The biggest result of the meeting between the British bankers and China foreign ministers was that the two sides had opened up a channel for negotiation. Since there was an opportunity to cooperate with China in the financial field, the British didn't want to close the door. However, any negotiation must have a basis. China and the United Kingdom obviously didn't find this basis. They didn't find a stabilizing force for the two countries to cooperate in the financial field. At least the British believed that the stabilizing force should be the gold standard, while China believed that the currency represented the purchase of labor.
"I think China's renminbi should be renamed to the poor's currency. The purpose of this currency is to give the poor money to buy food. The foreign minister's speech was really interesting. He said that the basis of China's renminbi is food. As long as you have renminbi, you can buy food! Hehe! This really created a new definition of the financial industry. "Someone sneered.
Based on this mockery, a financier also said, "I hope they don't pay the bands and singers in renminbi!"
"Hehe!" "Hehe!" "Haha!" The financiers burst into laughter.
However, although they laughed, the financiers weren't a group of people who used sarcastic words as a symbol of their ability. A financier who didn't participate in the mockery said calmly after the others finished laughing, "But everyone in the China shipyard seems to be paid in renminbi."
The words were like a basin of ice water poured on the happy atmosphere. The joy brought by the vicious mockery dissipated in a very short time. The meeting may have accumulated a lot of negative emotions, but the sea trip itself was a very pleasant journey. The pleasure brought by a large cruise ship of 15,000 tons made the British financiers very satisfied. The magnificent hall, exquisite guest rooms, heating, electric lights, flushing toilets, and a huge swimming pool on the ship. The cost of such a ship was not low. The Chinese workers and technicians who built the cruise ship were paid in renminbi every month.
If one continued to expand this line of thinking, the British built warships with gold standard currency, while the Chinese built warships with renminbi based on national credit. Up until now, in the naval war between the two countries, the renminbi based on national credit seemed to be much better than the pound based on gold.
Seeing that his words had such an obvious effect, some of the financiers' smiles froze on their faces. In other words, purely from his expression, his facial muscles were probably in the "smiling" position. Other than that, his emotions and the look in his eyes had nothing to do with smiling.
The man could not help but continue, "Gentlemen, whether it is Chinese farmers or workers, rich or poor, ordinary people or soldiers, they all use RMB. I think China's representative said something very well … "
At this point, the gentleman tapped his finger on the meeting minutes a few times. He had read the summary document in depth, and many sentences were marked with a pen under them. The gentleman took a look and then read the words of a China representative. "China's renminbi represents China's strong productivity. Unlike the UK, this productivity does not need to be forcibly valued by gold."
After reading this paragraph, the financier said seriously, "Based on the current situation, China's productivity level is indeed above the British Empire."
This paragraph completely eliminated the cheerful atmosphere created by the British financiers. China's productivity level was indeed much higher than the UK's, and the performance of China's government so far was obviously more effective than the UK in guiding this powerful productivity to the direction that China's government expected. Faced with such a reality, the British financiers felt tremendous pressure. Their mood at this moment could be described as a mountain of pressure.
Not far from the financiers' meeting room was the large flat-roofed duplex mansion under Uncle Ma's name. Uncle Ma's wife, Yanni, walked into the room where the two scholars were meeting. There was a bone china tea set on the tray. This tea set was one of the many entertainment programs on this trip. There was a small auction in China, and the bone porcelain tea sets at the auction were basically priced at the factory price. Uncle En felt that the price was too cheap, so he bought a few sets. One of them was given to Uncle Ma.
Uncle Ma originally had four sets of this expensive tea set in the UK market, which were all gifts from the Great Eastern Emperor Vézé to Uncle Ma. In order to raise funds for the revolution, Uncle Ma sold these four sets of tea sets that he and his family liked very much. The luxury goods given to Uncle Ma by the Great Eastern Emperor Vézé were basically the same fate. Even the white fox fur coat and silk clothing given to Madam Yanni, and a few sets of beads made of large pearls, were left with only the lowest ones that must be used on formal occasions. The rest were used to fund the revolutionary activities. The only luxury goods that Uncle Ma left for himself were probably a small tobacco cabinet made of teak and a pipe with an amber cigarette holder. If it weren't for the Chinese's far-sighted stipulation in the document that if Uncle Ma wanted to sell the large flat-roofed duplex mansion next to the Grand Library, he must obtain the consent of China, this house would have become a revolutionary fund long ago.
