Chapter 315: Planning and Future Development

At the auction company's treasury, Hardy saw the looted treasures.

His men pried open a wooden box, which contained golden bricks. Hardy picked up one and found it very heavy, weighing ten kilograms.

The words "National Central Bank" and "10000g" are engraved on it.

"Boss, we've counted the gold, a total of 10.06 tons," said Victor.

Hadi nodded in satisfaction.

On the other side,

There were wooden barrels stacked up one by one. The lid of one of the barrels was opened, revealing a barrel full of silver dollars.

Hardy grabbed a handful.

These silver coins are of various types, including Qing silver coins, Yuan Shikai silver coins, Sun Yat-sen silver coins, and even silver coins issued by various provinces.

There are also antiques and jewelry.

Hardy had the seals on the boxes opened. Some of the boxes contained jewelry, and some contained porcelain. However, judging from the specifications of these antiques, they were obviously of a higher grade than ordinary antiques, and they must have a noble origin.

He opened another box and uncovered the plastic sheet, revealing neatly stacked books. Hardy picked up a book and was surprised when he saw the name on it.

"The Yongle Encyclopedia."

Oh my god.

Is it true? This is a real national treasure.

Continue reading.

There are seals of "Imperial Library of the Qing Dynasty", "Qianlong's Treasure of the Imperial Library", "Collection of the Imperial Library" and so on.

Hardy thought that it seemed that these antiques might have come from the Forbidden City.

He put the book down and said to Victor, "This batch of golden treasures must be hidden well and not exposed to the world for the time being. Once the museum is built, store it directly in the treasury."

"As for the jewelry and pearls that are not inscribed, have them prepared and I will take them back to the United States."

"Boss, you want to go back to the United States?" Victor understood what Hardy meant.

"I've been here for four months. The situation here has been sorted out, but there are still a lot of things to do over there. I plan to go back soon. You are in charge of the company's affairs here. If there is anything important that you cannot decide on, you can send a telegram for instructions." Hardy said.

"I understand, boss."

Hardy is ready to return to the United States.

Andy sent me a telegram yesterday, reporting on the situation in the United States. There are two good news. One is that the Hollywood store of the Hardy's supermarket chain in Los Angeles has been completed and is ready for business.

The second piece of news is that Nevada’s proposal to develop a lottery will be put to a vote soon. They have already asked many legislators to do the work, and there is a good chance that it will pass this time.

There are also some other things waiting for Hardy to deal with.

On the way back to his villa on the Peak from the auction company, Hardy saw the roof of a building flashing bright neon lights.

It can be seen clearly from a distance of several kilometers.

There are two letters 'hd' in front of the neon light, and '香港哈迪大廈' in Chinese on the back. In addition to the neon light, there are also several searchlights next to it, sweeping across the sky from time to time.

This building was originally the Wing Sing Building. After Victor bought it, he changed the sign and simply tidied it up to become the headquarters building of Hardy Company in Hong Kong.

Hardy had neon lights installed on the top of the building, which would light up at night and stay on all night. In Hong Kong today, there are very few companies that do this, and make them so bright, so people all over Hong Kong can see the lights of Hardy's Building at night.

Hardy knew.

Although it is just a small light, the publicity effect is definitely much stronger than typing "gg" in the newspaper.

No one is doing this now. Hardy's unique and eye-catching design will definitely leave a deep impression on Hong Kong citizens.

Once the impression is established, it may last for decades or even longer.

When Hardy returned home, Han Ye-jin had already prepared the meal. Hardy sat at the table and the woman served him. While eating, Hardy said, "Ye-jin, I'm going back to the United States."

Han Ye-jin's hand that was holding the soup paused slightly.

She knew that the man would leave sooner or later. He had already been in Hong Kong for four months. There was a huge industry in the United States and she couldn't just ignore it.

"When are you planning to leave?" Han Ye-jin put the soup in front of the man.

