Fox of France

Bowan took Jerome and walked towards Nathan Rothschild, and he greeted Rothschild affectionately: "Hey, Nathan, it's good to have you here."

"Ah, Mr. Bowan, I don't think there is any banker in Europe who can resist your call." Nathan Rothschild also replied in an exaggerated tone.

"Well, Nathan, let me introduce you to a friend. This is the new supervisor of our Bank of Rome, Mr. Andre Pizarro." Bowan said to Nathan Rothschild.

Andrea Pizarro is of course Jerome's pseudonym. Neither Joseph nor Napoleon wanted him to go around unimpeded under the surname of "Bonaparte". So now in the Bank of Rome, there are not many people who really know Jerome's identity.

"Good day, Monsieur Rothschild," said Jérôme.

"Hello, Mr. Pizarro, you are really young and promising." Although Nathan Rothschild did not know the specific identity of Jerome, but seeing that he was so young, he could become a supervisor of the Bank of Rome, so it was not himself It's really outstanding, but the family has a very good background, so this kind of free compliment is naturally to be said casually.

"Nathan, if there is nothing else, let's go over there for a while." Mr. Bowan said.

Nathan Rothschild knew that Bowan might have to discuss important matters with him, so he nodded to the people next to him and said, "Gentlemen, I'll excuse you first." Then he said to his wife, "Love Ma, walk here by yourself, Mr. Bowan and I have something to talk about."

So the three of them left the back garden and entered a small living room. Everyone sat down on the sofa, Mr. Bowang stretched out his hand as if he wanted to grab something from the coffee table, but he didn't take anything in the end, but retracted his empty hand.

"Bowan is a smoker, and there are cigars on his coffee table. He habitually wants to take cigars, but he gives up again. Mr. Bowan is not a person who is particularly willing to take care of others. Then he is like this... this leather I'm afraid Sa Luo's identity is really unusual." Nathan Rothschild thought.

"Nathan, what do you think of the state of those railroad stocks today?" Mr. Bowan asked bluntly.

This question is not easy to answer. As an outstanding banker, Nathan Rothschild naturally knows that the stock prices of all railway companies, including the French Railways, are actually obviously too high. In terms of price-earnings ratio, the price-earnings ratio of these companies is generally extremely high. Even for the stock of "Railway de France", which has the least problem among them, the price per share divided by the profit per share is as high as more than 200. In other words, if you buy this kind of stock, if you expect to pay back your capital by dividends from the stock, you will have to wait at least two hundred years. With this amount of money, even depositing it in a bank is better than this. Therefore, today's railway stocks are completely speculating on the concept, and Bo foolishly cheated money.

From this point of view, the question is not difficult to answer. But what Mr. Bowan meant by raising this question at this time is worth pondering. Could it be that Mr. Bowan is saying that he is ready to take another action and short the stock market? This is a big move. If Mr. Bowan, no, it should be if the Bank of Rome starts shorting the railways, then the general collapse of railway stocks in France and Europe is almost certain. At that time, I am afraid that the corpses of countless investors will be filled with the Seine (Paris), Main and Rhine (Frankfurt). Even on the Thames, there will probably be a body.

If Roman Bank was a bank like Rothschild, then Nathan Rothschild would have answered without hesitation: "Yes, the stock price is indeed too high and full of bubbles, and now is a good time to short." It's time."

But the Bank of Rome is not an ordinary commercial bank, it is a central bank, which means that it has huge power that other banks do not have, but it also has burdens that other banks do not need to take into account. It must be responsible for the economic situation in France as a whole.

If the entire railroad stock crashes, maybe, no, it should be said that it will definitely affect other aspects, and if it doesn't go well, it will be a great depression. Then, isn't this a big problem?

So Rothschild thought for a while, and then said: "The popularity of railway stocks is indeed too high, and it needs to be cooled down slowly. Otherwise, there is indeed a danger of collapse. But to let it cool down slowly, it is very difficult to operate. Difficulty."

Rothschild's meaning was relatively cryptic. He felt that he probably grasped the meaning of the Bank of Rome, that is, the Bank of Rome hoped that he could join forces with the Bank of Rome to slowly reduce this upsurge.

Jerome couldn't understand Rothschild's meaning at all. He could only try his best to write down what everyone said, and then went back to listen to Joseph's interpretation.

