the world is at stake

The British ambassador to Russia couldn't tell what happened?He could only be scolded for an hour by the Russians pointing their noses.

The French government, which was engaged in a sit-in war with Germany, immediately realized that it had been betrayed. It didn't have the energy to scold the British for their lack of contract spirit. It could only immediately contact the European and American countries and the Chinese government to find out the situation.

The French voters could guess the general idea, but they didn't expect the British to stop the war when they said it would be a truce. They didn't reveal any information to their allies.

But on the contrary, the Frenchman is also thankful that he did not suffer too long in the war. At least half of the young people in the country were not sent to the meat grinder on the battlefield. Many of the current consumption are foreign legions from North Africa. The vitality of the country is still alive.

As for Germany, Bazel I let out his trademark laugh at the City Palace in Berlin..., hahahahahaha!

The bet was won, the bet was won, and Germany really won the bet this time.Without the support of Britain, Tsarist Russia would not be able to cede territory and pay compensation.The next step is to join forces with Austria and Hungary to continue the mad attack, or to accept it as soon as it is good. The initiative is in the hands of Germany.

As for the United States, all the military orders originally placed by the United Kingdom were cut off.The soaring commodity prices were cut in half and then cut in half, and the soaring stock market turned around and fell.

On the 15th, as soon as the New York Stock Exchange opened, it was overwhelmed by a surge of sales orders-a stampede effect appeared, and all exchanges and investors wanted to sell their stocks in order to avoid nothing.

But the hot stocks that have been fired to a high price have become unpopular in the blink of an eye. Faced with the pressure of investors and banks to withdraw their funds, various consortiums have watched their own stocks depreciate greatly.

Even China, which has always been bold, ignores the U.S. stock market and is only interested in physical transactions—it’s good to be interested. In order to recover losses, various U.S. consortiums took the initiative to sell excess production capacity and products at a substantial discount.

At this time, liquidity is more important than life.

The panic in the stock market was like dominoes pushed down, hitting the US economy hard in the blink of an eye.President Wilson in the White House had to come forward to cheer up the stock market and proposed a series of rescue measures.

The 'Brotherhood' was also caught off guard by the change in British policy. Mark, who was on vacation, immediately returned to Washington, gathered the team's executive committee for a meeting, and asked the British side what happened?

The British electorate only lightly stated that they did not want to consume themselves in pointless wars, and that was all.

As the leader of the "Brotherhood", Marcus ordered to buy the plummeting US stocks without much hesitation. The US economy cannot be plunged into a cold winter, let alone government rescue.

At the same time, the 'Brotherhood' exerted its influence in Congress and demanded that the White House immediately contact Australia and New Zealand. The Anzacs should not be allowed to withdraw from Southeast Asia, and China should not be allowed to own the entire East Asia.

The 'Brotherhood' executive committee felt the chill from the world island.After all, the United Kingdom still guards against the United States and chooses to reconcile with China and even support it.

"Obviously, after China and Germany joined forces, China and Britain also came together. They are unwilling to consume themselves, let alone hand over world hegemony. They are targeting the United States."

"America's enemies have united for a showdown. How should we respond? Fight them?"

"Who are we fighting with? Britain or China? The United States has to travel [-] kilometers across the Pacific Ocean to fight China, and [-] kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean to fight Britain. Even if we control the Pentagon, the White House and the military will not agree to go to war."

"Gentlemen, I have received bad news. The French government has also canceled its military order from the American consortium. The stock market will continue to plummet tomorrow.

In addition, although the French electorate team is extremely angry at the betrayal of the United Kingdom, they are also unwilling to spend meaninglessly.After all, France is now known as the "African Gendarmerie" and does not want to lose this title.

I guess France will move closer to China in the next step and withdraw the last few divisions in Annan in exchange for a truce between the two countries and the resumption of diplomatic and commercial exchanges. "

"Hell, how can the French stand German expansion? The British are so damned. Without the consumption of this war, the United States can only be trapped in North America."

Without the continuous and tragic consumption of European powers in World War I and World War II, the road to US hegemony would have been much more bumpy. The Executive Committee of the 'Brotherhood' discussed for two or three hours and found that there was not much they could do.

The White House declined Marco's proposal as a "former president"—Wilson did not agree to strengthen the garrison in the Philippines and the western Pacific islands at the current moment, so as not to provoke China.

The reason is that the US economy needs the Chinese market.

"Idiot Wilson, does he have a strategic mind? Now that China and the UK have actually formed an alliance, they are attacking the United States from both east and west directions. Do we still want to continue exporting strategic materials to China?"

