"The governor told me that people from the central bank have also come to the west and asked me to prepare to receive them." At the dinner table, Julio talked about the greeting the governor gave him yesterday and told him that the Imperial Bank of China was trying to solve the problems left by the three-guarantee policy. When the problem came to the west, it was said that it was the cabinet's words that made the Imperial Bank take action, so it was necessary to do a good job of receiving it. But for some reason, Julio heard something unfriendly from the governor's tone.
It was like telling him again not to give face to the Imperial Central Bank.
Each state has a large degree of autonomy. In addition to adhering to the principles of an empire and unwavering stance, it only needs to abide by the basic laws of the empire and recognize the royal family. As for other things, you can implement them through consultation or choose not to implement the cabinet resolutions. Therefore, even if the Reichsbank obtains the cabinet document, the state government can still refuse the Reichsbank to implement the cabinet resolution on the grounds that it is "not suitable for the basic local conditions." This is the freedom of the state government.
This kind of management system is an old system left over from the aristocratic era. During the feudal dynasty, each aristocrat had his own territory. In their fiefdom, they were the well-deserved emperors. People only recognized the rule of the aristocrats and did not regard the royal family. The rulers did not care, and they were only loyal to the nobles in the fiefdom, claiming to be the subjects of the nobles, not the royal family. In order to avoid the excessive expansion of the power of the nobles and the occurrence of civil war, the royal family later established a new position, the governor.
The governor was equivalent to the current governor, but different. The governor only had military power sufficient to suppress the local area, but had no power to interfere with the construction of the aristocratic territory. The emergence of the governor meant that the royal family did not trust the local area, so they had such a role that was more like a "general" to guard the local area. However, the governors' eager desire for power prompted them to take the first step to intervene in local politics without the permission of the royal family, or with the acquiescence of the royal family.
For this reason, several neighboring governors created a shocking rebellion, implicating more than a dozen nobles of varying sizes, and then sent these nobles to the gallows. This began a long era of governors grabbing military and political power. However, it is a pity that the royal family began to distrust the governor again, believing that the governor's power exceeded the red line, so it deprived the governor of military power and instead established local military regions affiliated with the central government to balance the power of the governor.
After hundreds of years of fighting between the nobles, the governor, and the royal family, they were finally overthrown by a guy named Magus, ushering in a new era, but some things have not changed, they just have a new skin. That's why some people say that aristocrats are still aristocrats, they just have different names.
Although the power of local autonomy has been restricted to a certain extent, it is still quite free. If the governor does not want the Imperial Bank to come in, the Imperial Bank really cannot come in. Of course, this will only happen if there are only two parties. Once the Imperial Bank starts to use his terrible network, even if the governor does not want to agree, he must finally agree.
Bellito was not surprised that the central bank would intervene. Two of the top executives of Southern Commercial Bank also held senior positions in the Imperial Bank. Bellito had long been aware of the actions of the Imperial Bank. The unity of the senior executives of Southern Commercial Bank The extent is more terrifying than outsiders imagine. You must know that at the beginning, these bankers were almost forced by the Imperial Bank to face bankruptcy and commit suicide by jumping off the building. Therefore, even today, they are wary of the central bank and hate them.
It’s just that he certainly couldn’t have imagined that the delegation from the Imperial Bank of China would offend one of the top executives here when they first came to the west. After all, the cooperation between the Imperial officials and the Central Bank has always been good, and he has never heard of any conflicts.
Bellito put down his knife and fork, lowered his voice, and said, "The top management of the Central Bank is very arrogant. In their view, apart from bankers, there are only two types of people left in the world: consortiums and poor people. Even government officials They put them all in the poor category. Last year at the central bank's annual meeting, a central bank chairman said that 60% of the empire's wealth was in the central bank's vaults. After this statement came out, they were very passive. But it also reflects their arrogance.”
"If those people look down on you, you can contact me and I will attend with you."
In fact, Julio can guess what Bellito is thinking. Now no one knows how the governor and the people at the central bank are talking. As another contender in this matter, Bellito definitely wants to get closer. Understand the true situation of the matter. He seemed to want to support Julio, but in fact he also wanted to find out the inside story. At the same time, he gave the people at the central bank a feeling that Bellito had almost reached an agreement, and nothing would happen without them.
