Berlin is about to usher in her new beginning.

At this time, Wang Weiyi also began his brand new journey to the United States. His first stop in the United States still chose New York.

The city of New York is very familiar to him. He once set off a financial storm that was terrified of the whole United States and the world as "Mr. Moyol".

In this financial storm, except for the "New York Alliance" led by him, everyone is a loser, even the US government.

That financial crisis caused the United States, especially the Jewish consortium, to suffer the most severe blow. The Wittgenstein family made a lot of money.

Now, the United States has escaped from that financial crisis, and New York has become the most prosperous economic center in the world. From this point of view, we have to admire the strong vitality of the United States.

From the first minute of setting foot in New York, Wang Weiyi felt a different long-lost feeling.

New York is more prosperous than before, with vehicles flooding the streets, and those in a hurry seem to be reluctant to pause for a second.

What makes people even more curious is that Wang Weiyi was unable to find a decent hotel with free rooms.

Are Americans so wealthy nowadays and like to live in hotels? Or are there any grand celebrations in New York recently?

Wang Weiyi was a little confused...

Finally, I found a very small hotel in an inconspicuous place on the corner of the street. The boss told him that he had the last room.

Although it was a little smaller, he didn't have to sleep on the streets. But when the boss told Wang Weiyi the price, he was shocked again.

It costs $25 a night.

God. Wang Weiyi remembers that the per capita income of a four-member American family was about $6,300 at this time, and the money to pay for staying in such a small and dilapidated hotel for one night was so heavy?

"Sir, do you want it?" The boss's attitude became obviously impatient: "In less than ten minutes, this only empty room will be booked."

"Oh. Of course, this is one hundred dollars." Wang Weiyi paid the money and took out another ten dollars: "Can you give me a bottle of wine? Ten dollars of wine."

The boss's attitude changed suddenly. He smiled and took out a bottle of wine from the counter and gave it to Wang Weiyi.

"Give me two more cups."

The boss quickly took out two more quilt cups, and Wang Weiyi poured them on the wine: "I like New York, I have been here in the past. Oh, I'll treat you to a few drinks."

The boss's attitude became more intimate...

After a few glasses of wine, the two of them have become "friends" who can talk about everything, and in the process, as the boss said just now, at least three guests came to ask if there was still an available room.

It seems that New York's hotel industry has flourished to a surprising level.

"Hey, Locke." Wang Weiyi already knew the other party's name: "Why is the room so nervous? Is there any major activity in New York?"

"Hey, Mr. Moyol, you really haven't come to New York for a long time." Locke said enthusiastically: "Now people from all over the world are flocking to New York. War is a good thing, it has driven the entire economic prosperity of the United States, especially in New York. About a few months ago, housing prices in New York began to soar, and many people joined the ranks of real estate speculators. This has driven the whole of Europe and the world. New York has become the economic center of the world. It is crowded everywhere, followed by hotels, and prices have been raised unlimitedly..."

A nerve in Wang Weiyi's deepest heart was suddenly moved...

Locke was still telling the other party everything with great enthusiasm... New York housing prices have been rising again and again, driving the housing prices in cities around New York to rise again and again...

The subsequent drive was the prosperity of the market and the soaring stock prices. Many Americans gave up their normal jobs and resolutely devoted themselves to the ranks of real estate speculators or stock markets.

Now it has even developed to the point where you don’t have to look at a house at all, just have a house contract. Specialized institutions have also begun to flourish, and they can keep the house contract on their behalf. Buyers don’t have to handle it. Often, a house contract bought for $2,000 will change hands in a few minutes, and it will rise to $2,500. Then the new buyer will wait for the next buyer again, waiting again to make huge profits from it.

The economy of New York and the United States has been once again driven...

Wang Weiyi's brows gradually frowned... Familiar, this scene was really too familiar to him... He wanted to tell Locke that this was definitely not a normal thing... But if he really said that, Locke must have thought that the guest in front of him was a madman...

......

New York Stock Exchange, January 1966.

There is not much time for the new year to begin, but the prosperity of the stock exchange has reached an incredible level.

The stock price continued to soar from the opening, and everyone's face was filled with excitement, as if countless money was flying in front of their eyes.

All of this is still so familiar to Wang Weiyi... "Mr. Moyor" at that time staged a "good show" that shocked the whole world.

