Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

December 1984, Sam, Los Angeles, Paramount headquarters.

"Awesome, this is so awesome! God, we've hit the jackpot this time, haha!"

Today is the day Paramount executives gather for a meeting.

Paramount's films have consistently topped the charts in October, November, and now December.

Since its release, "Night at the Museum" has remained at the top of the charts for quite some time.

Now in December, they have released two more films, which have once again topped the box office.

It's almost certain that Paramount's profits this year will be very high.

After the initial excitement, everyone became puzzled by the thefts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum.

Both of these theft cases remain unsolved, and the specifics are still unknown.

Because of these two cases, Hollywood has recently launched several different film projects related to museums, two of which have been released and grossed over 100 million US dollars at the box office.

It's a bit outrageous, but it also shows that the thefts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum have indeed become a huge sensation.

The case has not yet been solved, but the whole nation is still discussing it.

Meanwhile, many people are still wondering who did it.

On the other hand, no other similar cases have been found so far.

The reason for this is that Zhao Mancang has not taken any further action. He needs to wait for the case to cool down a bit before dealing with it again.

Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and MGM have all produced their own museum-related films, which are certainly not terrible.

The scripts are very well-crafted, either comedies, action films, or spy movies.

So they are definitely different.

But whether or not you can actually make money is hard to say.

At this moment, Zhao Mancang appeared at the municipal government office compound in Yunlan City, where Lü Yangui and his group were negotiating with someone.

It was more of a discussion than a negotiation.

Here's what happened: the neighbors next door wanted to borrow some food because they were in dire need of it, and they wanted to exchange it for oil, minerals, or other resources.

This wouldn't have been a big deal in itself, but the problem is that some of them are warlords who live near Yunlan City and want to be incorporated into Yunlan City.

These people wanted to live a good life because they lived right next to Yunlan City and could see how the residents of Yunlan City ate lavish meals every day.

They eat three meals a day, each with meat, and are very full. They also take walks to aid digestion.

On one side of the barbed wire fence lies the bustling city of Yunlan, with lush flowers and plants, excellent vegetation, and numerous rice paddies and wheat fields.

But on the other side was a desolate Gobi Desert.

We're neighbors, yet the difference in our lives is just too great.

Lü Yangui once again refused the warlords' demands, even if they were willing to donate the land free of charge, it would be useless.

Because Yunlan City will not accept these black people.

Then hit!
These warlords threatened him with curses and insults.

Lu Yangui wasn't afraid at all and welcomed them to come and fight.

Zhao Mancang remained seated, lost in thought.

There's an old saying: "It's not scarcity that's worrisome, but inequality."

Although Yunlan City is independent, it is still adjacent to these neighbors, which is not ideal.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang plans to erect a high wall on this side of the border.

They used large groves of huge trees, each 23 meters tall, to block the view from their neighbors.

To prevent these people from getting jealous again.

However, since these warlords are threatening to fight Yunlan City, let them come. It just so happens that Zhao Mancang feels that Yunlan City's territory is not big enough, so he might as well take over some more territory.

Anyway, it's only 1983 now. Even if we go to the future, Zhao Mancang believes that as long as his fist is strong enough, taking over a large area of ​​land will be no problem at all.

Since these warlords are so eager to plunder, let's see who's afraid of whom.

The drones are ready; if they dare to make a move, we'll use them to give them a good talking-to.

Zhao Mancang had been itching to do something lately, so he decided to vent his frustration on his neighbors.

After the so-called negotiations ended, these warlords returned to their own territories and, as expected, began to discuss things.

In fact, these people were the same group of black people who had been driven away by Yunlan City before.

They originally lived in Yunlan City, or more accurately, in the Somali region.

It's a pity they didn't cherish it; years of fighting have left this land desolate.

Now that Zhao Mancang has arrived, Yunlan City has been revitalized in just a few years.

At this point, they rekindled their ambition and wanted to take it back.
Then let's go!

Boom!

The pirates, rifles in hand, returned once more.

They were driven out by the Black Cross forces six or seven years ago, and now they are in an even worse situation.

The pirates, who had been warned in advance, still came looking for trouble. This time, the artillery fire will be even more merciless.

In less than a day, the shelling stopped, but the road was littered with corpses.

Yunlan City expanded again, but still managed to get rid of all these people.

Some of the survivors tried to stay put, but under gunfire, they had no choice but to leave.

Zhao Mancang had no intention of supporting these black people; they were too damn lazy and shameless.

In his previous life, Zhao Mancang had heard a lot about aid to Africa.

Although a significant portion of it is just for show, there are still some people who have genuinely done charity work.

But in Africa, well, it's really hopeless.

As we all know, Africa is rich in resources. If we united as one, we would have become prosperous and strong long ago.

However, this is not the case in Africa.

Even in the wealthy Southern Africa, it's because the country possesses vast mineral resources. The Rand Central Gold Mine, one of the world's leading gold producers, is located in Southern Africa, along with other gold mines of varying sizes.

But even so, Southern Africa is just like that.

To put it nicely, people in Africa are very content with what they have; to put it bluntly, they have absolutely no ambition.

In his previous life, Zhao Mancang had visited Mauritius and several other African countries.

To be honest, the local Chinese are indeed very different from other locals.

Yunlan City is expanding again, but it certainly won't want these black people.

Nowadays, the black people in Yunlan City are all immigrants, which means they must be wealthy.

Moreover, they weren't from Africa before they immigrated. There were only about ten Black people; their impact on Yunlan City was minimal.

When Yunlan City expanded its territory again and extended its walls, and it was about to expand to a land area of ​​800,000 square kilometers, the world was in an uproar.

