An extraordinary life journey through old Beijing courtyard houses

The reason why Jiang Baobin was so eager to finish things in Shanghai.

The intention was to give people the impression that Qingdao and Shanghai are far apart.

The fact that so many incidents occurred in such a short period of time suggests that it could not have been a hoax perpetrated by the same person.

Through repeated mischief, Jiang Baobin has become quite audacious and his methods have become very sophisticated.

Because he discovered that causing trouble is actually not as difficult as he had imagined.

As long as one is bold and careful, one person can do it, and a hundred people cannot defend against it.

The people of Shanghai today are just like Jiang Mantang, who was terrified before.

Under the pressure of "confiscation" and "sanctions," they had no choice but to take their treasured gold, silver, and foreign currency to exchange for gold yuan notes.

From the moment the relevant departments began the redemption process, citizens lined up in long queues.

They were very afraid that they wouldn't be able to exchange their hard-earned money within the deadline and that it would be confiscated.

Its popularity surprised even the authorities.

However, on the 28th, the situation changed to some extent.

Because Jiang Baobin is causing trouble.

Previously, people were intimidated and simply followed the crowd.

After the "notification" was suddenly released, many people calmed down.

Exactly! Is it really reliable to exchange your hard-earned money for paper money?

Think about the currency; nowadays, 1 gold yuan can be exchanged for 300 million legal tender.

It's ridiculous that real-world banknotes are worth less than crudely made ghost money.

If that happened again, wouldn't I have no choice but to hang myself?

Calm down! You absolutely must calm down!

But while the public remained calm, the departments accepting the exchange became anxious.

The exchange rate curve was rising yesterday, but it suddenly turned downwards today.

Moreover, the angle is very steep, and the exchange amount is less than 80% of the previous amount. How am I going to explain this to my superiors?

You should know that right now there's a powerful figure wielding an "imperial sword" who's eyeing this situation covetously—

The 38-year-old heir of the KMT was full of ambition and ready to make a name for himself.

On August 20, he arrived in Shanghai as a "deputy supervisor" (his official position was Yu Hongjun, president of Yangxing).

Why did the citizens of Shanghai obediently hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for gold yuan notes?

Because the Crown Prince has come with a large entourage this time—he is accompanied by a large group of over three thousand trusted followers!

Upon his arrival, he gathered 100,000 young people in Zhaofeng Park (now Zhongshan Park)!

More than 100 motorcycles led the way, followed by dozens of light armored vehicles and more than 1000 warhorses.

Behind them was a massive contingent of tens of thousands of people...

What's that saying again: "When there are ten thousand people, there is no end in sight!"

This shows that its momentum was unprecedented!

How could the people of Shanghai not be terrified? They had no choice but to obediently hand over their hard-earned money.

Just nine months later, the Kuomintang shamelessly declared the gold yuan bankrupt and reinstated the silver dollars they had just plundered as currency.

By then, the exchange rate between the gold yuan and silver dollars had depreciated to 5 million to 1.

In other words, the people who are currently exchanging their "life-saving money" for gold yuan notes.

In just a few months, they had to bear the cost of their money depreciating by 2.5 million times (1 silver dollar was exchanged for 2 gold yuan).

If you were in that situation, wouldn't you go crazy?

History is so cruel!

Future generations may just see it as a joke.

But if you put yourself in someone else's shoes, what if you were in the same place eighty years ago?

Can you still laugh when all the wealth you've accumulated in your life, or even inherited from your ancestors, is wiped out in just a few months?

This is, of course, a true historical event.

However, this virtual world underwent a certain change due to Jiang Baobin's arrival—

There weren't many "notification letters," only about 2000 in each city, but they spread so quickly!

This hot topic has garnered so much attention that it has spread at a speed comparable to a virus!

By the next day, the news was known to everyone in Shanghai.

Meanwhile, the most popular topic is—will the gold yuan really be like the legal tender? Or even worse!

As the saying goes, a single word can awaken a dreamer; many who were previously misled have been awakened by this.

Holy crap! Better safe than sorry!

At the very least, you should be more careful and not put all your eggs in one basket, lest you go bankrupt in the future!

Not only is it reasonable, but it also has evidence. They even taught everyone how to deal with that miraculous "detector," so what's there to be afraid of?

Moreover, being confiscated means losing everything, and the banknotes will become worthless a few months later, so why not take a gamble?

As the saying goes, the more pain you inflict, the more ruthless your revenge will be!

Shanghai has gone mad! All sorts of people have turned out in droves! They're determined to catch this troublemaker.

However, Jiang Baobin, who was staying in the most luxurious suite at the "International Hotel," was not worried at all about someone suddenly barging in and questioning him.

This is where the advantages of having a foreign background become apparent.

The next day, Jiang Baobin went to the Rong family (he was ignorant and only knew from his memories that the Rong family was a wealthy family in Shanghai).

Without any concealment, they showed them Smith Company's "balance sheet" and "audit report".

The company's boss had been in a car accident, and the company was to be sold off cheaply.

If the Rong family wants to expand northward, now is the perfect opportunity.

Jiang Baobin genuinely hopes that "Smith" can be delivered to Chinese hands, because it is excellent value for money.

If it were controlled by a capitalist like Weinberg who only cares about money.

While it might feel good to trick that old bastard, Jiang Baobin could have known better than to do it—

Once that scoundrel realizes he's losing money, he'll definitely try every means to move the company away.

Those things that can't be moved will definitely be destroyed.

The idea that if you can't have something, you'll destroy it is a fundamental aspect of their nature.

Unfortunately, Jiang Baobin could tell that the Rong family wasn't very interested in the matter.

Regretting leaving the Rong family, Jiang Baobin went on dates with several other people.

This was his second purpose for the trip, and also part of his job as a company secretary.

All I saw were third-rate actors. At that time, the film industry in Shanghai was extremely developed, accounting for half of China's film industry!

The group of people were recruited through newspaper advertisements, but of course, the newspaper couldn't openly say that they were going to set up a scheme.

They only mentioned that they needed several male supporting actors from Shanghai to film a movie about backstabbing and intrigue between companies, while the location shooting was in Beijing.

Then, through a process of sending resumes by mail and making phone calls to select candidates, Jiang Baobin finally selected three actors: two middle-aged men and one young man.

During their first meeting, Jiang Baobin mainly discussed compensation and signed a confidentiality agreement with the other party.

Following the thinking of later generations, Jiang Baobin adopted a base salary plus commission model.

This greatly boosted the enthusiasm of the group, and they were all eager to get started and expressed their determination to make a big splash!