Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Los Angeles.

More than 10,000 people marched on a main street in the city center.

They held up signs and banners covered with numerous slogans.

In summary, they opposed Yunlan City hosting the Olympic Games.

A few years ago, Yunlan City successfully won the right to host the 1992 Olympic Games.

The rest of the world didn't react much, but Yunlan City was in a frenzy of celebration and spent the next few years preparing for the Olympics.

It's simply unbelievable that Yunlan City, a place with almost no presence, could become the venue for the Olympic Games.

These protest groups in Los Angeles, they didn't march earlier or later, they just had to come out to march at this time.

I don't know what their intentions are.

After all, there was an Olympics last year, so why didn't anyone go to Seoul to hold it?
How funny!

However, these things have already happened.

Most of the people in the march were just there to join in the fun, because they could get free food and drinks.

During the parade, people distributed food such as bread and cola. As long as you followed the parade, you would receive these food and drinks.

For most people, as long as they have food, they don't care about anything else.

In Los Angeles, there will never be a shortage of people who become homeless because they can't make a living.

These homeless people are not actually unable to work; they are simply idling away.

They become homeless because they receive government welfare benefits.

Another group consists of a large number of drug addicts and similar individuals, who also constitute a significant portion of the homeless population.

In short, although these kinds of people are a threat to Los Angeles, nobody cares about them.

The parade participants received free food and drinks, so the procession naturally grew larger and larger.

Yunlan City, Municipal Government Office Building.

Inside the meeting room, Zhao Mancang sat in the main seat, listening to Chen Guohua's report, his gaze occasionally glancing at Lü Yangui, Zeng Zhaoshun, Gu Zhenan, Lin Dehong, and others.

That's the situation.

The date palm empire and Kuwait are adjacent to each other.

A few years ago, the date palm empire fought a major war with the Persian Empire, resulting in a foreign debt of several hundred billion dollars.

After the war ended, it was discovered that the neighboring Saudi Empire had already achieved desert greening in many areas.

Then there's the Persian Empire, which actually managed to come up with a considerable sum of money to sign a contract with Yunlan City.

However, the Date Empire was burdened with so much foreign debt, and years of war had left its domestic economy in a complete mess.

On the other hand, during the war years ago.

Kuwait's large-scale crude oil exports caused international oil prices to plummet.

As is well known, the economy of the date empire is basically dependent on oil exports.

The plunge in oil prices was a fatal blow to the date empire.

Another example is Kuwait, a country with a small land area but very rich crude oil reserves.

So Majid, the head of the Date Empire, came up with a plan to kill three birds with one stone.

That is to incorporate Kuwait into the date empire.

In addition, Majid also wants to cooperate with Yunlan City to improve the natural environment within their Coconut Empire, which will definitely require a lot of funds.

Therefore, they decided to deal with Kuwait, this troublesome country, first.

"So now the Date Empire has completely taken over Kuwait, right? Our factories there, and our oil transport team, have also been detained by them?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang's vision went black, and he asked in a cold voice.

Once war breaks out, it is indeed easy to lose sight of friend from foe.

Majid of the Date Empire was not unaware of the power of Yunlan City.

After all, Yunlan City is a ruthless man who can punch Sam and kick Moscow.

But in war, isn't friendly fire a common occurrence?
Yunlan City has two factories in Kuwait and has also built two huge oil storage warehouses there.

It would be better to store crude oil directly on-site.

Despite Kuwait's small size, there are no problems with its oil storage facilities.

"Yes, sir, that's a minor matter. The more pressing issue now is that Sam's carrier strike group is already on the outskirts of the Persian Gulf."

Chen Guohua said with a solemn expression:

"I suspect there's a high probability that Sam is behind this. Otherwise, things wouldn't have turned out this way."

Zhao Mancang dismissed Chen Guohua's speculation.

Sam has always been ambitious and has a penchant for causing trouble.

