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

In the office on the second floor of the Aode Foreign Trade Company, the manager was running around in a panic. Suddenly, the phone rang. The ding-dong sound spread throughout the office. The manager didn't notice it at all until someone pushed him and he came to his senses.

He picked up the phone and heard the voice coming from inside. The manager immediately stood up straight!

"Mr. Kenny, have you raised the funds?"

Kenny's roar came from the microphone.

"Close the bank immediately, saying it's too late! Now!"

"But, other foreign companies are still open!"

"Don't worry about the other shops, close them! Now!"

“The angry crowd will smash the bank!”

"Then let them smash it!"

The manager wanted to say something when the phone beeped, indicating that the other party had hung up.

"How to do how to do?"

The manager was so anxious that he grabbed a clerk and asked,

"How do I close the door?"

The other party also looked terrified and at a loss.

The manager caught another person and asked the same question, but no one in the office could answer him.

Since ancient times, few people have been able to survive bank runs safely.

The manager was so angry that he staggered and almost fell.

After drinking two sips of water, his heart rate returned to normal.

"Manager, we only have 2 yuan in cash left. What should we do?"

The manager opened his mouth, an idea suddenly came to his mind, a look of joy appeared on his face, he waved his hand, and whispered to his subordinates.

After asking on the first floor, I found out that the teller Wen Shiji had been working for more than ten hours in a row. During this time, he only ate two buns and drank a glass of water.

Now, his voice was hoarse and his arms were so tired that he could hardly lift them.

A vault worker brought in another box of silver dollars and shouted,

"Xiao Wen, come and take inventory and sign!"

After finishing the business at hand, Wen Shiji hung up the pause sign and dragged his tired body to the back to count the silver dollars.

While he was counting, the vault clerk whispered, "Pretend to be unconscious for a while. Got it?"

Jian Wen Shiji understood, and the vault staff handed over the money and left quickly.

Precious metal currency is very heavy.

Wen Shiji dragged the cash box behind the counter, removed the pause sign, and shouted,

"Don't worry, everyone. We are a major international bank with sufficient capital reserves."

After saying that, he looked at the depositor in front of him and asked,

"Sir, how much do you want?"

"There's 412 dollars on the list. Take it all out."

The person who was speaking was a middle-aged man. This money was his life savings!

"Now, your deposit certificate will expire in more than a month. If you withdraw it now, you will lose the 32 yuan interest!"

"I don't want the interest, just withdraw the money for me."

Wen Shiji had encountered this kind of situation too many times today. He didn't say anything more and started to check the deposit certificates and go through the procedures.

412 dollars, with a total weight of about 11 kilograms, is not light.

Wen Shiji picked it up and just stood up, but perhaps due to insufficient blood supply to the brain, he stumbled and fell to the ground. The 412 silver dollars in his arms were scattered on the ground with crisp metallic collision sounds. Some of them even fell outside the counter, causing a commotion among the depositors.

"Xiao Wen fainted, hurry to the hospital!"

The middle-aged man was stunned. He was about to get the money, but something like this happened. He was so anxious that he shouted,

"All I need to do is sign and get the money. Can someone do it for me?"

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, the man burst into tears and slammed the counter.

Less than two minutes later, another teller collapsed, his condition even worse, with foam coming out of his mouth! He was rushed to the hospital.

The manager saw that the time was almost right and shouted loudly,

"Quiet! Quiet!"

After the crowd calmed down a bit, he continued,

"Bank staff have been working for fifteen or sixteen hours straight since 9 a.m. They can't take it anymore and need a break! From now on, our bank will suspend deposit and withdrawal services!"

The crowd was in an uproar, shouting and cursing!

The manager's temper flared up, and he swung a chair and smashed it against the counter. This move really frightened the crowd. Seeing that they were a little quiet, the manager shouted,

"We're all born and raised by our parents. Are you really going to work our tellers to death? If they die, who will handle your business?"

"I've locked this door. Otherwise, you can smash the bank and go to the police station. Otherwise, you can wait until tomorrow morning and we'll provide breakfast!"

After saying that, the manager patted his butt and left.

All the counters began to be sealed, and the crowd continued to shout and curse. Some of the hot-tempered ones really wanted to smash the counters, but what greeted them were the flashes of cameras!

The bank staff were taking pictures to keep evidence.

Now, everyone was at a loss and didn't know what to do.

The bank wants to close, no way!

Who doesn't know how to play rogue? An old man just sat on the ground and just waited.

In just a few minutes, a large group of people sat down in the hall.

The manager saw this scene through the gap in the window and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It's almost midnight now. I hope Mr. Kenny can come up with a solution, otherwise, Aode will really go bankrupt.

At the Cathay Hotel, Kenny finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news.

US Consul Carter and Australian Consul David came together. They walked into the conference room with Kenny and Atlan to prepare for the signing.

The reporters who had been waiting for a long time immediately pressed the shutter to record the scene of them walking into the conference room.