"Mr. Rothschild, you also know that this bubble is very large. It is almost impossible to let it go down slowly, at least technically impossible." Mr. Bowan shook his head.

Rothschild fell into thinking. Obviously, from Mr. Bowan's speech just now, he and the Roman Bank behind him do not intend to quietly eliminate the crisis, and may even intend to actively trigger the crisis. But what good would triggering a crisis do them?

Thinking of this, a little spark suddenly jumped out of Rothschild's head, just like Athena in full armor jumped out of Zeus's head:

"Technically speaking, it is really difficult, even almost impossible, to avoid a collapse. Forcibly violating the laws of the market is definitely not rewarding. In this case, why not let the crisis break out? As long as other countries lose more in the crisis than France If it is too big, the result is not unacceptable, and even if it is handled well, although the problem is France's problem, the consequences can be borne by other countries... I am afraid this is their real goal." Rothschild thought this way, Then another question came to my mind, that is: "What is the purpose of Bowang telling me this?"

To keep the bubble from bursting and to let the bubble shrink in a controlled manner, this indeed requires the help of Rothschild, but to pierce the bubble and let the bubble explode, for the Bank of Rome, it is completely following the trend. There is no difficulty at all. There is no need for Rothschild's cooperation at all. Even seriously, in the current situation, the strength of the Rothschild Bank alone is enough to detonate this big bubble, let alone the behemoth Bank of Rome. One of the reasons why Rothschild did not do anything before was that he did not know what the attitude of the Bank of Rome was. If the Bank of Rome opposes this, then he will make himself the enemy of the entire Bank of Rome, and even the entire military-industrial complex. Even if he has gained a lot of benefits in this trend, these benefits are not enough to compensate His loss against the entire military-industrial complex.

"Roman Bank doesn't want to do it by itself? At least it doesn't want to be the first to do it by itself?" Rothschild faintly had some thoughts. So he asked: "So Mr. Bowan, you mean that this crisis is inevitable, so it is better to let it happen sooner than later?"

"Yes," Mr. Bowan replied. "We hope that this frenzy will end as soon as possible."

"So, what are you looking for me at this time, do you hope I can do something for you?" Rothschild asked.

"Our bank is very special, and some actions cannot be taken by us. I think you should be able to understand this." Mr. Bowan said, "So I hope that your bank can take the initiative to burst this bubble first."

Rothschild was silent for a while and said: "Is it not suitable for the Bank of Rome to do this because it will damage its reputation? After all, the Bank of Rome is almost another treasury of the French government in a sense. But the initiative Whoever pops this bubble will be hated by many people. Therefore, Bank of Rome can only follow up, not take the lead. Right?”

"You're right," M. Bowan replied without changing his face.

"But if we do it, our reputation will suffer," Rothschild said.

"Forgive me." Mr. Bowan said, "Nathan, you should know what kind of reputation you have. Adding this incident will not make your reputation in this area worse. It's broken. Anyway, your reputation has been too bad. On the other hand, the reputation that is really meaningful to you, I mean good at business, good at making money, that's the most important thing. Customers won't because Your social moral reputation is not good, so you will not put money in you; but customers will not invest in you because you are not sharp, decisive, and unable to seize opportunities to make money. You say, I say right?"

Rothschild smiled, but did not answer.

"Besides, although there is a loss of reputation in doing it first, there are also real economic benefits. To be honest, Nathan, there are many people who are willing to do this besides you. Besides, if we You need to be blamed on your head, can’t it be done? To be honest, we do intend to let you bear a little bad reputation, but you can rest assured that under the protection of the Civil Code, a bad reputation will not really hurt You. And you were the first to do it, and the benefits you can get during this can be regarded as some kind of compensation. And this time you cooperated with us and became our friend, which will be beneficial in the future. "

Of course Nathan Rothschild knew that the so-called "becoming our friend will be beneficial in the future" is pure nonsense. Without a contract in black and white, Mr. Bowan can turn his face and deny anyone at any time. But the situation is indeed as Mr. Bowan said, if the Bank of Rome, or if the military-industrial complex, or even the French government needs to throw the pot on his head, can he still resist? Even if he didn't do anything, the military-industrial complex that controls so much media can still pin the blame on him, and then step on 10,000 feet, so that he can never turn over. So, don't toast and refuse to eat fine wine, it's better to take the pot and put it on your head honestly.

So Rothschild asked, "So, how do we cooperate?"