Chapter 88 The Conspiracy of the Snake Cave

In the 27th year of Guangxu, in July of the Western calendar, this time seems to be extremely lively for the concession. On July 11, the Shanghai British and French Concession Group established a reading municipal agency, established police forces, and officially formed the first real sense of rent in Shanghai in the east. On this day, it was the 47th establishment of this country. The anniversary.

In order to show the achievements of European and American countries in China for half a century, almost in July, starting from the Bund, along Nanjing Road to the west, north to Hongkou, there are lights on the road, high-rise buildings are hung with concession flags, and national flags of various countries, just like this is really the world of Europe and the United States.

On the morning of July 11, hundreds of sailors were transferred from the warships moored on the Huangpu River, and they lined up with the business groups of foreigners from various countries in the concession to hold a military parade on the Bund. The general director of the Ministry of Industry and some foreign classes stood on the review platform.

In the evening, fireworks were set off in front of the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and the firefighting would parade with lanterns on various roads. The large classes of major foreign banks gathered in Shanghai to celebrate. Almost all the senior staff of the foreign banks participated, and even Sassoon, who was sick, was assisted by his wife.

This day is indeed a big day for the Shanghai Concession. In the banquet hall of the Shanghai Federation, the band plays cheerful music. The women and ladies in costumes are the most dazzling existence except for the foreign class, and Catherine and the Ji Li sisters are the dazzling stars in the dance, from him. As soon as we entered the banquet hall, we attracted everyone's attention, especially the officers from various countries, who have also heard of the fame of the two sisters for a long time.

When Ji Li danced with the young and handsome officers on the dance floor, Catherine gently refused the invitation of the officers and the senior staff of the foreign industry. Catherine, with her fingers in her goblet, looked around for ten minutes, then turned her head and looked at Ferri standing beside her.

"Feri, have you noticed that there seems to be any difference here today?"

Looking around, Ferri nodded.

"It seems that there are only their wives here, not those big classes!"

"Who knows what conspiracy they are brewing?"

Catherine just smiled, but attracted amazing eyes around her. At this time, a major in a U.S. Navy uniform came to her and bent down to salute.

"Miss Catherine, can I invite you to dance?"

The major has a smile on his face and looks quite elegant.

"Sorry, I'm not feeling well today!"

After a tactful refusal, Catherine looked at the spiral ladder of the banquet hall of the Chamber of Commerce. Perhaps in the room on the second floor, the big class were discussing any conspiracy. What kind of conspiracy would it be?

"Miss Catherine!"

A sudden man walked to Catherine's side and whispered, but Catherine turned her head to look at the comer but was stunned.

"I think you must be curious about what you are talking about upstairs, don't you?"

Outside a conference door in the corridor on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce, there are several bodyguards in suits blocking the corridor. Anyone who sees this scene will understand what is going on in the conference room.

There are a total of 18 people in the room. This room has a depressing atmosphere. The dark decorative panels decorate the walls, the floor is covered with high-end original wooden floors, and there is a fireplace in the depths of the room. Some of the antiques from the Tang and Song Dynasties are in the cabinets by the wall, looking coldly at the world thousands of years later.

There are several leather sofas in the middle of the room. Those people are poured in it, and there are some drinks and drinks on the coffee table in front of them. This summer night, this room should be very comfortable. However, these people are by no means here to enjoy the hospitality. If the people in this room want to, they can enjoy a wonderful life.

The man near the fireplace is about 60 years old. He looks shrewd and capable, and his small eyes flash with cunning light, like a cunning old fox. His mind has won a lot of things for him in some time in his life. He, Jacob? Sassoon is the most successful among the Jews in Shanghai. The new Sassoon foreign business founded by his father has been further expanded in his hands and has become a leader in the Shanghai Jewish business circle.

The others sat in front of him. They were all powerful and powerful people in the Shanghai Jewish circle. Sassoon stood up from the sofa, and the Havana cigar flashed in his mouth. He was scheming, but he asked knowingly.

"Mr. Charlie, in the past few months, you have encouraged everyone to sell the warehouse in Pudong. There must be an amazing purpose that you don't want to announce, right?"

"Yes! Mr. Charlie, I think you want us to sell the warehouses and docks in Pudong. There should always be an explanation! Are you developing Pudong with that squeal?

Renhe Yangxing's Langs looked at Charlie with a smile. In fact, most of the people in this room today have speculated on Charlie's intention. Similarly, because of Charlie's behavior, he found the intention of the person he was targeting. As soon as his voice fell, the laughter sounded.

Of course, Charlie didn't want to disclose his ideas, but he also knew that he couldn't hide such a group of cunning old foxes, so he smiled mysteriously and said a Hebrew proverb.

"The dough cakes made by myself are always more fragrant than other people's meat rolls."

"Yes!"

Lance took the opportunity to flatter and insentice.

"Charlie, for a smart person like you, it's natural for you to do anything, isn't it?"

"The truth!"

Charlie snorted coldly, and then he deliberately sighed with regret.