Although Yunlan City was not established as a country, who would dare not regard it as one?
The entire area of ​​Yunlan City has expanded to 800,000 square kilometers, while the neighboring Saudi Empire only has a total area of ​​2.2 million square kilometers.

Therefore, the current size of Yunlan City is truly worrying.

Could it be that they're planning to expand further?
It's important to know that Yunlan City's population is now close to five million. Adding the three million non-Yunlan City residents, the region can accommodate more than eight million people.

That's not the point. The point is that Yunlan City, with its small population, has unleashed incredibly advanced black technology.

Originally, the global landscape was already set, but now, Yunlan City has become a variable.

The whole world is taking notice.

Super-Mach 5 fighter jets, all-nitrogen anionic salt explosives, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and all these weapons and equipment are like something out of thin air—it's terrifying.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles are relatively easy to deal with, since two or three countries in the world possess them. However, Mach 5+ fighter jets are something that only Yunlan City has.

Furthermore, no one knows whether Yunlan City has any other hidden methods.

This time, the Black Cross forces of Yunlan City also deployed drone units to fight against the pirates.

Despite the pirates' mediocre weaponry and poor manpower, the fact that Yunlan City suffered zero casualties still shocked many who were following the incident.

On Sam's side, Reagan and others held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.

They cannot allow any variables to occur; they must take action against Yunlan City.

"Over all this time, not a single piece of Yunlan City's advanced technology has been leaked. Apart from the photos we took before, there is no other relevant information about their fighter jets."

Reagan launched into a tirade:

"Are you all pigs? You're wasting taxpayers' money! How dare you apply for so much funding every year? Fuck!"

Inside the office, everyone remained silent, letting Reagan vent his anger.

Half an hour later, a strategy was agreed upon.

This time, they dispatched their current number five, Antonius Howard, to take charge of the matter.

The main task is to support Ethiopia, Yunlan City's neighbor, and to re-arm these people.

Then they targeted Yunlan City and launched another attack.

At the same time, various forms of smear campaigns were launched against Yunlan City in international public opinion.

Yes, we can bring along Chinese people as well.

The Eastern dragon hiding in the Far East, silently developing its strength, is definitely not going to work.

While this was still in progress, in Yunlan City on the other side, Zhao Mancang had already begun arranging for people to dismantle the wall and relocate it to a more distant place.

This expansion covers nearly 200,000 square kilometers of land, which is enormous and should certainly be put to good use.

First, a wall needs to be built. Second, more tall trees need to be transplanted behind the wall to block the neighbors' view.

Zhao Mancang deeply disliked the way Ethiopia looked at him.

After these trees, which are twenty or thirty meters tall, are planted this time, they won't be able to see them even if they wanted to.

As for smelling any fragrance, that's even more impossible.

In less than half a month, a forest belt was formed, starting from the coast of the Gulf of Aden, cutting diagonally down to the southern Kenyan region, and finally flowing into the western coast of the Indian Ocean.

Every tree in this forest is at least twenty meters tall.

The overall width reaches 500 meters.

Don't think that 500 meters is not wide. In fact, 500 meters is quite spacious, and in some places the forest is even wider than 500 meters.

Inside the Great Wall of Forest is Yunlan City, and outside is the surrounding wall.

The wall is very clear and is made entirely of transparent steel.

It would be impossible for the Ethiopian people next door to steal these walls, because these steel walls are electrified.

The first time I encountered it, it was just a tingling sensation, nothing unexpected happened.

But the second time, the intensity will be higher.

Moreover, the walls are covered with a dense array of camera lenses, providing 24-hour surveillance, and drones patrol the skies as well.

Therefore, no matter what, these Black people could never get over the wall.

It's impossible for them to have crossed over illegally.

As for the coastline?

That would be even more impossible.

Just after the Great Wall of Forest was completed in Yunlan City, His Highness Nasser, the Crown Prince of the Saudi Empire, saw the news and was stunned.

He called Lü Yangui that very night, wanting to come and visit this forest Great Wall.

"I'm sorry, I'm very busy. I'm afraid I don't have time."

"I'll donate five million US dollars to your Yunlan City."

"I'll arrange for someone to take you on a tour."

As long as you have money!

So Nasser quickly flew over to Yunlan City and, accompanied by Yunlan City staff, visited the Great Wall in the forest.

They were all towering trees, twenty meters tall, and they appeared in such a short period of time.

"Where did you find the trees for this Great Forest? Why haven't I noticed that Yunlan City has cultivated such tall trees before? How did you manage to do that?"

There are many different kinds of these tall trees, such as sal trees, palm trees, parasol trees, coconut trees, dawn redwoods, rhododendrons, poplars, banyan trees, etc.

There are many different species of trees, encompassing both tropical and subtropical trees.

But without exception, all of these trees are tall trees, twenty meters or more.

It would take at least ten years for these trees to grow to such height, right?

Palm trees grow quickly, but they still need time to grow.

Although Nasser was not a plant expert, he knew a little about plants.

Moreover, his house is the imperial palace, and there are many trees planted around it. Several species of trees on the forest wall of Yunlan City are found in the small forest next to his imperial palace.

However, the trees of the same species in their yard had been growing for more than twenty years, and as a result, they were only a little over ten meters tall.

So, where did the trees on this forest wall in Yunlan City come from?

Nasser was completely baffled.

When asked, the staff offered no explanation, simply saying they didn't know.

They genuinely didn't know, because only Zhao Mancang knew about it. They couldn't very well ask Zhao Mancang to tell Lü Yangui and the others that he had secretly poached it from other parts of the world, could they? (End of Chapter)