Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 315: Super Dollar Entering the Market, Satellite Navigation System

A gunfight is underway near the small town of Carltonville in Johannesburg, Southern Africa.

It was originally a very harmonious gold transaction. Zhao Mancang took out a lot of US dollars and traded gold with the other party. One hand paid the money and the other hand received the goods. It was a very fair transaction.

Zhao Mancang even offered a high price of forty-five US dollars, which was already very profitable for the party selling the gold.

As a result, the other party was still not satisfied and wanted to rob the robbers.

So the fight began. Of course, Zhao Mancang would make such a greedy person lose a few teeth.

The person who came was not sent by Brooksfield, but someone else.

In fact, Zhao Mancang didn't want to conduct a sting operation, but he was doing this relatively covertly, so he didn't have any better way.

Since he is personally involved in the battle, he must be alone.

As long as a person appears, it is normal for others to feel greedy.

After less than half an hour of fighting, the entire scene had changed drastically.

But even after such a long time, no local departments such as Johannesburg showed up.

The local police in southern Africa will not deal with these matters at all, simply because gunfights are so common here.

After eliminating the enemy, Zhao Mancang cleaned up the scene and then left slowly.

These people are so weak, yet they want to rob each other?
A few days later, Zhao Mancang repeated his old tricks and once again traded gold with others alone.

It can almost be said that the entire southern Africa's gold reserves are almost emptied by him.

What he didn't even know was that many people were purchasing large amounts of gold from other countries, shipping them to Johannesburg, and trading with Zhao Mancang to make a profit from the difference.

According to Sam's dual-price gold system, the official gold exchange rate is US$35 per ounce, while the privately traded gold price ranges from US$38 to US$40 per ounce.

Therefore, the price difference is still quite high.

Not to mention, Zhao Mancang directly offered a price of forty-five US dollars per ounce, which was of course very high.

The profit margin per ounce is almost more than five US dollars. For 100,000 ounces of gold, that is a difference of 500,000 US dollars. What about 10 million ounces?
That’s a difference of 50 million US dollars.

So, who among the powerful capital doesn’t want to make some money?
After knowing that Zhao Mancang was powerful and had wiped out hundreds of security forces in one fell swoop, Brooksfield temporarily gave up the idea of ​​robbing his fellow criminals.

However, even so, Brooksfield quickly returned to Sam's home country and found banks, capital, etc. with large gold reserves, cooperated with these people, and purchased a large amount of gold.

As a major shareholder of the Rand Central Gold Mine, Brooksfield has long maintained cooperative relationships with many capitals such as Sam and Great Britain, selling gold from the gold mine to these people.

Therefore, it is very easy for him to purchase the gold from these people now.

However, the one-time purchase of tens of millions of ounces of gold still made capitalists like Sam smell a business opportunity.

Unfortunately, in today's underdeveloped information environment, Sam capitalists did not expect Brooksfield to transport gold to southern Africa for trading.

It was half a month later when Sam capitalist Roland Van Buren sent people to follow and learned of the situation.

At this time, Zhao Mancang had already completed the transaction.

Fortunately, he had already acquired enough gold. If he had stayed any longer, he would have come into contact with Roland Van Buren.

Once Zhao Mancang really has contact with Roland Van Buren, there is a possibility that other accidents will occur.

It's just because Roland Van Buren is a banker, and he is very sensitive to US dollars. If he really saw the super US dollars, it is hard to say what will happen.

Mbandaka mine, Zhao Mancang returned here.

At this time, a lot of gold has been stored in his system space, and there are about 900 million US dollars of super US dollars left. He only needs to release all these super US dollars, and then the purpose of his trip to Africa this time will be achieved.

"How many warlords have signed up? How much mineral resources have they prepared?"

After returning to the Mbandaka mine, Zhao Mancang summoned Ye Weidong, Lake Butler and others to inquire about the details.

"Twenty-seven warlords have already signed up. They've all prepared a large amount of oil, various non-ferrous metals, screened mineral soil, etc. They haven't calculated the exact amount, but it's quite a lot anyway."

Zhao Mancang nodded after hearing this.

These warlords are almost all illiterate, so don't even think about expecting them to calculate and count accurate figures. They can only use vague words like "approximately" and "possibly".