There is nothing that can make Wang Weiyi excited. He is very sure that the stock market is not normal. This is a very irrational market. Perhaps one day, the stock market will collapse as completely as in the past.

By that time, countless people will go bankrupt and countless people will jump from the highest floor.

He is not very clear about how all this happened, but he knows that any abnormal behavior in the stock market is driving a huge mastermind there...

What he wants to find is this "black hand".

After coming out of the securities market, he found that there were many brokerage companies around him. These companies had only one business:

Buying and selling a house contract!

He was curious and randomly selected a company and walked in, and then found that the lively level here was not inferior to the stock market.

“House Deed at 296 Blasio Avenue, Bronx, $60,000.”

“$65,000!”

“70,000, I will give 70,000!”

“80,000…hey, I’ll pay $80,000!”

The quotation sounds louder and louder, as if these are not considered money.

Finally, the deed of the house at 296 Blasio Avenue in the Bronx was obtained by the guy who paid 80,000 dollars. He was a middle-aged man with an expression of excitement on his face. He paid 80,000 dollars and signed a contract, without even getting the contract that should have belonged to him.

"Sir, why don't you take a contract?" Wang Weiyi came to the man and asked.

The middle-aged man looked at the young man in front of him like a monster: "Are you crazy? Tomorrow. No, the contract will increase to more than 90,000 US dollars in the afternoon. Why do I have to pay an extra fee? Ah, young man, you probably have the first time you have come to New York. No one here will take the contract."

Wang Weiyi nodded.

At this time, he saw a woman in her 27 or 8 years old who bought a house contract with a very poor location for $26,000, but the woman's face was also filled with excitement. She rushed to a corner of the company and said to a little girl: "Hey, Alice, mom bought it, we will soon have money."

Her daughter has been waiting for her mother here for a long time, and she is only five or six years old, playing with a shabby doll alone. When she heard her mother's excited voice, she probably didn't understand what it meant: "Mom, I'm hungry."

"Ah, wait for me a while, and I will take you to eat after completing the procedures." The woman left her daughter excitedly.

"Hello Alice." Wang Weiyi came to Alice: "I am Moyor. Can I talk to you?"

"Hello, Mr. Moyol." The lonely Alice raised her head and looked at the stranger in front of her: "Of course, but what do you want to say?"

Wang Weiyi sat down beside her: "Look, is that your mother?"

"Yes. She is my mother, Xie Lisa." Alice smiled sweetly.

"What about your father?"

"Ah, I've never met my father."

"Sorry, Alice."

"It doesn't matter, Mr. Moyol."

"Look, what did your mother do?"

"She dances, but she never taught me to dance."

Wang Weiyi nodded: "Are you hungry?"

"Yes, sir, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything since the morning. "Alice's eyes were filled with depression: "But I'm used to it, because I used to it, and sometimes I haven't eaten it."

"Alice, I told you not to talk to strangers." At this time, Xie Lisa, who had finished the procedures, walked over, grabbed her daughter, and then looked at Wang Weiyi with a vigilant look.

"Madam, I'm sorry." Looking at the young mother, Wang Weiyi also stood up: "Your daughter is very cute, I can't help but say a few more words to her."

"Mom, this is Mr. Moyol."

Xie Lisa's expression was somewhat relieved by her daughter's voice: "Alice, what do you want to eat for lunch?"

"Madam, please allow me to express my apology." Wang Weiyi said first: "I know there is a good French restaurant nearby. If you can agree, I really hope to invite you and Alice to go there."

Xie Lisa was relieved when she heard this. She probably wanted to pursue herself again...

......

Beautiful food, good environment, romantic music, Chelisa and her daughter have never been to such a high-end restaurant.

This is a young rich man. It is also a good thing to be noticed by such a person. It is better than the alcoholics and gamblers who surround him all day long... Of course, the premise is that he must be able to accept her daughter... Xie Lisa thought so quietly in her heart...

Alice doesn't care about these things. Her interest in these delicacies is obviously more than other things...

Watching the mother and daughter eating voraciously, Wang Weiyi looked at them with a smile. When they looked up from the plate with satisfaction, Wang Weiyi asked for dessert for Alice, and then someone gave Xie Lisa a drink: "Madam, I just saw you bought a house contract worth $26,000?"

"Call me, Chelisa." Speaking of this, Chelisa became excited again: "The position is not very good, but it will appreciate several times. Alice and I will have money."

