Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 308, Competing Proposed Inflation Score
In Sam's White House office, a group of people are discussing something.

This meeting was not about anything else but about Hollywood and the film market.

why?
Because the status of Chinese people in Hollywood is so high!
With the popularity of kung fu movies such as "Enter the Dragon", "Chinese Kung Fu", and "Die Hard", the word "kung fu" has been deeply rooted in people's hearts for six years.

As a result, the status of many Chinese people working at Sam's Club has skyrocketed throughout California, which is not a good thing.

Anyway, many people in power are very dissatisfied and want to deal with those kung fu stars in Hollywood and replace them.

Behind this are people who are nationalists themselves, and there are also capitalist giants pushing them from behind.

But giants like Paramount are not just sitting there to do the work. There are also giants like Mayflower Media Group, Robot Computer Corporation, Aucma Financial Corporation, and a huge network of relationships formed between these giants.

It is under this confrontation that all these situations have been pushed to the White House.

The current owner of the White House is Richard Milhouse, and his idea is very simple now, which is to destroy Moscow, which spans the Eurasian continent.

Last year, the University of Tokyo had a complete break with Moscow, so Richard Milhouse now particularly wants to establish contact with the University of Tokyo, so that Moscow will be truly isolated and helpless.

Therefore, in this context, what happens in Hollywood is nothing.

The meeting didn't last long, as Richard Milhouse ended it:
"Looking at the film market right now, aren't the top-ranked films 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'? Have other kung fu films achieved such high box office results?"

On August 2, 1970, the box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" successfully reached 1 billion US dollars, not far from the 1.187 billion US dollars of "Jurassic Park".

In today's entire Sam movie market, many people are paying attention to when "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" will be able to top the box office list in film history.

No one would doubt that it cannot break the record, because even though it has already broken through the billion-dollar box office, the single-day box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is still just over 10 million. As long as this momentum is maintained, the total box office will reach 1.1 billion US dollars in about ten days.

With the successful release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", the film's peripheral products have continued to gain momentum, and revenue has continued to rise.

Although the box office of the movie is almost catching up with "Jurassic Park", the movie peripherals of "The Lord of the Rings" are still not as good as the former.

The gap between the two is huge, and it is not something that can be caught up just by catching up.

Therefore, Richard Milhouse's rhetorical question did indeed silence many people in the White House.

Although movies like "Enter the Dragon" are great, the highest-grossing movie is still "Jurassic Park".

Even though there are quite a few Chinese actors in the movie "Jurassic Park", so what? The real protagonists of this movie should be the dinosaurs, not the stars.

In an airport near Los Angeles, in the warehouse of Nolina Sun Ocean Shipping Company, two agents sneaked in here for only one thing, which was to install some black technology here.

Wanjia Supermarket's business model eventually aroused suspicion among many capitalists.

This is because many of the goods in Wanjia Supermarket are basically imported. Except for some grains, fresh vegetables and other products, most other goods are imported from overseas.

Just import, the key is that the proportion is too high.

If you carefully look through the products on the shelves of Wanjia Supermarket, you will be surprised to find that more than 95% of the products are imported.

What’s the matter? Can’t Sam produce it locally?
While it could be produced, the cost would be prohibitively high.

It can be said that Wanjia Supermarket is able to eliminate so many competitors because of its own cheap products. Not only are they good quality and low price, but the key is that it also has an expiring food area, member discounts and other benefits. It is the best retail supermarket in the entire Sam's Club.

As a competitor, if it fails to defeat Wanjia Supermarket, it will definitely feel unhappy.

Please ask professionals to find out the source of goods for Wanjia Supermarket and then take down all of them.

The people at Nolinasun Ocean Shipping Company did not notice these black technologies, but what they never expected was that after these ocean-going ships circled around major ports around the world, apart from loading goods from various ports, no equipment was unloaded from the ships.

In other words, the black technology they installed seems to be of no use.

For example, the goods transported by Nolinasun Ocean Shipping Company from Sam Port are finished once they arrive at the destination terminal. How the goods are transported later has nothing to do with the ocean shipping company.

Those black technologies are installed on cargo ships and cargoes.

However, after these goods arrive at the destination port, such as Hong Kong Island, all the signals of black technology products have completely disappeared.

how to say?

