By 1927, Bulgaria was already one of the world's most prosperous nations, its overall national strength surpassed only by the British Empire.
Looking over this information, Ferdinand felt greatly gratified. Numbers did not lie. In terms of economic growth alone, the United Kingdom, France, and Bulgaria were all in periods of rapid expansion.
But the prosperity of the United Kingdom and France was false. False was false, after all; one prick of the bubble and it would burst. It was merely a question of sooner or later.
Perhaps from the perspective of an individual capitalist, finance offered the highest returns, followed by real estate. These two sectors also carried relatively low risks.
Of course, that was only true for major capitalists and conglomerates. For individuals or small capitalists, entering these industries was a test of vision and luck. Otherwise, they should prepare to be swallowed without even a hair left behind!
Ferdinand felt this deeply. Only after entering this circle did he understand what the capital markets of this era were really like.
As for those who got rich through stocks and leapt straight to becoming the richest people in the world, all he could say was: they must still be dreaming!
Inventions could indeed make one rich, provided one had the ability to defend one's rights across the entire world and strangle piracy in its cradle. Otherwise, one could only earn a few scraps.
For example, he had heard of someone making tens of billions of dollars selling stockings, so in 1921 Ferdinand had people develop nylon stocking technology.
After it was introduced to the market in 1924, the results were indeed quite good. Women snapped them up in a frenzy, and he made a small fortune.
But what happened to the promised billions of dollars? Why, after more