NCCnovel Chapter 433 I Want to Open a Bank
Chapter 433 I Want to Open a Bank
Li Yunlong saw that Wang Meng was also helpless and could only stare blankly.
"What should we do? We can't just watch the little devil use fake money to buy our real things, right?"
Wang Meng shook his head helplessly. He had asked the Institute of Chemistry to carefully study the composition of the counterfeit banknote printing paper and then find a way to test it as soon as possible. Even if it was a little complicated, it could be tested together!
"Let's stop using border area tickets for now, and use ocean transactions for all transactions. However, this method can only last for three to five days at most!"
"That's the only way. I'll send some people to check the surrounding areas. Since the Japanese were able to put counterfeit money into our base so quickly, their hideout must be nearby!"
"Okay, then I'll go to the Institute of Chemistry!"
After receiving the order, the deputy director of the Institute of Chemistry immediately analyzed the counterfeit banknotes. With the help of the most advanced equipment, he finally discovered a special substance among them.
"Commander, drop this special solution onto the border area banknotes. If it turns blue, it is made of our native paper. If it turns black, it is a counterfeit banknote!"
Wang Meng nodded happily. Logically speaking, with this identification method, the circulation of counterfeit currency could be avoided. But if the Japanese changed the process to resist this solution, wouldn't they be back to square one?
If you want to truly ensure that the financial system is not shaken and not controlled by others, the best way is to have your own currency!
"stare!"
The handheld terminal, which had not had any news for a long time, flashed at an inopportune moment.
Wang Meng glanced at it impatiently and was about to turn it off, but then a key word caught his eye.
"Banknote printing factory!"
Wang Meng quietly hid aside, and then immediately started studying in the corner.
[Congratulations on solving the problem of verifying the authenticity of counterfeit banknotes and unlocking the banknote printing factory production line, 100 points per line. In addition, online currency value selection and patterns can be provided. ]
Wang Meng took the handheld terminal and kissed it twice.
"Hahaha, it seems like you guys are treating me well! You solved a basic problem and then you gave me a more advanced surprise!"
The handheld terminal gave Wang Meng a look of disdain.
"Please don't do anything special to the system!"
Wang Meng scratched his head in embarrassment.
Then he immediately returned to the military fortress and found the troubled Li Yunlong.
"Lao Li, I got a banknote production line from overseas. The anti-counterfeiting technology is very advanced! Only if we issue our own banknotes can we solve this problem!"
"Great! I don't know much about finance, so you'll be in charge. Just tell me how you need my cooperation!"
Wang Meng thought for a moment and decided that the most important thing now was to determine the pattern of the banknote. As for the value, that was a matter for financial experts.
"Old Li, Chongqing's currency is called legal currency, and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government's currency is called Border Region Notes. What do we call our banknotes?"
Li Yunlong thought for a long time, not sure if it was a joke or if he really thought so:
"Renminbi! Since our independent column fights for the people, develops the economy for the people, and does everything for the people, it is called Renminbi!"
Wang Meng was petrified. He suspected that Li Yunlong had also traveled through time.
"Old Li, do you know satellites?"
Li Yunlong thought for a moment, searching the limited knowledge in his mind.
"Satellite? I know the stars in the sky, but what kind of star is this satellite?"
Looking at Li Yunlong's sincere eyes, Wang Meng was sure that Li Yunlong just happened to say the three words "Renminbi".
"Okay, let's finalize the design first, and then print it quickly!"
After some discussion, almost all of Pingshun’s characteristics were displayed on banknotes of different denominations.
Dime a dime: Pictures of smooth, high-quality farmland.
Two cents: Picture of Qingyang Petrochemical Base.
Five cents: Military fortress.
One Yuan: Military-Industrial Fortress.
Two Yuan: Map of Changzhi.
Five yuan: Map of Linfen.
Ten Yuan: A map that is too far away.
Twenty Yuan: Map of Pingshun County.
Fifty yuan: Photos of the independent column’s navy, army and air force.
One hundred yuan bill: portraits of workers, farmers, intellectuals, and business people.
"Old Li, the next task is probably the most difficult. Organizing the people to exchange their Border Region tickets for our banknotes. I'm afraid only you can do this!"
"Okay, I'll contact Jia Gui immediately and have them spread the word first, and then send people to set up publicity points in various towns and villages, first to promote and then to exchange."
Wang Meng began to prepare for both scenarios. On the one hand, he immediately cleared out a warehouse in the military fortress and exchanged it for ten production lines, each producing ten denominations of banknotes.
"Shubing, I'll leave this training to you. Try to get it into mass production within ten days!"
Lin Shubing looked at the manual. Fortunately, the production line had already brought the raw materials for the troops, so it only needed to be printed later.
"Okay! Leave it to me!"
After leaving the military fortress, Wang Meng went to the Finance Department of Pingshun University and found Director Zhang Jiaao.
Director Zhang Jiaao was originally the powerful deputy general manager of the Bank of China. Under his management, he turned the state-private joint venture Bank of China into the largest bank in China, surpassing the Central Bank and the Bank of Communications.
But this is unbearable for the peanuts in Chongqing!
After all, he was planning to control the economic lifeline of China through the central bank, and then achieve his goal of dictatorship. If he wanted to make the Bank of China the most influential and powerful bank, what would his central bank do?
Therefore, in March 1935, the Chongqing Peanut Army launched a surprise attack and forcibly transferred Zhang Jiaao from the Bank of China, appointing Zhang as a nominal vice president of the central bank.
From then on, Zhang Jiaao started to make tea and read newspaper every day.
However, he is not without achievements. As the person in charge of the garden construction of the central bank, Zhang Jiaao has made the trees and flowers grow stronger and stronger.
Later, Zhang Jiaao was recruited by Lin Shubing to Pingshun University to serve as the director of the Finance Department.
"Director Zhang, I came to you this time to ask for your help. Please don't refuse!"
It was the first time that Zhang Jiaao saw someone asking for help so confidently.
"Chief of Staff, just say it!"
"Then I'll get straight to the point. We are planning to set up a Chinese People's Bank in Pingshun, and we want you to be fully responsible for it!"
Zhang Jiaao was not alarmed because almost every base had its own bank, and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Huainan, Huaibei and other bases all issued their own banknotes.
"Opening a bank is a very common thing. Many people can do it, right?"
"Director Zhang, you misunderstood! The bank we want to open is not a small local bank, but a national bank, and we also want to reconstruct China's financial system!"
Zhang Jiaao looked at the ambitious Wang Meng and his blood began to boil. After all, this was his dream, to build a financial powerhouse!
"No, you'd better ask for help from someone else!"
Wang Meng's eyes widened. Wasn't his blood boiling? Why did he refuse?