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While Xu Zhitao was drastically reducing the size of the Nanjing branch of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, Zhang Anping was arranging for his trusted subordinates at the branch to go to Taiwan with his father.

However, when making these arrangements, he used an extremely "insidious" trick, employing a substitution and a covert maneuver.

He first assigned people to various stations and teams.

However, this provoked fierce opposition from various local stations and groups.

Power is always a one-person-one-position system. When the Bureau of Secrecy was first reorganized, its staff was relatively small, and local authorities were eager to get more personnel from the headquarters.

After more than two years of development and several expansions, there is always a shortage of manpower at the grassroots level, but there are already two positions for three people at the middle and senior levels. The headquarters wants to assign more than 100 middle and senior cadres to various stations and groups, which means that on average, each station and group has to receive several deputy station chiefs and deputy group chiefs. Naturally, the people below are not happy about this.

The core members of Zhang's faction and Mao's faction, who have always been at odds, were surprisingly united this time and jointly rejected Zhang Anping's order to send people.

Therefore, Zhang Anping had no choice but to arrange for these people to go to Taiwan with his father to "reclaim wasteland".

Although it was clearly an act of seizing territory, most people saw it as an arrangement Zhang Anping had no other choice but to make.

At this time, many people knew that Taiwan was the last resort for the Nationalist government. Some bigwigs began to transfer assets and relatives to Taiwan, and some astute individuals began to make business arrangements on Taiwan.

However, due to propaganda within the Nationalist government and the advocacy of peace talks, most people did not actually have a clear understanding of the future—judging from the troop strength on paper, they believed that Jiang's side would still be wary of the Nationalist government's massive military force.

The Yangtze River, a natural barrier, will become an insurmountable chasm.

Therefore, with the exception of a very few individuals, most people did not turn their attention to Taiwan at this time.

This includes Mao Renfeng, who has already "settled down" in Guangzhou.

In response to Zhang Anping's moves to establish a foothold in Taiwan, Mao Renfeng instead mocked him.
"Haha, Zhang Anping is out of options!"

"We can only cram these loyalists from headquarters into the most remote and obscure corners!"

"The move I made while he was in Beiping back then is now proving to be increasingly correct!"

……

After arranging things for his trusted subordinates at headquarters and sending his father to Taiwan, Zhang Anping planned to go to Shanghai.

But before he left, he had his mother acquire several properties—the money came from clean sources, including the salaries of the father and son, as well as loans secured by global trade.

There were so many well-informed people in Nanjing that they quickly heard the news:
Zhang Anping, author of "Blue Star Animal Kingdom" and widely recognized for his strong strategic vision, bought up real estate in Nanjing at rock-bottom prices!
Zhang Anping, who possesses exceptional strategic vision and is known as a "god of wealth," quietly did this. What does this mean?
This peace talk can really yield results!
It is very likely that it will be a good outcome.

What are you waiting for?
Invest!
Wealthy and powerful businessmen with plenty of money searched everywhere for business opportunities, but after searching around, they were surprised to find that all the factories with potential had been acquired by state-owned assets under the control of the department head.

The investment was fine, but all the shares were pledged to Global Trade. To ensure the value of the pledged assets, Global Trade had the director and other shareholders sign the "Share Transfer Supervision Regulations." These regulations required that when shareholders transferred shares, they must be confirmed by both Global Trade and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission to prevent the shares from depreciating or the pledged assets from being insufficient.

This regulation, while seemingly restricting other shareholders, actually restricts these powerful and wealthy individuals who hold substantial funds—eliminating their means of extortion and plunder!

Most factories that can be invested in cannot be acquired through equity investment. In this situation, what should be done with the money in hand?
Put it in a bank?!

They frequently emptied the banks of the Nationalist government; how could they dare to deposit their gold and US dollars in banks?

What if the authorities come up with a mandatory currency exchange policy, converting their gold and US dollars into gold yuan notes that they wouldn't even bother with? Wouldn't they be devastated?
Upon closer inspection, they discovered...

The safest, most reputable, and most trustworthy investment channel is now down to just one:
A financial package for global trade!

The bank run at the end of last year was when they thought global trade would collapse.

But the result was quite surprising!
Faced with a run on hundreds of millions of dollars, the behemoth Global Trade actually managed to weather the storm, and not in the way of just barely holding on – Global Trade barely used any collateral to other foreign banks to cope with this run on hundreds of millions of dollars!

Their strength is absolutely unquestionable!
Despite facing a run on the bank for hundreds of millions of dollars, Global Trade ruthlessly deducted a painful handling fee. However, their act of completing the exchange in full also forged a sturdy reputation for them!
As a result, countless funds flowed into global trade.

I want to buy a financial package!

