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Chapter 1382 The Mastermind (First Update, Please Subscribe)
conspiracy!

There are always conspiracies of one kind or another in this world. The reason why conspiracies are conspiracies is that they are always unknown to people.

When the conspiracy began to work, the world continued to move forward step by step, as if it had never been controlled by the world.

The rising and setting of the sun has never been affected by personal will.

Early in the morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone on Central Park, Ingres got up, but he did not go jogging because of physical reasons.

While his wife was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, Ingres was already standing by the window with a coffee cup in hand, staring at Central Park outside the window, muttering to himself:
"Okay, we can start working!"

It actually works.

A week ago, he and several colleagues were dispatched to New York by the headquarters. They were responsible for setting up the "Ministry of Trade and Industry New York Liaison Office" here. As the head of the liaison office, he has not been idle in the past few days.

From selecting an office location to arranging accommodation for subordinates, in fact, they don't need to worry about this, as the commercial representative office has already prepared everything.

The company has a large number of assets in New York, both acquired at low prices during the war and acquired after the war.

Just like the apartment he lives in now, located next to Central Park, which now costs tens of thousands of dollars and is the most common luxury apartment in New York. However, during the war, such an apartment was only worth a few thousand dollars.

During World War II, many assets in New York were severely undervalued, and even though the United States had emerged from the Great Depression, the real estate market did not recover because a large number of people were serving in the military.

Even for many banks, the properties they repossessed during the Great Depression had long become a burden to the banks. At that time, real estate prices in New York were very low, especially for office buildings, high-end apartments and luxury homes in the city.

After all, compared to investing in real estate at that time, people were more willing to invest in industry. After all, the war stimulated industrial production. At that time, the value of real estate in New York, especially commercial real estate, was even still at the level during the Great Depression.

The most typical example is the Empire State Building - from the Great Depression until the end of World War II, its vacancy rate was as high as 70%, and many floors did not even have a tenant. Before the war, the Empire State Building's largest source of income was selling tickets - hundreds of tourists paid $1 each year to take the elevator to the observation deck, making the skyscraper a popular tourist attraction. In the first year of operation alone, the observation deck generated about $200 million in revenue. Before the war, the observation deck was usually packed with people, and drinks and snacks were sold at the top. It was this income from standing that barely kept the Empire State Building running.

But the outbreak of the war caused this income to shrink significantly. For the owner of the building, John Jacob Raskob, this was simply a disaster - while his income was severely reduced, the annual property tax even increased because Washington raised taxes due to the war.

As a result, the seemingly glorious Empire State Building became a "burden" to them. Its market value was only 1800 million U.S. dollars, while the actual construction cost of the building was as high as 4000 million U.S. dollars.

After learning that New York's high-quality assets were severely undervalued, Li Yian acquired a large number of high-quality assets through Income Company - from commercial buildings to apartments to luxury homes.

Among them was the Empire State Building. Finally, at the end of the war, Raskob sold the Empire State Building to Universal Studios for a "high price" of $2200 million.

This investment may seem like a lot, but the rate of return is extremely amazing. Just two years after the end of the war, the investment of that year soared more than ten times. In the past decade or so, with the rapid development of the US economy, these investments have gained dozens of times the return.

Because of the large number of assets, the company even set up a special asset operation company in New York to manage these assets.

After Angle and his team came to New York, it was impossible for them to rent a house from outsiders. So he only needed to choose a suitable location from the list of operating companies.

The office building where the office is located is not far from Wall Street, only about two blocks away. Of course, it is not far from where he lives, and can even be reached on foot.

So in the past few days, Angel would walk to the building where his office is located whenever he had time. Now the office is basically ready for use.

"Let's go to Wall Street first today."

With this in mind, Ingres chose to walk as usual.

Wall Street is the financial heart of the United States and also the core of the free market.

Of course, he was also the object of Ingres' close observation. As he walked along the street, feeling the hustle and bustle of the city, he was more thinking about what to do next.

He would only stop on the roadside when he encountered a red light. After walking for about half an hour, he saw a newsstand on the roadside, so Ingres stood next to the newsstand and browsed newspapers and magazines. Just when he wanted to buy a newspaper, perhaps because he saw a group of Wall Street elites, the newspaper seller immediately shouted loudly, and the sound shook his whole body.