Washington time, at 16:9 am on the [-]th, President Wilson delivered a speech at the White House and stated that he would intervene in the stock market.

However, the U.S. Congress quickly rejected the president's bailout proposal, and a large number of lawmakers believed that stock market volatility was a normal phenomenon, and the market would allow the economy to recover on its own.

Only the affiliated banks and brokerages of the "fraternity" are spending money to save the market, but in the face of an avalanche of economic crisis, hundreds of millions of dollars can only support the stock market for a few days, and cannot restore investors' confidence.

Marcus once again sent a request to the White House, asking Wilson to immediately exercise his presidential power, forcibly intervene in the New York stock market, adjust the state's intervention policy in the economy, and stop the spread of chain debt in the financial sector.

The proposal was met half-way in Congress and half against it.Wilson was completely confused, and Marco was so angry that he called him an idiot——damn it, why can the President of the United States only be in office for eight years?

Since a lot of funds for stock trading come from banks, the sharp drop in the stock market has also pulled banks into the abyss. On the 17th, many small banks in New York announced that they could not recover their funds in the stock market and had to go bankrupt.

An even greater panic broke out in financial institutions across the United States, and a run on the bank appeared.

On the 18th, the New York Stock Exchange stopped trading, but when it reopened on the 20th, it still plummeted.

As securities institutions in New York continued to go bankrupt, American retail investors who bought stocks for investment were shocked to find that their assets had been wiped out, and their investment savings could not be taken out.

At this moment, Americans finally understand that an unprecedented financial crisis has broken out and is spreading to American businesses and society.

As the news spread, Britain's Charles I lamented from inside Buckingham Palace, "God bless Great Britain. An economic crisis of this magnitude is devastating.

Americans are trapped by their own greed, which is their own fault.They won't recover for at least two years.We have time to calmly prepare for war. "

Chapter 59

54 West 10th Street, New York, a nine-story high-end apartment owned by the Rockefeller family.

The car drove to the door of the apartment, and the black doorman hurried forward to open the car door for the family heir.Little Rockefeller got out of the car and looked back at the car window. A few sputtered and mottled drops of blood adhered to it, which had already dried up.

The driver hurriedly took a rag to wipe it, but found that it was not clean.He nervously promised Rockefeller Jr. that he would go to the car wash to clean it up later, which would definitely make this 'Lincoln' luxury car look brand new.

The blood drops were dazzling, but the expressionless little Rockefeller was not angry.He waved to the driver and said, "No, I don't blame you. It was an accident."

It was indeed an accident, a huge accident.

When 'Lincoln' passed the Stock Exchange on Wall Street in Manhattan, a man jumped from a dozen-story building and fell to the ground with a bang.The corpse hit the ground on its face and its head was shattered on the spot.

The blood splashed on Rockefeller Jr.'s car, startling him.But the passers-by on the road were surprised but not panicked. At most, they looked up to see if anyone was about to jump off the roof, and then walked around the corpse.

Except for the police and cleaners, no one paid attention to the jumpers.Everyone was so numb, they were all thinking of ways to keep themselves busy, keep their current jobs, and avoid committing suicide.

As for jumping off a building, there have been endless incidents since October.The rooftops of the New York Stock Exchange were locked, but that didn't stop those who wanted to die.

Bankrupt securities dealers, homeless speculators, bankers who have lost their souls, and business owners who are unable to repay their debts-when the tide rises, there are countless people who ride the tide; but when the tide recedes, corpses are left on the beach.

The bustling New York became deserted in the blink of an eye, the banks suffered a run, and one family went bankrupt.Numerous businesses laid off workers and went bankrupt, the unemployed flooded the streets, and the employment agencies were overwhelmed.

The New York Times captured the deluge of people applying for jobs on the streets—adult men with placards on their chests, listing their skills and writing 'I need a job' in as large a font as possible.

Men are not bad, and public opinion can still pay attention to them.The rights and interests of women and children cannot be guaranteed at all, especially for a family that has lost an adult male, it is like falling into a nightmare.

Tobacco and alcohol consumption are on the rise.There are countless beautiful girls in New York's strip clubs. They don't hesitate to take off their clothes during the interview, just for the chance to sell themselves.

The media is hyping that because of the armistice in Europe, a huge number of orders were cut, which led to the depression of American business.But no one thought that there were not so many orders before the war started, and the economy did not collapse.

Where is the money?

The money didn't disappear for no reason.

