Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 313, Dangerous Ideas, Two Billion Dollars in Exchange!
January 26, 1971, is the Lunar New Year’s Eve. Today is New Year’s Eve.

Beijing, Zhongguancun South Street, Zhao Family Courtyard.

Little Siyu was chasing happily behind, and the two puppies at home were running in front, barking as they ran.

Behind Xiao Siyu, there was a big dog, running slowly and worriedly behind her, and in Xiao Siyu's arms, she was holding a puppy that had not yet been weaned.

It turned out that little Siyu was being naughty and took away the big dog's puppy, while the two puppies running in front of the little guy simply thought that their little master was playing with them.

Zhao Mancang withdrew his gaze and looked at the older children, including Xiao Baozi and Xiao Taozi, who were sitting obediently next to him and helping to make dumplings.

It is now 1971, so Xiao Baozi and Xiao Taozi will soon be twelve years old, which is not a young age.

So they have to help with some housework and stuff.

"Dad, are these dumplings enough?"

At this time, Zhao Jinshi suddenly asked.

"Don't you have that stuffing left? Wrap it all up, otherwise why keep it? Don't waste food, understand?"

After hearing what their father said, Zhao Jinshi and the others had no choice but to continue making dumplings.

They have been living a life of luxury since childhood. Zhao Mancang has never let them go hungry or have no clothes to wear.

On the contrary, they have had plenty of food and clothes since childhood, and as for food, whether it is fruit or ordinary food, they eat a lot, definitely more and in a richer variety than other children.

Perhaps because of this, they all thought that there was no shortage of food and drink at home, so they were not so frugal with food.

Even though Zhao Mancang, Lin Wan, Zhang Dongyue and others often teach these little kids, they often still subconsciously want to waste food.

Maybe it’s because they’ve never wasted food, so they want to give it a try?
This was a trivial matter and Zhao Mancang didn't take it too seriously.

There is a saying that goes, people can never learn by teaching, but they can learn by teaching once.

Many times, these little kids won’t listen if you just rely on words to educate them.

Adults like Zhao Mancang say it every day, but it’s not very useful. Maybe next time when something happens, they will learn their lesson.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang did not say much. Maybe next time he should take them to those rural areas in the mountains to let them experience what it means not to waste food.

The New Year’s Eve dinner arrived soon, and my father-in-law and his family came again. This is almost an annual tradition.

In fact, for a reunion dinner like New Year’s Eve dinner, my father-in-law and his family can just eat together, but this tradition has been going on for many years, so it has not changed, and no one has thought about changing it.

"Uncle!"

Lin Zhaohui, Lin Zhaoxi, Lin Zhaomei and other children walked into the yard and immediately greeted loudly.

All of the children knew who had the most say in their aunt's family.

The youngest, Lin Zhaomei, was born in 1964 and is seven years old this year. They have all grown up a lot.

With the arrival of little kids like Lin Zhaohui, the house became more lively.

Lin Shuxian, who had been hiding in the kitchen, was soon nagged by her parents: Get married!

Lin Shuxian is already 27 years old this year, an old maid in the true sense, but she has not yet married, which makes the elderly couple Lin Guohua and Zhang Dongyue very anxious.

When she was studying before, her old couple didn't urge her much, but after she went to study in Hong Kong Island, she couldn't stop.

I just don't want to get married anymore.

You are already 27 years old, why haven’t you gotten married yet?

Therefore, this year's New Year's Eve dinner was basically arranged for Lin Shuxian, and the topic of discussion was mostly about urging her to get married.

Throughout the whole process, Zhao Mancang was forced to participate and was asked by his mother-in-law to help introduce several high-quality young men to his sister-in-law Lin Shuxian.

Zhao Mancang agreed with a smile. After all, it was a blind date, so there were definitely some procedures to follow.

However, Lin Shuxian doesn't like it very much, because she is currently working in Hong Kong Island. To be honest, she looks down on the aspiring young people in Beijing.

Because the living habits of both parties are completely different.

Simply put, Lin Shuxian has been somewhat infected with some of the minor problems of capitalist society, similar to Hong Kong girls.

Zhao Mancang didn't say anything about this. Although she was his sister-in-law, Zhao Mancang's concern for her was indeed not enough.

Even though she didn't like him, Lin Shuxian had to go and meet him, and she also told Zhao Mancang clearly what she needed from her other half.

He should be tall, handsome, successful in his career, and preferably an ambitious young man who came to Hong Kong from the mainland.

Well, when Zhao Mancang heard this, he directly called China Resources Company, Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company, etc. These companies all have many such single gay men.

