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As time passed, the calendar quietly turned a page, ushering in the turbulent and transformative 1960s.

Today, the Sussex Group's vast business empire in India is like a carefully cultivated towering tree, with deep roots and lush foliage, penetrating into all areas of automobile manufacturing, precision instruments, infrastructure, and even consumer goods.

However, this land, once filled with high hopes, is now rife with undercurrents.

In New Delhi, India, a dangerous ideology based on narrow nationalism and the slogan of "economic independence" is spreading in political circles.

Some newly appointed radical officials, wearing the righteous mask of "breaking free from foreign capital control," have set their greedy eyes on the Su Group, the biggest piece of meat.

"Gentlemen," a powerful minister said fervently and confidently, pointing to a map of Sutcliffe's Indian businesses on the wall during a secret high-level meeting, "the Sutcliffe Group is like a new-age East India Company, sucking the lifeblood of India! It's time to nationalize these 'key industries'! This is a necessary step for us toward becoming a great nation!"

"That's right! We must get rid of this greedy capitalist."

"Shiva is eternal! India will always belong to us Indians!"

Then they meticulously planned a series of combined actions: first, under the pretext of "tax audits," "environmental violations," and "labor rights," they relentlessly harassed and investigated Su's main factories in India, attempting to find loopholes and create public pressure.

Meanwhile, behind the scenes, they began drafting a document called the "Nationalization Act of Key Foreign-Invested Industries," which was aimed directly at the Su Group, intending to acquire these industries through "legal" means with extremely low, almost predatory compensation.

The message was delivered to Suning's desk at his estate in Geneva, Switzerland, through clandestine channels.

The study was brightly lit, yet he remained unusually calm, a cold smile even playing on his lips.

"As expected, they couldn't hold back any longer." He snorted lightly, his eyes showing no surprise, only an understanding of "it's finally here" and a mockery of his opponent's foolishness.

The commander, acting like a master strategist, issued an order codenamed "Ganges Nirvana".

"Initiate the 'Scorched Earth' plan. Also, let's give our 'guests' a good workout."

Upon receiving the order, the massive machine of the Su Group in India instantly reversed its operation at maximum efficiency.

First, the core technologies and data were instantly wiped out.

At the same time that Indian officials stormed into the Bangalore Precision Instruments Research and Development Center with a "search warrant," the hard drive data of all computers connected to the internal servers was instantly overwritten at the physical level under the remote command of AI, and all core design drawings, process parameters, and experimental data were wiped out.

All that was left for the Indian officials were empty computer cases and unreadable gibberish.

And then the most unbelievable thing happened.

In a large automotive parts production base in Pune, the most advanced and core engine precision machining production lines and CNC machine tool core modules disappeared overnight, leaving only the immovable factory shell and basic framework.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly pried the industrial jewel out of the ground.

In stark contrast, all the low-value-added, labor-intensive assembly lines were "generously" retained.

Meanwhile, international market snipers sprang into action.

The Indian rupee has been hit by the most intense wave of short selling in history, and its foreign exchange reserves are melting away like snow under the sun.

Meanwhile, international capital that was on good terms with the Su family began to withdraw from the Indian market collectively and silently, triggering a chain of panic.

What caught New Delhi off guard was that several opposition forces and separatist armed groups in the border areas seemed to have suddenly acquired a large amount of anonymous funding and sophisticated equipment, and began to create massive waves of protests and armed clashes in various places, leaving the authorities overwhelmed and exhausted.

At this point, the Indian authorities were completely dumbfounded.

They had anticipated legal action, diplomatic protests, and even economic compensation negotiations from the Su Group, but they never expected the other side's counterattack to be so swift, thorough, and... illogical!
They nominally "took over" part of the Su family's assets, but all they got were empty shells with their souls and hearts removed.

Without core technologies and key equipment, the remaining production line is just a pile of scrap metal and cannot operate at all.

Even more frighteningly, due to the withdrawal of the Su family and the panic of international capital, the upstream and downstream industrial chains related to it broke down instantly, hundreds of thousands of workers lost their jobs, and the once thriving industrial zone fell into depression almost overnight.

The rupee's plunge and international isolation only compounded the problem.

Not only did they fail to get any meat, they also smashed their own most valuable treasure bowl, attracting a pack of wolves to surround them.

……

Standing in his own industrial space, overlooking the images of India's industrial decline and social unrest coming from the outside world, Suning's eyes were as cold as ice.

"Greed must be matched with strength." He stated calmly, as if speaking of a universal truth. "Anyone who attempts to devour the dragon's assets with the logic of a robber must be prepared to be burned to ashes by the dragon's breath."

However, he did not completely wipe them out for the time being.

After the Indian authorities were on the verge of collapse and sent out conciliatory signals through various channels, Suning finally offered his "final solution" in a condescending manner:
1. All of the Su Group's "legacy assets" in India (actually abandoned shells) were "sold" to the Indian government for a symbolic price, thus completely divesting itself.

2. The Indian government will have to pay a hefty "breach of contract penalty" for this "unfriendly business environment".

