Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

In December 1978, in the Lingjing Hutong compound in Beijing, the office was as warm as spring, and Zhao Mancang was chatting with his leaders with a smile.

After a while, a leader suddenly talked about the situation in the Middle East and looked at Zhao Mancang and asked:

"Comrade Mancang, you're quite familiar with Africa and the Middle East. Do you know what Yunlan City is like? I heard there are a large number of Chinese immigrants there. Did you know that?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually complaining in his heart.

Sure enough, the development of Yunlan City could not escape the attention of many interested people.

It's only been over a year, but it has attracted so much attention. Sigh!

"Yes, I know Yunlan City. They do have a large number of Chinese immigrants. I've even been there, and the development there is quite good. It used to be a Gobi desert, but now it's all farmland and grassland, with a lot of cash crops grown. To be honest, I was quite surprised when I saw it."

Whether he was really surprised or not, only Zhao Mancang himself knew it best.

He avoided the main point and did not talk about other things. He just introduced the agricultural development and "everything" he saw.

On the contrary, he didn't say anything about technology, industrial development, etc.

At this stage, Yunlan City must keep a low profile and not attract attention.

Even though the Black Cross Forces had quickly dealt with the pirates hiding in the Mogadishu area and had already attracted attention from the outside world, so what?
Sam himself is in chaos, so naturally no one will come to Yunlan City to cause trouble anymore.

As for the people from Moscow, haha, it would be very difficult for them to come to Yunlan City to cause trouble.

Many institutions that develop weapons and high technologies are extremely confidential units, far away from human habitation, and have multiple defense forces.

Previously, Zhao Mancang had asked Shaya Laboratory to develop video calls, and many of the optical lens technologies involved had already been developed.

These optical lens miniaturization technologies, digital signal processing technologies, etc. have been developed one after another, and Zhao Mancang used them directly, and all of them were used in relevant scientific research institutions in Yunlan City.

With such surveillance cameras, encryption algorithms, and the on-duty personnel arranged by the Black Cross Force, it is naturally impossible for those KGB agents to get close to this place.

If you get even a little closer, you'll be discovered immediately.

However, some "real" tourists can still freely enter and exit public places such as zoos, farmlands, shopping malls, etc., so it is relatively easy to learn the basic information of Yunlan City.

Seeing that Zhao Mancang did not admit that he was the one controlling Yunlan City behind the scenes, the leader did not continue the topic.

In fact, the leaders were just guessing and had no real evidence.

The reason why people speculate that Zhao Mancang is controlling Yunlan City behind the scenes is very simple. That is, his strength and influence are very powerful, and only he can promote the rise of Yunlan City in such a short period of time.

Companies such as Nolinasun Group, Island Development Bank, and North American Robotics Computer Company are all very typical multinational giants, and Zhao Mancang's shadow is behind them.

Although Zhao Mancang never took the initiative to admit in front of his superiors that these were his personal businesses, his superiors were not stupid. In the past twenty years, he had spent almost half of his time abroad. How could they not understand?

"Okay, then we just need to focus on Yunlan City. It's a city with huge development potential. I heard that over 90% of the population are Chinese immigrants. Haha, that's pretty good."

"Mancang, we are about to have a meeting. Before the meeting, we would like to hear your opinions on our country's policies and economic situation."

After hearing the leader's words, Zhao Mancang became serious, but he immediately declined and became humble.

However, the leaders told him to say whatever he wanted to say without worrying too much.

"Then I'll show off my skills for once?"

"Haha, you're a strong man in economic development. In our country, if we talk about who has better vision, it must be you."

After a few casual words, Zhao Mancang got down to business.

Since we are talking about economic development, we must first briefly explain our current domestic and international situation.

"The current situation in our country can be summed up in one word: poverty!"

"During the process of building Beijiang City, I discovered that even if I simply set slightly higher wages, everyone would rush to work there. It can be said that high wages contribute a large part to the current population size of Beijiang City."

"The second is the purchasing power of our RMB. Well, it's too strong. The reason for this is not just us, but also external factors. I will talk about this later."

"From Beijiang City to Jiangcheng, and then to the high-speed railway and highway projects in surrounding areas such as Guizhou, Guangxi, and Jiangxi provinces, we mobilized a lot of people."

"The first element of economic development is a large number of medium- to large-scale projects. As the old saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. That's why we are vigorously promoting the development of highways and railways. Next will be the development of communication tools like public telephones, phone cards, and mobile phones."

"To get rid of poverty, Beijiang City has made many efforts and attempts. So far, no results have been achieved, but the results are still good."

"Based on the current development trajectory, I am very confident that within ten years, Beijiang City will become the most economically developed and most populous city in our country."

Taking Beijiang City as an example, Zhao Mancang briefly analyzed the domestic situation and immediately introduced the "development experience" of Beijiang City.

Although this experience cannot be imitated anywhere else, it is still an experience.

At the same time, by introducing the city of Beijiang, the leaders can better understand that the benefits of economic development are not just about becoming rich.

In areas such as national defense and science and technology, it can also promote their development and protect the fruits of our labor from being stolen by others.

"The current external environment may seem simple, but it is actually very complex. I won't go into details."

"Since 1972, the dollar has collapsed, and inflation in Europe and the United States has skyrocketed. This increase is still continuing. Perhaps you leaders have noticed that the Federal Reserve prints a large amount of dollars every year."

"Once we truly open up our economy and integrate with the rest of the world, we will inevitably be impacted by this," he said. "That's why the purchasing power of our renminbi is so strong, in stark contrast to that of foreign countries."

After hearing what Zhao Mancang said, the leaders seemed to be thinking about something.

