Chapter 173 Plan Changes

As one of the seven high-rise tower-style buildings of Tengwang Pavilion in Pudong, the Industrial Bank Building has been suspended under the order of the government to stop construction on its top, but the main building and side building of the majestic Industrial Bank Building are still put into use on the 16th of the first month after the Spring Festival. .

The outer walls are pasted with yellow Jiuhua Mountain granite, which is bright and generous. The entrance hall is magnificently designed. The central main building is towering, and the two sides or four corners are shorter. The top is a finely absorbed Gothic spire and draws on the spire of Tengwang Pavilion. Although the spire has not been completed, the "industry without hats" is still unique. The architectural characteristics and the name of the tallest building in the Far East have become the symbol of Pudong.

Maybe the government can force the shutdown, but the interior decoration has put the main building and side buildings into use. Although this building is the industrial bank building, it is also the location of the industrial company. In the building, there are more than a dozen subordinate institutions of industrial companies such as the headquarters of the industrial company and the industrial bank, and the headquarters of the industrial company. It is located on the third floor of the main building.

The main color of the decoration of the long and narrow conference room of the industrial company is a light gray that makes the eyes feel comfortable. The long floor-to-ceiling window is equipped with thick curtains of the same color. Originally, when you open the curtains, you can see the magnificent scenery of the Huangpu River from the window, but today, people close the curtains almost as soon as they enter the conference room and open them at the same time. Wall lamp. The wall lamp is high embedded in the wall, with brass ornaments hanging on the lamp holder, and four oil paintings hanging on the wall under the wall lamp, which is the only decoration on the wall.

Among these four oil paintings, Chen Moran invited people to buy thousands of oil paintings, prints and pencils from tens to thousands of francs from Europe. Because they have too many collections, they can only be stored in the warehouse of Chen's Garden, and this conference room seems a little empty, so he brought a few Rousseau and Van Gogh oil paintings in this conference room. Hang up inside.

In the middle of the conference room, there is a bright oak long conference table. There are seats for eleven people on the table. Each seat is arranged with notepads, drinks, paper, pens, ashtrays and schedules.

After Chen Moran stood at the top of the table, the rest of the people entered their seats, and each seat was marked with the name of the seat. It was not until Chen Moran sat down before the others sat down.

"The agenda of this meeting is very simple,"

As the chairman of the company, he said.

"It's just the problem that the company is facing now. Everyone knows where the problem comes from. Now, let's first ask for permission to report the situation facing the bank.

Huang Huiyun, who was called the "money boy" in the newspaper, stood up. At this time, he could not see the joy of the past at all on his face, and there was worry in his eyebrows.

"Hmm! What do you want to say? Maybe I can only tell everyone in a very angry mood!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Huang Huiyun showed his emotions.

"Now no one believes that the industry can avoid this disaster. All Chinese newspapers have mentioned that not only the governors of the two rivers intend to be unfavorable to the industry, but also some people in the four or nine cities, especially after the expectations of seeking help from the governors of Huguang, Zhili and others failed. It's even more like that!" Huang Huiyun took a deep breath, calmed the anger in his heart, and then opened the report on the table.

"Our banks in Jiangning, Anqing, Zhejiang, Wuchang, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Changsha and other places have unified reports. At present, we need to face a run every day. At the beginning of the year, the balance of the general ledger deposits of 73 branches of Industrial Bank once reached more than 123.37 million yuan. But now there are only more than 36 million yuan in the bank account.

When he reported, he took a deep breath again.

"As of the beginning of the year, we have issued a total of 84.5 million yuan of industrial bonds. If there is a run, it not only means that a large amount of cash is taken away, but also means that we are likely to be unable to cope with the run. We only issue banknotes..."

Huang Huiyun did not continue, because the banknotes issued by the Industrial Bank only prepared a reserve of 10 million yuan. Even if he had the ability, he could not cope with a run on this scale.

"According to our estimate, although at present, the total amount of money deposited by the chairman and the company in the bank is enough to meet our current needs. But with the intensification of people's uneasiness, even if we reluctantly deal with the run at all costs, it is possible..."

But Chen Moran slapped hard on the table.

"Apment, that money can't be moved!"

His voice seemed harsh and harsh. The money was the military pay and military expenses prepared for the uprising, and the words that moved the money!

Listening to the chairman's arrangement, Huang Huiyun's face turned pale in an instant. He originally pointed to the huge amount of money to deal with the trend of industrial coupon credit crash, but he didn't expect... "In this way, I will allocate you an extra 15 million to deal with a possible run, but that money..."

Chen Moran then cast his eyes to Hu Nianzu.

"The production of steel mills has been affected, especially the factories that follow the wave!"

"It can even be said that it has been completely discontinued!"

Shi Si only said one sentence, but with an unconcealable anger on his face, he had enough of those bastards.

From beginning to end, Guan Mingtang did not say a word. He just looked at the report at hand. It seemed that all this had nothing to do with him. One person after another reported the loss of the current company, and the company's daily loss would be nearly one million yuan. What is this concept? This not only means that the company loses money every day, but also means that the company can no longer hold on.

