Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

At 4 p.m., a figure got into Guo Dachong's car and said anxiously,

"The guy watching the counter reported that of the 500 million pounds transferred by Jardine Matheson, only 10 is left!"

Guo Da Chong nodded and shouted,

"Notify the newspaper companies that their newspapers are now available for sale!"

"Yes!"

Old Guo looked out the car window at the still surging crowd and laughed.

"Jardine Matheson was truly remarkable. Before his death, he even gave real money to the people of Shanghai!"

Just half an hour later, the crisp voice of a newsboy could be heard on the street.

"Breaking News! Breaking News! Jardine Matheson is using a series of schemes to defraud the people of their wealth!"

"Breaking News! Breaking News! The silver box and stone incident was orchestrated by Jardine Matheson! The goal was to cause panic so that Jardine Matheson could buy up banknotes at a low price!"

"Breaking News! Breaking News! Thomson treats the people of Magic City like pigs and sheep, slaughtering them at will!"

"Extra number! Extra number!..."

In the second-floor office of Jardine Matheson, Thomson tore up the newspaper into pieces and threw them all over the place. He yelled hysterically,

"Slander! This is pure slander! I'm going to sue this newspaper. Yes, I'm going to sue it right now!"

Suddenly, the assistant came running in, shouting,

"Sir, our banknote purchase has been successful!"

"Bullshit! When have we ever purchased banknotes?"

"Just before the silver chest arrives!"

Thomson's face flushed. After his assistant reminded him, he immediately remembered that this was indeed the case!

Outside the window, the roar of the people was heard!

"Liar! Liar! Liar!"

The neat slogans came like a tsunami!

Thomson walked to the blinds and looked out, only to see hundreds of angry people waving their fists in anger.

There were two thugs tied up in the crowd!

The assistant reminded,

"These two are the ones who helped buy banknotes at a 20% discount yesterday!"

Thomson's face turned pale!

Suddenly, the phone rang. The assistant answered it and immediately handed it to Thomson.

"It's Mr. Andre from Mack's firm!"

Thompson picked up the phone and tried to keep his voice calm.

"Hello, Mr. Andre! I'm Thomson!"

Suddenly, a voice without any emotion came from the phone.

"Mr. Thomson, I need to withdraw my company's deposit from your bank immediately. Please prepare the cash. I'll be there in twenty minutes!"

Thomson wanted to say something, but there was a beeping sound on the phone!

Obviously, the other party has hung up!

Jingle bell, jingle bell!

Thomson picked up the receiver again.

"Hello, hello, I'm Thompson!"

"Mr. Thomson, my name is George. My company has a deposit in your bank. Please prepare the cash immediately. I'll be there in a moment!"

Beep beep!

Jingle bell, jingle bell!

"Mr. Thomson, this is Jaliman. Please prepare the cash immediately for my company's deposits in your bank. My assistant should be here by now!"

Beep beep!

Jingle bell, jingle bell!

Thomson no longer had any interest in answering the phone.

He suddenly got angry, cleared everything on the desk, and yelled,

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! If they force Jardine Matheson to death, you won't get a single cent of your savings!"

The assistant was so anxious that he reminded,

"Sir, please ask Mr. Morris and the consulate for help!"

"Yeah!"

Thompson picked up the phone on the ground and dialed Morris's number. As soon as he opened his mouth, he heard Morris's roar.

"Thomson, we are bankers, not wolves. How could you do such a thing? It would be fine if you did it, but how did you get caught?"

Thomson wiped the sweat from his head and explained,

"Mr. Morris, someone is spreading rumors!"

Morris's roar continued,

"They have irrefutable evidence, so how can they continue to fabricate rumors? Thomson, I won't ask you for the funds I lent to Jardine Matheson, but please prepare the Huaqi banknotes immediately. I'll send someone to pick them up! Right away!"

"Mr. Morris, Mr. Morris!"

Beep beep!

After a few seconds of confusion, Thomson dialed another number.

"Is that Consul Lippi? I'm Thomson!"

The voice inside was equally cold.

"Mr. Thomson, I understand your situation! The consulate's top priority right now is to deal with the Amethyst incident. We can't provide you with any help. Mr. Thomson, you're on your own!"

Beep beep!

On the morning of April 4, after the Amethyst incident broke out, the destroyer HMS Consort, which the Amethyst was originally planned to replace, immediately set out from Nanjing to provide support.

At 13:30 PM, the Companion arrived at Sanjiangying and attempted to tow the Amethyst. It came under fire from PLA artillery, and after a battle, the Companion failed to rescue the Amethyst and fled downstream. However, it entered the firing range of the 1st Artillery Regiment of the PLA Special Forces Column and came under heavy fire. The Companion then sped downstream towards Jiangyin.

On the evening of April 4, the heavy cruiser HMS London of the British Navy sailed from Hong Kong and the frigate HMS Black Swan stationed in Shanghai reunited with the injured HMS Companion.

On the morning of April 4, the three warships attempted to rescue the Amethyst again. The two sides engaged in another artillery battle. The three warships were defeated and fled to Shanghai in the afternoon of the same day!

Having failed to achieve results through military means, it’s time for diplomatic mediation!

This time Thompson really lost all his strength.

In the past, when conflicts arose with China, the consulate would support the foreign companies without hesitation.

This time it was very unfortunate.

Because the consulate had requests for help from the National Government, the propaganda of the Gentleman Country was approved by the Kuomintang government, and the Gentleman Country's warships had the legal right to sail in the Yangtze River to carry out peace missions.

If the government is angered, they will deny that they have given permission to the Gentleman Country, which will be a big deal!