Global trade, however, seems to have become wary, simultaneously criticizing these individuals for lacking business integrity while also forcefully raising the barriers to purchase:
The term starts at three years and is capped at ten years. Redemption is not allowed before the term expires, and if redeemed, a penalty of 50% will be imposed!
What's even more incredible is that the purchase amount has skyrocketed from $10,000 to $30,000.

It's human nature to chase rising prices and sell falling ones; the more stringent the requirements of global trade, the more irresistible they become.

However, the $30,000 threshold deters many people.

Fortunately, "great talents often lie among the people."

It's just thirty thousand dollars, isn't it?

With several partners involved, what's so special about $30,000?
However, most people are skeptical of the condition that global trade only recognizes the buyer, fearing that their partners might ultimately pocket their share. Therefore, most of them choose to exert pressure.

At that time, $10,000 would be equivalent to $130,000 in later times, based on simple dollar devaluation; but in 1949 during the Republic of China era, it would be equivalent to tens of millions of dollars in later times, based on overall calculations!

In the future, under the grand goal of common prosperity, a great deal of wealth will be created, while now wealth is too concentrated!

Therefore, at this time, anyone who can come up with ten thousand dollars can find all sorts of connections to exert pressure—when the connections these people seek converge into a wave, global trade really can't withstand it!
The most direct manifestation is:

Zhang Anping, who intended to go to Shanghai, was stuck in Nanjing for several days and was unable to get up at all!

The lobbyists came in waves, all with a simple goal: to get Zhang Anping to plead with Global Trade to lower the barriers to purchase...

It wasn't just Zhang Anping; anyone who could be associated with global trade was harassed by various lobbyists.

The worst off are the middle and upper management of global trade, who are "harassed" almost 24 hours a day.

It can only be said that the driving force behind human beings' desire for wealth is truly beyond imagination!
Global trade finally succumbed to this massive disruption.

The threshold has been lowered back to $10,000, and even the penalty for breach of contract has returned to 30%.

On the very day that global trade announced the lowering of its threshold, statistics show that global trade sold $80 million worth of wealth management packages that day alone…

Afterwards, news leaked out that the total amount sold in this wave of global trade investment packages reached as high as $500 million.

……

"It's not five hundred million, it's eight hundred million!" Zhang Anping calmly stated the actual figure, and also explained why the amount was so large:

"This time, it wasn't just the powerful and wealthy members of the Nationalist government who got in; some foreign capital also fell into the trap."

Why do foreign capital fall into this trap?

The reason is simple: they believed that the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, had intervened!

Once foreign capital reaches a certain size, it becomes very clear about national policies—they realize that both the US and the Soviet Union, the two superpowers, hope for "peace talks."

Their true aim is not to expect peace from China, but rather a tacitly agreed-upon hope to achieve a certain outcome:
Divide the country along the river and govern accordingly!

Foreign capital has unwavering faith in the influence of these two superpowers.

At this time, Global Trade demonstrated its financial strength and credibility with concrete actions—given the generally low global interest rates, these foreign investors were naturally tempted by Global Trade's financial packages.

"I was tempted at the time, and I wanted to take as much as I could—but in the end, reason prevailed, and I only accepted 300 million."

Zhang Anping expressed his deep regret that 109 years have passed since the Opium War, and how much blood have foreigners sucked from our bodies?

What's wrong with collecting a little interest?!

Unfortunately, he dared not overeat—after careful calculation, he determined that swindling 300 million from various foreign banks was the upper limit.

And this money will most likely have to be returned later.

However, as a condition, these foreign investors would have to endorse global trade. Chai Ying's mouth dropped open; if she remembered correctly, Zhang Anping was planning to embezzle this money!

Eight hundred million dollars—that's insane!

"Your...your plan..." Chai Ying stammered, unable to finish her sentence.

Zhang Anping chuckled:

"Sister Chai, if we just swallow this money, global trade will become a target of everyone's criticism!"

"Next, I need to figure out how to 'launder' this money!"

"wash?"

"I'll keep the specific strategy a secret for now!"

……

Global Trade has at least $300 million in cash on hand!
At this moment, the section chief was extremely envious of this result—he knew that Global Trade had sold at least 500 million yuan worth of wealth management packages, but not all of this money went to Global Trade. He and Zhang Anping had taken more than 100 million yuan from Global Trade through collateral.

Therefore, global traders need to have at least three hundred million US dollars in cash on hand.

He was tempted!

He wants to borrow this money!
Because of the US and the Soviet Union, the director was actually confident about the peace talks—but unlike others, he didn't see the peace talks as true peace, but rather a period of recuperation.

