No. 117 Shanghai Tang's second largest business

Chang Ruiqing sat in the luxurious suite of the Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Shanghai, holding a cup of tea in his hand and drinking it without taking a sip. This is the residence arranged by Lu Yongxiang, the envoy of the Shanghai Protector, for Chang Ruiqing and others, and it is one of the most luxurious hotels in the public concession, and it has been chartered for two floors. He also greeted the Ministry of Industry Bureau in the public concession, and arranged for more than a dozen red-headed Ah San (Indian patrolmen) to patrol around the hotel, and the Ministry of Industry Bureau also "authorized" Chang Ruiqing's guards to bring short guns into the concession. Of course, there is no formal warrant, just a private unspoken rule.

In addition, Lu Yongxiang also paid for the expenses of the warlord Changda and his attachés in Shanghai. There are several famous halls (brothels) on Sima Road (the red light district of old Shanghai), and last night they also specially sent a young child to warm the bed, Chang Ruiqing is of course useless, he still has two more to deal with at home! But no one else seems to refuse, even Meng Li, who had been a eunuch, and asked for two at once! Don't know what to do?

It seems that the thinking of a group of his brothers is still 108,000 miles away from a true revolutionary! Uh, the kind of iron-blooded angry youth who can't find the north after being fooled by a few words of good words, it seems that it really only exists in the online novels of later generations!

Chang Ruiqing smiled bitterly and sighed, just wanted to stand up and walk a few steps, but saw that the door was gently pushed open, and those who could come in directly without knocking on the door were of course only Chang Ruiqing's bandit aunt wife Zhao Xiang'er. Chang Ruiqing believes that this woman and herself have the same ・・・・・・ interests! Because he has personally promised the female bandit that his eldest son will be his heir!

In fact, there is ambiguity in this statement, but in Zhao Xianger's understanding, of course, it is to inherit Chang Ruiqing's army and territory! And at the moment, Chang Ruiqing has not budded the "underage" Wang Ruonan! The "young marshal" of the Chang family is naturally only able to give birth to her, Zhao Xianger・・・・・・

"Master, Mr. Jiang brought a paralyzed man surnamed Zhang to ask to see him." Zhao Xiang'er leaned over Chang Ruiqing's ear and said in a low voice.

"Paralyzed?" Chang Ruiqing thought about it for a while, and knew that it was Zhang Jingjiang, and he frowned slightly: "Why did they come to the door like this, aren't they afraid that Lu Yongxiang's spies will find out?" ”

Zhao Xiang'er smiled and said: "Master, Mr. Ren and Mr. Meng have repeatedly probed the surroundings, and they have not found any suspicious characters. ”

Chang Ruiqing sighed softly, and said in his heart: "This is probably Lu Yongxiang's wisdom, right?" Who would have nothing secret to do in Shanghai, a place of fish and dragons? It's not a good thing to know too many secrets! ”

"Let them in." Chang Ruiqing stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked to the door to prepare to greet the visitors. Zhao Xiang'er answered, turned around and left the room, and after a while, she pushed a wheelchair and walked in side by side with Jiang Jshi, who was dressed as a servant, and sitting on the wheelchair was a skinny middle-aged man, who should be Mr. Zhang Jingjiang, one of the four elders of the Kuomintang!

Chang Ruiqing nodded at Jiang Jishi and said with a smile: "Brother Jie, don't come to harm." This must be the famous Mr. Zhang Jingjiang, right? ”

Jiang Jishi didn't speak, just nodded, and then took the wheelchair from Zhao Xiang'er's hand and pushed Zhang Jingjiang into the living room. Chang Ruiqing waved his hand and asked Zhao Xiang'er to retreat. Zhang Jingjiang bowed slightly to Chang Ruiqing, and arched his hand: "Contemptible Zhang Renjie, I have long admired the general's name." ”

Chang Ruiqing sat down beside Zhang Jingjiang, Jiang Jishi also found a chair to sit down, and smiled at Chang Ruiqing: "Brother Yaoru, Brother Jingjiang knows that you are moving around in Shanghai, so he simply came to visit・・・・・・ Yaoru can rest assured, Shanghai is our sphere of influence after all, and the Japanese spies outside and the Chinese detectives in the public concession will not know about our visit!" ”

"Oh, that's good." Chang Ruiqing's voice didn't move, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart! I didn't expect that the Japanese and the British actually sent people to spy on themselves! And he also hid from the spies he sent out to guard!

Zhang Jingjiang smiled and took over the topic: "In the south, Shanghai's status is extraordinary, so all sides are staring at it with their eyes wide open, and a figure like General Chang will naturally attract attention from all sides." If the general doesn't want to be watched by them, the brother has some way. ”

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand and said lightly: "Just stare at it, my brother doesn't have anything to do when he comes to Shanghai・・・・・・ it's just a little business, Mr. Jingjiang also knows that there are more than 7,000 guns in his brother's team, and it is always tight to live on the military salary issued from above!" ”

"Business? I don't know what kind of business General Chang wants to do? Zhang Jingjiang glanced at Chang Ruiqing, he is a businessman himself, and his family is one of the "Nanxun Four Elephants" (lake businessmen, super rich people), and he is naturally good at talking about business!

