Chapter 275 Image and Country

When the cold sunset completely sank under the cold horizon; when only a magnificent sunset was left on the western sky, Huang Huiyun, president of the Industrial Bank, known as the "God of Wealth", took more than a dozen entourage members and set foot on a cruise ship bound for the United States at the Huangpu River wharf.

When the whistle sounded, the smoke-spit cruise ship slowly cut the river and drove in the direction of Wu Songkou. Huang Huiyun did not say goodbye to the send-off people on the side of the cruise ship like other people, but stayed in the cabin and quietly thought about the plan to sell bonds on this trip.

"The state urgently needs at least 500 million yuan for the construction of railways, highways and ports. Such infrastructure facilities can only rely on foreign debt..."

"This is a major event that even determines the fate of the country in the future!"

"The current situation is extremely unfavorable to China's foreign debt collection"

Money often has unexpected uses. Although in the ruling axe, the ruling is 500 million yuan, Huang Huiyun believes that 17 days later, when he goes ashore in San Francisco, the 500 million may increase to 700 million, or more.

He has been in power for a long time. If it is not necessary, he will not use his own money to build a railway, and good steel will be used on the blade. The two compensations of Jiawu and Gengzi in the Qing Dynasty have offset all the customs duties and salt taxes to outsiders, and it is difficult to borrow foreign debts without a specific guarantee.

Industrial enterprises as guarantees are difficult to be accepted by the financial circles of various countries. The money in power will be used to buy public bonds, while bonds such as railways and ports with physical collateral are generally accepted by all countries and can borrow foreign loans directly. The construction of public bonds is for domestic and for public bonds is for foreign countries. This is a debt strategy formulated by the ruling axe. If you borrow 10 million more from abroad, you can spend 10 million more for investment in enterprises at home.

"It's difficult!"

Huang Huiyun, who has lived in the United States for 20 years, started as an employee at the City Bank of New York in the United States and helped to the deputy director of the investment department, naturally knew the difficulties he had to face. This difficulty is multifaceted, on the one hand, itself, and on the other hand, the financial market.

For a long time, the world's financial capital has been concentrated in Britain and France. After the war between Japan and Russia, Japan sent Takahashi, the vice president of Japan Bank. His job was to raise foreign debt in Britain and France, that is, to cut off the capital channels to flow to Russia and change the way to Japan. That is to say, he not only raised military spending for Japan, but also caused a shortage and depletion of Russian war funds, so as to greatly change the situation of the Russian war.

It was Gaoqiao who raised funds to carry out the war for Qing's excellent work, and what about himself? The first time China entered the international bond market, it was to snatch limited financial capital from Japan and Russia. What should we do to convince them?

Because of his experience in investment at the New York City Bank, Huang Huiyun is no stranger to international foreign debt transactions. If he wants to open the situation, he must break through from his bankers. He must not get a breakthrough from his bankers. After negotiating underwriting conditions with the bank, it is impossible to open up the situation by raising public bonds.

"The United States still lacks experience in issuing foreign public bonds. And for the development of the United States itself, it is in a situation of insufficient funds.

Thinking about the reason why Takahashi was Qing went abroad to raise public debt and only stayed in the United States for a short time, Huang Huiyun's mouth finally smiled. Although Takahashi was Qing had stayed in the United States, he was sold as a slave. He did not know the United States at all, let alone the United States. The capital of.

The European financial industry may be a traditional capital export place, but even if the wealth of the whole Europe is combined, it cannot be compared with the United States. The work experience of City Bank in New York makes Huang Huiyun know the American financial industry much better than Takahashi. Aren't they eager to open channels to undertake the issuance of foreign bonds?

Huang Huiyun, who finally let himself relax a little, lay on the desk and began to think that after he arrived in San Francisco, he should first invite those bankers. The first place was not his old owner, New York City Bank, but another bank, which relied on bonds to build a financial empire that controlled the American economy. The family, maybe they can give themselves some help, if... enough benefits!

