"The vice president, the ambassadors of Britain, France, the United States, Japan and other countries jointly lodged a protest, demanding that we abandon military control of Shanghai and ensure the interests of the great powers in China." Lu Yingluo sent the protest letter signed by several countries to Zhang Tinglan.
Zhang Tinglan glanced at it, put it aside, and said with a sneer: "Go and reply to them. It is the Chinese government's unshirkable responsibility to strictly abide by its international obligations and protect the legitimate interests of all countries."
When Lu Yingluo heard this, she couldn't help but laugh to herself. Zhang Tinglan only said to protect legitimate interests. As for those illegal interests, they were not protected. There were countless illegal things done by the great powers in China.
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Just after the Marine Corps took control of the concessions of various countries, they successively found a large amount of criminal evidence, including opium, morphine and other items, in quantities that can be measured in tons, as well as firearms, weapons, and even machine guns, all of which are prohibited by order of the Chinese government.
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In addition, evidence was found that they robbed women, stole cultural relics, stole intelligence, bribed officials, illegally laundered money, etc. There have been quite a few murder cases in Shanghai in recent years. Many times, corpses floated on the Huangpu River. In addition to gangs,
In addition to vendetta, the great powers are also involved.
This is how it is between countries. When the power gap is too big, you should pay attention to your fists. When the power gap is not big, you should be reasonable and present the facts. Selling drugs, smuggling arms, and conspiracy to subvert are not impossible, but
We must not let others grasp the evidence. Now that China has a lot of evidence in its hands, the momentum of the great powers has naturally dropped.
Demonstrations against the foreign powers were also held across China one after another. Millions of people took to the streets with great momentum. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs even made a strong protest to the foreign powers, demanding that they immediately abandon the concession and cooperate with China to investigate various problems in Shanghai.
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How could the great powers give up so easily? The two sides started a war of words. However, this war of words concealed the most important issue, which was the stock market.
Zhang Tinglan launched an attack on Friday, and on Saturday and Sunday, all the investors in Shanghai knew about the situation. Everyone felt like they were mourning, as if the end was coming.
I'm afraid it's not that safe to make money by relying on this piece of paper. All these people ran outside the stock market, waiting to start trading and throw out what they had as soon as possible.
Normally well-dressed people, all of them packed their beddings and ran to make bunks on the floor outside the transaction lock. It was comparable to those in later train stations.
However, what was waiting for them was not good news. From Monday to Wednesday, there was another three-day suspension. A large number of soldiers entered the city and fully implemented military control. China and the foreign powers negotiated toughly. The evil that was originally hidden under the bustling Shanghai Beach,
Ugly. All exposed.
Suddenly people were panicked, and everyone was extremely frightened. After five days of fermentation, almost everyone saw the situation clearly. In any case, one thing is certain, that is, the stock market will definitely suffer heavy losses. This time the momentum makes everyone
The fear of a rubber stock market crash has been aroused again.
As a result, more and more people were crowded outside the exchange. Even Xu Zhimo, a great talent, had to queue up. He was a professor at Soochow University, and his family's living expenses and poetry writing fees were all used by him.
When he invested in the stock market, he thought that these stocks would continue to rise, and he would be able to hold his beloved wife in his arms and enjoy a comfortable and comfortable life forever. Little did he know that his dream would turn into a nightmare so quickly.
Zhang Youyi and Zhang Jiaao both said with certainty that the stocks must be sold as soon as possible, otherwise there is a real possibility that they will become useless paper. After hearing this, he no longer cared about his status and dignity, and crowded together with those ungrateful people.
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Finally, on Thursday, the exchange was developed as scheduled, but what is shocking is that the trading window is only half of the usual size. The reason given by the securities is also very simple, that is, there are too many people involved in the case and not enough manpower.
At this time, these people had nothing to worry about, they could only squeeze in and rush to sell the stocks in their hands. But everyone wanted to sell, no one wanted to buy at all, and the stock price plummeted.
The faster it goes, the more serious the panic becomes, and the more people sell, and such a vicious cycle finally appears.
The stock market, which was originally booming, suddenly turned from the dog days to the 39 days. The sky in Shanghai was extremely cold. In one day, more than 20 corpses appeared in the Huangpu River. These people died without exception.
They are all well-dressed and either rich or noble.
They put all their wealth on the stock market, hoping to stage a myth of wealth, but who knew that they were awakened just halfway through this dream.
Among the people who jumped into the river to death, there were old bureaucrats, landowners who had just arrived in Shanghai, princes and ministers from the former Qing Dynasty, businessmen, and scholars. The river was surging, submerging all these people, and at the same time, it also flooded the beach.
The old dignitaries and the old order were all taken away.
