The Fürth Manor, as the situation in Paris became increasingly tense, the atmosphere in the estate also became tense.

In the garden, Maxim Sidorov said with a serious expression: "Tom, take your younger brothers and sisters to London for a vacation, and they will leave tomorrow, and I have already arranged the boat." ”

Cruel is an outsider, and to his children, Maxim Sidorov is still a loving father. Seeing that there was about to break out in turmoil in France, they had already arranged a way out for them in advance.

The young man asked suspiciously, "What about you, won't you go together?" ”

There is no shortage of smart people in this world, and the eerie atmosphere in Paris has revealed a bit of the smell of mountains and rains and full of buildings, but everyone with a little bit of brains is looking for a way back.

Those who have money are looking for a way to run abroad, and the middle class with a small net worth is ready to run to the countryside. Except for the few who had to stay, the rest were either poor or foolish.

There is no doubt that Maxim Sidorov was one of those who had to stay.

After hesitating for a moment, Maxim Sidorov said insincerely: "No, you go first." The affairs of the bank are inseparable from me, and when they are done, my mother and I will come back again. ”

The boss is not easy to be, and while sharing the biggest piece of the cake, he must also bear the corresponding responsibility.

Now is the moment of truth, and Maxim Sidorov must stay and preside over the big picture. There are too many people staring at him, and if he picks and runs away at this time, it is estimated that he will be finished before he gets out of France.

Neither the capitalists nor the government will let him go.

If the consortium can wrestle with the government, it can rely on the alliance. If the boss runs away, people's hearts will be scattered, and the divided consortium will be the meat on the board.

If the government wants to use a knife against the consortium, it must first defeat the leader. It has nothing to do with right or wrong, it is purely a political necessity. Who made him the most famous? Only by stabbing him, the boss, can he really shock people's hearts.

The most important thing is that Maxim Sidorov himself does not want to run away in such a gray way. Because once he retreats, the industry he has fought for all his life is gone.

Maxim Sidorov did not think about transferring assets and sharing risks, in fact every consortium wants to diversify investments and share risks.

However, the reality is harsh. The major consortia are daring to diversify their investments, and no one has really succeeded so far.

The reasons are naturally many, and the core reason is that the era of capital globalization has not yet arrived, and local protectionism is prevalent, which cannot be solved by money.

It's okay to make a small fuss, it's okay to invest, but it's not okay to put down roots in the local area. The landlords can accept the influx of capital, but they will not welcome a dragon crossing the river.

It can't be done in normal times, let alone now. Without the support of national strength, if you want to develop overseas, the difficulty will naturally increase geometrically.

Tom asked, "Why, we already have a lot of money, there's no need to continue taking risks." ”

"Money", just looking at the wealth on paper, Maxim Sidorov is about to become the richest man in the world. Of course, this must be calculated in terms of pre-war values.

If France wins, the consortium led by Maxime Sidorov will be the biggest victor in the war.

Using this war, they managed to take control of nearly one-third of France's factories, one-half of its mines, and an untold amount of land and real estate. It is no exaggeration to say that the whole of France is working for them.

The consortium reaped a big harvest, and Maxim Sidorov, as the leader, naturally ate the fattest meat. His personal net worth directly exceeded 100 billion francs, which he never dreamed of.

However, this money exists only in theory. Assets are assets, but there is no way to realize them, because there is no one to take over in the whole of France.

Seeing that the anti-French alliance is about to fight, the amount of assets you hold, the amount of risk you hold. In recent times, French capitalists, including Maxim Sidorov, have been selling off assets like crazy.

Even the most sought-after Parisian urban residences in the past can now be sold at a discount without a buyer, and the people have no money in their hands.

The excessive concentration of wealth led to an increase in social contradictions, and at the same time made Maxim Sidorov's tens of billions of francs in his hands about the same as waste paper.

No way, what can be bought with francs, no; What you want, the franc can't buy again.

A closer look at the bank branches in Paris reveals an interesting thing: foreign currency, gold, can be exchanged for francs, but francs cannot be exchanged for foreign currency.

Before the war, 1 pound was exchanged for 25 francs, but now 1 pound can be exchanged for 100 francs, and this exchange ratio can continue to be discussed.

If Maxim Sidorov had to choose, he would rather exchange these hundreds of billions of francs for 100 million pounds in cash, but it was really not possible to negotiate 10 million pounds or 20 million.

It's a pity that there is no such wronged boss to take over. It seems that there are many high-quality assets, but in fact, it is unknown how much they can be preserved after the war.

For example, the mines and land in Belgium and the Rhineland, and the factories and real estate in Italy, seem to belong to Maxim Sidorov, but in fact the future must have nothing to do with him.

These losses alone were enough to shrink Maxim Sidorov's assets by half. The remaining half is equally insecure, and war is the biggest asset killer.

There is no doubt that holding so many assets is certainly not something that Maxim Sidorov wants. He is a banker, not an industrialist, and naturally has no interest in factories and mines with low rates of return.

