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    Sitting in the carriage, Yang Zhi stared at the strange-looking Luger pistol in Fang Hua's hand with clear eyes.

    Fang Hua looked up at Yang Zhi, who was looking eagerly at the Luger pistol in his hand, smiled slightly and said, "Go on!" and threw it to him casually.

    Yang Zhi took the pistol and immediately started playing with it with a smile on his face.  Looking at this scene, Fang Hua thought to himself that Yang Zhi was probably more interested in weapons than women. In the past few months, even he had noticed that Xiaoyue had a crush on him, but he didn't show any signs of it.  No, it made Xiaoyue very embarrassed. Su Xiaorou even reminded her several times that she should enlighten him. However, this was a matter between two people and it was not easy for her to interfere, so she just let it be.

    I didn¡¯t expect to be able to buy a box of Ruger pistols this time, which is an unexpected surprise.  The Ruger pistol was the world's first standard military semi-automatic pistol. It was adopted as standard equipment by the German Army in 1908 and remained in service until the end of World War II.

    The pistol is short and light, safe to carry, and can fire suddenly. It can be used whether it is supervising battles, being a spy, raiding, or infiltrating.  Although 500 Mauser pistols have been ordered, the Mauser pistols also have certain shortcomings, such as their large size and weight, inconvenience to carry, too much kinetic energy of the muzzle, and serious muzzle jump.  The Ruger pistol just makes up for some shortcomings in this regard and can be used as a sidearm for commanders and special agents.

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    Fang Huazheng was happy because he had received the famous Luger pistol in later generations, but Yishanyuan's shareholders were worried because of excessive losses in the stock market crash.

    The shareholders of Yishanyuan were greedy for the huge profits from rubber stocks. Regardless of the strong opposition of Shanghai head office manager Ding Weifan, and at the strong request of shareholders headed by Li Jingchu, they invested huge sums of money into the stock market. However, as the rubber stock bubble burst,  , the rubber stocks that were originally hard to buy almost turned into waste paper. Yi Shanyuan, who snapped up a large number of rubber stocks, suffered serious losses in the stock market crash, losing more than 2 million taels of silver.

    Even if Yishanyuan has strong financial resources, it is unbearable to suddenly lose more than 2 million taels of silver.  The reason why he was able to survive the stock market crash was not only relying on his own extraordinary strength, but also mainly relying on the emergency assistance of Shanghai Daotai Cai Naihuang.  After the rubber stock craze broke out, in order to stabilize the market, Shanghai Daotai Cai Naihuang, in addition to negotiating loans with a number of foreign banks, also specially allocated 3 million taels of Shanghai official silver and deposited it in Yuan Fengrun and Yi Shanyuan, the two mainstays of Shanghai banks.  Within the bank account they belonged to, it was with these 3 million taels of Shanghai official silver that the two banks were able to survive the disaster.

    Although with the emergency assistance from Shanghai Daotai Yamen, Yishanyuan survived the impact of the stock market crash and did not close down like Zhengyuan, Qianyu, Zhaokang, Yuanfeng and other banks, the losses were also serious.  There is not much silver left, but he still has to deal with a large number of depositors' withdrawals. Ding Weifan has been very busy these days and can barely maintain the situation.

    Ding Weifan was sitting in the office, holding a cigarette in one hand and a folder with two documents in the other hand, frowning and thinking.

    Ding Weifan didn¡¯t have the habit of smoking in the past, but these days, whenever he encountered something worrying, he would smoke one to cheer up his spirits and gain temporary comfort, so much so that the fingers holding the cigarette were now stained yellow by nicotine.  After a while, he stubbed out the remaining half of the cigarette in the porcelain ashtray, staring at the two pieces of paper in front of him, feeling very worried.

    In the past, Ding Weifan had great success as the manager of Yishanyuan, the largest private bank in the country. However, now he can be said to be one of the most troubled people in Shanghai. When he looked in the mirror in the morning, he even found that he was originally dirty.  There were a few white hairs on Hei Waliang's head, showing how stressed he was.

