Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

January 1984, Kimura, Tokyo, inside a beautiful and luxurious manor.

"Soga, with our successful entry into Yunlan City this time, we'll definitely be able to master a lot of high technology in the future. Our path to rise is not far off."

Mitsui Choji said excitedly.

When Yunlan City was first established, the Mitsui family simply followed the principle of seizing the opportunity and did not intend to miss this opportunity, so they made a financial investment in Yunlan City.

But as they learned more, they discovered that Yunlan City was incredibly wealthy, so a powerful branch of the Mitsui family immigrated to Yunlan City.

If Yunlan City's immigration policy hadn't been less stringent at the time, the current Mitsui family, unless their personal assets exceed fifty million US dollars, would not be able to enter Yunlan City at all.

Don't think that fifty million US dollars is not a lot. You should know that the average person in Sam's country only earns an annual salary of 18,000 US dollars.

Fifty million US dollars would take an average American over two thousand years to accumulate.

However, Yunlan City's immigration policy has lowered the requirements for ordinary Chinese people, especially those from within China.

Therefore, Mitsui and his decision-makers immediately adjusted their strategy, sending some Chinese immigrants to Yunlan City.

They also spent money to buy off some Chinese people to work for them.

Especially after the unprecedented conflict between Sam and Yunlan City in the past two years, the whole world has come to know how awesome Yunlan City is.

Fighter jets exceeding Mach 5, and restricted weapons such as intercontinental ballistic missiles—this is something no one expected.

It should be noted that Yunlan City is only a 'city' that has been established for a few years, yet it has so much high technology.

Ironically, these high-tech features are only found in Yunlan City, and no other country in the world possesses them, which is truly fantastical.

After some investigation, everyone learned that Yunlan City had many restricted areas.

The outermost perimeter of these restricted areas is the infamous Black Cross unit, and inside are towering walls.

In any case, they are completely invisible from the outside. Even if you use a satellite to observe them, you still can't see them because the roofs of these buildings are covered with a new type of reflective material.

Mitsui and his team didn't know what this material was either; the satellites just couldn't see it.

As for the Blackbird reconnaissance planes that Sam sent out, they were just targets.

The Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft's top speed is only Mach 3.2. Even if it only appears over neighboring Ethiopia or Kenya, or in the Indian Ocean or the Gulf of Aden, it will be shot down by missiles.

Without exception.

This has led to the outside world having no idea what is hidden inside these restricted areas.

Based on the results of searches conducted by agents from countries such as the US, Kimura, Moscow, and Great Britain, these restricted areas should be uninhabited.

Because the Black Cross forces don't even enter these restricted areas, let alone anyone else.

They had no idea that Zhao Mancang had been to these restricted areas, and that he had done so countless times.

Since they couldn't find out what was happening inside the restricted area, Mitsui and his group were even more eager to know.

Therefore, they hoped to bribe the people of Yunlan City and find out the specific details.

So, it seems that Mitsui and his team have made some progress, so they happily held a meeting.

But before the meeting was over, another message came from Yunlan City: an explosion had occurred near the third satellite city of Yunlan City a day earlier.

There is an arms factory in the third satellite city. An explosion occurred nearby, injuring hundreds of civilians.

The horrific photos were published in Yunlan City's official newspapers and broadcast live throughout the city.

As the highest-ranking official in Yunlan City, Lü Yangui angrily declared that this matter would be thoroughly investigated and that any enemy agents lurking within Yunlan City would be severely punished.

"idiot!"

Upon learning the news, Mitsui Zhang Si and the others were extremely angry, because the epicenter of the explosion was one of their Mitsui family's gathering points in Yunlan City.

They currently have no idea what is happening in Yunlan City, but the Mitsui family has invested over a billion US dollars in Yunlan City.

If this incident leads to an accident, even if these people die a hundred times, it will not be enough to compensate the Mitsui family.

As the top-tier zaibatsu family in Japan, the Mitsui family wields immense wealth and power, and they dare to confront even Wall Street giants head-on.

