50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 531 Paper Tiger
But this is not the first time this has happened. Several years ago, a serial killer began attacking young women in New York State.

Furthermore, this killer left a letter for the police at one of his crime scenes, referring to himself as a monster and "the son of Sam."

The killer also explicitly stated in the letter that he would leave special marks when committing crimes in the future, and would continue to write letters to newspapers and various columnists.

Sure enough, after the second murder, the killer wrote a letter to a columnist for a New York newspaper, recounting the transformation of his bizarre thoughts.

And the media, naturally, will report whatever is sensational.

As a result of excessive media hype, the serial killer "Son of Sam" plunged young women in New York into extreme fear.

Some media outlets seized the opportunity to study "Sam's son".

They brought in experts to analyze "Son of Sam's" psychology, speculate on his personality, and even predict his next target or location based on his criminal methods.

In short, they reported on whatever caused the fire or explosion, even if it fueled the serial killer's rage. And this "son of Sam" actually cooperated with the media's performance.

He wrote to the media that he might try to find the victim at the location "provided" by the media, because it "seems like a good fit."

As a result, girls in New York became even more fearful, and those living in areas speculated by the media even had to move.

Over the past few years, "Sons of Sam" has targeted nine women, four of whom were shot and killed, and five others were seriously injured.

It had been a year since the last similar case, and no one expected the killer to strike again, causing an uproar in the entire community.

But the most terrified were the young girls, because they were the killer's targets.

Soon, at the request of the residents, the community's homeowners association began to form a patrol team to patrol the community 24 hours a day with guns.

Of course, they wouldn't skimp on the fees they were supposed to collect; even Sun Zhiwei, whose family had no women, was forced to pay $1000.

The $1000 he contributed was relatively small. Households with young girls, especially wealthy families, voluntarily covered most of the patrol team's expenses.

Because it's closely related to the safety of their children. Even if there are no girls in the family, they don't want a psychopathic killer lurking around their neighborhood at any time.

Although Sun Zhiwei didn't care about the money, it was the first time he had been forced to pay someone, which made him somewhat dissatisfied with the serial killer.

He also decided that for the foreseeable future, he would keep a close eye on his surroundings and, once he found the serial killer, take him down.

Of course, this can only be done incidentally. His current focus is on expanding the scale of the Magnificent Jewelry store and opening branches.

News came from Huang Hongxuan in Borneo that the diamond mine has begun mass production of diamonds, with excellent quality and 3% being gem-quality diamonds.

While this proportion is not comparable to some of the largest mines in Africa, it is still considered a relatively high-quality mineral deposit.

Sun Zhiwei knew exactly what was going on. This was why he threw the low-quality diamond fragments from the original mine into the vein, so as to reduce the overall quality of the vein and decrease its visibility.

Now that diamonds and gold are readily available, it's time to expand the sales scale of jewelry stores.

For the next two months, he was busy with this matter, allocating funds, selecting a location, decorating, transferring staff from the Rose Jewelry store in Tribeca, and continuously recruiting and training new people.

In September, while Sun Zhiwei was busy in New York, a major event also occurred at home: Margaret Thatcher visited, basking in the glory of her great victory.

Unfortunately, what she didn't know was that the Chinese had already learned about Britain's true strength and weaknesses through Sun Zhiwei's "Record of the Falklands War." Britain was now a powerful but weak empire; not only would they not dare to start a war, but even if Margaret Thatcher had such an idea, the London Parliament would do everything in its power to stop it.

The mainland is not Argentina. It's the Raptors, who have defeated all four permanent members of the UN Security Council without a single loss, and they even have mushroom bombs.

Moreover, in recent years, relations between mainland China and Western countries have eased, and economic and trade exchanges have become more frequent. With the common enemy of Russia, the United States will not stand by and watch China and Britain go to war.

If the United States does not express its opinion, other Western countries will not express their opinions either.

In fact, remaining silent is also a form of stance, which has left Margaret Thatcher isolated and helpless on the international stage.

In short, Thatcher's visit to London was not for pure purposes and was intended to threaten us.

However, with information readily available to us, we had already seen through her as a paper tiger, so we took an exceptionally tough stance, and in the end, she still stumbled.

Knowing our stance, Margaret Thatcher could only resort to delaying and obstruction, but unfortunately, our leaders wouldn't tolerate it.

"What if there are serious fluctuations during the 15-year transition period? At that time, we will be forced to reconsider the timing and method of the takeover."

The meaning is very clear: Is it okay or not? If not, then fight. We're not afraid to fight.

Domineering!

Margaret Thatcher wasn't stupid. 1997 was still a long way off, and it certainly wouldn't happen during her term. How could she possibly fight a battle she was destined to lose for something that happened during someone else's term?

It's impossible to go to war; we don't have the money to fight, nor do we dare to.

They've fought before, twice in the last 50 years, and Great Britain suffered heavy defeats both times. She doesn't want to lose a third time on her own.

Furthermore, next year is another election year, and with her prestige boosted by the Falklands War, she has a good chance of being re-elected, so she naturally won't create trouble for herself.

Thus began a marathon negotiation.

Sun Zhiwei only learned about the incident in the end-of-month report and then ignored it. This outcome was inevitable; Thatcher was just trying to make a last-ditch effort.

After October, the weather gradually turned cooler, and Sun Zhiwei stayed in New York without moving because he was busy with the branch store.

So during this time, he became much more familiar with his neighbors and participated in many community gatherings.

On the edge of the community is a social welfare institution, funded by a wealthy local resident, which houses dozens of orphans.

To demonstrate their compassion, the homeowners' association sometimes organizes charity events on weekends, donating money and goods to welfare homes or organizing volunteer services.

Sun Zhiwei had learned about the child welfare system in the United States, and he could say that the larger and more public the orphanage, the worse the conditions inside.

On the contrary, the lives of orphans are better in some small private welfare homes run by wealthy people.

At Daisy's invitation, Sun Zhiwei decided to visit the small welfare home not far away this weekend.

(End of this chapter)