Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 201: Sit back and wait for the rabbit to come
December 10, 1959, deep in the Pacific Ocean, Honolulu, Hawaii.

In the open waters about a dozen nautical miles north of the Kauai Strait north of Honolulu, there are several cargo ships and two nuclear submarines docked.

Yes, nuclear submarines!

The Nautilus nuclear submarine, the pride of Sam's family, is the world's first nuclear-powered submarine.

Although the Nautilus nuclear submarine is no longer the most advanced nuclear submarine of the Sam family, it also represents the world's advanced level.

You should know that Moscow's first generation of attack nuclear submarines only began to serve in 1958. At that time, they built a total of thirteen N-class nuclear submarines. Apart from them, no other country in the world has nuclear submarines.

Of course, this is also the reason why Khrushchev and others have been contacting the capital and insist on building a long-wave power station on Hainan Island, south of Tohoku.

Because they have built so many nuclear submarines, they must deploy several of them in the Far East.

And nuclear submarines would be useless if they didn't have long-wave power stations.

As for Vladivostok, every winter, the port will be frozen for thousands of miles. It is not an ice-free port, so nuclear submarines cannot dock here for a long time to get supplies.

The arrival of two Nautilus nuclear submarines in this sea area is very telling.

Today was the last transaction between Zhao Mancang and Francis. The transaction amount reached 7.6 billion US dollars, which was really shocking.

Zhao Mancang came alone again, driving a very ordinary merchant ship with 10,000 tons of rutile on board.

This is a very ordinary bulk carrier and poses no threat.

Francis was full of expectations, but when he saw only a merchant ship, his face darkened.

After the two sides got closer, Francis finally smiled because he saw the rutile on the merchant ship.

Although it was dark, it did not prevent him from seeing the rutile on the merchant ship clearly.

"Don't be in a hurry, let me inspect your goods first."

Zhao Mancang stopped Francis from boarding the ship and instead put forward his own ideas.

"Okay, no problem!" Francis withdrew his gaze reluctantly. He really wanted these rutiles.

The reason is very simple. In the last transaction worth 1.14 billion US dollars, he purchased a full 1,000 tons of rutile from Zhao Mancang.

The price of gold at the time was 30,000 ounces per ton, but the price he sold to the rutile refinery was 39,000 ounces, a difference of 9,000 ounces per ton.

That's a full thousand tons of rutile, so the difference he earned is nine million ounces of gold. At the price of thirty-eight US dollars per ounce, that's three hundred and forty-two million US dollars.

This money is so easy to make!
This time it was 10,000 tons of rutile. Zhao Mancang offered 20,000 ounces, while the rutile refinery offered a purchase price of 32,000 ounces.

By then, he will be rich enough to retire early.

Of course, he also knew that it was not so easy to get the money, and he would definitely need to share it with some people. Otherwise, it would be a question whether he could get it safely.

However, Francis did not know that he had been on the blacklist of Douglas McKay and Ovita Strauss, and at this moment, more submarines and nuclear submarines were waiting for them in the waters more than ten nautical miles away.

And in the waters dozens or even hundreds of miles further away, there are three large aircraft carrier battle groups waiting in wait.

This time, the mysterious man can't escape.

It was precisely because of these risks that Zhao Mancang prevented Francis from boarding the ship to inspect the rutile.

Zhao Mancang first boarded a large cruise ship on Francis's side. It was very large, a 10,000-ton cruise ship.

There is a lot of gold, US dollar cash, and these currencies are real, not fake.

After confirming the location of the money, Zhao Mancang continued to check other goods, such as the F104 supersonic fighter jets, a total of twelve, which was definitely not a small number.

If Zhao Mancang were to choose, he would definitely not want the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, which sounds awesome but is actually not practical at all.

Firstly, the production cost of a single machine is $2 billion, which is enough to dissuade Zhao Mancang. If this thing were to be sold, wouldn't it be worth $5 billion? Or even $10 billion?

Such an expensive cost, even a dog would shake his head.

Secondly, although such a reconnaissance aircraft can reach a speed of 3,218 kilometers per hour and has strong stealth capabilities, it can complete strategic reconnaissance of hostile countries in a very short time, but the maintenance cost is too expensive.