A gay man who met Lin Shuxian's requirements was soon found. Let's go on a blind date on the third day of junior high school.

In Beijing, Lin Shuxian went on two blind dates and felt a little tired. It was not until the third one that she reluctantly agreed to marry him.

The man is called Lu Zhiheng, a native of Beijing. His parents are small leaders in ministries and departments.

Lu Zhiheng was an undergraduate student at Beijing University of Foreign Languages. After graduation, he served in the army for five years and was then transferred to the Hong Kong headquarters of Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company.

To be honest, this kind of male comrade is really very good. After reading the information, Zhao Mancang gave him a thumbs up.

"Brother-in-law, can you help him get a promotion? His salary is too low."

Two days after the blind date, on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Shuxian came back from outside and ran to Zhao Mancang and made this request.

Before the latter could speak, her sister Lin Wan immediately scolded:
"Lin Shuxian!!! Do you want to listen to what you are saying? Who do you think your brother-in-law is? You want to use the backdoor, right? You want to give people a promotion? What do you want to do?"

Her mother, Zhang Dongyue, was even more direct and twisted her ears:

"How do I usually teach you? Huh? You're still a college student, don't you understand this little bit of human principle? You open your mouth and ask your brother-in-law for an official position. Why don't you go to heaven?"

It’s really the opposite!

Seeing the mother and daughter arguing, Zhao Mancang felt embarrassed to just sit there. Instead, he asked them not to get angry and asked about the situation first.

"Shuxian, did you bring this up on your own initiative? Was it your own idea?"

Zhao Mancang did not mention Lu Zhiheng and did not mention this person's name at all.

Lin Shuxian curled her lips and said,
"Yeah, it's just a promotion, what's the big deal? He didn't even let me bring it up."

Hearing this, Zhao Mancang's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Lu Zhiheng was doing the opposite and Lin Shuxian was being used by someone?
Immediately, he asked Lin Shuxian to reconstruct the conversation scene at that time and what the specific situation was.

After Lin Shuxian finished speaking, Zhao Mancang realized that it was a false alarm. The actual situation was that Lin Shuxian, this spoiled girl, had a problem with her thinking.

This problem is not a big one, but it still needs attention.

There are still many cases of sisters-in-law cheating on their brothers-in-law.

After a moment's silence, Zhao Mancang said:

"Shuxian, logically speaking, since you call me brother-in-law, I should help you, your sister-in-law, no matter what I say, not to mention that you have been helping to take care of the children."

After a pause, he continued:
"But you don't work within the system, and you moved to Hong Kong Island to live and work in 1966. You haven't even noticed that your thinking has changed dramatically."

"You will definitely not admit it yourself, and you may even think that you are right, but have you ever thought about who gave you all this now?"

Without waiting for Lin Shuxian to speak, Zhao Mancang continued:
"You don't need to say anything. Just reflect on yourself. You're already 27 years old. You're not a child anymore. You should know that you are responsible for all your actions."

"I can let you go to Hong Kong Island to work and live, and I can also take away everything that belongs to you. Don't take all this for granted, and don't think that what you have now is completely yours and is earned through your own hard work."

"No matter what you think, after the Spring Festival, you will go to work at Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company. When your thinking changes, I will adjust you."

After saying that, Zhao Mancang stood up, looked at Lin Wan and said:

"Wan'er, she's your sister. Talk to her. Don't dwell on it, and don't resent me. Otherwise, I'll send her off to plant trees in the Northwest!"

The sister-in-law's change of mind after this blind date finally made Zhao Mancang alert.

Before, he didn’t have much contact with Lin Shuxian, and even the blind dates in previous years, Zhao Mancang didn’t take them too seriously.

Unexpectedly, Lin Shuxian's thoughts had changed so much.

This is a dangerous sign.

Although he is not afraid of these things due to his current achievements and position, he will not take them lightly.

Therefore, it is better to curb Lin Shuxian's dangerous idea as soon as possible to prevent her from doing anything weird, otherwise he would be in tears.

At the same time, this incident also reminded him that even the closest people, whether it is his daughter or wife, or even himself, may change.

Even I didn't notice the change.

Therefore, we must be vigilant and think twice before acting.

After the Spring Festival, Zhao Mancang no longer cared about Lin Shuxian's affairs, but he talked to Zhao Huijun, and found that the little girl was very honest and had positive thoughts.

So, he made an agreement with the little ones that he would let her come back to participate in the flag-raising ceremony during this year's National Day.

