Beiyang 1917

Wang Geng pondered for a while in the office by himself, took out a piece of sticky note and began to write. Anyway, Pfizer's business has been arranged. After Anderson and the others complete the two plans of militarized management and new factory site selection, he will give James Ke Let me tell you the truth, there is no rush for this matter, and there is no rush to hand over the new citric acid technology before the safe and firewall are installed.

The issue of Pfizer's bonds was also directly handed over to Vivienne, and Pfizer's board of directors was asked to cooperate with the media to release the news. At that time, the news media would definitely squeeze Pfizer's head, just in time to build momentum for the new citric acid process.

When 1500 million corporate bonds are issued and the liquidity of Manhattan Industrial Bank reaches 3700 million US dollars, Russian bonds should almost fall to the point where they are worthless?When did Tsar Nicholas II step down?

Wang Geng frowned and searched deep in his memory. It seemed that at the beginning of March or in the middle of March, the February Revolution in Russia (February in the Russian calendar) was about to break out. , and then the kid Nicholas II tried to mobilize troops from the front to take back the capital, but the army turned back again.

In the end, the Tsar had to announce his abdication and pass the throne to his younger brother. As a result, his younger brother announced his abdication the next day, and the Romanov dynasty ended. At this time, Russian bonds will fall into waste paper, and it is almost time for him to make a bargain. .

When the bourgeois provisional government came to power and announced the continuation of the war, it would be the time for the Rockefellers to raise Russian bonds again to save themselves. This period of time is relatively sufficient, after all, there is still more than half a year between the February Revolution and the October Revolution.

There are about 1000 million U.S. dollars worth of Russian bonds in the U.S. market, and even if I just copy 1 million U.S. dollars in for fun, I can get back at least 2 million to [-] million U.S. dollars if I do well!Even if the real first pot of gold was dug from the Rockefeller family!

After thinking about it again, Wang Geng picked up the red telephone on the table, and after waiting for a while, the voice of the head of Morgan came from the opposite side, "Young man? Is that you?"

"It's me, Jack, how are the Russian bonds doing today?"

The hehe laughter of the head of Morgan came from the receiver,

"Russian bonds fell by 20% at the lowest point, and rose to 15% at the close. Almost all the Russian bonds in our hands were thrown out. But most of the chips were taken over by the Rockefeller family. Why, do you have a new idea?"

"New ideas? That's not true. Everything is done according to the established policy. I guess with the turbulent decline in Russian bonds, short selling will soon be banned by the exchange. What I care about is the news from Russia. The key point It’s Petrograd, how long will it take for the latest situation to come back?”

Wang Geng suggested to Old Jack yesterday that all intelligence channels must be used to probe into the Russian capital to keep an eye on the situation there.

"I called Washington early this morning. The intelligence summary of the US embassy in Russia will be put on my desk as soon as possible every morning. However, it is estimated that it will also be put on Rockefeller's desk. The domestic situation in Russia has deteriorated. Soon, the U.S. government cabinet is already meeting to discuss how to deal with such a situation, and the situation is not optimistic!"

Nima, who told you not to make arrangements in advance. At this time, if you have your own people among the door god Vic and Bolshevik, wouldn't things be much easier to handle?Only God knows the quality of the intelligence from the US embassy in Russia.

"Jack, I thought about it. Tsar Nicholas II may step down before mid-March. The Romanov dynasty probably won't be able to resist anymore. I don't have enough manpower here, and brokers and traders have to borrow yours." , after the Tsar announced his resignation, he bought Russian bonds with a face value of no more than 3 million U.S. dollars for me, and it is estimated that a few million U.S. dollars at most would be enough!"

"Huh? Why don't you buy as much as you want? You have more than 2000 million funds in your account!" The head of Morgan on the other end of the phone asked with a smile.

"Hey! Jack, you don't know that the Rockefeller family has to bear the bulk of the Russian bonds. Otherwise, who will raise the Russian bonds for us in the future? Of course, if you are determined, it is not a problem for us to eat them all, but In this way, our stall will be too big in the future, and the Morgan family's resources and contacts in Russia are not as good as the other party's, so it will be twice the result with half the effort!" Wang Geng explained helplessly.