It just transfers from some people's accounts to other people's accounts.In every economic crisis, behind the seemingly depressed market, the poor always get poorer and the rich get richer.

Britain and France knew before the war that their orders would inevitably lead to a boom in the US stock market.Hot money from Europe frantically fled from its impending war-torn homeland and poured into the United States.

China took a small slice of the surging hot money and made a lot of money to support domestic construction and foreign procurement.The United States, which has received most of the hot money, suddenly became rich.

Most of these funds have entered the stock market, and at the same time drove the American people and companies into a frenzy, and also invested funds in the stock market, pushing up the stock index.

If the war lasts, everything will last; but the war stops abruptly.

China and the UK are the key to deciding the truce. The two sides agreed to quietly sell the American stocks they bought before announcing the news.Billions of dollars in stock changed hands as early as late September.

Waiting until the beginning of October is just cleaning up.

The hot money from Europe and the funds of American retail investors have been harvested at this moment-why the French government is so angry that it has no energy to scold mothers, because the British are so despicable, and such a good thing as a truce to make money does not leak a word.

Also making money is the American consortium.As soon as the UK cut the order, they immediately became vigilant, and used public opinion to stabilize the sentiment of the stock market, and got away before the news spread.

The two financial consortiums, Morgan and Mellon, announced that they also suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash. In fact, the accounts they presented were tricky—they passed all the losses on to retail investors, and they still had a mouth full of oil.

The real unlucky ones are small and medium-sized enterprises and ordinary people. Countless people go bankrupt in an instant, and their life savings are wiped out.

The "Brotherhood" initially spent more than a billion dollars to save the country's economy, but they soon found that if they wanted to withstand this avalanche-style stock market crash, they would be finished first.

Stocks, bonds, loans, banks, companies, one after another.

Unless the "Brotherhood" puts out 400 billion US dollars to support the stock index in one breath, which is equivalent to [-] trillion US dollars in the "later generations", don't even try to save the United States.

But even if the "Brotherhood" succeeds in saving the market, believe it or not, everyone else has escaped, and they will throw the "Brotherhood" to speculate in stocks at a high position in the stock market and become shareholders.

Since the U.S. dollar is currently on the gold standard, how many banknotes are issued is linked to the Fed's gold reserves.When it is impossible to print money desperately, people and institutions capable of saving the market all choose to stand by and wait to buy the bottom.

As for the economy... it can only temporarily tire our people for a few years.

Although there is a truce in Europe, the situation is not clear.The U.S. economy has turned into such a ghost, which scares hot money and hot money.The recent funds from Europe together with the funds of the American consortium are in urgent need of 'refuge'.

The People's Bank of China issued a billion-dollar treasury bond in New York, with an interest rate of less than [-]%, an absolutely ultra-low yield.But the bonds were sold out in the blink of an eye-capitalists have their own motherland, but capital does not.

At this time, there is no insurance for depositing banknotes in banks. If the bank goes bankrupt, you will lose everything.It's good if the capital can preserve its value, and it doesn't care about the income.

How is a billion dollars enough?

The U.S. financial consortium took the initiative to approach the People’s Bank of China, expressing their willingness to continue selling Chinese government bonds on an agency basis. It doesn’t matter if the interest rate is low, and they can sell another 20 billion U.S. dollars—because the most critical asset in the financial market is actually confidence.

The situation is similar to that in Europe before the war.

After the Sino-British armistice, China and France also announced an armistice. Although China and Russia are still fighting, the war situation has been very stable.China already has the posture to occupy the entire East Asia, and the future can be expected.

This is the greatest confidence.

To put it bluntly, even if the relationship between China and the United States is about to collapse in the future, China still has to recognize its national debt.Therefore, the relevant investment is not afraid that it will not be recovered.

Little Rockefeller stared at the blood drops on the car window for a long time.He didn't know who the owner of the blood drop was, but he knew that the other party must also have a family, the child of the parents, the partner of the spouse, and the parents of the child.

Now this life is gone.

In the mansion apartment, the old Rockefeller was coming out of the study, laughing and shouting to his son: "The Chinese army occupied the entire territory of Sumatra last week, and they are going to build the Palembang oil field and refinery in the southeast of the island.

But China's own petrochemical industry has no spare capacity, and they are building several domestic oil fields, turning to external support.

Both Britain and France wanted to compete.But I said that several oilfield equipment and refineries in Texas can be relocated to Palembang, signed at the end of the year, and construction will start next year.

In view of our good relationship with the Chinese government, they finally agreed to give us this order worth 3000 million US dollars.

