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Chapter 161 Liberators and Predators (Second update, please subscribe)
  Rebuild Europe!

Could it be that the reconstruction of Europe was called a miracle in another world? Li Yian raised his eyebrows and fell into deep thought.

Until now, my post-war planning has been focused on Borneo, rather than a broader world.

His vision was too narrow and he completely ignored the whole world.

Borneo is just a small part of the world that is not worth mentioning.

In contrast, Europe was the one important region that should not be ignored in the first decades after the war.

What was Europe like after the war?
  Countries are generally devastated by wars, lacking supplies and funds, making it difficult for the economy to recover for a while, and people are starving.

It was under this circumstance that the United States launched the "Marshall Plan", with which European countries carried out post-war reconstruction with the assistance of the United States. The United States used Europe's post-war reconstruction to alleviate its post-war economic crisis.

The period from 48 to 52 was the period of fastest economic development in European history. Industrial production increased by 35%, and agricultural production actually exceeded pre-war levels. The poverty and hunger of the first postwar years no longer existed, and Western Europe's economy began two decades of unprecedented economic development.

It was also during this period that the lights that had been extinguished once again shined again in Europe.

And all this is unknown to people of this era. Thinking of this, Li Yian looked at Alberto and asked.

"Alberto, when we were in Italy last year, why didn't anyone buy those boats?"

"Because there are too many boats,"

Alberto replied without thinking:
  "Several Liberty Ships are launched every day in American shipyards. Thousands of Liberty Ships can be built in a year. Those are ships of [-] tons. The speed at which they build Liberty Ships not only exceeds the speed at which German submarines can be sunk, but also far exceeds the speed at which German submarines can be sunk. Exceeding the total tonnage before the war, by the end of the war, the United States alone will have tens of millions of tons of merchant ships, and the government will inevitably sell off those merchant ships at extremely low prices. For at least ten years, the sea will be filled with a large number of cheap merchant ships. Freewheel, no matter how cheap it is, not many people will buy it. After all, Europe..."

Pointing to New York outside the window, Alberto shrugged his shoulders and said.

"The United States made a fortune during the war, but Europe depleted its wealth during the war. They simply did not have the funds to purchase various supplies from all over the world as they did before the war. Many people believe that it will take at least 20 years for Europe to , the economy can return to pre-war levels, and these twenty years will definitely be a dark age for the shipping industry. By then, both the Liberty Ship and Italian merchant ships will have long become a pile of scrap metal."

Looking at the bustling New York outside the window, and thinking of the poverty and hunger all over Italy, Alberto said again:

"Eight years ago, Greek shipping king Onassis bought six cargo ships from Canada for US$12. They were worth US$6 million when they were built. During the Great Depression, each ship was only worth US$200. It only took four years. He has waited for the war, but when will the next war break out?"

Taking a sip of coffee, Alberto said.

"In the next ten or twenty years, merchant ships will be scrap metal. After all, there are too many merchant ships in the world, so no one will buy that pile of scrap metal!"

Hey, this is the limitation of the times!

Now facing the tragic situation of Europe being devastated by war, almost everyone will think that Europe will definitely fall into an unfair situation, but the reality is often beyond people's expectations.

No one could have expected that Western Europe, which had been destroyed by the war, would recover so quickly, and who could have imagined that in just a few years, Western European countries, including Germany, which was completely destroyed by the war, would rise from the rubble. , with the improvement of living standards, their demand for supplies far exceeded that before the war.

This definitely goes against people's common sense, but it is what actually happens.

And who benefits from all this?

The United States is certainly indispensable, but besides the United States, who else benefits from this?
  Among them were Greek shipowners represented by Greek shipping king Onassis!

When Onassis's Greek shippers were shipping goods to Europe after the war, they discovered that the shipyards in Germany, France, Italy and other Western European countries had been destroyed to varying degrees during World War II, and the reconstruction of the shipyards required large sums of money. . Moreover, their merchant fleet also suffered heavy losses, so Greek shipowners lobbied the government to use American loans to purchase Liberty ships while investing in Western European shipyards.