Use this time to retrain and arm ourselves, and then avenge our defeat!
"The Americans are being stingy with their military aid these days. If there were a large sum of cash, they certainly wouldn't keep delaying it for the sake of the money."

"But how do I get this loan?"

The section chief fell into deep thought.

……

The director was tempted by the money in the hands of global trade, and now the acting chief of staff, Li, was also tempted!

The one who first solidified Li Dai's resolve was undoubtedly Zhuge Bai.

"We absolutely must get this loan!"

"The reason why everyone is outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant towards you is ultimately because the financial power has always been in the hands of that person in Xikou!"

"If you don't have money in your hands, you won't stand tall!"

"But what if you have money?"

"With five hundred million dollars in hand, people's hearts will naturally follow the money!"

After pondering for a long time, Li Dai, the chief attendant, said worriedly, "As far as I know, the cost of this money in Global Trade is not low! The annual interest rate has reached 12%!"

"If we want to borrow from them, the interest rate would have to be at least 13% or 14%!"

"Even with an annual interest rate as low as 13%, that's over 60 million a year!"

"Still in US dollars!"

Have you thought about how you're going to repay this money?

Zhuge Bai said confidently, "We can't invest all of this money in the military—once the peace talks are completed, there will be a situation where everything needs to be rebuilt, and a situation where everything needs to be rebuilt often means opportunities!"

"We can invest this money in real industries to promote their development. The benefits of developing real industries cannot be measured by a 13% interest rate!"

The chief attendant of the royal court countered, "But what if the peace talks fail?"

"We failed. This money was for a huge amount of equipment! American equipment!"

Zhuge Bai answered with even greater conviction: "We can recover after holding the Yangtze River defense line for more than a year—the money is in our hands, and even though it's also a hundred million US dollars, its purchasing power is vastly different from that of the one in Xikou!"

"After a year to recover, the newly added American-equipped troops are enough to turn the tide of the battle between us!"

Li Dai's chief attendant fell silent.

He was tempted.

"Fine! Go and negotiate with global trade!"

……

Shanghai.

Zhang Anping, who had just secretly arrived in Shanghai, hadn't even had a chance to inspect the Shanghai station when news came from Global Trade:

Both Xikou and the Attendant's Mansion have sent high-level delegations to Global Trade to discuss loan matters.

The global trade department consulted Zhang Anping on what to do.

Everyone's here?
After a moment's thought, Zhang Anping had an idea: since they're here... they're not going anywhere!
talk!
He then secretly met with York, who remained in Shanghai, and revealed his bottom line:
Five hundred million US dollars, with an annual interest rate of 12%, split 50/50 between Xikou and the Attendant's Mansion.

However, only 100 million in cash can be provided; the remaining funds will be used by Global Trade as an agent to make commercial purchases from the United States.

The items procured could be facilities from factories that are half military equipment and half civilian products.

The only requirement is that the Nationalist government does not send any scoundrels to cause trouble—the global trade supply price will definitely be lower than that of our competitors!
After stating his conditions, Zhang Anping uttered the final condition in a sinister tone:
"Also, tell them that the delivery location can only be Shanghai!"

Unfortunately, York was ignorant of military matters and had no idea how "insidious" Zhang Anping's condition was.

……

With Zhang Anping's explanation, the subsequent negotiations between the two parties on global trade proceeded extremely smoothly.

Although both Xikou and the Attendant's Mansion felt that half was too little, they knew they couldn't let the other party have it for free, so they reluctantly accepted the condition.

As for procurement—with the prestigious reputation of Global Trade, and without the intervention of specialists, the procurement price is indeed much, much lower. Therefore, they agree to have Global Trade handle the procurement.

The facilities for civilian use account for half, and the facilities for military equipment account for half.

Global Trade assumed that both Xikou and the Imperial Household Department would choose the equipment from the military factory—after all, everyone understands the difference between fish and fishing. But to everyone's surprise, both companies chose "fish"!
In other words, they want weapons and equipment, but not military industrial equipment.

York, who was in charge of signing the contract, immediately understood the mindset of both families, and he confidently assured them:

"Please rest assured, although the amount of this purchase is staggering, please do not doubt the global trade and transportation capabilities—within two months, we guarantee that all the necessary factory equipment and military equipment will be transferred to Shanghai and Nanjing!"

Upon hearing this, all three parties exchanged knowing smiles.

The representative from Xikou even said:

"The factory equipment can be delivered later."

York said with great enthusiasm, "Please do not doubt our transportation capabilities—there are countless military-to-civilian cargo ships across the United States that are eagerly awaiting supplies. Those young men will definitely load the supplies you need onto the ships and deliver them in the shortest possible time."

"The only problem is whether you can muster enough manpower to complete the unloading!" (End of Chapter)