The contract will provide at least [-] jobs and preserve the income of [-] families.I just called the board and everyone congratulated me. "

Rockefeller Jr. was not interested in money. He would never spend all his father's accumulated wealth in his life. When he heard the amount of '3000 million US dollars', he frowned slightly and asked back: "It sounds like this oil field is not large in scale."

"No, on the contrary. The exploration of the Palembang oil field shows that it is likely to be the largest oil field in Southeast Asia, with an annual output of more than 500 million tons, and the quality of the oil is very good.

The amount of '$3000 million' is not high, but it is the best price currently available.Because there are too many competitors, many oil companies lack liquidity and are selling their assets. "

The old Rockefeller poured himself a glass of whiskey in front of the wine cabinet, sighed: "A cold winter is hitting the American industry, too many bankrupt banks, too many bad debts, the economy is suddenly stopped.

Selling assets at a low price is absolutely a last resort. I must keep some employees of the consortium and maintain the confidence of the board of directors.Otherwise, when the economy recovers, no one will work for us. "

"The situation is really bad." Rockefeller Jr. nodded, and suddenly asked again: "China has occupied Sumatra? So has the Anzacs withdrawn?"

"I don't know." The old Rockefeller shook his head, "Our former president recently called on the government not to give up its presence in Southeast Asia, and to be wary of China as it was wary of Japan.

It cannot be said that His Majesty Marco is too worried.However, the Chinese government is willing to give orders to our consortium, and it also hopes that we can exert some influence and prevent Congress from passing bills that endanger Sino-US relations. "

China never wins over a member of Congress, but it will win over the American consortium to maintain the relationship between the two countries with real economic interests.After all, MPs may step down, but the consortium will not.

So far, it's worked out fine.

After Britain announced the Sino-British armistice, Australia and New Zealand also felt betrayed-they sent troops to fight to the death, but the bureaucrats behind sold them as soon as they said they wanted to, and they didn't regard themselves as human beings at all.

Brits are the ultimate in meanness.

"Without the support of the United Kingdom, the ANZAC cannot be withdrawn." The old Rockefeller continued: "Our President Wilson is not very willing to support ANZ, so they are destined to be abandoned.

However, I heard that His Majesty Marcus seems to want to finance the Anzac Army with his own money, at least to strengthen the defense of Timor Island and Papua Island.These two islands are the northern barrier of Australia, once lost..."

Australia and New Zealand are far away from Europe and the United States, and there is a natural sense of insecurity.Now they have a small population, and they are very afraid of the influx of Asian populations from the north into their territory.

"Can the Anzacs withstand the attack of the Chinese army?" Rockefeller Jr. expressed doubts. "If Britain and the United States do not support them, and they lack strength, they will be drained to the last drop of blood."

The old Rockefeller nodded and said: "China's military power is growing extremely fast, and it has enough funds to strengthen its industrial capabilities. As far as I know, they are relocating a large number of factories from the United States, Britain, Germany, France and other countries.

But you know what?It's not that China can't build factories, nor is it backward in technology, it's just that the production capacity is not enough.Some Wall Street consulting agencies are assessing that China's annual car production will surge to 20 next year.

After taking Southeast Asia, they no longer lack raw materials and industrial products such as steel, rubber, and gasoline.Its economic growth rate this year and next will reach an astonishing 50.00%, because the economic crisis in the United States provides China with sufficient funds. "

The old Rockefeller lowered his face, and his joy was replaced by worry, "I also feel that the world structure is too strange. The United States seems to be on a path that goes against common sense, and even we with strong financial resources are caught in it, and it is difficult to struggle.

It seems that something is wrong.

No, there must be something wrong.

But we can only follow the trend and cannot turn around. "

Chapter 60 Scary sight

His father's worries caused Rockefeller Jr. to think deeply.He stood in front of the window of his bedroom, overlooking the pedestrians on the street, in a daze - the first time that the upper class in the United States discovered that the national conditions seemed not quite right.

In New York in November, the temperature during the day is less than ten degrees, and it will drop to about five or six degrees at night.Residents of the city have changed into winter clothes.It was the end of the year, and Christmas was a month away.

But this year's Christmas is destined to be eclipsed.

Even the streets of the affluent neighborhoods look bleak, with some shops closed and houses posted with for-sale signs.Many rich people were implicated by the crisis and lost everything.

As for the poor areas, although it is not possible to starve to death everywhere, misery and panic are inevitable.The severe cold is approaching, and the rescue has not arrived, so everything depends on oneself.