Because at the port terminal, signal jammers are installed on every container of all goods arriving here.

In this way, all radio signals, etc., cannot be leaked.

In addition to disinfection and sterilization, customs must also carry out rigorous security inspections and will not miss any clues.

Under such circumstances, the so-called black technologies are completely useless and have all been discontinued.

In addition to black technology, some people even hide in cargo containers and are transported directly to the destination port.

However, they never imagined that upon arrival at the destination port, they would be subject to such detailed security checks that they would not be able to escape.

Last year, Longxing Research Institute successfully imitated and developed thermal imaging equipment. Such equipment is enough to make anyone hiding in a container nowhere to hide.

Since they cannot escape, one can imagine what will happen to them.

In the office of Lingjing Hutong in Beijing, Zhao Mancang was reporting these tasks to his superiors.

One is the current market conditions of Sam's Club, and the other is that Sam's investigations into our Dongda University are becoming more frequent and the methods used are becoming more and more diverse, making security and other tasks increasingly difficult.

"In fact, over the years, many Sam's Club investors have begun to suspect that it is our Dongda Group that produces so many high-quality, low-priced products and supplies the entire Sam's Club market."

In the conference room, Zhao Mancang's voice was very loud, but the leaders looked solemn.

"Our current methods can still barely cope with it, but as time goes by, I'm afraid they will discover it."

"Therefore, if necessary, we still need to pay a certain amount of cost and slightly change our production and sales model."

Zhao Mancang’s meaning is very simple, which is to avoid similar incidents from happening as much as possible and improve safety protection.

In addition, we should develop more other means to resist the risk of being discovered.

High-tech products like thermal imaging equipment are absolutely awesome when used in safety protection. In today's era, they are super awesome equipment.

The leaders don’t know much about these high technologies, but it doesn’t matter. They are much better than Zhao Mancang in terms of how to cover up and use strategies.

Therefore, leaders cannot interfere in the research and development of high technology, but they can provide some other suggestions.

The situation in the mainland is getting better and better now. Although there are certain limits to the improvement, it is not as difficult as before.

Take the Otto car, which was just released two years ago, as an example. It has been on the market since the end of 1968, and it has been more than a year and almost two years now. This car brand has become more and more famous and powerful.

In the first half of this year, Otto sold an average of nearly 50,000 cars per month. Based on this average, a total of 300,000 cars were sold in the six months of the first half of the year.

This is a very large number. With an average selling price of around US$8,000 per car, the revenue in the first half of the year is US$2.4 billion.

Otto Auto's foreign exchange earnings in just half a year are so high. Together with other products such as lithium battery products, Dongda's export foreign exchange earnings in the first half of this year have already set a record.

Therefore, leaders certainly do not want to see such a good situation being destroyed.

"Comrade Mancang, I'd like to ask, with the Hollywood film market being so prosperous, and with all those kung fu movies, are you helping to drive and lead them behind the scenes?"

Just when Zhao Mancang had almost finished his report, a leader raised a question.

When Zhao Mancang heard this, he was shocked. It turned out that one should not underestimate the people in the world. After all, no one is a fool.

However, his inner fluctuations were not reflected in his expression at all. Instead, he just asked in slight surprise:

"Boss, you really flatter me. How could I possibly have such great power? Besides, the prosperity of the Hollywood film market is just a manifestation of the maturity of the local film market. It is the result of the superposition of many factors such as economy and culture. It is not so simple to form."

"Besides, a capitalist market economy is always bound to have economic crises. Once such a crisis hits, haha, then the prosperity of the Sam's film market will probably come to an abrupt end."

If Zhao Mancang's guess is correct, then there will definitely be a small crisis at the end of this year, and a bigger crisis will definitely break out next year.

In today's White House, people like Richard Milhouse are almost unable to resist.

Too guilty!

Originally, they were the country with the largest gold reserves in the world, far exceeding the total reserves of most other countries.

However, in the past decade, European countries have sailed to New York and transported a lot of gold from the New York Federal Reserve vault.

However, the huge amount of gold produced every year in southern Africa and other regions did not all flow to Sam, but was either taken away by Zhao Mancang or taken away by other forces.