Nima, if I had come half a year earlier, so what if I ransacked the Rockefeller family. The problem is that the time is so short now, and the resources invested by the Morgan family in Russia are not at the same level as the Rockefeller family. The burden has to be left to Rockefeller. If anyone chooses, we will give him a ride and shear his wool!

Russia’s national debt was only 1914 billion rubles in 88 when World War I broke out, and it had skyrocketed to 1917 rubles in 336. Corresponding to this was the continuous depreciation of the ruble. At the end of the gold standard in 1914, the nominal gold content of the Russian ruble was 0.77 grams Gold, and the gold content of the US dollar is 1.54 gold.

However, the gold standard ended after World War I, and various countries issued currencies that were not convertible to gold. By the beginning of 1917, the Russian ruble had depreciated from 2:1 to the U.S. dollar to a level of 15:1. It is a staggering 75 billion rubles.

Americans are very smart. In fact, the United Kingdom holds the most Russian national debt, and the United States holds the most British national debt. As a result, after the First World War in the previous life, Tsarist Russia became Soviet Russia and refused to pay all the debts owed by the Tsarist Russian government. But the United States still wants the United Kingdom to repay the billions of dollars in British debt. Once it enters and exits, Great Britain has fallen into a second-rate country!

What Wang Geng and the Morgan consortium wanted to shear was not the wool of Tsarist Russia, but the wool of the Rockefeller family. Therefore, it was not a good choice to accept Russian bonds entirely, and the best way was to throw the burden on Rockefeller.

"Jack, it's settled like this. As soon as the Tsar abdicates in mid-March, we will slowly start buying cheap Russian bonds. When the new Russian government announces the continuation of the war in the future, Russian bonds will inevitably usher in a violent rebound. Morgan I don't care how much the family can win, anyway, you have to give me at least 3 million in return, maybe you can get 1 million US dollars! Don't forget that you own 1.5% of the shares of Manhattan Industrial Bank!"

"Young man, do you trust old Jack so much?" The voice on the other side of the microphone was quite playful!

Nima, my Manhattan Industrial Bank's capital is still in your Morgan Bank account. I don't believe you, can I? !

"Jack, there is a saying in China that we should keep an eye on things. How can my value be measured by a Russian bond and a new technology of citric acid? Besides, if Manhattan Industrial Bank makes a profit on Russian bonds this time 1 million U.S. dollars, 4900 million of which was earned by your Vivienne, and Jack, your Morgan consortium can earn at least 8 to 10 billion U.S. dollars in British and French bonds!"

Two foxes, one old and one young, laughed through the microphone.

Wang Geng put down the phone, picked up the note he just wrote, came to the door of Vivienne's office, knocked lightly on the door, and faintly heard the sound of a phone call inside, and soon, Vivienne put down the phone and came out to open the door. It was Wang Geng who was a little surprised.

"The executive director has come to inspect my job as the general manager? Don't worry, I have already called the editorial departments of major newspapers and told them all about the recruitment requirements. The newspapers will be published tomorrow. Of course, the bills will come like snowflakes! "

Vivienne leaned against the door frame, folded her arms and looked at the partner in front of her.

"Vivienne, this note is what you have to do in the next few days. You can relax when the secretary is in place, but you have to work hard on the financial aspect. I just told Jack that you need to call The funds went to Morgan's account, and their brokers and traders are ready-made, this time we Manhattan Industrial Bank and Jack's Morgan consortium will make a lot of money together!"

"Huh? How much do you want?" The girl was obviously a little surprised. She thought that Wang Geng would handle the 2200 million investment principal by himself, but she didn't expect this guy to transfer the money back to Morgan to operate without batting an eyelid.

"The upper limit is no more than 1000 million US dollars. I told Jack that we will earn [-] million back by then. I have drawn the road map for him! If we can't do it, it's his problem!" Wang Geng said with a smile .

"Ten times? Wang Geng, why don't you just grab the money and forget it! The Morgan family and my father are not gods, how could they use 1000 million to make you 1 million so quickly?" Vivian opened her eyes wide in surprise. look!

"Tch, why are you so worthless? Haven't you heard of it? When the cannon fires, ten thousand taels of gold! Our Manhattan Industrial Bank earns 1 million yuan, and the Morgan consortium can earn at least 10 billion yuan!"

Wang Geng was a little disapproving, and handed the note to the girl.