C1723 Hidden Dragon Plan (1/2)
It took the old shopkeeper of the Hidden Dragon Plan a long time to understand the gist of it, which meant that Xiao Letian had given up any hope of becoming emperor.
These sacrifices were in exchange for the invisible throne of the financial empire. Xiao Letian held a certain share of the shares in any consortium in the 33 Merchant Union.
In other words, Xiao Letian would never snatch the management rights of these people, but at the same time, he would never have too little ownership. For example, if it was below 10%, then he would lose his influence due to having too little ownership.
The average shares held were around 15-20%. Although a single consortium might not have a lot of shares, Xiao Letian's power would be unimaginably strong when he owned a certain percentage of shares in each consortium.
As Xiao Letian himself, he did not have to be afraid. The 33 Merchant Unions basically relied on him to raise their own family, and even their so-called family and life was given to them by Xiao Letian, let alone this bit of control over them.
As long as no major changes occurred, these consortia would never dare to rebel against Xiao Letian's control. 's descendants did not have to worry too much, this kind of complicated ownership structure had already given them an opportunity to deal with everything. Unless you had truly provoked the wrath of the masses, under this kind of balance, anyone who wanted to challenge the rule of the Shaw's's family would definitely be met with a strong counterattack.
The 33 Merchant Union was controlled by the Shaw's Empire, and that was to control the biggest corporate oligarch of the Chinese race, the Oligarchy.
Not only that, through the 33 Merchant Union's disguise, they controlled the central bank management committee, which meant they controlled the issuance of Chinese currency. Whether the entire Chinese economy went into inflation or deflation, that was entirely up to these people.
As the creator of the Chinese financial order, Xiao Letian had the most votes on this management committee. This added another layer of insurance, making the financial empire of the Shaw's even more stable.
By controlling the right to issue money and the banking system, one could indirectly control the fate of the entire country. Even the economies affected by the Chinese people would be under the control of this mysterious consortium.
The most important thing was that all of this was hidden in the dark of history. Outsiders simply had no idea how this worked.
All news media were not entitled to any information in the system, and all university professors and independent scholars were unable to access historical data.
No one knew who this invisible monarch was!
The Chinese compulsory education textbooks also did not mention a single word. There were even a group of people who deliberately induced the public to think so that they could deny the existence of this group.
It was a legend, a legend that mortals could not understand.
Perhaps one day, many of the prospectors will try their best to uncover the truth of history, and try to lift the dark lid to see what kind of demons are inside.
However, if that day really did come, this demon would definitely not show the slightest mercy. It would ruthlessly suppress all of the aggressors, but that would definitely be a very, very distant matter.
Just understanding this plan took two to three months, and then he started to calculate the pros and cons for a month, and finally reluctantly agreed to Young Master's plan.