Take Zhao Mancang for example. The Hong Kong Development Bank under his name has a total gold reserve of more than 800 tons in the underground vault of its Hong Kong headquarters.

In fact, there are still more than a thousand tons of gold in his own system space, but the Hong Kong Development Bank really can't absorb so much gold. Otherwise, Zhao Mancang wouldn't mind giving all the gold to the Hong Kong Development Bank and asking it to help store it.

Of course, even with so much gold, it is still only a small part compared to the world.

The Rand Central Gold Mine alone can produce over 800 tons of gold annually. What about other gold mines? It's normal for them to produce over 2,000 tons per year, right?

Of course, Southern Africa accounts for about 40% of the production, making it arguably the world's largest gold producer. In today's gold standard era, gold is hard currency, so only by controlling more gold reserves can one gain greater economic influence.

The New York Federal Reserve does have a lot of gold in its vault, but it cannot withstand the frantic printing of US dollar banknotes in the past few years, causing the US dollar to depreciate and almost become worthless.

If the small European countries could not withstand such devaluation, they would definitely not do this.

"Do you think an economic crisis is coming?"

After hearing what Zhao Mancang said, another leader couldn't help but frown and asked.

This is definitely not a good thing, which is why the leaders are so worried and anxious.

Zhao Mancang heard this and said slowly:

"The economic crisis is bound to come. Who's to blame for the overabundance of dollars in the market? I often go to Sam's Club, and I know the Federal Reserve doesn't have that much gold in its vaults anymore because a lot of it has been taken away."

A leader interrupted Zhao Mancang and asked why. He had no choice but to briefly explain the situation before continuing:
"So Sam will definitely take some measures. The reason the Hollywood film market is so hot right now is, on the one hand, because Hollywood itself has risen to prominence, producing many high-quality films. This is entertainment enjoyment that cannot be matched by television."

"On the other hand, there are too many dollars in the market, and inflation is inevitable."

"Another point is that Sam's entire socioeconomic development is already very advanced. They are very wealthy, and material pursuits can hardly make them happy, so they spend more of their money on pursuing spiritual happiness."

This involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

In later generations, the domestic film and entertainment market in Tokyo was highly developed, with movie box office revenues often reaching 300 to 400 million yuan, and even 400 to 500 million yuan was not uncommon.

In fact, this has a lot to do with human needs.

In our words, when one is well fed and well clothed, he will think about sex.

Only when people have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear will they have the time to think about other things. Otherwise, they won’t think about so many things.

This is also one of the reasons why the Sam film market is so prosperous.

Zhao Mancang explained it clearly in one sentence, completely concealing his own contribution.

If it weren't for his promotion and leadership behind the scenes, the SAM film market would not have been so prosperous even in the 1970s.

Good movie scripts, epoch-making marketing plans, and ubiquitous advertising bombardment can almost be said to be all-round stimulation of the box office surge.

The leaders did not ask any further questions, and Zhao Mancang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After coming out of Lingjing Hutong, Zhao Mancang drove back home.

On Zhongguancun South Street, in the Zhao family courtyard, Lin Wan saw Zhao Mancang coming in and waved to him to come over.

The couple sat together and soon began to talk about Zhao Huijun.

She was born in 1954, so this year is 1970, which means she is already sixteen years old.

Based on her grades, it would be very difficult for her to get into university. She might pass, or she might not.

Lin Wan’s current idea is that if she fails to get into university, then she can just find a job in Hong Kong Island.

In the past July and August, Zhao Mancang did not stay in Hong Kong Island often, so Lin Wan did not seriously discuss this matter with him.

"Oh, you have so little confidence in the little greedy cat? What if she really gets into college? You are worrying for nothing."

Zhao Mancang heard this and asked back with a smile, then continued:

"So don't be anxious. There's no need to let things that haven't happened yet affect your mood at the moment. Relax a little. Besides, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. If I don't have any children and grandchildren, I will enjoy my own happiness. You have to think like this."

"Tsk, I knew you were talking nonsense." Lin Wan rolled her eyes at him and her mood unconsciously became cheerful.

She actually felt that what Zhao Mancang said made sense.

However, after she looked at Xiao Baozi and the others, she sighed and said:

"What about Xiao Baozi and the others? Will we send all these children to Hong Kong Island when the time comes?"