"Let's go!"

Chen Moran, who was lying on the desk looking at the document, asked without raising his head.

"If the time is right, I just got out of the mouth of the Yangtze River!"

Guan Mingtang reported that in the past two months as the Minister of Finance, he has been negotiating new tariff contracts in Beiping and other countries. As expected at the beginning, the fortress was conquered from within. After conquering a tower, the rest will not last long. Now the Ministry of Finance and Britain, Germany and the Netherlands have signed new tariff contracts, and tariff autonomy can only be achieved after signing new tariff contracts with all countries.

"Zhe Qin, what do you think of the result of this visit to the United States?"

Putting down the pen in his hand, Chen Moran looked at Guan Mingtang sitting in front of him. Like Yunda, he had the experience of living in the United States all year round. He promised to understand the financial market of the United States, while Guan Mingtang knew all aspects of the United States.

"Can't be optimistic?"

"Oh? Why?

"We are not Japanese, so we can't use Takahashi as the income of Qing. Looking at it, the task assigned by the government is 500 million yuan of bonds. Compared with the absorption of the United States to bonds, it can be described as a dime of a dime, but in power, after all, we are not Japanese!"

Guan Mingtang repeatedly mentioned the Japanese version, but it made Chen Moran curious. What's going on?

"Disdainful!"

When he was in power to show his doubts, Guan Mingtang spit out two words between his lips.

Chen Moran, who was aroused by curiosity, sat on the armchair, holding the armrest with both hands, and looking at Guan Mingtang in front of him. What he said was indeed true.

"Tay it!"

"In power, because the United States first reached a new tariff agreement with China, most Chinese people know U.S. President Roosevelt, and Roosevelt also understands China. As a decision maker of the U.S. policy towards China, he has to pay attention to China's situation and absorb knowledge about China. His access to information about China, in addition to various publications in the United States, is mainly American visitors to China and scholars studying China. Some of the Americans who have been to China are his friends, and they have introduced a lot of Chinese things to him. He also often discusses China issues with scholars who have studied China.

Nodded slightly, Chen Moran waited for him to continue. This is the necessity of his foreign policy as the head of state. He must understand this country, just as he is trying his best to understand those countries.

Even for myself, I need to know their country better than the other party. If China wants to achieve its rise, it must have the ability to play six balls in the air at the same time. At least for now, diplomacy is not bad.

"Roosevelt's contempt for our country is in his bones. In the past few years, as the President of the United States, he has constantly warned Americans that China uses her misfortune... to give us a living lesson. If a country is rich and cannot defend itself at the same time, it is to seek to survive as a country. It couldn't be more stupid!"

Guan Mingtang's voice is not loud, and he shows any emotions in the future. He seems to be talking about something that has nothing to do with him, and Chen Moran will be full of helplessness.

"When I was in the United States, I also knew that Roosevelt was a successful person through tenacious self-struggle, so in his value standards, fighting spirit and self-improvement and self-reliance are the most valuable. He believes that the Chinese people just lack these character, so they can't help but feel contempt and his views on China. Relatively speaking, he is very appreciative of his national surname. When Roosevelt used China as a negative textbook to remind Americans, he used Japanese as a positive textbook to tell Americans what the United States should do!"

"One in contrast, he despises us and praises the Japanese book, which directly affects the judgment of Americans, and it will affect the enthusiasm of Americans for our country's bonds, right?"

Chen Moran asked without thinking. Listening to Guan Mingtang's words, he really began to worry about Huang Huiyun's trip to the United States.

"Not only that, when we began to generally boycott foreign goods on the issue of the right of way and tariffs, Roosevelt's view was even more harsh, especially during the right of way, when he made a statement in the newspaper, accusing us of being second only to the Russians in terms of arrogance and disobedience!"

