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- Berlin is about to usher in a new beginning for her.
At this time, Wang Weiyi also began his new journey to the United States. The first stop of his trip to the United States was still New York.
The city of New York is all too familiar to him. He once here, as "Mr. Moyol", set off a financial storm that was frightening throughout the United States and the world.
In this financial crisis, except for the "New York Alliance" headed by him, everyone is a loser, including the US government.
That financial crisis dealt the heaviest blow to the United States, especially the Jewish consortium. The Wittgenstein family made a lot of money.
Now, the United States has emerged from the financial crisis, and New York has become the most prosperous economic center in the world. From this point of view, we have to admire the strong vitality of the United States.
From the first minute he set foot in New York, Wang Weiyi felt a different sense of long absence.
New York is more prosperous than before. Vehicles fill the streets, and those who are walking in a hurry seem unwilling to stop for even a second.
What¡¯s even more curious is that Wang Weiyi can¡¯t find a decent hotel with an empty room.
Are Americans so rich nowadays that they like to live in hotels? Or are there any grand celebrations in New York recently?
Wang Weiyi is a little unclear
With great difficulty, he found a small hotel in an inconspicuous place on the corner of the street. The boss told him that he had the last room.
Although it¡¯s a little smaller, at least you don¡¯t have to sleep on the street anymore. But when the boss told Wang Weiyi the price, he was shocked again.
It¡¯s actually $25 a night.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Wang Weiyi remembered that at this time, the per capita income of a family of four in the United States was about 6,300 US dollars, but how much money did it cost to stay in such a small and dilapidated hotel for one night?
"Sir, do you want it or not?" The boss's attitude became obviously impatient: "In less than ten minutes, the only vacant room in this hotel will be booked."
"Ah. Of course, this is one hundred dollars." Wang Weiyi paid the money and took out another ten dollar bill: "Can you give me a bottle of wine? Ten dollar wine."
The boss¡¯s attitude suddenly changed, and he took out a bottle of wine from the counter and gave it to Wang Weiyi with a smile on his face.
"Give me two more cups."
The boss quickly took out two more cups, and Wang Weiyi poured wine: "I like New York. I have been here in the past. Ah, let me buy you a few drinks."
The boss¡¯s attitude became more affectionate
After a few glasses of wine, the two of them have become "friends" who talk about everything, and in the process. Just as the boss said just now, at least three groups of guests came over and asked if there were any free rooms.
It seems that New York¡¯s hotel industry has prospered to a surprising extent.
"Hey, Locke." Wang Weiyi already knew the other person's name: "Why is the room so tense? Is there any major event in New York."
"Hey, Mr. Moyol, you haven't been to New York for a long time." Locke said enthusiastically: "Now people from all over the world are flocking to New York. War is a good thing, it has led to The entire economy in the United States is booming, especially in New York. About a few months ago, housing prices in New York began to skyrocket, and many people joined the ranks of real estate speculators. This drove the whole of Europe and the whole world. It¡¯s the economic center of the world and it¡¯s overcrowded everywhere. Hotels are full, and prices are rising without limit"
A nerve in the deepest part of Wang Weiyi's heart was suddenly stirred
Locke is still telling the other party everything with great interest The housing prices in New York are rising again and again, driving the housing prices in the surrounding cities of New York to rise again and again
What followed was the prosperity of the market and the soaring of stock prices. Many Americans gave up their normal jobs and joined the ranks of real estate speculators or the stock market without hesitation.
Now it has even developed to the point where there is no need to go to see the house at all, as long as there is a house contract. Specialized institutions have also begun to flourish, and they can keep house contracts on their behalf. The buyer doesn't have to handle it at all. A house deed is often purchased for $2,000. In a matter of minutes it would change hands and rise to $2,500. The new buyer will then wait again for the next taker. Again waiting to make huge profits from it.
The economy of New York and the entire United States has been boosted once again
Wang Weiyi¡¯s brows gradually wrinkled Familiar, this scene was really too familiar to himGot it He really wanted to tell Locke that this was definitely not a normal thing But if he really said that. Locke must have thought that the guest in front of him was a lunatic
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? New York Stock Exchange, January 1966.
The new year has just begun, but the prosperity of the stock exchange has reached an incredible level.
The crowd was crowded, and the stock price continued to soar from the opening. Everyone's face was filled with excitement, as if countless money were flying in front of their eyes.
All this is still so familiar to Wang Weiyi "Mr. Moyol" back then once staged a "good show" here that stunned the whole world.