In fact, careful people can find that among these fearful people, there are not only Chinese people, but also many Western faces. These people also have distorted facial features and are furious. Shanghai Beach has been their best gold mining location for many years.
No matter how rubbish he is, as long as he gets here, he can act as a master and get the first pot of gold.
But the once holy land of adventure has suddenly revealed its ferocious side, especially those Western bankers. They are facing an unprecedented crisis. Hundreds of millions of wealth have been invested in the Shanghai stock market. If they fail, they will only lose money.
I'm afraid they will be doomed.
"What's the Chinese government's answer?" Abel asked anxiously.
"China has stated that it can relax its foreign exchange controls and return the banks in the concession to various countries as soon as possible. However, in order to prevent the outflow of black gold, every bank transaction must be reported to China."
"Asshole, shameless, robber!" Abel yelled, and this guy completely lost his gentlemanly manners. He suddenly flew up and kicked the desk in front of him. The huge mahogany desk was knocked down.
As one of the best young bankers in France, what does Abel not know? The Chinese are playing delaying tactics. It is already Thursday, and the stock market will be suspended again on Saturday and Sunday. They only need to persist in foreign exchange.
In a day or two, it can be pushed back to next Monday. If this continues, every day of delay will cost tens of millions of losses. Who can bear the feeling of watching the flesh being cut?
When he thought of this, Abel's internal organs felt as if they were being burned by fire, and he felt extremely uncomfortable. He wished he could tear all these officials of the Chinese government into pieces.
"Quickly, go and invite Ulf, Kent, and Baggins over. We need to discuss countermeasures."
Not long after, these bankers and financial speculators all gathered together. Everyone looked at each other with a look of shame on their foreheads. They didn't know what to do at all.
Abel thought for a long time, and then said: "There is only one way now. I wonder if everyone dares to do it?"
"What can I do?"
"Provoking greater civil strife." Abel said grimly: "The Chinese government's attitude has been very clear. They just want to lock up our funds in Shanghai and then force us to cut our flesh and leave. We must not let them
To achieve this goal. Therefore, only by provoking greater chaos, involving their energy, and then all countries joining forces to exert pressure, can the Chinese government be unable to bear it and choose to compromise."
Kent nodded: "This is a good idea, but those damn bureaucrats will never dare to break up with the Chinese. Didn't you see that when the aircraft carrier appeared outside Shanghai, the garrisons from various countries all chose obediently?
Give up resistance, these incompetent cowards can't help at all."
"Then don't use them."
Abel rolled his eyes and said coldly: "We can let the Chinese beat the Chinese and turn Shanghai into a mess. After the financial disaster, if there is a social disaster, I will see if they can hold on."
Abel's idea is typical of Dongfeng's failure, and he is even more failure than Dongfeng. Once Shanghai is in turmoil, the financial industry will be even more severely affected, but in order to leave the pressure to the Chinese government, he no longer cares about anything.
Baggins nodded: "Actually, the best way is to assassinate that guy Zhang Tinglan. As long as he is dead, no one can threaten us."
When it comes to the topic of assassination, they have no burden at all. For financial interests, these Western bankers dare to assassinate even the president, let alone foreign heads of state, which is not in their eyes.
The biggest question now is who to use to stir up this chaos. After much thought, Abel chose a candidate, the tycoon Zhang Xiaolin from Shanghai.
As one of the three tycoons as famous as Du Yuesheng, Zhang Xiaolin is also a tycoon of the Youth Gang, with thousands of gang brothers under his command, and he himself is also known for being good at fighting.
Unlike Du Yuesheng, Zhang Xiaolin has no bottom line and is quite ruthless in his actions. As long as there is benefit, he can do anything.
Ever since he learned that Du Yuesheng was taken away by Zhang Tinglan, Zhang Xiaolin felt bad. The subsequent development of things also verified his judgment. An unprecedented storm finally blew. Although the Qing Gang had no problems for the time being, Zhang Xiaolin also knew that
This is just the calm before the storm.
There are too many big fish to deal with, and the sword can't chop him on the head for the time being, but in this changing situation, no one can escape. The order in Shanghai will inevitably be reshuffled. He, the leader of the Qing Gang, can make all the difference.
The era will eventually end.
Just when he was anxious, Abel's secret representative finally came over and put forward Abel's request.
Assassinating Zhang Tinglan and disrupting Shanghai! This was something that was almost unthinkable. Zhang Xiaolin suddenly felt cold all over and sat on the sofa blankly.
He touched his head unconsciously. Maybe the head would be gone. He had to be afraid! But then he thought, maybe this was the only chance to keep his wealth. Zhang Xiaolin gritted his teeth suddenly and clenched his fists.