High-strength titanium alloys and special fuels require extremely high costs to maintain and operate, and the design and manufacturing process of the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft is very complicated, which also increases the difficulty and cost of its production and maintenance.

Zhao Mancang would definitely not agree to spend 2 billion US dollars to purchase such an aircraft.

He checked every F104 supersonic fighter one by one. Although he could not completely ensure that these aircraft could fly normally, he would try his best to ensure that all components and spare parts were complete.

After all, he was the one who paid the money, so he naturally couldn't just buy a pile of scrap metal.

In this transaction with Francis, there is a high probability that Francis was used, so Zhao Mancang was very worried that the fighter jets and money brought by the other party were fake.

As for the two nuclear submarines, Zhao Mancang estimated that there were probably quite a few soldiers inside them, and they might be able to participate in the battle in a while.

Just as Zhao Mancang was carefully inspecting the fighter jet, several commanders in the Nautilus nuclear submarine were surprised.

"Fuck, is he really the only one here to trade? Where are his accomplices?"

"According to intelligence, there's only one person like him. He's said to be very mysterious and powerful, so we all need to be cautious."

"Damn it! He's alone. Why would we need to come? Can't we just call a few people to take him down?"

"Jack, you have to know that this man once overturned the entire Fobole and blew up hundreds of people in Fobole."

"Is this a joke? How could something so ridiculous happen?"

While these commanders were still discussing, on an aircraft carrier dozens of miles away, several white-haired old men in general uniforms were having a conversation using radios.

We have to admit that North America’s technological strength is indeed very impressive.

During the Peninsular War several years ago, Sam had already put wireless telephones, also known as "mobile phones", into use on the battlefield.

On the aircraft carrier, these generals naturally did not use "mobile phones", but they could indeed connect to aircraft carriers in the other two directions and have real-time conversations.

The three aircraft carriers were arranged in a triangle, and right in the middle of them was where Francis and Zhao Mancang conducted the transaction.

However, they had already blocked off the surroundings and conducted searches, but they did not find any other ships in the sea area.

Could it be that there are other submarines in this sea area?

However, according to radar scans, there were no other unidentified submarines at all. They were all North American.

"Is there a possibility that the other party has become invisible?"

One of the relatively young generals put forward his own hypothesis, which immediately aroused discussions among several other generals.

The concept of stealth fighter jets is indeed not a top secret in North America, but stealth submarines or stealth ships are very terrifying.

The so-called stealth fighters in North America only disappear from radar systems, they are not truly invisible.

"It's unlikely to be truly invisible. Could it be that other countries have technological capabilities far superior to our Sam's? Even science fiction wouldn't dare to write about it."

Several people discussed it, and after finally confirming that there were no other ships or submarines, they began to discuss taking action.

In such an advantageous situation, Zhao Mancang had no chance of escaping even if only a merchant ship came to his side.

"I have no objection. If I start sooner, I can go back to sleep earlier. It's stupid to waste time here so late at night."

"It's really a bit stupid. I thought this mysterious man was so powerful. It's just a merchant ship. It's just a false alarm!"

"God, this should have happened a long time ago. I don't know how Douglas and Oveta lead their men. They're a bunch of good-for-nothings. And where's the mysterious man? It's really weird."

After discussion, the action officially began.

On the cruise ship, Zhao Mancang has already started checking other computers and industrial equipment. These are all great treasures and very valuable.

However, although he was checking carefully, he was also always alert to his surroundings.

Look, there are guests on the deck of the cruise ship. They have all entered the cabin, fully armed, and it is obvious that their guns are loaded.

"Francis, this is your guest, right? Our general wants to see you."

The visitor seemed to be speaking politely to Francis, but in fact he was giving orders, and he was staring at Zhao Mancang the whole time.

He looked so vigilant, as if he would take action the next moment if Zhao Mancang made any unusual move.

"Who are you?" Francis' face turned pale, and he already had a bad premonition in his heart.

He was obviously very cautious, but he still underestimated human greed.

Perhaps in Francis's view, as long as he completes this transaction, he will be able to make a fortune and retire early.

But in reality, how could those fat guys sitting in the White House let him make this money?

