Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

December 31, 1983, the last day of the year, should have been a good day, but for Reagan, it was a day of disaster.

"God, did you all grow up eating shit?"

"Is Yunlan City really that invincible? We Sams have struggled for over two hundred years to finally accumulate this wealth, but when it comes to cutting-edge technology, we are no match for Yunlan City. If Yunlan City had been established for over a hundred years, then I would accept it."

"But how many years has Yunlan City been established?"

"How is it possible that they have such formidable striking capabilities and are militarily flawless in every aspect?"

The military field contains a great deal of high technology, which places extremely high demands on the industrial system.

Yunlan City was only established in April 1977. Before that, this place was a desolate and backward area, but in just a few years, they have grown to such a terrifying level.

impossible!
Reagan didn't believe it, but that's the truth.

Whether to cease hostilities or continue fighting was entirely up to Reagan.

The group of people in the White House office discussed the matter back and forth, but couldn't come to a conclusion.

How to do it?

do not know!
Time flies, and it's already 1984.

New year and new atmosphere!
On January 1, 1984, New Year's Day, Zhao Mancang returned to his home in Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong Island, to reunite with his children.

New Year's Day isn't a major holiday, so I didn't go back to Beijing but stayed in Hong Kong.

Such holidays are nothing special for children.

Anyway, every day is a day for family reunion, so there's not much to say.

After dinner, Zhao Jinshi and his children pulled their father into the study to inquire about the global stock market.

"You guys should stop investing in stocks; the stock market isn't a game for you."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang shook his head and offered words of advice.

Stock trading is like gambling. If it were the original timeline, Zhao Mancang would definitely have better advice, but this timeline is very different.

That's why he wouldn't give them any advice.

Take the four major Hollywood studios as an example. In the original timeline, there were seven major studios. United Artists fell behind in the 1970s, was acquired, and withdrew from the ranks of the major studios.

But this time and space is even more different; the so-called Hollywood giants are now reduced to just four.

Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and MGM.

20th Century Fox has replaced Disney as the world's leading animation film company.

Moreover, 20th Century Fox is not only that; the company also produces very impressive animated films and live-action films with special effects.

For example, the Jurassic Park dinosaur movie series has inspired five theme parks worldwide.

They were held in Los Angeles, Hong Kong Island, Beijiang City, Tokyo, and Paris.

Of these five theme parks, Hong Kong Island and Tokyo are currently the best-performing, followed by Los Angeles and Paris. The theme park in Beijiang City is not yet fully completed.

With these five theme parks, 20th Century Fox has firmly secured its position as the top Hollywood giant. No matter how much Paramount tries to compete, it will never be able to defeat 20th Century Fox.

There's no way around it, theme parks are just too profitable.

Ticket sales, advertising, and merchandise are all very profitable.

With such a money-making tool, how could Paramount and the other two companies possibly win?

The landscape of Hollywood has changed dramatically, and the global landscape of technology companies and other sectors has also shifted significantly, but some things remain unchanged.

Taking Kimura's exports to Sam's Club as an example, most of the products Kimura produces, such as automobiles, color TVs, radios, and steel, are exported to Sam's Club.

This situation is determined by Kimura's own economic structure, and Sam's is the world's largest consumer market.

In addition, due to the economic stress caused by the oil crisis and economic crisis in the past few years, many ordinary people have chosen Kimura products.

For example, cars. The cars here in Kimura are small and fuel-efficient!

It's important to know that American cars like Cadillac and Ford are all large-displacement vehicles, which are extremely fuel-inefficient.

In the past, when everyone had money, they certainly wouldn't choose a small car like Kimura's; it would be too stingy. But now that everyone is short of money, they have to cut back on spending.

Therefore, under such circumstances, this economic structure has indeed not changed much.

Zhao Mancang was too lazy to make any changes, because this part of the market was originally meant for Beijiang City to manage.

After the Plaza Accord of 1985, Beijiang City will rise to prominence.