To be honest, while a billion dollars is certainly not a drop in the ocean for the Mitsui family, it's not enough to cripple them if they lose that amount of money.

But Mitsui and his team knew very well that one billion US dollars was just an entry ticket.

It's important to know that the desert greening projects that Yunlan City is currently undertaking with Middle Eastern desert countries such as the Saudi Arabian Empire, the Date Palm Empire, the Persian Empire, and the UAE are all worth hundreds of billions of US dollars.

In addition, Yunlan City's financial market has a daily trading volume of over 300 billion US dollars, which is quite rapid. It has caught up with Hong Kong Island and Garden City, ranking only after New York and London, and is on par with Tokyo.

In this situation, a billion-dollar investment is not just an investment, but an opportunity.

Mitsui and his men were furious and terrified that their scheme would be exposed.

But according to Murphy's Law, the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.

Sure enough, less than half a day had passed when news came from Yunlan City that all of the Mitsui family's investment activities in Yunlan City had been banned.

The explosion near the arsenal of Yunlan City's third satellite city was caused by a chemical plant invested in by the Mitsui family.

The specific cause of the explosion is still under investigation, but the fact that all of the Mitsui family's investment activities were blocked so quickly is enough to show that Yunlan City must have some evidence.

So what to do?
"Baka! Get to Yunlan City quickly! We need to explain this matter as soon as possible; we can't let our billion-dollar investment go down the drain!"

An elder of the Mitsui family said anxiously.

But no matter how anxious he is, it's useless. The specific situation depends on how Yunlan City will handle this matter and how much evidence Yunlan City has.

So, a group of elders from the Mitsui family discussed for half an hour and finally decided to have Mitsui Zhang Si personally go to Yunlan City to handle this matter.

At this point, only Mitsui Shōji could keep the situation under control.

Beijiang City, Limidong Villa.

With the Spring Festival approaching, Zhao Mancang returned here first to handle some matters. As for Yunlan City, there was no rush at the moment.

Today's meeting is a summary meeting held in the municipal government office compound. Lu Shengwen, Yang Kangsheng, Li Dawei, and others are all here, and Zhao Mancang is also in attendance.

"I am delighted that everyone could attend this year's summary meeting. Thanks to everyone's hard work over the past year, our city of Beijiang has achieved what it is today."

The conference had just begun with the usual official jargon, and Zhao Mancang smiled slightly as he listened to the familiar words.

Although these are all nonsense, you have to admit that sometimes, these old-fashioned platitudes can indeed help to calm people down, so you can't completely call them nonsense.

After chatting idly for a while, Beijiang City finally got down to business.

The most important point is economic output, which is primarily reflected in tax revenue. While taxation of foreign-invested enterprises hasn't fully commenced yet, it's coming soon.

The reform and opening up began in 1978. In order to attract foreign investment, taxes were exempted for more than five years.

Most of the companies entered the market around seven or eight years ago, but these companies are all related to Zhao Mancang, so there's not much to say about them.

On the contrary, it is the foreign-funded enterprises that have entered the country seven or eight years later, or even in the last year or two, that are what Zhao Mancang is concerned about.

Of course, the taxation of foreign companies has not yet started, but the taxation of companies in Beijiang City itself has already begun.

For example, well-known toy factories and clothing factories are not only large labor-intensive enterprises, but also have considerable revenue and profits.

Take the No. 1 Toy Factory in Beijiang City as an example. In 1983, the factory's revenue in China exceeded 135 million RMB, while its total revenue from exports exceeded 283 million USD.

This also shows just how amazing this toy factory is.

Besides these companies, there are also many upstream factories that supply Wanjia Supermarket, and they have all made a lot of money.

The coal-fired power plant, the Yuwan Film and Television Base, Beijiang Airlines, and other enterprises all pay taxes to varying degrees.

After final tallying, Beijiang City collected a total of 20.7 billion RMB in taxes over the past year.

