
"It was actually written by us Chinese, what a masterpiece!" Chen Rongjie couldn't help but sigh.
At Harvard University's Chinese alumni gathering on the weekend, Chen Rongjie went to attend specifically with "The Rise of the Great Powers". When he entered the door, he met Liang Sicheng and couldn't wait to recommend: "Brother Sicheng, I got a masterpiece a few days ago, written by us Chinese.
! Take a look quickly."
Liang Sicheng couldn't help but smile when he saw the title of the book: "I know this book. My father mentioned it in his letter. The author named Zhou Hexuan is still the president of Peking University."
"Really? When I graduate and return to China, I must visit Peking University and ask for advice!" Chen Rongjie said.
At this moment, Jiang Zehan also came in with a book in his hands, and said when they met: "Brother Liang, Brother Chen, I have a good book to recommend to you, called "The Rise of Great Powers", written by a Chinese. I read it in China last year
, I didn’t expect that the United States would actually release an English version.”
Liang Sicheng and Chen Rongjie looked at each other and then laughed.