Yunlan City's main way of making money is not by selling these products, and it doesn't have that many workers.

Among high-tech products, Yunlan City mainly sells automobiles, airplanes, ships, radar, and other semiconductor-related technology products, as well as high-end manufacturing products such as machine tools.

In other words, Yunlan City aims to seize a portion of the high-value-added products from Berlin and Tokyo, as well as a part of Airbus's market share.

In the original timeline, there were only two giants in the global passenger aircraft manufacturing industry: Boeing and Airbus.

In this timeline, Mario, Boeing, and Airbus are the current three giants, and the passenger aircraft manufacturing company in Yunlan City hasn't even started to exert its strength yet.

Right now, they're making money through several major projects, such as desert greening projects, and they're making quite a bit of money.

After stopping Zhao Jinshi and the other kids from their daydreams, Zhao Mancang didn't try to persuade them any further.

Although Zhao Mancang had made a lot of money for those kids before, it had gotten them carried away.

However, they didn't earn all of this through their own means, so they will eventually have to return the money to the market.

He is not worthy of his position!
They don't have the ability to possess these funds, so of course they can't properly manage them.

After New Year's Day, 1984 officially arrived, and the Date Empire contacted Lü Yangui again, wanting to continue their greening project.

"Oh, so what exactly are you planning to do this time?"

Although Yunlan City currently lacks sufficient manpower, Lü Yangui still smiled and inquired about the details first.

When the Date Empire approached Yunlan City at this time, it was actually to surrender.

As everyone knows, Yunlan City has been at odds with Sam recently, and they even went to war a few days ago.

Despite the battle still being fought without a clear victor, Sam remained completely silent, and Yunlan City continued to thrive, without noticing any shells landing near the Great Wall of Forest.

Therefore, from this perspective, Yunlan City is one step ahead.

Having confirmed this, the Coconut Empire made its move, preparing to forge a deep alliance with Yunlan City. This so-called deep alliance, however, required a firm resolve; without considerable strength and ruthlessness, one would naturally not dare to do so.

"We hope to have more trade relations with Yunlan City, such as in the areas of steel, oil, and grain."

"Yunlan City has a very good grain yield, and we hope to import large quantities. Our Date Empire has a lot of oil, and we can use oil to exchange for grain."

The head of the Date Empire was a sensible man, and he immediately expressed his attitude.

Upon hearing this, Lü Yangui smiled.

For the time being, Yunlan City cannot be considered to have abundant food production.

Although the total population of Yunlan City had exceeded five million by 1984, the population structure was still somewhat strange.

Don't assume that because it's an immigrant country, there are mostly young people; in fact, there are quite a few elderly people as well.

Especially the Three Gorges migrants, almost all of them moved here with their entire families.

Therefore, the proportion of elderly people over fifty years old is not low.

There aren't many middle-aged and young adults in their thirties and forties, but young people under the age of eighteen make up the largest proportion.

Among them, the proportion of infants and toddlers under two or three years old is also quite high.

Take Niudongping Village as an example. When Zhou Xiaoqing and her friends got married last time, there were actually several people who got married at the age of seventeen.

Keep in mind that seventeen years old is not yet an adult, yet they are already the main force.

In order to receive the newborn subsidy, they deliberately increased their age by one year.

A significant number of people deliberately exaggerate their age before immigrating, since they don't have ID cards at that point, only a single page of their household registration book, so they can easily change it.

As for the birth certificate?
Haha, most people born in the 1950s and 60s were born in their rural hometowns, where they were delivered by midwives from nearby places. They didn't have the opportunity to give birth in hospitals or have doctors help them deliver their babies.

In such a population structure, there are not many people engaged in food cultivation.

For example, elderly people with strong planting skills or other young people over the age of 18 have all participated in desert greening projects.

Only a portion of the elderly, the infirm, and the young remain at home.

Even with three seasons a year and mechanized labor, grain yields are really not high.