Even the US dollar cash and gold he brought this time would be confiscated as stolen money.

"We are the ones you can't afford to mess with!"

Francis still wanted to resist, but as expected, he was stopped by the people who came. The gun was pointed at Francis' men, so how could he resist?
At this time, the man stopped pretending and reached out to grab Zhao Mancang, but an accident happened at this time.

Zhao Mancang sighed when he saw the presence of other third parties. He knew that today would not be a good ending. Francis, a very good arms dealer, had also come to the end.

Any transaction involving large amounts of money will not end well.

Looking back on the previous transactions now, these were just baits set by others.

The group of people in Sam's family just wanted to get the tens of thousands of tons of rutile in Zhao Mancang's hands without any effort. They could even use this incident to confiscate all the property of "traitors and American traitors" like Francis and enrich their pockets.

Bang bang bang!
Da da da!
As Zhao Mancang began to resist, gunshots were heard in the cruise ship cabin. Zhao Mancang immediately picked up the weapons and ammunition next to him, including tear gas bombs, smoke bombs, etc., and threw them all out.

All of a sudden, a lot of smoke rose in the cabin, and soon filled the entire cabin.

With the smoke as cover, Zhao Mancang's actions became much easier.

In such an environment, thermal imaging cameras are simply a cheating weapon, wantonly buying up everyone's life.

At this time, Zhao Mancang didn't care about anything else and just wanted to kill everyone in the cabin!

The battle happened quickly. After a few minutes of continuous shooting, Zhao Mancang changed into Francis' disguise, then disappeared from the cabin on this floor, returned to the cabin on the upper floor, and locked the door to this floor.

Different commodities were placed in the cabins on different floors. The fighter jet that Zhao Mancang wanted most was on the top floor, as well as gold and US dollar cash.

Because the US dollar cash was prepared by Francis, there is no risk in the money. After Zhao Mancang takes it, he can spend it at any time.

As the US dollar is a globally circulated currency, it is undoubtedly very difficult to track it by tracking the currency's "serial number".

Whenever Zhao Mancang arrived at each floor, he would deal with the guards as soon as possible.

Relying on his current appearance of "Francis", Zhao Mancang's actions were like a fish in water and he succeeded quickly.

However, after collecting twelve supersonic fighter jets, he decisively stopped, then threw out several 155mm howitzer shells, pulled the fuse, and jumped into the sea, pulling the fuse at the same time.

Just as he fell into the sea, the bombs such as Little Pineapple exploded first, followed by the howitzer shells.

When these powerful shells exploded, they instantly tore the cruise ship apart.

At this time, Zhao Mancang had already arrived near one of the nuclear submarines. Looking at the big guy in front of him that looked like a cold coffin, he couldn't help but sigh.

I can’t do it!

Finally left.

Now that the relationship has broken out, Zhao Mancang doesn't want to stay here any longer, lest he get captured alive.

However, his process of leaving this sea area was not safe at all.

The Nautilus nuclear submarine is not just for decoration. It is equipped with the most advanced radar system in the world, so it should not be a problem to find Zhao Mancang.

If he had hidden under a nuclear submarine, close to it, he might have been able to escape all this, but unfortunately he wanted to leave, so he couldn't escape.

The other party fired torpedoes, and Zhao Mancang could only return torpedoes and fight back.

With the help of this reaction force, Zhao Mancang quickly escaped from the scene in his submarine.

After escaping the radar detection range, he changed direction and headed straight for Honolulu.

This is called doing the opposite.

The range of the sonar radar detection system of this era is generally around ten kilometers, which is only 5.3 nautical miles when converted into nautical miles.

Zhao Mancang had gone through a big circle, so of course he was not worried about being targeted by the other party.

As for the aircraft carrier battle group, Zhao Mancang did not see it. Anyway, when he was only about two nautical miles away from Honolulu, he changed from a submarine to a yacht and quickly returned to the shore.

After getting ashore, he took advantage of the deserted night to get into a car and escape.

There were heavy casualties on the cruise ship after the explosion. As for the merchant ship that Zhao Mancang drove over, there was nothing on it.

