On 12 January 2000, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) announced that the long-awaited SADC Free Trade Area plan was officially launched in April 2000, and 10 of the 14 SADC member states had signed and approved the plan. Participants will discuss new problems facing humanity and new ways to solve them, including economic globalization, the biotechnology revolution, e-trade and environmental protection.

At the same time, the northern countries led by the Nord Kingdom and the Kingdom of Egypt and Morocco also began to deepen peace and stability in northern Africa through economic, military, trade, scientific and technological cooperation.

At the meeting, the northern countries near the Nord Kingdom protested against some of the actions of the Nord Kingdom, and Marceau did not respond explicitly but replied that he would try his best to solve the problems raised, but at the same time, officials from nearby countries who were close to the Nord Kingdom began to actively participate in national affairs.

One month later, on 12 February 2000, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) opened in Bangkok under the theme of "Globalization and Development Strategies for the New Century." ”

This is the first time that Charles has participated in this meeting as the head of the Nord Kingdom, although he is still the crown prince of the Nord Kingdom, but he has actually begun to participate in various international meetings of heads of state as the king.

Also in February, the Nord Kingdom had a report on vigorously supporting the IT industry from the Cabinet Government, which is expected to provide up to 100 billion euros of overall support to the IT industry in the five years from 2000 to 2005...... The network began to diversify, and various branches of the Microsoft group began to have competitors, such as music and video, and even the meaning of the music and video branch of Microsoft Corporation.

On February 18, 2000, the head of the music branch of Microsoft Corporation held a press conference, at which Microsoft Music announced that it would hold the first Microsoft Music Festival. More than 300 singers from Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa will be invited to participate.

Microsoft Music has its own artist company, and among the top 100 singers in Microsoft search every year, there are now nearly 30 singers belonging to Microsoft Music, and the star-making platform of the Internet is becoming more and more popular, compared with the traditional star-making platform, the network is undoubtedly faster, more convenient and faster.

The Nord Studios has been completed, and in 2000 more than 30 films will be shot here with an investment of up to 10 million euros, in which Microsoft Video also has a stake.

On February 20, 2000, the artist company of Nord Royal Studios held a press conference to acquire the artist companies of Microsoft Music and Microsoft Video for 560 million euros and 830 million euros respectively.

It seems like the price is high. But in fact, compared to the profits created by these artists for Microsoft, no one would sell such a golden rooster that lays eggs, but if there is a royal family intervening in it, it is completely different.

Kate personally invited the heads of Microsoft Video and Microsoft Music to the palace for lunch, and after a meal, even though the two heads of Microsoft branches were very resentful of Nord Royal Film and Television, they still had to sell their egg-laying golden chickens at this "low" price.

Things on the Internet are undoubtedly the fastest, and for a whole month, there were reports about the Nord Kingdom all over the world, Microsoft, Apple, film and television companies......

In March 2000, the first Warcraft Trophy of the Nord Kingdom kicked off, which was the first public event of esports. Nord TV has launched a special game satellite channel for players around the world who love Warcraft games.

The charges for the game channel are not very high, and like the No. 1 Martial Arts Club channel in the world, various additional trades such as newspapers and commemorative T-shirts are given away for free to those who subscribe to the game channel.

The year 2000 was also known as the Year of Warcraft, and the first edition of the Warcraft trophy was worth 10 million euros, compared to 10 million euros in 2000. This amount of money really elevates Warcraft to a rather terrifying position.

No one knows that the real organizer of this trophy, the Warcraft production team, only invested one million euros, and the remaining nine million euros were awarded by Joseph with four million and Flender with five million.

Flender wanted to thank his father for this, but by this time Joseph was already busy with things in Japan. Although Charlie was in power, there were some things that Joseph left behind and needed to be handled by him personally. For example, a deal with the Emperor of Japan.

On April 5, 2000, the former Prime Minister of Japan resigned as Prime Minister due to illness, and Kentaro Matsumoto became the new Prime Minister.

Kentaro Matsumoto, Joseph's Japanese friend, finally became prime minister after many years of hard work, and at the same time, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces silently carried out a large number of officer replacements, and some Japanese officers who returned from the Nord Kingdom began to control Japan's only army.

