The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

In July 1996, Titanic, produced and distributed by Hollywood film giant MGM, was officially released.

After its release, the film was a huge box office success, and its momentum has been strong ever since.

This movie is very different from traditional special effects blockbusters.

Because Titanic has a very strong love story at its core and a decent plot, it is very appealing.

In a very short time, the North American box office exceeded 300 million US dollars.

This summer seems to have become the domain of "Titanic".

Other films released at the same time, such as "101 Dogs", "The Fat Professor", and "Jerry Maguire", were all overshadowed by "Titanic".

For example, the movie "101 Dogs," adapted from the Disney animation, tells the story of rescuing a Dalmatian dog. Both the plot and the special effects are commendable.

If it had been released at a different time, "101 Dogs" might have grossed around $200 million at the box office.

But now it has encountered "Titanic", which has been in theaters for more than 20 days and has only grossed more than 80 million US dollars.

Whether the box office will break 100 million by the time it leaves theaters is really hard to say.

Titanic became an instant hit upon its release, attracting the envy of many companies worldwide.

But few film companies dare to cause trouble in Hollywood.

After all, the Wall Street giants who came to Hollywood to cause trouble last time were all swindled out of their last clothes.

However, the film's phenomenal box office success has inspired many to become stars, just like moths to a flame, because being a star is incredibly lucrative.

As the male and female leads of "Titanic", they are now incredibly famous, even more so than Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.

Which teenager doesn't dream of becoming a star?
Especially for Victoria's Secret supermodels, who have only one foot in the industry, fame is no longer their main pursuit; making a lot of money is.

The modeling industry is similar to the entertainment industry; both are arenas of fame and fortune.

The modeling industry is even more blatant than the entertainment industry.

Inside the Victoria's Secret headquarters in New York, Wang Jianchao looked at the documents and was speechless.

"Do so many models want to act in Hollywood? Do they even have acting skills? They have nothing but a pretty face and a great figure, yet they still want to act and make movies?"

Wang Jianchao was furious; he almost threw the documents in his hand away.

A group of restless supermodels; it seems he's been too lenient with them.

The subordinates dared not utter a sound. After thinking for a moment, Wang Jianchao said:
“Send them all to Paramount and MGM, and let’s see when they can make it big.”

"Let's leave it at that and start training other supermodels."

After saying that, he stopped caring about the matter.

Whether it's the entertainment industry or the modeling industry, there's no shortage of low-level laborers.

There are plenty of handsome men and beautiful women, but you have to pay a price to become famous. Do you really think Hollywood is so easy to get by in?

After leaving the office building, Wang Jianchao went to the Pandora brand company next door.

This luxury brand is now one of the world's leading luxury goods companies, with its annual revenue ranking among the top in the world.

Therefore, Wang Jianchao values ​​this company highly.

After spending nearly a week in New York, he finally had his secretary inform his captain that he needed to travel to Tanzania in Africa.

A day later, the plane landed smoothly at the airport, and Wang Jianchao arrived at his Siberian Tiger Wildlife Park.

This zoo is doing a great job; it seems pretty good.

However, it's far from time to reap the rewards.

At the same time, he also built a Siberian tiger zoo in the Russian Far East.

After spending a few days at the zoo, he disappeared again, secretly heading to the Somali peninsula.

Upon landing at Hidab Airport, Wang Jianchao went straight to the underground laboratory.

The Hidab underground laboratory is now so large that it is essentially an underground city.

Because the entire underground laboratory has a very large building area, roughly equivalent to a county town in China.

Currently, more than 50,000 people live and work in the laboratory.

However, for the sake of the physical and mental health of the experimenters, they are arranged to go on vacation to the nearby area every now and then.

For example, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Maldives.

In particular, the Maldives has many islands, dozens of which have been acquired by the Want Want Group and fully developed into internal tourist islands for the group's headquarters.

It is precisely because of such an effective strategy that researchers and security personnel working in the underground laboratory are all thoroughly enjoying their current lives.

"Baoyin, didn't you say Uncle Jiu was coming here? Why haven't we seen him?"

Wang Jianchao went to the laboratory where his ninth uncle often stayed, but didn't see anyone there. He then took out his mobile phone and contacted Zheng Baoyin.

Upon hearing this, the latter replied irritably:
"How would I know where my uncle went? Why don't you ask him yourself?"

It's the end of July now, and Wang Duoyu is on summer vacation.

At Wang Yifei's request, her father took several children to the ALD district to escape the summer heat.

Summer in the high-altitude areas is quite nice.

Having visited the ALD area so many times, Wang Yifei is certainly no stranger to this place.

Anyway, there is an airport in Ali camp now, and her father's private plane can land at this airport, so she is naturally willing to come here to escape the summer heat.

Summer in Harbin can be quite hot, especially after the start of the dog days of summer, which is the only relatively hot period of the year.

So Wang Duoyu came to the ALD district.

