Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 314: Prelude to Withdrawal, Hundreds of Tons of Gold Trade, Greedy People

In mid-April 1971, at the gate of Lingjing Hutong.

After Zhao Mancang walked out, he got into the car, whistled, and left happily.

The preliminary conversation with the leader has ended, and there is certainly no problem with the exchange. Two billion US dollars of resources are delivered to your door, so you should not miss it.

All they got in return was a policy shift by the Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization. For the leaders, there was no loss at all.

After finalizing this matter, Zhao Mancang left the capital as soon as possible, with Hong Kong as his first stop.

In the headquarters conference room of Island Development Bank, Zhao Mancang called a meeting of all senior management.

"In the next year, we will try to reduce the exchange of gold as much as possible. If someone wants to buy gold, we will try not to ship it out. We can raise the price a little bit to reduce the shipment of gold."

"We can purchase large quantities of gold from abroad. The current global situation is very complex. Our bank, in particular, is wondering if we can make a fortune in the next wave of market fluctuations."

"There's nothing that needs to be adjusted in terms of deposits and loans. We'll continue to follow the old methods and try to avoid a large amount of bad debt. Therefore, when applying for a loan, it must pass the review process."

To be honest, bank loans are not that simple.

Although the Hong Kong Development Bank certainly has no shortage of customers, after all, this company belongs to Zhao Mancang.

Whether it is the Changda Group or the Wharf Group, the mortgage loans of these two real estate giants are all in cooperation with the Island Development Bank, not with other banks.

There is also the Nolinasun Group, which has businesses in many regions including southern Africa and Australia, and of course has a lot of loans.

No one in the management dared to say no to Zhao Mancang's order.

Every order issued by the boss has been verified and is correct, so everyone has become accustomed to it and just needs to execute it without questioning it.

And there is nothing to question. The boss's orders are what he says.

After the meeting, Zhao Mancang went to other companies and continued to hold meetings to adjust policies and operational directions in preparation for the next market conditions.

It is inevitable that Sam will withdraw from the group, and if nothing unexpected happens, he should withdraw from the group in August this year.

In other words, there is actually not much time left with Zhao Mancang.

Therefore, he must ensure that all the companies under his name are executed according to his will.

At the Peak Villa on Hong Kong Island, Liu Baochan looked at Zhao Mancang playing with the children in the yard with surprise.

He suddenly came back again.

Liu Baochan is very satisfied with her current life. It would be perfect if Zhao Mancang could stay with her more often.

Of course, he would leave or come back from time to time, and Liu Baochan had gotten used to it. As long as he came back, it was fine.

"I'll cook for you."

After chatting with Zhao Mancang for a few words, Liu Baochan happily ran to the kitchen.

There is a chef and a housekeeper at home, so Liu Baochan doesn't actually need to do these chores, but every time Zhao Mancang comes, she will do it herself.

She does everything herself, from buying ingredients to cooking.

After Liu Baochan left, Zhao Mancang continued to play with the children. Of course, during this process, he did not forget to talk to the children and learn about their daily lives.

Zhao Zhicheng and his other children are not very mature in their thinking at the moment, and their values ​​are being slowly shaped. Zhao Mancang is very concerned about this because it is very important.

Although Zhao Mancang did not necessarily want them to become the pillars of a wealthy family or do anything for them, as their father, Zhao Mancang certainly hoped that his children could become successful and live happily.

Of course, he certainly doesn't want Zhao Sihui and other children to have incorrect thoughts, distorted values, and be criticized by the outside world.

Therefore, education from childhood is inevitable.

A life of luxury and debauchery is not acceptable, and they must never be allowed to develop such a character.

In fact, Zhao Mancang had thought about sending them to the army and letting them serve as soldiers for a few years.

But now it seems that there should be no need for this.

After staying in Hong Kong Island for more than a week, Zhao Mancang finally resolved most of the policy adjustment issues. During this period, he also visited Lin Shuxian and Zhao Huijun.

Zhao Mancang came to Sam's homeland again, from New York to Los Angeles, and stayed here for half a month.

I stayed in Los Angeles a little longer.

Paramount and the other four Hollywood giants have not released any good movies in the past few months because it is the off-season for movies.

However, despite this, the four Paramount giants are still very profitable, and the film market is basically firmly controlled by them. They very tacitly release certain high-quality films and siphon off most of the market's box office.

