Make France Great Again

Chapter 200 Family Split

Alphonse Rothschild, who followed James Rothschild to the second floor, did not know that the butler who had been serving the Rothschild family loyally was about to enter the prison in their stead.

With doubts, Alphonse and James Rothschild entered the study one after another.

"Sit down!" James Rothschild ordered Alphonse to sit down.

"Yes!" Alphonse obeyed his father's order and sat on the sofa.

As soon as Alphonse sat down, he heard James Rothschild's vicissitudes of voice: "From today on, you will fully manage the French branch in my place!"

James Rothschild's sudden appointment shocked Alphonse.

At this time, he was not the big banker who single-handedly led the Bank of France to pay reparations to Prussia 21 years later.

Now he has just taken over part of the bank's funds and mobilized some of the bank's bond investment rights.

Even with such a small amount of power, Alphonse de Rothschild felt powerless.

Not to mention the entire Rothschild Bank business, Alphonse, who had learned from his previous experience, was worried that he would not be able to do this job well.

"Father, I..." Alphonse de Rothschild was a little at a loss. He swallowed hard and said, "I think I still have a lot to learn!"

"Then manage and learn at the same time!" Baron James Rothschild responded.

"Father, why do you want to hand over the bank to me so soon!" Alphonse de Rothschild asked: "What happened?"

"Alphonse..." James Rothschild sighed, shook his head and said: "There is always someone responsible for the failure, and you are still young!"

"Father...what are the conditions for your promise to the president?" Alphonse de Rothschild's voice was trembling.

There was a trace of heartache in James Rothschild's eyes. He raised three fingers and said in a trembling voice: "Thirty million francs, plus our recent losses, the French Rothschild Bank has lost almost 50 million francs." Ten million francs!”

"Fifty million francs!" Alphonse de Rothschild felt dizzy for a moment.

Fifty million francs is not a small number. When converted into pounds, it is almost 2 million pounds.

This is equivalent to the fact that the Rothschild Bank made no money from 1845 to 1848.

These three years were the most profitable for Rothschild's Banque de France, especially the railway speculation from 1845 to the beginning of 1847, which doubled the assets of the French branch.

"Not only that!" James Rothschild said with a wry smile: "We also need to stabilize the Austrian and South German national debts in our hands..."

"This is another big expense!" Alphonse de Rothschild replied.

"That's right!" Baron James Rothschild nodded in response.

Someone must pay for the losses of nearly 60 million francs, and Baron James Rothschild, who caused the large losses, will inevitably become the target of verbal criticism from the shareholders of the Rothschild family.

James Rothschild, who experienced the betrayal of Lionel Rothschild, would also not unconditionally trust his so-called relatives.

No matter how close your relatives are, they are still "outsiders" in the final analysis, and your son is the executor of your own will.

Thinking of this, James Rothschild glanced at his son.

"Father, how are you going to deal with those shareholders! If you just resign, it will be difficult to quell their anger!" Alphonse de Rothschild analyzed calmly. He knew that his father was destined to pay for the failure. Some fellow Rothschilds have long wanted to replace him.

"Don't worry about the small and medium-sized shares in the family. As long as Lionel and the others are calmed down, the rest will not be enough!" James Rothschild said in an obvious tone after mentioning Lionel Rothschild. Aggravated.

Alphonse de Rothschild also knew how his father's mood changed when he mentioned his cousin Lionel Rothschild. He quickly asked: "Father, is my cousin... …”

"Don't call that bastard cousin, I don't have such a nephew, and you don't have such a cousin!" The depression that had accumulated in his chest for many days suddenly broke out at this moment, James Rothschild said rudely said.

Due to Lionel Rothschild's betrayal, James Rothschild's mood fluctuated violently. In addition, James Rothschild himself was already an old man in his 60s. There was a sharp contrast. His emotions made him cough uncontrollably: "Cough...cough..."