The shipload of rutile, except for a portion of exposed material weighing about one or two tons, consisted of ordinary stones of little value.

So it looks like there are 10,000 tons of stone, but these are not the rutile that Francis wants.

But Francis was already dead. He was killed in the first moment of the chaos just now.

"What? Fuck, why did he run away?"

On the aircraft carrier, several generals received reports from the commander of the nuclear submarine and were so angry that they trembled.

The mysterious man Zhao Mancang had already escaped and could not be caught at all.

What can we do?

The torpedoes and shells have been fired, but there is nothing we can do.

Their nuclear submarines could not catch up at all because they were connected to another nuclear submarine behind them, and also to the merchant ship carrying ten thousand tons of stones brought by Zhao Mancang.

How can this motivate people?

The worst thing was that someone had tied a huge anchor to their nuclear submarine at some point in time. This anchor was the same anchor as the huge cruise ship that Francis and his crew had sailed over.

As a result, they couldn't catch up at all and could only watch Zhao Mancang leave.

By the time they cut off all this and wanted to continue chasing, Zhao Mancang had already disappeared from their sonar radar system. How could they chase him?
Since they couldn't catch up, they could only try their best to save the cruise ship and reduce the losses.

As a result, the cruise ship had already started to sink to the bottom of the sea, and they were also at a loss as to what to do.

Then they sent people to check Zhao Mancang's merchant ship, and they also saw only a ship full of useless dark red stones. As for the one or two tons of rutile exposed outside, it was really better than nothing.

So, this time they can be said to have lost a lot of money!

"Fake!!!"

After several generals confirmed it again and again, they were furious. This was a typical case of losing the rice while trying to steal the chicken.

"Find him for me, even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I will find him for me."

Can you find it?

How is it possible to find it!
Everyone had already fled, so they could only rely on the aircraft carrier battle group to continue searching in the surrounding waters. Unfortunately, the ocean was so vast, how could they search?
This is the heart of the Pacific Ocean, not any other Sam's home. They can get support at any time.

Even at this time, it would be useless for them to send other aircraft carriers. They can't surround the Pacific Ocean within a radius of 500 nautical miles centered on Hawaii, right?

It's useless!

Because at this time Zhao Mancang had already arrived at the Hawaii airport and took out the earliest flight to San Francisco that he had already purchased.

"What? The flight is delayed?"

However, while Zhao Mancang was waiting in the airport terminal, he heard the news that the flight was delayed.

There were only a few flights in the entire airport, and all of them were delayed, causing everyone to get agitated.

At this time, only rich people can afford to fly, and if they make a fuss, it will really be a headache.

But now the order was indeed issued by the government, and Fobole came over to check it out quickly.

All passengers on several flights were carefully checked by Fobole.

But it was of no use, because Zhao Mancang had become a very ordinary white man, dressed like a businessman, and there were no special documents or special things in his briefcase.

So he passed the inspection easily, and then boarded the plane in front of Fobole with a swagger.

The plane cut through the blue sky and white clouds and soon left Hawaii.

It is estimated that those generals would never know until their death that Zhao Mancang left right under the noses of Fobole.

In the White House office, the atmosphere was very tense and no one dared to speak.

Because the news has been passed back, the hunt for the mysterious man who possesses a large amount of rutile has failed.

It wasn't just a failure of the operation. The cruise ship was bombed, and eight million ounces of gold and more than $500 million in cash sank to the bottom of the sea and have not yet been salvaged.

There are also expensive fighter jets, machine tools and other items on the cruise ship.

After testing, only two tons of the 10,000 tons of rutile brought by the mysterious man were found to be rutile, and the rest were ordinary dark red stones.

In addition, Sam's side lost more than 50 people in this operation, and the arms dealer Francis also died.

However, they did not find the mysterious man.

Regarding this result, Dwight David didn't know what to say.

He was a general who had commanded many wars, and his combat command ability was definitely the best in North America.

So when he heard that the final operation of the fishing plan had failed, he did not suspect those people, but instead immediately suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

It obviously has such a huge advantage, why did it end up like this?
"Everyone, come on, let's discuss how this mysterious man escaped? And how can we find him?"