No matter what, Zhao Mancang will go and meet these people in person.

What surprised him greatly was that these warlords actually abided by the trading rules more than capitalists like Brooksfield, and did not even think of robbing each other?
Therefore, over the next week or so, his transactions with these warlords went extremely smoothly.

Even though each transaction was conducted at night, it went very smoothly without any accidents.

It's really weird!

After successfully completing the transaction, Zhao Mancang went straight back to Hong Kong Island and did not stay there for long.

Just when he was returning to Hong Kong Island, Kananga, a warlord in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who had more than 8,000 soldiers, left the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 20 bodyguards.

After several transfers, Kananga finally arrived in New York, North America.

Kananga has always wanted to visit the world's most developed country. After visiting Sam three times, he fell in love with this place. This time, he came here with a lot of US dollars to order a private jet.

He has long been drooling over private jets. If he had such a private jet, it would be much more convenient for him to travel every time.

In addition, he also wants to order a large number of drones, fighter jets, etc.

At Boeing's headquarters, Raven Reeves received Kananga, but after seeing the other's skin color, his eyes were full of disdain.

If he is a native of Sam, his skin color is dark, but not that dark.

But Kananga not only has a dark complexion, but also speaks with a strong accent, which clearly shows that he is not a Samian.

Raven Reeves looked down on the other party even more.

Therefore, Kananga was very angry and left Boeing with a lot of US dollars.

And Raven Reeves didn't know that he had successfully handed over a big order.

Kananga arrived at Mario Aviation's headquarters in Medford, Oregon, and met with Bennett Zoe, a sales manager for the company.

"Hello sir, would you like to buy a civilian airliner or a drone? Or would you like to buy a fighter jet?"

Kananga was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately asked Bennett Zoe.

Because most aircraft manufacturers only sell civil airliners, and rarely sell fighter jets.

And even if fighter jets were sold, they were pieces of junk and very expensive.

Mario Airlines is so awesome that it not only sells civil airliners, but also drones and fighter jets.

After receiving Bennett Zoe's accurate answer, Kananga instantly became more excited.

"Can I take a look at your equipment first?"

"That's no problem, but you need to verify your capital. Once you pass the verification, you can visit freely."

Bennett Zoe smiled and explained that capital verification was a standard procedure that had to be followed, otherwise there would be no way to inspect the fighter jets and other equipment.

No matter who comes to buy, they need to verify their funds first.

This is the standard procedure at Mario Airlines. In addition, no one should be discriminated against, which is also part of the company culture.

Therefore, Bennett Zoe did not look down on Kananga because of his skin color, accent, etc.

"No problem!" Kananga said nonchalantly.

After landing in New York, he deposited the gold and super US dollars he had previously traded with Zhao Mancang in the bank.

Although not all of the funds were saved, most of them were.

What’s interesting is that the banks where he deposited the money were not the famous Citibank, Merrill Lynch, etc., but some small banks, and he deposited the money in many banks.

Therefore, there is absolutely no problem with this kind of capital verification.

So, more than ten minutes later, the capital verification was completed, and Kananga took a small plane to a nearby small exhibition hall and saw the planes he wanted.

Fish Nest Fighter, Mario M6147 Passenger Plane, First Generation Drone, etc. are all on the shelves and ready to be sold at any time.

It took Kananga a week to finally buy the plane he wanted. They were all in stock. He did not place an order or make a reservation. He just wanted a plane that was in stock and could be flown back to Africa immediately.

After finishing all this, the twenty bodyguards he brought with him came in handy.

He hired these people at high salaries and they all know how to fly planes.

Although his skills are not very good, he can definitely learn how to fly these fighter jets at Mario Aviation and then return to Africa.

So, Kananga had to pay an additional tuition fee.

Bennett Zoe didn't even mention that Mario Airlines could deliver the goods to your door, so he earned an extra commission.

At this time, the super US dollars that Kananga brought to Sam had already flowed smoothly into the market.

Through small banks, they quickly entered thousands of households. These super US dollars were not discovered because they were real US dollars.

Except that they are not printed by the Federal Reserve and have no official authorization, they are no different from real US dollars in other aspects.

