Chapter 12 China is the world
Li Changgeng was silent for a while and guessed that Yang Du came to find him. To put it bluntly, it was for the sake of Jun Xianzheng. After all, in his dialogue with Liang Qichao, although his political views were relatively vague, it involved many of the governance concepts and views of later generations. It makes sense to put this thing on Jun Xianzheng.
Knowing what Yang Du wants to listen to, Li Changgeng, a pragmatist, naturally regarded his preferences. "Mr. Yang is a leader of the constitutionalist. He can take his time to attract Changgeng and be afraid of him."
"Qi Ming's words are serious. I have a good relationship with Songpo. You and Songpo are also friends. We don't have to talk about our identities, we only talk about friends. What's more, Qi Ming's brother is not a thing in the pool. We will be able to see the first step at the tender meeting yesterday."
Cai E said concerned: "What will happen yesterday's bidding meeting result?"
"Fortunately, yesterday, there were preliminary images with several trading companies in Britain, the United States, Germany and Japan. Soon after, Qiming was a million-dollar man. Taking advantage of the fact that his brother still has money to spend, today's game is mine." Li Changgeng humorously replied to Cai E's concern.
"My brother Qiming is indeed humorous. Just now, Songpo and Fengxian talked about your unruly conversation. It is also a skill to be a poor man in this era. The President borrowed a large loan with the banks of the five countries the year before yesterday. I don't know how much he spent. Brother Qiming's ability to become a millionaire in one day is obvious."
"Haha, Mr. Xizi, the whole story here is worth mentioning. It is nothing more than a method of making money from nothing, which is no different from the people in the martial arts world. In other words, with the Second Industrial Revolution, the industrial production of various countries has the disadvantage of overcapacity. If we want to alleviate the pressure on production capacity, we must expand domestic demand, foreign trade, and third, through financial means, to expel capital. Therefore, although European countries are fighting now, as capitalists, they are more willing to transfer their own funds to foreign countries. Loans are a very good method."
"Oh, in this way, Qi is not Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, one is willing to beat the other is willing to be beaten." Yang Du said in confusion.
"Little Doyle, Mr. Xizi works hard for the president every day, so he naturally doesn't care about the trivial matters of merchants."
"This is not a trivial matter. I am a little ignorant. In this way, the President's big loan will suffer."
"It's not considered a loss. National loans and political factors are also included. Even if the borrowing conditions between the great powers are not better, then it will not be better. However, if China still uses the silver standard, it will inevitably suffer a lot of losses in international financial and trade."
"Ah, why is this?" Yang Du asked seriously.
Li Changgeng stretched out his palm and opened his five fingers and said, "Just five words, China does not produce silver. In fact, this is an old problem. During the Ming Dynasty, as Europeans used silver from South America to trade with China, it affected the stability of China's original copper currency monetary system, which was an important reason for the ban on the sea at that time. Before the Opium War, China had always been a trade surplus country, and the influx of a large amount of silver laid the foundation for China's current silver standard. After the Opium War, China's silver returned to the international financial market in large quantities, and the Boxer Indemnities intensified this phenomenon, which led to Western countries giving up the silver standard and turning to the gold standard."
"You mean to ask China to abandon the silver standard and turn to the gold standard? Some people in the government have also put forward such a view, just arguing."
"It's a fool to do this. How much gold reserves does China have? Russia's implementation of the gold standard is an example of failure. Russia only has a population, and China's current population. In fact, there is a more clever way, which is to reserve a certain amount of hard currency of other countries through trade and finance. For example, the United States implements the gold standard, so the country reserves a certain amount of US dollars and issues corresponding banknotes based on these US dollars. On this basis, the country can stabilize the domestic financial market by storing a certain amount of gold and silver."
After hearing this, Yang Du lowered his head and pondered for a long time before he raised his head and applauded: "Mire, wonderful, this method is simple and easy to implement, and the risk is small. Mr. Ren and the President did not misunderstand the wrong person."
