Empire in Progress

Chapter 26: financial crisis

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"Oh, Lampard has grown so big. The last time I saw you, you were so little," Fritz Thyssen said while gesticulating.

"Ahem...Uncle Emil Köldof and Uncle Fritz Thyssen haven't seen each other for a long time. I didn't expect you are still so young." Lin Wei politely complimented him. In fact, he was wondering when he had seen them before

"Hello, Uncle Emil Kodolf and Uncle Fritz Thyssen." In contrast, Linda's greeting was more formal.

"Okay, don't be polite. I called you old guys here this time mainly because there is a major matter related to our life and death." Gustav threw a heavy punch as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What, Gustav, are you crazy?"

"Are those workers looking for trouble again?"

"Gustav, what is going on?" Mr. Juncker in the seat immediately started an uproar, talking about all kinds of things. In the end, it was Emil Kodolf who calmed down first and asked the question.

"There will be a huge financial crisis by the end of this year at the latest." Lin Wei answered this question for Gustave.

"What!! This is impossible!" The Junkers on the table once again fell into confusion.

"Quiet, look at what you look like in front of the juniors," Gustav said again, "Hey! Dad is more authoritative," Lin Wei muttered. It was impossible to expect Lin Wei to control the situation, for no other reason. , no one listened to him.

Lin Wei waited for the scene to calm down and said, "Dear Junckers, this matter I am talking about was brought by my subordinates at their own risk. For more than a year ago, due to the impact of competitors from Europe, , the main source of wealth generation in the United States, the price of grain exports has begun to show a downward trend. Domestically, as workers' wages have been on an upward trend. Workers with abundant incomes have used loans to purchase all real estate such as houses and cars. Durable goods. Although society has shown an oversupply situation, major factories in the United States are still expanding the scale of reproduction. Every family should have financial talents and know what this means."

Everyone sitting here was silent. Those who could sit here were not ordinary people. They even had extremely high financial knowledge. Of course they knew what this meant.

After a pause, Linwei Oh then continued, "In March this year, Sir Peter Pei Xi of the United Kingdom issued a warning at the National Trade Conference: "We are threatened by the most serious financial crisis the world has ever seen. We are facing this crisis because many governments around the world have adopted trade-restrictive policies that have left debtor countries unable to repay their debts. We are now unable to prevent a financial collapse. Those countries that loaned money cannot get their money back. "I have to say that this British guy still has some foresight. We in Germany are even more in danger. Due to heavy debts and reparations, our domestic market is small, and huge new production capacity must be achieved with rapid export growth. However, the United States and Britain Countries such as China and France not only demand compensation from us, but also refuse to import our industrial products, making it impossible to realize our huge investment profits."

After listening to Lin Wei's words, everyone fell silent. Maybe they were quickly weighing the pros and cons, "Lampard, have your people confirmed where the crisis first broke out?" Or was it Fritz? Thiessen spoke first.

"If I'm right, it should start from the United States," Lin Wei replied.

silence! After a long period of silence, the United Kingdom and the United States introduced the "Dawes Plan" to provide Germany with a loan of 800 million gold marks out of the need to profit from Germany's industrial capabilities. Neither country wanted Germany to follow in the footsteps of Russia and have a revolution. . Encouraged by this plan, international capital continued to flow into Germany. The total foreign investment reached 32 billion gold marks, with American capital being the mainstay, followed by British capital. During this period, due to the large amount of capital received and the small amount of compensation paid, German industrial equipment was generally updated, and the level of production technology jumped to the forefront of the world. Not only that, most of the foreign capital recipients are powerful German monopoly industrial groups, which further enhances the degree of monopoly of German industry. Thyssen, Krupp, Siemens, Mannesmann, Flick, etc. are stronger than before. However, as a country, Germany was deeply in debt and had to pay massive reparations.

If a financial crisis breaks out in the United States, capital in Germany will definitely be withdrawn, and the blow to Germany will be catastrophic. These Junkers cannot help but ignore it.

"If the U.S. financial industry really collapses, it might not be a bad thing for us." Emil Kodolf spoke first after a long silence.

"Yes, since we have predicted the news in advance, we can completely avoid this unnecessary loss," Fritz Thyssen also immediately responded.

"Not only that, we should use this opportunity to teach the United States a lesson. After all, the last war was because the Americans later joined the war, which forced us to accept the armistice. This revenge must be avenged." Stark's father Rudolf and Stark stood up and said excitedly.

"Yes, we must take revenge!"