This time, it is indeed possible that the other side instigated the Coconut Empire to do this.

Then Sam will have a reasonable excuse to come to the Coconut Empire and establish a military base or something.

Whether it's the Date Empire or Kuwait.

These two places are very close to Yunlan City.

At such close range, doing whatever you want is incredibly easy.

"Immediately notify the Date Empire to rescue the people first, ensure the factory is intact, and also the oil tankers. Otherwise, Yunlan City wouldn't mind directly confronting the Date Empire!"

Zhao Mancang said coldly:

"Now let's talk about our agents within our borders. How exactly do they obtain weapons and equipment?"

It's worth noting that Zhao Mancang had previously personally discovered tunnels in the border region with Ethiopia.

And all of these tunnels were destroyed.

Afterwards, Zhao Mancang even arranged for patrols to be stationed in the vicinity.

And to monitor Ethiopia's movements from space via satellite.

In addition, he even sent people to patrol the other side, the Kenyan side that borders Yunlan City.

Logically speaking, it's impossible for an agent carrying such a large amount of weaponry to exist within the territory of Yunlan City.

Even without weapons and equipment, those special agents are still a huge threat to ordinary people.

What's more, they also obtained so many weapons?
"We are still investigating and do not yet know the specifics, nor do we know if it was an airdrop."

Lü Yangui picked up the conversation and reported:
"We've reviewed recent developments, and without exception, we haven't found a specific cause."

Hearing Lü Yangui's words, Zhao Mancang was not very surprised, because if it were really that easy to be discovered, then this matter would not have been discovered in the first place.

Thirteen factories became known to the outside world, and the presence of robots was also captured on film.

This is indeed a rather tricky problem.

The outside world must be in an uproar, right?

After all, Yunlan City actually has robots?
That must be quite terrifying!
Zhao Mancang nodded and gave the order:

"Your main focus these days is on this: investigate where those weapons and equipment came from, and also eliminate any remaining spies within the country!"

Zhao Mancang hadn't expected that Yunlan City would have so many special agents.

To be honest, this is indeed a bit scary.

However, completely banning tourists from coming to Yunlan City is not feasible.

In short, Zhao Mancang is now in a dilemma.

We can only take it one step at a time.

The tourist economy is currently a fairly good part of Yunlan City's economy. If we throw the baby out with the bathwater, it will indeed deal a significant blow to the tourist economy.

It is even possible that such a situation could cause all the efforts of the past years to be rendered futile.

This is not a scene that Zhao Mancang wanted to see.

Therefore, thoroughly investigating the specific circumstances and implementing stricter management again are both necessary steps.

"Having too many forests within the territory isn't necessarily a good thing."

Suddenly, Zhao Mancang looked into the distance and saw vast stretches of forest that looked quite nice, but in fact, they were natural barriers.

Those agents are so reckless precisely because of the existence of these forests.

It's worth noting that all these forests are thanks to Zhao Mancang.

The entire Yunlan City covers a total area of ​​over one million square kilometers.

If the enemy is deep in a large forest, using stealth fighters to evade radar detection, and then crossing into Yunlan City at night.

Then, by dropping such a parachute from the air, it is quite possible to enter Yunlan City without anyone noticing.

After all, at this time, having agents inside the country to set up signal jammers would provide even greater flexibility.

If we're talking about building, Sam is definitely not that good, but if we're talking about causing trouble, then Sam is an absolute expert.

Several years ago, Sam was dealt with by Zhao Mancang, who had several of Sam's generals at the time.

They all died because of this.

With such a deep-seated hatred, Sam has capable people on his side, so of course he'll find a way to get revenge.

Therefore, after so many years of preparation, it's quite reasonable for them to want to provide some equipment to the special agents within Yunlan City.

Even Sam's side deliberately waited until after Zhao Mancang left Yunlan City before taking action.

