Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 599 Little Yu's Return Trip

First, the North American Space Agency (NASA) proposed to mortgage itself to obtain a loan from Yu Sanyuan in order to realize its plan to return to the moon.

Then the North American National Security Agency (NSA), in order to expand its surveillance coverage, planned to mortgage itself to obtain a loan from Yu Sanyuan.

Given time, I'm afraid the Pentagon might also consider mortgaging itself to get a loan from Yu Sanyuan in order to acquire the arsenal ship.

In that case, who will be in charge in North America?

Even if Xiao Bu is stupid, he knows he absolutely cannot open this door.

Therefore, just as they rejected NASA, forcing them to find their own way to achieve the 'return to the moon' plan, they have now decisively rejected NSA, forcing them to find their own way to solve the funding problem.

This leads to.

NASA, unable to secure a budget, angrily criticized Bush.

The NSA, unable to secure funding, angrily criticized Bush.

North American citizens who question the North American government are angrily criticizing Bush.

Countless other AIs are taking advantage of the situation, angrily criticizing Bush on the internet.

For a time, Xiao Bu truly became someone who was disliked by both sides.

Soon, Little Bush quit and ran off to the Gulf of Mexico overnight to admire the Texas-style beaches, beautiful women, and bikinis.

Anyway, I still have less than a year and a half left in my term, so whatever.

This leads to.

The North American subprime crisis, which had initially eased somewhat with the help of the Triple Financial assistance, suddenly intensified.

This time, the impact is no longer on real estate and subprime mortgages, but on a large number of hedge funds.

A hedge fund is a safe-haven fund that employs hedging strategies to minimize risk and pursue absolute returns.

It focuses on short selling to profit from price differences, using high leverage to amplify gains/losses, and then using massive funds to obtain returns independent of the overall market.

Just like going on a trip.

Ordinary stock market investors are like passengers on a train: the ticket price is low, the probability of being intercepted, investigated, robbed, or involved in an accident is low, but the train carries many passengers, the route is simple, and they carry little luggage.

Hedging players travel by private plane, which allows them to take shortcuts and perform stunts. Traffic police generally don't dare to stop them, but the probability of their planes crashing or being shot down is relatively high.

In short, hedge funds are designed for wealthy individuals who can use high-risk, complex strategies to make money in various markets, but they are expensive and enjoy VIP-like regulatory treatment as private investments.

Hedge funds profited when the market crashed along with the subprime crisis.

When the market surged along with the three financial institutions' bailout efforts, hedge funds profited.

When Sanxi Financial can influence the US stock market and then use countless AIs to create something like 'A-shares accessing the Xintai data center', hedge funds will be subjected to unprecedentedly precise exploitation.

Like a group of ruthless bandits, they ignored the ordinary freight trains and stock market investors, and instead set up anti-aircraft guns to bombard the private planes in the sky.

At this point, even wealthy private jets may experience mid-air crashes or become trapped on the spot, and the evaporated funds will turn into a shower of supplies.

Any ordinary stock investor can rush in and make a quick buck, recouping their losses from the previous period.

Of course, hedge funds have just been targeted.

The subsequent impact on ordinary financial players will take time to develop.

But this did not stop wealthy people who were addicted to hedge funds from also starting to criticize Bush.

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at the same time.

The five-year Iraq War worsened as the North American subprime mortgage crisis, the decline of North American military strength, and the drop in North America's international standing led to a deteriorating situation.

One reason is that the resistance forces, which were once suppressed by North American soldiers, received covert aid from Europe and the United States, making the counterinsurgency war in North America increasingly difficult and causing daily casualties to rise, thus leading to ever-increasing military expenditures.

Secondly, anti-war sentiment in North America was at an all-time high. About 75% of the North American population began to question the legitimacy of the Iraq War, and many even secretly infiltrated Iraq to attack North American soldiers in the name of liberating Iraq.

Third, after the Democratic Party gained control of both houses of Congress, the struggle between them and the Republican administration intensified. They deliberately obstructed the administration on issues such as war funding, war budgets, and immigration reform. This is why NASA was unable to secure funding and the NSA was unable to obtain funding (the NSA's head sided with the Democratic Party, but now the Republican Party controls North America, and the NSA needs to deliberately avoid funding in order to sabotage the Bush administration).

In response, Federal Capital considered that selling crude oil to the Third Series could offset the interest generated by the Third Series' financial aid to North America. In order to hold Iraq, it had no choice but to send an additional 5 troops to Iraq.

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Also.

Bush's tanking has also led to numerous social unrest in North America.

For example, Virginia, which was identified by the Sanyuan Think Tank as a company, suddenly experienced the worst school shooting in North American history, resulting in 33 deaths and sparking heated debates on issues such as gun control, school safety, and mental health.