    There are only two pieces of paper in the folder in front of him. One is the amount of bank deposits and the amount of loans that are expected to be recovered in the last month. The other is the statistics of cash deposits that are about to expire within two months.  .

    The total amount of cash deposits due in the next two months is 1.2 million taels, and the bank deposits plus the loans that can be recovered are almost 1.5 million taels, which can almost cope with the situation. Thinking of this, Ding Weifan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.  .  But at the same time, he also knew that there were 1.3 million taels of Shanghai official silver in the deposit. This was part of the 3 million taels of Shanghai official silver that Cai Naihuang had deposited in Yuan Fengrun and Yishanyuan and was deposited in Yishanyuan.  The existence of money allows Yishanyuan to sustain itself.  If the Shanghai Daotai Yamen withdraws the money, Yishanyuan will have no choice but to close down. Thinking of this, Ding Weifan sighed helplessly. He did not expect that Yishanyuan, which he had worked so hard to manage, would be reduced to this.

    "It's all caused by greed!" Ding Weifan couldn't help but sigh, he felt sorry for those who didn't understandThe shareholders who were willing but always directed blindly were very annoyed. If the shareholders had not been blinded by the immediate interests and unanimously demanded that they misappropriate large amounts of funds to invest in the stock market, this would have led to Yishanyuan's current situation.

    "It would have been better if those shareholders had listened to that young man's analysis." Ding Weifan felt helpless when he thought of the young man who had left a deep impression on him.  All this was guessed by the young man named Fang Hua. There were indeed signs of a bubble in the rubber stock at that time, and the analysis he gave was also very reasonable. It was a pity that he was only a general manager and could not influence the shareholders at all.  The decision was made to passively follow orders and misappropriate depositors' money to invest in the stock market.

    "Manager, Mr. Cai Naihuang of Shanghai Daotai has agreed to meet you tonight." At this moment, the office door was knocked twice, and then the associate manager of the bank opened the door and came in to report.

    "Okay, I understand. You and I will go visit Mr. Cai tonight." Ding Weifan ordered. Whether Yishanyuan can be maintained now depends entirely on the support of the government. As long as the government continues to support Yishanyuan, Ding Weifan has 80% chance.  Be sure to recover Yishanyuan within two years.

    "We must survive this test." Ding Weifan thought silently in his heart.

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    In the top-floor office of the Standard Chartered Bank building on Nanjing Road in the public concession, several well-dressed Westerners in suits and ties were looking out the window with smiles, seemingly admiring the beautiful scenery of Shanghai Beach.

    "Gentlemen, I think that in a few days, the two largest private banks in the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Fengrun and Yishan Yuan, will become history. Then it will be time for us to show off our skills." One of them held a glass of red wine in his right hand.  Said with a smile.

    If Fang Hua were here, he would definitely recognize this person as Mr. Charlie, who caused a traffic accident while driving casually and had a conflict with Erhu when Fang Hua and others first arrived in Shanghai. His identity is Standard Chartered Bank of the United Kingdom.  General Manager of Shanghai Branch.

    "Mr. Charlie, I have received news that the Shanghai Daotai of the Qing government deposited 3 million taels of Shanghai official silver into two banks, Yuan Fengrun and Yishanyuan. I am very worried about this!"

    "It's only three million taels. This amount of money can barely sustain the two banks. Without us, these two banks may be able to survive with this money, but now that we are here" He pinched lightly.  A sneer appeared on Charlie's face.

    Since the outbreak of the rubber stock crisis, he and the people in the house have planned a plan to loot Shanghai's local money industry. Two months ago, he used other people's names to deposit more than 2 million taels of cash in two banks.  In normal times, it might be nothing to the two banks, but now after the stock market crash, it is enough to cause a run.
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