Hexagonal God

Chapter 649 Su Mo's Delaying Tactics

Seeing this, Su Mo knew something was wrong.

The system had once told Su Mo that when someone's favorability rating for him reached 90%, as long as he didn't do anything that would make the other person particularly unhappy, the favorability rating wouldn't drop, and even if it did, it wouldn't drop below 90%.

Su Mo is the person who helped Musk realize his dream. Musk's favorability towards him is as high as 95%. Su Mo did not participate in the company's management, but only provided continuous technical support.

Musk handles the specific management and other tasks on a regular basis.

Su Mo trusted him a lot, so she basically didn't interfere.

However, the current fluctuations in Musk's public image are clearly abnormal.

Su Mo observed the favorability rating for a while, but did not call Musk to inquire about the situation.

He could roughly guess the reason.

Musk is not Chinese after all, and with the US and the UK currently in a state of conflict, he's finding it somewhat difficult to navigate this situation.

Perhaps someone in the US put pressure on him. Although Su Mo's investments in Musk's deep space exploration company and Tesla were not top secret, it was normal for people to know about them.

Is he caught between national interests and his feelings for Su Mo? Is he conflicted and struggling?

Su Mo did not call Musk or contact him, but she was already on guard.

He owns 51% of the shares in companies like Deep Space Exploration and Tesla, and under normal circumstances there should be absolutely no problem.

However, he couldn't guarantee that the United States, this rogue nation, wouldn't act unpredictably, so he had to leave himself a way out.

A month passed quickly after New Year's Day.

Su Tang Group's performance remained outstanding this month.

Sutang Electric Vehicles has built factories across the country and can now produce 1.5 million vehicles per month.

In January, seven million vehicles were sold.

This way of making money is incredibly fast, directly bringing Su Mo over 1.4 trillion in net profit.

The same is true for Stellar Mobile; it has already put immense pressure on Apple, making it difficult for them to breathe.

Meanwhile, Sutang Airlines has officially launched the Yungong passenger aircraft, and its performance in all aspects has been tested.

One advantage of Su Tang's products is that as soon as Su Mo promotes them, almost the entire world immediately knows about them, and countless people endorse them.

His own advertising surpasses the promotion of any advertising company or TV station in the world; this is the power of the world's number one internet celebrity with over two billion followers.

SuTang Technology also began to exert its strength. The office software they created started to be purchased by countries around the world, especially the software that could monitor the flow of funds. All countries that wanted to rise and were not dictatorships wanted to introduce it.

Furthermore, almost all of the world's top 500 companies extended olive branches to Sutang Technology, determined to bring the software over no matter what.

Other computer upgrade systems, firewall systems, cloud service systems, AI systems, and so on have also become popular software on the Internet, with downloads and usage constantly soaring.

The shipbuilding industry was also highly developed. Su Mo attached great importance to shipbuilding, especially after Su Tang Shipping became a giant in the world shipping industry. He increased his investment in the shipbuilding field, initially building his own cargo ships and cruise ships, as well as warships for the country. Later, the shipyards he acquired began to accept foreign trade orders.

His business leaders waved checks and acquired shipyards all over the world; now Su Tang owns more than twenty shipyards.

The employees worked overtime, and Su Mo paid them enough so that they didn't feel it was hard work, which is why the efficiency was so fast.

With the explosive growth of industries such as aerospace, mobile phones, computer software, shipbuilding, electric vehicles, and chips, Su Tang's terrifying potential has finally been revealed.

Many domestic manufacturers have begun to increase their cooperation with SuTang.

After acquiring Jingdong, Su Tang's logistics were further strengthened, and with their numerous shipping routes, they almost monopolized the export business.

Countless domestic goods are sold to the world via Su Tang's sea freight.

Foreign oil, minerals, and grains are constantly being transported back via sea.

Especially the minerals; after Su Tang Mining acquired new technology, the speed of mining can only be described as insane.

In Australia, Suttang has thousands of large cargo ships operating day and night, while the country also has more than two thousand cargo ships constantly traveling back and forth.

These cargo ships don't even require Su Mo to pay rent; the country is very willing to help Su Tang transport the minerals back.

These ores were transported back to the country and went directly to the government. Su Mo sold them at 20% of the market price.

In Mongolia, Su Tang's investment was also enormous.

Su Tang Group not only purchased more than 10,000 trucks on its own, but also leased trucks from major transportation companies in several surrounding provinces.

More than 100,000 trucks travel between Mongolia and China every day.

The mineral resources here are truly abundant. In addition to the most important rare earth elements, there are also gold, silver, copper, coal, graphite, asbestos, zinc, bauxite, lead, and so on.

Su Mo still remembers that in his later life, Mongolia stopped selling minerals to China and was determined to curry favor with the United States.

This time, he went all out, directly buying the mining rights and mining as much as he could before the other party could react.

To conceal his true intentions, Su Mo even went so far as to use money to send gifts to many high-ranking Mongolian officials.

With boxes of US dollars and euros paving the way, many things became much easier.

In their view, their country has so many mines that it wouldn't matter if the people from Su Tang mined them for a year.

Even people across the country welcomed the arrival of the Su Tang Group, after all, Su Mo was very generous.