Even if someone checked the codes, unless the bank staff were really bored, they would not pay attention to them at all.

And even if someone inside the bank really noticed this, they would need to apply for an investigation and look through a lot of information before they could find out how many US dollars the Federal Reserve printed more than ten years ago.

But these materials are all top secret, and it is impossible for them to be found out so easily.

Unless authorized by the Federal Foreign Office or the Intelligence Bureau, no one will investigate these matters.

Therefore, Super Dollars entered the entire Sam's Club market very smoothly, and no one knew about it.

Maybe it will explode at some point in the future, but at the moment, it won’t happen so soon.

Zhao Mancang had no idea what was happening on Sam's side. After arriving in Hong Kong Island, he gradually transferred the gold, oil, copper and other non-ferrous metals, mineral soil and other resources in the system space through the Kwai Chung Wharf warehouse to the neighboring Futian Fishing Village Wharf.

The Futian Fishing Village Port will then transfer these goods to where they should go.

After dealing with this matter, Zhao Mancang returned to Beijing. As soon as he arrived in Beijing, he was picked up by a special car sent by his leader.

In the office of Lingjing Hutong, Zhao Mancang met his leader.

"Comrade Mancang, you scared me to death! You really managed to bring back so many mineral resources? Hundreds of tons of gold alone! How did you do it?"

The leader's expression was quite interesting, because the supplies Zhao Mancang brought back this time were indeed terrifying, and there were too many of them.

Zhao Mancang had talked about this matter with his leader before, but at that time his leader thought that it might take several years to transport these supplies back.

Besides, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen during transportation.

After all, supplies worth 2 billion US dollars are definitely not a small amount.

Although the leader also believed that Zhao Mancang's work was unlikely to leak out.

But no one expected that Zhao Mancang did not leak the news, but transported all the supplies back to the small fishing village of Futian in just over a month.

Wow, that was shipped back from Africa thousands of miles away. How did Zhao Mancang do it?
"Boss, please don't ask me about the specific process. Anyway, there are many tactics in Sun Tzu's Art of War, and I used them all. Otherwise, I wouldn't have needed to stay abroad for so long."

After a pause, Zhao Mancang laughed and said:

"The supplies we brought back this time should be able to make up for some of the damage, right? I plan to propose a major project in our country in two years: a satellite navigation system!"

Upon hearing this, the leader frowned.

"You mean the satellite navigation system? The kind that guides cars, airplanes, etc. to specific locations?"

Sam had already built the Transit satellite navigation system in 1964, and Moscow has also proposed the GLONASS navigation system.

However, we at the University of Tokyo have not yet launched any relevant plans.

If we follow the historical trajectory of the original time and space, the Beidou satellite navigation system would not be officially launched until 1994.

But if that time really comes, it will be a tragedy.

why?
Because by that time, the frequency bands that we at Southeast University can apply for will be very, very limited, and such frequency bands will have higher technical requirements.

It is a well-known fact that the frequency bands used for satellite navigation need to be reported to the International Telecommunication Union, and the principle adopted is first-come, first-served and coordinated sharing.

In the history of the original time and space, when our Southeast University was applying for the Beidou satellite navigation system frequency band, we encountered many technical blockades and suppressions. Our Beidou satellite navigation system was almost shelved.

Because the satellite navigation system has a time limit for using the frequency band, if it exceeds the time limit, it will no longer be able to be used.

Sam, Moscow and others have already occupied very good frequency bands, and they have also used a lot of frequency bands.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang wanted to carve out this time and space in advance so that Sam and Moscow would not be able to seize all the benefits.

However, unlike building missiles, nuclear bombs, satellites, etc., the construction of a satellite navigation system is not that simple. There are too many technical difficulties to overcome.

First, there is the technical issue of anti-satellite missiles, which are missiles used to destroy satellites and other spacecraft.

If we at the University of Tokyo do not have such anti-satellite missiles, then when our Beidou satellite is launched into space, what should we do if Sam, Moscow, etc. launch their own anti-satellite missiles to destroy our satellite?
After it was destroyed, they would even say hypocritically in the newspaper: Oops, sorry, it was caused by the operational error of the trainee technician.

Mud horse!

