Chapter 73 Where does the great wisdom come from (Second update, please collect)
Cooperation is good, but it is a pity that Li Yian has no interest in Italian banks at all.
Even if there is no North Borneo, he has no interest in Italy. How can investing in Italy be comparable to investing in Germany.
Germany, that is the real ruins, full of... gold!
Italy…
In fact, this is a matter of funds. If, like Morgan, he has billions or even tens of billions of dollars in capital, he will of course flourish everywhere.
But now, good steel must be used on the blade.
Soon, a feast of distribution began. Benefiting from Mussolini’s state-owned investment policy over the past two decades, the Italian government owned a large number of official assets. Although a considerable part of them were in the north, There are still many high-quality assets in the south. For example, the Port of Taranto, the most important port in southern Italy, was auctioned off by an American company for a mere US$3 million.
As for those assets in the north that are still under German control, of course they can also be auctioned, but the price is somewhat unsatisfactory.
Of course, there are many things that cannot be sold, such as merchant ships.
As usual in history, at the Italian official auction, the merchant ship failed to sell, and as many as 285,000 tons of merchant ships were turned into junk goods that no one wanted.
This result blinded the Italians. After all, once upon a time, they thought these ships must have been stolen. After all, German submarines in the Atlantic were still sinking merchant ships.
Logically speaking, it should be very popular. After all, the shipping industry is very prosperous now.
The Italians even set a high price—$15.8 million!
The auction failed, no one was interested in these boats.
It was at this time that a businessman walked into Major General Baritian's office.
“Are you the agent of a Spanish company?”
Master Baritian looked at the visitor in surprise, with a somewhat confused expression.
Spanish?
Yellow people?
Could it be an Indian?
"General, it's not important, I brought you a solution to your problem."
"What problem?"
"Your personal problem. "
Li Yian said directly.
"What?"
Major General Baritian frowned and asked in confusion.
"What a personal issue."
"General, as we all know, the Allies will definitely punish war criminals in the future. I believe you have also obtained news in this regard. What will happen in the days to come? ? I believe you know it very well, so..."
While speaking, Li Yian put his briefcase on the table,
"I think that in the days to come, General, you will need something that can be circulated abroad. Here is half a million dollars!"
Half a million dollars!
Major General Baritian's eyes widened. He stared at the briefcase, and then glanced at the guy in front of him.
War criminals.
He has indeed received rumors about this, and even the marshal is likely to be included in the list?
Who can protect them?
He was full of worries about the future of Major General Baritian, but the briefcase in front of him now made him a little excited.
He reached out and opened the briefcase, and the briefcase was filled with US dollars!
The impact of a bag full of dollars is unimaginable. Taking a deep breath, Major General Baritian asked.
“What is this?”
"This money is the consulting fee I gave you,"
"What do you want? Sir." "Merchant ship!"
"Merchant ship."< br>
Looking at the briefcase, Major General Baritian said,
"Anyone can auction those merchant ships, sir."
"No one will buy that pile of scrap metal, General, you already know the answer, don't you?"
Li Yian's smile , which made Major General Baritian feel very complicated. Originally, those ships were the most valuable materials in the official hands, but what about now?
They are nothing but worthless scrap metal.
“They just haven’t realized their value yet.”
"Value? What kind of value?"
Li Yian said unceremoniously.
“Compared to old ships, the British and American authorities are more willing to buy new ships because the new ships are fast and uniform in speed. But what about other shipping companies? They are waiting to buy them from the British, American and Canadian authorities after the war. Liberty ships, those are 10,000-ton ships, and they were all just built in recent years. By the end of the war, the $1.8 million Liberty ship will only cost hundreds of thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars. General, tell me. , why did they pay a high price to buy your ship?”
Originally, Li Yi’an thought that it was only the intervention of the Allies that prevented Italian officials from selling their assets, but who would have thought that people would consider this a real problem- —The American Freewheelers were built too fast and too many!
Compared to these old Italian ships, they preferred to wait until the end of the war to buy Liberty Ships.
"This..."
Major General Baritian opened his mouth, but in the end he was unable to speak.
Before the auction, they thought those merchant ships could be sold at a good price, but now, through communication with those American businessmen, their illusions were shattered.
The blame lies with the Americans for building too many Liberty Wheels.
"This may be true..."
"I think with your help, I can buy them at the right price!"
While speaking, Li Yian had a sincere smile on his face and looked at the general in charge of the sales of supplies. .
His eyes wandered between the briefcase and Li Yian from time to time, and finally Major General Baritian said.
“This bag seems to be from France. It looks no worse than an Italian leather bag.”
Of course what he saw was not the bag, but the contents of the bag. That was the most important thing. important.
"General, you can take it back and appreciate it slowly."
Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Li Yian stood up with a smile.
The rules of how this world operates are so simple. When a country collapses, almost everyone will do everything possible to make wealth from it.
Who does this feast belong to?
It may belong to a certain dignitary, or it may belong to a certain general, but it has absolutely nothing to do with ordinary people. For ordinary people, all they have to endure is the pain of losing their loved ones, and there is still a future. A life of poverty.
But the dignitaries once again had a lot to eat. In this way, many materials were purchased by the dignitaries and speculators at extremely low prices.
For example, when Samsung surrendered in Japan, it "bought" the rice in the Japanese warehouse and completed the accumulation of its first pot of gold.
And now?
In Italy, Li Yian just participated in this feast and got a little reward from it.
Just a few days later, news spread among the predators - someone bought the Italian merchant ship for $2 million.
A wave of doubts arose in almost everyone's mind - Where did this fool come from?
(End of this chapter)