I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

Seeing the situation spiraling out of control, California Governor Nelson quickly held another press conference to reassure the people of California.

"I understand everyone's feelings, and I also look forward to the stage that human society can truly enter as described by Yang Chen. I completely understand everyone's desire for affordable and discounted phones and plans. If the state government decides to immediately contact Mr. Yang Chen to purchase a batch of phones for the market, please do so. California is everyone's home, and I hope everyone can control their emotions and not destroy our shared home. I guarantee that within 10 days, mobile phone stores in every city in California will be stocking Sihai phones. If I fail to deliver on this promise, I will resign."

After seeing the governor's video, the people of California did indeed become more restrained. They stopped taking to the streets to vandalize and protest, and waited for the governor to fulfill his promises.

Nielsen immediately called Yang Chen himself, saying urgently, "Mr. Yang, we urgently need 100 million mobile phones. Could you spare some from your inventory and send them to us?"

Yang Chen replied, "With our relationship, of course there's no problem! Make a formal order, specifying the exact model number. Once I confirm, I'll prepare to ship it to you immediately."

Nelson quickly replied, "That's great, that's great. I'll process the order and send it to you right away."

After hanging up the phone, Nelson immediately ordered the state government procurement department to place the order.

高端机Y02型号各个版本共计采购20万部，SH02低端机各版本总计采购80万部，订单总额5.5亿鹰币。

First, release these phones to the market to appease the public; if that's not enough, then continue purchasing.

This quantity is definitely not enough, after all, there is a demand of several hundred million units in China.

Once Yang Chen confirmed the order, the California side immediately transferred the money and arranged a special plane to deliver the phones to mobile phone stores in various cities in California as soon as possible.

Five days later, mobile phone stores in various cities in California were stocking Sihai mobile phones.

One million phones only lasted for three days before all the phone stores ran out of stock.

Nelson was completely dumbfounded; how could it be depleted so quickly?

He asked each mobile phone store to report its sales data, and only then did he discover the problem: only about 30 mobile phones were actually sold through normal channels, while the remaining 70 mobile phones were almost all snapped up by the "zero-yuan purchase" group.

Seventy percent of the phones were stolen and sold at low prices; this would definitely be a serious issue in other countries.

However, the Bald Eagle is different from other countries. It has a magical zero-dollar purchase policy, as long as the price of the goods you grab in a day does not exceed 950 Eagle Coins.

In an effort to win the November election, the Democratic Party recently proposed raising the daily limit for zero-dollar purchases from 950 to 1500 dollars in states like California to win votes from the zero-dollar purchase group.

Such a surreal thing could only happen in the United States. Some states couldn't afford such high limits and didn't accept the Democratic administration's suggestion, but wealthy California implemented this standard.

Therefore, the phones with starting prices of 299 Eagle Coins and 1299 Eagle Coins are simply not enough to satisfy the zero-dollar purchase group here.

The California state government doesn't care much about that. Anyway, the law allows them to loot, and as long as they don't exceed the limit, they're not breaking the law. As for the problem of not having enough phones, that's easy to solve too—just keep buying.

As a result, Sihai Electronics received an order for 500 million mobile phones from the California government, while California Weisen Pharmaceuticals purchased 3000 million doses of brain-eating amoeba virus antibodies from Sihai Pharmaceuticals.

Nielsen is making a fortune. He doesn't have to do anything all day; the price difference between mobile phones and the rebates on antibodies allow him to rake in money every day.

Don't think that Nelson really cares about the people of California; it's all just business.

Since it's not his money, he can make money as long as the project exists, so why not satisfy the people's demands?

The business of brain-eating amoeba antibodies can continue. Thanks to the efforts of Weisen Pharmaceuticals, more than 1.5 million people in the United States have been infected with the brain-eating amoeba virus, and more than half of the population has not been infected yet. That's a lot of money.

In addition to official purchases in California, more and more mobile phones are flowing into the US market from the grey market in Mexico and Canada, with at least a million mobile phones entering the US market every day.

After these phones entered the Bald Eagle market, most of them were sold at low prices by zero-dollar purchase groups to personal shoppers and international students. These personal shoppers and international students then brought them back to China and sold them to Chinese consumers.

Other companies' products would see their prices multiply several times after going abroad and returning to China, but Yang Chen's mobile phone was the exception; its price would drop by at least 20% after going abroad and returning.

The fact that the taxpayers' money from the Bald Eagle was used to subsidize consumers in China is something Yang Chen was able to pull off.

Users in Longguo who bought the returned Sihai mobile phones were overjoyed, and they shared their happiness and gratitude to Yang Chen online.

