Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

Just as Japan and the United States were cleaning up the mess caused by this military exercise.

Li Yu said to Lou Zhenhua on the other end of the phone, "We can now announce our carefully prepared good news to the world."

Soon everyone's phones received the news simultaneously that the US and Japan had been humiliated and driven out, along with pictures.

The next day, the US stock market opened and experienced an epic crash.

International capital that had initially been optimistic about the military deterrent power of the United States began selling off its shares in the country and accelerating its withdrawal.

"Sell! Quickly liquidate all your US stocks!"

Inside a hedge fund firm on Wall Street, traders frantically typed on their keyboards, the red drop figures on the screens glaringly obvious.

This stock market crash further exacerbated the already weakened US stock market, which had been severely damaged by Li Yu's previous financial exploitation.

Market liquidity shrank dramatically, triggering circuit breakers for multiple stocks and forcing exchanges to suspend trading multiple times.

At the same time, Li Yu and Lou Zhenhua of Hong Kong said:

"The three shell companies in Europe have all started operations and are buying up high-quality assets in the United States in batches according to the pre-arranged plan."

Lou Zhenhua responded, "Understood, Mr. Li."

"As per your previous request, we already hold shares in the relevant companies exceeding $200 billion."

Li Yu continued, "Continue to increase the intensity."

"The economy of the United States is in turmoil. What we need to do is deliver a fatal blow when they recover and reap the biggest rewards."

Just as the stock market in the United States was in chaos, social unrest broke out across the country.

In major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest the government's incompetence.

"Our pensions are all gone!"

Slogans of "Stop the war, improve people's livelihoods!" echoed everywhere. Angry citizens smashed shop windows, burned national flags, and clashed violently with the police.

Protesters erected makeshift tents in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., blocking the White House gates.

Inside the White House, the president convened an emergency cabinet meeting, the atmosphere extremely tense.

The finance minister stated, "The stock market must be stabilized immediately to quell the riots!"

"International capital is withdrawing now; if this continues, the economy will completely collapse!"

The Defense Minister stated, "China's military is now terrifying."

"The live-fire test launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles has shaken the resolve of our allies."

"Some NATO countries have now proposed to reassess their relations with China."

After listening, the president realized that the United States was in crisis.

The mastermind behind all of this was none other than Li Yu, a tech fanatic living far away in China.

Meanwhile, Tokyo, Japan, was plunged into unprecedented chaos.

Captain Takayuki Yamada of the Izumo, who was forced to retreat in disarray from the South China Sea.

Upon returning to Japan, he was summoned by the Japanese Ministry of Defense and severely questioned.

The Minister of Defense yelled at Takayuki Yamada, "You bastards! You've disgraced the entire nation of Japan in the South China Sea!"

"Despite having the support of your ally, the United States, you were so frightened by China that you fled in disgrace. You have utterly disgraced Japan."

"You should commit seppuku!"

Yamada Takayuki lowered his head, not daring to refute.

Although he knew that this crushing defeat was not his fault at all.

But faced with the wrath of his superiors, he could only silently endure the accusations.

This exercise further exacerbated Japan's domestic economic crisis.

Semiconductor companies such as Sony, Panasonic, and NEC jointly expressed their dissatisfaction to the Japanese government.

These companies not only pressured the government, but also secretly incited public protests.

In cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, thousands of electronics industry workers took to the streets.

They protested against the government's flawed policies and demanded that the government take responsibility for the businesses' plight.

Faced with domestic public opinion pressure, the Japanese leadership chose to deceive themselves.

In a televised address, the Japanese Prime Minister stated, "To avoid unnecessary conflict with China, we proactively chose to withdraw, which demonstrates our sincerity for peace."

"China, however, launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in the exercise area, seriously threatening regional security. We strongly condemn this."

While Japan was in turmoil, a fierce capital war was quietly unfolding in the global financial markets.

Jim Rogers, a renowned international investor and short-selling expert, keenly noticed the anomalies in the Japanese real estate market.

"Recently, there have been strange fluctuations in the Japanese real estate sector, with a mysterious capital force frantically accumulating shares."

Rogers sat in his office, looking at the data analysis report on his computer screen, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

As one of the world's top investors, he has an extremely keen sense of the market and immediately realized that this was a huge investment opportunity.

Through extensive investigation, Rogers discovered that this mysterious capital originated from several anonymous shell companies in Europe, but the actual controllers behind them could not be verified.

However, he didn't care about any of that. All he knew was that capital was being deployed in the Japanese real estate market, and a major upheaval was imminent.

Rogers then turned to his assistant and said, "Immediately liquidate all US stocks and transfer all funds to the Japanese market!"

"This group of capital has a clear goal: to burst Japan's real estate bubble. We need to follow in their footsteps and get a share of the profits!"

Rogers' team acted immediately, massively selling off US stocks and transferring billions of dollars to Japan in preparation for this capital feast.

He was completely unaware that most of the M country stocks he sold were quietly taken over by Li Yu's shell company.

Inside the financial command center of Longxing Factory, the economic advisor reported to Li Yu: "President Li, Rogers has just sold off his US stocks and is now making a major foray into the Japanese market."

"We have taken over all the Intel, Microsoft and other stocks he sold, and now we hold more than 5% of the shares in these companies."

Li Yu had been waiting for Rogers to get on the bus for the past two days; he had heard of Rogers' great reputation in his later years.

He doesn't think Rogers will remain inactive this time.

Hearing this, Li Yu said, "Rogers truly lives up to his reputation; his sense of smell is quite keen."

"Let him mess around in the Japanese real estate market first. When the bubble reaches its peak, we'll cut off his lifeline and drag him down with the Japanese economy."

Li Yu's series of brilliant maneuvers surprised the top leadership of China.

The conservatives who were originally opposed to Li Yu have now become absolutely convinced that Li Yu is too conservative.

Because of this operation, Li Yu's family has now been moved into the military region.

Nannan now spends her days "running around" in the military compound, gathering a large group of friends.