"It's a pity that my painstaking efforts are not for you to understand. Is it just because of our personal grudges that I struggle to deal with that lame?"

Charlie's rhetorical question did not resonate with everyone. This is a well-known thing, just for personal grudges!

"No! Of course not. The reason why we Jews can control the wealth of the world under the exclusion and suppression of various countries is also because of our unity, except because of our minds!"

Although his words are not endorsed by everyone, they make everyone nod at the same time. Whether they agree or not, some attitudes still need to be expressed. What's more, Jewish unity can often play an unexpected role.

"I know you...everyone of you!"

Charlie rudely pointed to the tycoons of various Jewish families around him with a cigar ring, with a slight smell of sneer on the corners of his lips.

"All looking at my jokes! The woman I like is a dirty and stupid oriental person's **, and it's not a color to me! This is the truth, and I will never deny it!"

His words made the people in the room look a little embarrassed, but for Jews, the word embarrassment does not exist in Hebrew.

"But I'm definitely not for my own criminals, but for the benefit of all of us!"

At this time, Charlie is as pure as a saint.

In front of everyone, Jagbo looked at Charlie with a little sarcasm and disdain, and made a look of regret.

"So, we can't understand your generosity!"

"Yes!"

Charlie nodded without changing his face!

"Now all Shanghai know that the squeal will soon develop a new business district in Pudong. His purpose is to use the land of the Bund to raise the land price of Pudong by building bridges to make huge profits!"

When Charlie said this, the people in the room smiled. The lame development of Pudong was not news. The whole Shanghai has spread all over. The largest Yuanfengrun silver number and Yishanyuan ticket number in China's banking industry in Shanghai have purchased millions of Pudong bonds as a test. Those Chinese people seem to be really The slying man can turn Pudong into a metropolis as prosperous as a concession.

Those Chinese may be willing to see that day, but no one in this room is willing to see everything. In fact, they have begun to do the corresponding work to stop the lame ambition.

"I have a question to ask you. If the squir really builds a bridge connecting the two sides of the strait, what will be the impact on the Bund and the concession?"

Impact!

What kind of impact will it have? The people in this room know better than anyone else. If Pudong's development is successful, the land price of the concession will fall by 10%, and the heavy price may exceed 20%, or even higher. The market in Shanghai is limited, and the impact of Pudong's development on the real estate market of the concession will be devastating.

That's why, on the one hand, they began to discuss the matter of crossing the river bridge in the Bureau of Industry, on the other hand, refused to sell the warehouse and real estate opposite Pudong to industrial companies, and also competed for land with industrial companies. If it hadn't been for the support of the governor of Liangjiang, maybe they would have really put pressure on Shanghai Road to stop it. Block the industry's move in Pudong.

But their plan seriously affected Charlie's plan. What he wanted was the squeline to go bankrupt. That's why he privately persuaded these people to give up their land in Pudong. Of course, giving up was also at a high price. But compared with the British and American French in the face of the acquisition, the Jews in this room unexpectedly insisted. This persistence only made Charlie angry and a little helpless, and Pudong did not He can't eat it alone.

"If, now I'm talking about a hypothesis!"

Charlie glanced at the people in the room with some pride on his face.

"If Pudong's development is really successful, gentlemen, you only see that our interests have been damaged, but you have never thought that we can also benefit from it!"

"Well, it seems that our Charlie did hook up with the cripple. Did Charlie persuade the cripple to put her in your bed?"

Sarcasm and laughter sounded in the room, but Charlie just sneered and laughed at these people in his heart, without his own far-sighted eyes at all.

"Gentlemen, we can prevent him from building the bridge, and we can do everything we can to prevent him from developing Pudong. He has the support of the governor of Liangjiang. We can directly pressure their court through the British and American minister, and we can even directly carry Pudong to the peace conference for discussion. Of course, as long as we Yes, we can do all this, can't we?

The harsh sneer sounded in this room.

"We only see our losses, but we don't see the amazing profits that Pudong will bring us. This is the first time that we have left the British, French and Americans aside and launched a Jewish feast!"

"Tay your plan! "Charlie!"

Saxon is interested at this time. In Pudong, Britain, France, the United States and other foreign banks only own more than 2,000 mu of real estate. The industrial company acquired it without encountering any resistance, but the Jewish businessman owns more than 8,000 mu of real estate warehouse in Pudong. The lame must not be allowed to successfully develop Pudong. It is the Jewish businessman who owns nearly 80% of the real estate in the concession. Joint decision.

"The development of Pudong is just a matter of time. No one can stop it. Maybe ten years later, maybe twenty years later. Who knows? Now the industrial company is just ahead of this. Do you agree?

Everyone just nodded, but no one objected. The expansion of the city is inevitable.

