Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

"Some work arrangements require some people. Chief William of the police department plans to recruit two new police officers... I have the right to recommend them."

Carter chuckled as he spoke, picking up an apple from the fruit basket in the kitchen and walking to the cleaning sink to wash it.

It was rare that he was reborn and had a good skin, so Carter didn't want to make himself fat. Eating a piece of fruit before meals can not only cushion the stomach and eat less carbohydrates, but the fruit acid deposited in the stomach can also promote the digestion of food.

"Police? You mean, can you recommend Levin to be a police officer in Douglas?"

Jenny was surprised that such a grown-up son of hers actually seemed to be more powerful than her husband, and she hesitated to speak.

"Yes, it's not a big problem for the people I recommend to get hired. Well, if Lucas wants to come, that's fine. I have two places."

Seeing Jenny's somewhat twisted expression, Carter quickly guessed what she was thinking. Levin is the son of Victor Black. From this surname, it is not difficult to see that this is a relative of Carter's father's side, using Chinese

According to the theory, this Levin is Carter's cousin.

Since the quota was given to his father's cousin, it seemed unreasonable for his cousin not to give it to him. Taking a bite of the apple, Carter added with a smile.

"This... won't embarrass you, right?"

Jenny's eyes lit up, and then she became a little worried. If arranging this matter would embarrass Carter, then Lucas and others should get as far away as possible...

"No, it's all agreed upon, and the work is not difficult. Carlos will teach them step by step if they don't know what they don't know. I just don't have anyone I can trust right now, and I need them to come and help me. Okay, I'll go ahead.

Take a shower upstairs and come back later."

There were two spots in the police station. Carter originally planned to directly get the two boys, Joey, his brother-in-law-to-be, and Chris, who had the same name as his father, in the restaurant, but he gave up after thinking about it carefully.

The job of the American police is relatively stable, and the income is not bad. It can basically guarantee an upper-middle income level in the local area. However, the development is extremely limited. After all, the upper limit of being a police officer in the United States is too low, and you can work for a lifetime.

The deputy directors are all pretty good, but as for the director, it's just a slippery position. Once the mayor changes, the director will have to be replaced as well, and he won't last long at all.

In addition, Carter thinks it is a good thing to give these two places to relatives. When they become police officers in Douglas, they will take root here. When the day comes when he leaves here, if Jenny is not willing to follow him out, then she can

These two nephews can also help me take care of things.

In addition, the most important thing is that Carter hates family business. In his core business, no relatives can get in and complain. As for non-core business, it is best not to let them get involved if possible.

.. Even if it was restaurants and gas stations that he didn't value, Carter didn't want to open this hole.

"Hey, Douglas's stage is still too small..."

After just understanding why it is always necessary to prepare as much capital as possible before starting a business, Carter, who was taking a hot shower, also understood why many companies clustered in specific locations.

Companies in certain industries are accustomed to clustering in a certain city or area. There may be agglomeration effects, tax policy incentives, etc., but there is definitely one reason at the core, which is to facilitate talent training or recruitment.

!

In a small city like Douglas that doesn't even have a university, it's impossible for you to expect a super company to emerge here. Super companies may be born here, but they will definitely move away in the end. Just like ADM was born in Delaware,

But it's growing and growing in Illinois.

After sighing softly, life continued.

In the next two weeks, Carter's life was quite ordinary. During this period, in addition to going to Chevron to finalize the franchise and oil supply agreement, Goodman helped coordinate the work of contacting the construction team to enter the site, and the standardization of the oil station.

Chevron engineers help with planning, so Carter doesn't need to worry much.

According to the news broadcast on TV, the price trend of silver is still hot. As the background of the "big banker" International Metal Investment Company is gradually exposed, a large number of retail investors and securities brokers are just like Julian guessed, like streaks of red.

The hyenas who lost their eyes swarmed in and continued to grab silver, crazily pushing up the price of silver.

At this time, the price of silver has exceeded 33 US dollars. Compared with one and a half months ago, it has increased by 22 US dollars, an increase of 200%. Seeing this scene, Carter could only say as Julian said with emotion before.

"It's so fucking crazy."

As for his early departure from the market, resulting in less money earned, Carter was indeed a little upset at first, and regretted that he had not listened to Julian's advice and kept it for a while before clearing it. Later, under the self-comfort of "contentment", Carter

He gradually calmed down and quietly watched the changes in the field from an outsider's perspective.

In addition to silver, the Federal Reserve, which Carter never dared to relax its attention, also started taking action. No, it should be said that the Federal Reserve's actions had already started. Last month, on October 6, Eastern Time, Wall Street

The Federal Reserve under the leadership of Clark announced that it would adopt monetarist policies to moderately increase the money supply and reduce its focus on short-term federal funds interest rates, among other announcements on a series of policies or measures that were about to be implemented.

To be honest, Carter was confused when he first heard the news. He couldn't understand much of what Barabala said, but the part about "moderately increasing the money supply" really challenged Carter's nerves.

Sensitivity...

Are you going to increase the money supply? That's nonsense. If you increase the money supply, it will be impossible to suppress inflation, and Carter in the White House will not have a bad fight with Volcker?

The confused Carter chose to observe quietly. Logically speaking, this is a situation that should not happen. Both history and people in this era are telling themselves that Volcker will most likely shrink the currency.

, it is impossible to issue more.

After waiting quietly for so long, Carter can finally feel at ease. Because the federal funds rate has risen!

From the announcement of the news on October 6, the first reaction was that the Federal Reserve's discount rate increased by 0.5 percentage points. The so-called Federal Reserve discount, to be understood simply and crudely, is the cash subsidy given by the Federal Reserve to commercial banks.

You are in urgent need of money now, OK, I can subsidize you a sum of money, but you have to pay me interest. Compared with the long-term borrowing of federal savings banks from savings banks, the discount time to commercial banks is usually very short, and the shortest borrowing period even reaches overnight.

The point of repayment.

As the discount rate rose, finally in November, the federal funds rate also began to move...

Like the increase in the discount rate, the fluctuations in the federal funds rate are also very small. Not to mention the astonishing more than 20% as I know, and now even the upper limit of 14% is still far away.

This slight change may not seem like much to others, but it makes Carter's eyes light up. He's not afraid of you starting to move slowly, but he's afraid that you won't move! As long as you start to move, Carter will feel relieved.

"The price trend of silver has been rising recently. According to the investigation of the Chicago Futures Trading Commission, the Hunter family behind the surge in silver prices has gradually emerged. The Hunter family..."

The reporter on the TV was still talking about the history of the Hunter family, especially the manipulation of soybean trading in previous years. After getting the information he wanted, Carter was about to turn off the TV when he suddenly noticed something in the corner of his eye.

On the TV screen, on the market in the background, the trading price of gold...