"Banks, and real estate." Chang Ruiqing replied. After all, he has studied the history of the Republic of China, and naturally knows that the real estate in the Shanghai Concession was a good investment object before the Pacific War. Not only is there huge room for appreciation, but there is also a stable lease return, and it is very easy to cash out and mortgage.

As for the banking sector, there is an excellent opportunity to buy the dip right now! Since the beginning of the Republic of China, the Bank of Communications and the Bank of China have advanced a large amount of cash for the Beiyang government・・・・・・ that is issuing banknotes in exchange for the bonds of the Beiyang government!

In the turmoil of Yuan Datou's proclamation of emperor last year, a large amount of money was advanced, but the emperor of Datou did not succeed, and the two banks also encountered a run crisis, known as the "Beijing ticket crisis" in history. In this crisis, the Bank of Communications implemented a "suspension", which naturally discredited the banknotes, and the banknotes issued by the Bank of Communications are not even ten percent of the face value on the market, and Chang Ruiqing also sent someone to secretly buy two or three million・・・・・・ because they will be cashed in the future!

The Bank of China's response was the opposite of that of the Bank of Communications, and the Bank of China, under the auspices of Zhang Gongquan, deputy manager of the Shanghai branch, adopted an "open exchange" to withstand the crisis and establish the credibility of the Bank of China. However, the Bank of China still suffered a lot of losses in the bond crisis of the Beiyang government. During this time, we are trying to find a way to carry out "privatization", that is, to issue shares of the issuer and replace the original official shares. And the warlord Chang Da naturally aimed his greedy eyes at the leader of China's financial industry, and of course, the brothers and sisters of Zhang Gongquan's family・・・・・・ there are 12 brothers and sisters in their family, all of whom are first-class talents, and half of them have become well-known figures in the Republic of China, and this Zhang Gongquan also served Jiang Jishi as the minister of railways and the president of the central bank in history.

"Does General Chang want to take a stake in a bank, or does he want to set up a new bank?" Zhang Jingjiang raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Chang Ruiqing. Tong Guò Jiang J Shi, he already knew that Chang Ruiqing had a "ill-gotten gain" in his hands, whether it was to invest in a bank or simply set up his own bank, it was more than enough.

"Brother wants to take a stake in Bank of China." Chang Ruiqing smiled slightly and looked at Zhang Jingjiang: "I wonder if Mr. Jingjiang has a way?" ”

Zhang Jingjiang and Jiang Jshi glanced at each other, and Jiang Jshi said tentatively: "Could it be that Brother Yaoru wants to control the Bank of China?" ”

"It's a holding!" Chang Ruiqing replied lightly: "The road to national salvation, in addition to the revolution, is probably industry, and my brother happens to want to try both roads!" The industry to save the country is the first to promote finance, because there are two main reasons for the difficulties of China's industry today. First, the customs operate in the hands of outsiders, and China's emerging industries do not have the slightest tariff protection, so they are naturally powerless to exclude foreign merchants and foreign goods with deep pockets; Second, the financial sector is fragile, there is no central bank in charge of a country's finances, and the power to issue banknotes is scattered in the hands of domestic and foreign banks, large and small, and they are simply unable to provide sufficient capital for domestic industry and commerce・・・・・・ and now the brothers happen to have some spare money in their hands, so they do not measure their own strength and come up with the idea of doing some modest help for the reconstruction of China's financial order. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Jshi was slightly surprised, he never thought that Chang Ruiqing would use that huge sum of money like this. In his mind, the 250,000 taels of gold should naturally be used to expand the army and buy arms!

But Zhang Jingjiang couldn't help nodding, admiring the Changda brigade commander in front of him. Bank of China is now the largest note-issuing bank and the largest Chinese-funded bank in China! However, the current paid-in capital is only a few million silver dollars, and Chang Ruiqing only needs to take out half of the 250,000 taels of gold to invest in it, which is enough to control the Bank of China, and it is enough for the Bank of China to quickly become stronger and bigger. As for the funds for expanding the army and fighting the world in the future, hehe, with the Bank of China, a machine that can print bills by itself, are you still afraid that there will be no money to use?

"General Chang, my brother has a little relationship with Mr. Zhang Gongquan from the Bank of China, so I can help get in touch." Zhang Jingjiang was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "However・・・・・・ Mr. Zhang is a businessman with rules, I am afraid that he will not dare to accept a huge amount of money from unknown sources, I don't know if the brigade commander has any words?" ”

Chang Ruiqing shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "The rules of the rivers and lakes, I escorted the gold to the Zuo Min of the Red Brigade along the way, naturally it will be hard work, Mr. Jingjiang and Brother Kai-shek have been in black and white for so many years, they should know, right?" I think Mr. Zhang Gongquan can accept this explanation, right? As he spoke, he stretched out two fingers: "Brother is going to invest 2 million in Bank of China this time, accounting for 20% of the shares." ”

Zhang Jingjiang twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then nodded: "Okay!" Brother go and contact Zhang Gongquan, how about arranging for you to meet when the negotiation is completed? ”

"Thank you. Brother has one more thing I would like to ask Mr. Shizue to help with. Chang Ruiqing nodded and smiled, then took out a red envelope from his briefcase and handed it to Zhang Jingjiang, which read, "Old Master Huang is in front of the stage, and the disciple Chang Ruiyuan is teaching."

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