The man who spoke just now said again: "What are you two doing? Why do you always speak for the government? Is it a secret spy of the government?"

The tall driver laughed and said, "What kind of government spies are just a joke. We are all ordinary workers. This is our work permit. If you don't believe it, you can check it." As he said that, he took out his work permit and showed it to everyone.

The short driver continued, "We are just saying fairness. I will say that when I was ruled by the court, I also worked. I carried packages on the docks. The monthly wage was only 1 or 2 taels of silver, and I had to be exploited by the foreman. I didn't even get 1 tael of silver. If I was sick and injured, my life would be over. Until the East China Government came, I not only had more income, but also didn't have to be exploited by the foreman, and I got as much as I earned. Moreover, the East China Government opened a night school, which allowed me to learn to read and read, and later I learned to drive, and I had the decent life I am now. So I will recognize one thing. Such a government will not lie to us or harm us."

The tall driver also said, "Just just chatted with everyone. What we thought and what we said. We don't care what we like to think. But if we say that the government bullies us ordinary people, we don't follow it. We have to be conscience in our lives. How is the current government? Everyone has a scale in their hearts and praise them."

Sure enough, his words also aroused the impression of many people. An older person said: "I have lived for more than fifty years and have done some small business at home, which means I can only solve the problem of food and clothing. It's really only a few good days in these few years."

Others also spoke, acknowledging that the rule of the East China government was indeed better than that of the Qing court, and the person who just spoke was nowhere to be seen.

At this moment, the bank door opened again, and the group of people who had just entered came out again, still carrying six boxes. The tall driver saw it and said, "Okay, it seems that the silver dollar has been exchanged, and we should leave."

At this moment, someone suddenly said, "Then will we still exchange silver dollars!"

The tall driver said, "Everyone can do it yourself." As he said that, the two left together, got in the car, drove away, leaving only the people still lined up in a daze.

Similar scenes, in the hall of the Xuhui branch, there were several other banks, which were almost all staged at the same time. Of course, this was arranged by the Shanghai Municipal Government. Just yesterday, the Shanghai Municipal Government recruited veterans to do business in Shanghai for a meeting. Li Songchen explained to the veterans that the silver dollar run in Shanghai was an economic war against the East China government planned by foreign hostile forces, and asked the veterans to do their best to assist the Shanghai Municipal Government in winning this economic war. First, go to the bank to exchange all their silver dollars into paper currency, which will lead to a demonstration effect and form a hedge against the silver dollar run; second, promote paper currency in their own enterprises.

The elders naturally had no objection. Firstly, everyone understood that their interests were tied to the East China government. Once Shanghai's economy was turbulent and even declined, it would cause significant losses to all the elders who did business in Shanghai. Naturally, they should work together to support the Shanghai Municipal Government to win this economic war. Secondly, the help the Shanghai Municipal Government needed was only to exchange their own silver dollars into paper currency, which would not have any loss to the elders, because the elders' acceptance of paper currency was much higher than that of the people of this era. Basically, they believed that paper currency and silver dollars were the same, so there was no psychological burden for converting all silver dollars into paper currency. It was even simpler to promote paper currency in their own enterprises. It would be done if they were forced to send paper currency to employees. If they liked to collect it, it would be reasonable even if it was involved in labor arbitration.

However, it is precisely because of the fact that the elders of Yu did not care about the difference between banknotes and silver dollars, so they did not deliberately retain silver dollars in the enterprise, and they tended to use banknotes. Therefore, all enterprises run by veterans did not hold a large amount of silver dollars. Xiang Wuren Group, a super-large enterprise with assets of nearly 10 million yuan, raised only more than 100,000 silver dollars in a short period of time in a company in Shanghai.

Of course, the main purpose of the Shanghai Municipal Government still needs these companies to come forward and create a demonstration effect. First, these companies are already quite well-known in Shanghai, and second, these companies are all run by veterans. Therefore, when they exchange banknotes, they can form a hedge with the silver dollar, which can also help relieve the public's sentiment. They do not expect them to really exchange silver dollars. After all, the second batch of 5 million silver dollars drawn from Qingdao has arrived. They can completely hand over the 5 million silver dollars to these companies in installments, and then use them to the bank for banknotes in the name of the company.

In addition, relying solely on veterans is not enough. Although it can play a certain demonstration role, these enterprises have veteran backgrounds and will inevitably give people the impression of being with the government. Therefore, local enterprises need to participate in the run. The number of local enterprises involved in the run is showing an increasing trend. Of course, the local enterprises participating in the run are only small and medium-sized enterprises. Real big entrepreneurs and big businessmen have experienced many storms and waves, and they also have considerable ability to resist wind and waves. At this time, they are still waiting and not in a hurry to take action.

