the world is at stake

From time to time, friends from the business world came to the old Rockefeller for help, either in need of financial support, or in the hope that a consortium would acquire his business, or just looking for a job.

Then a terrible thing happened.

Financial institutions will only lend money to the rich, and will only buy bonds with stable yields.For those companies that are on the verge of bankruptcy, not only will banks not support them, but they will withdraw their capital in order to stop losses.

But funds are always limited. For example, after China sold one billion or two billion U.S. dollars of government bonds, this liquidity was drawn away.Unless the Chinese spend it again, this money is tantamount to being imprisoned.

The old Rockefeller sold the oil company and refinery of the consortium in Texas for US$3000 million, and even transferred all the equipment and personnel, just to stop losses and save some jobs.

But China is in no rush to let it re-enter the market after getting a lot of money.It is waiting, waiting for those companies that are starved for food to continue to drop in price.

Just wait a month, and more businesses will fail, and banks will be more eager to sell mortgage assets.Originally, the funds that could only buy one company can buy two.

With the outbreak of panic, the companies that could have persisted will also collapse-when the consortium has sufficient funds to buy stocks at the bottom, China will take over the factories.

As more jobs disappear, the economy gets worse - and who is to blame?No doubt the Rockefellers were also involved.

The consortium will only save itself, not the country and the people.

Remember, money doesn't just disappear, it just moves.And how much the asset is worth depends on the competition and psychological expectations among buyers—it would be too bad if there was only one buyer.

The maid sent the evening paper to Little Rockefeller. In addition to the news about the economic collapse, there were recruitment information on the third and fourth pages-published by Chinese companies, hiring high-level technical personnel, including university professors, doctors, and professional technicians.

Although Rockefeller Jr. was the heir to the oil consortium, he couldn't quite understand the technical terms in the newspapers.He just asked the maid, "Are there many applicants?"

The maid first stated that she didn’t know anything about it, she only knew that the number of wealthy domestic workers who had recently applied for a job suddenly increased several times, “Many rich people in New York are disbanding their companies, including dismissing their housekeepers and servants.

Everyone is looking for work, especially those families with debt who need emergency income.Because their savings are often locked up in the stock market, or even turned into ashes. "

It's too bad!

Funds, working capital, are the blood of an enterprise and the only and most important condition for survival in a crisis.But the rich will not take their money out until the crisis is over.

China has been recruiting technical talents in the United States, but in the past, not many people were willing to work in China, not more than [-] per year.Most of the technicians came to work in China because they were dispatched by various consortiums, not completely voluntarily.

But now, looking at the salaries and positions offered in newspapers, you can see that China has become picky.Ordinary positions are no longer recruited, and the salary is no different from that in the United States.

The pool of applicants...seems to be growing.

The New York Times ran a feature story depicting the apocalyptic scene.

"The shipping companies in New York Harbor are probably the busiest and happiest enterprises this winter, because the passenger ships departing from New York are always full of cabins, and they basically go to the Far East.

Whenever the port whistle sounds, it means that one or two hundred families leave the United States.They will pass through the Panama Canal, cross the Pacific Ocean, and set foot on a strange land in a month and a half.

The Chinese Consulate General in New York has been open for 24 hours, but it still cannot meet the needs of visa applications.There are two long queues waiting outside the museum every day, and even the cold wind in the middle of the night cannot disperse them.

Tragedy and comedy are staged outside the embassy every moment.Some people got a visa and hugged and cheered with their families; some people didn't get a visa and could only hug and cry with their families.

The same tears, some beautiful, some bitter.

Those who can get a visa are undoubtedly very lucky.They were allowed to board the passenger ship with their families and luggage, fleeing the economic crisis that is spreading across the United States.

Some young women are even willing to marry visa-obtained bachelors immediately in order to board a passenger ship bound for the Far East.There were also people who could not accompany them because they had too many family members, so they had to say goodbye in tears at the port.

Chinese and international students in the United States have also become popular targets.As long as they want, they can always attend all kinds of parties, and they don't have to worry about not being liked by girls.

The same scene doesn't just happen in New York.

In Philadelphia, in Chicago, in Los Angeles, in Detroit, people who immigrated from Europe to America immigrated again, and may never come back.

There are now as many people traveling to China every day as in the past year.If the situation is not brought under control, at least 150 million people will leave throughout the year.

American industry will be hit hard.