Finally, when Xie Xiaopei reported the rare good news of the car company, when he saw the chairman's eyes on himself, Guan Mingtang straightened his clothes and stood up. He smiled first, as if he wanted to tell everyone with a smile that there was nothing to worry about, but after the smile was put away, his expression Then he became serious again.

"Really, I think."

He squeezed out some smiles on his face, and then Guan Mingtang closed the folder on the desktop with both hands.

"Since we have tried all the methods, and those methods have not worked as they should, should we give up some ideas and try some new ideas?"

"New ideas?"

Chen Moran first frowned, and immediately understood what Guan Mingtang's new idea was!

And Guan Mingtang continued.

"Okay! If we continue like this, um, let me tell you what we are losing every day. On average, the company's direct and indirect losses exceed 500,000 taels of silver every day. It can be rude to say that in the past two months, we have spent more than two million taels in order to open up the joints, and we have spent more than two million taels. At that time, the company has lost 30 million taels in the past two months. With the money we spent, we have lost nearly 50 million yuan in vain. How much money is this? I'm afraid you can't understand that except for steel mills, which enterprise we have invested more than this number?

He took a deep breath and felt sorry for the loss of 50 million yuan there, and then he looked up again.

"If it is delayed for another month, the estimated loss will increase by 20 million taels. What about two months? It can be said rudely that the belongings we have tried our best to save are being released little by little. Now it is the suspension of construction in Pudong. What about the future? Maybe it's the shutdown of Ma'anshan and Huainan, and then what will happen next? It's hard to wait until we run out of the last bit of our family!"

Guan Mingtang turned his eyes to Chen Moran. At this time, Chen Moran was frowning and meditating there. The expression on his face showed that he was still hesitant in his heart.

Do you still have to wait? How long do we have to wait?

Although I know that the direct loss of 500,000 taels a day mentioned by Guan Mingtang is only 10%, as he said, the company can't support it at all, even if it is an indirect loss.

It's already like this. Is it really possible to continue to wait for the opportunity?

He closed his eyes and thought for a while, but still felt that the current time was not the right time. When was the right time?

After getting off the ferry and sending away the bodyguards around him, Chen Moran walked alone on the street with dim street lights and listened carefully to the sound of the market at night. The concessions shrouded in the night seemed unusually quiet. It was almost midnight. I'm afraid that everyone in the concession had fallen asleep except for the casino and the red building. Occasionally, I could hear some The barking of dogs from the alley.

With a cigar in his mouth, he walked to the Huangpu River, holding the rest in his hand, and sucking without a mouth. He looked at the ship and awning boat parked in the harbor or the river on the river, and looked at the dark shadow of the "Huangpu Bridge" in the distance. The Huangpu Bridge, which was almost completed, was completely silent, and the bridge was stopped, and Like many buildings in Pudong, they were forced to stop work under the drums at that end, and the boiling construction site disappeared.

In the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the stock of Pudong Company fell sharply from the initial 132 yuan to less than 20 yuan. Even the market believes that Pudong will not escape this catastrophe. However, this reaction was an opportunity for Chen Moran to make a fortune. Nine times out of ten, the tens of millions of yuan of stocks sold were recovered by Chen Moran's reserve price.

The only accident is the Industrial Bank. Recently, Industrial Bank has branches in various places. There are people running on deposits and exchanging industrial bonds every day. The world has no confidence in industrial companies. Even the underground vault of the business office on the first floor of the Industrial Bank Building, which has been put into use, is open to show the inventory to those people. Silver and gold are also difficult to reassure them.

"In the two months, banks in various places have run as much as one million yuan a day at most. Deposits and banks are reduced, that is, they do not pay interest. Some people also scramble to offer deposits, and hundreds of thousands of yuan of silver dollar coupons return to the bank every day. If it goes on like this, the industrial bank has been overwhelmed!"

"The idle workers in Pudong said to get together, and they were dissatisfied with the government..."

Good and bad news one after another, and these news finally require Chen Moran to make a decision. The bank can't wait any longer, and then wait for the outflow of funds of hundreds of millions of yuan. Although it can survive, it is inevitable that the vitality will be greatly damaged in the end. If the vitality of the industrial bank is greatly damaged... Don't worry, Chen Moran knows that in the future What will they face? Industrial banks with great vitality, even if they are supported by funds, it is difficult to play the role of "rejuvenating banks".

"It's difficult!"

With a sigh, Chen Moran took a deep breath of smoke, spit out smoke, and frowned again. It was not a way to be held like this. If you don't want to be taken, there is only one way, but... the scene in the conference room of the industrial company came to mind again a few hours ago.

"Completely give up any other illusions and prepare for the uprising immediately!"

The uprising is simple to say, but it is still a little difficult to implement. The uprising itself does not have much suspense. The only pressure is the interference from various countries. Small countries such as Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium can not consider it. The most likely to send troops to intervene are Britain, Russia and Japan. The former is The first two are for direct territorial interests.

There is no need to think too much about the current Britain. The British economy has not recovered from the financial pressure of the Boolean War. That war cost the United Kingdom 284 million pounds, and it will cost another 30 million pounds to rebuild South Africa. The Boolean War has turned British creditors into debtors, and the current British financial world does not Funding supports Britain to wage a war in the Far East.