Looking at everyone, Dwight David said:
"Also, this operation failed. We didn't get the rutile. What should we do next? Titanium is a material that the Skunk Works needs. Only this material can withstand that kind of aircraft."

A series of problems are facing everyone, and everyone, including the deputy monitor Richard Milhouse, must come up with ideas to overcome the current difficulties.

But there is no doubt that what everyone says is just the same old stuff. How could there be any better ideas?
A few days later, the salvage team on the Pacific Ocean sent back news that the US dollar cash and gold on the cruise ship were not found.

It wasn't destroyed by the explosion, but it really didn't exist.

After all, even if a bomb exploded, some gold should have fallen to the bottom of the sea. However, the salvage team has been searching for several days and even expanded the scope of the shipwreck a lot, but still no trace of gold or US dollar cash has been found.

I even searched the boxes containing them, but couldn't find them.

In addition, none of the supersonic fighter jets, machine tools and other materials and equipment were found, and they all disappeared.

When the news reached the White House office, everyone's eyes widened, completely unable to believe their ears.

Damn it, can these things really disappear without a trace?

You know, that cruise ship was under the surveillance of two nuclear submarines and had never left the commanders' sight.

After that, it exploded and sank to the bottom of the sea. During this process, the sonar radar system of the nuclear submarine was always on. Any unidentified giant swimming on the seabed would be greeted by torpedoes.

But there has never been any unidentified thing, so there is no possibility that it was taken away by someone in advance.

If that’s the case, then they could clearly see the fighter jets, gold, etc. before, so why can’t they see them now?
"It must have been done by the mysterious man. He's not human, maybe he's a god. Otherwise, how can this be explained?"

Douglas McKay, who was in charge of the Intelligence Bureau, said this in a decisive tone with a look of astonishment on his face.

He would rather believe that the mysterious man Zhao Mancang was a god than admit that he was just a human, because only in this way could the matter be explained clearly.

Everything was right under my nose, but it disappeared.

What magic could do this?
Magic is just a trick, but those fighter jets are real big guys. What kind of trick can be so deceptive?

Anyway, Douglas couldn't think of anything, the only thing he could think of was God!

If it were in the past, perhaps someone would jump out to accuse Douglas at this time, but now, everyone was quiet, except that everyone's brows were furrowed.

Obviously, everyone is also wondering how those things disappeared.

They couldn't figure it out even if they racked their brains. Perhaps Douglas McKay's guess was more accurate?

"I think Douglas's idea is not unreasonable, but it is probably not God, or some person with incredible abilities that we have never come into contact with."

Suddenly, Frederick Miller also spoke:

"Everyone still remembers the news from Moscow about the over 50,000 tons of rutile quietly lying at the Avisma Magnesium-Titanium Plant being transported away overnight, right? Isn't this exactly the same as what happened to us this time?"

"Also, during the previous transactions between Francis and the other party, this mysterious person also took these things away in a very short time and then escaped right under our noses."

"Why does this guy always trade at night? Maybe he needs to use the darkness as a cover?"

"Of course, there's another possibility. They might have developed a super-powerful aircraft that can become invisible in the dark."

Before Miller finished speaking, Sinclair Folsome on the other side interrupted:
"That's absolutely impossible. If there really is such a stealth aircraft, it must be an alien civilization. Moreover, such an aircraft must be completely silent, at least less than 20 decibels."

"But a flying machine like this is simply impossible!"

Sinclair Folsom is in charge of technology, and his understanding of fighter jets ranks first in the entire White House office.

So his words are actually authoritative.

Stealth fighter jets are still just a concept in North America and have not yet been fully developed.

Moreover, even if it is invisible, it is only invisible to radar and other systems, and cannot be invisible to the naked eye.

Besides that, noise reduction is impossible.

What does below 20 decibels mean?
This is an extremely quiet state, similar to the quiet environment late at night or early in the morning.

In this state, it is impossible to hear the sound of an aircraft even at a slight distance.

However, how is this possible?
Humans only began to invent airplanes at the beginning of this century. Even the Flyer built by the Wright brothers made a very loud noise.

Therefore, it is simply impossible for an aircraft to make noise below 20 decibels.

"Since that's not the case, there's only one explanation: this mysterious person is a god!"