In the history of the original time and space, in the years of 1979 and 1980, our country launched at least 1,000 medium and large-scale projects every year, with an investment amount exceeding 100 billion RMB. Of course, we certainly don't have that much money, so where did all this money come from?

If more money is not enough, then we can only rely on printing RMB.

Another thing is to borrow money from Kimura and other foreign countries.

Therefore, as Zhao Mancang was chatting, he mentioned the issue of borrowing money from abroad.

In other words, Kimura used the strategy of low-interest loans to help us with reform and opening up. Since 1979, a total of 3.3 trillion yen has been borrowed.

Of course, Kimura's "kindness" is conditional, that is, they provide loans, and we must purchase their products and technologies.

"Boss, if we need to borrow money from abroad, the repayment must be in US dollars, not Japanese yen or other currencies."

The leaders were shocked and asked why.
They all subconsciously forgot why Zhao Mancang knew about their negotiations with Kimura. After all, this kind of thing had just begun, and the outside world should not know about it yet.

So how did Zhao Mancang know?

It is also recommended to choose US dollars instead of Japanese yen as the repayment method. Is there some inside story that everyone is unaware of?

"Leader, the reason is actually very simple. As you all know, the Federal Reserve has been printing dollars, so the devaluation of the dollar globally is inevitable. On the other hand, it is very interesting."

Zhao Mancang chuckled and continued:

"From the early 1960s, Kimura didn't export many products to Sam's Club. At that time, Kimura didn't make any money from Sam's Club. But in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Kimura's economic structure underwent a major transformation."

"Kimura's exports of automobiles, steel, color TVs, textiles, etc. to Sam's Club have been increasing year by year."

In this time and space, color TVs, textiles, and some other daily necessities, a considerable portion of which were exported to Sam's from Europe and Kimura.

These are all produced in our country, and then transported to Kimura, Europe and other places using the ocean-going shipping ships under the Nolinasun Group, and finally arrive at Sam's.

After all, Sam's Club is a major resource consumer in the world. They need to consume a large amount of daily necessities such as clothes, paper, gasoline, electricity, etc. every year. That is a terrifying consumption.

Even the movie ticket prices have increased so dramatically, one can imagine how fantastical this time and space is.

On the other hand, Kimura's semiconductor industry is still very developed, and the exported products such as radios and color TVs are also very powerful, plus the little tricks Zhao Mancang is doing behind the scenes.

So Kimura earns a lot of US dollars from Sam's every year.

For example, in the field of televisions, Kimura's exports to Sam's Club increased from US$172 million in 6.9 to US$ million in , a terrifying growth rate.

Half of them were harvested by Zhao Mancang.

"Kimura's trade surplus with Sam's Club exceeds $50 billion annually, which means Kimura earns over $50 billion from Sam's Club. This is roughly equivalent to five-eighths of the military-industrial complex's annual revenue."

Sam's military-industrial complex earns at least 80 billion US dollars every year, but this is just profit. It cannot be compared with the net profit of more than 50 billion US dollars that Kimura directly takes away.

So it would be strange if Sam wasn't jealous.

A big part of the reason why Kennedy was killed was because he touched the cake of the military-industrial complex.

"So, we often see agreements like 'voluntary export restrictions' signed between Kimura and Sam's Club. In my opinion, within eight years, Sam's Club will definitely take action against Kimura."

Seeing Zhao Mancang so serious, the leaders were shocked and listened more attentively.

"Sam will definitely sign an agreement with Kimura, asking him to voluntarily push for the yen to appreciate and the dollar to depreciate. In that case, we'll need to repay Kimura more yen."

One leader couldn't help but ask:

"No matter how foolish Kimura and his group are, they can't possibly give up the economic gains of so many years, right? They can sign voluntary export restrictions and other related agreements, but if they allow the yen to appreciate, wouldn't that be like cutting flesh to feed the hawks?"

Zhao Mancang laughed and said,

"Leader, no one is stupid, but there are no normal people in Kimura. They are an island nation. Compared to cutting meat to feed the eagles, at least there is still meat. We all understand the principle of keeping the green mountains, there will be no shortage of firewood. How could they in Kimura not understand it?"

"If Kimura is unwilling to agree to let the yen appreciate and the dollar depreciate, we can all imagine what the consequences will be. I'm sure Kimura and his people can imagine it too, right?"

"Sam has many bases in Kimura. Do you think they're afraid? I'm sure they are very afraid. That's why they have a plan to relocate the few senior executives in Kimura."

The country-changing plan and the like were Kimura's top secrets, and outsiders knew nothing about them.

But how could Zhao Mancang not know?

"What? A country-changing plan?"

The leaders were surprised again. They just wanted to hear some suggestions from Zhao Mancang on economic development, but they didn't expect that the conversation would become more and more in-depth and more and more secrets were revealed.

Zhao Mancang nodded:
"Yes, it's the country exchange plan. Leaders, you may not be familiar with it, but I have been to Australia, South America and other places. They have purchased a lot of land there and planted crops there."

"They also built schools, hospitals, banks, supermarkets, etc., and they were completely closed off from the locals, forming a completely closed, independent kingdom."

"Then, no matter what problems arise in Kimura, the Kimura residents who relocate to South America, Australia, and other places can 'do whatever they want' and live and work in the small kingdom. Over the generations, the population will surely grow."

"Therefore, if we really want to sign a loan agreement with Kimura, we must pay attention to these points and not give them the opportunity to establish independent kingdoms such as schools, hospitals, and banks, even the slightest bit."

After Zhao Mancang finished speaking, the leaders were completely stunned.

You know, their leaders have always remained calm even when faced with a catastrophe, but what Zhao Mancang said now is really too alarmist.

But what he said made so much sense that they had to believe him. (End of this chapter)