Chapter 1235: One Thought Hell (First Update, Please Subscribe)
What is Heaven?
What is Hell?
There is never an exact definition, but one thing is certain.
Destiny, life, uh... uh, it all depends on luck.
You might be drinking brandy and flirting with a lady a minute ago, and the next second, her husband comes to you.
Edward looked into his own deep blue eyes and thought silently in his mind.
This is why he never stays overnight.
Just to avoid this kind of thing from happening!
Playing poker is just a sport. There is no need to risk your life for it.
Of course, I didn’t even sacrifice my family.
After all, Edward knew very well that his career was inseparable from Irene and the support of the Rothschild family.
However, this did not prevent him from getting into other women's beds.
"What a pity! Your wealth and looks would have made you the most famous guy in London."
Looking at himself in the mirror, Edward knew that the Sassoon family not only gave him wealth, but also handsome looks, but more importantly, responsibilities. Yes, he needed to avenge his family!
One man declared war on an empire!
What an arrogant thing this is!
But Edward's eyes were full of confidence. Of course, his purpose was not just revenge.
But for wealth!
For wealth!
He knew very well how much wealth the devaluation of silver would bring him. As long as he seized this opportunity, his wealth would even be no less than that of the Rothschild family.
"Wait until then! Irene..."
Their positions would have been entirely changed, and God is my witness that Edward had always tolerated her rudeness and impertinence in the past.
"Just wait a few more months!".
Edward tied his tie carefully. As a member of the upper class, everyone here was extremely particular. If you interact with those people who dress so elegantly, you will definitely become like them.
Ten minutes later, Edward left his lover's house and returned to his home. For him, this was just an ordinary day, and of course a day full of expectations.
While smoking a cigar in the study, Edward had been waiting for a call from his manager. After almost an hour, his phone rang.
"We have bought $5 million of silver futures in the New York exchange..."
5 million US dollars!
Plus two million pounds in London!
Of course, this money was only his. In fact, including the investment of the Rothschild family and London dignitaries, it had already exceeded tens of millions of pounds.
Two months!
Two months later, the British Indian Governor-General's Office would announce the abolition of the "silver standard".
By then, the value of silver will surely plummet.
By then... everyone's wealth will more than double.
Edward seemed to have seen the day when his wealth would skyrocket again.
wealth!
Sometimes making money is just that easy!
Thinking of this, Edward couldn't help but whistle, and he muttered to himself quite proudly.
"Wait until that day..."
Feeling proud, Edward picked up the newspaper from the table. There was a piece of news in the newspaper - the gold-silver price ratio fell below 1 to 18.8!
"Aha! This is such a wonderful moment..."
That night, Edward slept well. He even dreamed of being knighted by the Queen herself.
He gained status and wealth that no one in the Sassoon family had ever achieved...
In the dream Edward was smiling happily.
However, he forgot an old Chinese saying: Good dreams are easy to wake up from.
…
Early in the morning, when Edward was sitting in the restaurant enjoying breakfast and reading the newspaper as usual, he suddenly screamed.
"This, this is impossible!"
"Honey, what's wrong?"
Irene looked at Edward, who was horrified, in confusion.
"This, this is not true. This, this is impossible. They, they don't have that much gold..."
"What? What's wrong? Honey? What happened?"
Looking at her pale husband, Irene's eyes were full of confusion.
"This, this is not true..."
The distraught Edward ignored Irene. He stood up hastily and rushed out desperately. He had to get to the bottom of this matter.
"What did he see on the news?"
Irene picked up the newspaper that fell on the ground. The front-page news on the newspaper was not from Britain, but from the New World: The Ming Empire passed a bill - unlimited purchase of silver!
"Unlimited purchase of silver?"
Irene didn't know what this news meant, but that day in London and the United States, countless bankers and wealthy people lost a lot of wealth because of this news.
Of course, there are many powerful people like this.
“This is not true!”
In a club near Downing Street, Edward spoke nervously to Mr. Rogers, the Prime Minister's secretary.
"They don't have that much gold, and they can't use all of it to buy silver."
"Impossible? How is it impossible? Have you read the contents of the bill? Mr. Sassoon, they only need to maintain the silver-to-white exchange rate at 18.5. As long as the silver price is lower than this price, the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Empire will intervene in the market and increase the silver price by purchasing silver..."
Now Rogers no longer called him Edward as he did in the past, and his words were full of dissatisfaction.
"Then we can still proceed as planned. We can export India's silver to Ming Dynasty and buy their gold. Mr. Rogers, we still have a chance..."
"Damn it, there is no chance! Have you forgotten the "Silver Standard Act" they passed last month? They banned the export and circulation of gold. Even if we ship silver over, we will get paper money in exchange, which can only be circulated in the Ming Empire. Damn you, do you know how many people you have killed?"
Rogers said indignantly that because of Sassoon's plan, many people, including him, invested in silver futures, and they all tried to get huge returns from it.
But...what about now?
All the plans turned into a joke.
It was not until this time that Edward realized what the "Silver Standard Act" of the Ming Empire two months ago meant. He originally thought that the bill would not have any impact. In fact, in his opinion, it was just an instinctive reaction of the Ming Empire to the falling silver price - trying to stabilize the value of silver by abolishing the dual gold system and implementing the silver standard to avoid further depreciation of silver.
But who could have imagined that the Ming Empire would actually use its trump card - unlimited purchase of silver?
How could they do that?
Who gave them the right to do this? Shouldn't they just let silver fall?
But they did it anyway.
"This, this...Mr. Rogers, we still have a chance, as long as we..."
Before Sassoon could finish his words, Rogers stood up, put on his top hat and said.
"No, you have no chance, Mr. Sassoon!"
After saying this, Rogers turned his head and looked at this guy, his eyes full of hatred - it was this guy who made him lose tens of thousands of pounds.
God knows, he wanted to strangle this guy to death. But it was not his turn to do it, and there were many people who hated him more.
(End of this chapter)
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