Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"We are willing to call this 510mm cannon the Conqueror Vance Cannon. It is the world's largest caliber cannon, the most powerful cannon, and a single shot can destroy a town."

When describing the conquerors, Li Xinghe added "Vans" after the traditional "Kangke".

This is absurd and completely irrelevant.

The meaning of Vance's name is Old English for 'from the swamp,' suggesting that his ancestors were likely swamp dwellers, possibly involved in swamp banditry. As a Scottish-Irish descendant, he was certainly not part of the old England of East Anglia and thus suffered greatly from British repression. England had the Law of the Swamps of 1662, which sentenced bandits and anti-British militias captured in the swamps along the Irish-Scottish border to exile to America. While Vance's ancestors were not subject to this law, they were indeed typical Irish immigrants to the United States in modern times.

How could he possibly be worthy of a 510mm cannon?

Trump, who was squatting in Haiti playing in the mud with Black people, certainly wouldn't agree. He's Trump, after all, the 'Horn of God,' and you're not giving me the right to name it?

Helberg exclaimed:

"President Vance will be overjoyed."

The 21st century, with the development of media, has completely become the century of winning.

As long as they can win, which is what netizens often say as "the internet can't be without life," regardless of whether it's true or not, it can always attract the fervor of supporters.

Even though they themselves may not know what they are fanatical about.

When Vance learned that Li Xinghe was going to name the largest 510mm naval gun in human history after him, he was overjoyed beyond words. He didn't even understand Li Xinghe's implication and proudly announced on social media: "I just learned that Japanese President Li Xinghe will name the largest cannon in human history after 'Vance.' I am deeply honored. The largest and most powerful naval gun—this is a victory for America!"

American magats immediately went wild, celebrating that the United States possessed the world's largest naval gun.

In reality, they had no idea that the naval guns were never actually shipped to the United States.

But winning is the right thing to do.

Winning is a necessity anyway.

……

In the afternoon, after meeting with the American representative, Li Xinghe sat at his desk, pondering what he should do next.

We need to redefine Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan, and comprehensively and correctly review the good and bad of the democratization movement.

He was writing a manuscript at his desk:

"I'm purging those foolish, incompetent right-wingers in Japan who disregard the historical poison of the war of aggression, while there are still some lunatics in South Korea who boast about the ten-thousand-year history of the Korean people. In my opinion, this kind of self-aggrandizement is the most serious mistake that must be eradicated..."

At this time, the South Korean film and television industry brought the script and a camera and invited Cho Yeol-sook to attend.

South Koreans are making movies again.

The South Korean film and television industry is not ignorant of politics; on the contrary, they are very good at sensing political trends.

So when Lee Sung-ha first seized power, the South Korean film and television industry had already taken action. When Netflix was exploiting them to the point of collapse, they applied for a large amount of funding through political films.

Those who take Li Xinghe's money will naturally have to praise Li Xinghe's political status.

The South Korean film and television industry has always been closely linked to politics, and they are also very good at avoiding political and public sensitivities.

Why not film Yuan Shikai's visit to Korea? Clearly, it's to resist colonialism. Another reason is that involving the Qing Dynasty would remind the public that Korea was once a vassal state of China, a sensitive issue.

Why is there relatively little film and television content about Kim Koo, the founding father of South Korea? Because his story involves both China and North Korea, making it a sensitive topic. It would be incredibly shameful for South Koreans to know that the Liberation Army fought alongside the Nationalist Army, even swearing allegiance to Chiang Kai-shek, and that a group of them were persecuted and killed by Syngman Rhee upon returning to South Korea.

Similarly, it is highly discouraged to film Korean content from the Syngman Rhee era, as it is a sensitive subject that cannot be touched and will cause a lot of trouble.

Why does the film and television industry like to make films about Yi Sun-sin? Because this subject matter is essentially an anti-Japanese war theme that South Korea cannot produce. South Korea was conquered during World War II, and there are strong pro-Japanese forces within the country. Therefore, the only thing they can find to make films about Yi Sun-sin, who fought against the Japanese during the Ming Dynasty, is the most politically correct.

After avoiding so much sensitive content, the South Korean film and television industry's comfort zone consists of topics like the North Korean issue, the military government era where boycotts are unlikely, the Fourth and Fifth Republics, Park Chung-hee, and Chun Doo-hwan—these are the kinds of controversial figures that can be criticized.

For example, "Steel Rain 1" was released in 2017 when relations between North and South Korea broke down, and the release of "Seoul Spring" reflects the Democratic Party's anti-right-wing political stance.

These seemingly unrelated films and timelines are precisely a comprehensive expression of the South Korean film and television industry's efforts to capitalize on trending topics, avoid sensitive issues, and appease major political factions.

However, there isn't much content suitable for the unique character of Li Xinghe.

Firstly, his father is suspected to be of Korean ethnicity in China, a group that is often the main force in trafficking North Korean defectors to South Korea, so it is not appropriate to mention him.

After searching high and low, the North Korean film and television industry has offered the safest option.