Except for a small number of assets that are actively bought, the vast majority of these industries are collateral that bank loans are overdue and forced to collect. Mines in Belgium and the Rhineland were mortgaged to them by the French government.

No matter how unreliable these assets may be, they are at least somewhat more effective than the franc, which is depreciating every day. If you can't cash it into foreign exchange or gold, you can only continue to hold it.

"All right, Tom. Time is running out, and it's time to go and say goodbye to your mother. As for the rest, you will understand it slowly in the future.

If something happens to me, you have to take on the responsibility of being the head of the family, taking care of your younger siblings and raising them as adults.

Here's a list of our assets overseas, and it's all in your hands now. Basically, it's all stocks and real estate, and the money is not too much, so you have to plan and use it reasonably.

There's no way, those idiots lost too fast and disrupted all my plans, and now I can only prepare so much for you.

As for the consortium's assets overseas, you should not know anything. I only hope you can be safe, that's not something you can keep. ”

Looking at his immature son, Maxim Sidorov regretted very much that he was playful when he was young, so much so that the eldest son is now only fifteen years old.

At such an age, it would be unrealistic for him to play scheming with a bunch of old foxes.

As for the others, it is a pity that they are accustomed to seeing things such as snatching and occupying magpies' nests, and no one can believe Maxim Sidorov now.

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The capitalists are looking for a way back, and the aristocracy is not idle. Although there is a tradition in Europe of not killing the aristocracy, revolutions are an exception.

Judging from past experience, every time there is a great revolution, Paris will kill people in the head. Whether the nobles are noble or not, there is only one life.

If France were not one of the three royal families, only the Bonaparte dynasty, and the aristocratic class sided with the emperor for their own benefit, Napoleon IV had a very good chance of winning this time.

Unfortunately, France now not only has three royal families, but the prestige of the Bonaparte dynasty among the nobility is still the lowest among the three royal families.

Without this continental war, Napoleon IV would have secured the throne, and the next generation would have been able to remove the nouveau riche hat and be truly accepted by the aristocracy.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in reality. In the eyes of the ancient aristocracy, the Bonapartes were the source of calamity, which would bring endless trouble to France, and would not support them at all.

The more eerie the atmosphere in Paris, the more active the aristocracy supporting Bourbon and Orleans became, and many were ready to follow the example of Napoleon III and use the revolution to seize power.

At the Palace of Versailles, looking at the gathered information, Napoleon IV was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he couldn't do anything.

The risk of starting a war with the consortium is already very large, and if you do it against the nobles again, the Palace of Versailles will really have to change owners.

In this aristocratic world, the emperor also needs to pay attention to the rules, as long as people do not raise the flag to rebel, the emperor has no reason to do anything to them.

Putting down the papers, Napoleon IV said fiercely: "Act immediately, you can't let those guys run away with the wealth of France." If anyone resists, they will be killed on the spot! ”

It is inevitable to be discovered, and not everyone is as cautious as Maxim Sidorov, not only to attract attention in front of him, but also to arrange for his children to run away.

And some bold guys, while running away, did not forget to sweep the bank's vault, trying to run away with gold and silver.

It's also drunk to think about, and it is possible to run away with a few tons of gold, and those guys with hundreds of tons of silver are completely looking for death.

Even if it is not discovered by the emperor, such a huge wealth will cause the greed of the customs bureaucracy. Either it was swallowed up in France, or it was hacked in Britain.

Then, naturally, there was no then. If such a big movement could not have been detected, Napoleon IV would have been ousted from power long ago.

The Paris docks are playing out just that. A line of luxurious convoys, intercepted by customs before boarding.

A middle-aged wealthy businessman roared at the staff menacingly: "Why don't you let us board the ship, Lao Tzu has legal procedures, who gave you the right to seize my goods?"

Quickly find your director, I want to complain! Did you hear it, no matter how slow you are, Lao Tzu will pick off your skin. ”

In recent years, capital has risen strongly in France, and the social status of the rich has been infinitely raised. Yelling at the staff is just pediatrics, and even daring to go up and slap directly when encountering a powerful one.

Anyway, they have money, and they are not afraid of lawsuits at all. Even if you win the lawsuit, this kind of civil dispute will only lose money. Most of the time, the damages are not enough for the costs of the proceedings.

In this context, don't talk about ordinary people, even ordinary government officials, have lost their deterrent power in the face of capital.

The young man reluctantly explained, "I'm very sorry, sir. According to the latest decree issued by the government, in order to combat the outflow of gold and silver, all gold and silver will be prohibited from leaving Hong Kong from now on.

Your formalities were previously approved and have now lost their legal effect, so if you have any doubts, you can complain to the relevant authorities.

However, I advise you not to do useless work. The officer who was in charge of the issuance procedures has now been suspended for investigation, and it won't be long before someone comes to you for questioning. ”

The middle-aged man was about to go crazy when an army appeared at the docks. Under the command of the officers, the soldiers directly took over the convoy.

As soon as the middle-aged man stepped forward to theorize, he was pressed to the ground by two soldiers who came on, and he was not given a chance to defend himself at all.

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