Because even if the U.S. economy can recover quickly, it will be two or even three years before these people come back.The new factory will face a situation where no one is available. "

The author of this report loudly called on the government to provide relief to the unemployed, especially to subsidize those high-level technical personnel recruited by China, or simply prohibit them from leaving the United States.

However, as soon as the report came out, the federal government, which had been battered by the economic crisis, remained indifferent, and business owners who had financial difficulties and even went bankrupt were busy selling their assets.

On the contrary, the suggestion of 'no leaving' has caused a lot of social panic, and made people who did not intend to leave feel great pressure. Instead, they asked everywhere whether it was feasible to go to China.OK

Even old Rockefeller is selling off assets, what could be worse?Little Rockefeller knew a lot of inside information, but he couldn't predict where the current situation would slide.

A few years ago, the Chinese came to the United States with money and begged for cooperation with consortiums and universities. They wanted to take advantage of the American industrial system to incubate their own eggs. They struggled to get started amid cold eyes and doubts.

Now, the American university professor whose scientific research funding has been cut has packed his own package and boarded a passenger ship to China with his team and instruments.All the pick and choose has become a thing of the past, and the one who can pay is the real uncle.

When the international media talks about the economies of great powers, they always ridicule the rising star of China, believing that its development in the past few years is due to its small base, and rapid progress can be achieved with a little investment-this high-speed model is unsustainable.

But now that China has money and people, the future may not be high-speed growth, but super-high speed. In the past, China could only be called "picking up junk" in the United States.Now it's really demolishing the house, what's advanced and what's being moved.

Looking at the newspapers, one can imagine the busy scene of the railways and ports in the United States at the moment.Talents and production lines are moving away, and jobs are also taken away by the way.

At present, the only prosperity in the United States is probably agriculture, and cheap food is exported to China like a flood.High-quality corn and soybeans are very competitive and are sent to feed the stomachs of half a billion Chinese.

Some media have used sensationalism to describe the terrifying scene of China surpassing the United States.Some reporters used their imaginations to describe the tragic situation in which the United States was isolated and even attacked by Asia and Europe.

It has to be said that under the crisis, people's anxiety is magnified hundreds of times and thousands of times, and conspiracy theories are very popular.But none of this stops Americans from voting with their feet.

In the country of immigrants, it is natural to run wherever there is an opportunity.What is loyalty?How can banknotes be so cute?

"Father, what shall we do?" Rockefeller Jr. asked during dinner.

The old Rockefeller stopped the knife and fork for cutting steak, thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice: "Just now there is news that former President Marcos sent a proposal to the White House and Congress, requesting the immediate enactment of the "Industrial Recovery Act" and "Financial Control Act."

And reduce agricultural land and output, avoid vicious competition, and increase the price of agricultural products.There is also the strengthening of social relief, while providing labor relief and investing in national infrastructure. "

This is basically the content of the original history "1929 world economic crisis", Roosevelt came to power and implemented the content of the New Deal in the 30s, pursuing a big government that controlled the overall situation.

"But it's useless." Old Rockefeller shook his head, denying the feasibility of Marco's proposal, "If we really want to revive the American economy, we must rely on war, let Europe fight again, and create strong social demand."

Rockefeller Jr. hurriedly said: "China's demand is also huge, can the economic crisis be stopped?"

The old Rockefeller smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "China is absorbing our funds and dismantling our factories, which will only exacerbate the spread of the crisis.

This is like a cup of poison that we have to drink, which makes us chronically poisoned.Moreover, the United States is not the only one competing for the Chinese market. Britain and France are the opponents we have to face.

There has been a rumor in Washington recently that once China develops, it will join forces with the United Kingdom to block the United States.This sounds so absurd that it becomes a joke, but it may not be impossible. "

At present, the United States has been founded less than 150 years ago, and its Civil War has only been half a century past.The eyes of Americans have been fixed on Europe, and they feel very strange to Asia.

No one is mentally prepared for the rise of China.

But as long as Rockefeller Jr. thinks about it, how terrible would it be if a country with a territory of more than 2000 million square kilometers and a population of more than [-] million people developed into the United States?

It makes people shiver.

Chapter 61 Arming China

On December 12, a passenger ship from France sailed into New York Harbor.

At the entrance of the port area, the French elect as a messenger stood on the bow of the ship, overlooking the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.

This nearly [-]-meter-high statue was sent by the French more than [-] years ago, and everyone who enters New York by boat can see it.In the era of immigrants, it immediately became a spiritual symbol in culturally barren America.

