After assassinating Chang Yushu and receiving the telegram from Peiping at the agreed time, Qin Tian fell into silence again.
He hangs around the police station every day, and then sneaks out to start his money-making plan.
Within a few days, Qin Tian rented a two-story shop facing the street across the street from Nanguan Police Station, and found someone to turn it into a store similar to a traditional pawn shop.
The store was named Ruyi Pawn Shop. On the day it was listed, I had a meal with Zhang Weigong and others. The opening was so low-key that no one noticed that a new pawn shop was added here.
In addition to traditional pawns, Ruyi Pawnshop's current business is also secretly engaged in money exchange business, which is equivalent to setting up a micro-exchange in Nancheng. Qin Tian is the shopkeeper behind this pawnshop, and Deputy Director Xiao Li is the largest bookmaker.
In the money exchange business, Chang Yushu was murdered, the black market lost its big banker, and Chang Yongchun died prematurely, causing quite a panic in the entire market.
No one dared to touch the business during this period. After all, it was still unknown who would take over the banker next, and the market performance was quite sluggish, with almost all previous transactions suspended.
It’s not that no one is greedy for such a large piece of cake, but in the current situation, if the background is not strong enough, it is illegal and most people would not dare to touch it.
Under such circumstances, a piece of news suddenly spread throughout the market. A micro-trading point was actually opened in the south of the city. Many people had a lot of money in their hands and were worried that they had no place to exchange it. They went there to test it out, and the result was... The transaction can really be carried out as promised, but the other party's exchange ratio is one price every half day, and the speed of change is too fast, which is somewhat unacceptable.
Being able to become a banker so quickly was due to the fall of the Chang family and the new big banker had not yet been determined. Secondly, he met several heads of foreign banks under the introduction of Xiao Li.
There are five banks involved, including Citibank in the United States, HSBC in the United Kingdom, Credit Agricole in France, Dow Jones in Russia, and Macquarie Bank in Belgium.
After reaching cooperation with these five banks, Qin Tian's next things will be much easier to handle. Although the business of exchanging money has the meaning of economic robbery, in this case, he has to do it against his will. .
After all, if he doesn't do it, some people do it, and most likely they do it for the Japanese. Instead of letting the Japanese plunder the private economy, it is better to muddy the water and let these empires fight among themselves.
The so-called money exchange business, to put it simply, is buying low and selling high. However, this method of playing is too elementary. If Qin Tian just wants to make money by himself, this is the most appropriate method. In fact, it is equivalent to what a trader earns. The benefit is just the price difference.
Now that he is in charge, the gameplay is much more complicated. The core is to help the empire plunder the three precious metals of gold, silver and copper from the private sector through financial means.
Before the unified legal currency was issued by the Republic of China government, the private currency was still dominated by gold, silver and copper coins, supplemented by bank notes from foreign and domestic joint venture banks, and a small amount of foreign currency was also in circulation.
Qin Tian knew that the central bank established after the establishment of the Puppet Manchukuo would issue Puppet Manchukuo coins, and that the exchange would be mandatory on a one-to-one basis and irreversible.
In other words, one silver dollar can only be exchanged for one Manchu banknote. For an invading bank that does not have even one tael of gold reserves, this exchange ratio is pure robbery.
The most important thing is to force the people to exchange them only within the specified time limit, and they will not be able to exchange banknotes for silver dollars in the future.
So what Qin Tian has to do now is to collect copper and silver dollars in advance, and then exchange them for cashier's checks of foreign banks. This will prevent the silver and copper dollars from plummeting in value.
Although these silver and copper coins will still be plundered by these imperial banks, in the current situation, it is better than letting the Japanese earn money to make bullets and shells to continue to invade China.
For these foreign banks, they hope that the banknotes issued by their banks can occupy a large share of the market. After all, they only paid for a piece of paper, and all they got back was real money.
Strategically speaking, the plutocrats and politicians behind these foreign banks do not want the Japanese to have a monopoly in the Northeast. They are very happy to have someone who can help them get a share of the economic plunder in the Northeast.
So Qin Tian got a good exchange ratio from the bank. He was responsible for collecting money, and the international bank was responsible for covering the bottom line.
As soon as the news of Ruyi's pawnshop's opening spread, business was booming. The daily transaction fees and the difference in profit were an extremely considerable amount. It was no exaggeration to say that the money was being made every day.