Upon seeing this, Alphonse de Rothschild hurriedly came to James Rothschild and gently patted James Rothschild on the back.

When James Rothschild stopped coughing, Alphonse de Rothschild asked: "Father, what else happened while I was in prison?"

James Rothschild told Alphonse de Rothschild what happened during his imprisonment and what he saw written by Lionel Rothschild to Jérôme Bonaparte letterhead.

Alphonse de Rothschild's face could not help but turn pale. Like James Rothschild, he had never thought that a member of the family would choose to betray, and it was also his cousin who was in a high position.

"Lionel, what exactly does he... want to do!" Alphonse de Rothschild said through gritted teeth.

"He may want us to stop interfering in the Bank of England." James Rothschild sighed, with a hint of relief in his eyes: "A young eagle always wants to fly to the blue sky alone, I give them Maybe there are too many restrictions!”

"If it weren't for his father, he would never have become the helmsman of Britain. Father, you helped him to this position. Instead of thanking him, he only added insult to injury!" Alphonse de Rothschild said angrily.

"Alphonse!" James Rothschild was not as angry as Alphonse. He responded calmly: "Lionel has used his actions to show that he is a qualified leader of the British Branch, so no There is a question of whether to support or not, and now we need them to help us on the family board of directors!”

"Father, that guy Lionel just betrayed you! Will he still help us?" Alphonse de Rothschild obviously did not believe that Lionel Rothschild would still help them.

"Yes!" James Rothschild said categorically: "What my nephew wants is the independent power of the Bank of Britain! Well, I can give him this power! Not only that, I also want to give Frankfurt, Vienna, Same power in Naples!”

James Rothschild's words shocked Alphonse de Rothschild. He quickly dissuaded him: "Father, you will lose control of the entire Rothschild Bank!"

Looking at his son who had no overall perspective, James Rothschild's eyes flashed with disappointment. He was still too young.

"Alphonse, let me ask you! What ability do we have to manage other Rothschild banks after causing nearly 50 million losses? We even need to face the shareholders of the French branch! Rather than having a leader with only a name, it is better to have an old Take honest control of the resources in our hands!" James Rothschild explained to Alphonse de Rothschild: "I will give part of the British stocks I hold to Lionel in exchange for Lionel Help us to get through this difficult time!”

Due to the Rothschild family system, some core members of the Rothschild family hold shares in each other's banks. This method is achieved by James Rothschild's father, Meyer Roth, the founder of Rothschild Bank. Child was founded so that branches could rely on each other.

Of course, Meyer Rothschild's idea is very beautiful, but the reality is that a bank that owns the other party's shares will not necessarily become a source of difficulty, but will instead make it worse.

Everything is caused by power!

Use part of the shares of the British Rothschild Branch to cash out to make up for part of the shortfall, and then use the support of Lionel and others to suppress the opposition of the members of the French Rothschild Branch.

James Rothschild will take all the problems on himself, resign from the position of chairman of the bank, and then his son will succeed as chairman.

James Rothschild, who has the title of leader, no longer has any ability to interfere with the operation of the bank. This is undoubtedly the best solution for the major branches.

"This time we underestimated Jérôme Bonaparte!" James Rothschild admitted his failure frankly. He began to adjust the company's business: "Alphonse, the company's goals in the future are not only focused on On domestic railways, we need to look further afield!”

"Further direction?" Alphonse de Rothschild was a little confused. Find bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com

"Yes!" James Rothschild nodded, stood up and came to the desk, pulled out a pile of letterheads from the drawer and handed it to Alphonse de Rothschild: "Let's take a look!"

Alphonse de Rothschild opened the letter. The content of the letter had something to do with California.

"Gold?" Alphonse de Rothschild asked James Rothschild after reading the letter.

"That's right! A large amount of gold was mined in California! Our survey team in the New World discovered a gold mine!" James Rothschild nodded and said to Alphonse.

"Father, we should take action immediately!" Alphonse de Rothschild said eagerly.

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