1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 599, Crash (2)

The port of Anchorage suddenly became quiet. Since the crisis broke out a few months ago, especially after Standard Oil announced that it would lower fuel and crude oil prices, fewer and fewer ships have arrived here. In the last week, the average Only a few ships arrive at the port every day. Among these ships, there are not many supertankers that are truly the most meaningful, and only one has arrived this week. The other boats are fishing boats, whaling boats and so on. It is said that the Germans are still buying oil, but because the cost of buying oil directly from the standard is already lower than that of extracting it from Alaska, the tankers no longer go here.

Similar to oil tankers, the number of container ships has dropped significantly. Today, construction in Alaska has almost stopped, and even maintenance has become a problem. Since there is no business, the Germans will naturally not keep those employees-isn’t that a waste of money? So they naturally started layoffs. Most of the facilities in the oilfield have been stopped. Except for the necessary maintenance personnel, most of the employees have been fired, and the rest have to accept more stringent contracts. It is said that although the tasks of most left-behind personnel have been heavier, their wages have been reduced by 30% to 70% in one go.

So the Anchorage Port was full of excitement for the last time-workers left one after another on passenger ships. After most of these workers left, the once lively Anchorage Port immediately died. Without those workers and without continuous construction, the port of Anchorage Port will naturally cool down. Naturally, so many workers will be used. Naturally, there will be major layoffs. As a result, most of the workers will be laid off. The port workers also left. Of course, the number of people left is still much larger than that before the development of Alaska, because today’s port is much larger after all, and many fixed assets cannot be moved immediately, and enough must be left. To maintain and defend. But excluding these people and the logistics for them, the number of people left is really about the same as before the big development. As for oil pipelines and railways, this is naturally the same.

Since the port is in such a decline, the cities relying on the port are naturally the same. Since port workers, oilfield workers, railroad workers and so on are almost gone, then Anchorage City will naturally follow in its footsteps. All kinds of services and entertainment have left. Nightclubs closed one after another, and even the underworld was gone. Nowadays, there is no one in Anchorage. Why are you staying here? Do you want the uncle of the underworld to find Xiong Daxiong Er to collect protection fees? In the end, even the government agencies have retreated. If this situation continues, it is basically certain that Anchorage will become wild again in a short time.

But it was not that no one came here, especially when they came again in the summer of 1914, another passenger ship, full of people, came to Anchorage.

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“Vera Big sis, it’s so beautiful here!” It was the evening when the ship docked, and the fiery sunset glowed the sky and the sea red, as if the entire sea was burning up. And the high mountains near the port, the dark reflections in the fiery red sky and the sea are like a beautiful landscape.

“Yes, it’s exactly the same as Mr. Monet’s “Sunrise Impression”, but here is the sunset.” Vera replied. Unlike more than ten years ago, Vera is now a big star in the entire film company, and they are here this time for a brand-new type of movie-the first zombie film in the world “Apocalypse” “.

At the end of the world, the legend of the resurrection of the dead and turning into man-eating monsters has always been circulated in various horror stories. Later, after the broadcast was promoted, a radio station specializing in various ghost stories appeared, and some of them One is actually doing pretty well. Even while telling those ghost stories, there are also sold a lot of crosses that are said to be able to kill vampires, can deal with werewolf silver bullets, can be used to fight headless knights…

It is said that a long time ago, Mr. Edmundo did not know where he got a doomsday script, which depicts the story of a plague that can turn people into cannibal corpses sweeping the world, and only a small number of survivors escaped. . In today’s film industry, Mr. Edmundo has always been known for his bold use of new technology, and now he has a lot of new technology in his hands, so when he saw the script, he immediately discovered that this There are many places in the script if those new technologies are used, the effect is absolutely shocking. It’s just that a deserted city is needed for the background. It’s hard to find. Someone suggested to Mr. Edmundo that it would be much easier to lower the requirements and reduce the city to a small town. For example, if you go to the west, rent a remote town, and then let the townsfolk leave for a period of time.