However, Wang Yifei and the others stayed in the ALD area for less than ten days before heading to Daocheng. Wang Duoyu did not go with them; instead, he secretly went to the Somali Peninsula.

Today, the Somali peninsula has become one of the most important core assets of the Want Want Group.

In particular, Wang Duoyu has visited the Somali Peninsula many times in the past year or two, but he has never visited the Exa Farm even once.

It's worth noting that the Super Dollar Factory is located at the Exa Farm.

This factory brings in one to two hundred billion US dollars in profit for the Want Want Group every year.

For a factory like this, the boss should definitely value it highly, but Wang Duoyu turned a blind eye to it.

The Somali Peninsula has many experimental projects that have consumed a great deal of Wang Duoyu's energy, so he naturally attaches great importance to this place.

Making money is really not important to him.

Moreover, he was worried that his trip to the Exa farm would attract attention, which would make the joke much worse.

Wang Duoyu stayed on the Somali peninsula for seven days before leaving in a hurry.

Because Liu Xiaoli sent a message saying that the children would be returning to the ALD area in a couple of days.

Since that's the case, he had no choice but to hurry back, otherwise he might be exposed.

After all, no matter how well Huang Deming disguises himself, he is still not Wang Duoyu.

Liu Xiaoli is Wang Duoyu's bedmate, someone he spends every day with. If she comes back, Wang Duoyu can't stay in seclusion forever, can he?

So when Wang Jianchao came to the Somali peninsula, he found nothing.

So Wang Jianchao also returned to China, except that he went back to Harbin.

Half a month later, in mid-August, Wang Duoyu returned to Harbin.

However, he was very busy and did not meet with Wang Jianchao. Instead, he went to a secret base in the suburbs.

At this moment, inside the secret base, on the helipad, a large drone appeared in front of Wang Duoyu.

"All the data tests have been completed, right? Have they met the standards?"

Wang Duoyu asked a question, and the person in charge came over with a computer tablet and began to report various parameters to him.

This large drone is an initial model in the Nantianmen Project.

Okay, actually, the equipment for the failed Nantianmen project was...

However, even a failed project is still outstanding when compared to other projects.

In the future, drones will replace many of the current aerial equipment.

While the Longxiao stealth fighter jet is the true trump card, drones should not be underestimated.

In the original timeline's history, we have basically not experienced any wars since the 1970s.

But this does not mean that military industrial enterprises can lie low.

Conversely, after developing the Dragon Roar stealth fighter, Wang Duoyu still proposed many research projects. The Nantianmen Project is one of these future projects, and the magnetic plasma engine is part of that project.

The current large drone uses a magnetic plasma engine, but it was a failed engine model that did not meet Wang Duoyu's requirements, so it was abandoned.

Then it was taken over by the drone project team, which led to today's test.

The magnetic plasma engine project was established in 1990 and was personally overseen by Wang Duoyu. At the beginning, more than 1,300 researchers were recruited to participate in the research and development.

This engine is an electric propulsion system that uses electromagnetic fields to accelerate charged ions and generate thrust.

Its principle is based on the Lorentz force, with an energy conversion efficiency of 67%, an ejection speed that is more than ten times that of a chemical rocket's cavities, and a 90% reduction in propellant consumption.

This engine is also known as an ion thruster.

Within the atmosphere, their propulsion speed is average, but once they enter space, they gradually accelerate like a sailboat with a favorable wind, until their speed exceeds that of a chemical rocket.

Therefore, the technical requirements for magnetic plasma engines are extremely high.

Wang Duoyu and his team couldn't become fat overnight, so he could only conduct various experiments within the atmosphere first.

After all, even if chemical rocket thrusters are replaced with ion thrusters in the future, a large amount of experimental data will be needed to support this.

Large drones are excellent testing platforms.

Therefore, regardless of whether the ion thruster failed or met Wang Duoyu's requirements, he still had to come and take a look.

While Wang Duoyu was busy testing drones, the Quantum Fund on Wall Street in New York was having a meeting.

Soros sat in the main seat, listening intently to the speech of the second executive on his left, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

Back in March of this year, their Quantum Foundation had already launched a secret mission.

That is to conduct an in-depth investigation into the economic data and foreign exchange reserves of Southeast Asian countries over the years.

After several months of investigation, the results have now been compiled.

Meanwhile, Soros has basically finalized the plan, but he still needs to hold meetings with various executives to discuss and finalize it.

After the executive finished speaking, Soros suddenly said:

"Now we are making strategic plans based on the financial conditions of various Southeast Asian countries."

"This time, we will begin comprehensive planning six months in advance."

"I hope everyone can perform their duties and successfully complete this plan."

Inside the meeting room, everyone immediately became solemn.

Many of the elderly people present had followed Soros through thick and thin for many years, and naturally still clearly remembered that in 1992, Soros used $10 billion from the Quantum Fund to short the British pound.

The British government responded by using nearly $300 billion of its foreign exchange reserves to maintain the pound's exchange rate.

