Chapter 178 Helpless
This time, they were in seclusion a little long and did not return until June 19th.
This day happened to be the day when the United States passed the "Silver Purchase Act".
The bill was not a matter of time from proposal to passage. In fact, since early May, the price of silver began to rise, from 30 cents to 50 cents. On the day the bill was passed, the price of silver rose "spooky", reaching 80 cents.
Qin Di's previous silver futures investment totaled US$16 million, using 1:3 leverage, amplified to US$48 million, and as of June 19, he made US$120 million.
He shipped half of the investment, and the remaining half was set to be sold until 1935, when the silver price reached $1.29 an ounce.
In addition, he asked Youlong and Zhang Bin to sell the property, recovered 23 million yuan of funds, and exchanged 20 million yuan from the Bank of China, plus the more than 14 million yuan of silver dollars and silver ingots he had grabbed before, a total of 57 million yuan. He planned to keep this part of the silver until September to take action, because after October, the Republic of China government would collect 10% silver export tax.
The Silver Act had a great impact on China. From July to October 1934, 200 million yuan of silver flowed out in just three months. This shows the drastic outflow of silver.
As early as 1931, China had 1.7 billion silver coins and some silver ingots. At the end of 1933, foreign banks in the city of Magic City alone had 270 million yuan in silver reserves, but by September 1935, 80% of the silver reserves had disappeared.
The large outflow of silver disrupted the economic order and caused huge losses to China. The agricultural output value in 1934 decreased by 46% compared with 1931, and the export volume of raw silk was only 21.8% in 1930...
In this situation of internal and external troubles, Mr. Qing was still mobilizing a large army to carry out the fifth "encirclement and suppression", and the lives of the people were in dire straits...
The US silver bill exacerbated the collapse of China's economy and greatly weakened China's economic foundation for anti-Japanese resistance.
Historically, Japan relied on the gold and silver that had been snatched from the three eastern provinces, plus the silver smuggled from the Magic City, Tianjin and Qingdao, and sold it to the London market, making a fortune.
Qin Di made a fuss and snatched a lot of gold and silver from the Northeast, and intervened in advance to appreciate the silver, helping China recover some of its losses.
He further converted the money he earned into grain, sugar, oil, cotton yarn, and reserved it in Sichuan, Wuhan, Shaanxi and other places, making preparations for the future war of resistance.
Zhang Naijing followed Qin Di and increased his wealth by 50% or 60%. Therefore, he was proud and often boasted to Qin Ling, saying that he had vision.
In 1934, the Great Red Army suffered a step by step in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign and made huge sacrifices.
However, the League of Left-wing Writers in the Magic City achieved brilliant results.
Zhou Changgeng's essays, Mao Dun's "Midnight", "Lin Family Shop", "Spring Silkworm", Jiang Guangci's "The Roaring Land", Ding Ling, Zhang Tianyi, Ye Zi and others, plays by Wang Shu, Hong Shen, Xia Yan and others, and the poems of poets from the Chinese Poetry Association, all show the achievements of left-wing literature and art with their new ideological and artistic expansion, and have had a wide influence.
Zuolian also selected members of the "Drama Association" such as Kingsoft and Zhao Dan, as well as musicians such as Nie Er, Lu Ji, and He Luting to open up the film front and shoot progressive movies, becoming the center of the left-wing cultural movement. The left-wing film front gradually controlled film companies such as stars, Lianhua, Dentsu, Tianyi, and Dahua.
Among them, the "Western Theater" and "Dahua Film Company" hosted by Wang Shu became important positions for the revolution.
Wang Shu and Qin Yue were very energetic, but Qin Di was worried about them.
Sometimes, Qin Yue wanted Yan Xue to go to Xifeng Theater to sing the "Great Wall Rumor" and asked Gu Rumei to go over and play the piano, but Qin Di was blocked.
For this reason, Qin Yue complained a lot: "Brother, you should accept ideological transformation! At this moment of vigorous revolution, how can you, as the heir of the Qin family, hold back?"