However, Mr. Edmundo is not a person willing to make a living, so the film has not officially started. Knowing that the new economic crisis had broken out, Mr. Edmundo did not know where to find out that Anchorage had become a ghost town. Such a ghost town with almost no residents is no more suitable for Mr. Edmundo’s needs. In addition, after the outbreak of the economic crisis, although the industry has withered, the movies have become more and more popular. As a result Mr. Edmundo also got enough investment, so he took his crew and ran here.

At this time, the gangway on the passenger ship had been set up, and Edmundo began to greet his own people to disembark. He turned his head and saw Vera still standing on the front deck talking to Annie, so he shouted at them: “Vera, Adjani, it’s time to get off the boat? Hell, do you still want to stay on the boat for dinner? I don’t want to stay on this broken ship for a minute.”

“Okay, Adjani, let’s go down.” Vera smiled at Adjani who was standing next to her, and then the two of them walked towards the gangway together.

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The economic downturn has made Edmundo’s life in the film industry better and better. However, the situation in other industries is much more miserable, because the stock market plummeted, so many people finally jumped off the building, so that the New York Tower once again entered an extraordinary state, all the places where people can easily jump from above. All were closed, even including high-rise restaurants, rope loops were pulled up near the glass exterior wall, and security personnel were deployed.

However, those who can climb to the New York Tower to enjoy the last supper first and then jump off the building are already rich. Even those who could lose money in the stock market were once rich people. As for ordinary people, they will not lose money on the stock market and jump off the building, but this does not mean that they are safer, because they also have to face two extremely dangerous situations, one is unemployment, and the other is bank bankruptcy. .

Generally speaking, in order to attract depositors, smaller banks are always willing to offer higher deposit interest rates, and because their interest rates are higher, so when the economic situation is good, those poor people want to make more money. Interest is often willing to deposit money in these banks, and once an economic crisis occurs, these capitals are not strong enough, and the interest rate pressure on their backs is higher. At the same time, investment is more prone to errors, and small banks with weaker risk resistance are always It is easier to go bankrupt, and once such a situation occurs, those depositors may lose their money.

Therefore, whenever a major stock market crash occurs, there will be runs in front of many small banks. In addition, many companies that borrowed loans from these small banks went bankrupt, and their investments could not be recovered, and the debt chain between small banks was added. Therefore, when the crisis is a little more serious, such small banks are very It may go bankrupt one by one. At the same time, many people’s life savings are all drained.

Compared to bank bankruptcies, the threat of unemployment is even greater, because those who are truly poor often do not have much savings, so losses are not too fatal. But unemployment is different. Once unemployed, it almost immediately means that the worker and even his family will face a day of hunger and cold.

When defending the bourgeoisie, some people once claimed that the bourgeoisie took greater risks in their operations, so they deserved more profits. In their view, once the bourgeois’ commodities cannot be sold, the bourgeois will lose money or even go bankrupt. In contrast, proletarians do not have to bear the risk of bankruptcy, they just need to change jobs. However, is this really the case? The biggest risk faced by bourgeois is bankruptcy. Very few people will starve to death immediately after bankruptcy. But as for the proletarian, any economic disturbance may make him unemployed. Unemployment means hunger and cold, and it means a real danger of starvation.

Compared to United States, the situation in Europe is even more difficult. Because United States is so big, even if workers are unemployed, there is still a vast west, and even other countries in America can provide them with more or less opportunities to feed themselves. Of course, the British are also in good condition. Although it is said that many people have starved to death in India this year, but, relying on the starvation of Indians, the British, including British workers, are even a little bit better than the United States workers in the crisis. .

The most difficult thing is Germany. Germany, which lacks a colony, suffered particularly severe losses in this crisis. The unemployment rate quickly ascending to over 25%. For the remaining workers who are not unemployed, their wages have also fallen sharply by 20% to 50%. Although the Social Democratic Party, which believes in trade unionism, worked hard to appease, spontaneous strikes and even riots began to occur one after another.