The only threat is Japan and Russia, both of which are full of territorial desire for China. Although two months ago, Russia said that the two countries had declared war on each other, in the past two months, the land war took place on the Korean Peninsula. If there is an uprising now, will it lead to the peace of this war? After all, there is no large-scale war between the two countries at all. Russia has not lost face, and it has got the bottom limit it wants. In case the two countries reach a Manchu-South Korea exchange before the negotiations and join hands to interfere in the restoration... Chen Moran is unwilling to continue to think about it. He clearly knows that if the two powers join hands to interfere, in order to maintain their own interests in China, Britain, the United States and Germany will participate in it. By interfering in the restoration of light in exchange for the existence of the Qing Dynasty, it will be prevented. It is said that the power of the two countries in China is expanding.

The cigar flashed in front of his lips, and after frowning into a small ball, Chen Moran stared at the industrial bank building on the other side, which showed a gorgeous appearance under the searchlight, the building without a "hat".

"Damn it!"

"It's him!"

Looking at the man standing in front of the flood control embankment under the dim street lamp, Liu Jingxuan almost shouted in surprise.

It's the man she wanted to forget countless times. Almost since the man kissed her, there was no reason to live in her heart, making her dream forever, and never letting her go for a moment and forgiving her. Every time I think of this man, my heart hurts. How did he get here?

Why don't you stay at home with his wife and daughter?

A series of questions were finally replaced by the looming worries on his face. Thinking of the content of the newspaper, Liu Jingxuan suddenly understood his hidden worries. The newspaper mentioned that the government wanted to be unfavorable to industrial companies, and also mentioned the occasional run of industrial banks, the suspension of buildings in Pudong, etc., the first few He was too smooth. After the end of this year, all the problems were squeezed into a pile.

"This time, Chen squeal has the power of heaven, and I'm afraid it's hard to guarantee it all!"

Some students in the school always say that the industry in Shanghai is like a flash in the pan, just a moment of fame and wealth. Hearing that, a foreign businessman is thinking about how to accept the industry of an industrial company.

It felt as if someone was looking at him. After turning his head casually, Chen Moran didn't start. He saw a girl in a cyan girls' school uniform standing dozens of meters away from him. The girl's appearance was a little familiar.

"It's her!"

After taking a few steps forward, Chen Moran smiled at Liu Jingxuan.

"Miss Liu, long time no see!"

It's Liu Jingxuan. She... Why did she come to Shanghai?

She hasn't seen her for nearly three years. She hasn't seen the greenness when she first met. Is she nineteen or twenty? The white and red face looks extremely plump, and the two finely carved thin lips are rosy and shiny, which can definitely be called delicate and seductive as in the past.

"...Why didn't you say anything when you came to Shanghai! It's good to be silent..."

Listening to this sentence, she stood there with all kinds of grievances. Liu Jingxuan wanted to leave but couldn't start. She took a deep breath and looked at the man in front of her.

"I, I've been here for more than half a year!"

After saying that, Liu Jingxuan suddenly glanced at Chen Moran angrily.

"You, Mr. Chen, are busy with your personnel. How dare you disturb me, a little girl from the countryside!"

With a thorn in her words, Liu Jingxuan was protecting herself with this thorn. She knew that this man had already had a wife and daughter, but she still couldn't forget this man.

"Come to Shanghai to study!"

Seeing the school signboard of the serious girl's school through the street lamp, Chen Moran understood why she came to Shanghai.

"Escape!"

Liu Jingxuan answered angrily. This is the truth. She didn't come to Shanghai just to escape, and she didn't know when she would be born.

Chen Moran, who was originally a little unhappy, was happy by Liu Jingxuan's appearance and couldn't help laughing.

"I don't know how difficult it is for Miss Liu to escape, and I can also know that Shanghai is also a wolf's mouth!"

His words made Liu Jingxuan blush. In the past, when she was in Nanjing, she heard Chen Moran's joke about "perverts" and gave him a blank look.

"You are all husbands and fathers, but you are still so unscrupulous."

It seemed to be a murmur in the lovers, which only made Chen Moran confused and heard Liu Jingxuan talking there.

"Dad said last year that he was afraid that Jiangning would have another military disaster in the future, so he asked me to come to Shanghai..."

"A military disaster? What's the military disaster?"

Chen Moran was shocked and asked in a hurry. Listening to his question, Liu Jingxuan hurriedly explained and finally added a sentence.

"Don't laugh, Dad is so unfounded!"

Liu Jingxuan just said so, but she saw some solemnity on Chen Moran's face, and some of them were surprised. What's wrong with him?

"Silence, you are..."

"No... nothing!"

With a dry smile, Chen Moran was shocked in his heart. On the one hand, he was shocked by the old fox's shrewdness in watching things, and on the other hand, he was shocked that almost everyone in the world knew that there would be a fire, but he... frowned, but Chen Moran's mind was thinking about Guan Mingtang's words in the conference room.

"The plan will never catch up with changes!"

(to be continued)