For example, tens of thousands of Apollo program skeptics were protesting in the streets of North Carolina when suddenly a group of 'Allahu's' appeared in the crowd, and then Boom~~~ shocked the world.

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It can be said that North America is now beset by internal and external troubles.

It involves economics, finance, military affairs, politics, society, schools...

This is equivalent to entering a period of high tension, uncertainty, and a high probability of fragmentation and multiple crises.

This can no longer be described as 'extremely chaotic'.

Instead, it should be called the 'North American anarchy period,' or the 'North American government shutdown period,' or the 'North American government shutdown crisis.'

This move has forced hundreds of thousands of government employees in North America to be laid off and placed on leave.

And indirectly caused:

The New York State government has shut down.

The Minnesota state government is shut down.

The New Jersey state government is shut down.

Pennsylvania government shutdown…

It's almost as if, apart from the wealthiest states like California, Texas, and Massachusetts, all the other states in North America are broke.

Or, to put it another way, the survival of the North American Federation is due to the fact that the richest states are draining resources to support the other states, which is how the entire federation is united. Now, the big capitalists are too busy taking care of themselves to have any extra funds to support others.

All of the above factors led to Bush's approval rating dropping to 32%, setting a record for the lowest approval rating for a North American general manager.

However, in order to avoid being left with an unmanageable mess a year and a half later, the democratic faction has also proposed a solution.

That is, cutting the budget.

Cut military budget, cut space budget, cut education budget, cut healthcare budget…

Just because Xiao Bu is giving up doesn't mean he's not doing anything.

If he really does cut back on various things during his term, he might not only be met with shoes thrown at him when he makes public appearances in the future, but also with sniper bullets flying at him.

As a result, the Republican and Democratic factions engaged in various squabbles, with one insisting on cuts and the other on not cutting them. Neither side paid any attention to the three-system space program, much less to the Japanese fleet anchored off the west coast of Canada…

Amidst all this turmoil...

It's almost the end of November.

When Shili Camp was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the founding of Dongfang.

Yu Yang, who originally planned to visit private enterprises in towns and villages of Liaocheng, returned to the headquarters of Sanyuan Agriculture before National Day after spending half a year in Dongshanfu.

Then, in the name of the chairman of Sanyuan Agriculture, he reported his work to the relevant supervisory departments—the business system, industrial information system, agricultural and rural system, medical and health system, etc.—through online video conference.

(Sanyuan Agriculture is a company, its competent authority is Shiliying, and its supervisory departments are various systems. Sanyuan Agriculture does not need to report to higher authorities. If it must report, then the Shiliying Subdistrict Office will handle it, and Lao Huang will resolve it.)
After the online video conference began, Yu Yang held a sheet of paper, summarizing the content compiled by the factory's secretariat:

"06 was the most crucial year for the three departments."

"That year, the three systems gained actual control of the first island chain and began to advance towards the second island chain."

"At the same time, in order to disrupt the deployment of federal capital and open up the Latin American battlefield, the Chukotka agricultural settlement was established."

"This is equivalent to blocking both ends, forcing North America not to dare to enter the middle, otherwise it will be surrounded by the three systems."

"After achieving the above strategies, the three systems were as if they had gained 'immense fortune,' and their various industries experienced explosive growth."

"For example, the three-line high-speed rail system."

"As of September, with the strong alliance of investment in the Trade Hall, construction by Sanyuan Construction, and operation by Dongfang High-speed Railway, the Dongfang Three-System High-speed Railway has increased to 32 lines, with 32 heavy-haul freight lines attached."

"in."

"There are 12 east-west routes, including:"

"Vladivostok → Meihekou → Shenyang → Tianjin Port,"

"Jingang → Taiyuan → Yinchuan → Xining,"

"Qinggang → Weicheng → Liaoshi → Xi'an → Lanzhou,"

"Shiliying → Kaifeng → Luoyang → Weinan → Baoji → Tianshui → Lanzhou, etc."

"Eight roads running north-south, including:"

"Amur → Heihe → Qiqihar → Heilongjiang Province capital - Ice City → Jilin Province - Meihekou".

"Amur/Judas Region → Jiamu City → Mudan City → Jilin Province - Meihekou".

“G1 - Beijing → Shiliying → Xijiang”

"Yinchuan → Lanzhou → Xining → Tibet, etc."

"There are 12 international routes, including:"

"Shiliying → Southern Xinjiang → Aynak → Central Asia → Caucasus → Southern Union → Europe".

"Shiliying → Xijiang → Bashu → Nanyun → Myanmar".

"Shili Camp → Xijiang → Xiguang → Nanyue".

