Chapter 89: The Great Depression (8)

One day later, Huang Xuan arrived in New York.
He took a Pan Am flight. From 1930 to 1991, it was the main airline in the United States. In the 1930s, from now on, Pan Am was once the largest in the world. Airlines, but while Huang Xuan was on this "flying shear", Pan American had just transformed its passenger business from a postal company.
Pan American is headquartered in New York. In 1929, on the eve of the Great Depression, it was the most sought after stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Fortunately, the Great Depression did not do much harm to it.
For Huang Xuan, in 1931, flying in a Pan American plane was a special experience, with some unreal excitement, as if he was really close to this plane and close to this time and space.
Pan American named most of its aircraft types as "flying shears". Most of them are aircraft capable of intercontinental navigation. From the industrial center of Detroit to the financial center of New York, it is an extremely important route. The crew members wear formal navy clothing. In order to compete with cruise ships and trains, Pan American provides first-class positions for almost all passengers. Compared with the new century, this The seats cost at least US $ 8,000. But Huang Xuan paid less than $ 100.
In New York during the Great Depression, like other large cities, gray emotions and the ruin of the city are mixed, just like the locust plague that swept the city, blocking the sunlight in the shadows.
Huang Xuan is already immune to the suffering of people in the economic crisis. He is not here to be a savior. In a plane that can stay for 7 days, there is nothing more important than time. It is shameful to waste even one minute and one second.
"Lorraine, look for nearby printing factories, especially those that Edsel said." Walking on the streets of Manhattan, Huang Xuan was too lazy to ask people again. The racial discrimination of Americans was annoying, and New Yorkers' exclusion It is even more abominable.
"You know, it will waste a lot of energy." Lorraine was very dissatisfied: "Searching for information in a space-time without data, it may cost millions of energy."
"Just looking for a factory, don't worry, it pays off." Huang Xuan didn't care about millions of energy.
"If you can tell me more information. Maybe you can reduce the loss."
Huang Xuan smiled strangely, standing at the crossroads of Manhattan. Whispered: "Lorraine, do you say we print money ourselves?"
"Here?" Lorraine's tone could not change.
"Yeah." Huang Xuanman was full of hope. The anti-counterfeiting technology of the 1930s should not be a problem. He was just worried about any sequelae.
"It should be feasible, but if you want me to modify the printing machine, it may consume tens of millions of degrees of energy."
Huang Xuan agreed, saying: "No problem." After he finished, he waited for a while, and then said: "Lorraine, how about if we print banknotes directly on P112."
"That's not a good idea," Lorraine said calmly. "Destroying the financial order will seriously impact the buffer zone."
Huang Xuan knew that Lorraine would object. After all, his second sequence was plane safety, but he still tried hard: "We can increase the energy of the buffer zone, then is it okay?"
"No one can determine how the buffer zone restores the financial order. Of course, the buffer zone of time and space cannot directly reduce the currency, so the result of mass production of money must be unknown inflation, and a sudden economic crisis may be inevitable. In addition, in order to reduce the buffer Loss of belt. Direct energy strikes are also possible. "
"What is the energy blow?" Huang Xuan's heart was fluffy.
"For example, an earthquake that targets you, or a mine that targets you, can easily solve the problem."
Huang Xuan opened his mouth in surprise. Dao: "No, the buffer zone you said is like a god."
"The laws of nature must not be violated." Lorraine's voice seemed to say seriously: "The random loss of paper money in the standard plane will bring more losses than harvest. Although you can get a lot of benefits before the devaluation of the paper money, this will not only reduce The energy of the buffer zone, and the plane base must have good defensiveness, in order to prevent the retaliation of the buffer zone. This is usually the method commonly used by plane colonization. If you do n’t mind the destruction of P112, you can try it. "
Huang Xuan was obviously disappointed and muttered: "I thought you were with the energy of the buffer zone."
"Of course not. The energy of the buffer zone is the energy possessed by the plane itself, which is the foundation of the existence of the plane, and the base of the plane is just a creation of human beings, at most a powerful tool."
"It's a pity. I thought I had a good idea."
Lorraine seemed to worry that Huang Xuan had the same idea again, and continued to persuade: "The time and space you are in have banknotes that already have numbers. We have printed a large number of non-existent numbers or banknotes with the same number as the real ticket, which will always cause The attention of others will cause risks and reduce the energy of the buffer zone. In addition, P112 is always our big rear, and predatory behavior should still be avoided as much as possible. "
"You're right," Huang Xuan compromised. "Hurry up and find a factory. According to your statement, printing money here can make money and increase the energy of the buffer zone."
"That's because there is no plane base here, and there is no authority to intervene." Lorraine's words are very ironic, saying: "In the era of big planes, it is the concern of the Space and Time Administration to earn energy from the buffer zone, and make money It ’s the idea of ​​poor travelers. "
"I would rather be a poor traveler." Huang Xuan squeezed the big box in his hand and said, "Where are we going now? Which factory can print money?" When it comes to printing money, Huang Xuan feels that his heart is thumping. Jump, this is perhaps the simplest and most direct way to make money in the human business.
"The Beta printing plant in the Southern District can meet the needs, but to print banknotes, not only the raw materials and workers, but also the transformation of the printing machinery. According to the condition of this factory, the estimated energy consumption is more than 80 million degrees."
That is more than $ 7 million. Huang Xuan waved his hand and said, "It's all over now. What are you waiting for? Let's go now."
