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

After a long time, Morris sighed and asked,

"Did you get the exact date for the battle?"

Hu Zhenhua nodded slightly.

"Carter said you'll pay 100 million for this information. Do you still want it?"

Morris jumped up and shouted,

"That damn Carter, he quoted me a price between 200 million and 300 million miler!"

"Is that so?"

Hu Zhenhua rolled his eyes and said,

"Carter is going too far. We're all old friends, and he's acting without mercy. He's the consul after all! We'll have to rely on him a lot in the future."

Hu Zhenhua thought for a moment and said,

"I won't charge you for this intelligence. Otherwise, Carter will think we've gotten rid of him and get angry!"

Morris was still cursing,

"This vampire better not fall into my hands, otherwise he will be in trouble!"

Hu Zhenhua waved his hand and said comfortingly,

"Carter clearly marked the price. How much did he sell it for? That's his ability. We can't be too harsh on him. Let's get back to the point."

Hu Zhenhua looked at his watch. It was already eleven o'clock at night!

"Morris, you don't have much time left. The war will start on the 12th. It may start in an hour!"

Morris was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

If it was number 12, it meant that he had no time to react at all.

Morris grabbed Hu Zhenhua's arm.

"Is this news confirmed?"

Hu Zhenhua laughed.

"It will only take a few hours, and it will be verified soon!"

Morris's last bit of hope was gone. He sighed and asked,

"You knew the war had started, so why did you buy up real estate at the bottom?"

Hu Zhenhua decided to tell the truth.

"I'm not trying to buy real estate at the bottom, but to use real estate to exchange for raw materials from ordinary people."

Old Hu suddenly remembered something and started to scold Morris.

"Morris, where's your spirit of contract? I even paid the deposit, and I haven't seen you ship much raw materials to me yet! War is about to break out. If you delay my production, you must return the deposit and pay liquidated damages! Also, I, Hu Zhenhua, will never cooperate with those who forget their principles for the sake of profit! Whether you want to fulfill this contract is up to you!"

Morris broke out in a cold sweat again. If Hu Zhenhua claimed compensation, it would be adding insult to injury!

He calmed down and said,

"If we ship the raw materials here, do you have enough money to pay? From what I understand, TA's account is completely empty."

Hu Zhenhua immediately responded,

"Whether I have money or not is my business! If war breaks out, my passenger ships and planes can absorb a large amount of cash. How can I not have money to pay?"

"As for the weapons and supplies I produced, according to the agreement with the government, they need to pay in cash! So your conclusion that I have no money is completely nonsense!"

Morris sighed again.

"Can the delivery date be postponed a little longer? I guarantee that we will fulfill the contract within a month!"

Hu Zhenhua exposed his little trick on the spot.

"Of course you will fulfill your contract, because who would buy your raw materials? I only give you half a month!"

Morris was forced into a corner, he gritted his teeth and made a difficult decision.

"I can transfer the property to you, but the price cannot be 1/10 of the cost. How about half?"

Hu Zhenhua snorted coldly.

"Have you ever seen communist houses being freely bought and sold? Once the Red Army enters the Magic City, will you still have control over those properties? You'll be in big trouble then!"

"Can they really break into the Magic City?"

"Why do you think a unit that's been defeated so many times can hold out? Even the authorities themselves said they'll hold out for six months, but what happens after that?"

Morris pleaded with a sad face,

"Please add a little, otherwise I really won't be able to explain to the shareholders!"

Hu Zhenhua pondered for a moment and said,

"How about this? I'll exchange my shares in the Japanese company with yours. This way, there's no money involved, and there won't be a noticeable loss."

"That's a good idea!"

Morris thought for a moment and asked,

“How many shares can you transfer to me?”

"That depends on how much real estate you transfer to me. If all the major foreign companies transfer all the real estate they hold to me, then you can get 100% of the shares of each of my more than 5 companies in Japan!"

TA company claimed to invest 5 million, 2500% of the shares, which is million!

Morris wanted to cry. According to his estimation, the real estate held by the major foreign companies was valued at nearly 20 billion yuan at its peak. Now they only got back so little, which was a huge loss!

Hu Zhenhua continued to put psychological pressure on him.

"Morris, you need to act quickly. My goal is to get the raw materials back from the people. If those raw materials are taken away by the authorities, I won't buy your property no matter how low the price is!"

"Of course, you can also exchange your house for raw materials, and I will buy them according to the contract price!"

Morris felt much better. If he went to exchange it himself, he could indeed reduce some losses!

His eyes softened a little.

"Hu, it seems I misunderstood. You are such a good friend!"

The two chatted for a few more sentences, and then Morris left in a hurry. He was going back to Shanghai to discuss with other foreign company managers to see how to get the raw materials back from the people!

……

After listening to Lao Hu's suggestion to Morris, Jiang Zhen gave a thumbs up.

"Great! This is a game of two tigers competing for food. The authorities and foreign investors will definitely get involved!"

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