"Look at President Kennedy signing historic Executive Order 11110, ordering the U.S. Treasury to issue 'Silver Certificates'... He was declaring war on the Federal Reserve."

The shout of the newspaper seller made Angell stunned. He knew that this presidential order required the US Treasury to issue "silver certificates" backed by any form of silver owned by the Treasury, including silver ingots, silver coins and standard silver dollars, and put them into currency circulation immediately.

“Declare war on the Federal Reserve…”

The reason why public opinion says so is that although "US dollars" are called "US" dollars, in fact they are not issued by the US government, but are bonds issued by the Federal Reserve to the US government. Moreover, the real name of "US dollars" is actually "Federal Reserve bonds", which are bonds issued by the Federal Reserve to the US government!

And now, what Kennedy wants to do is to take back the right to issue banknotes from the Federal Reserve!

"It's about the same as Greenback..."

Angel said to himself.

"Greenback" is a type of US dollar - it was a paper currency issued by the Federal Reserve at the instruction of President Lincoln during the Civil War in order to raise military funds needed for the war, with a total amount of up to 400 million US dollars.

But it was only $400 million.

Angel muttered to himself, then bought a newspaper and continued walking forward. When he passed Madison Avenue, like many people who had just arrived in New York, he also looked up at the Renaissance library.

As he looked toward the library, in a private reading room in the library, several people stood by the window, seemingly admiring the street view outside the window. "In 1626, the Dutch bought all 6 square miles of land on Manhattan Island from the Indians with six glass beads."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately added to the conversation.

"Twenty-four dollars' worth! Those glass beads."

When he finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter around him, which seemed to be because of the 24 dollars and the glass beads.

But this kind of laughter carries a certain kind of complacency or pride!

“This should be the best deal in history.”

As soon as a proud voice fell, a different opinion was immediately heard nearby.

"No, from a local perspective, this land is worthless to the local Indians. There is no prey here that they need, and they don't know how to fish. This land is of no use to them at all."

It seems to make sense to say this, just like picking up a bargain. They just picked up a bargain back then.

"Yes, that's true for many things. Only in the right hands can they play their greatest value."

"So what's in his hands now?"

The sudden question made the others frown, and then someone spoke.

"Him? This question is indeed a bit complicated."

Faced with this question, the people by the window were silent for a while, and then said:
"We created everything here, starting from here..."

He pointed out the window and continued:

"When we bought this land from the Indians, there was nothing here, only some forests and swamps. We built the first street and the first building here. We also built the first church."

He spoke these words, his eyes staring into the distance.

“It was us who made this New World prosperous, and it was us who created everything in the New World. When the British tried to destroy it, it was us who freed the New World from British rule.

In the end, it was we who made this land the richest country in the world. They call it a city on a hill, they call it the New Rome, but no matter what they call it, everything here is created by us. "

“Yes, we made it happen.”

The people standing in the library expressed their agreement. They never considered themselves the creators of everything, but in their perception, they have been protecting everything here and allowing everything here to develop according to their wishes.

They have never been presidents, secretaries of state, or any of the "big shots." They just quietly stand behind the scenes and carry out everything according to their own wishes.

In their view, everything here was created by them. As for the common people, they were just the most insignificant ants.

But now, they have to face a crisis - some things are beyond their control.

This kind of control is what they have been most proud of for hundreds of years.

“Is there a God in this world?”

The person at the window asked back.

"I don't know if there is a God, but we are following God's will to create everything. We created this world, but now... someone wants to destroy everything."

The man turned around and looked at his friends around him and asked back.

"So how should we deal with this matter now?"

"No one in this world can disobey God."

one person said.

Others also followed suit.

"It is God's will that he must pay for his actions."

As they finished speaking, the cars on Madison Avenue outside the window were still roaring, the world's first city was still bustling, and the people here were still living in this world just like in Guangxi. They were still enjoying the peace, the beauty, and all the happiness that life brought.

At the same time, right above their heads, some people were looking at them quietly. Although they were all human beings, some people never thought that they were the same as them.

Because in their view, they are the creators of everything in the world. God created the world in seven days. And they created everything here, so they are God's agents among the world...

(End of this chapter)