No. 7 Hongta Road is Chen Rongfu’s former official residence. In fact, Lu Ming rarely lives here nowadays.
Asaba Nagamasa is coming to visit our home today, so of course we won't let him go to No. 18 Fengshun Lane, so we are receiving him at the official residence on Hongta Road.
Asaba Nagamasa brought two Japanese geishas.
In the magnificent reception room, two geishas performed unique skills such as playing the flute and training snakes. On the grand circular golden sofa that could seat more than a dozen people, Lu Ming and Asaba Nagamasa sat in the center, chatting while watching the performance.
"Commissioner Zhang, regarding the Jintaixiang Bank that is being planned, I can give Commissioner Zhang half a point of the shares under my name." Asaba Nagamasa said with a smile.
The idea of Jintaixiang Bank was a joint venture between Dongying Capital, Governor Chakson of Jiangning, General Lu of Montenegro and the provincial governor Ren Zhonglin.
The bank is positioned as a global bank in Longbei Province and will be responsible for the issuance of currency in Longbei Province.
Therefore, Ren Zhonglin held 45% of the shares, Japanese capital and Montenegrin General Lu each held 25%, and Governor Chakson held 5%.
Among them, the principals put in by Ren Zhonglin, Dongying Capital and Montenegro General Lu will be the same, but Ren Zhonglin will get 20% more shares, while Governor Chakson will get all dry shares.
Now Asaba Nagamasa asked for half a point of dry shares right away, which can be said to be a great display of sincerity. After all, Governor Chakson only had 5 points of dry shares.
The matter was initiated by Asaba Nagamasa. The Toyotomi Group is a joint venture of more than a dozen companies, and Asaba Nagamasa is just one of them. I think this half point would not be paid by Asaba Nagamasa alone, but by more than a dozen companies together.
The reserve capital of Jintaixiang Bank is extremely strong. Besides, it is obvious that it will be a giant monopolizing the financial industry in northern Gansu. With half a point of equity, it will surely quickly make it to the level of millionaires.
Especially for the four provinces in the northern region, the main currency in circulation is hard currency such as silver dollars.
In the imperial currency market, 1 silver dollar was exchanged for 10 imperial coins.
Nowadays, Longbei Province has introduced strong capital from outside to truly issue currency for circulation in the province. It is also with the help of the civil strife in the empire that the warlords in the northern region have set their sights on the right to issue currency for the first time.
In fact, this behavior itself also has great risks.
Asaba Nagamasa didn't know how he convinced Ren Zhonglin.
He didn't expect that after Erika was snatched away by him, it did not affect the further development of the relationship between Asaba Nagamasa and Ren Zhonglin.
However, this investment does not mean that we have truly become partners with the Japanese, but it is just a temporary combination of interests.
For example, if the Japanese completely control the Longbei Province in the future, then Jin Taixiang will be dominated by the Japanese consortium every minute.
The reason why he was dragged into this game by Asaba Nagamasa was naturally because Asaba Nagamasa had investigated him very carefully. In addition to his identity as the Black Mountain General, he also had sufficient capital and was qualified to join the game.
At the very least, he could not hide the fact that he owned oil fields in the Western Region, as well as some obvious corporate businesses such as the Donghai Huaxia Group.
For Asaba Nagamasa, it was a win-win situation. He now had a closer relationship with the Japanese. If the Japanese gained power here in the future and he lost power, it would be very convenient for them to embezzle the shares that he had invested with real money.
In terms of currency issuance, Jin Taixiang will also adopt the model of provincial governments issuing bonds, and print as many banknotes as the number of bonds issued.
But in reality, in places where warlords are powerful, the issuance of currency may not be as standardized as that of the "Federal Central Bank" composed of representatives from more than a dozen banks such as the Imperial Bank.
After all, the Federal Central Bank itself is a non-profit bank.
The currency-issuing department of Jintaixiang is not profitable, but it positions itself as a commercial bank.
The secret operations during this period were the most convenient way to plunder people's wealth.
If you invest yourself, you certainly won't think of increasing your wealth in this way.
No matter how chaotic the empire is, no party will try to influence the Federal Central Bank, because everyone knows that currency issuance is the foundation of the empire. Once the imperial currency loses the trust of the people, it will affect everyone in the empire. It will not be so important who is in power at that time. For example, the East China Sea Economic Union will no longer recognize the imperial currency as a legal currency and will inevitably issue its own currency. The situation in each state will probably be similar. Moreover, whoever messes up the issuance of the imperial currency will inevitably become the loser.
And Jin Taixiang himself also hopes that he will not become a tool for making money, but will actually issue the first credit currency in the Northern Territory.
His representative has already been chosen, a senior executive of Baoyin Bank and one of his right-hand men in the financial industry.
In fact, Ren Zhonglin also understood this principle very well. Even if he wanted to bring profits by issuing currency, he would not want to cause prices to soar and people to suffer. Therefore, he introduced strong foreign capital to lay the foundation and also invited professional talents to manage it.
Instead of him appointing his own confidants to do something random.
But it is hard to say what the Japanese think.
For example, Asaba Nagamasa, who gave his subordinate "Commissioner Zhang" half a point as soon as he opened his mouth, really spent a lot of money to win over "Commissioner Zhang".
In Asaba Nagamasa's view, "Commissioner Zhang" is a key figure in his Longbei intelligence network. If he can be used by him, then he will have a chance to conceal his intentions from his eyes and ears no matter what he wants to do.
Looking at Qian Yu Nagamasa, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qian Yu!"
Asaba Nagamasa smiled happily.
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said, "About Yamato Company..."
"Forget it!" Asaba Nagamasa waved his hand nonchalantly, "I also entrusted my trust to the wrong person, so I won't mention that person anymore!"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Mr. Qianyu is very generous."
Asaba Nagamasa said with a smile: "When the time comes, Commissioner Zhang will have to take good care of Jin Taixiang's branch in Nanping."
Lu Ming smiled: "Captain Gangchuan is here."
Asaba Nagamasa waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't mention him either."
Lu Ming could feel that Asaba Nagamasa and the chaebol group that invested in Jin Taixiang with him might not be on the same side as the Japanese military currently in the Northern Territory.
Of course, in the final analysis, they all have wolfish ambitions and are eyeing the Northern Territory covetously, but their methods of controlling the Northern Territory are different.
As music played over there, two Japanese geishas began to perform their unique skill of making a snake go in through the nose and out through the mouth.
A maid standing behind the sofa covered her eyes in fear and dared not watch. Today, the film and television industry in the Northern Territory is not well developed. Unlike in the past life, even if you have never seen a live-action performance like this, you have to watch piles of videos. Therefore, when you see this kind of scene for the first time, you will find it very scary.
"Commissioner Zhang, what do you think of these two? If you like them, they can stay at your house. When you entertain guests, they will perform many special skills." Asaba Nagamasa said with a smile.
Lu Ming laughed, "Forget it, it looks creepy."
Although we know that this kind of artist should not be a spy, otherwise Asaba Nagamasa's emotional intelligence would be questionable.
But I was telling the truth. I really didn't like this kind of performance. It was a sinister style. Was it used to entertain guests? The shock was far greater than the surprise.
Moreover, when it comes to snake training, the performance of beauties from the Western Regions is more pleasing to the eye, as if the beauties are dancing with the snakes.
Well, I haven’t been to the Western Regions for a long time. There are four little ones, old, middle-aged, young and young, who are called his wife’s slaves and live in cages. I will go and see them when I have time and release them.
But I really don’t have time recently.