Maybe there will be occasional mistakes, allowing giants like Warner Bros. to take advantage, but soon, 20th Century Fox and others will immediately come up with new movies to regain the market.

"Alas, I wonder if this summer's movie season will be ruined by this financial crisis."

Zhao Mancang was a little worried. Hollywood was now basically divided equally between white people and Chinese. There were so many kung fu movies, zombie movies and other movies with strong Chinese culture that they almost flooded the entire market.

With tens of thousands to twenty thousands stuntmen and a large number of other Chinese film professionals, almost half of the filmmakers in Hollywood are Chinese.

Therefore, when these movies with strong Chinese cultural symbols appear, they will inevitably be very different.

Whenever Zhao Mancang drove around Hollywood, he would inevitably see people holding signs opposing the filming of kung fu movies, zombie movies, and other such films.

Anyway, it's very weird.

The other half is spy films, special effects films, horror films, creative films, etc., among which Chinese people also account for a considerable proportion.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Mancang certainly does not want the Hollywood film market to become depressed.

However, all of this is market economic behavior, and it is very difficult for him to intervene.

Unless false prosperity is artificially created, the cost will definitely be much higher.

In the process of movie promotion, exaggeration and false reporting are common, but in this era, it is not so rampant, and many people will not do so.

What's more, now more than 85% of Sam's Cinemas have been acquired by Zhao Mancang, so he has the final say on the actual box office revenue.

Otherwise, how could companies like Warner Bros. be so unlucky?

If a film that is barely passable finally comes out, it will be swept into the trash because it competes with the four giants like Paramount.

Even though the movie might make money, it's unlikely to be a box office smash.

In short, the only four companies that can make money are Paramount, Universal Pictures, MGM and 20th Century Fox, and no one else can.

After staying in Los Angeles for a while, Zhao Mancang returned to Africa.

Yes, he has not returned to the capital, but has come to Africa.

Africa has gradually become the focus of his career because it has cash cows such as the Rand Central Gold Mine and the Super Dollar Factory, as well as places rich in mineral resources such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

To be honest, it is impossible for Zhao Mancang to give up this place. What's more, there are many natural resources here, which also means it is in chaos. It can be said to be a good place to train troops.

Zhao Mancang would not and dared not end the unrest in this place. Otherwise, something big would inevitably happen, and he would not be able to handle it then.

He didn't intend to establish a country, so there was no need for him to do such a thankless task.

Mbandaka Mine, the headquarters of the Black Cross Force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When Zhao Mancang arrived here, the war was still going on.

Before, when Zhao Mancang left, he had already taken Xie Pingzhou and others to sweep away the surrounding warlord forces. Unexpectedly, such a short time had passed and they came back again.

What a tough life!

After confirming that the fight was still going on, Zhao Mancang did not get involved too much. Anyway, the Black Cross was training, and it was a very good thing to let those newly recruited retired soldiers see blood.

What Zhao Mancang is concerned about is the current production situation of this mine.

"Boss, the mine has basically resumed production and can produce at least 50,000 tons of copper and 10,000 tons of other metals per month."

The person in charge stood next to Zhao Mancang and reported his work seriously.

There are only 10,000 tons of other metals, but that's actually a lot.

These metals are actually other derivative metals extracted during the process of refining copper ore.

Among all these mineral soils, copper has the highest content, followed by other metals such as cobalt, zinc, tantalum, niobium, gold, tin, manganese, and chromium.

For example, for every 10,000 tons of copper refined, only more than 80 kilograms of gold can be refined.

The quantity is small, but if you think about it carefully, 100,000 tons of copper is more than 800 kilograms of gold, and 1 million tons of copper is more than 8,000 kilograms of gold, which is not a small amount.

Zhao Mancang nodded when he heard this. As long as the mine resumed production, everything would be fine.

“Are there any difficulties with transportation?”

Hearing Zhao Mancang's words, the person in charge quickly shook his head, indicating that there was no difficulty.

Each transportation is handled by Xie Pingzhou, Lake Butler and others. At least a team of 80 people is sent. Who the hell dares to rob?

Even if they wanted to rob, they would just go straight to the Mbandaka mine.

It's a losing business. Anyone who is not a fool would know not to do this. After confirming that nothing was wrong, Zhao Mancang called Pang Zimo, Ye Weidong, O'Connor Adrian and others over and said:
"Next, I need to purchase large quantities of copper, oil, timber, and other resources. Congo has a lot of these resources. Contact the nearby warlords and ask them to prepare them. I will then conduct transactions with them. Tell them that I can pay with gold or US dollars."