There is nothing particularly exciting about Wang Weiyi. He is sure that the stock market is not normal. This is a very irrational market. Maybe one day, the stock market will completely collapse like it did in the past.
By that time, countless people will go bankrupt and countless people will jump from the highest floors.
He is still not very clear about how all this happened, but he knows that any abnormal behavior in the stock market will be driven by a huge behind-the-scenes hand
What he wants to find is this "black hand".
When he came out of the securities market, he found that there were many brokerage companies around him. And these companies have only one business:
House sale and purchase contract!
Curious, he randomly selected a company and walked in, and found that the excitement here was no less exciting than the stock market.
¡°Deed for house at 296 de Blasio Avenue in the Bronx, $60,000.¡±
¡°$65,000!¡±
"70,000, I will pay 70,000!"
¡°80,000. Hey, I¡¯ll offer you $80,000!¡±
The quotes were louder and louder, as if these were not money.
Finally, the deed of the house at 296 de Blasio Avenue in the Bronx was obtained by the guy who paid $80,000. He was a middle-aged man with a look of great excitement on his face. He paid $80,000 and signed a contract without even picking up the contract that was supposed to be his.
"Sir, why don't you take the contract?" Wang Weiyi came to the man and asked.
The middle-aged man looked at the young man in front of him like a monster: "Are you crazy? Tomorrow. No, this contract will rise to more than 90,000 US dollars in the afternoon. Why should I pay one more handling fee? ? Ah, young man, this is probably your first time in New York. No one here will take away the contract."
Wang Weiyi nodded.
At this time, he saw another woman in her 27s or 80s who bought a house contract in a poor location for $26,000, but the woman¡¯s face was also filled with excitement. She rushed to a corner of the company and said to a little girl: "Hey. Alice, mom bought it, and we will have money soon."
Her daughter has been waiting for her mother here for a long time. She is probably only five or six years old, playing alone with a worn-out doll. Hearing her mother's excited voice, she probably didn't know what it meant: "Mom, I'm hungry."
"Ah, please wait for me for a while, and I will take you to eat after completing the formalities." The woman left her daughter excitedly.
"Alice. Hello." Wang Weiyi came to Alice: "I am Moyol. Can I have a conversation with you?"
"Hello, Mr. Moyol." The lonely Alice raised her head. Looking at the stranger in front of him: "Of course, but what do you want to say?"
Wang Weiyi sat down next to her: "Look, is that your mother?"
"Yes. She is my mother, Lisa Xie." Alice smiled sweetly.
"What about your father?"
"Ah, I have never seen my father."
"I'm sorry, Alice."
"It doesn't matter, Mr. Moyol."
"Look, what does your mother do?"
"She is a dancer, but she never taught me how to dance."
Wang Weiyi nodded: "Are you hungry?"
"Yes, sir, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything since morning." Alice said with some melancholy in her eyes: "But I'm used to it, because I also ate very little in the past. Sometimes No food yet.¡±
"Alice, I told you not to talk to strangers." At this time, Lisa Xie, who had completed the formalities, came over, grabbed her daughter, and then looked at her with vigilant eyes.??Looked at Wang Weiyi.
"Madam, I'm sorry." Looking at the young mother, Wang Weiyi also stood up: "Your daughter is very cute. I couldn't help but say a few more words to her."
"Mom, this is Mr. Moyol."
The daughter¡¯s voice made Xie Lisa¡¯s expression somewhat relaxed: ¡°Alice, what do you want to eat for lunch?¡±
"Madam, please allow me to express my apology." Wang Weiyi said first: "I know there is a good French restaurant near here. If you can agree, I very much hope to invite you and Alice to go there together."
Xie Lisa felt relieved after hearing this. She probably wanted to pursue herself again
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Exquisite food, good environment, romantic music, Lisa Xie and her daughter have never been to such a high-end restaurant.
This is a young rich man. It would be a good thing to be favored by such a person. It is better than the drunkards and gamblers who surround him all day long Of course, the premise is that he must be able to Accept her daughter Xie Lisa thought quietly in her heart
Alice will not care about this. She is obviously more interested in these delicacies than other things
Watching the mother and daughter devouring their food, Wang Weiyi looked at them with a smile. When they looked up from their plates with satisfaction, Wang Weiyi ordered dessert for Alice, and then asked someone to serve Lisa Xie a drink: "Madam, I just saw that you purchased a house deed worth US$26,000?"
"Call me Lisa Xie." Speaking of this matter. Xie Lisa became excited again: "The location is not very good, but the value will increase several times. Alice and I will be rich."
