Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

For the next day, Huang Xuan stayed in Beta Printing Factory, looking at the bills rolling in, Huang Xuan felt that the noise was pleasant to the ear.

The banknote printing machine after Lorraine's transformation is still old, but the green banknotes produced are genuine. In order to make it easier to sell, Huang Xuan asked him to add an old-fashioned process. This is very simple, but let Lorraine do it Dry, and almost used up 3 million US dollars of energy.

A rough calculation shows that Lorraine has eaten about 25 million US dollars since reaching p101. This is still the light crude oil purchased last time. If it relies on several electrolytic aluminum plants, it will not even have the energy to go back. Fortunately, it's harvest time.

Overnight, Beta Printing produced 15 million dollars. This is not the 15 million after the devaluation of the US dollar. Even before the Great Depression, this amount of money was equivalent to the half-year profit of Ford, enough to enter the list of the richest people in the United States.

Huang Xuan first took out about 20 kilograms of green bills - about 2 million US dollars, put them in a large travel bag, and put the rest of the bills into the plane passage, then turned off the machine and walked out of the workshop. Handing the travel bag to Hans, he said, Chase National Bank.

In the bank lobby, Joseph immediately noticed the tall and strong Hans beside him, especially the travel bag in his hand.

Is there anything I can do for you? Joseph said routinely, with his white-gloved fingers crossed on his waist, he led Huang Xuan to the VIP room. The deposit of 600,000 US dollars was enough for him to use at will. Here is the room.

There were only the three of them in the beautifully decorated small room. Naturally, there were no surveillance devices in this era. Huang Xuan took the travel bag from Hans's hand with confidence, opened the zipper, and said, Please order some, I want to store them in your bank.

Joseph just glanced at it, and knew that his performance for this month was considered complete. He quickly waved his hands and called in his deputy, and while respectfully refilling Huang Xuan's coffee, he said, Please wait a moment, our employees will Order for you soon.

Huang Xuan nodded indifferently. Said: Well, I want to see Mr. Rockefeller. Little John Rockefeller.

I'll notify you immediately. Joseph said and walked out.

Huang Xuan knew that Rockefeller would definitely come to see him. $2 million is a lot of money. If you must compare it, it can be regarded as 100 million US dollars in 70 years. Especially in 1931 when there was a shortage of liquidity, the role of this cash was like timely rain for banks. The bank run wave occurred in 1933. At that time, countless commercial banks would close down due to lack of cash and unable to cope with withdrawals, but 2 years ago, the clues had emerged.

Hans. Go and get the drawings I put in the car. Huang Xuan gently stirred the candy bar and said.

Okay. Hans glanced at the employees in the room, beckoned for another bodyguard, gave some instructions, and stood behind Huang Xuan again.

Rockefeller Jr. spent a long time in Chase Bank's business, and today was no exception, receiving news from Joseph. He quickly packed up his clothes and walked down. When he saw Huang Xuan, he shook hands with him reservedly but slightly affectionately. Said: I heard that you are Chinese? It's a very good place. China in the 1930s was actually not very good. The golden age of national capitalism in World War I was over, but Rockefeller took this as a start, which really made Huang Xuan very sad. Have a good impression.

He stood up to shake hands with him, and said, Mr. Rockefeller is a busy man, so I'll just cut to the chase. I'm here this time because I heard that you invested in Pan American Airlines?

Yes. Rockefeller poured himself a glass of whiskey and said, Mr. Huang also wants to invest in Pan Am?

During the Great Depression, Pan American Airlines was one of the few large profitable companies. In 1931, more and more people wanted to invest in this rising company. Rockefeller took it for granted that Huang Xuan had the same idea.

But the shaking of the head of the Chinese made him a little confused. Huang Xuan reached out and took the blueprint that Hans was holding, unfolded it, and said, I think you must be curious, why both Mr. Sloan and Ford have something to do with me?

There are some. Rockefeller admitted.

It's because of this. While speaking, Huang Xuan had already fully unfolded the blueprint. He simply handed over the end to Joseph, and stood beside Rockefeller empty-handed, saying, Are you interested in this too?

This is..., the aircraft blueprint?

Yes. Huang Xuan was still the most familiar with this word. He rolled up the drawing again with a smile, handed it to Rockefeller and said, If you have any ideas, you can come to me again. He said and looked at Joseph.

The manager immediately reacted, took the deposit certificate handed to him by his deputy, and handed it to Huang Xuandao: The total is 2,084,700 US dollars. Welcome to Chase National Bank.