Frederick Miller shrugged and Richard Milhouse rolled his eyes.

"Well, gentlemen, if there really is a God in this world, it must be our Sam's God. Besides, that's simply impossible!"

"I believe there must be some clues left behind, so let's all put our heads together and see if we can find any."

"Also, I think the most urgent issue right now is the raw material issue of rutile. We need to resolve it as soon as possible. Only then can we defeat the Moscow Alliance more quickly."

Zhao Mancang was unaware of the meeting in the White House office, as he had already left the North American continent.

That day, after he flew back to San Francisco from Hawaii, he went straight back to Tokyo.

Then he completed another transaction with Ma Jiugong and others at Tianjin Wharf, and then returned to Hong Kong and Kowloon.

This transaction with Ma Jiugong and others increased Zhao Mancang's experience value balance by several hundred, which was not a lot, and made him a little disappointed.

There is still a large amount of gold in the system space, and he must find an opportunity to send it back to the capital as soon as possible. Otherwise, Ma Jiugong and others will have no money to buy the goods he brought back from North America.

In the Qifa Building in Central, Hong Kong and Kowloon, Zhao Mancang was sitting in his office, meeting with Chen Liangsheng and others.

After nearly a year of development, the daily sales volume of "Hong Kong Daily News" has now firmly ranked third in the newspaper sales ranking list in Hong Kong.

Although there is still a big gap from the second place, it is slowly narrowing.

After all, it has only been established for less than a year, and it is already very impressive to have achieved such results.

The two newspapers ranked first and second have been around for decades, and they have as many as 50,000 to 60,000 stable readers.

As long as they don't commit suicide, the championship and runner-up positions between the two companies will not change hands so easily.

Zhao Mancang was also very greedy, but he was just greedy and did not dare to use any conspiracy.

"Are you saying that Jardine Matheson has been throwing mud at me recently?"

Just when Zhao Mancang was about to find out about the sales of Ming Pao, Chen Liangsheng suddenly brought up this matter, which immediately made him confused.

After detailed inquiries, Zhao Mancang found out that the people from Jardine Matheson had been holding a grudge against him ever since his last appearance at the reclaimed land auction.

Jiang Sidun Keswick, Thomas Chater and others have been encouraging their newspapers to discredit Zhao Mancang, not only English newspapers, but also Chinese newspapers.

It's very simple. Zhao Mancang's base is the Chinese community, so Chinese newspapers are the hardest hit area for attacking him.

Among them, the Liberty Press under the name of Louis Cha is particularly prominent, and can even be said to be a pioneer.

how to say?

The Liberty Press obtained advertising from a series of companies including Jardine Matheson, which increased their monthly revenue by a significant amount, far exceeding the revenue from their newspaper sales.

Who can blame them for the fact that their daily sales are only over 10,000 copies, which is far less than those newspaper giants on the sales rankings, but exceeds those small newspapers.

So they couldn't eat meat, but they didn't starve to death either.

Now that Jardine Matheson has stepped in and given a little advertising money, how can the Liberty Press not become the vanguard?

Helping their financial sponsors solve their problems is what these sons should do.

"Our Chinese capital is still weak, so we should store up food, build high walls, and wait until we claim the throne. However, Zhao Changshou is arrogant and thinks he can do whatever he wants with over a billion Hong Kong dollars in cash. He even dared to provoke the British giant Jardine Matheson."

"Zhao Changshou's behavior is disgusting and self-defeating. Just like the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily, Ming Pao, and Women's Wear, which he owns, these are clearly sleazy and vulgar tabloids. He dares to use these sleazy propaganda to mislead the public. He deserves death!"

"I suggest that everyone stop buying the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily. This kind of newspaper is simply a cancer in Hong Kong's newspaper industry."

The Liberty Press is using this method to discredit Zhao Mancang and the companies under his name, simply in an attempt to extort money from him.

This highly targeted war of words actually caused the sales of the "Liberty Press" to soar. In less than a week, the daily sales exceeded 20,000.

Since Zhao Mancang was not in Hong Kong and Kowloon, Chen Liangsheng and others initially focused on maintaining the image of their boss. They explained the situation and did not directly argue with the other party because it would be embarrassing.

