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Chapter 1065 The Age of Great Strides (Two in One, Please Subscribe)

In March 1958, when the pandemic influenza began to spread throughout the world.

In the lab of Jianmin Pharmaceutical, researchers led by Tang Feifan have begun developing a vaccine. As in the past, they first inject the isolated virus into eggs, where the virus will multiply. The embryonic fluid carrying the virus is then sucked out and the virus is killed. The purified fluid can be used as a vaccine.

It sounds simple, but it is not that simple in practice. Even if the vaccine is produced, it still needs to be tested.

It took only half a month for the first batch of experimental vaccines to be manufactured. When the vaccines were being packed, Tang Feifan asked:
"Where will these vaccines be sent for trials? Can I go with you? I hope to get first-hand trial data."

Faced with Dr. Tang’s request, the other party refused without even thinking about it.

"Doctor, we have corresponding researchers in overseas laboratories. They will collect the corresponding data and provide feedback in the shortest possible time."

Faced with the rejection, Tang Feifan could only sigh helplessly. He was no stranger to overseas laboratories. He had even conducted experiments in laboratories in Mindanao when conducting trachoma pathogen isolation experiments.

Nanyang has relevant legal provisions regarding human experiments, and in order to obtain human experiment results, they often conduct experiments in overseas laboratories, where they only need to pay money to obtain participants.

Thanks to this, Tang Feifan does not need to conduct experiments on himself. However, when he thinks of the Filipinos and Indians who have to undergo medical experiments to make a living, he still sighs.

"At least, this is to save people..."

Then he talked to himself again.

“I hope we can save more people!”

In the following period, relevant human tests were carried out in many outsourced laboratories overseas. During this period, the flu had spread all over the world. In order to fight the virus, the research teams in the United States and Europe were communicating with the research teams in Southeast Asia. How to develop a vaccine as soon as possible was also one of their main goals. Medical staff from all over the world were also working together to treat patients as much as possible.

Although the flu pandemic brought some panic around the world, it could not stop the world's development. At the same time as the pandemic, the Suez Canal Crisis and the Hungarian Crisis were both peacefully resolved.

Compared with the former, the solution to the latter was almost unnoticed by the outside world - the attention of the news media had been attracted by the multinational talks in Geneva and the subsequent pandemic. In fact, to put it bluntly, Li Yian was helping Russia divert external attention so that they would not be... so embarrassed.

In short, as time entered the new year, the world, which seemed to have stepped into the brink of war, once again restored peace and moved towards development.

In fact, development is the mainstream of human society, especially under the deterrence of nuclear weapons, war is almost impossible to break out. At least between major powers, a certain degree of lasting peace will be achieved.

However, there is no clear understanding of the world in the past 1957 years. In the eyes of many people, the world always seems to be on the brink of war.

For Li Yixuan, who has just entered junior high school, this problem seems very far away from him, but he has not been going to school in recent days because of the ongoing flu epidemic.

As usual, after finishing his homework, he quietly came to the study on the first floor. Although his father was still in the study, thinking that his father was working, Li Yixuan hesitated for a while before knocking on the door and walking in.

Looking up at his son, Li Yian smiled.

"Have you finished your homework?"

Li Yixuan nodded and walked to his father's desk. There was a map on the table in front of him. It was a map drawn with thick brown and red lines, with some place names written on it sporadically. It looked like the place names in "Don Quixote".

Li Yixuan looked at them curiously.

"Where is that?"

"Brazil. The Brazilian Amazon to be exact."

Li Yian answered his son's question with a smile.

"Brazil? Are we going there?"

The words Li Yixuan used were very strange. Perhaps this was because they "would go" to some places, such as Malaya, Siam, Egypt... Although he was only eleven years old, Li Yixuan knew that his father liked to "go" to some places, and those places were all related to the interests of Nanyang.

"No. I'm looking for something."

"what?"

"iron ore."

Li Yian smiled.

Lying in front of the map, Li Yixuan was silent for a moment.

"what?"

"iron ore."

Li Yixuan frowned again. This time his confusion deepened.