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Beta Printing Factory is a company that integrates pulp, paper production and printing. During its heyday in 1929, the market value of this factory was nearly $ 2 million. However, after the baptism of the Great Depression for two years, Beta now only needs $ 400,000. Enough to transfer.
Of course, Huang Xuan does not have 400,000 dollars. But he paid a deposit of $ 80,000. This huge amount of funds is completely enough to ignore the so-called race and time issues. In the United States, banknotes are ID cards.
The owner of Beta. The 56-year-old Californian Leslie was very excited to take the money from Huang Xuan. Compared with a factory with a capacity utilization rate of less than 30, there is no more effective way than selling it.
Due to the gratuitous payment of the deposit, Leslie took the initiative to bear the legal fees, and even met a slightly unreasonable requirement: allow Huang Xuan to test run for a week and check the equipment. of course. If the contract is torn up for any reason, the deposit will not be refunded.
Of course, Huang Xuan is not planning to buy Beta, he only needs one week.
Hans, dressed in an army uniform, stared at Huang Xuan in a stunned manner and spent $ 80,000. When Leslie talked to his lawyer, he couldn't help but remind Huang Xuan: "Now it's an economic crisis. Most factories are Stopped. "
"I know." Huang Xuanting liked Hans's frankness, but unfortunately this German-American could not follow him home, he patted Hans's breast kindly. Tao: "I can leave this factory and sell it when it is valuable."
"Do you think the depression will end soon?" Even Hans, who hadn't finished high school, knew the word depression, but Americans of this period didn't know that they were experiencing the biggest depression in American society.
Looking at Hans with an expectant gaze, Huang Xuan could only smile comfortably and said, "I'm afraid it will be a year or two." It was not until 1933 that such a depression showed signs of ending.
Hans was obviously disappointed, his life was not bad, but most of the ground veterans were not like this. Before they could say anything, Leslie walked back again and smiled, "Mr. Xuan, I have called my production supervisor. Come here, if you need it, he can help you debug the machine. "
"I already have my own production supervisor." Huang Xuan had to say sorry to Leslie. After the workshop was reformed, Huang Xuan was not prepared to let others in, and the production supervisor was unnecessary. Leslie didn't care. It was enough to sell this money-losing factory. With a light smile, California said: "So shall we sign the contract now?"
The United States is not like the troublesome superpower in the 1980s. Every time the contract requires constant modification by the lawyer, Leslie received a prepared contract from the lawyer's office, and the two bosses can do all the work. .
Huang Xuan looked at it roughly and signed his name. The contracts were all in a fixed format. Since 1929, such contracts have been used countless times.
Leslie put away one of them with satisfaction, and gave one of them to a notary from the industrial zone with a big smile on his face. Huang Xuan took the opportunity to say: "Is the material you stored in the warehouse ready to sell? Can it be sold to me?"
"Send it to you." The Californians are very generous at the moment, and most of the rest are some pulp, paper products and other products, which are worth less than two thousand dollars. For this lovely Asian.
"Thank you so much," Huang Xuan said with a mouthful, and then took out $ 1,000 from the suitcase, saying: "Although there may not be enough money for these materials, I have no cash now."
"I've said it to you." Leslie wasn't hypocritical.
"I know." Huang Xuan knew what to do at this time. He folded 10 hundred-dollar bills and took out the prepared bill of lading. While handing it to Leslie, he said, "I still need some chemicals. For example, phosphoric acid products, there are some additives. Because you do n’t know anyone in New York, you ca n’t let you pay. "
Leslie laughed, and took Huang Xuan's bill, saying, "You're right to find me. There aren't many factories that can produce these things now."
Huang Xuanxian's smile is very mature, businessmen chase profits, free lunch will cause dinner confusion, it is still the best now.
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There are 7 workshops in Beta Printing Factory. There are more than 500 workers when full, but at present, only one fifth is left. Occasionally, when there is a production task, Leslie will temporarily hire some workers to do the simplest physical work, and then dismiss them when there is no work. This is how most factories operated during the Great Depression.
The paper used for US dollar bills comes from some paper industry groups in the east. American law guarantees their monopoly to a certain extent. In this way, US dollar bills cut off the counterfeiting from the source-at least the law provides that anyone holding US dollar bills Paper-This kind of paper product, which is different from all commercial paper, is illegal.
A clever woman can't cook without rice, Lorraine can transform the production of paper products and change the printing method, but he can't change the paper money out of thin air-maybe it is possible, UU reading book www.uukanshu. Com according to Einstein's equation, each bill may cost billions of dollars. Therefore, a factory capable of producing pulp and paper products on its own is essential.
Leaving 30 workers to continue to produce pulp and other primary products, Huang Xuan closed the doors of the paper workshop and printing workshop, and left Hans to stay here. The machine was only allowed to be turned on when he was there. Other than that, even Mr. Leslie cannot enter.
The veterans faithfully executed Huang Xuan's orders.
The Californians have gone home happily. In 1931, it was too difficult to sell the factory. This happens to be inversely proportional to 10 years ago.
Huang Xuan looked at this factory slightly proudly. This masonry structure, accompanied by thick chimneys and dirty sewers, already belonged to him in name. Even if the federal government is interested in the workshop, a search warrant is required.
The smell of the factory is unpleasant, the recycled waste paper is often mixed with garbage, and pulp and its by-products are not clean things, not to mention your production conditions in 1931. Because Lorraine ’s energy output, whether it is to open the plane channel or directly use energy, requires media-that is, the right holder or the plane base itself, so Huang Xuan had to stay here and smell all kinds of strange A pungent smell.