Meanwhile, in the Middle East, the Sutang Group's oil tankers were also making round trips day and night at an unprecedented frequency.

Some of these were obtained by Su Tang in exchange for bottled water, while others were purchased directly.

Su Mo's vast funds provided ample support for these operations. However, these operations failed to attract the attention of Western countries even after a month.

The Western world has been struggling to cope with the month from New Year's Day to the beginning of February.

They were dealing with the aggressive offensive of the Su Tang Group in the high-tech field, and they had to ensure that their country's enterprises, companies, factories and the like were not crushed by Su Tang.

While making military preparations, they also had to constantly deal with the economic attacks from the Su Tang.

Su Mo is too ruthless and too rich now.

In fact, Su Mo's most profitable area is not these physical entities, but Mo Coin.

After the currency war, the price of Mobi has fallen slightly, as the price of 900,000 per coin was still somewhat inflated.

However, it hasn't fallen too much, and it's now basically stable at around 700,000 to 800,000 yuan per coin.

The SuTang cryptocurrency exchange has also reduced the number of MoCoins released to the public, releasing only 100,000 per day. After all, scarcity increases value, and releasing too many MoCoins would make them worthless.

These 100,000 Mo coins generate 70 to 80 billion RMB in revenue every day.

Converted to US dollars, that's a daily income of 10 billion US dollars!
This is the power of a globally accepted online currency; for Su Mo, as the issuer, making money is that simple.

This situation has lasted for more than a month, and Su Mo has made more than 300 billion US dollars. This is the real threat to the Western world.

They couldn't shut down Su Mo's website, nor could they stop people from all over the world from buying Mo coins. As the Su Tang Group continued to prosper, people could buy almost anything with Mo coins.

So this is the universal currency of the online world, which they are extremely envious of, but they are powerless to stop it.

So while they worry, they are afraid, and they are struggling to cope, they are also accelerating their preparations.

It's been 16 years now, and a major event has occurred since the world's developed countries assessment standards were released this year.

That means Japan's GDP per capita has fallen to the threshold of developed countries.

If it declines a little further, it will become a developing country.

Their country's automotive industry has suffered a devastating blow. Although their citizens are still chanting slogans to support domestic products, foreign trade orders have almost come to a standstill.

No one is buying Japanese cars anymore, especially since they don't have Su-Tang's technology.

German cars can continue to be sold, and even cars from the US can continue to be sold, but they can't anymore.

Fiscal revenue plummeted, the unemployment rate surged by eight percentage points, and panic spread throughout the country.

Those Japanese who bought Bitcoin back then are now almost all bankrupt.

If this continues, they might not be considered a developed country by next quarter at the latest.

Fortunately, they have a point of comparison: South Korea.

At least Japan hasn't fallen to the level of a developing country yet, while South Korea is already a developing country.

Their situation is far worse than Japan's.

Hyundai and Kia have completely shut down, and currently only a small number of people in South Korea are still supporting the domestic auto industry.

Their chip and semiconductor industry, which they were so proud of, also declined after Su Tang rose to prominence. Su Tang's products could be mass-produced and their prices driven down to the lowest possible level, quickly eliminating their space to survive.

Many factories closed down, companies laid off workers, and people began to lose their jobs.

Originally, Samsung was there to support them, but the rise of SuTang Hengxing phones not only left Apple phones helpless, but also incidentally hurt Samsung as well.

Fruit sales are stagnant, and Samsung is in the same boat, now facing difficulties as well.

Their country has even more people buying Bitcoin, and this time they suffered even greater losses.

More than 50% of families across the country bet on the wrong horse in this currency war and are now victims, struggling even to put food on the table.

The government has no choice but to spend money to subsidize the people, but how long can businesses hold out when they are hit hard?

The economy is in a deep recession, society is in full decline, and even the military expenses for the US troops stationed in South Korea are not being covered.

The country is small, relies on imports for everything, and all major industries are targeted by the Su Tang Group. This country lacks sufficient resources and will soon be unable to sustain itself.

Even on the internet, some people suggested borrowing money or food from their brothers in the north. Although this voice was very weak, it already spoke volumes.

Some even suggested negotiating with Su Tang, offering to relinquish some profits so that Su Mo could invest in a South Korean group and revive their business.

Some people were also clamoring that Su Mo wouldn't be able to keep up the act for long, as their big brother, the beautiful country, was about to make a move.

In short, the current situation in this country is very chaotic, and there are even a large number of beggars.

Su Mo was fully aware of these circumstances.

He also had a vague feeling that the problems in South Korea might become an uncertain factor in the future.

However, when South Korea actually proposed negotiations, Su Mo adopted a delaying tactic.

What he needs now is time—time to accumulate his own wealth and resources, and time to hone his skills.

The longer he delays, the better his chances of winning will be in the future.

Fortunately, the Chinese Lunar New Year is just around the corner, giving him ample reason to continue delaying.

The boss has gone home for the Chinese New Year. Chinese people must reunite during the New Year, and everything will be discussed after the New Year. This is the diplomatic language of the Su Tang Group: the boss will not receive guests during the New Year.

(End of this chapter)