Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Inside the study of Limi Cave Villa.

When Xiao Baozi and his friends heard about the investment plan for the appreciation of the Japanese yen and the German mark, their eyes lit up.

They had already learned about this from their father.

Now it's finally starting, it hasn't been easy.

It's only June now, and there's still a long time until September.

However, Zhao Mancang wasn't impatient; rather, he was making arrangements in advance, which would allow him to be more at ease.

Besides, he doesn't want people to know that he's stirring up trouble in the global economy again.

On the one hand, go long on the Japanese yen and the German mark, and on the other hand, go short on the US dollar.

With both lines of work progressing simultaneously, this matter is going to be very stable.

However, if you want to make a lot of money without anyone knowing, you not only need to plan ahead, but also break it down into smaller parts.

As we all know, once money has accumulated to a certain level, it becomes very difficult to earn compound interest.

For example, if you have 100,000 yuan, then earning 100,000 yuan is relatively easy.

However, when the amount of capital reaches one hundred million US dollars, even earning fifty percent becomes extremely difficult.

Given its sheer size, it's bound to attract attention.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang and his team need to enter the market ahead of time and convert all their funds into small investments of less than five million US dollars.

This way, it won't be easily discovered.

"Come on, let me test you now. Why did the German mark and the Japanese yen appreciate in the second half of the year, and not other currencies? For example, why not the Hong Kong dollar or the Renminbi?"

Upon hearing their father's question, Xiao Baozi and Xiao Taozi immediately frowned.

They knew their father wouldn't let them make money so easily.

Zhao Mancang's true purpose was to teach them how to think about problems, to understand the ins and outs of things, and to equip them with this skill.

"You've all grown up now; you need to learn to think for yourselves and how to solve problems correctly."

Zhao Mancang said with a smile:
"I have some materials here. Take a look at them, and then write your own essay about the question I just asked. Be sure to clearly state the reasons and summarize the detailed data."

Just then, Zhao Mancang took out a large stack of documents from the bookshelf and let them look through them themselves.

Zhao Mancang only gave them one week.

After hearing this, Xiao Baozi and the others were dumbfounded.

However, Zhao Jinshi and the other children did not hesitate and immediately got to work.

After all, their father had already provided the information, so they didn't need to collect any more information themselves.

In other words, the answer lies within these materials.

Finding answers to questions is easy, isn't it?

Soon it was time to speak, and Zhao Jinshi was the first to speak, extracting a lot of useful information from the materials.

This is because several parts of it are very conspicuous, namely that Kimura was often coerced by Sam into signing various export restrictions.

For example, automobiles, steel, color TVs, refrigerators, and other products are the most important export products for Kimura's hometown.

In fact, Sam is the largest consumer of Kimura's products.

After a large number of cars were manufactured in Kimura, a significant portion of the products were shipped to North America.

"Why are these cars so popular in North America? Have you ever thought about that?"

Upon hearing his father's words, Zhao Jinshi hesitated.

After thinking for a moment, he said:

"Dad, Kimura's cars are generally cheaper, as far as I know, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, etc."

"The production costs of these car brands are very low, definitely much lower than those produced in North America."

Secondly, people in North America are generally wealthier.

After Xiao Shitou finished speaking, Zhao Mancang smiled and asked again, "Is that all?"
Kimura's cars are inexpensive, which is absolutely true.

Just then, Little Peach suddenly added:

"Dad, I know. It's because Kimura's cars are smaller and more stylish, and they also have smaller engines."

Zhao Mancang was quite surprised that Xiao Taozi could think of this, and upon hearing this, he gave her a thumbs up and praised her:

"Yes, you're right, that's definitely a big part of the reason."

"Small-displacement cars are very attractive to residents of North America because North American car brands such as General Motors, Ford, and Cadillac primarily produce large-displacement vehicles."

"The larger the engine displacement, the higher the fuel consumption."

"You should remember the oil prices before and after the two previous oil crises, right?"

Upon hearing Zhao Mancang's explanation, Little Stone, Little Peach, and Little Bun all suddenly understood.

There were two oil crises in the 1970s. The first was in 1973, when the price of crude oil on the international market was below three dollars a barrel before the crisis broke out.

However, after the crisis broke out, crude oil prices exploded to $13 a barrel, and even after the crisis passed, crude oil prices never fell below $10 again.

Having tasted the benefits of high crude oil prices, how could ExxonMobil and the Seven Sisters oil producers possibly allow prices to fall?
impossible!
The second oil crisis occurred in early 1979, before which oil prices were below $20 a barrel.

However, after the outbreak, crude oil prices surged to over $30, and have not fallen below $30 since.

The two major oil crises caused crude oil prices to skyrocket.

The oil crisis led to a rise in crude oil prices, and naturally, gasoline prices also soared.

Before the crisis, it wouldn't have mattered much for residents of North America to drive large-displacement Cadillacs, Fords, General Motors, and other similar vehicles.

However, after the oil price rose, many people said they couldn't stand it.

Those with low incomes, in particular, would naturally choose Kimura cars with small engine displacements.

"These are the main reasons why Kimura cars are so popular in North America: low cost, small engine displacement and low fuel consumption, and stylish design."

After a pause, Zhao Mancang continued:

"Okay, besides the fact that Kimura's cars, steel, color TVs, and other products are selling so well in North America, causing an imbalance in North America's balance of payments, are there any other reasons why Sam would insist on appreciating the yen?"

After this question arose, Xiao Taozi and the others frowned deeply, but none of them could explain the reasons for the other locations.

The main reason Sam forced Kimura to sign the Plaza Accord was to improve Sam's international balance of payments imbalance and enhance the competitiveness of Sam's export products in the international market.