"Dad, if you need iron ore, Mom's company has plenty of it. She owns the largest iron ore mine in Australia, no, the world."

Li Yian burst into laughter.

“That’s just Australia.”

This is Brazil, and its scale is not necessarily smaller than that of Australia. Now that I have some free time, it is time to plan the Brazilian iron ore!

"But that's the biggest one!"

Li Yixuan was about to point out his father's mistake, but Li Yian continued.

"It doesn't have to be the biggest, and this iron ore mine doesn't just mean iron ore to us, but because I want to make money."

The Carajás iron ore mine in the state of Pará in northern Brazil is the largest iron ore mine in the world. Li Yian has long coveted this giant iron ore mine. Unlike Australia, which mainly supplies South Pacific and North America, Brazil's iron ore mines will be able to meet the needs of Europe and North America. In a few years, after sixty or seventy years of mining, the American iron ore mines will gradually become exhausted. In order to meet the needs of domestic steel production, they can only import large quantities of iron ore from abroad. In fact, Europe is almost the same. After all, the steel industry in Europe and the United States was established in the 19th century. After seventy or eighty years of high-intensity mining, it is only a matter of time before the resources are exhausted.

Although he had already controlled the Australian iron ore, Li Yian was not satisfied with this. What he needed was to have bargaining power. Only by controlling the Brazilian iron ore could Nanyang seek huge profits when the world's iron ore resources were exhausted in the future.

Fortunately, the iron ore in the Amazon region has not been discovered yet. In the past, Nanyang did not have the ability to protect its overseas investments. Even for the Australian iron ore, Li Yi had to register it under Margaret's name to ensure that it would not become fat meat and be snatched away by others. But now it is different. Nanyang's strength is enough to protect its overseas investments!

It's time to take a big step forward!

"money?"

Li Yixuan looked at his father in confusion.

"Do we need money?" Li Yian said, nodding.

"Money is very important, both for individuals and for the country. Yixuan, I hope to get the exploration rights here. If we can find iron ore, the company will ship it in batches to countries around the world. We can sell it to any steel smelting company - and this will bring huge profits. What are these profits?"

Looking at his son who was listening attentively, Li Yian explained.

"It is not important to me personally, but it is very important to Nanyang and its people. Just like the oil fields we invested in the Persian Gulf, 50% of his shares belong to the Nanyang National Pension, which is the retirement fund for all Nanyang people. Through investment, the National Pension can get rich returns, which can benefit all Nanyang people. And this is my responsibility - to make everyone's life better!"

In fact, Ang Lee has always been an idealist to some extent, although he seems to be a Darwinist on the surface. But his Darwinism is only for outsiders. In his mind, what does the life and death of others have to do with him? When it comes to outsiders, he is absolutely a very realistic Darwinist.

But he changed when it came to his own people. To his own people, he was a left-wing idealist, and he believed that his position was to take good care of everyone, so that everyone could share the dividends of the country's development and progress.

In fact, this is also fundamentally related to the fact that he once worked as a mule and horse and was exposed to the sufferings of the lower classes.

This is also the reason why he wants his children to receive a general education, because only in this way can they truly understand the sufferings of the world and not look down on the people with a condescending attitude.

Just like when he was working as a mule, those who were born in Rome always looked at them with contempt. This was true for all the mules in Rome, not to mention the children of dignitaries. For this reason, while Li Yian entrusted the education of his children to Margaret, he also wanted his children to be exposed to ordinary people, and even handed this matter over to Lautre, a child from an "ordinary family" who didn't even know her father was a dignitary until more than a decade ago.

This is a good thing!

No matter what, your children must not be overbearing and domineering! Therefore, you must never slack off in your children's education.

“So, we have invested in oil fields not only in the Persian Gulf, but also in Libya, and iron ore in Brazil is also the next plan.”

Li Yixuan's eyes opened as wide as copper bells. He couldn't tell why, but he felt that he was listening to a very important truth. He sat down and stared at the map.

"Brazil?"

Li Yixuan asked,
“Are there really iron ore there?”

"I hope so."

Li Yian smiled.