At the moment, there is no Empire State Building, no United Nations Plaza, and no numerous skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York.It is still a long way from becoming the world's financial and commercial center.

"Mr. Lyon." On the pier in Manhattan, Thomas of the Brotherhood greeted the French messenger with a warm gesture, "His Excellency Marcus is looking forward to your visit. He is at the New York Stock Exchange."

The 'NYSE' is in Lower Manhattan, only a few hundred meters away from the pier.The French messenger shook hands with Thomas and looked at the street scene, feeling a little disappointed.

Manhattan in New York is actually an island in the middle of the river, surrounded by the Hudson River and the East River.There are a large number of passenger and freight terminals and trestles on the banks of the Lower Manhattan River, which is quite messy in appearance.

There are a lot of trams and cars in the downtown area, but the streets are very depressed.There are a lot of closed shops for sale, and the floor is full of garbage, and no one cleans it.

One month after the outbreak of the economic crisis, the prosperity of New York could no longer be sustained.

"It is said that car sales in the United States fell by half last month?" The French messenger sat in the car and looked out the window.As far as he could see, the temperature in New York in December was already very cold, but there were not a few people wearing thin clothes on the streets.

Many well-dressed professional managers stood on the side of the street, holding signs looking for jobs.This is probably the last of their decency, and it is very pitiful to end up in this state.Any high-end car passing by will trigger their pursuit and inquiries.

Thomas didn't answer 'car sales', just glanced at the side of the street, and replied irrelevantly, "Don't worry, the United States has enough strength to survive the current difficulties. At least the food is cheap, and people won't starve to death.

His Excellency Marcos is delivering a speech on strengthening financial supervision and restoring investment confidence at the New York Stock Exchange.The foundations of America are not damaged, and the future is still bright. "

The French messenger sneered in his heart. On the way he came, he knew that China was desperately digging corners of the United States, and thousands of talents and factories were demolished.

To say that these have not shaken the foundation of the United States is really unbelievable.

"I would like to remind one thing that China is actually becoming a threat to the United States. After the European armistice, the production capacity originally expanded for the war has nowhere to be consumed, and all of them are dumped at low prices to China.

France alone is expected to sell 500 to 700 million tons of steel to China next year.In order to maintain its own steel industry, the United Kingdom even offered to provide loans to China and planned to export 1000 million tons.

In order to allow China to consume these steels, the UK also sent an engineering team to help China with infrastructure such as municipalities, airports, ports, and roads.This assistance has been enormous. "

"You can talk about the news with Your Excellency Marco later." Thomas sighed inwardly, but his face remained unchanged.In fact, he doesn't know that China is taking advantage.

American companies are also going crazy. The expanded production capacity has no place to consume. They either export to China at a low price, or even sell all the newly built factories.

Hundreds of thousands of European immigrants came to the United States to escape the war, but found that life here was not as good as expected, so nearly half of them went to China.

Not to mention the funds, even the powerful consortiums are worried that the banks where they deposit will go bankrupt, and they will build their own underground treasury to store money, or simply invest in China.

In the lobby of the New York Stock Exchange, Marcus had just given a reform speech to the media and traders.A bunch of reporters took pictures of him and asked a lot of sharp questions in succession.

For example, the Congress has successively rejected many of Marco's proposals, and many congressmen have publicly asked the former president to be quiet to avoid spreading panic.

After half an hour of tossing around, the French courier saw the former American president in a small living room—Marcos was a little tired, but he was very enthusiastic about his French friend, clapping his shoulders and hugging him loudly.

After the French messenger sat down, he was not polite, and said bluntly: "Your Excellency, I would like to remind you of one thing. China and Britain are actually joining forces to fight against the United States, and there is a possibility of launching a war against the United States."

Mar Keshi let out an angry 'hum', raised his arms and cursed bitterly: "I have warned the White House many times in the media, and even personally wrote an article to remind the people to pay attention to China's ambitions.

But no one believed me.Everyone is longing for China's rescue, praying for China's orders to get out of trouble.They don't believe that they are the ones who can really save America. "

Thomas added on the side: "The stock market crash has triggered a chain effect, and the U.S. economy is plagued by severe triangular debt. The middle class, small businesses, and financial institutions are all tied up in bankruptcy problems."

The French messenger didn't pay attention to the 'American economic difficulties' at all, he emphasized again: "Mr. Marcos, you don't understand the seriousness of the matter.

