Meiman plane trader

Chapter 34
Saying goodbye to the Chase couple temporarily, Margot took Josie to meet one of the hosts of the reception, John Lebile.

"Good evening, my little sweetheart, I'm so glad you're here, you're still so pretty!" The kind-looking old man was very happy to see Margot, and gave Margot a hug.

And beside him, there were two people, one whom Josie had met, David, who had pestered Margot before, looked at Josie with an unfriendly expression.

The other is an old man who is about the same age as Johann Lebile.

"Thank you, Uncle John. By the way, let me introduce you. This is Josie. I mentioned it to you." After greeting John, Margot pulled Josie to introduce.

"Hi, Mr. Lebiler, I'm Josie Kahn, nice to meet you!" Josie said neither humble nor overbearing.

"Nice young man, have fun!" John looked around slightly, nodded, and then stretched out his hand.

This reaching out also means that the other party has initially recognized Josie, at least not rejecting it.

Of course, it is more about giving face to Margot, who is relatively close to the younger generation.

Josie naturally stretched out her hand very wittily, and shook hands with the other party respectfully.

"By the way, this is lawyer Alonzo Emory, my old partner." After shaking hands, John introduced the old man beside him. As for David?

John knows exactly what kind of temperament this son is. If Margot and David can see each other, he will naturally be happy to see both, but Margot is very clear that he is not interested in David, and he will naturally not ask himself no fun.

Naturally, he would not take the initiative to introduce him, let alone find fault with Josie for his worthless son.

Just kidding, how stupid would a person be to trouble the guests at the reception he hosted?

No matter how poor or statusless the guest is, and no matter what the final result is, as the host, he will not get a good reputation.

Although David is a playboy, he understands this truth, no matter how unfriendly the look at Josie, he never came up to provoke him.

"Hello, young man, if you have any legal questions, you can come to me!" Compared with John's casualness, this Amory lawyer seemed much more enthusiastic.

Although in the United States, lawyers have a high status, in the final analysis, they are still people who provide services to capitalists. Although Margot has been relatively reclusive these years, she was once a wealthy daughter of Chicago's high society. .

And he knew that some time ago, this widow probably received a large amount of compensation from the insurance company... because he was the one who handled this matter.

So Margot can be regarded as his big client.

For the sake of money, Amory is naturally more enthusiastic about Josie.

After a brief chat with the barrister and the exchange of business cards, Josie and Margot left.

The meaning of this kind of reception is mainly to recognize faces and exchange business cards.

If you really want to talk about things, you won't be on this occasion.

Later, under the guidance of Margot, Josie got to know some business and political figures in Chicago.

And as time went by, the reception officially entered the topic.

Since it is a fundraising reception, it is natural that passionate speeches by politicians are indispensable.

The speakers were the mayor of Chicago, a Democratic senator from Illinois, and a representative of the military.

"Josie, do you think we can win this war?" Looking at the senator standing on the stage and giving a speech, Margot asked Josie.

"Of course, in this war, the United States will definitely win the final victory." Josie, who is familiar with the trend of history, said without hesitation.

Although because of Margot, Josie already knew that the world she traveled through was likely to be a parallel time and space, but the overall historical trend should not change.

Unless he was really unlucky to the extreme and traveled to the world of "The Man in the High Castle"... In fact, even if it was really the world of the Man in the High Castle, Josie actually didn't have to worry too much.

Don't forget, he's of Austrian descent.

Speaking of it, the identity of Austrian descent during World War II is quite strange.

In the Axis camp, because the culture and language are similar to those of Germany, and the failed art student is of Austrian descent, Austrians are naturally close to Germany

On the American side, the Austrians are the invaders and will not be given the same attention as the Germans.

"Then how many bonds do you think we should buy?" Seeing Josie's confidence in America's victory, Margot became more confident.

"If it's possible, I think the more the better!" Josie thought for a while, and leaned into Margot's ear and said.

Josie's words were on point.

In this period, if one must choose an investment project that is 100% guaranteed to make no loss, then there is no doubt that it is to buy federal war bonds.

And the profit margin is an astonishing one hundred percent.

Of course, if you want to make a profit of [-]%, there are conditions.

During World War II, American war bonds were purchased at a price of 75% or 50% of the face value and paid off after ten years.

面值25和50的，是75%，100和200面值的，是50%。

That is to say, you can buy a bond with a face value of [-] dollars for [-] dollars. After ten years, you can exchange this bond for [-] dollars.

Of course, if you want to redeem the bond before the ten-year term expires, it is also possible, but in this case, the interest will only be calculated based on the actual purchase amount at a compound interest rate of 2.9% every six months, and the income will be much less.

Moreover, the war bonds of the United States during World War II did not have to worry about inflation.

Because of the victory of World War II, the United States obtained the world's largest gold reserves, and established the Bretton Woods system.

Before the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the status and value of the dollar was equivalent to gold, and the inflation rate was extremely low.

So now in 1943, no matter how many bonds you buy and exchange them in 53 years, you don't have to worry about making profits that can't outpace inflation.

"Are you really that sure?" Margot asked.

"What? What do you think?" Josie couldn't help asking, seeing her strange expression.

"I wonder if we should play big!" Margot replied.

As soon as she said that, Josie immediately understood what she wanted to do.

Just like those charity galas in later generations are compared with donations, there is actually a comparison in purchasing war bonds.

If you become the person who buys the most bonds, do you think you will be registered with high-level people from all walks of life in the United States?

Will you be taken out and promoted as a typical example?
That's not just buying some bonds, it's paying for a special pass.

Of course, with Margot's financial resources, it is impossible to become the number one person in the United States. Although there are not many billionaires in this era, there are definitely many.

It was impossible for Margot to compare with those people.

But if it's just the first place in this fundraising reception, it's not impossible.

"Are you sure?" Josie asked.

"I'm still sure. After all, there was a fundraiser at the end of last year. At that time, the highest purchase was only 200 million. I think it is unlikely to exceed this figure this time. So I think 300 million should be enough for the first place." !” said Margot.

Josie couldn't help but nodded when he heard the words. What he said was true. The United States was not counted as the country before the war. It only started from November 1942 to December 11 after it officially entered the war. A total of eight bonds were issued.

So even for those top rich people, it is impossible to buy hundreds of millions every time, otherwise the company will not need funds to maintain it?
It is a normal operation to buy one or two million yuan in each issue.

So 300 million should be enough.

And although this number is large, Margot received a huge amount of insurance money before, which is similar to this number, and it will not have much impact on her life.

But at the end of the reception, when the senator read out the person with the highest purchase amount of war bonds in this reception, Josie was completely confused.

"Josie Kahn, $300 million!"

(End of this chapter)