In just a few years, the Greek merchant fleet has become the largest merchant fleet in the world. A large number of commodities, including agricultural and forestry products, petroleum, iron and other ores, coal, chemical products, fertilizers, etc., are transported around the world through Greek merchant ships. Transport within range.

The golden age of the shipping industry was captured by the Greeks! Of course, they have only seized on the renaissance of the shipping industry. Thanks to the bright-minded Mrs. Kennedy who married a Greek shipping magnate, Li Yi'an learned about Onassis's experience and how prosperous the shipping industry was after the war.

The opportunity hidden in this is not only the prosperity of the shipping industry, but also the opportunity for the entire Western European world to rise again. If this opportunity is seized, the benefits obtained will be unimaginable.

The Greek shipping kings just got rich returns on shipping. It has not fully utilized its shipping advantages and is just satisfied as a transporter.

For Li Yi'an who comes from the 21st century, there are too many successful cases for him to learn from in that era. If you want to make huge profits, the most important link is to diversify your business and make full use of your own advantages.

You can completely use the transportation advantages and the information advantages of multinational companies to carry out logistics deployment and directly participate in market sales. In this way, you can naturally obtain more generous profits.

By making some arrangements in Europe in advance, you can definitely take advantage of the European revival and obtain huge returns.

The profits gained in Europe are the funds needed for the rise of Borneo, and will even form a certain cycle - the more developed Western Europe is, the more lucrative the profits will be, and the more prosperous Borneo will be.

Just like...just like America! The Marshall Plan was actually a sugar-coated bullet sent by the United States to Europe.

"So that's the case……"

Suddenly, Li Yian seemed to have figured out everything. It was already dark by this time, and Alberto had already left the office.

"Oh my God, these guys on Wall Street are really not simple!"

He stood up from the big desk, walked across the room, walked to the window, and stared downstairs at the Manhattan business district. Although he could not see the people and vehicles crawling on the street from the high-rise building, the lights moving on the road could still be seen. The river shows the prosperity of the city.

Over there is Wall Street, which is the heart of this financial empire. No matter what those who detract from it say, Wall Street is destined to dominate world finance in the next few decades, or even hundreds of years.

And when did this all start?

Not tomorrow, not yesterday, but now!
  Those well-dressed speculators are waving their dollar bills and acquiring all kinds of cheap assets in Europe. Their purpose of acquiring assets is not just to make money, but for another goal - to make Europe a better place. Become America’s chive patch.

"I'm afraid the Marshall Plan is also a part of them!"

Li Yian said to himself, drawing inferences from one instance.

"Europe has accelerated its economic recovery through the "Marshall Plan". Undervalued assets have regained their value along with the recovery of European countries. Europe seems to have recovered, but in fact it has long become a leek field for the United States. The more developed Europe is, the more developed Europe is. It is even more beneficial to the United States, because essentially, the economies of European countries have long been controlled by American financial capital!"

Hey!
  Taking a deep breath, Li Yian seemed to understand why in another world, no matter how dissatisfied European countries are with the United States, they only stay in words. Is it because of gratitude for the liberation of the United States during World War II? And post-war aid?

Bullshit!
  Between countries, there is nothing to be grateful for. Gratitude is always verbal, and interests are the most important.

The reason why European countries dare not fall out is... they don't have the capital to fall out! Because their capital is just covered in a shell of the British, French, German and other countries. If you tear off that shell, what will you see?
  It is the financial capital of the United States!

"Good guys, it turns out that Mickey and the others are the real liberators of Europe..."

As he said this, Li Yian began to make calculations in his mind. He had never been an idealist, but a realist. He understands what this world is: it is purely a jungle. There are only two kinds of animals living in this jungle, one is tigers and lions, and the other is sheep and rabbits.

The former is the predator and the latter is the prey. No one wants to be prey, but if you are not strong enough, you will often become prey and be captured by predators.

But what about outside of predators and prey?
  The corner of Li Yian's mouth raised slightly. Standing on the Empire State Building, he stared at New York in the dusk. At this time, he was like an eagle hovering in the jungle... The eagle is also a predator, but it moves above the nine heavens. That’s all.

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