"The biggest obstacle for industrial companies to develop Pudong comes from the Huangpu River. As long as a bridge is built on the Huangpu River and the two sides of the Taiwan Straits are built, the land in Pudong can be increased by at least five times to more than 30 times. Now industrial companies have acquired 33,000 mu of land, 70% of which are purchased at the reserve price by Shanghai Road. As for those abandoned The official land is almost obtained free of charge, such as the construction of bridges and Pudong land alone, and the industrial company has as much as 70 million taels of capital!"

Saxon glanced at others. This was exactly the reason why they competed with the squir in Pudong and did not sell the land. Those foreign banks in the United States, Britain, France and other countries have now already regretted selling the land in the beginning. They are actually making two plans. If they can't stop Pudong's development, then they are now holding nearly 20,000 mu in their hands. The land will be rewarded a lot.

"So, bridge, bridge is the key!"

Charlie looked around the crowd proudly.

"The lame man needs to build a bridge to develop Pudong. In fact, he has bought a piece of land in the concession! You all know where the land of Qichangyang is. That location is where they built the bridge. According to the size of the land, I specially asked some bridge experts. Depending on the land area, his bridge can only be built ten meters high at most!"

Jacob? Sassoon looked at Charlie, who was performing there. What on earth was the fox thinking?

"The Huangpu River is no better than the Suzhou River. There are hundreds of passenger and cargo ships passing through the Huangpu River every day. Personally, I feel that ten meters seems to be a little short. What do you think?"

"There is no need to build such a high bridge at all. They will build an open iron bridge on the Huangpu River. Like the Tower Bridge in London, large boats can pass when the bridge surface is opened, and the horizontal bridge surface is conducive to the walking of carriages. It can be said that there is no need to kill two birds with one stone, and there is no need to build a slope bridge."

Maierjie of Zhamai Yanghang said a word indifferently.

"And the industrial companies are indeed planning to do so. They are preparing to build a Shanghai tower bridge in Shanghai! Moreover, in their model, the bridge connecting the two sides is this kind of open iron bridge. Unlike the London Iron Bridge, they are going to build two account opening bridges to speed up the passage of ships"

Maierjie will pretend that he fully understands the inside story. In fact, everyone in this room has seen the model photo of the "Shanghai Tower Bridge" in the newspaper.

"However, sir, Shanghai is an international city. After the giant wheel whistles, although the rising machinery can lift the bridge in just one minute, it also affects shipping, doesn't it?"

Other people whispered because of Charlie's words. Sassoon looked at Charlie standing there. He was a greedy, cunning and stingy person. He first persuaded everyone to sell the land to industrial companies, and now he talked about the bridge here, and then said that the bridge would affect shipping. Charlie's self Paradoxically, Sassoon vaguely guessed that maybe this greedy poisonous snake had brewed a bigger plan in his heart.

"Charlie, don't sell your words anymore. Tell me all your plans!"

With Sassoon's words, everyone in the room stared at him with grim or sarugal eyes, and everyone there was waiting for him to say the plan completely.

"The Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, it is not difficult for the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to influence things in the concession, and it can also influence the Huangpu River. If the industrial company wants to develop the bridge that Pudong vows to build, the reason why those Chinese people snapped up stocks now is that they invest in Pudong and make a steady profit!"

If possible, Charlie will never reveal any chance to get rich in front of these eager and competitive masters. But he can't. He can't eat the whole Pudong alone. On the one hand, he doesn't have the financial resources, second, he doesn't have the influence, and the most important thing is that the whole plan needs these. People's cooperation.

"Compared with building bridges, it takes at least half a year for the bridge to start from the design. In this half year, industrial companies are bound to plan the appearance of the "Pudong" development zone in Pudong with the highway, and start to build some typical representative buildings at the same time. Only in this way can it attract more people to buy bonds. "."

Although it's a pity that he can't eat the whole Pudong, Charlie couldn't help but get excited and even a little fluttering when looking at the eyes of others.

"In this process, if the Ministry of Industry and Bureau makes a decision, in order to facilitate the passage of large ships and steel sailboats, the height of the bridge should not be less than 200 feet, and it is forbidden to build a horizontal bridge in the Huangpu River. Gentlemen, at that time, what will happen in Pudong and what do industrial companies need to face? In Puxi, it is impossible for them to buy more than an inch of land to build a bridge, right? Or even if we sell it, how much money do they have to spend to buy it?

Charlie, who was a little flustered, made a modest expression and pretended to be pious to everyone.

"You are all seniors with rich experience in real estate development, and I should ask you for advice! I believe that if this happens, everyone will know what to do!"

Without saying anything, Charlie ended with a fake smile.

"Why sell the land to them!"

"Gentlemen, if you want to get the whole Pudong, then we should not only sell the land to industrial companies, but also provide loans to industrial companies through banks, and even buy their bonds. Only the higher you climb, the harder you will fall! If we don't have the bonds of industrial companies, then gentlemen, how can we get Pudong!"

Saxon held his head in his hands and thought about it and answered with dissenting opinions.

"If we take over Pudong at that time, what about the bridge? The problem of the bridge..."

"Mr. Sassoon, is the bridge a problem for us?"

(to be continued)