"Huijun, you must know that you were born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze. Although you go to school in Hong Kong Island, your heart must be red. You can't be a banana person with a yellow skin and a white heart."

"Yes, I know, Dad. I definitely won't do that." Zhao Huijun was born in 1954 and is seventeen years old this year. She is not young at all, so of course she is very sensible.

Perhaps because of Lin Shuxian, Zhao Huijun felt uneasy when facing her father alone.

She didn't know what position her father held now, but she could feel that her father was very powerful and his temperament was becoming more and more different.

On the contrary, little brats like Xiao Baozi cannot notice this change.

Because Xiao Baozi and his family often live with their father, unlike Zhao Huijun, who has only been able to see him every few months since 1966.

So Zhao Huijun could feel the changes in her father more clearly.

Lin Wan also pulled Zhao Huijun, Xiao Baozi and others aside and gave them some advice, saying that this era is still quite dangerous, so they must have correct thoughts.

In the blink of an eye, it was March and Xiong Licheng called to inform that the super dollar factory had been completed and it was time to put it into operation.

In this case, let’s start printing US dollars and then distribute them on a large scale.

Zhao Mancang took the opportunity to go to South America and Africa, and then used a vest to set up several small companies.

These small companies have only one goal: to spend the super US dollars and then buy back the resources.

In the city of Pretoria in Southern Africa, Zhao Mancang personally brought several of his younger brothers to purchase a large amount of gold in the name of a small company and engage in gold speculation.

Today's transaction is the first time that super US dollars have entered the market, totaling 50 million US dollars. Zhao Mancang plans to spend it all within two days.

In today's era, it is normal to buy physical gold with US dollars.

The other party was a representative of the major shareholder company of Rand Central Gold Mine, and they sent five banknote counters to verify the US dollars.

The huge amount of US dollars that Zhao Mancang brought had no problems at all and passed the counting and verification work of the money counter smoothly.

There is no way. The ink, paper, anti-counterfeiting labels, printing technology, etc. used in these super US dollars are exactly the same as the US dollar itself. How could they be discovered?
With the Federal Reserve printing money on a massive scale, it will be even more difficult to control the abnormal situation of large amounts of US dollar banknotes flowing into the market.

Unless Zhao Mancang has printed more than 10 billion US dollars or 20 to 30 billion US dollars in cash, it would be difficult to be discovered.

After completing the transaction smoothly, Zhao Mancang repeated the same trick and started large-scale distribution.

Many small businesses only purchase about US$100,000 each time, and when hiring this type of staff, Zhao Mancang mostly hires local people with clean backgrounds and families.

These locals will be concerned about the consequences if they want to escape or do anything.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang's small business will be able to distribute those super US dollars quickly.

This kind of business is being done in Africa, South America and other places.

However, Zhao Mancang also stipulated that similar companies would only exist for one or two years, after which they would be deregistered.

Because super dollars are printed in batches every year, such as 2 billion US dollars or 5 billion US dollars.

You should know that there are quantity limits on paper, ink, etc., and it is impossible to print without limits.

Although Zhao Mancang can achieve unlimited supply, doing so will only make it easier for the entire US dollar market to collapse and allow those at the Federal Reserve to discover the matter more quickly.

Zhao Mancang still hopes that the super dollar can continue to flow steadily.

After all, in the history of the original time and space, the super dollar was not discovered until 1989, but in fact, no one knows when the super dollar began to be printed.

But none of this matters, because what matters is that the super dollar did appear.

The matter of super dollar came to an end for the time being, and Zhao Mancang did not continue to pay attention to it.

Anyway, it can continue to produce and bring in a lot of resources.

Metals such as gold, copper and iron, and raw materials such as oil, grain, and timber are all raw materials that are urgently needed in the mainland.

Africa and South America are not short of these things, so the only option is for Norinasun Ocean Shipping Company to increase the purchase of large ocean-going cruise ships and bring back more resources.

Just after the Qingming Festival, Zhao Mancang received a call from Xiong Licheng: There are too many super US dollars and the market can’t bear it.

"why?"

According to Zhao Mancang's estimation, with the Rand Central Gold Mine being a large gold mine, more than one thousand tons of gold are produced each year, which can fully absorb more than one billion US dollars.

After all, the current price of gold is still US$38 per ounce. At this price, one thousand tons of gold is worth about US$1.3 billion.

Even if the Super Dollar Factory has amazing printing efficiency, it is impossible for it to print more than one billion US dollars in just one month, right?

It was also said that Xiong Licheng's feedback left Zhao Mancang speechless.

