bullyxtreme Chapter 668 Killing the Fat Pig
Chapter 668 Killing the Fat Pig
"Hahaha, originally, I wanted to wait until everyone finished their banquet before asking for your help. I didn't expect this to cause you so much trouble. This is my fault, my fault. I apologize to everyone and drink a glass of wine as a punishment!"
After Zhang Yunhe finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
Zhang Yaolin and the others looked at each other in bewilderment at this, and cursed in their hearts that this was hypocritical, cunning, and disgusting.
After finishing his drink, Zhang Yunhe put his glass on the table, looked at everyone, and said immediately: "Well, if I don't speak first, you won't be able to finish this meal, so I will speak first!"
"The thing is, recently, a reserve bank was established, and soon, Central Reserve Bank notes will be officially issued in various places. After all, the legal tender is depreciating, and the economy of the occupied territories has been greatly affected!"
"The main purpose of issuing Central Reserve Bank Notes is to replace the circulation of legal tender in the occupied territories. This must be done, and it's better to do it sooner rather than later. Furthermore, issuing Central Reserve Bank Notes will begin this year, giving everyone enough time to exchange legal tender for Central Reserve Bank Notes!"
"Next year, the higher-ups will issue an order to completely ban the circulation of fiat currency. By then, fiat currency here will be worthless waste paper!"
Having said that, Zhang Yunhe observed the reactions of Zhang Yaolin and everyone else.
Sure enough, when everyone heard the news, their faces changed drastically and they started whispering to each other.
After waiting for a while, Zhang Yunhe coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention again. "This matter will be implemented soon in other places, and we in the International Settlement cannot fall behind. The higher-ups have given me a very important task. I hope that Boss Zhang and the other bosses can support my work and the work of the Imperial Army and exchange a batch of Central Reserve Bank notes in advance before they are officially issued!"
"Ah? This, this..." Everyone was shocked. They felt as disgusted as if they had eaten a fly. Looking at the delicious dishes on the table, they had no appetite at all.
Now, all the forty or so bosses were silent, looking at each other and communicating with their eye contact.
Zhang Yunhe glanced around and sneered in his heart, "You traitors, do you think you can live a good life by joining the Japs? The Japs just want to use you first, do some dirty work, and then fatten you up and slowly slaughter you."
"What's the matter? You don't want to support my work? You don't want to be loyal to the empire and the imperial army? All your previous vows to serve the imperial army were false? You are all saying one thing and thinking another." Zhang Yunhe asked everyone with a sneer on his face.
"No, no, no, we have absolutely no such intention. Commander Ishida has misunderstood. We are just thinking about how much to subscribe to. After all, this is not a trivial matter. The decision must be made based on our own existing liquidity!" Zhang Yaolin said hurriedly.
When the others saw Zhang Yaolin trying to smooth things over, they quickly nodded in agreement.
Zhang Yunhe immediately stared at Zhang Yaolin and asked, "Boss Zhang is right. I wonder how much Boss Zhang plans to subscribe to?"
Zhang Yao's heart trembled, thinking that this old devil would definitely make me bleed heavily. He asked carefully, "Captain Ishida, do you want to use legal tender or silver dollars to subscribe for these Central Bank notes?"
Zhang Yunhe said, "Let me correct what Boss Zhang said. Central Bank Notes are not securities, nor are they stocks. They are money, currency. They are issued by the government and the only currency allowed to circulate officially in the market!"
"So, it has to be exchanged with French currency or silver dollars. You can also exchange it with gold or the currencies of Western powers! It's an exchange, not a subscription. Do you understand?"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Zhang Yunhe continued, "After a while, the government will forcibly devalue the legal tender. If you guys want to exchange your Central Reserve Bank notes now, I can exchange 100 yuan of legal tender for 200 yuan of Central Reserve Bank notes. If we wait until the government issues an order, 100 yuan of legal tender will only be exchanged for 100 Central Reserve Bank notes!"
In fact, what Chisong told Zhang Yunhe was that these people were allowed to exchange 100 yuan of legal tender for 500 yuan of Central Reserve Bank notes. When the Central Reserve Bank notes were officially issued, 100 yuan of legal tender could only be exchanged for 100 Central Reserve Bank notes.
Zhang Yunhe felt that since he had done this, he had to cut some flesh from these traitors and shed some blood. After all, the money of these traitors was the blood and sweat extorted from the general public. It would be better for him to extort some from the traitors and use it for the war of resistance.
After hearing what Zhang Yunhe said about the exchange rate, the traitors all began to calculate and ponder in their minds, and they all felt very painful.
Zhang Yunhe looked at Zhang Yaolin again and asked, "Boss Zhang, you are the president of the East Asia Peace Promotion Association. Could you please state how many Central Bank notes you would like to exchange for, and in what currency?"
Silver and gold were hard currencies these days, so Zhang Yaolin certainly wouldn't be so foolish as to exchange them for Central Bank notes. After a moment's thought, he could only bite the bullet and say, "I'll exchange it with legal tender... uh, I'll exchange it for... 5 Central Bank notes."
As soon as he finished speaking, the other traitors breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was not too much, since Zhang Yaolin only exchanged 50,000, they could exchange less than him.
Zhang Yunhe slammed the table, his face grim, and stared at Zhang Yaolin and said, "Boss Zhang, do you look down on me?"
"Ah? No, no, how dare I look down on Commander Ishida? Where does that come from?" Zhang Yaolin hurriedly denied.
Zhang Yunhe angrily said, "You don't look down on me, so why only exchange for 50,000 Central Bank Notes? Or do you think that Central Bank Notes are just worthless pieces of paper, and that government-issued currency has no credibility at all? Or do you still not have a good opinion of our Empire and the Imperial Army?"
"No, no, Zhang has absolutely no such intention. I, I will exchange 10, no, 20... 30." Zhang Yaolin was sweating profusely.
Zhang Yunhe said coldly, "30? So you're only going to exchange 15 French francs? French francs will soon become worthless here, so why are you still holding on to them? Are you still harboring illusions about Jiangzhou? Or are you simply in Cao's camp but your heart is with Han?"
Zhang Yaolin pleaded with a tearful face, "Captain Ishida, I, I also want to contribute more to the Imperial Army, but I really don't have any more French francs. 30 French francs is the limit of what I can take out!"
"30 French francs is the maximum you can come up with? Do you think I'm a fool? We've already investigated your worth and the worth of everyone here!"
Zhang Yunhe pointed at the traitors present and shouted, "You may only have this much French currency, but you also have silver dollars, gold, pounds, and US dollars. I don't ask you to sell all your houses, factories, and shops to raise money, but you should at least be more sincere, right?"
"Boss Zhang, what do you say now? Are you still only willing to exchange for 30 Central Bank Notes?"
Facing Zhang Yunhe's aggressiveness, Zhang Yaolin felt like a knife was already on his neck. He kept wiping the sweat off his face with his sleeve, trembling and looking up, gritting his teeth and saying, "I, I will exchange it for 100 million Central Bank notes!"