Thank you. Huang Xuan glanced at Rockefeller again, and left with a smile. In fact, he didn't really intend to sell Rockefeller's aircraft blueprints. Time had not allowed him to do so. But there is an advantage in doing so, as long as the little Rockefeller's appetite can be satisfied, he will not make a move because of the inexplicably large amount of assets in the bank account. This is what Huang Xuan needs most.

Walking down the steps of the bank, Huang Xuan's expression became serious again. He took a deep breath, got into the car, and said to Hans, Go see Mr. Hammer.

Even in the United States, Hamer is a legend. People call him the king of golden ideas. This Russian-American has been involved in dozens of industries, from farming, pencils, medicine to art collections and even oil. The domains have reaped huge profits, and Hammer also has an amazing experience in the collection that Huang Xuan cares about. In 1922, Hammer came to Russia with his younger brother (an antique connoisseur) to discover a new field of Russian cultural relics that no one had ever set foot in. They accumulated bit by bit, and arranged their dacha in Moscow like a museum. One day an American antique dealer named E Sacco came to visit the house. Seeing the scene in front of him, the antique dealer's eyes almost popped out. Hammer was inspired by this, and after paying a 15% export tax to the Soviet government, most of his collection was shipped back to the United States by him to join the Sako firm. When Sako went bankrupt, Hammer bought out his shares.

During the Great Depression, it was from 1931 that Hamer did something that surprised countless people. He boldly sold artworks on the counters of department stores and achieved great success. Millions of dollars in profits during the worst recessions. And what Huang Xuan was going to now was Hamer's department store. .

In the depression where most industrial products were depreciating, art was a rare value-preserving or even value-added commodity. It was under this thinking that Hammer's department store became a rare and popular place in New York.

When Huang Xuan got out of the car, the crowded shopping mall made him feel like watching a movie in the 90s.

The well-dressed gentlemen, holding their wives or other women on their arms, wearing tall hats and leaning on civilized sticks, pass by people politely. The small parking lot is full of various models, like a grand classic car exhibition, 33-year-old Armand Hammer, wearing a compact stand-up collar suit, shuttles through the hall, making out with every customer who approaches him say hello.

Huang Xuan's arrival immediately caught his attention.

A man of yellow race and two bodyguards, which reminded the young Hammer of his experience in the Soviet Union, and handed over the work at hand to the manager. Hammer quickly walked over, tilted his head, and said in very slow English: Hi, I'm Armand Hammer, the owner of this art firm, how can I help you?

I think so. Huang Xuan answered in proficient East Coast English. Living in the United States for a few days had taught him a lot of everyday slang.

After walking two steps in, Huang Xuan casually looked at the artwork inside and outside the counter, and said to Lorraine, Look at what's not available in p112, it should be valuable, but it can't be repeated, understand?

No problem. Lorraine seemed to be getting used to this kind of search, and quickly started working. Huang Xuan smiled and said to Hamer: I heard that you have the most complete collection of Russian royal family here, and I came here just for your name.

Like every new regime change, the end of the Romanov dynasty also ended the collections of successive tsars. On Lenin's order, the entire art was sent to Moscow. In the passages of the dark storerooms of the Kremlin munitions factories, some treasures were lost, and no one knows where they are now. The wicker boxes containing the art are mostly intact, even unopened, and the Kremlin's troops guard them. But when Stalin came to power, Lenin's efforts to protect Russia's cultural heritage were dispelled. In exchange for Western economic support for his new regime, Stalin exchanged these precious Russian royal relics. Beginning in 1927, the new regime took out some treasures, appraised them, and finally bought them to the West. In their opinion, it is most natural to exchange these decadent treasures for economic support.

However, from the beginning, the value of all Russian treasures has always been underestimated, especially its artistic value, just like Chinese calligraphy and paintings are more appreciated by Chinese people, the value of Russian artwork, especially its humanistic value, is even more important. In most cases, it is only appreciated by the Russians. In 1931, Hanmo came to New York with thousands of pieces of Russian art and sold them for the new Russian regime. Although he has done a good job, most works of art are undervalued by hundreds of times when compared to their value 70 years later.

Of course, at this moment, Hammer does not have this kind of understanding. He is very happy that someone is willing to buy Russian art, and it seems that it is a large number of purchases.

Let's go inside and talk. Hamer has always won with vision. In his opinion, the young man in front of him may be more willing to pay than everyone here.

Huang Xuan smiled and nodded. .