"I will meet with the heads of various departments of the company tomorrow and explain the next work tasks. I will go back the day after tomorrow." Hardy said.

The next day.

Arriving at the Hardy Building, in the president's office, Hardy first met with a group of HSBC executives and explained the future development direction of HSBC Bank.

Next came a group of Wells Fargo executives.

When meeting Huo Qingdong, Hadi said to Huo Qingdong: "According to the news from the United States, due to the situation in the interior, the US government is discussing the possibility of adopting an economic blockade policy. Once the blockade policy is implemented, it will become more troublesome to transport supplies to the interior, and may even be subject to inspection by the US military."

Huo Qingdong was shocked.

"Boss, what should we do?" Huo Qingdong asked.

"Tell the North this news. Speed ​​up the delivery of supplies before a policy is issued. If a policy is issued, we will have no choice but to use smuggling channels, and then we will break it down into smaller pieces. You can decide how to do it yourself," said Hardy.

"Once they arrive in Guangzhou, they won't have to travel so far to transport the goods. They can go directly up the Pearl River Estuary or go to Macau. Don't forget that you are the manager of a Macau trading company."

Huo Qingdong immediately nodded in understanding.

After explaining everything to everyone else, Hardy gave Victor detailed instructions again, saying that he would be the main person in charge from now on. With the war approaching, there would surely be a lot of things to do. Hardy told him to make decisions on small matters himself and consult him on big matters.

"Boss, how big a matter can you ask for instructions on?" Victor asked.

"For example, if the North really attacks and wants to take over Hong Kong, and the branch is faced with a life-or-death decision, you can contact me," said Hardy.

“Ah~!”

Victor's eyes widened in shock.

“Is it really possible that it could be taken back?” Victor asked worriedly.

Hadi chuckled and said, "Just do your job well. I'm not worried about my business, so why should you worry so much?"

That afternoon.

The crew inspected the plane and filled it with fuel. They also loaded a batch of things they wanted to take back with them, mainly gemstones, jade, and a box of top-quality pearls, which they were going to take back and have a jewelry company make into jewelry so that they could give them to the women.

He didn't even bring any gold.

Although 10 tons of gold is a lot, it is only 10 million US dollars for him. It is more convenient to operate in the stock market than to transport 10 tons of gold back.

All of these remain in Hong Kong.

night.

Han Ye-jin pressed her soft body against the man passionately.

The Philharmonic Symphony was sung all night.

The next day, after waking up and having lunch, Hardy set off. Han Ye-jin accompanied him to the airport and only went back after watching the plane take off.

The B-29 took just over three hours to fly from Hong Kong to Japan, and Hardy got off the plane after landing at Haneda Airport.

There were already people waiting to greet us at the airport.

When Hardy came to Hong Kong a few months ago, he left Duncan and his friends in Japan. Four months later, Duncan has already made some noise here.

Three cars were parked outside the airport. Duncan went forward to greet them. After getting in the car, Hardy said, "I won't stay too long. I'll just take a quick look at the situation here and then leave. How has it developed in the past few months?"

"Boss, we have set up a trading company and are now doing business with the United States. I have set up a special information collection department in the trading company and recruited some people to collect intelligence information on various aspects of Japan's politics, economy, enterprises, and people's livelihood."

"In order to facilitate our work, I also recruited a local social gang in Tokyo. The leader is Kuroda Ryohei, so their gang is called 'Kuroda Group'. They have more than 30 people under them, who can help us collect information."

While talking,

The convoy drove into downtown Tokyo.

Hardy looked out the window. Although Tokyo had suffered a major bombing, it had basically recovered after a few years.

The various business shops on both sides of the street look better than those in Hong Kong.

"Looks like you've recovered well." Hardy said lightly.

Duncan explained: "These are just surface phenomena. Japan's current economic situation is very depressed, with severe inflation and currency depreciation. Factories are not operating and workers have no jobs. According to statistics from their Ministry of Labor, Health and Welfare, the current economic situation is only about one-fifth of that of the warriors."