Jiang Sidun and Thomas wanted to use this method to disgust Zhao Mancang. As for other means, Zhao Mancang has not yet learned about them.

Last time, Zhao Mancang made the Hong Kong Land Development spend HK$300 million to bid for the Central No. 1 land at the reclaimed land auction, breaking the land price record since the founding of Hong Kong and becoming the new land king.

Three hundred million Hong Kong dollars, this is a huge amount of money.

Many ordinary citizens in Hong Kong and Kowloon only earn a few hundred Hong Kong dollars a month, and 300 million Hong Kong dollars is beyond the comprehension of ordinary citizens.

It is precisely because of this that Jiang Sidun and others tried to find a way to deal with Zhao Mancang.

The remarks that the Liberty Press reported to smear Zhao Mancang were actually irrelevant. The most crucial piece of information was that they reported in the newspaper that Zhao Mancang had more than one billion Hong Kong dollars in cash.

This is the most vicious key point!

As we all know, the order in Hong Kong and Kowloon is actually very chaotic nowadays, especially the order between the underworld and the white world, which is even more messy.

Although the Liberty Press has a daily sales volume of more than 20,000 and its influence in Hong Kong and Kowloon is not that great, it will definitely be targeted by those with ulterior motives.

As long as he is targeted, Zhao Mancang's daily life in Hong Kong and Kowloon will definitely be "unbearable".

Zhao Mancang even suspected that there must be a lot of people following him near his home at Villa No. 66 in Deep Water Bay.

"Haha, I get it. You did a good job on this matter, but it's still not good enough!"

Zhao Mancang sneered and continued:

"So, please inform the owners of newsstands, magazines, and bookstores that over the next week, we, the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily, and Ming Pao, will offer discounts again, allowing them to continue promoting our newspapers and at the same time, asking them to hide the Liberty Press."

Almost in an instant, Zhao Mancang came up with a plan to wipe out the entire family!

In many cases, if the power of money is used well, the energy it can unleash is absolutely beyond imagination.

The Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily and Ming Pao have started to offer discounts, and the discounts will last for a week. This is extremely tempting for newsstand owners and bookstore owners.

why?
Take Zhang Quangui, the owner of Preface Bookstore opposite the Mong Kok Typhoon Shelter, for example. His bookstore can sell about 600 copies of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily and about 600 copies of Ming Pao every day.

The price of newspapers has increased a little now, now it costs 40 cents per copy instead of 30 cents before.

For every newspaper sold, Zhang Quangui could get a gross profit of 1.2 cents. The total number of copies of "Hong Kong Daily News" and "Ming Pao" sold was 1,200, which was HK$144.

In other words, he did nothing every day and only needed to sell two newspapers to earn HK$144.

The average rent for his bookstore is 58 yuan per day, which is 1,740 yuan per month.

There are also other expenses such as water and electricity, and the monthly fixed cost is about 65 yuan.

But even so, Zhang Quangui still needs to save for several years if he wants to save enough money to buy the property for this bookstore.

Now, once Zhao Mancang starts this profit-sharing action, Zhang Quangui’s daily gross profit will be 480 yuan, which is 3,360 yuan a week.

Where can I find such a high income?

So there is absolutely no problem in letting Zhang Quangui hide the "Liberty Press".

Because the sales of the "Liberty Press" itself were not very good, the loss to Zhang Quangui was not big whether he hid it or not.

A week later, the Liberty Press was still able to continue to exist, and Zhao Mancang no longer believed it.

Hearing what Zhao Mancang said, Chen Liangsheng and the others all took a deep breath.

No one in the office is stupid.

They are all editors or managers, and Zhao Mancang will not hire them if they don't have enough brains.

Therefore, the counterattack proposed by Zhao Mancang was absolutely a devastating blow to the Liberty Press.

But Zhao Mancang also said that the bookstore and newsstand owners should just hide it and try not to let the people from the Liberty Press find out about it so quickly.

Absolutely!
It’s absolutely amazing!
"As for the rest, you don't need to bother with the Liberty Press anymore. Just pretend they don't exist and try to downplay the incident."

(End of this chapter)