Chapter 1382 The mastermind behind the scenes (first update, please subscribe)
Conspiracy!
There are always conspiracies of one kind or another in this world. The reason why conspiracies are conspiracies is because conspiracies are always unknown to people.
When the conspiracy started to run, the world was still moving forward step by step, as if it had never been influenced by the world.
The rising and setting of the morning sun has never been affected by personal will.
In the early morning, when the first ray of sunshine shone in Central Park, Angel got up. He did not go for a run because of physical reasons.
While his wife was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, Angel was already standing by the window holding a coffee cup, staring at Central Park outside the window, and said to himself:
" Okay, it’s time to start working!”
It’s really working.
A week ago, he and several colleagues were dispatched to New York by the Ministry, where they were responsible for establishing the "New York Liaison Office of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry". As the head of the Liaison Office, he has also There is no idle time.
From choosing an office location to settling in the residence of their subordinates, in fact, they don't need to worry about it. The commercial representative office has already prepared everything.
The company has a large number of assets in New York, both acquired at low prices during the war and after the war.
The apartment he lives in next to Central Park now costs tens of thousands of dollars and is the most common luxury apartment in New York. However, during the war, such an apartment was only worth Thousands of dollars.
During World War II, many properties in New York were severely undervalued. Although the United States had emerged from the Great Depression, the real estate market did not revive because a large number of the population was serving in the military.
Even for many banks, the properties they repossessed during the Great Recession have long since become a liability. At that time, real estate prices in New York were very low, especially office buildings, high-end apartments and luxury homes in the city.
After all, people were more willing to invest in industry than in real estate at that time. After all, war stimulated industrial production. At the time, New York real estate, especially commercial real estate, was still as valuable as it was during the Great Depression.
The most typical example is the Empire State Building - from the Great Depression until the end of World War II, its vacancy rate was as high as 70%, and many floors did not even have a single tenant. Before the war, the Empire State Building's biggest source of revenue was ticket sales—hundreds of visitors each year paid $1 each to ride the elevator to the observation deck, making the skyscraper a popular tourist attraction. In its first year of operation alone, the observation deck generated approximately $2 million in revenue. The Antebellum Observation Deck is usually packed, with drinks and snacks for sale at the top. It is the income from the station that barely sustains the operation of the Empire State Building.
However, the outbreak of the war caused this income to shrink significantly. For the owner of the building, John Jacob Raskob, this was simply a disaster-while his income was severely reduced, the annual real estate tax burden even increased. Because of the war, Washington, D.C. Taxed.
As a result, the seemingly brilliant Empire State Building has become a "burden" for them. Its market valuation is only US$18 million, but the actual cost of the building is as high as US$40 million.
After learning that high-quality assets in New York were severely undervalued, Li Yi'an acquired a large number of high-quality assets for income companies - from commercial buildings to apartments to luxury homes.
Among them was the Empire State Building. Finally, at the end of the war, Raskob sold the Empire State Building to Universal Corporation for a "high price" of $22 million.
This investment seems to be a lot, but the rate of return is extremely amazing. Just two years after the end of the war, the investment that year skyrocketed more than ten times. In the past decade or so, with the rapid development of the U.S. economy, these investments have gained dozens of times.
Because of the large number of assets, the company even established a special asset operation company in New York to manage these assets.
After Angel and the others came to New York, it was naturally impossible for them to rent an outsider's house. So he just needs to pick a suitable location from the operating company's directory.
The office building where the office is located is not far from Wall Street, only about two blocks away. Of course, it is not far from where he lives, and it can even be reached by walking.
So in the past few days, Angel would walk to the building where the office is located whenever he had time. At present, the office is basically ready for use.
“Let’s go to Wall Street today.”
Thinking this in his mind, Angel chose to walk as usual.
Wall Street is the financial heart of the United States and the core of the free market.
Of course, it was also the subject of Angel's close observation. As he walked along the street, feeling the hustle and bustle of the city, he was more thinking about the next work.
Only occasionally when he encountered a red light, he would stop on the side of the road. After walking for almost half an hour, he saw a newsstand on the side of the road, so Angel stood next to the newsstand and browsed newspapers and magazines. When he wanted to buy a newspaper, perhaps because he saw the connections of a group of Wall Street elites, the newspaper seller immediately shouted loudly, and the sound shook his whole body.
