The next day, Huang Xuan stayed in the Beta Printing Factory, looking at the dollar bills rolling in. Huang Xuan felt that the noise was also pleasant to the ears.
The banknote printing machine after Lorraine's renovation was still old, but the green banknotes produced were genuine. In order to make it easier to sell, Huang Xuan asked him to add another distressing process. This was originally very simple, but let Lorraine do it. Well, almost a million dollars of energy was used up.
A rough calculation shows that Lorraine has already eaten about 5 million US dollars since arriving at P101. This is still the light crude oil purchased last time. If he relied on several electrolytic aluminum plants, he would not even have the energy to go back. Fortunately, it’s also harvest season.
Overnight, Beta Printing produced $15 million. This is not 15 million after the depreciation of the U.S. dollar. Even before the Great Depression, this amount of money was equivalent to half a year's profit of Ford, enough to enter the list of the richest people in the United States.
Huang Xuan first took out about 0 kilograms of green banknotes - about 1 million US dollars, put them in a large travel bag, then put the remaining banknotes into the plane channel, then turned off the machine and walked out of the workshop. He handed the travel bag to Hans and said, "Chase National Bank."
In the bank hall, Joseph immediately noticed the tall and strong Hans next to him, especially the travel bag in his hand.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" Joseph said in a cliché, with his white-gloved fingers crossed on his waist, while leading Huang Xuan toward the VIP room. The $600,000 deposit was enough for him to use at will. Got the room here.
There were only the three of them in the beautifully decorated small room. In this era, there were naturally no surveillance cameras. Huang Xuan took the travel bag from Hans' hand with confidence, opened the zipper, and said, "Please click on it, I want to Keep them in your bank account.”
Joseph only glanced at it and knew that his performance for this month was completed. He quickly waved in his deputy and respectfully refilled Huang Xuan's coffee while saying: "Please wait a moment, our employees will Order for you soon.”
Huang Xuan nodded obediently and said, "Well, I want to meet Mr. Rockefeller, John Rockefeller Jr."
"I will notify you immediately." Joseph said and walked out.
Huang Xuan knew that Rockefeller would definitely come to see him. One million U.S. dollars is a huge amount of money. If you have to compare it, you can think of it as 100 million U.S. dollars in 70 years. Especially in 2019 when liquidity was scarce, the role of this cash was like timely rain for banks. The bank run wave occurred in 2019. By that time, countless commercial banks would have collapsed due to lack of cash and could not cope with withdrawals. However, the signs had already appeared before the year.
"Hans, go get the drawings I put in the car." Huang Xuan said, gently stirring the candy stick.
"Okay." Hans glanced at the employees in the room, waved to another bodyguard, gave a few instructions, and stood behind Huang Xuan again.
Young Rockefeller spent a long time in the business of Chase Bank, and today was no exception. After receiving the news from Joseph, he quickly packed up his clothes and walked down. When he saw Huang Xuan, he was reserved but slightly affectionate with him. He shook hands and said, "I heard you are Chinese? That's a good place."
China in the 1900s was actually not doing well. The golden period of national capitalism during World War I had ended, but Rockefeller used this as a starting point, which indeed made Huang Xuan very fond of it.
He stood up, shook hands with him, and said, "Mr. Rockefeller is a busy man, so I'll get straight to the point. Did I come here this time to hear that you invested in Pan Am Airways?"
"Yes." Rockefeller poured himself a glass of whiskey and said, "Mr. Huang also wants to invest in Pan American?"
During the Great Depression, Pan American Airways was one of the few large-scale profitable companies. By 1999, more and more people wanted to invest in this rising company. Rockefeller took it for granted that Huang Xuan had the same idea.
But the Chinese shook his head, which made him a little confused. Huang Xuan reached out and took the drawings held by Hans, unfolded them, and said: "I think you must be curious, why do Mr. Sloan and Ford Company have something to do with me?" "
"Some," admitted Rockefeller.
"Because of this." As he spoke, Huang Xuan had completely unfolded the drawing. He simply handed this end to Joseph and stood beside Rockefeller with empty hands and said, "Are you also interested in this?"
"This is..., an airplane blueprint?"
"YES." Huang Xuan was still the most familiar with this word. He rolled up the drawing again with a smile, handed it to Rockefeller and said, "If you have any ideas, you can come to me again." He looked at Joseph as he spoke.
The manager reacted immediately, took the deposit certificate handed to him by the deputy, handed it to Huang Xuan with both hands and said: "The total amount is 084,700 US dollars. Welcome to Chase National Bank."