3. In the future, if India wants to acquire any products, technology or investment from the Sussex Group (including its shell companies), it will have to pay a premium far exceeding that of the international market and accept the most stringent scrutiny and supervision.

This is not negotiation; this is a trial, a unilateral judgment by the victor over the vanquished.

Although the Su Group withdrew from the Indian market on the surface after this battle, the unfathomable strength and thunderous retaliatory measures it demonstrated completely shocked all forces and countries with ulterior motives.

A consensus has been reached in the global business and political circles: the Su Group is not a commercial entity that can be bullied by the power of the state; its strength and means of retaliation far exceed imagination.

Meanwhile, Suning's industrial empire, through this perfect "defense-counterattack-deterrence" battle, absorbed the core resources recovered from India and became even more solid and powerful.

He used India's painful lesson to announce a new rule to the world...

Those who oppose the Su family will ultimately lose everything.

……

Indian authorities have paid a heavy price for their reckless "nationalization" actions.

However, Suning's punishment did not end with the Su Group's public withdrawal.

On the contrary, a more sophisticated and humiliating long-term economic strangulation has only just begun.

At the public level, Sussex Group issued a statement that was worded "regretfully" but presented in an "elegant" manner, announcing its gradual withdrawal from the Indian market due to "uncontrollable business environment factors."

They "cooperated" in completing the legal asset divestiture, and even symbolically "sold" the shells of factories that had been hollowed out.

However, in the shadows where the sun doesn't reach, a more secretive and efficient network begins to operate.

The original official agents and distributors of the Su Group in India were dissolved and replaced by countless seemingly unrelated small trading companies, local businesses, and even gray channel merchants closely related to border tribes.

Like capillaries, they permeate every corner of India's vast urban and rural areas.

Through its long and poorly defended land borders (such as the mountainous and jungle areas bordering Nepal and Bangladesh) and its long, corrupt and loophole-ridden coastline, smuggled goods bearing various disguises began to flow into India.

These goods bypassed all formal customs channels, thus evading high tariffs and regulations.

These goods, which entered India through grey channels, are the very "Soviet-made" products that the Indian market once relied on but can no longer produce on its own.

The price of the same precision bearing or the chemical raw material for a special medicine is even 30%-50% lower than the cost price of Indian domestic companies.

This is an irresistible temptation for low-income Indians and profit-seeking local businessmen.

Indian authorities had hoped that by "driving out" Sukhomlinsky, they could revive their national industries.

However, these ridiculously cheap "parallel imports" swept away any possible space for survival for local businesses like a flood.

Any Indian company attempting to enter these sectors will despairingly find that the cost and quality of their products are utterly uncompetitive in the face of the mysteriously influx of "Su-style goods."

Of course, Suning does not supply all products.

He precisely targeted key commodities that India could not produce on its own, yet which were essential to people's livelihoods or basic industries, and dumped them on the market.

At times, he would deliberately create "shortages" of certain in-demand goods, triggering market panic and soaring prices. This would leave Indian merchants and consumers tormented by the stark contrast between "enjoying low prices" and "sudden supply disruptions," further deepening their dependence on this gray supply chain. Even more insidious, occasionally a batch of substandard goods of "just the right quality" would be mixed in…

They are not completely unusable, but their lifespan and stability are far inferior to the genuine product.

This both reduced costs and undermined the market's remaining sliver of confidence in "Made in India," making "Su-style parallel imports" the "only choice" that many people both love and hate.

Faced with this situation, officials in New Delhi are in an unprecedented predicament.

Huge tariffs and taxes are lost in the face of gray smuggling channels.

The long border and corrupt, inefficient local law enforcement agencies are simply powerless to stop the endless stream of smuggling.

Each so-called "crackdown" is like trying to stop a tide with a wooden sword, with little effect. Sometimes, it even exposes scandals of collusion between law enforcement officials and smuggling groups, causing the government to lose face.

Any plan aimed at revitalizing related industries is rendered useless in the face of the price advantage of "Su's parallel imports".

India’s industrial system has not only failed to grow in key sectors, but has become more distorted and dependent on external (even illegal) imports.

The lower classes and small and medium-sized businesses welcomed these cheap goods and complained bitterly about the government's "incompetence" and policies that "led to high prices."

If the government were to completely ban it, it would first face enormous pressure from the grassroots level.

"Suning, I heard the Su Group is in trouble in India?"

"It's alright! It's been resolved."

"That's good! Just let me know if you need any help."

"Don't worry, father-in-law! I have plenty of ways to deal with those Indian bastards."

……

In the central control room of the industrial space, holographic screens display news reports from the Indian market about "mysterious cheap goods," as well as official statements from the Indian government expressing their frustration and helplessness.

The Industrial AI Manager reported in a calm tone: "Master, in the third quarter, the total value of 'trade' with India through unofficial channels increased by 215% year-on-year, while investment in related industries in the target region decreased by 70% year-on-year, and its technology regression cycle is expected to be extended by at least fifteen years."