"Look at President Kennedy signing the historic Presidential Order 11110, ordering the US Treasury Department to issue 'silver bonds'... He is declaring war on the Federal Reserve."
The shout of the newspaper seller The sound made Angel stunned. He knew this presidential order, which requires the U.S. Treasury Department to issue "silver certificates" backed by any form of silver owned by the Treasury Department, including silver ingots, silver coins and standard silver dollars. and immediately enter currency circulation.
“Declare war on the Federal Reserve...”
The reason why public opinion says this is because although the “dollar bills” are called “US” bills, they are not actually issued by the U.S. government. They are bonds issued by the Federal Reserve to the U.S. government, and the real name of "dollars" is actually "Federal Reserve bonds", which are bonds issued by the Federal Reserve to the U.S. government!
And now, what Kennedy wants to do is to take back the right to issue banknotes from the hands of the Federal Reserve!
"It's almost the same as Greenback..."
Angel said to himself.
"Greenback" is a type of U.S. dollar - it was a banknote issued during the Civil War, bypassing the Federal Reserve, under the instruction of President Lincoln, in order to raise military expenses for the war, with a total amount of up to 400 million U.S. dollars. .
But it’s only US$400 million.
Angel muttered in his heart, then bought a newspaper and continued walking forward. When he passed Madison Avenue on the way, like many people who came to New York for the first time, he also looked up at the literary and artistic building. Renaissance library.
When he looked at the library, in a private reading room in the library, several people were standing by the window, seemingly admiring the street view outside the window. "In 1626, the Dutch used 6 glass beads to buy all 22.3 square miles of land on Manhattan Island from the Indians."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone stood aside. added.
"$24 worth! Those glass beads."
When he finished speaking, there was a burst of moderate laughter around him, which seemed to be because of the $24 and those glass beads.
But this kind of laughter is filled with a certain kind of pride or pride!
"This should be the most cost-effective deal in history."
When a proud voice fell, a voice of dissent immediately sounded next to it.
“No, from a local perspective, this land is worthless to the local Indians. There is neither the prey they need, nor do they know how to fish. This land they It is of no use at all.”
It seems reasonable to say this, just like picking up leaks. They just picked up a leak back then.
“Yes, this is true for many things. Only in the hands of the right person can it achieve its greatest value.”
“So what about in his hands now?”
The sudden rhetorical question made the others frown, and then one person said.
“He? This problem is indeed a bit complicated.”
Faced with this problem, the people at the window were silent for a while, and then said:
"We created everything here, starting from here..."
His finger pointed outside the window, and then he continued:
"From the Indian When the people bought this land, there was nothing here except some forests and swamps. It was we who built the first street and the first building here.”
He just said these words, looking straight into the distance.
"It was we who made this New World prosperous, and we created everything in the New World. When the British tried to destroy this place, it was we who freed this New World from British rule.
In the end, it was we who made this land the richest country in the world. They say this is a city on a hill, they say this is New Rome, but no matter what they call it, What is this? Everything here was created by us.”
“Yes, we made it all”
The people standing in the library said. They have never claimed to be the creators of everything, but in their understanding, they have been guarding everything here and letting everything here develop according to their wishes.
They are never the president, the secretary of state, or the "big shots". They just stand quietly behind the scenes and implement everything according to their own wishes.
In their view, everything here is created by them and created by them. As for all living beings, they are just the most insignificant ants.
But now, they have to face a crisis - some things are beyond their control.
This kind of control is what they are most proud of for hundreds of years.
"Is there a God in this world?"
The person at the window asked this question.
"I don't know if there is a God, but we are following God's will. We are creating everything. We created this world, but now...someone wants to destroy everything."
< br>The man turned around and looked at his friends beside him and asked.
“So how should we deal with this matter now?”
“No one in this world can disobey God.”
One person said.
Others also followed suit.
"He must pay the price for his actions. This is God's will."
As their words fell, the cars on Madison Avenue outside the window were still roaring. The world's largest city is still bustling with activity. People here are still living in this world just like Guangxi. They are still enjoying the peace, the beauty, and all the happiness that life brings.
At the same time, just above their heads, some people were watching them quietly. Although they were all human beings,... some people never thought that they were the same as them.
Because in their view, they are the creators of everything in the world. God created the world in seven days. And they created everything here, so they are God’s agents on earth...
(End of this chapter)