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Chapter 360, Meeting (Subscribe)
In July 1978, the summer temperature was very high, especially in the equatorial region.

The sun is very scorching outside Yunlan City, but it is very cool inside, so cool that you even have to wear two layers of clothes.

Because the air conditioning indoors in Yunlan City is set at 16 degrees, it is very cool.

Zhao Mancang and his team were discussing the defense of Yunlan City, such as purchasing a large number of drones to deliver to the coastal patrol personnel, and providing multiple layers of protection to prevent people from sneaking in.

In fact, Yunlan City is short of people, so why should we prevent others from sneaking in?

Of course, it is to prevent those "bad guys", "niggers", "criminals", etc. If these people enter Yunlan City, it may cause some accidents and increase the social crime rate.

No matter whether the criminals will reform or not, the right thing to do is to ban them directly.

Moreover, after entering Yunlan City, everyone must obtain an identity card, which is the kind with a chip.

This type of ID card can be detected anytime and anywhere during random inspections by patrolling police.

ID card chip technology is not a very advanced technology. It can be used freely in places like Yunlan City. It can better manage the population here and ensure social stability in the entire area.

However, even so, there are still many people who want to escape to Yunlan City every day, because there are already a large number of farmlands here, a large number of projects are underway, and the most critical thing is social stability.

The people in Ethiopia, which borders Yunlan City, are not fools. They can see what Yunlan City next door is doing, so they all want to sneak over.

But it was useless because Yunlan City had built a wall on this side of the border, which was patrolled and guarded 24 hours a day. In addition, there were identity cards, so even if some of them slipped through the net, it would be useless and they would be deported soon.

Zhao Mancang doesn't want these niggers. After all, niggers are generally time bombs for social stability.
Moreover, black people have always been the representatives of laziness, so Zhao Mancang just took them away.

There are some black people in the Black Cross Force. These people have all been trained and are naturally different from other ordinary black people.

Moreover, if these soldiers are unwilling to share hardships with other soldiers, then their fate will be to be kicked out of the army, and there is no room for negotiation on this.

In the conference room of the office building, Zhao Mancang held a long meeting with the person in charge of Yunlan City, discussing Yunlan City’s security protection, economic development, agricultural development, scientific and technological progress, etc.

To be honest, after the missile system, radar system, etc. are deployed, the subsequent work is relatively simple.

Anyway, Zhao Mancang is not in a hurry anymore.

Zhao Mancang can be sure that the military-industrial enterprises will still be able to generate good income in the next twelve years, because Sam will continue to make trouble.

The racetrack has not been built yet, so this tourism economy will not be able to continue in the short term.

The same is true for gambling cities. Such entertainment, a life of drunkenness and dreams, also requires a large number of casinos, hotels, etc., as well as a large number of talents.

Then Yunlan City naturally needs to hire relevant talents and set up a large amount of high-tech.

Without high technology, it would be difficult to confirm even if someone is cheating.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible to open a casino without making all the necessary preparations.

Not urgent!
What Zhao Mancang likes more is agricultural development.

There are a large number of Gobi deserts in the Somali region. After the transformation is completed, they will become grasslands, farmlands, etc. These will be important sources of food for Yunlan City in the future.

Especially after Yunlan City develops in the future, if it reaches a population of 10 million, the daily consumption of food, meat, vegetables, etc. will be an astronomical figure.

Just after the meeting ended, the head of the reconnaissance battalion of the Black Cross Forces brought a message that chaos was about to begin again in the Middle East.

After Zhao Mancang confirmed the situation, he couldn't help but frown.

Something really happened on the Persian Empire's side. During the war with the Date Palm Empire, their king Pahlavi was ousted.

Zhao Mancang was not quite sure why he was ousted.
He had clearly provided a large number of gas tank bombs and other weapons before, so the Persian Empire and the Date Palm Empire should have been fighting hard.

How could such a thing happen when the two sides are evenly matched?
In addition to the incidents in the Persian Empire, the Middle Eastern boss across from Yunlan City was also instigating other OPEC member countries to jointly propose reducing oil production in preparation for raising oil prices.

Before this, global oil production was 5.8 million barrels per day. During the intense war between the Persian Empire and the Date Palm Empire, production dropped to 2 million barrels per day.

And now that the Middle East boss is also making trouble, the production has dropped sharply to 500,000 barrels per day.

Although the Seven Sisters of countries such as Great Britain and Sam actually control the politics and economy of other small countries such as Dubai, the oil production in these small places is not high. Even if crude oil is produced, it cannot be transported out due to the blockade of the Gulf.

After all, the Middle East boss can make many people work in vain with just one word.

After confirming the outbreak of the second oil crisis, Zhao Mancang was also very happy.

Anyway, it will not affect him, because he can trade with the Date Palm Empire and the Persian Empire separately, and then exchange the oil produced by the two countries through the system space.

The Persian Empire and the Date Palm Empire were at war, and they certainly needed a large amount of food, weapons and other supplies, as well as a lot of modern living supplies. In the event of war, they could only import these from outside.

At this time, it is not so easy for them to sell oil, so Zhao Mancang's transaction is their best choice.

Therefore, all the oil production of the two major countries, the Persian Empire and the Date Palm Empire, was monopolized by Zhao Mancang.

Their oil production did suffer from the war and dropped a bit, but not a lot.

As the middleman, Zhao Mancang made money on both ends.

You can make money by selling weapons and food, and you can make more money by buying oil.

It is almost certain that in the next one or two years, Zhao Mancang will be able to make tens of billions of dollars thanks to the oil crisis.

Bang!
Sam Empire, Washington, Sam Intelligence Agency Office Building, inside the Director's Office.