"There is also an extreme food shortage in Japan. In the past, food was shipped from China and Southeast Asian countries, but now those channels are gone and a food rationing system has been implemented. Each person can only eat a small amount of food every day."

"There are so many unemployed people now, so the government has called in people to carry out urban construction, clean up the traces of the original bombing, and dump the construction waste directly into the Tokyo Bay area to reclaim land."

The convoy circled Tokyo for several hours. Hardy watched the situation outside but never got off the car. In the evening, he went straight back to the airport and boarded the plane again.

Duncan put a box of data on the plane.

These were the data he had collected during this period. Hardy explained them to him again, and then the plane took off and flew towards the United States.

Open the file box and you will find a thick stack of documents inside.

Hardy looked.

After the end of World War II, the United States implemented a strict control policy on Japan. All companies that had provided equipment to the military were subject to economic sanctions. The military aspect was the most strictly controlled, and companies were not allowed to own an army.

'The ultimate goal of the United Nations for Japan is to provide the greatest possible guarantee that Japan will no longer pose a threat to world peace and security and to create an unprecedented level of ideological liberation.'

Simply put, it means a comprehensive transformation of the nature of the state, political system, economic system, state power organs, the military, and so on.

In the early days, the United States also provided some assistance to Japan, such as providing food. In February this year, the United States implemented the "Dodge Plan" in order to curb Japan's severe inflation.

The most well-known provision of this plan is the fixed exchange rate. From the moment it was implemented, the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Japanese yen was fixed at 1:360, and this regulation continued until the 1970s.

It also formulated rules to cut spending, balance the budget, increase taxation, restrict capital lending, stabilize wages, and strengthen price controls.

The "Dodge Route" has both advantages and disadvantages for Japan. It curbed Japan's post-war inflation, stabilized Japan's finances, and had positive significance for Japan's future development.

But it also caused the US government to completely terminate its direct economic aid to Japan, which was also one of the starting points of the Dodge Plan. The austerity policy began to make the source of funds tight, so production stagnated, businesses went bankrupt, and the number of unemployed people increased.

The "Dodge Plan" was a drastic measure for a serious illness. It did stabilize social order and curb inflation, but it also caused Japan's economy to fall into another severe recession, and many large companies were unable to hold on.

That is why Duncan said that what we see now is just superficial. In fact, life in Japan is very difficult, including in terms of people's livelihood, economic development and other aspects.

However, Hardy knew that the situation would improve in the second half of next year because the Peninsula War had broken out and the United States had placed a large number of orders for supplies to Japan. At the same time, it had also relaxed certain restrictions on Japan in terms of policy.

It allowed many Japanese companies to revive.

Hardy knew.

With the help of the peninsula crisis, Japan's economy began to recover. After the Vietnam War, Japan once again received a large number of orders and completely recovered, even surpassing its economic level during World War II. Therefore, by the end of the 1960s, Japan's economy was second only to the United States and the Soviet Union. By the end of the 1970s, Japan surpassed the Soviet Union and became the world's second largest economy, surprising the whole world.

Of course,

At this time, Benzi started to show off again, thinking that he was successful again. He took the money and made large-scale acquisitions in the United States, and even shouted the slogan of buying the entire United States.

His father saw that his son jumped too much, so he went up and kicked him. The kick knocked his son to the ground. The square agreement made Benzi unable to get up for 30 years.

Hardy was thinking while reading the information.

He is just a human being.

There is no ability to stop the world trend.

He hates notebooks.

I don't mind asking for money.

The next year or so will definitely be a perfect opportunity to absorb Japanese industries. He can take advantage of the current US policy restrictions on Japan and the difficulties of Japanese companies to acquire some industries in large quantities.

In fact, there are many other things that can be done, not just in the industry.