Zhao Mancang did not let Xiao Taozi and the others continue to think, but instead told them to go back and carefully review the materials again.

This information is crucial and will greatly help them in their subsequent research on other international financial cases.

The next step is to make arrangements in all aspects in preparation for the upcoming Plaza Accord.

"My requirements for you are very simple: you must ensure the safety of your funds and not let anyone know that you are going long on the Japanese yen mark, understand?" Little Peach and the others all nodded, indicating that they understood.

Since that was the case, Zhao Mancang stopped paying attention to them.

The specific situation has been explained to them; how to operate and manage it from now on is their own business.

In today's international market, the butterfly effect generated by Zhao Mancang, this Amazonian butterfly, is actually quite significant.

Whether it's his influence on Hong Kong Island, Cloud City, or the companies he founded before.

For example, Causeway Bay Motors Group, whose cars are currently sold in many parts of the world.

However, the most impressive thing about this car company is its Zodiac-themed car brand, which is very luxurious and sold both domestically and internationally.

Of course, the zodiac-themed cars are very profitable, but their sales are low, after all, they are luxury cars.

Other sub-brands of Causeway Bay Motors Group don't have very large sales volumes in North America either; they certainly can't surpass Kimura Motors.

It's important to know that Kimura owns many car brands, including Toyota, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Honda, and Mazda. These automakers account for about 60% of Kimura's annual car exports to North America.

Therefore, it was only natural that Kimura would be forced by Sam to sign the Plaza Accord under such circumstances.

After all the work was arranged, Zhao Mancang stopped paying attention to the matter.

Zhao Mancang trusted his team to handle the matter.

Yunlan City, seaside villas.

Having nothing to do, Zhao Mancang came here to relax.

Zhao Mancang has traveled to many places around the world. A few years ago, he also took Lin Wan and others to Antarctica, where they saw many strange and unusual animals.

In the past year or two, Zhao Mancang has also built three very large wildlife parks in Yunlan City.

This is a real wildlife park, not one of those that use a false name.

For example, in the southern part of Yunlan City, there is a wildlife park covering an area of ​​50,000 square kilometers.

This place contains many wild animals that Zhao Mancang captured from other places, such as Siberian tigers, sables, and giant pandas.

All sorts of animals from various ecosystems were invited here by Zhao Mancang.

Whether they can survive and thrive in this forest region depends on themselves.

Humans are prohibited from entering this wildlife park, and even top predators like tigers find it difficult to leave this area.

Therefore, humans and animals can live in peace.

Zhao Mancang has tried many activities that ordinary people have never tried, and has seen many stunning landscapes.

Naturally, he's gotten a bit tired of it now, and occasionally he'll just choose to stay in his own little circle.

The children of Ryuzawa Nanako and Hou Feifei were all raised by themselves.

"Let me tell you a story about my younger brother."

On the beach, Zhao Mancang was bored and chatted idly with Long Ze Nanako and the others, telling some lame jokes.

They were happy to listen because Zhao Mancang was the child's father.

Most importantly, they are ambitious.

Zhao Mancang controls the entire Yunlan City behind the scenes, so naturally they want their children to have a certain right to inherit the city in the future.

Therefore, they would naturally try their best to please Zhao Mancang.

"Never mind, it's too long, I'm not going to continue."

You've piqued someone's interest, but then you stop talking about it—that won't do.

Ryuzawa Nanako hadn't realized what was going on, but Hou Feifei blushed.

"Oh dear, how could you do this in broad daylight?"

"How am I? Come on, come into the room, I'll tell you my brother's story."

When Zhao Mancang cheerfully picked up Hou Feifei and carried her into the room, Long Ze Nanako hadn't even reacted yet.

Chinese is profound and complex; it is truly difficult for those whose native language is not Chinese to understand.

Hou Feifei immediately understood.

The next day, after Zhao Mancang woke up, he pushed away Longze Nanako's fair thighs.

After sitting up halfway, he removed Diana Grace's arm from his calf before standing up.

However, even with all that noise he made, he didn't wake them up.

It's easy to imagine just how big the commotion was last night.

They must have worked so hard last night that they were so exhausted, which is why they slept so soundly this morning.

In the morning, Zhao Mancang received a message from the supercomputer in Yunlan City.

Someone has hacked in!
Hacking?

Zhao Mancang was stunned for a moment when he saw it, then smiled.

He was overjoyed; finally, a fish had taken the bait!

Yunlan City is in line with international standards and has already been connected to submarine cables in Europe, Asia, North America and other places.

There are already quite a few netizens in North America, and many tech companies in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles.

For example, the well-known Robotics Computing Company has long operated internet network systems, including browsers and the World Wide Web.

Ordinary people can surf the internet and check international events.

As Yunlan City has been at odds with Sam for the past few years, it's no wonder that it's been targeted by hackers for a long time.
In the original timeline's history, the first case of arrest for cybercrime occurred in 1981.

Because someone, through amazing talent and perseverance, broke into the 'North American Air Defense System', which was a groundbreaking feat.

This person was subsequently arrested and imprisoned.

In North America, personal computers were no longer considered high-tech products; on the contrary, they had become widespread and ubiquitous.

Take Robotics Computers as an example. Over the years, they have sold tens of millions of personal computers in the United States.

Even if many people make repeat purchases, that still exceeds five million computer users, right?

Moreover, besides Robotics Computer Company, there are also Apple, IBM, Comtec International, Tandy, and others, all of which are computer brands based in North America.

With so many computer brands, it's easy to see that computers are indeed commonplace in Sam's country.

After Yunlan City became more internationally connected, Zhao Mancang started fishing.

I finally caught a fish today; hopefully it's a big one. (End of Chapter)