"These minerals are buried underground. What we need is to find them. Before that, we need to obtain exploration rights and mining rights, just like we have already mined oil in the Persian Gulf and Libya. We have already mined oil in the Persian Gulf and will soon do so in Libya."

However, this is also the most headache-inducing part - Brazil is not Libya or Iraq. They are also considered to be the small bully in South America. Dealing with them is definitely different from dealing with other countries, but how can we get the exploration and mining rights?

This problem has always been the biggest headache for Li Yian, but what is even more headache-inducing?
It is the South American countries that like "nationalization". As early as more than 20 years ago, Mexico nationalized the American oil company. As for Chile, it has already "nationalized" the copper mines invested by British and American companies.

I have to say that nationalization is absolutely poisonous!

If we discover Brazilian iron ore here, but Brazil "nationalizes" it, then it will be a waste of effort.

As for military intervention, there is no need to think about it. If Southeast Asia intervenes in Brazil militarily, the first to stand up will not be Brazil, but the Americans. When they themselves were "nationalized" by South American countries, they chose to swallow their anger, so they would definitely not support Southeast Asia. What's more, it is the back garden of the United States, and it will never allow any country to interfere.

So, in South America...those countries are so fearless!

If this issue is not resolved, Brazil's iron ore will continue to remain dormant! But how many years can it remain dormant?
This is a problem, and at this time, Li Yixuan's attention has shifted to other places.

“Where in Libya?”

"In North Africa, there should be a lot of oil there."

"If we can find oil, we can make money?"

“That’s exactly what we invested in.”

"A lot? A lot of money?"

Li Yian did one thing. He carried his son to the table and looked at him at eye level.

"Yixuan, do you want to know a secret?"

Li Yian nodded,
"If you want to, please tell me, Dad."

After a pause, Li Yian looked very serious.

"Oil is the future,"

Li Yian said,
"Oil is the most important fuel of this century. Cars need it, ships need it, airplanes need it, and chemical plants need it. Whoever controls oil will be controlling the pulse of world development. Although it will be replaced in the future, it will not be replaced now. It will not only bring us wealth and allow our people to have more wealth - it will also allow us to control the world."

Although Li Yian has been promoting the development of electric vehicles and even created the Laro, as many as 20,000 Laro were sold in Europe last year. This was because the closure of the Suez Canal caused a surge in European oil prices, and the cheap Laro that uses electricity immediately showed its cost-effectiveness.

Although electric cars with a range of only 60 to 70 kilometers have been ridiculed by all walks of life, it is just the beginning. In the end, it will definitely amaze the world.

While planning for electric vehicles, Li Yian did not stop planning for oil. From the offshore oil fields in the Persian Gulf to the oil fields in Libya, these plans were aimed at controlling his own oil pipelines and obtaining rich economic returns, thus benefiting the people.

Unlike other countries, in addition to enterprises, the National Pension is also the most important investor in Nanyang's overseas investment. It accounts for a large share of overseas investment, and the National Pension is the retirement fund of the people. With these high-return investments, all Nanyang people will benefit from them in the future. This is to seek welfare for all citizens, so that everyone can benefit from the investment, rather than letting the wealth go into the pockets of a few people. Through such investment, not only can the people share the dividends of development, but also the deficit of pension insurance after Nanyang enters the aging stage can be avoided.

Of course, in addition to this advance layout related to national welfare, there is a deeper reason, that is, Li Yian does not dare to bet that electric vehicles are the future. In the absence of complete certainty, there is always no problem in keeping oil in his own hands.

"Master the world?"

Li Yixuan looked at the map, then looked at his father and said.

“Can oil really be found there?”

Li Yixuan's question is difficult to answer. First of all, oil has never been found in Libya. Or to put it another way: from a geological point of view, there are traces of oil everywhere, but no one has ever used a drill to extract oil. There is no oil in Libya, and there is no oil in the whole of North Africa.

Even until now, the South Pacific Libyan Oil Company has been exploring there for a long time and still has not discovered oil.

This is the most embarrassing thing. Because no oil was found, the oil companies even wanted to give up.

So, this question is really hard to answer.

(End of this chapter)