The result was a crushing defeat for the British government, which was forced to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

Soros not only profited nearly $500 million, but also gained international fame in the financial world.

Of course, many senior members of the Quantum Fund know that Soros was badly taken advantage of.

Because Maple Capital, Summit Global, and other financial companies under Maple Leaf Holdings Group have broken down their operations and made early investments in the British Isles, they have tightened their purse strings after Quantum Fund entered the market.

According to the original circumstances, Soros should have profited nearly a billion dollars after his big win.

Unfortunately, 500 million US dollars of that money was earned by Maple Leaf Holdings Group.

Moreover, there are probably other profits behind the scenes that were also earned by the Velociraptor Fund.

why?
Because the Velociraptor Fund profits from the price difference in high-frequency trading.

High-frequency trading refers to computer trading that seeks to profit from extremely short-lived market fluctuations that are inaccessible to humans.

For example, a small change in the difference between the buy and sell prices of a security, or a small price difference between different exchanges for a stock.

This transaction is very fast.

One of the businesses of the Velociraptor Fund is high-frequency trading.

When the Quantum Fund shorts the British pound, whether it's buying in or selling for profit, it gets skimmed off by the Raptor Fund.

This time, they're resorting to the same old tricks again. I wonder if financial companies like Maple Tree Capital will follow suit?

After assigning the tasks, Soros said:

"Does anyone have anything else to add?"

Jim Rogers suddenly said:

"Soros, I want to know, if Maple Capital and their gang come back this time, can we make them suffer a huge loss?"

hum!
Inside the meeting room, almost everyone began to whisper among themselves.

The financial war of shorting the British pound in 1992 is still fresh in everyone's memory, even though it's only been a few years.

Moreover, even setting aside 1992, just looking at the first half of this year, Maple Capital and its old rivals have given Quantum Fund no shortage of trouble.

Therefore, Jim Rogers' statement did indeed attract strong attention from many management personnel.

Many people were even indignant and wanted to rip off Maple Capital.

Soros, however, chuckled and said:
"Didn't I tell you all to keep an eye on things before? I was worried that these arch-rivals, Maple Capital, would try to sabotage us and reduce our profits."

"Your investigation results over the past few months are already on the table, and everyone can see them very clearly. Therefore, we have reason to believe that this time, competitors like Maple Capital will definitely not be able to get a share of the profits."

"We're not in a hurry to take revenge. Our goal is to make a substantial profit. Fighting out of spite is the most unwise thing to do."

In Soros's view, it would be very unwise to fight with Maple Capital.

He's not an eighteen-year-old boy; there's absolutely no need for him to do that.

What goes around comes around.

The Quantum Fund isn't immune to revenge; there's no need to act arrogantly over such a significant stake.

On the other hand, Maple Tree Capital and other financial giants are very powerful.

No matter how dissatisfied the Quantum Fund may be, these financial giants are indeed not to be underestimated and are not something the Quantum Fund can easily deal with.

So instead of feeling frustrated and uncomfortable, it's better to work hard to make money and earn more profit for yourself.

Only profits in hand can increase one's capital and enhance one's bargaining power.

Instead of just verbally attacking giants like Mapletree Capital, what good does that do?
It must be said that Soros is a mature and steady capitalist.

His only pursuit is profit; as for hatred and such things, they are not worth a second glance.

Of course, he would never admit that he couldn't beat financial companies like Maple Tree Capital.

Because these companies are all incredibly powerful.

Upon hearing this, Jim Rogers nodded silently and said nothing more.

He had guessed something; his question just now was merely to verify his own idea.

In retrospect, Soros's answer has confirmed his suspicions.

But it doesn't matter anymore. As long as I can make a lot of money, then everything is worth it.

The meeting has been going on for a while now, and it's almost over.

After Soros left, he returned to his office and sat down, still carefully considering the plan. Little did he know that at that moment, an executive secretly went to a bar after get off work.

Many white-collar workers or executives on Wall Street enjoy going to nearby restaurants and bars after get off work, or having fun together with their own company teams.

This is one way they release stress.

So it's not surprising that this Quantum Fund executive was seen at a bar.

However, this person was secretly meeting with someone and talking for a long time in a private room.

The Quantum Fund's plans have all been leaked.

This Quantum Fund executive, however, received a reward of $300,000.

The reward was in the form of cash and gold, and it appeared in his high-rise apartment.

Manhattan has many skyscrapers, making it one of the most densely packed areas of skyscrapers in the world.

A large apartment is a house that many people can't afford even after a lifetime of hard work, but this executive easily possessed such wealth and status.

Hela O'Brien, head of Maple Capital, quickly learned of the Quantum Fund's plans.

"Heh, the professor was right after all. These Wall Street giants, like the Quantum Fund, are indeed going to target Southeast Asia. They really are greedy."

There's a widely circulated saying in the financial world: "In prosperous times, Buffett; in chaotic times, Soros!" (End of Chapter)