Daewongun

This is because, according to the Jeonju Lee clan's genealogy, Daewongun, the father of Yi Hee, the founding emperor of the Korean Empire, was also Lee Sung-ha's great-grandfather—Heungseon Daewongun Yi Ha-eung. He was a man who held power for decades before the fall of the Joseon Kingdom—the Korean Empire, and was one of the most complex and important figures in modern Korean history, simultaneously navigating between China, Japan, and the West. This aligns well with Lee Sung-ha's current position.

Battle of Noryang

This is the safest option; it doesn't matter how you film Yi Sun-sin, and he's supposedly a possible ancestor of Lee Sung-ha. Moreover, the content can be pro-China, showcasing Lee Sung-ha's Confucian-centric stance.

The Other Side of the Fifth Republic

This film is specifically designed to praise the military government, lick the boots of military leaders, and curry favor with Cho Gu-hwan and the South Korean army.

They presented Zhao Lieshu with a script:

"Madam, please take a look. These three films are all basically ready to begin filming. Please choose one yourself."

Zhao Lieshu quickly flipped through the scripts of the three films, then suddenly pointed to Da Yuanjun's script and asked:

Who is the male lead in "Daewongun"?

"A young male celebrity who is preparing to have plastic surgery like Li Kaka..."

Zhao Lieshu's face immediately showed displeasure:

"I kicked it out, and I'll have my husband act it out himself when he has time."

"Yes."

These few words determined the fate of a young male star who had already undergone plastic surgery.

The film and television industry found out that Li Xinghe's wife didn't like her second lover's face.

Cho Yeol-sook disliked seeing others using Lee Sung-ha's face, and she realized even more that Lee Sung-ha playing the Daewongun represented an opportunity to solidify his pure Korean royal bloodline. After this film was completed, Lee Sung-ha would naturally have laid the groundwork for legitimizing his rule over Korea.

"Bring all the supporting actresses here; I want to inspect them one by one." Zhao Lieshu herself didn't like appearing on screen, so she bit her finger and decided to personally select the female roles that were worthy of Li Xinghe.

The life of Daewongun was very complicated. He issued the "Four Colors in One" decree, dealt with several former queens and empress dowagers, erected a monument with the inscription "Foreign barbarians invade, we should either fight or make peace; those who advocate peace are selling out the country, a warning to our descendants for ten thousand years." He was overthrown by his daughter-in-law, was once captured and imprisoned in Baoding by the Qing army, compromised with the Japanese puppets, and then, because of his loyalty to China, turned back to collude with the Qing Dynasty, and was exiled and overthrown by the Japanese.

A large group of female celebrities then rushed to the conference room. They didn't dare to stand and knelt on the carpet to be chosen by Zhao Lieshu from above.

"What are you doing?"

Li Xinghe asked curiously.

Zhao Lieshu replied curtly:

"We're choosing concubines for you, along with your brother and sister-in-law, stepmother, and daughter-in-law. Aren't you happy? Isn't it fun?"

Li Xinghe didn't understand her strange words and thought she was a little angry, so he quickly pretended to be busy with other official business.

But he is indeed busy.

The Taiwan representative has arrived.

The representatives sent by Taiwan to negotiate were Luo Wenjia, vice director of the Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation, and Liang Wenjie, vice chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council.

These two candidates are very interesting. Both are politicians who favor mainland China, both participated in the Wild Lily student movement, and both are pro-unification factions within the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

But despite being labeled a pro-unification faction, they aren't exactly popular.

When the two entered the room, Zhao Lieshu was still sitting upright on the sofa, surrounded by a large group of Korean actresses kneeling on the carpet, waiting for the Korean hostess to take her pick. With a flick of her finger, these actresses, who were so arrogant on social media and whose brainless fans were willing to do anything, might just strip naked and lie down, fawning over the real power figure like bitches.

This is the most direct manifestation of power.

Li Xinghe did not let Zhao Lieshu go out, or rather, he wanted the two representatives of the pro-independence camp in Taiwan to see Li Xinghe's current state.

As Chen Shui-bian's former spokesperson, Luo Wen-jia held a higher political position but lost power earlier. He spoke candidly:

"The US representatives have threatened us. They want us to reduce $2 trillion in US debt and destroy our life insurance industry!"

Liang Wenjie was even more direct:

"Brother, please help! We can support each other."

Of course, they actually contacted the United States first, so they also had to deliver a message along the way:

"The Americans sent us with a message..."

"The U.S. representative made a proposal. The Federal Reserve is willing to provide us with a $3000 billion interbank lending facility as preparation funds for the relocation of assets from Taiwan. The U.S. State Department has agreed that we can temporarily relocate a group of companies, led by TSMC, to Japan, but they require... require Japan to provide assistance at critical moments."

This is Helberg, as the Under Secretary of State representing the U.S. economy and energy, poisoning Li Xinghe's plans.

The Federal Reserve's $3000 billion lending facility was secured by Taiwanese assets, essentially a risk-free deal, yet it lured Li Xinghe to temporarily take over Taiwanese technology companies such as TSMC and MediaTek, which then triggered a major landmine in Taiwan's life insurance industry.