From the brief conversation just now, Wang Weiyi learned that Xie Lisa is a stripper in an underground nightclub and a single mother. Her man broke up with her very early. The mother and daughter's life has always been very poor. This made him a little curious: "Do you have $26,000?"

"Ah, it's not easy to get this money." Xie Lisa's voice was a little proud: "I sold everything I can sell in my family, and a house my father left for me."

"You sold your own house to buy another house?" Wang Weiyi felt a little incredible.

"That house doesn't have much appreciation potential." Xie Lisa felt that it was nothing at all: "Many people in New York do this, selling their own houses to buy more valuable house contracts. Of course, maybe the houses we sold will soon rise, but compared to what we obtained, that's nothing. Of course, even so, I had to borrow a large amount of usury, but I believe I will pay it off soon."

Wang Weiyi was silent for a while. These people had completely lost themselves. He said slowly: "Xelisa, ah, and you, Alice. Can I tell you a story?"

When they heard the story, Chelisa and his daughter were very happy. They heard "Mr. Moyol" say in a very low voice: "In 1593, a horticulturalist named Clucius discovered a very beautiful flower in Austria. He felt very novel, so he took away some of its seeds. Then Clucius moved from Vienna to the Netherlands. Because the Dutch climate soil is very suitable for the growth of this flower, bright flowers bloomed not long after Clucius was carefully cultivated. At that time, someone named it 'tuber1d'. It is the tulip we are familiar with today..."

He looked at the mother and daughter who were interested in listening: "Because tulips were rare flowers at that time, and they were indeed very beautiful after blooming. Therefore, they won the favor of the powerful and were sought after by dignitaries for a while. After witnessing this phenomenon, ubiquitous speculators began to speculate against tulips. They first bought tulip bulbs at high prices and then resold them to the nobles of the court at a higher price. Gradually, the fanaticism brought by this flower became a popular trend, and more people joined the ranks of buying tulips. Even the peddlers who sold fish and vegetables participated in the tulip transaction. They were willing to spend all their money to buy a tulip bulb because they believed that someone would buy it for more than double the price."

Wang Weiyi took a sip of coffee: "In 1634, a large number of foreign merchants heard that the Dutch tulip trading was very prosperous, so they rushed to the Netherlands to participate in tulip speculation, which caused the price of tulip bulbs, which was already sky-high, to soar again. So far, the tulip craze has lasted for more than 30 years. In order to meet the tulip crabble fever, the Amsterdam Exchange specially set up a trading venue for this. In the following two years, the price of the most ordinary tulip bulb rose to 64 gulf, which was January 1637. Just one month later, the price of this tulip bulb became 1,668 gulf, and the increase was incredible. However, what surprised everyone even more was that just two days later, the price of this tulip bulb was about 0.15 gulf..."

Wang Weiyi's voice became even more low: "On February 4, 1637, what happened on this day was the biggest unsolved case in the history of world finance, and no one. That morning, in Amsterdam and exchanges everywhere, the tulips were trading smoothly as usual. Merchants stretched their necks to bid, and the buyers walked down from the luxury carriage, which seemed to be no different from the usual. When various transactions were going on, God knew what was going on, and someone began to sell their tulip contracts.

At this moment, the first domino of the tulip bubble was pushed down. What followed was that everyone rushed to sell their tulip contracts, because no one wanted to be the last fool. The price market of Dutch tulips instantly fell to freezing point, and all kinds of hysterical strange sounds came out of the exchange. The whole of Amsterdam was immersed in a doomsday atmosphere, and the tulip bubble burst. On April 27 of the same year, the Dutch government finally came forward in a state of grief and ordered the termination of all tulip contracts."

"Why is it a contract transaction?" Wang Weiyi smiled and said, "Since tulips themselves are plants, whether they are bulbs or flowers, they cannot leave the soil for a long time and be sold in the trading market, and they will die. So on the basis of physical transactions, in order to satisfy the fanatical hype, merchants invented a trading method to replace physical objects with contracts. a sells 15 tulip flowers to b at the current price. After b confirms that a's inventory is true, the two parties sign a contract, b pays a115 flowers according to the contract, a signs on the contract to prove that he has transferred the flowers to b. Then b waits until the price rises again, and then takes the paid contract to find the next buyer."
Chapter completed!