The Shanghai Municipal Government cannot directly suppress local enterprises involved in bank runs like foreign companies. After all, this will affect the confidence of local enterprises. They may not be really willing to assist foreign hostile forces, but their eyes and vision are limited, and they cannot see the benefits. The unique caution of Chinese businessmen makes them choose to avoid misfortune and protect themselves whenever there is a stir. Therefore, these enterprises should be guided.

In this way, it is important to have local enterprises to exchange paper money. It can not only play a role in stabilizing the people's hearts, but also guide local enterprises participating in the run to return to the East China Government. Of course, if there are local enterprises that still have no clues about banknotes, the Shanghai Municipal Government will not be polite. After all, such enterprises are harmful to the East China Government. At the same time, they can also use such enterprises to deal with them, which can also serve as a warning to other local enterprises and let them know who has the final say now.

At 12 noon, Li Songchen received a phased report. Some time ago, the upward trend of exchanged silver dollars slowed down. During these three days, exchanged silver dollars every day rose by more than 10%, and at most it was almost 15%. At noon, the same as the previous three days, the increase was less than 8%. In addition, according to on-site observations, among the people queuing in the four banks, there were people who gave up exchanged silver dollars. It was obviously a veteran company that came forward to exchange banknotes, which did mention the obvious effect.

Such a phased result also gave Li Songchen confidence. In the afternoon of the same day, Li Songchen had already arranged his itinerary and met with Zhao Weizhong, Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Jian, Zhang Zhenxun, Zhang Shuhe, Rong Zongjing and other six people at 3 pm. Of course, it was to negotiate with them to deal with this run.

These six people can also be regarded as representatives of local resources at present. Each person's assets are hundreds of, which are worth tens of millions of silver dollars, and they have a close relationship with the Qing court. Among them, Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Jian, Zhang Shuhe, and Rong Zongjing are all businessmen left over from the Qing Dynasty. Sheng Xuanhuai once served as a third-rank official such as the Dali Temple Minister of the Qing court, and of course it was just a false title; and Zhang Jian was the top scholar in the Qing court; even Zhang Shuhe had the status of a candidate in Guangdong, and the position of a semi-official and semi-businessman in the Steel and Merchants Bureau was responsible for such a semi-official and semi-businessman; Rong Zong

Although Jing did not have an official position in the Qing court, the Rong family itself was a prominent family in Wuxi, and there were many officials in the ancestors. Moreover, Rong Zongjing's father Rong Xitai served in the Lijin Bureau (similar to the customs) in Sanshui Riverkou, Guangdong for more than 10 years. Zhang Zhenxun was the representative of Nanyang merchants, and only Zhao Weizhong was a local merchant trained by the East China Government itself. Therefore, these six people have great influence among the local merchants. If they come forward, support the East China Government and exchange paper money, they will definitely influence a large number of people and other local merchants.

Of course, after the bank run in Shanghai, the six people wisely chose to remain calm and see the direction of the wind first. When the Shanghai Municipal Government suppressed foreign companies and business banks participating in bank runs with the name of environmental protection and labor rules, the six people basically saw the direction of the wind. At this moment, they also received the invitation from Li Songchen and came to the Shanghai Municipal Government Center.

At 3 pm, Li Songchen arrived at the meeting room on time, and all the six people arrived at this time and were waiting for Li Songchen.

When he walked into the talk room, Li Songchen first said: "Everyone has come, it seems that I am late."

Sheng Xuanhuai laughed and said, "Where are Mayor Li coming on time, I've come a little early."

Li Songchen also smiled and shook hands with the six people one by one, and asked everyone to sit down. The order of the seating was humble again. Finally, Sheng Xuanhuai and Li Songchen joined hands with Zhang Jian, Zhao Weizhong sat on the left, Zhang Zhenxun, Zhang Shuhe, and Rong Zongjing sat on the right. Then Li Songchen said: "I have a lot of business here, and you probably have a lot of things to be busy with, so I won't waste our time much. I probably have known the intention of asking everyone to come, which is for the current trend of exchange of silver dollars in Shanghai."

Sheng Xuanhuai said: "We guess it's also for this matter. Please rest assured Mayor Li. We have already discussed it. As long as the government needs it, we are willing to do our best to assist the government in quelling this incident. Do you think so?"

The other five people hurriedly agreed and said, "Yes, yes."
Chapter completed!