At this time, a young bodyguard came in and brought a small cup of milky paste to Chen Moran and Guan Mingtang. After Beiping was trapped, he drank a cup of such paste every night as usual. This was a prescription from a former Qing Dynasty official who asked an old royal doctor in the palace to boil it with deer antler, ginseng, tiger whip, honey and other tonic. It is only by relying on two small cups of paste in the morning and evening that he always maintains his energy when dealing with this complicated state affairs.

After drinking a glass of sweet honey paste, Guan Mingtang just continued, "Of course, now Roosevelt's attitude towards China is changing. Personally, I prefer this change due to the need of Asian power balance. This change is difficult to affect Roosevelt himself and the vast majority of Americans. Treating the impression that China has already generated, um... The impression is very important, just like the Japanese book. Every time they win, they can get the cheers of the people of Europe and the United States. Their bonds are naturally welcomed by the people. Even Takahashi is Qing himself because of too many signatures, his right hand was once too tired, which caused inconvenience in activities! Impression, the impression of a country directly affects its bond issuance!"

"Impression!"

Chen Moran listened carefully. Guan Mingtang's words aroused his great interest. He muttered these two words in his heart. Chen Moran's eyebrows were piled up together. Roosevelt and the Americans had a bad impression of China, which was caused by corruption, weakness and incompetence.

"Chinese people seem to be cowardly and inefficient" and "Chinese-style [***]". It is this impression that makes Roosevelt full of contempt for China. When lawmakers opposed naval appropriations, he criticized those people, saying that they actually wanted to bring down the United States? To the level of China.

"China's main problem is that it lacks national cohesion and cannot show a strong fighting spirit with the outside world." Some experts even say that China's birth rate is too high, which will pose a threat to whites; Roosevelt also believes that this is nonsense, because the birth rate and the number of the population do not determine the "national surname". It is not possible for the Chinese [***] team to launch a war against Europeans. In China, "the military career is People despise it", and China does not have the so-called "central sense of direction". The country is only a temporary collection of provinces, so it is impossible to have a belligerent and aggressive orientation after a revolution like Japan, thus ranking among civilized countries.

"Governing, on the issue of tariffs, why are you tough, and even put on a posture of not hesitate to fight? It is nothing more than the image of the country. You want to use this way to tell the European and American powers that this country has changed. At that time, the national unity shown by the provinces also shocked the world! It is this shock that has contributed to the change in their attitude towards China, but all this is far from enough!"

When thinking about Guan Mingtang's words, Chen Muran habitually touched his beard. His beard was originally an ordinary eight-character style, and then he changed to a Puru-style beard, that is, the tails of the two ends are upturned, like the horns of a buffalo. The change of beard style has caused a chain reaction, and the officialdom has raised horn-style beards one after another. The hobbies of officialdom affect the fashion of society, the officialdom affects the gentry, and the gentry affects the little gentry. Now almost half of the middle-aged men in China are wearing this kind of beard, which is the same as the promotion of Hanfu, new clothing and Han rites. In the past, Chen Moran only needs to play an exemplary role.

After a long time of meditation, Chen Moran looked up at Guan Mingtang in front of him.

"Zheqin, can you tell me how China needs to change its national image?"

Although Chen Moran already had an answer in his heart at this time, he still needed to listen to Guan Mingtang's opinion.

"Legency, you have lived with your father in Europe, Africa and all over the United States. I would like to ask you how the so-called great powers such as Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States have changed their national image and international status, and in what way have they done?"

Silence! Guan Mingtang's rhetorical question was exchanged for Chen Moran's silence. Do you still need to ask? There is only one way.

"In power, the United States is the world's first economic power. However, on many issues, the voice of the United States has never been heard by all countries. Just like when Xin Chou made peace, the United States's ideas will not be listened to by all countries. In the final analysis, what makes the United States have a first-class economy, first-class industry, but no first-class influence?"

Guan Mingtang's series of questions were exchanged for Chen Moran's bitter smile. Didn't he think about carrying out a foreign war to change China's status? I have thought about it!

But the problem now is...

(to be continued)