Li Xinghe pretended not to understand and said:

"Alright, I'll give you a choice."

"Previously, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, on my behalf, offered refugee loans to Taiwanese citizens as a transitional measure for relocating assets to Taiwan at a discount. Now, the United States is threatening to reduce your US debt and destroy Taiwan's life insurance industry, which I find hard to bear. If your financial regulatory authorities could provide an opening, allowing my life insurance companies to increase their holdings in Taiwan's life insurance industry and opening a channel for seamlessly transferring life insurance and wealth management products deposited in Taiwan to Japan, then we would be on friendly terms and united as one."

This means allowing Taiwanese people to seamlessly transfer their social security, medical insurance, and financial investments directly from Taiwan to Japan.

This amounts to a public transfer of assets.

Those who want to go to Japan should go to Japan, those who want to go to South Korea should stay in South Korea, and those who ultimately insist on staying on Taiwan should be mentally prepared when war breaks out.

Liang Wenjie and Luo Wenjia roughly realized that Li Xinghe wanted Taiwan's population.

We must agree to this condition first before we can discuss the autonomous region and political transfer.

"Row."

They agreed on behalf of the pro-independence camp.

It seems that Li Xinghe is truly possessed by Cao Cao, linking ships together with iron chains in the East China Sea, locking them all the way from Hokkaido to Taiwan, and adding South Korea, forming a pattern of 800,000 Cao Cao troops supporting and intertwining more than 30 large life insurance companies in two countries and three regions.

Li Xinghe, who appeared to be quite pleased with himself, announced his latest economic and industrial achievements on social media:

“We will establish the world’s largest and most stable life insurance alliance. I will work hard to eliminate bad assets and strengthen the life insurance connections between the two countries and three regions. I have opened the window for asset immigration for Taiwanese people. Bring your financial policies in the Taiwanese life insurance industry and come to Japan and South Korea.”

For many Taiwanese, they want to leave, but their assets are locked up in the banking and life insurance industries and they can't get out.

Now that Li Xinghe has opened a window for them, allowing them to bring their social security, medical insurance, pension, and investment plans along with them, this could be a chance to restart their lives.

Now that men are being conscripted on the island, people are even more eager to leave before the deadline.

More Taiwanese immigrants left their hometown by ferry.

the other side.

After receiving a positive response from the Taiwanese representative, Deputy Secretary of State Helberg was very confident that his financial nuclear bomb program was working, and boasted about it in a conference call with Vance and senior Republican officials:

"We've succeeded. Their life insurance companies are now interconnected. If Li Xinghe dares to show any willingness to compromise on his stance towards China, we'll detonate a nuclear bomb in their life insurance industry! It'll be like the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but with a power hundreds of millions of times greater!"

The Federal Reserve's so-called $3000 billion lending facility is indeed a poisoned bait trap, just waiting for Li Xinghe to take the bait. Mei Youne, I didn't mean to short you, Lin Zai Zai, are you...?

While Americans were gloating, believing they could control East Asian countries with financial bombs without relying on the military industry, a completely different conversation was taking place in a room on another floor.

Old Wang was on the phone:

"The plan has succeeded. Li Xinghe, that cunning strategist, has already tricked us into giving us 100,000 arrows (referring to the Nimitz restart plan), Jiang Gan's book-stealing plan has also been a complete success (referring to the life insurance industry's connection), and he has even completed the script of leading the people across the river (referring to Taiwan's immigration). We can now consider burning the Red Cliffs."

"How to steal books? Ah... they say the Federal Reserve has given a $3000 billion window..."

Is there any risk to our funds? Do we need any assistance from us?

Old Wang, recalling Li Xinghe's boastful tone during the day, sighed and said:

"Don't worry, Li Xinghe will definitely not admit that he borrowed money from the Federal Reserve. He's just a little scoundrel..."

Now, all that's left is to wait for the east wind.

From the perspective of East Asian countries, this "east wind" refers to the strategic gap in East Asia where no US aircraft carriers were exposed after the US dual-carrier strike group was deployed beyond its planned timeframe and then withdrew from East Asia to return to the US.

It was the time when a southeastern typhoon was blowing from the Pacific Ocean.

Chapter 790: The Virgin Phantom Thief Li Kaka, Final Declaration, Naming the Battleship (4800 words)

"What are you doing? My mom bought you some clothes, try them on."

Today, Yukimi Higashikawa went shopping with her mother and Minami Katomi. When they got home, they saw many female celebrities kneeling on the carpet. Some of their knees were red from rubbing, but they were still squatting there and didn't want to leave.

"We're casting supporting roles."

Zhao Lieshu personally carried cheongsams, Hanfu, and Korean clothing, and had one Korean female celebrity after another change into them for her to see.

During this period, putting on and taking off clothes are essential.

As a gentle and virtuous noblewoman from a prestigious family, Zhao Lieshu suddenly found herself enjoying the feeling of being in control of power.

Watching these female celebrities groveling at him made him feel as if he were in the imperial palace in Seoul, looking down on his many concubines as the empress.

Higashikawa Yukami, however, was not particularly interested in this.