"Mr. Yang's phone and data plan are really good. I've already given my family the fruit and Longwei I just bought. I'll only use Mr. Yang's phone from now on."

"Thanks to Bald Eagle's zero-yuan purchase policy, we were able to buy Mr. Yang's phone for less money. We wish Bald Eagle's zero-yuan purchase group a long and healthy life, and that they can continue in this industry until they are 99 years old."

"Other companies' products go abroad for a short trip and then come back with prices that increase several times over, but only Mr. Yang's products go abroad for a short trip and then come back with prices that decrease. We are grateful to the people of the Bald Eagle for their hard work and tax payments to lower the price of mobile phones for us."

……

There are many foreigners on the Chinese internet, and some Chinese bloggers repost interesting things from the Chinese internet to foreign websites for foreigners to see.

Netizens from various countries saw that Chinese netizens were able to buy the imported Sihai mobile phones at a lower price and were expressing their gratitude to American taxpayers for paying for them, so they left comments and evaluations.

A netizen from the White-headed Eagle forum commented: "Huh? You can do this? No wonder the zero-yuan purchase group is causing such a ruckus; it turns out there's a whole industry chain behind it. I'm totally losing it! Our hard-earned tax money goes to pay for zero-yuan purchases, and then these goods flow back to China at low prices for Chinese people to enjoy. How can they do this? They clearly don't treat us like human beings!"
A Japanese netizen commented: "Haha... I really couldn't help myself. This is unique in the world; only the US could pull off something like this. No other country could do this. I was wondering why people in China couldn't buy the Four Seas phone after its release. Turns out Yang Chen's plan was to supply the US market with all the stock, then drive down the price for Chinese consumers through the 'zero-yuan purchase' group. Wow, that's a brilliant and insidious move! My sympathy for the US for three seconds."

A German netizen commented: Haha... Is this really that surreal? Yang Chen's operations are getting more and more sophisticated! Many people previously mocked him for being too confident with 2.5 million phones in stock; they'd be lucky to sell even one-fifth. Now what do you say? China has 14 billion people; even if only a third of them switch to Sihai phones, that's still 4 million phones. Is 2.5 million phones a lot? It's just a hardship for the taxpayers in the US; hundreds of millions of people in China need to work hard and pay their taxes to buy these phones.

A netizen from the Sand Kingdom commented: "Haha... My idol is getting more and more amazing. Only he could pull off something like this. The key is that the US has to follow his plan, otherwise the authorities won't get votes. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! Mr. Yang has thoroughly understood the US's policies and system, clearly telling the world that he intends to exploit the US, and the US has no way to resist."

……

The comments from netizens around the world were quickly seen by the top brass of the United States, and they were once again brought to their knees.

The angry old man's voice echoed again from the White House presidential office.

"Fuck! That damn Yang Chen, do they think we're ATMs? I'm willing to personally pay 1 million Eagle Dollars to anyone who can take him down. Fuck!"

The heads of each department then quickly discussed countermeasures.

"Calm down, getting angry won't help. We should think of a solution as soon as possible. If all else fails, let's cancel the zero-dollar purchase policy." "How can we do that? If we cancel the zero-dollar purchase policy now, we'll not only lose votes, but the country will quickly become unstable. Have you already forgotten what happened recently?"

"What can we do? If we can't cancel, this situation will continue. Is it really like some netizens commented, that even if the whole world knows Yang Chen is exploiting us, we can only watch helplessly as he exploits us? That's too humiliating! I really can't stand it!"

"You have to bear it, no matter how you feel. It's all for the election. If we lose, you'll all have to retire and go home. Anyway, the country will foot the bill, not us personally. What's there for us to be angry about? Face? How many eagle dollars is that worth? The eagle dollars you earn are the most real thing. Understand?"

The losses from the zero-dollar purchase program are shared by government funding, merchants, and insurance companies, and have absolutely nothing to do with these politicians.

Why cancel something that uses other people's money to help you get votes?
Some foreign netizens are right: Yang Chen has a thorough understanding of the American system and policies. Even if he plays his cards openly, they can't do anything about it.

There are still hundreds of millions of people in China who need to replace their mobile phones. The people of the United States need to work harder, otherwise, insufficient tax revenue will delay the people of China from using mobile phones.

……

Now that it's June, companies need to summarize their operating performance over the past six months and release their semi-annual reports.

The Bald Eagle multinational corporation delivered a very poor performance.

In the mobile phone industry, sales of Apple phones have plummeted, especially in the Asian and European markets where the decline has been particularly pronounced.

Among them, the markets in Japan, South Korea, and China experienced the most severe declines.

