Wind Chaser: Why did Shen Tunan finally choose to go to northern Shaanxi?

In "The Wind Chaser", Shen Tunan made a comeback after faking his death, under the pseudonym Tu Nanshen, and became a special commissioner for the economic blockade of southern Gansu, and Lin Qiaosong also became the captain of the major action team, cooperating with Shen Tunan to carry out the economic blockade.

Originally, Shen Tunan said that he would go to the UK with Su Cishu, but he still broke his promise and chose to continue to work for Nanjing.

It seems that in Shen Tunan's heart, he still has illusions about Nanjing. The counterfeit silver dollar case and the speculation case of the construction treasury bills did not shatter his illusions.

According to the relevant spoilers, Shen Tunan finally chose to abandon Nanjing and go to northern Shaanxi. So, how did he finally come to his senses?

All of this is related to the eldest sister.

Shen Tunan's economic blockade and currency war against Jiangxi were still very lethal, and Wei Ruo's Long March was more directly related to the economic blockade.

Wei Ruolai and they embarked on the road of the Long March, and after Shen Tunan completed the task, he would definitely have to return to Shanghai. In Shanghai, next, he will see the eldest sister and them, who will be even more crazy than before.

Only when you see too much will the illusion be shattered. Only when his illusions are shattered can Shen Tunan be reborn.

In "The Wind Chaser", the prototype of the eldest sister is known to everyone as Song Ailing. How much money did Song Ailing collect by looting, and how did she loot it?

The degree of corruption and the means of accumulating wealth in the real Republic of China are only what you can't think of, and there is nothing that the eldest sister can't do. Even if they are put into the world, they are among the best. Among the four major families, the madness of Kong Xiangxi and Song Ailing's family to accumulate wealth sounds creepy.

According to incomplete statistics, the Kong Song family has amassed a total of more than 3 billion US dollars, which is an astronomical amount today, about 150 billion US dollars. Later, most of this wealth was transferred to the United States.

Kong Xiangxi served as Minister of Finance for ten years, and he used the power in his hands, with his wife Song Ailing and his child Kong Lingkan, etc., to accumulate countless wealth by hoarding Juqi, operating the financial securities market, and controlling foreign trade.

Among the three major cases of the financial stock market of the Republic of China, Song Ailing alone operated two.

The three major cases of the stock market in the Republic of China were Song Ailing's speculation on the second and third customs treasury bills in 1935, Song Ailing's speculation on the Shanghai cotton yarn case in 1937, and the stock speculation and short-selling case in 1948.

In 1935, in the 235 Guan Treasury Bills speculation case, Song Ailing and his people made a profit of as much as 25 million yuan, and the result of the speculation and harvesting was that a large number of banks, large accounts, and retail investors went bankrupt, and many people committed suicide.

In the 1937 Shanghai cotton yarn speculation case, Song Ailing and his team first hoarded a large amount of cotton yarn, and then pulled the price of cotton yarn all the way up by pulling it upside down with their left and right hands. At the peak, the price of each pack of cotton yarn was fried from 180 yuan to 295 yuan. The total transaction volume in the Shanghai cotton yarn speculation case has reached an astonishing 30 million bales. This shows how crazy the market speculation was at that time.

Later, due to rumors, Kong Xiangxi and other high-ranking officials intervened behind the cotton yarn speculation, causing greater turmoil in the market. After the fermentation of public opinion, Nanjing was alarmed, and Chiang ordered a thorough investigation. Although the Minister of Industry of Nanjing and others came to Shanghai in person, in the end it was still not done.

In the Shanghai cotton yarn case, how much wealth Song Ailing harvested, no exact data was found. If they hoarded 300,000 bales of cotton yarn in this speculation, the profit would be as much as 30 million yuan.

In addition to the cotton yarn case, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, Song Ailing earned more than 30 million yuan by speculating on old public bonds.

When Soong Ailing speculated on public debts, an all-out war of resistance had already broken out. As Minister of Finance, Kong Xiangxi not only did not take the initiative to crack down on speculation, but on the contrary added fuel to speculation and speculation.

This is not a country that is difficult to make money, what is a country that is difficult to make money?

However, the above is just the beginning, Song Ailing and Kong Xiangxi, the big money-collecting action is still to come.

During the Anti-Japanese War, a large number of materials aided by the United States and overseas Chinese were resold by Soong Ailing's family at a high price. The United States aided and donated more than $1 billion in U.S. dollars, and Soong Ailing's family embezzled more than $1 billion.

In 1943, Soong Ailing made a huge profit of 11.5 billion legal currency by speculating in US dollar bonds. In 1943, the Chongqing government issued a total of 75.38 billion yuan of legal currency, and the Confucian family earned nearly one-seventh of it. 11.5 billion fiat currency, if converted to US dollars according to 1:100, is as much as 100 million US dollars.

Although Shen Tunan often compromised, he was always an idealist in his bones. Seeing the four major families crazy about accumulating wealth, it was impossible for his heart not to be touched, and it was impossible not to be disappointed. He chose to go to northern Shaanxi, probably after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

In 1944, under the pressure of condemnation from all sides, Kong Xiangxi was forced to resign as finance minister. However, his son Kong Lingkan continued to make a lot of money.

From 1945 to 1949, Kong Lingkan's Yangzi company in Shanghai made a fortune by reselling dollars, automobiles, and steel, and driving up the prices of daily necessities and food. Prices in the market are soaring, and the people are struggling to make a living, but they don't care. In 1948, when the eldest son of the Jiang family was fighting tigers in Shanghai, the hoarding materials of Yangzi Company that were seized reached more than 20,000 tons. However, Kong Lingkan was covered by his little aunt, and in the end, it was gone.

In addition to the four major families, there are countless other families, large and small, working together to loot the people. Coupled with the layers of bandits, bullies, gangsters, and speculators, are the common people still living a human life?

In "The Wind Chaser", the most fortunate thing is that Shen Tunan finally found his own path, and his idealism did not become a tragic song in the end.