In addition, Qin Tian deliberately asked Li Mingyi to ask some people to spread some inside information when exchanging money, such as the future return and exchange policy of the Puppet Manchukuo, the possible exchange ratio, etc.
Some of these news are true or false. Anyway, they are creating a fearful and uneasy social mood, making everyone feel that the value of the ocean will depreciate, that the bank notes of foreign banks can maintain their value, etc.
As soon as this rumor came out, many people began to think about whether to exchange bank bonds from foreign banks and how to exchange them for the most cost-effective price.
Many big businessmen were eager to take action after hearing the news, and began to hoard gold, foreign bank notes or foreign currencies, and exchanged part of the cash in their hands. You can't put all your eggs in one basket.
Once this kind of thing ferments, it will create a threat to the whole society. Whether they go to foreign banks to exchange money in person or find a way to exchange money from Qin Tian, there is an endless stream of people every day.
From Qin Tian's point of view, as long as he doesn't let the Japanese make money, he can't control the rest. Who made Zhang Xueliang wisely choose the policy of non-resistance to protect himself and cede the Northeast to the Japanese.
He wanted the Chinese to make their own money, but Principal Jiang didn't work. Who can blame him?
Even if he was scolded as the initiator of the country's difficulty in making money, Qin Tian could only hold his nose and admit it. In this period of living without tomorrow, some things are really empty. He is a precarious little spy who will not betray the enemy. Selling one's country is not bad.
What's more, ordinary people can indeed reduce some depreciation losses by exchanging bank notes from foreign banks. Although there is also the risk of banks suddenly withdrawing capital from China, it does not seem to be big at present. From the historical data he knows, he can also confirm that these foreign banks It was not greatly influenced by the Oriental people.
From this perspective, although Qin Tian is amassing money, he has also done a great deed for the benefit of the people. As for whether anyone understands the meaning of this level, he can't control it. He has done it anyway, and what happens next Let others judge, right and wrong have their own justice, and facts will prove that his behavior does have a very positive side.
As soon as the exchange trend started, the Kwantung Army's General Staff was in a panic. They notified the ambassadors of the five countries many times to stop the exchange. As a result, the ambassadors of the five countries said that this was a normal economic behavior and could not be deliberately interfered with.
Moreover, the six-nation banking group has long signed an international agreement. As long as they do not engage in behavior that threatens or undermines the sovereignty of various countries in China, normal economic activities will not be restricted.
The Japanese consortium, led by Mitsui & Yoko and the Bank of Korea, watched helplessly as a large amount of private wealth was divided up by the other five countries. Even if they gritted their teeth with hatred, there was nothing they could do. If they dared to use coercive measures, it would be equivalent to fighting against these five countries internationally. In this current situation, the first priority of the Japanese people is to stabilize the three northeastern provinces that they have plundered, rather than provoking new disputes.
In the end, we had to establish the Central Bank of Manchuria as quickly as possible under the authorization of the Tokyo base camp, and promulgated a time-limited compulsory exchange policy. Due to the interference of foreign banks, we had to adjust the exchange ratio to a level that was relatively acceptable to the public, and at the same time gave five The country exerts pressure to set its daily exchange quota.
It's just that this kind of restriction is useless. The consuls of the five countries have the same voice, saying that this is the people's freedom of choice, and the East has no right to forcefully stop it.
The bank issue could not be solved, and the Japanese could not rob the common people. They could only be forced to announce that Manchukuo would be established after the Spring Festival. The banks of the five countries must abide by the economic laws of Manchukuo and other matters.
Unfortunately, there is still more than a month before the Spring Festival. Before the official establishment of Manchukuo, the banks of the five countries do not need to pay attention to the various requests made by the East. Everything will be discussed after the founding of the country. At that time, it will be a game of interests between countries. What the situation is, no one can make a conclusion now.
The Dongyang people suffered a dumb loss in this matter. The top management had no choice but to increase economic plunder outside Jilin and let Changchun maintain the status quo for the time being. After all, compared to the entire Northeast, Changchun could not affect the overall situation.
During this period, Qin Tian was doing business and watching the competition between empires.
In this way, until the Spring Festival was approaching, Qin Tian, who was busy celebrating the New Year, received some good news.
Any piece of news is worth a glass of wine.