But Julio still appreciated what Bellito said. They had worked together in the south for a long time and could be said to be very good friends. The promotion and execution of any policy are inseparable from economic support. It is precisely because of Bellito that Julio can do well in the south and get a ticket to be promoted to governor. Moreover, he also plans to continue to maintain this model. Compared with the developed cities in the south where the economy is more developed and the mind is more open, if the conservative concept in the west cannot be broken, it will be difficult to usher in huge development, so his plan The tickets are worthless.
Only by pushing the southern commercial bankers headed by Bellito to obtain the policies and insured persons left behind by the Three Guarantees Policy can Bellito be persuaded to continue to support his cause in the west, and at the same time, Bellito has a retainer. The reason for being in the west is the insurance business.
Friendship is never as strong as interests, this is Julio’s experience!
"Don't worry, my friend, we will go to receive the people from the central bank together. I would like to see what their expressions will be when they see you." Julio, who had already deciphered some content from the governor's phone call, sold it smoothly. If you get a favor, you won't suffer a loss anyway, and you can still earn one, so why not do it
Bellito obviously accepted this favor. Isn't life in this world an alternation of giving and receiving
Soon, their topic turned to the issue of the general strike. The general strike that was expected to start until today suddenly stalled, leaving them a little baffled. Before this, Julio had asked the press officer to release a message, saying that the problems left by the three guarantees policy would be solved as soon as possible. However, this was just an act of trying his best. No one thought that publishing a message could stop the general strike. 's arrival Otherwise, the local atmosphere would not be so tense, but what is strange is that the general strike has not really started. Instead, there is a feeling of shrinking from the battle.
We were obviously prepared for the general strike, but the strike didn't come. It was so frustrating. After all, we had prepared many countermeasures and killed so many brain cells. It felt a little uncomfortable to punch the air. Comfortable.
"Have you heard any rumors recently? I think the suspension of the general strike may be related to some circumstances that we don't know about. If it's not good news, it can only get worse!" Julio is worried that these working class people will see Without a real and effective solution, the general strike turned into a major turmoil. If that were the case, it would have a devastating impact on him, Van Leer, and the entire west. It can be expected that a large number of capitalists will evacuate this unstable area, the local economy will decline rapidly, and a series of managers will be punished or even dismissed from their posts.
Bellito also had a puzzled look on his face. He had been looking through the information left by Memnon for some time recently, discussing with the senior management of Southern Commercial Bank whether and how to eat this cake, and he did not continue to pay attention to the issues related to the general strike. . Even during their discussion, a director of Nan Commercial Bank believed that the general strike would be very beneficial to them. Only when the general strike broke out could they show more value by extending a helping hand.
This is very important for them to open up the western market through insurance business. Once this group of conservative western simple farmers become their customers, their deposits will be transferred to the Southern Commercial Bank accordingly. Banks have many ways to allow them to do this, such as deducting money directly from their accounts and enjoying a 20% discount on premiums.
"Could it be that the workers' union played a corresponding role in this?" Bellito, who was unable to analyze the inside story, could only attribute the suspension of the general strike to the effective work of the workers' union.
After the two discussed for a while, they had no clue. At this moment, Julio's assistant ran over and whispered something in his ear. Julio's eyes suddenly widened, with a look of disbelief on his face. appearance. He immediately picked up a napkin, wiped his mouth very rudely and stood up, "Dulin is purchasing insurance contracts!"
These words were like a thunderclap on Bellito's forehead. When he clapped his hands on the table and stood up, everyone in the restaurant looked at him.
"Dulin?"
"Why does he dare to do this?"
At this time, a person was asking the same thing.
"Why do you dare to do this?"
"Do you know that if your problems lead to irreparable consequences in the West, you will be responsible and even go to jail for it. Why do you dare to do this?"
Phyllis tore off his collar and walked back and forth in the hotel room, holding the receiver in his hand. The phone fell to the floor because of his exaggerated movements. When he knew that the general strike did not come as promised, he immediately asked someone to investigate what happened. When someone told him that it was not Bellito who secretly caused trouble, but Dulin, he angrily called for Dulin. phone and dialed.
(End of chapter)