Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Because Xia Yiyi gave Bai Ling a direct and straightforward response, so direct it couldn't be more direct.

Bai Ling naturally wouldn't play any more tricks on Xia Yiyi.

Similarly, Bai Ling, who was completely at ease, expressed her opinion directly.

"Isn't it a coincidence? We've also done some research on the US dollar, and we've even produced some results, all that's left is to apply them!"

Feeling that her words were too explicit, Bai Ling quickly tried to backtrack, offering various excuses.

"Of course, we are only conducting purely academic research. After all, as you know, we still don't have the ability to produce our own currency, and we still have to rely on the Soviet Union's production system for help."

"And the Americans, their currency is exceptionally good. Whether it's the world's top-notch anti-counterfeiting capabilities or other aspects that are unparalleled globally, it's all top-tier. If we want to localize the production of our currency, we must study it!"

"After all, only through continuous learning can we improve. So please don't misunderstand, we're perfectly respectable people, not those kinds of people."

Bai Ling's reasons are, of course, very reasonable.

But who among us doesn't know who else?
Especially Xia Yiyi, who led the way in this way back then!

It's very serious, of course, but to be honest, I don't want to at all...
That's absolutely a lie!

After all, the purchasing power of the US dollar back then was undeniable; just looking at it was enough to make people envious and tempted.

so.
"No need for explanations or excuses. Everyone knows, everyone understands, right? Just tell me straight: of the major challenges in printing US dollars, which ones have you actually figured out—acid-free paper, intaglio printing presses, and color-changing ink? And what about watermarks, security threads, and microtext? Can you even understand those?"

"It's definitely impossible to understand everything. After all, there are so many difficulties in printing US dollars, and our research time is relatively short. So, it's unrealistic to understand everything in such a short time. But we have done a lot of research on microtext and intaglio printing presses! We can use them directly without any problems!"

"Absolutely no problems? You're so sure?"

“Absolutely! After all, you know we lack everything here, except for experts who have worked deeply in their respective fields! A mere microtext is nothing to those masters. Sending a few apprentices over will be enough.”

His arrogant demeanor made Xia Yi extremely envious.

As expected of Beijing, it is indeed a world where masters gather and there are many accomplished individuals.

You have to admit it, you really can't deny it.

Xia Yiyi immediately lost her temper.

But when it comes to the technical aspects...
Xia Yiyi then had something to say.

In particular, Simon Lang pulled out a notebook with the words "acid-free paper" printed on it and started talking at length, saying that he could also handle acid-free paper, and that all that was missing was color-changing ink.

She was so confident! Xia Yi casually tossed aside the notebook that Ximen Lang had pulled out from who-knows-where.

Amidst his dissatisfaction with Ximen Lang's question, "What are you doing? Why did you throw it away?", a confident gleam shone through his disdain.

"If acid-free paper were really that easy to produce, counterfeit US dollars would have been everywhere by now, and Americans would have been in a real hurry. Why would they have waited until now?"

"But it does say 'acid-free paper' on it."

"It's definitely acid-free paper, but just like the difference between people can't be measured by reason, there's a world of difference between different types of acid-free paper! Don't you feel the difference in texture between the two? The textures are completely different, how can this be acceptable!"

"There are secret recipes, and they are strictly confidential and extremely difficult to crack using reverse engineering, otherwise things would have been in chaos long ago. Let me put it this way: if someone just adds a little something to it, it becomes a completely different thing."

Isn't it?
If acid-free paper were really that easy to make, all the top players in the game would have already been eyeing it, why would they need to go through all this trouble? But if that's the case...
"Then what should we do? Are we just going to give up? Bai Ling's gravure printing press is all ready; we're just waiting to get the acid-free paper and the color-changing ink sorted out so we can get it used as soon as possible. This..."

"Don't be in such a hurry."

He said, "Don't rush."

Feeling that it was finally her time to shine, Xia Yiyi immediately expressed her opinion.

"But I'm still here. Yes, acid-free paper formulas are indeed difficult for the average person to crack. But am I an average person? Even if the new US dollars are really that powerful and difficult to crack, what about the old ones? Were the old US dollars also that difficult to crack? I don't think so."

It really is.

The difficulties mentioned here refer entirely to ordinary people or those with ordinary power.

Faced with a true national machine, especially a superpower with the world's leading manufacturing sector, this level of difficulty is hardly a challenge.

The reason why later generations, led by Xia Yiyi, did not do this was firstly because printing too few copies would be unnecessary, not worthwhile, and not even worth the price of admission.

The second is...
After printing too much, there's suddenly so much extra US dollars, it's really hard to spend them!
After all, you can't exactly hire someone to wash it, can you?

Such a huge sum of money, who can launder it? Who dares to launder it?

Furthermore, once the matter was almost inevitably exposed, Xia Yiyi and the rest of the family were truly too ashamed to do such a thing.

That's why they didn't do that.

"But Sister Ling's situation is different. In terms of the value of US dollars, just a few hundred million dollars, or even less, would be a huge help to Sister Ling. It's a small amount, easy to operate, and not easy to be detected, so it's very necessary to pull off such a move. What do you think?"

What do you guys think?

"I was the one who brought this up, so what do you think I should think? What else could I think? And Bai Ling, you said it yourself, she's the one who maximizes the benefits! In this situation, what else do you think she should think? Of course, she can't wait to get started!"

Too lazy to continue on this topic, Ximen Lang immediately started assigning tasks.

"Stop with all that nonsense, Bai Ling."

"Eh."

"You handle the gravure printing machine."

"it is good."

"all."

"I've got acid-free paper sorted out."

"very good."

"Leave the color-changing ink to me."

Just as he was about to confidently claim the color-changing ink as his own, Ximen Lang remembered a possibility and quickly asked another question.

"By the way, do color-changing inks also have a secret formula?" (End of Chapter)