Now the whole Magic City is outraged, accusing the foreign companies of issuing banknotes unscrupulously and plundering people's wealth.

Jardine Matheson has once again engaged in an incident of plundering banknotes at low prices!

Under such circumstances, how could the government compromise in order to stabilize the people's hearts!

A word appeared in Thomson's mind: sacrifice the car to save the driver!

Jardine Matheson, that’s the car!

He waved his hand, his tone calm.

"Go out, I want some quiet time!"

The assistant stopped cleaning up the mess on the floor, walked out, and closed the door behind him!

Thompson looked at the photos of his wife and daughter, a smile appearing on his lips.

……

Outside Jardine Matheson, You Wu suddenly saw a figure and shouted,

"It was he, yes, it was he who asked me to buy the banknotes!"

Everyone looked at the bank clerk and shouted,

"catch him!"

The teller's name was Wang Lie, a native of Shanghai. He wanted to run, but there were people everywhere and he couldn't escape at all.

Seeing that he was surrounded, he immediately knelt on his knees and kowtowed repeatedly.

"My dear old man, I deserve to die!"

As he spoke, he slapped himself on the mouth.

"Manager Li ordered me to do this. He said he was under orders from Assistant Xu! I was forced to do it."

Everyone was furious, and one of them shouted,

"You're a running dog of the foreign devils! Traitor! Beat him to death!"

Everyone immediately surrounded him, punching and kicking him. In just a few minutes, they beat Wang Lie half to death. He lay on the ground, breathing more out than in, barely gasping for breath.

"Take him with you and go to the foreign company to settle accounts with Manager Li!"

When the armed security guard at Jardine Matheson saw the huge crowd, he wanted to close the door, but was knocked down by the crowd and even his gun was taken away!

At this time, someone shouted,

"Manager Li is in the vault!"

"Let's go find him!"

The bank clerk tried to stop him, but suddenly a gun was pointed at his head.

"Open the door or I'll shoot you!"

Two minutes later, somehow, the protest suddenly turned into a riot, and the vault, containing 60 to 70 million banknotes, gold and silver jewelry, cash and jewelry, was looted!

The angry crowd even attacked tables, chairs, benches, telephones and lights.

Move away everything that can be moved!

In the office on the second floor, Thomson fell on the desk, blood flowed down the table and dripped onto the precious carpet!

This foreign company that made its fortune from the opium trade was swept into the dust of history!

……

When the news spread, the people who were originally just protesting were suddenly provoked, and the way they looked at the foreign bank changed.

Being a sheep, you can only eat grass.

Be a wealthy wolf and enjoy plenty of fresh meat!

If it were you, how would you choose?

At Huaqi Foreign Company, Morris’ face was as black as the bottom of a pot!

After the crisis broke out, he took a series of measures and barely maintained the situation, but the collapse of Jardine Matheson became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The assistant rushed in in a panic.

"Mr. Morris, something bad has happened!"

Morris waved his hand.

"Don't be anxious, speak slowly!"

The assistant took a deep breath and then spoke slowly.

"I just asked Jardine Matheson's accountant, and he said that the total amount of banknotes from various foreign banks in Jardine Matheson's vault is over 5000 million, of which our Huaqi has more than 600 million!"

Morris's body trembled twice.

In other words, at least 5000 million banknotes have flowed into the market, and all of them are waiting to be redeemed!

He pondered for a moment and asked,

"Have the number of people coming to our bank to withdraw money increased significantly?"

The assistant nodded.

Morris waved his hand.

"I understand, get out!"

When he saw that his assistant didn't move, he immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Anything else?"

The assistant took another deep breath.

"Just now, WWA and more than a dozen foreign banks called and asked to withdraw cash!"

"I know! Go ahead!"

Morris saw that his assistant still didn't move, and his face twitched.

"If there is any other bad news, please share it with me!"

"Ten minutes ago, Harry's Trading Company couldn't hold on any longer and suddenly started selling off banknotes from major trading houses! The current price is 50% off!"

"what!"

Morris jumped up and shouted hysterically,

"This idiot! He's committing suicide!"

The assistant also looked grim.

Husband and wife are like birds in the same forest, they fly separately when disaster strikes!

Even couples are like this, not to mention that the major foreign companies are just partners!

Morris slammed the table and shouted,

"Take Harry's company to me!"

The assistant shook his head.

"I called before I came here, but the call was disconnected. Harry's company is obviously ready for bankruptcy. If even they go bankrupt, the banknotes in circulation in the market will probably increase by another 20 to 30 million!"

Morris slumped onto the sofa.

The assistant poured him a glass of water and whispered,

"Right now, in the entire Magic City, only Hu Zhenhua has enough cash!"

"Is he back?"

"This morning, someone saw him appear in the Magic City!"

"How much cash does he have?"

"At least 4000 million oceans!"

Morris opened his mouth wide and shouted,

"Impossible, how could he have so much cash!"

"He really has it, sir. Since yesterday, their cruise company's ticket sales have been crazy high. After deducting the insurance policy deduction, their income is at least 1000 million. Also, Hu Zhenhua set up a gambling game in Jinling, and the profit is at least 600 million. Also, I learned from my friends in the underground moneylender that Guo Dachong has been borrowing high-interest loans for the past few days, totaling over million yuan!"

Morris felt a little depressed and said sourly,

"So, Hu Zhenhua saw the huge risks of banknotes long ago!"

"I'm afraid that's the case!"

Morris suddenly stood up from the sofa and shouted,

"Let's go see Hu Zhenhua!"