Xiao Taozi and Xiao Baozi were both born in 1959. In other words, they are eleven years old now. They were in the first grade at the age of seven, and they are in the fifth grade this year. Next year when they are twelve years old, they will be in the sixth grade.

So it’s not unreasonable for Lin Wan to worry about this now.

But when Zhao Mancang heard this, he was speechless again.

Why do we always worry about things that have not happened in the future?
Even if the decision is made now, what if the situation changes in the future?
Zhao Mancang shook his head helplessly and said:
"There are only two options: one is to stay in Beijing, and the other is to let them go to Hong Kong Island. So, can you decide now?"

"Little Peach and Little Baozi would definitely love to go to Hong Kong Island. If you told them you were going to study there, they'd be eager to go right away. But what if they can't go in the future?"

"If you tell them now that they can't go to Hong Kong Island to study and have to stay in Beijing, wouldn't it be a big blow to them?"

"So don't worry about it. Before they graduate from elementary school, these children can only study in Beijing and must live with us. We absolutely cannot let them become left-behind children."

"With so many children, you'll have a lot to worry about in the future, so you should take good care of yourself first and stop overthinking."

I say I don’t want to, but in reality, how could I not want to?
It is impossible for Lin Wan not to worry about these things, and Zhao Mancang is not careless and does not want to worry about them. Instead, he knows how to make choices and knows the general situation, so for the time being, he will not think about this matter.

After the couple finished talking about this, Xiao Taozi and the others came over.

These little brats have all grown up a lot and are at the age where everyone hates them. The house is often in chaos.

Only Zhao Mancang had the time and energy to play with these little brats. Lin Wan was too lazy to care about them and just sat aside eating melon seeds and watching the show.

"Stop playing, school is about to start. Have you finished your summer homework? Even after you finish it, you still have to read and prepare. It's time to focus."

Zhao Mancang had a fierce look on his face and stopped playing with the children.

They have all had a crazy summer of fun, and it's time to focus on their studies.

When the little kids heard this, they immediately hung their faces and went back to their rooms to read reluctantly.

"Wan'er, go and keep an eye on them. Don't let them slack off."

"Then why are you going?"

"Find them a good teacher!"

After saying that, Zhao Mancang walked out of the house without looking back and really went to find the teacher.

Logically speaking, his children should have some talent, but they love to play too much. I don’t know if it’s because he, as a father, indulges them too much.

So Zhao Mancang thought of finding a teacher for them and starting training them from a young age.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Xiao Shitou and his friends' grandfather was indeed a mathematics professor.

So, there is definitely talent, but I really don’t know how much talent there is.

Little Shitou was born in June 1960. He is now ten years old and a fourth-grade student, but he is not as good as their older sister Zhao Huijun.

You have to know that Zhao Huijun skipped a grade back then, but none of the other kids like Xiao Baozi could skip a grade.

His grades in elementary school are so bad, not to mention middle school, they will definitely be even worse.

It can be said that if we don’t save him, he will be doomed.

However, Zhao Mancang looked around but couldn't find a suitable teacher.

Suddenly he thought, why not supervise it himself?
Anyway, he has a system. He can exchange something from the system, and then he can take the initiative to learn and study with these little brats, and maybe things will be different.

The next day, in the yard, Zhao Mancang called all the little kids to his side, including Little Baozi, Little Taozi, Little Shitou, Little Fatty, and Little Siyu.

"Everyone, sit down properly. Don't sit like that. Be serious!"

After scolding him, Zhao Mancang said solemnly:

"From today on, I will be strictly managing your teaching. I was too easy on you before, thinking I would let you go, but you all turned out to be useless."

"So, from today on, when you can play and when you should study is entirely up to you."

"Don't be too happy too soon. Chinese and math are the most basic subjects. The passing score is 95. Anyone who can exceed this score will get a day off."

"From now on, I will let you take exams every week. The exams will be on Saturdays, and you will have a rest on Sundays."

"The scores you get on the exams each week will determine how much time you'll have for your future winter and summer vacations. If your scores are consistently below 95, you won't get to rest during the summer vacations."

what?
After they finished listening, all the children were dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)