Zhao Mancang decided to take personal charge of the 2 billion US dollars of resources. Since his leader hadn't specified when it would be completed, he would just take his time.

Zhao Mancang was not sure whether the African market could take so many orders at once, but he decided to give it a try anyway.

Both Africa and South America are very backward, so using super US dollars in these places is a very simple thing for Zhao Mancang.

And because these two places are backward, even if Sam's Club discovers them in the future, it will be difficult to trace their source and find the location of the Super Dollar factory.

Zhao Mancang even believed that they couldn't even find out the distribution channels of super US dollars.

He made so many preparations just to prevent Sam from discovering him too early.

The US dollar base currency is already a lot. Now there are at least more than 80 billion US dollars of base currency in the world. If we take into account the super US dollars printed on the peninsula, then we will need to add more than 10 billion US dollars.

In the original time and space history, the Peninsula developed so rapidly because they exported a large amount of super US dollars, so they were able to secretly purchase a large amount of equipment, food, etc. from many places.

The peninsula itself is very poor in resources, but it has a large population. For such a small place, the total population was over 15 million last year.

The total area of ​​the peninsula is only 123,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the Hujian Province on our southeast coast.

According to the history of the original time and space, Peninsula probably printed more than ten billion US dollars, or perhaps even more.

Otherwise, it would be unlikely that the Peninsula would be so awesome as to build a nuclear bomb in such a short time.

A country with such a small population and area can actually produce nuclear bombs. There must be an unknown secret behind it.

Super US dollar may just be one of them.

Zhao Mancang was also lucky. He discovered the existence of super US dollars in the 1970s when the peninsula was still shipping such small quantities of super US dollars. So from now to 1989, wouldn't there be nearly twenty years?

Of course, Zhao Mancang would not have such extravagant expectations that the super US dollar could be concealed for twenty years without being discovered if he entered the market.

There's nothing we can do about it. Who asked him to ship in large quantities?
Zhao Mancang is very interested in stabbing the US dollar and will definitely deliver a fatal blow.

But Sam and his people can’t find out yet, how cool!
Upon hearing this, Lake Butler and others immediately nodded in agreement.

There are so many warlords around us, and they only know how to fight every day and don’t know how to rest and recuperate.

Now that Zhao Mancang has given the order, let’s trade first.

Large quantities of timber, metals, and even oil, minerals and other resources can be purchased. These are all local resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and can be found everywhere.

The warlords have occupied a certain number of mines, and they can definitely get a large amount of resources.

After the news was announced, Zhao Mancang left the Democratic Republic of the Congo first.

Anyway, the transaction time is not that fast. He just came here to inform them first and will come back to trade with these warlords after a while.

Southern Africa, Pretoria, Osis town, Super US Dollar Factory, Zhao Mancang came here, entered the warehouse, and saw piles of US dollars.

"You're printing US dollars too quickly. Follow my previous orders. Work for a while, then rest for a while. Don't produce too many super US dollars each year, otherwise, it's easy to cause trouble."

After a pause, Zhao Mancang continued:

"Everyone at the Super Dollar Factory, after this project is finished, I will arrange the life you want for you. Each person will receive at least $100 million. Whether you want gold or a villa, I can arrange it for you."

"But if anything happens to any of you and leaks this information, then everyone will be recalled. Don't be naive to think that I can't find you."

"Technology is very advanced nowadays. You can't escape. Do you understand?"

"So don't think about taking shortcuts. Let's make money together and enjoy happiness together. I won't treat you unfairly. Old Bear, you know it best. You can also ask those who have retired before what kind of life they are leading now."

The New World Security Company in Hong Kong, also known as the Black Cross Force, was established in 1966. This year is 1971, so only five years have passed.

But some personnel have already retired. This is because they were injured and could not recover to their previous level, so they had no choice but to retire.

Xiong Licheng and others are very clear about what the lives of these retired people are like.

Therefore, anyone who follows Zhao Mancang can live a good life as long as they abide by the rules.

The Super Dollar Factory project involves too many interests, and Zhao Mancang has to be on guard.

Therefore, at the Super Dollar Factory, Zhao Mancang prepared many luxurious experiences for these people, such as luxurious residential estates.

They also hired a group of good-looking women from abroad to serve this group of people.

If the workers at the Super Dollar Factory want to marry these women, that's fine. They can live here, but they can never leave.

