noffsinger Chapter 434 Step by step
Chapter 434 Step by step
"Director Zhang, this is a matter of great importance to people's livelihood. Can you reconsider it?"
Zhang Jiaao did not directly refuse Wang Meng, but took out a piece of paper and started gesturing.
"Chief of Staff, if we want to set up a central bank, we must first issue banknotes. Do we have a printing press?"
"Have!"
"Is it true or not?"
"Really!"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he took out the instruction manual provided by the system and two sets of sample coins.
"Director Zhang, this set of RMB is the currency we are going to issue. The reason why we are so anxious to issue the currency is that we are forced to do nothing because of the counterfeit banknotes of the Japanese!"
Zhang Jiaao took the plastic-sealed sample coin and couldn't help but admire the exquisite pattern.
"It's really a work of art! However, no matter how beautiful it is, without anti-counterfeiting technology, it still can't solve the problem of being copied!"
Wang Meng took the sample coin and slightly tilted it. The number "100" reflected different lusters, either purple or red.
Then he pointed to the gold thread buried in the middle.
"Director Zhang, this is our color-changing ink technology and gold thread technology 7. You are very knowledgeable. Can you give us your comments?"
Zhang Jiaao was stunned at this moment. He had never seen such technology before!
These two technologies have never been seen in the Chongqing government or even in the West.
"Great! It only takes a few words to teach people how to identify counterfeit money. This is much better than other anti-counterfeiting technologies!"
Wang Meng then introduced banknotes of other denominations one by one, which made Zhang Jiaao realize that Wang Meng did not want to set up a central bank on a whim, but had actually made a lot of preparations.
"Okay! We have the printing press, but what will support it? The border government is based on grain, so what about us?"
"gold!"
"Gold? Chief of Staff, do you know that we need to support it with gold? Hundreds of tons!"
Wang Meng chuckled and took out photos of the Xinzhou gold mine, as well as the gold and US dollars he had earned from selling penicillin over the years.
"Director Wang, I have 50 tons of gold now, and it will increase to 100 tons by the end of this year! Gold is not a problem!"
Zhang Jiaao took a breath. He knew that Pingshun was developing very well now, but he didn't expect it to be so good!
"Chief of Staff, are you really willing to take out this gold for reserve?"
"Of course, we take it from the people and use it for the people. Once our credit system is established, we won't need this gold anymore!"
Zhang Jiaao nodded. It was true. As long as a country had a credit system, it could issue banknotes based on the country's credit.
He picked up the pen and wrote three more lines on the paper:
1. Unless a major economic crisis occurs or the fundamental livelihood of the people is endangered, the government and the independent column shall not interfere with the decision-making and any activities of the central bank.
2. Separated from the Independent Column and the Pingshun Government, the financial department shall not interfere without special reasons.
3. Maintain a certain degree of independence and be responsible only to the top leaders of the independent column.
Zhang Jiaao proudly pushed the paper in front of Wang Meng, hoping to make him give up.
Having worked in the central bank of the Chongqing government for so many years, he had long seen through the government's tactics of plundering the people through currency.
"Okay, I agree to everything! But I have one request. Everything must be based on the premise of ensuring a fair life for the people, because this bank is called the People's Bank of China!"
On the morning of the second day, the People's Bank of China began preparations in the most prosperous area of Pingshun. A five-story building was the starting point of China's new financial system.
The members of the preparatory group of the People's Bank of China were all teachers and students temporarily borrowed by Zhang Jiaao from the Finance Department.
"The mission is too tight this time, so I have no choice but to use them first. When my former colleagues arrive in Pingshun, we will open the business immediately."
According to Zhang Jiaao's request, Wang Meng had to rename the warehouse where the gold was originally stored as the People's Bank of China's treasury.
He also ordered the engineering corps to reinforce the five-story building, especially the basement that would be used to store banknotes.
Li Yunlong was not idle at this time. After setting up various propaganda points, he began to contact the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government.
After repeated negotiations, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government decided to stop printing Border Region Banknotes and mobilize the people in the base area to exchange all the Border Region Banknotes in their hands for the soon-to-be-issued RMB.
The grain used as collateral for the border area tickets was also all received by the People's Bank of China.
"Li Yunlong, this time the Japanese counterfeit banknotes are coming in force and causing us a lot of trouble. Now the people in the base area don't dare to use our border area notes. You must solve this problem quickly!"
"Boss, don't worry. Didn't I just show you our sample ticket? Even if the Japanese were given ten or eight years to develop this technology, they wouldn't be able to do it!"
"This time the border region government decided to use RMB and give you all the grain reserves. This is a huge pressure and a huge sacrifice. I hope you will not let us down!"
Li Yunlong nodded. If the border area tickets were not in real trouble, he would be too embarrassed to ask this question. It seemed a bit like taking advantage of someone's misfortune.
"Boss, please rest assured. When the time comes, you can send a supervisor to our People's Bank of China to supervise. If they dare to mess around, they will be shot directly!"
"Hahaha, you kid! Just kidding, don't let the people of the country down! Also, you have to speed up the process. Ordinary people don't dare to use border area tickets. Now they have to rely on cash to trade. Big businesses are not affected, but the lives of ordinary people are difficult!"
Isn't that what it is?
In 1943, a worker's monthly salary was only yuan at most. If he needed a needle and thread, he would spend one tenth of his salary to buy it. Is this too much?
Therefore, suspending the use of border area tickets will have a huge impact!
Originally, Wang Meng also planned to promote the anti-counterfeiting potion of the Institute of Chemistry to the base and Pingshun, but the preparation of this potion is very complicated and it is difficult to support such a large amount.
The Institute of Chemistry is accelerating its deployment and will focus on verifying the authenticity of border area banknotes when the RMB is replaced in a unified manner in the future.
"Boss, give us a little more time. We will start exchanging banknotes within half a month!"
After discussing with the boss, Li Yunlong immediately returned to Pingshun and began to cooperate with Wang Meng to arrange the preliminary preparations.
Zhang Jiaao had some connections in the financial world at the time. With the help of Pingshun and the Independent Column, he was able to poach half of the staff of the Bank of China and the Central Bank.
Although the number of people is not as large as those of these two old banks, basically all links can be covered.
After five days of meetings day and night, the charter was finally formulated and plans were made to set up branches in various counties.
Everything is in order.