Needless to say, the rise of domestic mobile phone brands like Sihai Mobile has led to a loss of market share for Apple phones.

The bald eagles couldn't do anything about China; they could only watch helplessly as Apple's mobile phone sales in China continued to decline.

automotive industry.

Sales of companies like GM also plummeted in Asia and Europe for the same reason as mobile phones: Yang Chen's Xingchen Motors stole too much market share, leading to a continuous decline in sales of the fuel-intensive Eagle series vehicles.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Companies like Pfizer and Merck also experienced a sales slump in Asia, mainly because Sihai Pharmaceuticals produced too many drugs that could replace the patented drugs of these two companies.

Moreover, thanks to its advantages such as low process and labor costs, Sihai Pharmaceutical's ordinary drugs are only one-tenth the price of ordinary drugs from companies such as Huirui, so hospitals and consumers naturally give priority to Sihai Pharmaceutical's drugs.

The top management of Bald Eagle were furious when they saw the half-year report data submitted by various companies.

The bald eagle cannot tolerate the market crashes in Japan and South Korea as well. They can't do anything about China, so how can they not do anything about Japan and South Korea?

Bald Eagle's Commerce Minister, Raventon, personally called the commerce ministers of Japan and South Korea, demanding that the two countries immediately restrict Yang Chen's products, not necessarily completely, but in terms of quantity.

Business representatives from Japan and South Korea unequivocally rejected Reventon's request, emphasizing that the Dragon-Japan-South Korea Free Trade Area stipulated mutual benefit among the three countries, and they would absolutely not restrict Yang Chen's goods.

Raventon was furious and immediately threatened them that their safety would be threatened if they did not do as she said.

Business representatives from Japan and South Korea scoffed, saying they had Star Security to handle security matters and weren't afraid of the bald eagle at all.

Reventon immediately reported the attitudes of Japan and South Korea to the president, who, in a fit of anger, personally called Japan and South Korea to demand restrictions on Yang Chen's goods.

The presidents of Japan and South Korea didn't dare to refuse directly, but they shifted the blame to Yang Chen and asked the United States to have Yang Chen write it down.

If Yang Chen is willing to reduce the supply of goods, they will do as Yang Chen wishes.

If Yang Chen is unwilling to reduce the supply of goods, there's nothing they can do.

This move undoubtedly angered the bald eagle.

Three days later, the parents of Muto Ran, the head of the Commerce Department of Sakura Country, were murdered while exercising in the morning. At the same time, the only son of Jeon Jin-hwan, the head of the Commerce Department of South Korea, was poisoned to death at school.

Yang Chen was reviewing the semi-annual reports submitted by various subsidiaries when Guo Hu suddenly called.

"Chairman Yang, something terrible has happened. The parents of Muto Ran, the head of the Ministry of Commerce of Japan, were murdered while they were out for their morning exercise. The son of Quan Zhenhuan, the head of the Ministry of Commerce of South Korea, died of poisoning at school. Although our job is only to protect them personally, the murder of their families will definitely deter other government officials. They may adjust their policies in a way that is unfavorable to us in order to protect their families," Guo Hu reported.

Yang Chen immediately asked seriously, "Have you found out who did it?"

Guo Hu quickly replied, "Not yet, but they all say that the Bald Eagles called them before, pressuring them to restrict your products. They refused the Bald Eagles' demands, and the Bald Eagles' business head, Raventon, explicitly threatened their lives. Do you think it might have been someone from the Bald Eagles who did it?"

Yang Chen immediately said, "Then what's there to doubt? It must have been done by people from the Bald Eagles."

Guo Hu asked, "Then what do we do?"

Yang Chen replied, "The contracts we signed with Japan and South Korea are to protect their government officials, not their families. We shouldn't take on the responsibility ourselves, but if they ask us to help, you can negotiate the price with them. One thing at a time, we must discuss them separately."

Guo Hu replied, "Understood! Then I will inform the brothers in Japan and South Korea to do as Chairman Yang says."

The murders of Muto Ran and Jeon Jin-hwan's families had a very significant impact.

Other government officials in Japan and South Korea wavered, and many of them suggested that they should do as the United States demanded.

The hard-won Dragon-Sakura-Bang Free Trade Zone cannot be so easily destroyed.

Yang Chen received a mysterious phone call.

"Chairman Yang, the higher-ups have instructed you to handle the murder of Muto Ran and Quan Zhenhuan's family members properly. You must keep these two high-ranking government officials calm. Just do what you think is best; the higher-ups only care about the results."

Got it!
We have no choice but to take the initiative. (End of Chapter)