When the numbers were announced, the entire conference room erupted in applause.

This is because it marks the first time that Beijiang City's tax revenue has exceeded 20 billion, a truly remarkable figure.

That's awesome!

Zhao Mancang, who was attending the meeting, was quite surprised to hear this. He hadn't expected that Beijiang City could achieve such a feat.

Others might not understand, but did he not know what it meant for Beijiang City to be able to collect so much tax revenue?

This means that in the past year, the total revenue of all enterprises in Beijiang City has exceeded 100 billion RMB.

This is truly terrifying.

In 1983, the GDP of other major cities such as Shanghai, Baiyun City, and Beijing was at most 30 to 40 billion RMB. In fact, only Shanghai could achieve that.

The GDP of Beijing and other cities doesn't even reach the 20 billion US dollars in tax revenue of Beijiang City.

Therefore, Beijiang City is absolutely leading by a wide margin.

terrible!

After the applause subsided, Lu Shengwen and his group moved on to the next topic: catching the tiger.

Zhao Mancang was also very concerned about this, and his expression became unusually serious.

The economy of Beijiang City has developed rapidly. In this process, some people couldn't resist taking advantage of it, and they couldn't escape it.

Five million RMB in cash was found in the home of Zhang Dawei, the deputy director of the office.

This is still the third set of RMB, with the largest denomination being ten yuan. The fourth set of RMB will not be issued until 1987.

Therefore, if all the ten-yuan bills with the highest denomination were stacked together, five million yuan would actually be equivalent to fifty million yuan.

The visual impact is very strong.

Many people in the meeting room discussed the photos, and while some verbally condemned Zhang Dawei, no one knows what they were really thinking.

But then the video of Zhang Dawei being sent to prison was played.

A gunshot rang out, exploding in everyone's ears.

The restlessness in many people's hearts gradually subsided.

Almost every year, the city of Beijiang manages to catch such a tiger.

Can't escape!
If the amount exceeds 10,000 RMB, then a single peanut is indispensable.

Although everyone knows it's difficult to keep them quiet, Zhao Mancang believes that with time, he will eventually be able to shut them up completely.

Then came the various summaries. Zhao Mancang wasn't very interested in this part, but he still sat patiently and continued listening.

Zhao Mancang only took out his phone to answer it when it vibrated in his pocket.

Yes, it's the Mitsui family.

He received a call from Yunlan City informing him of this.

"So what if they're here? We'll do what needs to be done, according to the rules. We must ensure fairness and impartiality. The Mitsui family must be severely punished this time. We don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of trouble."

Zhao Mancang's words, powerful and resonant, instantly invigorated Lü Yangui.

As long as Zhao Mancang gives his full support, then Lü Yangui will certainly not back down.

A major accident has occurred at a chemical plant invested in by the Mitsui family in Yunlan City. According to the current investigation results, this is a problem inherent to the Mitsui family itself.

Therefore, this compensation must be paid by the Mitsui family.

As for whether the Mitsui family is willing?
That's not up to them!

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Mancang's eyes darkened.

He really disliked the people from Kimura.

So Zhao Mancang plans to take a trip to Tokyo in a couple of days, before the Spring Festival.

Having previously worked on the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, it's time to work on the Tokyo Museum as well.

In fact, Zhao Mancang had already cleaned up the museums in Tokyo quite some time ago.

Zhao Mancang had caused quite a bit of trouble in Kimura's area before, and even buried alive those heinous Kimura people on the spot.

As time went by, Zhao Mancang arrived in Tokyo on this day.

Upon arriving at the destination, Zhao Mancang went straight to the famous Tokyo National Museum.

This museum is Kimura's oldest national museum and houses a large collection of our country's treasures.

So after Zhao Mancang arrived here, the first thing he did was to come here and take a look around.

In one night, Zhao Mancang took away all the millions of cultural relics in the museum.

The next morning, the entire Kimura village was in an uproar. (End of Chapter)