From the brief conversation just now, Wang Weiyi knew that Xie Lisa was a stripper in an underground nightclub and a single mother. Her man broke up with her long ago. The life of mother and daughter has been very poor. This made him curious: "Do you have $26,000?"
"Ah, it's not easy to get this money." Xie Lisa's voice was a little proud: "I sold everything in the house that could be sold, and there was also a house left to me by my father."
"You sold your own house to buy another house?" Wang Weiyi felt a little incredible.
"That house doesn't have much potential for appreciation." Xie Lisa felt that it was nothing at all: "Many people in New York do this, sell their houses and buy more valuable house contracts. Of course. Maybe we sell My house will soon rise sharply, but compared to what we have gained, it is nothing. Of course, even so, I still had to borrow a large amount of loan sharking, but I believe I will pay it back soon. Clear.¡±
Wang Weiyi was silent for a moment, these people had completely lost themselves. He said slowly: "Xie Lisa, ah, and you, Alice. Can I tell you a story?"
When they heard that they were going to tell a story, Xie Lisa and her daughter both looked very happy. They heard "Mr. Moyol" say in a very low voice: "In 1593, a gardener named Clusius discovered a very beautiful flower in Austria. He felt very novel, so he took some away. Its seeds were then transferred to the Netherlands by Clusius from Vienna. Because the climate and soil of the Netherlands were very suitable for the growth of this flower, under Clusius's careful cultivation, bright flowers bloomed soon. Name it 'tuber1d' and it is the tulip we are familiar with today"
He glanced at the mother and daughter who were listening with great interest: "Because tulips were rare flowers at that time, and they were indeed very beautiful after blooming. Therefore, they won the favor of the powerful class and were sought after by dignitaries for a while. They were everywhere. After witnessing this phenomenon, speculators began to speculate on tulips. They first purchased tulip bulbs at high prices and then resold them to the nobles of the court. Gradually, the craze caused by this flower became a reality. As a popular trend, more and more people have joined in the tulip buying and selling process. Even the fish and vegetable sellers have participated in the tulip buying and selling. They are willing to spend all their money to buy a tulip bulb because they believe that, Someone will pay more than double the price to buy it.¡±
Wang Weiyi took a sip of coffee: "In 1634, because a large number of foreign businessmen heard that the Dutch tulip business was very prosperous, they went to the Netherlands to participate in tulip speculation, causing the already sky-high price of tulip bulbs to skyrocket again. So far, this tulip mania has begun. It has lasted for more than 30 years. In order to cater for the enthusiastic trading of tulips, the Amsterdam Exchange set up a trading venue specifically for this purpose. In the following two years, the price of a common tulip bulb rose to 64 guilders, which was 1,637. In January of this year, just one month later, the price of this tulip bulb was1,668 dong, an incredible increase. However, what surprised everyone was that just two days later, the price of this tulip bulb was approximately equal to 0.15 guilders"
Wang Weiyi's voice became even deeper: "On February 4, 1637, what happened on this day is the biggest unsolved case in the entire world's financial history, and there is no one. This morning, in Amsterdam and other exchanges, The sale of tulips was going on as smoothly as usual. Merchants stretched their necks to ask for prices, and buyers got off the luxurious carriages. It seemed like they were no different from usual. When various transactions were going on, God knew what was going on. At this moment, the first domino of the tulip bubble was toppled. Then everyone rushed to sell their tulip contracts, because no one wanted to be the last. A fool. The price of tulips in the Netherlands instantly fell to freezing point, and various hysterical and strange sounds were heard in the exchange. The whole of Amsterdam was immersed in a doomsday atmosphere, and the tulip bubble burst on April 27 of the same year. With grief everywhere, he finally came forward and ordered the termination of all tulip contract sales.¡±
"Why is it a contract sale?" Wang Weiyi smiled and said: "Since tulips themselves are plants, whether they are bulbs or flowers, they cannot be separated from the soil for a long time and sold in the trading market. They will die. So on the basis of physical transactions, In order to satisfy the feverish hype, merchants invented a transaction method that replaced physical goods with contracts. A sold 15 tulip flowers to B at the current price. After B confirmed that A's inventory was true, the two parties signed a contract. , b paid a 115 flowers in accordance with the contract, a signed the contract to prove that he had transferred the flowers to b, and then b waited until the price rose again and took the paid contract to find the next buyer. "
Xie Lisa also laughed: "These people are really fools. If it were me, I would never do this!" - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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