Chapter 47 Interview
In May 1931, after more than a year of contact, the meeting with the person in charge was finally arranged. The staff of the Folklore Survey Office made an indispensable contribution. I think the person in charge of this contact will be promoted after completing this task.

After all, the Public Opinion Survey Office was established not long ago and is in a period of rapid development. As long as you have made contributions, you will soon be promoted and become a talent and be promoted and reused.

After the group checked into a hotel, Guan Mao arranged for someone to notify the relevant personnel to arrange a meeting time and place.

The next day, everyone inspected the capital and gained a true understanding of the current situation in order to prepare for the subsequent discussions.

The city is still majestic, but beneath the prosperity, everyone is unemployed and starving.

After the First World War, the country had to pay a large amount of compensation every year, so all the people had to tighten their belts and work hard to repay this huge debt. However, the country could not offset this huge debt with its own finances at that time, so Britain and the United States provided a large loan to the country at that time in order to enable it to repay the debt.

In particular, America's foreign policy at that time was to intervene in European affairs through economic means, and for this reason it was very active in loan matters. It was also because of the large amount of financial support from the United States that the economy began to rise again in the late 20s and development entered a stable period.

But in 1930, the Great Depression arrived. Since the economy at that time was tied to the United States, the American economic crisis directly affected its development. Under the intervention of a series of measures such as withdrawal of investment and suspension of loans by American capitalists, the United States also fell into great economic turmoil.

After World War I, the military strength, national economy, and national self-esteem were all unprecedentedly suppressed, so from the beginning to the present, the people have not really let go of their hatred for the end of the war.

Although the treaty was signed, as the saying goes, an alliance is meant to be torn up. Many knowledgeable people have long predicted that this peace will not last long and that war will break out in the end.

A few days later, I finally met my contact, Lando.

"Mr. Lando, nice to meet you." The person in charge spoke first.

"Your movies and Shennong Pharmaceutical Company's products are very popular here," Lando also said.

"Thank you for your love. My company is here and I hope Mr. Landau can take good care of us." The person in charge said. In fact, there is a reason why the person in charge said this. In the past year, we have provided a lot of money and helped many refugees. It is reasonable to seek some help and return.

Otherwise, if you just give without asking for anything in return, even if you are not a fool, others will think you have a bigger conspiracy. It is better to say it out loud.

"Of course no problem. I also want to thank you for your help to our people. As long as your business is operated legally, I will do my best." Lando also said.

At this time, due to the impact of the Great Depression, the economic situation was very bad, because before that, the domestic economy was stabilized by relying on loans and investments from American capital.

America is now in a difficult situation as it is unable to take care of itself. So if you are willing to increase your investment here, you would be very welcome.

It would be even better if more funding could be given to Zhengfu. Of course, money doesn’t just come out of thin air, so naturally we need to get the corresponding return.

"Actually, this time, in addition to business matters, I mainly want to discuss other areas of cooperation with your country."

After chatting for a while and getting to know each other, the person in charge directly stated the purpose of this meeting.

Due to the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, the economy was difficult to develop, so they turned to China to seek new markets. China had the rich mineral resources they needed.

Such as rare metals such as tungsten, antimony, and tin.

Restricted by the Treaty of Versailles, they could not openly develop military industry, so they used economic trade as a cover and signed the China Credit Loan Contract with Chiang Kai-shek. Through such treaties, China supplied them with inestimable strategic mineral raw materials. In this way, they could develop armaments, and in addition to using them for their own use, they also sold them to China to make a profit.

(End of this chapter)