At around six o'clock that night, Chen Mingxiang and Ding Mocun came to Zhou Fahai's house for dinner. This time, he did not bring any gifts such as antique calligraphy and paintings, but a small black suitcase.
Zhou Fahai made a pot of good tea and waited for them in the living room, while Yang Shuhui was preparing dinner in the kitchen. A powerful person like him had a dedicated chef at home.
"Minister, I didn't prepare any gifts for you when I came to Jinling this time. This is my little thought, and I hope you will accept it, minister." Chen Mingxiang said a few words after sitting down, then put the box on the coffee table and opened it.
He knew that Zhou Fahai was a man who had seen a lot of money, so he made a big bet this time, with a "feeling" of two hundred thousand dollars. In this era, not many people could resist this price.
"Brother, we are not outsiders. Don't be so polite in the future. If you have anything to say, just say it and we will do it for you if we can." Zhou Fahai said with a smile.
He was more than just "smiling", he smiled very happily, and his facial expression looked very satisfied. When Yang Shuhui came from the kitchen to the living room, the greed in his eyes could not be concealed at all.
At this stage, there are really not many people who can spare so many US dollars, let alone use them to give gifts.
Zhou Fahai also knew that when Chen Mingxiang took out this staggering amount of bribe, he must have something important to do with him, but it was within a reasonable range.
No one would give away two hundred thousand dollars as random gifts. The rules of the game are like this. You give me money and I do things. Favors are incidental. Where can there be favors without transactions?
"The food is ready. Let's chat while you eat. The food won't taste good when it's cold." Yang Shuhui quickly put the box away. This is equivalent to millions of China Reserve coupons. This is the first time he has received so many.
of bribery.
There is a table of authentic Jiangsu dishes in the restaurant, such as honey-glazed fire recipe, braised crab meat and lion head, squirrel mandarin fish, dried shreds in chicken soup, salted duck and other famous dishes. The wine you drink is 30-year-old rice wine.
, not many people can enjoy this treatment.
Zhou Fahai never did loss-making business, even if Wang Jingwei came to have dinner, it would only be of this standard. But Chen Mingxiang won his special attention because of his generosity. How much is a banquet worth?
"Minister, this time I spent a lot of working capital to relocate three textile factories, which caused some problems in the smuggling transactions of Huatong Trading Company. I have to ask you for help. I hope to borrow some legal currency from the Central Bank of China to alleviate the current situation.
Dilemma." Chen Mingxiang said.
This is the most tenable reason, and it is not afraid of the Japanese making things difficult. Huatong Trading Company trades strategic materials for the Japanese army. Loans from the Central Reserve Bank in legal currency are much better than directly asking for funds from the Japanese army. The "reputation" seems
It’s also nice to hear that China Reserve Bank has its own loan business.
"The Japanese have clear regulations on the Shancheng government legal currency recovered by the Central Reserve Bank. These recovered old coins must be handed over to the Central China Liaison Department of Japan's Xingya Institute for processing, and used to purchase strategic materials from Chiang Kai-shek's district, and also to arbitrage
Withdraw foreign exchange.”
"Of course, as the president of China Reserve Bank, I also have the power to make some changes. There is not much problem in lending to you. The key is that there will be no criticism. Huatong Trading Company is a key trading organization of the dispatched army headquarters. You
How much do you want to borrow?" Zhou Fahai asked.
Loans are a piece of cake for the president of the China Reserve Bank. The bank itself has this business, but Chen Mingxiang spent a large sum of US dollars. The loan amount must not be too low. Converted into China Reserve Bank bonds,
This is equivalent to four million, and the actual currency value is greater than five million!
"Tung oil in Chiang Kai-shek's district has increased to 900 yuan per load, pig bristles have exceeded 6,000 yuan per load, and tungsten ore has reached more than 5,000 yuan per ton. I need 40 million French currency to complete the Japanese task." Chen Mingxiang said.
Ding Mocun was stunned when he heard that a loan cost 40 million French currency. Huatong Trading Company was really generous. However, there was no need to send so many US dollars because the loan was too small.
Chen Mingxiang asked for 40 million, but Zhou Fahai couldn't do this. On this basis, he had to add a certain amount to reflect his own value.
"I can't get involved in purchasing supplies. That would be a taboo. In this way, your textile factory is also an important link. I will lend you 40 million French currency in the first batch. In the name of supporting funds for the construction of Huatong Trading Company's textile factory, it is stipulated
The repayment time limit is ten years.”
"I will give you another 20 million French currency loan at the end of the year. The time limit can be set to fifteen years. You can repay it with the same number of China Reserve Bank bonds without calculating interest." Zhou Fahai said.
What ten or fifteen years? I don’t know what the situation will be like by then!
According to the market conditions of China Reserve Bonds, it is bound to fall all the way. As the president of China Reserve Bank, Zhou Fahai understands this truth better than anyone else. The conditions he gave were the same amount, that is, a loan of 60 million French currency and a return of 60 million.
China Reserve Bonds.
Ten years later, we still don’t know how much the China Reserve Bonds will depreciate. Chen Mingxiang must have made a lot of money, but neither of them realized that in two years, the money in the wallet may be able to repay the loan, because at that time
, all the China Reserve Certificates with a face value of 10,000 yuan were printed.
"Thank you, Minister, for your support of my work. I will have someone come to the branch in Jinling tomorrow to go through the formalities. In order not to delay the supply of military supplies for the Japanese army, I have to first purchase a batch of supplies in cash from the Chiang Kai-shek District, so I am eager to use the money." Chen Mingxiang
said.
"Don't go to such trouble. You can write a loan application here later. As long as the Dispatch Army Headquarters and the Central China Liaison Department of Xingya Institute have no objections, the consultants at the head office will also have no objections. I'll give the Shanghai Branch a call.
, you just have someone go through the loan procedures in Shanghai." Zhou Fahai said.
It sounds like a loan of such a large amount seems very simple, but if it were a second person, he would not be able to make such an accommodation, and the Japanese government's Supreme Emperor stationed at the Central Bank would definitely not agree.
What happened in Shanghai could not be hidden from Zhou Fahai. The three textile factories used by Chen Mingxiang to support the smuggling trade and the Shanghai branch of the Japan Textile Industry Association had a conflict over cotton resources.
The Military Police Headquarters and the Marine Corps Headquarters in Shanghai strongly supported Huatong Trading Company and sent troops to beat a group of Japanese ronin who came to the textile factory to rob supplies. They beat them horribly and even arrested them all in prison.
Although the outcome is still unclear, Zhou Fahai also has connections in Japan. He has long known that Chen Mingxiang's textile factory is about to cease production, and has ceded the Shanghai cotton resources to Japanese textile companies.
As soon as Chen Mingxiang said that he wanted to move all the textile factories to Suzhou, he understood what the plan was. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are traditional Khmer production areas. This guy is building factories directly in the cotton production areas, which is equivalent to cutting off the Japanese textile industry.
The Japanese can't say anything else about this.
Not allowing Chen Mingxiang's factory to start operations would be equivalent to blocking the military's procurement of military supplies and angering the military. How could businessmen be able to withstand this?
Moving all the textile factory equipment from Shanghai to Suzhou, moving skilled workers to Suzhou, and building three new factories will require huge financial support. The Japanese will definitely not pay for it. Therefore,
Huatong Trading Company encountered financial difficulties.
In fact, the situation may not be as tense as Chen Mingxiang said, but he must leave a way out for himself, and using money from China Reserve Bank is the most appropriate way.