It's highly likely that they all knew Zhao Mancang's whereabouts.
As Zhao Mancang thought of this, his eyes gradually turned cold.

He then ordered an investigation into the bank accounts of municipal government employees to determine if there were any large transfers.

At the same time, they also secretly investigated whether there were any large expenditures.

The salaries of government employees in Yunlan City are relatively high, which is somewhat reminiscent of a policy of "high salaries to prevent corruption".

This is very similar to Hong Kong Island.

Therefore, Yunlan City also has an anti-corruption department.

But human nature has never been able to withstand the test.

There will always be someone who wants more.

In addition to initiating an internal investigation, Zhao Mancang also needs to handle external affairs.

Whether it's the US or Moscow, there's a lot of public outcry there right now, and people are being misled by the media.

Mayflower Media Group remained neutral and did not get involved.

On the contrary, it is quite rare to find a few families within Sam's territory actively defending Yunlan City.

After understanding the situation, Zhao Mancang went to Sam without hesitation to begin a secret investigation.

Inside Sam's intelligence agency, Zhao Mancang, who had infiltrated undercover, began searching for everything he wanted.

An insect-sized listening monitor appeared in the director of intelligence's office.

At that moment, Zhao Mancang was in an area outside the office.

After two full days of wiretapping and surveillance, Zhao Mancang finally learned the general situation from the bureau chief.

Since Yunlan City sold the Mach 5 fighter jet, it has been targeted by Sam.

Thus began a project codenamed "Broken Wings".

The so-called "Broken Wings Plan" was nothing more than plunging Yunlan City into various crises.

For example, economic crises, isolation, and blockades.

These are all strategies that were used back then, and they were quite effective.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang's eyes turned icy cold.

This Sam is really a menace; he's ambitious and only wants to become king.

They haven't even taken down Moscow yet, and they're already fighting on two fronts, dealing with Yunlan City simultaneously.

How greedy!

"Since that's the case, then I'll take this opportunity to dig out all of you and send you to meet your God. Let's see what you can do then."

At the same time, Zhao Mancang believed that the person he had already bribed should be put in that position.

Two days later, in Texas, at the Herbert family residence.

"George, we have a plan now, a plan that will allow you to seize power. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

Zhao Mancang disguised himself as Levin Williams, George Herbert's behind-the-scenes financier.

Over the long period of time, Zhao Mancang had only met with George Herbert a few times under the identity of Levin Williams.

But it doesn't matter, there are two intermediaries next to Zhao Mancang.

These two contacts had a very good relationship with George Herbert.

Therefore, with a contact person, George Herbert could naturally confirm Zhao Mancang's identity.

"You mean you want me to take that position?"

George Herbert remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was roaring with rage.

He certainly wanted to be in that position, to hold the power of life and death over the country.

However, it's not that simple.

The person sitting in that position now is Jimmy Carter.

This guy is only sixty-five years old this year. Although he's not exactly young, he's just right for that position.

He, George Herbert, was the same age as the other person.

So there's no reason why George Herbert wouldn't want to be that kind of person.

However, it's not as simple as just wanting to take that position.

In Chinese terms, it means that you need the right timing, the right location, and the right people to have even a slight chance.

He had previously run for president several times, but failed each time.

If he still had the chance, he would naturally be very willing.

Yes, would you like to?

"Of course, Mr. Williams, who wouldn't?"

George Herbert was cornered and had no choice but to answer directly.

If he doesn't give a definite answer, who knows if Levin Williams will give him another chance?

If he doesn't even want to be president, why should he work so hard?

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang nodded and said:

"Alright, in that case, I wish you a safe journey."

"By the way, let's start preparing now. I've heard that Jimmy Carter might not live much longer."

"Therefore, George, your opportunity has arrived. You must ensure your safety and smoothly complete the procedures for taking over that great power."

George Herbert was stunned, then looked at Zhao Mancang in horror.

"Why didn't he live long?" (End of Chapter)