Su Ning held a glass of red wine, swirling it gently, a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"They thought they had driven away a giant elephant, but instead they were greeted by countless ants that are everywhere." He took a sip of his wine, savoring the rich aroma spreading in his mouth. "To swallow up my industry? Now, they've even lost the pricing power in their own market. This is the most thorough punishment—to let them slowly suffocate in dependence and humiliation."

“Master, what I’m afraid of now is that capital from other countries will quickly fill the gap.”

"No problem! The Indian market is a graveyard for foreign capital. Those people will leave crying and pulling up their pants."

This dumping through grey channels not only continues to plunder India's wealth, but also acts like a slowly tightening noose, strangling India's hopes for industrial autonomy and turning the Indian government into a laughingstock in the eyes of the international community for being unable to effectively control its own market.

Suning used this method to tell everyone that the cost of challenging him is far longer and more painful than imagined.

……

Time flies, and soon it was 1975.

Suning has been developing industrial spaces for nearly 20 years, and has already staged an industrial revolution that transcends eras.

The flow of time here, consciously adjusted by Suning, is completely different from that of the outside world.

Twenty years is enough time for a chaotic void to transform into an orderly and dazzling industrial space.

Standing atop the central control tower and looking down, the sight before you is enough to awe even the most skilled engineers in the world.

There is no day-night cycle here, only simulated artificial light illuminating a vast industrial continent below.

The most central area is the "precision manufacturing corridor," which consists of countless highly specialized automated production lines.

This is no longer just about automotive parts, but encompasses a wide range of fields, from micron-level surgical robots and high-precision optical lenses to aerospace-grade sensors.

Industrial AI robots, like loyal worker bees, silently shuttle between assembly lines, performing maintenance, monitoring, and optimization tasks.

Adjacent to the manufacturing area is a large-scale "synthesis center".

Countless intricate pipes and reaction vessels stand here, where everything from the highest purity pharmaceutical intermediates and specialty engineering plastics to high-performance compound fertilizers and customized molecular materials can be synthesized.

It makes up for the shortcoming of not being able to mine raw minerals in the space, and transforms the basic chemical raw materials imported from the outside into high-value-added cutting-edge products through intensive processing.

An area strictly shielded by electromagnetic radiation is the "silicon-based brain" of space.

This place boasts a complete electronic information industry chain, from chip design, lithography, packaging and testing to complete machine assembly.

The chips and electronic systems produced have performance far exceeding commercial levels and are exclusively for use in space and are the most advanced products of the Su Group.

In a clean environment where the environment is precisely controlled, bioreactors are cultivating special enzymes and synthesizing targeted drugs that are difficult to obtain naturally.

The biotechnology here is also at the forefront of the times.

However, this industrial continent is not entirely self-sufficient.

Its foundation still depends in part on the external world.

The most obvious deficiency lies at the source of heavy industry: large-scale ore mining and primary smelting.

There are no continuous mines or giant blast furnaces for smelting raw ores within the space.

Suning deliberately excluded those cumbersome, low-value-added, and environmentally damaging primary raw material industries.

“We don’t need to mine our own minerals,” Suning once explained to AI managers when reviewing the spatial layout. “What we need to do is to maximize value. Let the outside world handle the dusty, basic work; we only need to purchase the ‘industrial food’ such as crude steel, aluminum ingots, and basic chemicals.”

Through the Su Group's global trading network, standardized raw materials and semi-finished products are procured on a large scale.

After these goods arrive at secret ports or warehouses, they are quietly "swallowed" into the space.

The "industrial mother machines" and synthesis centers within the space are operating at full capacity, carrying out intensive processing of these "foods".

An ordinary piece of steel from outside can be transformed into a special alloy used in aircraft engines; a barrel of basic petrochemical raw materials can be synthesized into materials with high added value.

The high-end components, materials, and finished products produced are partly used to maintain and upgrade the space's own operation and expansion, and partly quietly injected into the external Su Group's industrial chain, or released to specific markets through gray channels, maintaining Su's technological dominance in the outside world.

At this moment, the industrial space, with its complete industrial system, advanced technology, and production efficiency, has surpassed any single industrial power in the world, and is comparable to or even exceeds the scale and connotation of the "world's factory".

But it is a silent, invisible factory.

It has no chimney emissions, no labor disputes, is not affected by geopolitics, and does not pay taxes to any country.

Its production capacity is unfathomable; when needed, it can unleash an industrial torrent that sends shivers down the spines of other economies.

The synthesized voice of the industrial AI echoed in the control room: "Reporting to the master, the internal industrial system has completed its self-inspection. Except for the basic raw material mining process, all planned industrial categories have been completed. The technology level assessment shows that it is 1.5 to 2 generations ahead of the average level outside. The first phase construction goal of the 'Industrial Space' has been achieved."

Su Ning gazed at the steel jungle below, a landscape created by his will, his eyes devoid of joy or sorrow.

Twenty years of hard work and countless resources have finally yielded the greatest results.

This is not just a production base, but also his Noah's Ark to cope with all the storms of the future, and the fulcrum for him to move the whole world.

An industrial space that can create the vast majority of value on its own without relying on external sources has already taken shape.

What kind of breathtaking chapter will he write next, using this silent power in this magnificent era?
...(End of chapter)