Naturally, it is impossible for the United States not to be aware of such a thing, but because of China's reasons, the United States now has a request for Japan, and it can only interfere with and resist it through some political means.

Within a few days of Kentaro Matsumoto taking over as prime minister, a large amount of negative news about him appeared in the media, and if there was no United States and pro-American forces at work, then it is estimated that no one could believe it.

The Japanese emperor immediately counterattacked, and this was also the first time he showed his power in Japan, although it was worse than the pro-American forces, but in the end it was Kentaro Matsumoto who remained in his post as prime minister.

After Kentaro Matsumoto solved the negative news crisis, the first thing he did was the problem of the governor of Hokkaido, a small person who had never appeared in Japanese politics was suddenly valued by Kentaro Matsumoto, and then he began to serve as the governor of Hokkaido.

Ando Kintake, because of his sudden rise, many Japanese politicians have searched for his origins, but no matter how they are found, there is no information about his relationship with Kentaro Matsumoto.

The deputy director of the Tokyo Museum, I don't know why he suddenly went to Hokkaido to participate in politics and became a regional security chief, and then slowly became the mayor of Hamanaka Town, the deputy mayor of Kushiro City, and was suddenly promoted to the governor of Hokkaido when he was about to be promoted to mayor.

Ando Jinwu is very normal in the attention of others to sign a series of trade cooperation orders with the Nord Kingdom, which does not arouse any suspicion, a few years ago the Nord Kingdom began to increase investment in Hokkaido, Ando Jinwu as the governor of Hokkaido, he did this very normally.

But no one would have thought that with his appointment as governor of Hokkaido, more and more citizens of the Nord Kingdom came to Hokkaido, including Japanese, Chinese and a small number of Europeans......

Is the Japanese imperial family willing to face such a thing? No, they are very unwilling, but although the deal is completed, they still need to rely on the power of the Nord Kingdom, and they have no ability to go back and have no ability to go back.

On April 20, 2000, Huaxia Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. was established.

At this time, Gao Jingxuan deliberately went to China and met with the premier of the Huaxia State Council, because she controlled 30 percent of the shares in Huaxia's telecommunications industry, and it was necessary for her to conduct special negotiations for the reorganization of the company because of some of her own interests.

The negotiation process was peaceful and smooth, and in the end, Gao Jingxuan injected 600 million euros plus 30 percent of the previous shares in the telecommunications industry, and she successfully obtained 11.2 percent of the new company, which will be worth a lot of money in the future.

This trip to China was Gao Jingxuan's first step, and then she began to travel frequently to Huaxia, because she valued the future market in Huaxia and decided to increase some investment in Huaxia. It's a pity that it's no longer the 80s, and it's very difficult for Gao Jingxuan to acquire a lot of state-owned shares, but the more this happens, the more she admires Joseph's vision back then.

A three-entry courtyard house near Wangfujing is Gao Jingxuan's home in Yanjing, and this courtyard alone costs Gao Jingxuan 3 million euros, but she thinks it is worth it, and its value in the future is more than that.

On May 11, 2000, Charlie, who returned from Bangkok, began his second big move, announcing the abolition of consumption tax in the Nord Kingdom.

The consumption tax of the Nord Kingdom was 5% before, which was nearly half of that of other countries, but even such a luxury car worth 100,000 yuan would eventually cost 105,000 euros, and the extra 5,000 euros would be a lot.

Joseph didn't stay in Hokkaido for long, because he found out that Machanami actually became Ando Kanatake's secretary, which gave Joseph a headache, but at the same time, an idea also came to his heart. However, before his idea could be perfected, news from Tokyo completely disrupted Joseph's train of thought, and the new Prime Minister of Japan, Kentaro Matsumoto, was assassinated.

To be honest, Joseph was really surprised in the face of such a thing, he did not expect that the United States had become so bold and reckless, but Joseph did not expect that this matter actually had a lot to do with him.

In recent years, the trade between the Nord Kingdom and Japan has begun to deepen, which has forced many American businessmen to leave Japan, which has undoubtedly aroused the anger of some guys in the United States who have quite a lot of interests in Japan. (To be continued......)