The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

The overseas Chinese and white people in the audience all stared at Zhou Hexuan dumbfounded. They didn't expect this to be the content of his speech.

Especially the overseas Chinese present here, they don't know much about the domestic situation. It was not until today that I learned from Zhou Hexuan that China was not only bullied by Japan, but also miserably abused by the US government.

Just as the overseas Chinese were discussing, a white man suddenly stood up and asked, "Mr. Zhou, hello. I'm Bi Ruier, a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle. May I ask you a few questions?"

The "San Francisco Chronicle" is the newspaper with the largest circulation in the western United States at this time. Of course Zhou Hexuan is willing to be interviewed. He smiled and said, "Excuse me."

Reporter Brill took out his notepad and said, "You just said that the Silver Act is very detrimental to the American people, but what you said is invisible and intangible. Can you say something else that has a personal impact on ordinary Americans? content?"

Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile, "Have you ever felt that prices in the US have gone up?"

Birrell seemed to understand some economics. He said: "Prices in the United States have indeed risen, but that is the inevitable impact of the United States abandoning the gold standard."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and pointed to Song Ziwen: "Let Mr. Song explain this kind of professional issue."

Song Ziwen stood up slowly, and said in fluent English: "We set 1931 as the base period of US prices, and the US price index was 100. Before the US dollar abandoned the gold standard in 1933, the US price was decreasing year by year. In 1930, it was 115. , it was 100 in 1931 and 88.5 in 1932. After the dollar abandoned the gold standard, the U.S. price index rose to 90 in 1933, an increase of only about 1.5. Until the U.S. government issued the Silver Act, the U.S. price index soared by more than 10 points within a year , and has now broken through the base of 100."

Zhou Hexuan summarized: "That is to say, after the introduction of the Silver Act, the price of goods in the United States rose by more than 10% within a year."

The two sang together in a serious manner, but they were actually playing a trick of changing concepts secretly. Although the Silver Act led to rising prices in the United States, the abandonment of the US dollar from the gold standard had a greater impact. Professionals can see through their nonsense at a glance.

But the reporter was half-baked, and asked in surprise, "Why is this happening?"

Song Ziwen continued to fool around and said: "The Silver Act, to put it bluntly, is to use government laws and government finances to forcibly raise the price of silver. This is against the rules of the market economy. It can only benefit the Silver Group, and the people of the United States must do this Pay the bill. Let's analyze it in detail..."

Song Ziwen babbled a lot, popping up some technical terms from time to time, which made the reporter stunned.

Generally speaking, what Song Ziwen said is the truth. The Silver Act does violate the laws of economics. It really can only benefit the Baiyin Group, and it really wants the people of the United States to pay the bill. However, its impact on the United States was not great. The increase in prices due to the Silver Act was far less than the consequences of abandoning the gold standard.

But this is enough, enough to arouse the anger of ordinary Americans-I have lived such a miserable life, and you capitalists still want to suck blood, it is simply unforgivable!

Sometimes it's better to tell the truth than to tell a lie.

Telling half of the truth and leaving the other half, leaving the other party unable to explain, this is the highest level of deception.

Zhou Hexuan had already discussed with Song Ziwen. They just wanted to stir up public opinion in the United States and put pressure on Roosevelt and state government officials.

After Song Ziwen finished explaining the negative effects of the Silver Act, the Americans present immediately exploded, humming and cursing those silver capitalists.

Reporter Birrell asked again: "Why can the U.S. government pass such an unfavorable policy?"

You guessed it right, this reporter is Tong, the one Zhou Hexuan invited to make big news.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Let's ask Mr. Song to explain."

Song Ziwen has long been in a state of flickering. He said: "The United States is a traditional silver production country, and American capital controls about 70% of the world's silver production. But in fact, the silver industry's position in the American economy is not important. It is less than the output value of peanuts and potatoes, not to mention the output value of wheat and cotton. However, the production of silver in the United States is very concentrated, distributed in the seven western states such as Utah, Idaho, and Montana. The senators of these seven silver-producing states , Controlling one-seventh of the voting power in the U.S. Senate, forming the so-called Silver Group. Only by pleasing the Silver Group can the U.S. government and politicians win the votes of these seven states and pass other policies and bills smoothly.”

Zhou Hexuan added another knife: "That is to say, even if President Roosevelt knew that the Silver Act was not good for the country and the people, in order to gain the support of the Silver Group, he had to admit it. The Silver Act exploited the American people and did not harm other people. State legislators benefit, so although other state legislators do not approve, they will not oppose it. Including California, where you are, the people of California cannot get a penny from the silver bill, but they must pay for the silver bill. You usually buy things, Items that used to cost nine dollars now have to be bought for ten dollars."

"Oh God, those capitalists are assholes!"

"I just said that this year's prices have risen so much, it's really abnormal."

"Bitch capitalists are all vampires!"

"Damn Roosevelt and those congressmen."

"We must unite against capitalist exploitation!"

"..."

Most of the white Americans in the theater come from the cultural and artistic circles. They are extremely easy to be incited, and they have no understanding of the economy. Now some people are planning to write articles to criticize the government, and even organize demonstrations.

The reporter of "San Francisco Chronicle" Bi Ruier is already happy in his heart at this moment, big news, big news. If you make such a big news by yourself, you should be promoted and raise your salary anyway.

The mayor of San Francisco, Ross, also had a smile on his face. California, where he lives, is not a silver-producing state, and officials here don't care whether the silver bill can be maintained. That is to say, no matter how big Zhou Hexuan made the incident, the officials in California didn't care.

On the contrary, if Luo Shi can make a few public speeches and call on the people to oppose the Silver Act, he can also gain great reputation, which will be his political capital in the future.

Only Fan Heyan was a little scared, and asked quietly: "Mr. Song, if we do this, we won't offend the US government, right? There will be no talk at that time."

Song Ziwen said with a smile: "If you don't do this, do you think you can continue the talks? The Baiyin Group has kidnapped Roosevelt politically. They have one-seventh of the voting rights in the Senate. Roosevelt will not offend the Baiyin Group for China."

"But...but...it's still not right." Fan Heyan said guiltily.

Song Ziwen directly debunked Fan Heyan's thoughts, and said mockingly: "You are afraid of angering the US government, so it will be difficult to do business after you return to China?"

"Hehe, Mr. Song was joking." Fan Heyan looked embarrassed, and couldn't help complaining in his heart: No wonder you offended so many people in Nanjing, and even the Minister of Finance couldn't do it any longer. How could you say such things in person!