After Yang Du sighed, the other three were stunned. How could he pull out the president? Yang Du knew that he had made a mistake and smiled and said, "The method proposed by Qiming is too amazing. Xizi spoke quickly and was rude. Qiming doesn't need to think too much. I came to see you this time. Once I had a sincere relationship with Du and Songpo, his friends naturally couldn't help but want to meet him. Besides, it was the oral order of the president to be the leader, and you, the person you valued by Liang Rengong, and you will be invited to visit the presidential palace."
Li Changgeng originally wanted to treat Liang Qichao as his backer, but he didn't expect that Liang Qichao's backer had not yet been stable, but instead attracted a super boss. At this time, Li Changgeng was really uneasy and said, "Oh, the president is busy with everything, Changgeng is just a white shirt. It's so great, so great!"
Yang Du was very satisfied with Li Changgeng's performance. Such talents were the best. He really couldn't stand the literati like Liang Rengong who didn't even see Yuan Shikai. "You don't have to be nervous. President Yuan is also an ordinary person."
After hearing Yang Du's words, Cai E was a little surprised and nodded to Li Changgeng and said, "Xizi, you don't know Qiming yet. His performance is definitely not nervous now, I guess he is too happy."
"Hahaha, it's still Brother Songpo who knows me. Just look at us men chatting here, but leaving the beauty aside is really awesome." After saying that, Li Changgeng, Cai E, and Yang Du laughed. With the laughter, the men tacitly changed the topic.
Xiao Fengxian knew it was time for her to speak, so she took the lead in firing at Li Changgeng, "You are too late and don't say it. Do you use me as the Government Affairs Council? If you don't say it today, you will have to be punished for making a song. The level cannot be lower than that song."
"Oh, Brother Qiming can also write songs, sing it quickly." Yang Du showed his heroic side.
"Come here, today, Brother Yang and Brother Cai, and there are also beautiful girls with the beauty and fairy girl. As the saying goes, you must have fun in your life, and Chang Geng will be ugly." Li Changgeng turned his mind and said, "What should I do? The song I sang last time, the chrysanthemum stage made both of them cry. This time I have to learn from the lessons. There are all songs, but you have to think about what you sing. After all, there is also Yang Du.
"This song was written by the sea when I returned to China. The song was called "A Laugh from the Sea". The sea smiled and tides from both sides. The floating and rising are recorded. Today, the sky laughed and the tides in the world. Who will defeat the world will win. The sky knows. The mountains and rivers are smiling and the mist and rain are far away. The waves wash away all over the world. How many people know? The breeze smiles like loneliness. There is still a night light left. The people are no longer lonely. The passion is still smiling in a daze...."
After a song, Xiao Fengxian picked up a handful of pipa and played it. Yang Du, Cai E, Li Changgeng, and the three of them sang this song together.
"Listen to this song by Qiming, I was born with a heroic lyrics in vernacular. Qiming is the first person. Du admires it, admires it." Yang Du sincerely praised.
Li Changgeng's face turned red, and he shouted in his heart, carrying the copycat to the end. Then he smiled calmly: "A idle work, Brother Xizi is so proud. My lyrics are not new. But now, most of the music in China is school music, and it is inevitable that I can write lyrics with Western music. In contrast, my music arranged with traditional music theory is a bit sleek. Chinese music cannot only have opera, but also our own folk music. We must have innovation, carry forward the past and open up the future, and have a mind that should not stick to the old rules and have a mind that can accommodate all things. But we cannot have everything that is good, and we are all poor and narrow-minded! After all, what can be used to pick up people's wisdom is not better than others. Only the original music of the Chinese people is the most popular music. Similarly, Chinese culture, Chinese politics, and Chinese military are all aware of this principle."
Cai E pointed to the title of China in the newspaper, and smiled and said, "Qi Ming is always advocating this sentence!"
After hearing this, Li Changgeng slammed the table and defended loudly: "No, this is not advocacy, this is the voice of the heart. As a Chinese, you must first have a strong sense of identity with your national culture. Don't be good at everything from the West. If you hear too much, you will feel disgusting!"
When Yang Du saw Li Changgeng's hot personality, he began to understand his mind. This guy, as slippery as soap bubbles in hot water, is as sharp as soap, and is extremely sharp. If he wants to get this guy in the government, he must not fry the pot like pouring water into hot oil.
Chapter completed!