There is also a video recorder next to it, which was carefully prepared by Tongan in order to leave solid evidence.

Also coming were Deputy Mayor Liu and many big bosses from foreign companies.

Not only was Aode's capital chain about to break, but other foreign companies were not much better off. Due to traffic congestion, the funds in the temporary vaults of Chinachem and the other two insurance points could not be transported out at all!

Therefore, it is everyone's wish to ask TA company to accept banknotes from major foreign banks.

There are two reasons why Deputy Mayor Liu came. One is that TA's company's insurance has far exceeded 2 policies and there is still no sign of suspension.

He suspected that TA's company was committing fraud!

Secondly, many powerful people in Shanghai have large deposits in major foreign banks. Once these banks go bankrupt, those deposits will be gone with the wind. Therefore, Deputy Mayor Liu is also urging TA Company to accept banknotes.

Atlan stood up, holding a document in his hand, and said,

"I'm sure everyone already knows the details of this signing ceremony. TA Company has reached a franchise agreement with Australia. Our company will be investing heavily in Irian Island in the future..."

After the signing was completed, Kenny had no intention of answering reporters' questions and ended the press conference hastily.

Australia and Germany are facing a life-and-death crisis. Every second is extremely precious and cannot be wasted.

There were only four people in the small conference room: Carter, David, Kenny, and Atlan.

As soon as he sat down, Kenny couldn't wait to speak.

"Mr. Atlan, now that we are partners, you will see about the banknotes, right?"

Atlan slowly lit a cigar, took a puff, and then said with a smile,

"Mr. Kenny, these are two different things."

"What will it take for you to accept the banknote?"

"Unless your head office can guarantee the banknotes, there's no point in discussing this!"

Kenny got angry, slammed his fist on the table and shouted,

"It will take time to get the head office to provide a guarantee, but Aode urgently needs to solve its funding problem. If they don't help us, what kind of partners are we?"

Atlan blew out a puff of smoke, still unmoved. He had received personal instructions from Hu Zhenhua. Unless the United States extended a helping hand, Tongan would never be the scapegoat.

Hu Zhenhua wanted to see whether the US intelligence agencies were determined to deal with him. If so, they would never watch Australia and Germany go bankrupt.

Because the franchise rights of Irian Island were paid for by a loan from the Australian and German Trading Company in Shanghai.

If Aode goes bankrupt, there will be no follow-up.

"Mr. Kenny, there are still six hours until dawn. It won't take long to send a telegram!"

"But the person in charge of the head office has already gone to bed!"

"If Aode's life and death are not as important as the rest of the person in charge, then I have to question Aode's status in your head office!"

Kenny's face turned red from holding his breath. He really couldn't refute this reason.

Atlan blew out another puff of smoke and said lightly,

"To express support for our partner, he deposited 10 yuan with Aode. This is all I can do!"

Kenny seemed to see hope and asked quickly,

"Can you save more?"

Seeing Atlan shook his head, Kenny got angry and shouted,

"If Aode goes bankrupt, the franchise will no longer exist. Mr. Atlan, I hope you can consider it!"

This threatening remark angered Atlan, who slammed the table and shouted,

"Do you think their company is interested in franchising? It's a barren piece of land, and we want to develop it. We don't even know how much manpower and resources it will take! If we don't have it, forget it!"

Seeing that the two were about to break up, Carter quickly tried to mediate.

"Gentlemen, calm down. Actually, this matter is not unsolvable. Mr. Kenny, you can apply to TA Company to make Aode Yangxing your new insurance point."

Why do depositors withdraw money? Isn’t it for insurance? If the Australian and German Bank is used as an insurance point, depositors will not even need to deposit or withdraw money!

This move, I have to say, is very clever!

Atlan immediately raised an objection.

"No, doing this is equivalent to transferring all the risks to TA company!"

He glanced at Carter and said coldly,

"Unless the US Consulate is willing to provide a guarantee for this matter!"

This move of diverting the blame to others immediately put Carter in a dilemma.

Originally, the U.S. government should have stayed out of it, but what happened now? He was about to object when he suddenly saw Kenny's cold gaze.

Why did Australia and Germany come up with the franchise? It was because of you Americans who tricked us into doing so. Now that we are in crisis, you can't stay out of it.

Carter swallowed and said,

"For the sake of the Magic City banking industry, the U.S. Consulate is willing to provide a guarantee of one million U.S. dollars for Australia and Germany!"

In the next room, Hu Zhenhua clenched his fists!

This damn Jimla really spent a lot of money for me.

Atlan got Carter's guarantee and laughed.

"Kenny, my friend, with the 100,000 yuan from their company and this 1 million yuan guarantee, the hole in the Aode Foreign Exchange Company should be plugged!"

Kenny's face twitched a few times.

"Not even close!"

Now, it was Atlan's turn to have his face twitching. Looking at Kenny's expression, this little bit was probably an astronomical figure!

Maybe, it’s a few billion!