"Yes, let us use this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to let Americans know how powerful we are."

"Hey! They are all capable people. They are indeed Junker landowners who are known for their flaws. I originally thought that I would have to spend some words to convince them, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. It is not necessary to be the leader of a family. So simple," Lin Wei sighed in his heart.

"Okay, old guys, it seems that you have reached a consensus. Everyone is right. It's time to give the Americans some color. According to the analysis of my son Lampard and the financial staff of our Krupp family, The information coming out is that this financial crisis will be unprecedented. It will definitely exceed all financial crises in the past two hundred years. Even if we don't intervene, Americans will pay a heavy price." In these Junckers' view, Gustave The voice has never been so charming as it is today.

"Haha... Since this news has been known to us in advance, the Americans will not even want to keep a cent." Emil Koldoff's smile looked so sinister.

"That's right. Don't those British and Americans look down on us? Look at what they say about us. We are rough, violent, and narrow-minded. Now let us be barbarians who are not born to do business in their eyes. Teach them a lesson and let them know the strength of our Junkers," Fritz Thyssen said coldly.

Lin Wei stood aside and looked at these Junckers with cold eyes. In Lin Wei's opinion, their spirit was commendable, but this was not enough. If they attacked Americans in this way, I really don't know how to write the word "death". In the 1950s, the Junker landowners obtained large amounts of ransom money and land from their serfs, changed their business methods, and established capitalist farms. At the beginning of the century Germany entered the revolutionary stage. The concentration of production and capital creates monopoly, which becomes the basis of all economic life. In European countries, Germany's monopoly organizations were established earliest, developed fastest, and were more tightly organized. However, this alone is not enough. The main reason is that there are too many Junckers, and they are not an absolute oligarchy like the American consortium. , which is far different from a single family consortium like Rothschild.

"Dear Junckers," Lin Wei continued after seeing that everyone noticed him, "if we want to take this opportunity to bring down the United States, we will definitely cooperate with the major families in the United States and the Red Shield family, which has a lot of capital in the United States. (Rothschild), with our current strength, it is like hitting an egg against a stone."

Lin Wei's words once again made the Junckers fall into deep thought. The major American families were not scary in the eyes of these Junkers. After all, the German navy was very powerful before the war, and its maritime transportation capacity was second only to Britain's industrial output is the second in the world. The reason it has not surpassed the United States is because Germany does not have so many resources on its own soil. That's why Juncker is so keen on war and hopes to re-divide the world.

Compared with the American conglomerates, the Rothschild family truly scares these Junkers. Its rise is so legendary.

His family once controlled the economies of several countries, and there were even six major powers in Europe in the 19th century! They are the British Empire, Prussia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, Russia and the Rothschild family! Such rumors. The Rothschild family also has a prominent nickname, the "Sixth Empire.": "Once money makes money, bad words stop abruptly." "As long as you are united, you are invincible; the day you break up will be the beginning of your loss of prosperity." "This family motto of the Rothschild family is also widely praised in Europe.

After the Napoleonic Wars, the Rothschild family has become a creditor of many European governments. The Rothschild family has strong economic strength in Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Austria. However, due to excessive allocation of funds to control the New World, it has led to The Rothschild family's control in the Old World declined rapidly. Prime Minister Bismarck seized this God-given opportunity to establish the Deutsche Bank through the Franco-Prussian War reparations, and quickly formed the new Juncker Consortium through industrialization and a series of dazzling mergers and acquisitions. : Deutsche’s four major banking groups. New financial groups emerged in Europe.

However, the Juncker Consortium suffered heavy losses in the war, and the Deutsche Consortium composed of the four major German banks also succumbed to the will of the Rothschild family. Today, more than half of Germany's economic lifeline is still controlled by the Rothschild family. In the hands of major Jewish financial groups.

"Lampard, are we going to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" Fritz Thyssen's tone seemed so unwilling.

Lin Wei looked at the disappointed expressions on the faces of these Junkers and said immediately, "No, Uncle Thiessen, you misunderstood me. What I mean is that we do not have an advantage compared with the American consortium, but only with the Red Shield family." The difference is even worse. I think Mr. Juncker here has a rich family. To put it bluntly, the financial war is about fighting for money. Although the Red Shield family is powerful, if they really want to withdraw funds, I don’t think we will lose to them. After all, they have too many industries to operate, and it is very slow to mobilize a large amount of cash. For us, this is not a problem. What we need to do is to make full use of this time difference."