Xiong Licheng and others nodded repeatedly, and the matter was settled.

Zhao Mancang then took away all the Super Dollars in the warehouse and left the Super Dollar Factory.

Through disguise, Zhao Mancang changed into another identity, and then notified the shareholders of Rand Central Gold Mine to buy gold at a high price.

In the outside world, one ounce of gold is exchanged for thirty-eight US dollars, and even in Sam's home country, a dual-price system for gold is implemented.

The so-called dual-price gold system was the second dollar crisis that broke out in 1968. Because the dollar continued to depreciate at that time, Sam's home country began to split into two factions.

The official gold price is used for exchange at the central bank, while the gold price in the private market is determined by supply and demand.

After the second dollar crisis, the dual-price gold system also emerged, causing European brothers to rush to Sam's home country to transport US dollar cash to exchange for gold.

Anyway, the European brothers will not lose out if they exchange the US dollars at the official price. Besides, the US dollar cash in their hands has no value and is even worse than gold.

The situation in Southern Africa is relatively better because there is so much gold that the US dollar is more valuable.

In the whole of southern Africa, in addition to the large Rand Central Gold Mine, there are other large and small gold mines.

Since last year, the annual output of the Rand Central Gold Mine has exceeded one thousand tons, reaching one thousand and two tons of gold.

This gold mine alone has so much gold. Other small gold mines can also produce hundreds of tons of gold, making the southern African region account for more than 50% of the world's gold production this year.

It is conceivable how much gold they have in southern Africa.

Zhao Mancang's price of one ounce for forty-five US dollars directly caused a violent shock in the entire southern African gold market, and many people came to him.

After learning about this, Brooksfield, the major shareholder of Rand Central Gold Mine, personally sent someone over with 100 tons of gold to trade with Zhao Mancang.

The transaction that day went very smoothly. The 158 million US dollars in cash were all real US dollars, not counterfeit currency.

Super Dollars are so cool, there is no difference between them and real US dollars.

The only difference is that Super Dollar is produced by the Super Dollar Factory without the approval of the Sam government.

Therefore, it was impossible for the people sent by Brooksfield to verify the authenticity of the banknotes.

Moreover, Zhao Mancang had these banknotes made by the Super Dollar Factory based on the production date between 1960 and 1965, and also made them look slightly older.

These types of US dollars do not have any coding or other errors compared to US dollars from the same year.

For example, in 1962, Sam printed 100 million US dollars of base currency, while Zhao Mancang directly increased the super US dollar factory by 500 million US dollars, or more.

Anyway, the code on the super dollar can be changed at any time.

Zhao Mancang could even print US dollars from an earlier period, which would make it even more difficult for Sam to investigate thoroughly.

If it wasn't too troublesome, Zhao Mancang could even send a team of agents directly to the Federal Reserve to revise the printing data of some of the base currencies of the US dollar in the past few years.

For example, in 1962, 100 million US dollars of base currency were printed. After modification, it became 500 million US dollars printed that year.

Although this will leave many loopholes, it is better than being discovered.

However, there is no rush to resort to such measures now, as the chances of super dollars being discovered are still very small.

Zhao Mancang will definitely keep an eye on the situation in this regard and will not ask anyone to start an investigation, nor will he know about this matter yet.

"Are you sure he was alone at the time?"

In Pretoria, Southern Africa, in a luxurious manor, next to a luxurious open-air swimming pool, Brooksfield's gaze suddenly paused as he looked at the swimming mermaid. He then looked at Karen Isaac, who was reporting to him, and asked word by word.

The latter nodded, Brooksfield pondered for a moment, and immediately said:
"Okay, immediately dispatch someone to investigate this person. I want all his information."

I heard that Zhao Mancang was the only one who completed a transaction worth more than 100 million US dollars, and it was a gold transaction.

How did Zhao Mancang transport one hundred tons of gold?

All kinds of doubts lingered in Brooksfield's mind, and the fire of greed in his heart could not be extinguished.

This is a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars, or even more.

Faced with such temptation, Brooksfield simply couldn't resist.

On the other side, Zhao Mancang has continued to trade with the next client. He needs a large amount of gold. Five hundred million US dollars is not too little, and one billion US dollars is not too much.

Under the temptation of the price of forty-five US dollars per ounce of gold, Zhao Mancang believed that there would definitely be many people willing to trade with him.

(End of this chapter)