If something like this happens, we at Todai will definitely vomit three liters of blood.

Secondly, there are many technical problems, such as intersatellite links, rubidium atomic clocks, navigation chips and other core key technologies, which are not so easy to solve.

Take rubidium atomic clock technology as an example. If there is no high-precision atomic clock to ensure the accuracy of time synchronization, then the navigation system will have many failures and errors. The consequences at that time are not what everyone wants to see.

The leader was not very clear about these things, but Zhao Mancang was very clear about them, so he explained them to the leader, and the leader immediately said that he understood and would find relevant experts to understand the situation.

Judging from this, this satellite navigation system will probably require a lot of scientific research experts to overcome the related technical difficulties.

As for purchasing from abroad?

There are so many difficulties!

And even if the relevant key components can be purchased, the price will definitely be sky-high.

Therefore, this is not what Zhao Mancang wants to see.

Once the leaders know about the satellite navigation system, they will definitely take it seriously and will definitely give priority to solving this issue in the future.

However, the leader was a little hesitant because this project might cost a lot of money.

"Boss, don't worry about how much money it will cost for now. What we need now is to find experts to verify these situations, and then see if we can master these technologies and what kind of support we need!"

Zhao Mancang said seriously:

"Our Jiaolong General Organization absolutely supports this project. Once this satellite navigation system is successful, it will be a very good thing for our Jiaolong Army. Of course, it will also be a perfect complement to other civilian and military fields."

"The most crucial point is that other countries cannot gain a significant lead over us in waging war against us simply because of their satellite navigation systems."

If you don't want to be restricted, you must make preparations in these areas.

After talking with his leader, Zhao Mancang returned home.

When the little kids like Xiao Baozi, Xiao Taozi, Zhao Jinshi and others saw their father coming back, they were very happy at first, but then they became a little depressed.

Because after their father comes back, they have to return to the high-pressure study state.

"Wan'er, you said they let themselves go again while I was away, right?"

At the dinner table in the evening, Zhao Mancang stared at Lin Wan with wide eyes, his expression full of disbelief.

My goodness, these little brats are so naughty, they don’t even listen to their mother, right?

Lin Wan nodded and said:
"Not really. I don't stay home all the time to keep an eye on them. After you go on a business trip, there's no one to take care of them. You know my mother, she only knows how to spoil the children. How could she bear to let them work too hard?"

Zhao Mancang heard this and the smile on his face faded. He looked at Xiao Baozi and the other children seriously and said:
"Okay, in that case, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. The final exams are coming up soon. If you don't get full marks in all subjects, your summer vacation will be canceled. I'll hire a teacher to teach you a lesson."

what! ! !
The group of little kids were stunned and screamed in surprise.

They were scared.

Then they began to beg their father, some acting coquettishly, some clinging to his thighs.

But is it useful?

Useless!

"All of you, stand still. What are you doing? You don't think I'm asking you to study so hard just for me, do you? You're overthinking it. I don't know what your future life will be like or what kind of life you want to live. I just want to tell you."

Zhao Mancang called the little kids to the side and asked them to stand still and not move.

"Study hard and go to a good university in the future. When you grow up, you will have more choices."

"For example, your aunt didn't study well, so she has very few choices now."

The little boy immediately became unhappy and asked, "Dad, isn't my aunt a college student? Why do you say she has so few choices?"

Hearing the little brat's question, Zhao Mancang couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said:
"You asked a very good question. I have to praise you. However, you are still young and ignorant. I don't blame you."

"Your aunt is a college student, but she has read very few books before and has not learned much knowledge. She is just a half-baked person."

"If she becomes a teacher, she won't be able to teach others. If she becomes a scientist, that's even more impossible. But if she becomes a supermarket cashier, salesperson, or salesperson, there won't be much of a problem."

"Okay, let me ask you, what do you want to do in the future? Do you want to be a mathematician, a professor, a big boss, a leader, or a doctor? Or do you just want to be a dishwasher or a clothes salesperson?"

After some instruction, the little brats like Zhao Jinshi nodded as if they understood.

They don't quite understand these big principles, but they know that if they can be a leader, it will definitely be much better than being a salesperson.

Children are not stupid, they know what job is best.

(End of this chapter)