Chapter 264 The battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder
"The Japanese are really very insidious in what they do. This morning I went to the Mei Agency. Lieutenant Colonel Qingqi handed me two million French currency counterfeit bills and asked my Southeast Trading Company to purchase goods worth 1.6 million French currency and give me 100%.
Twenty as the fee." Li Shiqun came to Chen Mingxiang's office and said.
The Southeast Trading Company is a special agency established by the Mei agency to earn funds for the secret service headquarters. It has developed well in more than half a year. It has exchanged a large amount of materials from the Kuomintang-controlled areas and received huge amounts of legal currency from Japanese companies in return.
Li Shiqun could be said to make a lot of money every day, most of which he put into his own pocket, and a small amount was used to fund the secret service headquarters.
He also had doubts about the use of counterfeit banknotes. Smuggling is a long-term business, and honest cooperation between each other is king. If you lose your reputation, it will be like ruining your own job.
"Minister, please be satisfied. The task I received this time was 10 million counterfeit banknotes. It's really unlucky. This kind of thing will damage your own brand, and customers will find out that you are using counterfeit banknotes. Who will do business with you in the future?"
"Although the imitation degree of this batch of counterfeit banknotes is very high, it is not 100%. The indentation on the front can still be felt. Once deposited in the four major banks of the mountain city government, if the number is large, they will definitely be discovered, and it will cause trouble.
." Chen Mingxiang said.
"Your Huatong Trading Company's trading volume is more than ten times that of Southeast Trading Company. It is said that it has also set up material purchase stations in several provinces in Jiangtong District. There are no middlemen to make profit, and the profits are much greater. Those who can
Thank you for your hard work!"
"I came to you this time because I also want to hear your true thoughts on how to use these counterfeit banknotes in order to achieve the purpose without damaging the brand." Li Shiqun said.
"You only have two million counterfeit banknotes. This is not easy. Half of it is used for salary payments, so use it as real banknotes. My brothers don't have the habit of saving money. The Secret Service Headquarters spends at least half a million yuan a month. It's just a waste of two million dollars."
All the money will be exchanged for real money."
"The other half of the counterfeit banknotes are used to purchase supplies locally in the Shanghai market. They are scattered and purchased multiple times by different people, and then sold to Chiang Kai-shek's district to exchange for scarce supplies, which can be digested in two months."
"We have to save some hard currency in the future. I don't know when legal currency will be forcibly withdrawn from circulation. The China Reserve Bank will definitely occupy the market in the future, but I am always beating the drum in my heart. You said that the China Reserve Bank does not even have gold reserves. What is the issue?
Don’t banknotes become water without a source?” Chen Mingxiang said.
This is also to dig a hole for Li Shiqun in advance. Counterfeit banknotes will be exposed on a large scale at the end of next month. By then, the secret service headquarters will be in chaos. A large number of agents will find out that they have received counterfeit banknotes. There will definitely be riots.
It was fun to watch.
Chen Mingxiang is not afraid that Li Shiqun will not accept it. The stronger a person's greed is, the more he will use any means to gain wealth. Besides, there is Ye Jiqing behind Li Shiqun. A woman values her family's money more than anything else. This way of passing on risks
It would be strange if you disagree with the method!
"Forget about this unlucky China Reserve Bond. Starting from this month, Zhou Fahai ordered all institutions to use China Reserve Bonds to pay wages. But this thing is a new thing and I can't buy anything at all. I have to insist on using legal currency.
Otherwise, my brothers will be killed."
"You know that the four major banks in the mountain city government cannot carry out the China Reserve Bond business, including in the concessions now, and they will fully resist the China Reserve Bond business," Li Shiqun said.
On the eve of the establishment of the pseudo-Central Reserve Bank and the issuance of China Reserve Bonds, the Shancheng Government had already negotiated with the Public Concession Industry Bureau, the French Concession Public Discussion Bureau, and the Chinese and foreign banks in Shanghai to reject the China Reserve Bonds.
The reason is that the pseudo-Central Reserve Bank itself is not a legal financial institution, does not have the necessary reserves to issue banknotes, and is not a member of the China or the Association of Foreign Banks. Such banknotes have no legal status and should be refused circulation.
Philip, the executive director of the Board of Directors of the Shanghai Public Settlement Bureau of Industry and Commerce, convened financial and business people in the concession to discuss this issue. He believed that China Reserve Bank Notes were a troublemaker in the financial market. If such banknotes were allowed to enter the market, everyone would suffer greatly.
loss.
China Reserve Bonds do not have a strong reserve fund as a guarantee, but Wang N and the Japanese printed a bunch of paper. How can they be equivalent to legal currency?
If Wang N uses China Reserve Bonds to exchange for foreign exchange, who knows how fast this thing will depreciate, and buys a lot of waste paper with dollars and pounds, it will lead to bankruptcy!
After research, it was decided that shops, service venues and entertainment venues in the concession will refuse to use China Reserve Bonds. Major banks will not carry out the storage and exchange business of China Reserve Bonds. China Reserve Bonds cannot purchase foreign exchange. Even the post and telecommunications offices in the concession cannot carry out China Reserve Bonds.
remittance business.
"Minister, the two of us said that China Reserve Bonds are an unlimited means, saying that banknotes have increased their value. The Central Reserve Bank can issue as much as it wants, and the Japanese army can withdraw as much as they want. Killing chickens to obtain eggs and drinking poison to quench their thirst.
Sooner or later, financial markets will collapse, leading to skyrocketing prices and inflation."
"But the Jinling government has no source of income, and China Reserve Bonds are its lifeblood. For the Japanese army, China Reserve Bonds are an important part of military expenditures. They cannot allow the concession to boycott it."
"So, if China Reserve Bank wants to forcefully implement China Reserve Bonds, it will definitely have to be operated by our special agent headquarters. Just watch, the military command will definitely react, and the Shanghai stock market will begin to enter the melee stage again." Chen Mingxiang said.
"I have received the task of forcibly promoting China Reserve Bonds. Zhou Fahai called me last night. Since I have served this bowl of rice, I have to work hard for others."
"As long as the military reunification does not go too far, and I don't want to cause a bloody storm, wouldn't it be better to have more time to make more money?" Li Shiqun said.
Is it possible that the military commander will not take action?
Chen Mingxiang knows that the answer is yes. The Shanghai Stock Exchange is the financial center city in Asia, and it is of great significance to the Shancheng government. If it loses this market and financial control, the value of the Shancheng government's legal currency will shrink even more seriously, and the finance and economy will suffer.
Heavy losses.
Under such circumstances, the mountain city government will definitely order the military command to prevent the issuance of China Reserve Bonds. In addition, after the military command in Shanghai has eliminated Zhang Xiaolin and Fu Xiao'an, the troops are now in full swing. Boss Dai and Chen Gongshu will naturally have to fight with Li Shiqun.
A fight at the secret service headquarters.
The Shanghai Evening News published an essay today, titled "The bright moon shines in the sky, the spring breeze is green in the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know which literati wrote it. The words are gorgeous and soul-stirring."
Since teacher Pan Qiwu arrived, Chen Mingxiang, who has been staring at this newspaper every day, immediately convened a meeting of the leadership of the inspection team at the deputy section level and above. The meeting between him and Wang Zhen must appear very natural and public, so
