Chapter 599
Yongxing District is a famous financial district in Chang'an. With Yongxing Plaza as the center, many banks including the Central Bank and the Bank of Borneo are concentrated. At the northwest corner of Yongxing Plaza, There is a building in Greek classical style, combined with European and American modern styles, which is unique. There are twelve Doric columns carved from solid granite at the main entrance. The huge columns support the thick and solid cornice. The entire building's exterior is veneered with granite, giving the overall effect a simple, thick, and majestic appearance. This reinforced concrete building with three floors underground and 38 floors above ground is the Central Bank of Nanyang. As the seat of the central bank, it not only has a gorgeous appearance, but also has a luxurious design and complete functions inside. There are 36 natural marble columns in the magnificent hall. And its underground vault is also the largest large vault in Southeast Asia.
On this day, this vault located 32 meters underground welcomed a group of "visitors". These visitors were the investigation team sent by the Three Kingdoms Gold Return Committee.
“Everyone, what is in front of you now is the Central Bank Vault. The entire underground vault is surrounded by hard rock and is divided into 68 warehouses. The vault door at that time was a steel door customized in the United States and was 4 meters, 2 meters wide, 1.5 meters thick, the light one is 15 tons, and the heaviest one reaches 25 tons..."
As the governor of the Central Bank, Zhao Shijie looked proud when introducing this vault to them. very. The Central Bank Building can be called the strongest building in Southeast Asia, and the amount of steel used in this building exceeds 10,000 tons, a considerable part of which is used in this vault.
Not only a large amount of reinforced concrete is used here, but also steel plates up to several centimeters are used. According to the designer, even deceiving the atomic bomb would not be able to open the vault.
"Manager Zhao, is this the only treasury in Nanyang?"
As the leader of the investigation team, Ferris asked.
“Not the only vault, but the only official gold reserve!”
Zhao Shijie signaled the staff to open the vault door. When the 25-ton vault door opened, everyone They couldn't help but look inside.
This is not the first time they have entered a bank vault, but this vault has the potential to change everything.
Looking at the expectant crowd, Zhao Shijie smiled coldly in his heart and said as he looked at the crowd.
“I don’t know what you expect to find here, but one thing is for sure, there is no gold here that comes from the Nazis, not even a single gold, except part of the gold here comes from international trade. In addition to the normal settlement, most of them come from immigrants. We have detailed exchange records showing the source of the gold, and the gold also has its own imprints. "
Faced with Zhao Shijie's reminder, Felix said.
“That doesn’t mean anything.”
"Speculations require evidence! Your speculations are slander!"
Zhao Shijie walked into the vault. Through the iron fences of the vault's branches, people can see the currencies and bonds stacked inside. Waiting, they soon came to another vault, this was the library. After opening the thick safety door, they entered the gold reserve.
What is that yellow color?
It’s gold!
When the neatly stacked gold appeared in front of people's eyes, everyone was in a state of confusion for at least a moment.
There is a large amount of gold piled in the vault, including gold ingots and gold bars, large gold bars of one hundred taels, small gold bars of ten taels or even one tael.
"This is the No. 1 sub-treasury, and 435 tons of gold are stored in the vault..."
During Zhao Shijie's introduction, two staff members entered the vault and moved the vault according to the requirements of the investigation team. Jin was displayed before them.
“You can now clearly see the traces of these golds. As I said before, most of these golds come from immigrants. When they left Tangshan, they brought a large amount of gold with them. According to the exchange records Judging from the results, the customer who redeemed the most exchanged about 8 tons of gold..."
It seemed like a casual statement, but it made everyone stunned. One person exchanged 8 tons of gold. It’s so unbelievable!
"Then can we make an appointment with him?"
The investigator's words made Zhao Shijie frown and said. "This involves the customer's privacy! I have no right to disclose their information..."
"However, if a thorough investigation is not conducted, how can we explain the origin of the gold? And Please rest assured that we will also respect his privacy and all interviews will not be leaked."
Faced with the investigation team's request, Zhao Shijie discussed it with several deputy managers around him. Yes, he said.
"We can seek his opinion first. If he is willing to cooperate with the investigation, you can meet with him. On the contrary, we will not disclose any customer-related information no matter what."
Felice He nodded and said.
“Yes, but I have a question, why are there so many small gold bars stored in your vault.”
“These gold bars will be used for physical delivery on the gold exchange. Maybe you don’t know very well, but Nanyang is different from other countries. We implement corresponding gold controls, which results in our gold price being slightly higher than the international market. This also gives speculators room to make profits, and the Nanyang people Traditional people like to buy gold. In the past few years, with the increase of private income, the amount of gold hidden has also increased..."
Looking at the investigation team in front of him, Zhao Shijie sneered in his heart.
What can you find in the gold?
Have you found the eagle emblem of the Third Reich?
Even with our full cooperation, what else can you find out?
“However, in just four years, your gold reserves have increased 100 times from a dozen tons. This is really amazing!”
Faced with Felix’s doubts , Zhao Shijie answered directly.
"Is this amazing? Last year alone, our trade surplus was US$1.4 billion. If all were converted into gold for delivery, it would exceed 1,000 tons!"
After thinking about it, Zhao Shijie said.
“Based on various reasons, especially your investigation, which caused the price of gold to rise in Nanyang, out of the need to stabilize the price of gold, we are currently considering whether to transport the gold stored in New York back to Nanyang.”
This seemingly light sentence made many members of the investigation team change their expressions slightly. Many of them were Americans. Naturally they knew what this sentence meant. It was to tell the United States that they were very angry, so they would not let go of the gold. In New York.
Nowadays, international trade delivery seems to be in U.S. dollars, but in fact, you can also choose gold delivery, especially for country-to-country trade.
If Nanyang converted all of its trade surplus of more than one billion U.S. dollars into gold, the impact on the U.S. financial sector would be unimaginable.
Looking at the changing expressions of everyone, Zhao Shijie sneered in his heart. Do they think Nanyang doesn’t have the means to counterattack?
Long before they came to Nanyang, when they wanted to press the "criminal crime" on Nanyang, you had already thought of a strategy - to get back the gold stored in New York!
After the war, gold delivery for international trade in various countries was carried out in New York. This is not only because the United States has the largest gold reserves in the world, but also because a considerable part of the gold of European central banks is stored in the United States. , the final delivery of trade in various countries around the world is carried out in New York.
This was also the biggest gain for the United States in World War II.
And now Nanyang is the first country to say that it wants to take out gold!
(End of this chapter)