"Thank you." Huang Xuan glanced at Rockefeller again, smiled and left. In fact, he did not really intend to sell Rockefeller the airplane blueprints. Time no longer allowed him to do so. On the other hand, with the large quantities of U.S. dollars printed in batches, it was just a waste of time to discuss business with Rockefeller. But there is an advantage to doing this. As long as it can capture the appetite of young Rockefeller, he will not take action because of the inexplicable large assets in his bank account. This is what Huang Xuan needs most.
Walking down the steps of the bank, Huang Xuan's expression became serious again. He took a deep breath, got into the car, and said to Hans: "Go see Mr. Hammer."
Even in the United States, Hammer is a legendary figure. People call him the Golden Idea King. This Russian-American has been involved in dozens of industries, from breeding, pencils, medicine to art collections and even oil. He has been involved in every industry. Huge profits have been obtained in all fields, and Hammer also has amazing experience in the collections that Huang Xuan cares about.
In 2019, Hammer brought his younger brother (an antique connoisseur) to Russia to explore a new field of Russian cultural relics that no one had yet set foot in. They accumulated bit by bit and decorated their villa in Moscow like a museum. One day, an American antique dealer named EV Sacco came to visit the house. When he saw what he saw, the antique dealer's eyes almost popped out of his head. Hammer was inspired by this, and after paying a 15% export tax to the Soviet government, most of the collection was shipped back to the United States and joined the Sacco firm. When Sacco went bankrupt, Hammer bought out his shares.
During the Great Depression, starting in 1911, Hammer did something that surprised countless people. He boldly sold art on the counter of department stores and became a great success. Throughout American history, During the worst of the recession, profits were in the millions. And where Huang Xuan is going now is Hammer's department store.
In a depression where most industrial products are depreciating, art is one of the few commodities that maintains or even increases in value. It is under this idea that Hammer's department store has become a rare and popular place in New York.
When Huang Xuan got out of the car, the shopping mall where people were coming and going suddenly made him feel like watching a movie from the 1990s.
Well-dressed gentlemen, holding their wives or other women on their arms, wearing high hats and holding civilized sticks, passed by politely. The small parking lot was filled with various models, like a grand classic car exhibition. The 20-year-old Armand Hammer, wearing a compact stand-up collar suit, shuttled through the hall, making out with every customer who approached him. Say hello.
Huang Xuan's arrival immediately attracted his attention.
A yellow man and two bodyguards reminded the young Hammer of his experience in the Soviet Union. He handed over the work at hand to the manager. Hammer quickly came over, tilted his head, and spoke in very slow English: "Hello, I am Armand Hammer, the owner of this art store. How can I help you?"
"I think so." Huang Xuan answered in proficient East Coast English. The past few days of living in the United States have taught him a lot of daily slang.
After taking two steps in, Huang Xuan casually looked at the artworks inside and outside the counter, and said to Lorraine: "Let's see what there is that is not available in P11. It needs to be valuable, but it cannot be repeated. Do you understand?"
"No problem." Lorraine seemed to be getting used to this kind of search and quickly started working. Huang Xuanze smiled at Hammer and said, "I heard that you have the most complete Russian royal collection here, so I came here because of its reputation."
Like every change of power, the end of the Romanov dynasty also ended the collections of successive tsars. On Lenin's order, all art works were sent to Moscow. In the passages of the dark storerooms of the Kremlin arsenal, some treasures were lost, and no one knows where they are. The wicker boxes containing the artworks are mostly so well preserved that they are not even opened, with Kremlin troops guarding them. But when Stalin came to power, Lenin's efforts to protect Russia's cultural heritage were abandoned. In exchange for Western economic support for his new regime, Stalin traded these precious Russian royal relics. Starting in 1977, the new regime took out some treasures, valued them, and finally bought them to the West. In their opinion, it is most natural to exchange these treasures that represent decay for financial support.
However, from the beginning, the value of all Russian treasures has always been underestimated, especially its artistic value. Just like Chinese calligraphy and painting are more appreciated by the Chinese, the value of Russian art, especially its humanistic value, is even more In most cases, it is only appreciated by the Russians.
In 1911, Han Mo came to New York with thousands of Russian works of art to sell these treasures for the new Russian regime. Although he did a good job, if compared with the value 70 years later, the value of most works of art is underestimated hundreds of times.
Of course, at this moment, Hammer has no such understanding. He is very happy that someone is willing to buy Russian art, and it seems that it is a large purchase.
"Let's go inside and talk." Hammer always wins with his vision. In his opinion, the young man in front of him may be more willing to pay than everyone here.
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