China and Britain will really launch a war against the United States, and the action even enters the countdown.Britain broke its alliance with France and Russia, and Charles I's goal was to capture North America.

The despicable British guy probably wanted to understand that no matter how hard he tried in Europe, he couldn't change the fact that the empire was in decline.They have to move somewhere. "

Although he had expected it, but being warned face to face by a French guy, Marco was still a little bit tight-skinned.He asked in a deep voice, "Why does Britain want to be an enemy of the United States?"

"Who made your military weak? Especially the army has a limited number, and the states are not united. The number of immigrants is large, and internal cohesion is not high. Especially you are in an economic crisis, and you can't recover in two or three years. If you don't hit you, who will you fight?"

Without the baptism of World War I and World War II, the national cohesion of the United States is really not high.What the Frenchman said really gave Marco a heavy blow.The latter couldn't sit still, and asked anxiously, "What's France's attitude?"

"The Pregale cabinet of the French Third Republic has just stepped down, and the new president is our chosen camp. But there is sad news that we are divided internally.

Some people think that we should reconcile with Germany and build the European Union to fight against China, the United States, or China and Britain; some people emphasize independence and demand immediate strengthening of control over North Africa and even the Middle East;

The faction I belong to believes that Britain should not let the United States start a war against the United States and should be stopped, at least reminding the friends of the 'Brotherhood'. "

Regarding the words of the French messenger, Marco and Thomas looked at each other, and cursed at the same time in their hearts-this Frenchman is not a good guy, he was obviously afraid that the fight between Britain and the United States would not be fierce enough, so he deliberately came to inform the news.

The French messenger continued: "The British shipyard is frantically building ships. There are four new aircraft carriers and four new battlecruisers under construction. With the strong shipbuilding capabilities of Great Britain, they will be completed within two years.

However, the United Kingdom intends to sell some of the obsolete ships of the local fleet to China at low prices, including many war-sunken ships salvaged from the North Sea in the past six months.Such as 'Reputation', 'War Spite', 'Sports God'. "

At the end of last year, Britain, France and Germany fought in the North Sea, resulting in the sinking of a million-ton warship, which shocked the world.

However, the average water depth in the North Sea is less than [-] meters, and sinking warships can still be fished up.As long as the battle damage is not too serious, it can still be used after repairing it.

"These salvaged warships are good and bad, with different performances. The Royal Navy doesn't want them anymore. They plan to let China pay for the maintenance and send them out."

"In addition, the 'Zeppelin', the 'Bavaria' and the 'Grand Kurfürst' which were sunk by Germany during the North Sea War are also under repair and have been decided to be repaired and sold to China."

Several warships of the German Navy were hit by guided bombs from British bombers in the port of Hamburg and did not sink.Those are ships with [-] to [-] tons of hulls, and they won't be completely destroyed after being hit by a few heavy bombs.

Repairing it is really useful.

"In addition, the French 'Normandie' and 'Lorraine' were also salvaged. The French Brest Naval Shipyard felt that the condition of the hull was not as bad as expected, and it only took three to five months to repair it.

However, the current French elected government wants to have a good relationship with China, and the French Navy does not really want these two broken ships, and they are likely to sell them to the outside world.

If the Chinese navy is lucky, it will get two fleet aircraft carriers, three battleships, four battle cruisers, a dozen heavy cruisers and more than 20 light cruisers within a year at the price of scrap iron.

These are all ships built in recent years, using many of the most advanced technologies, with the sharpest speed and naval guns.As long as the air defense is strengthened, it will be a mobile fortress at sea.

Although the performance of the battleship repaired in water is damaged, it is definitely not as good as the original version.But getting dozens of capital ships for nothing is enough to double the strength of the Chinese navy. "

Fuck!

How in the world can there be such an outrageous thing?

Marco and Thomas cursed in unison: "Are you Europeans crazy? Why are you trying so hard to arm China? What good does this do for you?"

After China swallowed Japan, the naval strength itself has skyrocketed, but it has not yet reached the level of threatening the United States.But Britain, France and Germany don't talk about martial arts morality too much, and they actually try their best to make trouble.

These days, there are no nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and the 'Brotherhood' can't resist even if they try their best!

Two years later, Britain will get a brand new warship with even greater strength.The Chinese navy has taken advantage of it, and its scale has skyrocketed.Even if the U.S. Navy immediately places an order to build ships, there is no way to gather sufficient confrontation forces on the east and west coasts.

This arms race is doomed.