Qin Di smiled bitterly at it. As a cultivator, he could only serve the country secretly and could not interfere blatantly.
Therefore, he spoke, "Yan Xue can't go, her influence is too great. If she appears at the Xifeng Theater, it will cause trouble to the Qin family."
Qin Yue curled her lips: "What trouble can it bring? What are you afraid of?"
"This matter is hard to describe."
Some of the things Qin Di did cannot be investigated seriously, such as Cathay Pharmaceutical supplies medicine to Mr. Li Shenggong and Mr. Ge, Qin's Grain Store places a large warehouse in Hancheng, and Ci'an Hospital to treat the generals of the Da Chi Army. Anything exposed will be troublesome.
However, Qin Yue didn't know about these things. She always thought that her brother was very stubborn and refused to accept new ideas.
Qin Yue has been a mother and her child is six months old, but she seems to have not grown up yet. It is always easy to see things, and she does things with all her passion.
Of course, this cannot be blamed entirely on Qin Yue. Qin Di also blamed him for being weird and incalculable. There are few months every year when there are no people. The Qin family's wealth expands rapidly like blowing bubbles, which makes Qin Yue find it difficult to understand.
"Brother, what's the point of building so many companies? No matter how much money you make, you can't give back to society, what's the value?"
Qin Di smiled and said, "You are really not in the world! Did you say you didn't read the newspaper? The Sichuan earthquake in August last year, the floods and locust plague this summer, our Qin family provided a large amount of food. Although it was not distributed for free, it also lowered the food price and saved many people. This is a great thing."
Qin Yue said: "If I don't read the newspaper that flatters, maybe it's the article you asked someone to write! I only know that the Qin family's assets will grow one by one every year. Isn't that a people's fortune?"
"Nonsense! Who are you listening to? Could it be Wang Shu and his friends?"
"Hmph, I heard that the Qin family is among the four major families of the Republic of China and is a representative of the great chaebol and the bourgeoisie."
"Why are there anyone saying such things? Didn't Tang Jishan, who first proposed the top ten richest people, get honest by me?"
"Hmph, you make so much money, don't let anyone tell me? It's too domineering! Let me tell you the truth, this is what Zhuo Qingqiu said at a meeting! I'm not qualified to participate, Wang Shu comes back and tell me."
Qin Di couldn't help frowning: "At this time, shouldn't Zhuo Qingqiu be in the Soviet area?"
Qin Yue said: "A few months ago, he returned to the Demon City to do business and went back soon."
Qin Di couldn't get angry about this person, but instead felt sad and asked, "Is his health better?"
Qin Yue sighed: "Oh, it's much worse than before, I often have fever and hemoptysis..."
"Did you give him some streptomycin?"
"Take it, he said he would take it back and distribute it to the wounded..."
This time, Qin Di didn't dare to say much, Zhuo Qingqiu's life was not much.
The Soviet area was in a difficult condition and he was in poor health. He repeatedly applied to participate in the Northern Expedition, but the leaders above did not agree, so he had to stay in the Soviet area. At that time, 18,000 people remained in the Soviet area to fight, including Chen, Su, Fang, He, Xiang and others. Later, Zhuo Qingqiu was arrested, and many people persuaded him to surrender, but he resolutely died.
Sometimes, Qin Di couldn't help but think: "Do you want to save him? After saving him, he will continue to revolution and encounter dangers. Not only Zhuo Qingqiu should be saved, but also thousands of left-behind soldiers and tens of thousands of young people who fell on the Northern Expedition..."
Thinking of this, he couldn't take action again.
Qin Di, who was reincarnated in the immortal, felt helpless!
Sometimes, Qin Di also wanted to go to the Soviet area to take a look and disguise himself as an ordinary warrior, but with his skills, he would definitely create miracles repeatedly. The gods blocked the gods and the Buddha blocked the Buddhas, which would inevitably lead to doubt!
So he can't do these things, he can only stay in the Demon City.
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