"Myanmar → Myanmar → Laos → Cambodia → South Vietnam, etc."

"The longest line here is not the Eurasian high-speed railway, but the Asia-Pacific Line 29."

"It connects Amur, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Meihekou, Shiliying, Xijiang, Wudu, Tibet, Mongols, Southeast Asian countries, Malaya-Sanxi Keelung, and Sanxi Singapore."

"For all the above high-speed rail lines, the Third Department provided building materials, manpower and equipment, and also took care of the workers' food, clothing and accommodation."

"If we take GDP and market prices into account, the various systems present here owe a total of 17 trillion Hong Kong dollars to the three systems. Calculated at a daily interest rate of 0.05%, this year, rounded up, we need to repay 3.1 trillion Hong dollars in interest."

Heads of commerce, industry, and other systems: "."

Officials in the agricultural and medical systems, on the other hand, were somewhat gloating.

Unexpectedly, Yu Yang spoke again:

"In 05, with the accumulation of countless talents, funds and resources, Sanyuan Pharmaceutical successfully developed 21 tri-lineage gene-targeted drugs that can inhibit the spread of malignant tumors and prolong the survival period of patients."

“Since January 1, 2006, these 21 targeted drugs have benefited the entire population. Any relevant patient can apply for them for free. Based on the cost of 20,000 yuan per dose, the Eastern Medical Security Pooling Account needs to pay 2.9 trillion yuan to the three systems.”

"Then there are ordinary gene-release drugs. Since 02, these drugs have been supplied to the entire East through Sanyuan Pharmacy. Compared with similar imported drugs, each one is about 3500 yuan cheaper. Based on market costs, Sanxi loses at least 2000 yuan for every one sold. As of 06, the East Medical Security Pooling Account owed Sanxi a total of 6.5 trillion yuan."

Head of the medical system: "."

"In mid-2006, the Sanxi urban rail passenger train, which is the rail train built for the towns and industries around Sanxi, has covered Shiliying, the four major satellite cities, Dongshanfu, the four southern provinces, Wudu, Meihekou and other places. On May 1 this year, it was announced that it would be free for seniors over 60 years old and children under 14 years old."

"This will benefit at least 2.3 million people, but the public works project is implemented in the name of the East, which means that the three systems have paid for the development costs, construction costs, operating costs, maintenance costs, emergency rescue costs, etc."

"This year, the Third Department plans to fully transfer the 'Urban Rail Passenger Vehicle Project' to its superiors."

"We hope that the relevant systems and departments will pay the corresponding fees as soon as possible."

"This isn't expensive, considering it uses discarded steel rails and decommissioned train sets, the total cost is less than 2 trillion yuan."

Officials from the commerce and railway systems: "..."

"Furthermore, this year the trade hall lowered the supply prices of three types of fruits, three types of vegetables, and three types of chilled meat by an average of 35%. This is a good thing for the country and the people, but we can't let those who do good deeds suffer, right? So when will the agricultural subsidies be issued?"

The head of the agricultural and rural affairs system: "."

Why aren't you all saying anything?

"... "

Is the signal bad?

"... "

"What a piece of junk! When they were setting it up, they bragged to me about how amazing the Sanyuan Communication Network was, but now it's so bad that even a video conference is lagging... Factory secretary, drag the person in charge of the Sanyuan Communication Network and the person in charge of the Sanyuan Communication Network Equipment Company to Nanyue to feed the pigs!"

"Boss, are we feeding people to pigs, or feeding people to pigs?"

"Is there a difference?"

"... "

The next day.

10 month 1 number.

When the nuclear-powered spaceplane No. 002 flew to the moon for the third time.

When the Nanyang Combined Fleet returned to South Vietnam from Latin America, a commendation ceremony was held under the auspices of the fake Rumsfeldt Air Force Tiger.

Sanyuan Pharmaceutical has launched a new batch of tri-gene targeted drugs offered free of charge to residents of East Asia, including SY703 (lung cancer), SY819 (liver cancer), SY1013 (kidney cancer), and others, bringing the total to 21.

Simultaneously.

While maintaining the prices of fruits, vegetables, and chilled meats, Sanyuan Agriculture has added numerous specialty fruits and seafood from Central Asia, Australia, Chukotka, and Latin America.

Compared to similar imported fruits and seafood in the past, the prices are extremely affordable.

It can be said that this makes Australian lobster affordable for almost all East Asian residents.

morning.

The three companies will release the above information.

Yu Yang started another video conference with the various systems under his supervision—no, it was to collect debts.

"Leaders, if we don't provide the funding, these projects will have to be suspended."

"There's nothing we can do. Look at North America, they've all shut down. The Third System isn't doing well either."

(End of this chapter)