After not staying with Said for a while, Wang Yue went to a small factory on the outskirts of Tripoli. This was a small printing factory. The old equipment creaked when it was started, as if it would fall apart at any time. , the air is filled with the smell of ink, and the workshop is full of cut scraps.
"Ahmed, you should hire a few more people. At least, there should be someone to clean up the garbage, right?" Wang Yue couldn't help complaining to Ahmed next to him. How long had it been before his new clothes were ruined? Inked.
"Boss, this is a banknote printing factory." Ahmed reminded in a low voice. Ever since Wang Yue handed over the factory to him, he has always been careful. Apart from the necessary workers, there is not even a single extra person here. , all the reasons lie in the particularity of this factory, because this is a banknote printing factory. Although it only prints some expired rubles for the time being, according to the relationship between Wang Yue and Tasha, Ahmed believes that this factory It will definitely be used to print real rubles in the future. In his opinion, these things printed in the early stage are just a pretense.
"Ahmed, don't talk nonsense. This is just an ordinary printing house, a printing house for printing handicrafts." Wang Yue's heart suddenly thought, could it be Ahmed discovered something?
"Boss, actually, with the relationship between you and Miss Tasha, it's not a big deal to get the latest ruble printing plate." Ahmed responded in a low voice, with a boss-you-can-believe-me expression on his face, but in his heart Are you constantly complaining about producing handicrafts? Does the production of handicrafts need to be so rigorous? Even the coding rules follow the original ones. What you produce is basically real rubles, okay?
"Ahmad, please stop guessing. I promise you. No matter now or in the future, only old banknotes that cannot be circulated will be produced here. How about it? How many have been produced recently?" Wang Yue heard it. After understanding Ahmed's intention, I felt relieved, as long as this guy didn't understand what he was going to do.
"In 1938, 200 million copies of the one-ruble version were printed, 100 million copies of the three-ruble version were produced, and there were also kopeck coins. The total of various denominations totaled more than 100 million rubles." Ahmed reported quickly, thinking in his heart Although I still have some doubts, I don't want to continue to ask questions. Whatever the boss says is what it is.
"That's enough. Let's concentrate on producing kopecks in the future. Make some kopecks for banknotes and coins." Wang Yue nodded. Even though this amount is nothing in this era, it was nothing in 1940. In 1940, , the gold content of one ruble should be a little more than 0.7 grams of gold. Just these rubles are worth more than one billion silver dollars, and the rubles have poor circulation and cannot be easily dispersed. They can only go to those republics with small denominations to buy supplies.
Previously, the printing factory printed a large number of Cherven rubles with a face value of ten yuan. 1 Cherven ruble = 10 rubles, 10 Cherven rubles - 100 rubles. The gold content is equivalent to two small yellow croakers. It is not a problem when the quantity is small. , if the quantity is too large, the alliance will definitely explode. It is not yet 1941, so it is indeed unwise to stimulate the alliance too much.
"But the sales on our website are not good." Ahmed reminded with some embarrassment. In order to conceal the use of these rubles, Wang Yue opened a large number of online stores for the Western market, selling rubles in perfect condition at low prices. However, the sales of this kind of thing are not optimistic. It can only balance the cost, but there is no way to make a profit at all.
"Ahmad, the main market for this kind of ruble is China. With the Chinese people's sentiment towards the alliance and the huge population base, this amount is nothing at all. Just listen to me and continue production." Wang Yuezhao is really not talking nonsense. Chen Xi is also selling this stuff in China. Thanks to the low price and good quality, sales have been very stable and initial profits have been achieved. Otherwise, he had printed rubles in a mess. Large banknotes are really difficult to handle.
"Good boss." Ahmed didn't doubt it at this moment. In fact, China's population is too large. Even though they are both populous countries, the consumption power of China's population is not comparable to that of South Asian countries.
"What happened to the banknotes that I asked you to analyze before?" Wang Yue asked next. After being able to print rubles, Wang Yue began to study the printing of other banknotes. If he had the opportunity to harvest wool in 1940, he would definitely have to work harder.
"Boss, with the help of computers, the problem of printing plates can be easily solved. The main problem is banknote printing paper and ink. After analyzing the composition of these things, we still need to solve production problems, just like short-staple tissue paper for US dollars and British pounds. Turkish linen paper is very sensitive, and not everyone dares to produce it. Currently, the only three types that can be printed are Federal Reserve notes, Japanese yen, and Kant notes." Ahmed replied with some caution, and Wang Yue told him that he had already It has been a long time, but the progress has not been smooth. Even though it is a banknote from decades ago, many things are of the same origin, just like the US dollar ink in the 1940s and the US dollar ink in the 21st century. The ingredients are The difference is not very big. The money printing paper is simply the same. It is nothing more than the control of the fineness of the raw materials.