Madam Yanni looked good. The lack of luxury goods would not make people more unhealthy. With nearly 30 years of funding from China, Uncle Ma and Madam Yanni's life was very stable and they did not have to worry about food and clothing. Moreover, the madam deliberately kept the fitness equipment sent by the China and often chatted with the female officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. Madam Yanni herself maintained the habit of fitness by example and forced Uncle Ma to exercise in the fitness room of the large flat-roofed duplex mansion every day. Even at the age of 71, the madam still had a slim figure and a charming demeanor.
Just as China's black tea, China's rum, and British refreshments and dried meat were brought in, Madam Yanni heard her husband say to Uncle En, "Beard Moore, do you think it's impossible for China to adopt the gold standard?"
Uncle En replied, "Carl, it's not gold that maintains the true status of the pound, but the British Grand Fleet. Gold is only a layer of gold plating on the advantage of the British Grand Fleet maintaining the pound. The thickness of this layer of gold plating is only proportional to the British Grand Fleet's advantage over other countries. The greater the advantage, the thicker the layer of gold plating. However, gold plating is gold plating. No matter how much gold plating is done, it's impossible to turn the pound into gold. At least until now, I haven't seen Vézé himself agree with such a gold-plating policy. "
After saying that, Uncle En looked at Uncle Ma who was in deep thought. He couldn't help but ask, "Carl, do you still think that Vézé will become an unprecedented reactionary?"
Madam Yanni frowned slightly. She had heard such a conversation many times. If the Great Emperor of the East was a high and mighty financier who appeared in the lives of Uncle Ma and Yanni, Madam Yanni might have a positive or negative evaluation of Vézé. And the biggest financier of Uncle Ma's life, the Great Emperor of the East, Vézé, was like a certain cloud on the distant horizon that could be seen faintly, but could only be seen from a very far distance. And apart from a very simple financial support, Vézé had no other influence on Uncle Ma's life. Therefore, for decades, Madam Yanni's evaluation of Vézé was quite positive. Madam Yanni sometimes felt that her husband, Uncle Ma, was too harsh on the young man, Vézé.
Uncle Ma didn't change his opinion. He said calmly, "As the supreme power of the Republic in the guise of the Emperor, I can say that he is very progressive. I can even say that in history, there has never been a person of power who has taken social progress as his life's work. But I still believe that as the supreme power of the Republic in the guise of the Emperor, if he can't promote the progress of the social revolution, he will certainly become a reactionary. No matter how outstanding and powerful Vézé's personal ability is. If he just turns these abilities into feathers to decorate himself, then it's like using the British Grand Fleet to gild the pound sterling. No matter how thick the coating is, it can't change his private nature. "
Madam Yanni's expression changed slightly when she heard her husband's straightforward statement.
Uncle Ma continued, "Today's European politicians, even if they are as strong as Bismarck, no matter how strong their personal ability is, if they only use their power to benefit the country's emperors, aristocrats, and capitalists, it's just painting powder on these things that already exist. Of course, they can be loyal to their own position, loyal to the class they belong to. No matter what kind of progressive face Vézé appears in this world, if he still walks this path. Objectively speaking, he will definitely become a reactionary. The stronger he is, the greater his ability, and the higher his achievements. He himself will become a great reactionary. "
Uncle En couldn't help but nod slightly. He understood Uncle Ma's meaning very well. Uncle Ma never thought that a person or a group of people could realize their desires. The system is the inevitable result of the development of social productive forces. This is a completely materialistic concept. In other words, the realization of desires is by no means idealistic. It's not something that can be realized by pointing at a deer as a horse.
No matter how powerful Vézé himself is, or how great he is. Vézé only established achievements for future generations to inherit, and did not create a new revolutionary line in line with the current development. He could not put forward a theory to promote the liberation of the whole society, or even human beings and self-liberation. Then all of Vézé's achievements will be mediocre at the moment when they are inherited. Vézé's existence will only be regarded as a myth by the "owners and heirs" to prove how it is right and logical for them to inherit power from Vézé.
No matter what Vézé's original intention is, as long as this result occurs. He himself is destined to become a reactionary.
Madam Yanni left the living room. As a woman, she loved her husband deeply and supported him in whatever he wanted to do. She didn't really feel anything about Vézé's personal evaluation. What touched Yanni was the influence Vézé had on her husband, Uncle Ma. She had never seen Uncle Ma attach so much importance to a person.
If Vézé himself could really become a revolutionary as Uncle Ma thought, it would be like the story in the Bible. The patriarch was instructed by God to send his child as a sacrifice to the altar. Before killing the child he loved more than himself, God confirmed the patriarch's piety. So he sent an angel to catch the wings of Death and prevent the patriarch's final fatal blow.
But such a thing could not happen in reality. If Vézé was really as Uncle Ma hoped, he would first sacrifice everything he cherished more than himself to the altar.
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