The Super Dollar Factory has printed more than $950 million in the past month or so, and $700 million of these goods have already been sold.

After hearing this, Zhao Mancang was stunned.

My goodness, Xiong Licheng and the others don’t treat money as money. They really treat super US dollars as waste paper. No wonder this happens.

Depend on!
After a moment's silence, Zhao Mancang said:

"You can continue production at the current rate, but once the current raw materials are produced, everyone will be given a holiday. No one is allowed to leave the factory. Production will resume in two months."

"Don't move the super US dollars you've produced. Keep them in the warehouse. I'll deal with them later."

In this situation, Zhao Mancang had no choice but to take action himself.

Otherwise, problems may easily occur.

Super US dollars involve all aspects, so we must not act recklessly, and Zhao Mancang must also be cautious.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Mancang thought for a moment, then went to Lingjing Hutong compound.

"Leader, I need to report something to you."

After meeting the leader, Zhao Mancang spoke to him seriously.

The latter thought something big had happened and immediately became concerned, but when he heard that Zhao Mancang was actually going to give money?

To be precise, Zhao Mancang planned to send a batch of resources, a huge amount of resources worth 2 billion US dollars.

These resources can be oil, raw materials such as copper and iron ore, or technology, etc., depending on the needs of the leader.

In exchange, Zhao Mancang needs to lead the side to give more policy support to Jiaolong Comprehensive Institution, such as expanding Jiaolong School.

Jiaolong School is already the largest comprehensive school in China. It has not previously been involved in university-level higher education, but Zhao Mancang now hopes to be involved in this type of education and also hopes to have a postgraduate teaching point.

why?
Because talents need training and time to accumulate, if we only rely on the teaching system of Jiaolong School itself, we can indeed achieve the ultimate, but we cannot be very strong.

For example, undergraduate education used to be condensed, but now you can relax a bit and there is no need to be so tense.

"Comrade Zhao Mancang, are you sure it's $2 billion worth of resources?"

The leader looked at Zhao Mancang very seriously and asked word by word:

"How did you get this money?"

"Boss, as you know, some time last year, our Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company had some problems in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After I went to deal with it, I discovered a shocking secret."

Zhao Mancang did not mention the super dollar, but only said that some people were hoarding gold and other metals, probably wanting to make amazing profits through global financial means.

There are more than 2 billion US dollars worth of metals, of which gold alone is worth more than 1 billion US dollars, and there are also other metals such as copper, iron, etc.

In today's international community, the US dollar and gold are still pegged to each other, but no one knows that Sam has printed a large amount of banknotes, causing the US dollar to depreciate significantly.

Now the gold price in the New York Federal Reserve vault has suddenly plummeted. If it is still exchanged at the fixed exchange rate of one ounce of gold equal to thirty-eight US dollars, the Federal Reserve vault will definitely not be able to withstand it.

If this continues, there will be a storm sooner or later.

Therefore, now either the country withdraws from the group and cancels the fixed exchange rate, or stops printing US dollar banknotes.

But the latter is absolutely impossible. For capital, it doesn’t care whether there is inflation or not. Printing money is certain.

What's more, according to the current trend, even if we stop printing money, there is no guarantee that the gold in the vault will not be exchanged by those European brothers.

This is simply because the US dollar base currency in the market today has exceeded 80 billion US dollars, more than double the 40 billion US dollars before 1959.

Those European brothers only need to take away 40 billion US dollars in cash, and they can basically take away the gold in the Federal Reserve vault.

According to the current fixed exchange rate between gold and the US dollar, one thousand tons of gold is worth US$1.34 billion, and ten thousand tons of gold is worth just over US$13 billion.

The gold reserves in the Federal Reserve's vault are, at most, more than 8,000 tons, less than 10,000 tons.

How could this be enough to redeem?
Therefore, withdrawing from the group is the only option.

Once the withdrawal from the group is made, the gold market, US dollar foreign exchange market, etc. will inevitably experience huge fluctuations.

At this time, some people enter the market with a large amount of gold, and of course they will make a fortune.

However, Zhao Mancang actually discovered such a conspiracy and intercepted it in advance. The leader was shocked and couldn't help but sigh at his luck, which was simply against the sky.

In fact, the leader did not really believe Zhao Mancang’s fabricated excuse, even though the excuse was very detailed and seemed to be true, but does it matter?
As long as Zhao Mancang doesn't cause any trouble, the leaders have long learned to turn a blind eye.

What's more, he is really doing this for the good of the land under his feet, and the leaders can certainly confirm this.

(End of this chapter)