Director Brand Oliver angrily kicked over the stool and glared at his subordinates:
"Are you all idiots? Why didn't you know that Pahlavi was stepping down? Couldn't you have been informed in advance? Now that something's happened, all you know how to do is shirk responsibility, right?"

"And that boss in the Middle East, what are they doing?"

Fake!

Just now, the White House called and scolded Brand Oliver, but he was still in the dark at this time.

You know, he was the director of the SAM Intelligence Agency, but he didn't even know why the Shah was ousted.

It can be said that it was the inaction of the Intelligence Bureau that led to such a passive situation. At this time, all they can do is clean up the mess.

It is normal that SAM Intelligence Agency did not know about this, because it broke out too quickly and there were no signs beforehand. Who made the opposition Rashad be captured so quickly?
What we can do now is to make quick remedies.

But at this time in California, the military-industrial complex was all laughing.

Having such an opportunity to intervene in the war between the Persian Empire and the Date Palm Empire is of course a very good thing.

They not only want to sell weapons, but also want the White House to do something and send those soldiers to deal with the disobedient brothers.

At this time, Zhao Mancang didn't know about these things.

The more chaotic the situation in the Middle East is, the better, as he can take advantage of the situation.

In the following months, the Persian Empire and the Date Palm Empire fought each other to a pulp, and the hatred and conflict between the two sides continued to escalate.

I don’t know what hatred they have that makes them fight like this.

Zhao Mancang did not hide in Yunlan City to watch the show, but returned to Beijiang City.

As October approaches, the development of Beijiang City is even faster and more rapid.

In the city government office building, when Zhao Mancang came to the meeting again, he could see more young faces. They should have been newly recruited, right?
"Now the population of our Beijiang City has successfully exceeded 1.5 million."

When Lu Shengwen was reporting, his voice trembled slightly, because this was indeed a very extraordinary matter.

Four years ago, Beijiang City was just a small county town with a population of only tens of thousands. Now, the urban population of Beijiang City has exceeded one million.

The whole city has been turned upside down and changed dramatically.

"Our output value in the third quarter of this year has exceeded 1.5 billion RMB. Meiziba Airport's passenger throughput has exceeded 30,000 in the past three months of July, August, September, and March."

The passenger throughput figure of 30,000 people really caught Zhao Mancang's attention.

It may seem like a small amount, but it is actually a lot.

Because this was 1978, it was a miracle that so many people could take the plane.

Of course, all this has a lot to do with those two film and television cities.

In the past summer, many film and television dramas started shooting one after another, and they all came to the city of Beijiang to shoot and film.

Take Hollywood giants like 20th Century Fox for example. They are currently filming some films related to ancient Chinese history, which inevitably require the use of a large number of palaces and other scenes.

Asking them to go to Beijing to apply for permission to film at the Forbidden City would definitely not be possible.

However, the Yuwan Film and Television Base has a large number of palaces, urban areas, etc. from various dynasties in ancient China. They can come here to shoot for any dynasty they want. It is convenient and practical, and most importantly, it is very cheap.

And doesn’t filming a movie require a large number of extras?
Whether it is the Yuwan Film and Television Base or the Qingxi Town Film and Television Base, there are a large number of extras who are available on call at any time.

Maybe in Hollywood, hiring an extra might earn you ten or fifteen US dollars a day, but in Yuwan Town and Qingxi Town, the daily wage for an extra is only five RMB.

The cost gap between the two is extremely large.

Whether it is filming a movie or a TV series, cost is always an unavoidable topic.

While ensuring the quality of film and television production, reducing costs is naturally something that many directors and producers need to consider.

It is precisely because of these two film and television bases that the passenger flow at Meiziba Airport is so large.

At the same time, it is also because of this that there are so many tourists in Beijiang City.

Zhao Mancang nodded, quite satisfied with the result.

The meeting continued, and Zhao Mancang paid more attention to the construction progress of high-speed rail, expressways, national highways and other projects, as well as related safety and quality issues.

It is very important to open up the road from Beijiang City to several surrounding provinces, because a meeting will be held in the capital in more than a month.

In fact, the China Science and Technology Conference held in March this year has clearly pointed out the policy guidelines of vigorously developing science and technology, respecting talents, and respecting science.

In May, Guangming Daily also published the article that practice is the only criterion for testing truth, which triggered widespread discussion across the country.

Various signs have already explained many problems, but now it is still the darkness before dawn.

The next few years will be crucial for whether Beijiang City can develop smoothly.

After the meeting, Zhao Mancang returned to the capital.

Because the meeting is coming soon, he can't escape and has to attend it.

Before the meeting started, Zhao Mancang was called into the Lingjing Hutong compound to hold a small meeting with the leaders.

"Comrade Mancang, your Beijiang City is developing very well."

As soon as they met, the leader praised Zhao Mancang. Upon hearing this, the latter put it aside and said modestly that he was not good enough yet.

It’s really not good!
In Zhao Mancang's opinion, Beijiang City was still too conservative and was actually overtaken by Yunlan City.

You should know that the construction of Yunlan City only started in April last year, and it has been just over a year and a half, but the airport, deep-water port, etc. have already been built.

The passenger throughput of Iskushuban Airport alone in the past July, August, September and March has exceeded 200,000.

This excludes Chinese immigrants who were transported purely from Hong Kong Island, otherwise the number would be even higher.

Of course, the reason why Yunlan City developed faster than Beijiang City was because Zhao Mancang gave it a push from behind.

For example, the deep-water port. If Zhao Mancang had not dived into the seabed to work, how could the deep-water port of Yunlan City have been built so quickly?

Yunlan City's deep-water port is one of the driving forces behind its rapid development. After all, it transports a large amount of materials and population.

(End of this chapter)