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, you can start printing immediately if you have finished it. But I am curious, how did you decipher the composition of the Japanese yen printing paper?" Wang Yue was a little curious. It is not that the Japanese yen is said to be the most difficult to imitate. ? Why is the Japanese yen the first thing to be created? This is unscientific. 33
"Boss, Japanese yen paper is a synthetic paper. It is mixed with Japan's specialty Mitsuba bark pulp during the manufacturing process. It is tough and has a special luster. It has a crisp sound and is light yellow. The larger the denomination, the darker the color. But in fact, the so-called three-yen paper The tree is not rare. We have got quite a few from China. In addition, their technology in the 1940s was still a bit rough, so it is not a big deal to imitate it. However, our current banknote printing paper is not up to the standard. The current quality of the printing paper for new Japanese yen banknotes. "Ahmed does not doubt that these old banknotes can make money, but he is very curious about how Wang Yue can value this money. His boss is an arms dealer, or a big arms dealer. , how can you value such a small amount of money? Alas, I really don’t understand the world of rich people.
"The same goes for one billion first!" Wang Yue nodded, already having a judgment in his mind. The Jinling government is desperately printing the Federal Reserve Notes, and the military commander is also printing, so the depreciation is huge. Throwing one billion away is nothing. , As for the Japanese yen, it’s nothing. In 1940, the currency value of the Japanese yen was still very strong. One yen was about equal to one silver dollar. Well, considering that the price of silver was very low in 1940-1941, the Japanese yen was probably even more valuable. As for the Kant vote, no matter what, the Kant vote will collapse anyway in 1945. It is better to deal with it in advance to prevent the Japanese from stealing all the reserves of the Kant vote in 1945.
"Okay boss! Look, this is your custom-made silver round. It weighs 26.6 grams and contains 90% silver. Here are 10 million pieces and 266 tons." While talking, Ahmed led Wang Yue to a warehouse. , the warehouse was opened, and it was full of wooden boxes. There were 5,000 boxes in total, and each box contained 2,000 silver dollars, 53.2 kilograms.
"It's very beautiful, Ahmed, you really put your heart into it." Open a box at random and take out a silver coin. It is actually a newly made Yuan Datou. The difference is that these Yuan Datou do not exist at all. "Republic of China "Year 1" version.
At present, the price of Yuan Datou in China is basically between 700-800 yuan, industrial silver is only more than 5 yuan per gram, and the price of a silver dollar is less than 133 yuan. Including labor, 140 yuan is enough, and more Not to mention that those rare silver coins and auxiliary coins are more expensive, so Wang Yue added silver coins to his trade catalog. Although the profit rate may not be high, considering the market tolerance, he definitely cannot simply Ask for it from 1940, otherwise, the mountain city government's finances may not be able to support 1945. As for the value of the silver dollar? From 1940 to 1941, it was at an all-time low, so what else can it do? At worst, we can link penicillin to silver coins next year.
"Boss, I have also checked. Your country does not have this version of silver coins. Do you think we should also adjust the mold in the future?" Ahmed reminded, assuming that Wang Yue accidentally made a mistake.
"It doesn't matter, just follow this. Be careful when you buy silver. Don't affect the market. You can make as many silver coins as you buy. It will be over a long time ago!" How could Wang Yue agree? The reason why he made the first year version of silver coins , the biggest worry is that these silver coins will eventually flow back to their own hands. In another time and space, the Beiyang government only produced 750 million Yuan Datou, and a large number of them were melted and smuggled to Japan and Bald Eagle, so There are not many circulating on the market.
What is monetary hegemony? The prerequisite for monetary hegemony is that you must first have currency, otherwise there is no hegemony at all. The collapse of the silver currency system is on the one hand the weakening of the Qing Empire’s national power, and on the other hand it is the lack of money supply. Wang Yue Now we continue to buy gold and silver dollars from there in 1940. On the one hand, we want to make money, and on the other hand, we are trying to build a new monetary system. Of course, this is only a preliminary idea and will need to be discussed in the future.
"Is there an upper limit on the manufacturing quantity?" Ahmed asked with some uncertainty. Unlike the old ruble printing machines, the ones here are all state-of-the-art die-casting machines. If used at full capacity, 500,000 to 1 million can be produced in a day. If there is no upper limit, it will have an impact on the industrial silver market sooner or later.
"Make 100 million first, and remind me when the time comes." Wang Yue plans to get 100 million Yuan Datou from 1940, and then use the first-year version of the silver dollar to replenish the market. As for any more, he is afraid that the silver dollar market will not be able to bear it. .
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