Furthermore, even if there is grain, most of it will be stored and will not be exported at present.

Despite his surprise, Lü Yangui did not refute the other party, but waited with a smile for him to finish speaking.

The Date Empire must have been terrified of being attacked, but at the same time, they probably still wanted to fight the Persian Empire. So recently, they have been conserving their strength and actively building up walls and stockpiling grain.

After the other party finished speaking, Lü Yangui then said:
"Okay, I'm aware of your application for a 20,000 square kilometer desert afforestation project. If we can allocate manpower, we'll proceed with further negotiations; otherwise..."

Upon hearing this, the head of the Date Empire quickly said:
"No problem, we're willing to wait!"

Of course they were willing to wait, because Yunlan City did have several million people, but while the population was large, not all of them were necessarily suitable to come out and work.

A comparison between the Forest Wall project and the Saudi Arabian Empire's 10,000 square kilometer project will give you some insight.

The Saudi Empire's project, which covered an area of ​​10,000 square kilometers of desert, only involved sending a thousand people to participate in the greening project.

Is one square kilometer a lot of land?
There's definitely a lot of nonsense going on.

However, Yunlan City still only mobilized one thousand people, strictly controlling the population size.

However, looking at the 200,000 square kilometers of Gobi and desert areas enclosed by the Great Wall of Forest, Yunlan City directly dispatched more than 100,000 people, and the number continues to increase.

Simply put, it's roughly one about basic management and the other about meticulous management.

Of course, they are worlds apart.

The Coconut Empire didn't dare to hope that Lü Yangui and his group could send many people, but they would be satisfied as long as a contract was signed and people were actually sent to help green the 20,000 square kilometers of desert.

Soon, Zhao Mancang also learned about this.

"Let's not sign a contract with the Date Empire for now. We'll discuss this with them after we've digested that 200,000 square kilometers of desert and such."

After a pause, Zhao Mancang continued:

"By the way, the immigration bureau is tightening immigration policies again, and they're going to increase the scrutiny of immigrants."

No sooner had he finished speaking than there was a knock on the office door.

Knowing that Zhao Mancang was there, he still knocked on the door at this time. Lu Yangui's secretary certainly wouldn't have the guts to do that, so it seems that the matter is very serious.

Sure enough, the secretary who knocked on the door and entered explained the situation with a drastically changed expression: an explosion had occurred near an arms factory in the third satellite city of Yunlan City!

A massive explosion near the arsenal is certainly not a good thing.

It's important to know that firearms and ammunition are strictly prohibited in Yunlan City, far more so than in any other country on Earth.

Both the Black Cross Force and the Yunlan City Police have very strict regulations on firearms, and firing is not allowed lightly. Furthermore, guns must not be pointed at people.

All of this indicates that Yunlan City is no ordinary place. So, where did the bombs come from in a place with such strict gun and ammunition control?

It's really unbelievable!

"Boss, what do you think about this matter?" Lü Yangui asked with a troubled expression. Zhao Mancang waved his hand and said:

"First, we need to handle this matter properly, rescue people as soon as possible, evacuate nearby residents, and do a good job of comforting and compensating them."

Lü Yangui nodded hurriedly and then quickly left.

After watching the other party leave, Zhao Mancang remained silent for a long time before turning on his computer and connecting to a satellite in space to check on the explosion.

Why specifically near the arsenal?

Haha, whether it's Moscow, the United States, or Kimura, Great Britain, or other places, Zhao Mancang is not afraid of trouble.

Kimura, in particular, should be the prime suspects, but they probably don't have the guts to do it.
You have to understand, people from Kimura's country are inherently rebellious.

The appearance of Yunlan City shocked the whole world, but without a doubt, the most shocked person was Kimura.

Because Kimura desperately wants to replace him.

It is well known that people from Kimura's country have a very deep attachment to other countries and regions.

Kimura accounts for 34% of the super-rich immigrants in Yunlan City. (End of Chapter)