The old man's eyes widened, but François smiled at him.

"You are not fifty-four, but sixty-five; What you call ' The house where the office is located has been requisitioned, and you have been compensated, and in four or five months it will cease to exist, and it is worth less than a hamburger that smells of green onions, one of your three ferries is not scrapped thanks to God's willingness, and it has to be repaired every day, you have only three hundred and fifty dollars in the bank at most, which is a deposit of three hundred and twenty dollars a month for instalments, because you had to pay six thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars for the house you bought in Albuquerque last October 14, your only car is a 1938 Ford that has traveled 70,000 miles, and you have only one son, who is an engineer in a food factory, of course in Albuquerque; Your wife repeats to you five or six times a day that she has spent enough time in New York, where the climate is cold, and where she sees her sons and grandchildren only once every two years, and as for your actual income, we estimate it to be between eight hundred and nine hundred dollars a month. ”

"Who are you, FBI?" Ferguson asked, rolling his eyes.

"I now make the following proposal to you, and accept it is up to you to decide whether to accept it or not: give you ten percent of the shares of the Razor Food Corporation, and you will be the deputy general manager of this company, and you will ...... in this qualification."

"What's going on?"

"A newly established company that produces, distributes and, in many cases, sells food. As Deputy General Manager, you will receive a weekly salary of $200 and can expect an annual salary adjustment of 10 percent for life, with one special condition: you do not play any role in the company. This advice is best suited to your ideals, where you will have a title and a corresponding salary, but you will not have to work. You can actually get your money in Albuquerque on a monthly basis, and it's up to you to choose which bank you choose. If you can prove that the way the company is doing business is not in the slightest way legal, or that your salary is not paid according to the standards I said, the transaction will be terminated immediately, your movable and immovable property will be returned to you, and you will also be paid a sum of compensation. ”

At this time, one of Ferguson's three ferries between Manhattan and Hoboken, New Jersey, had just docked and was unloading passengers.

Glancing at the ferry, François continued: "Ferguson, you answer, 'yes' or 'no'?" All information regarding the financial position of Razor Foods will be provided to you by the bank in Newark. If you accept and I don't see any reason for you and your wife to refuse. Well, within three days you'll be on the train to Albuquerque. ”

――――

In the summer of '48, the hottest topic in Hanyuan was the ongoing Middle East war.

Originally, in the eyes of these people in Han Yuan, the war between the Arabs and the Jews did not arouse their interest, and in their eyes, it was a child's play, but under Han Lihong's intentional guidance, this matter became more and more concerned.

The people who work in Hanyuan are the elite of the elite, but most of these people have a limitation, that is, their horizons are not wide, and their horizons often determine a person's height.

Han Lihong did this to broaden their horizons.

The war had actually begun long ago, and between Jews and Arabs, there was no bloodshed, and after the adoption of that extremely unfair resolution by the United Nations, the bloodshed suddenly became a thousand times stronger.

The war in the strict sense of the word began on May 15, the day when the Arab coalition launched an all-out assault on the newly established State of Israel.

Despite the mistakes and missed several decisive victories, the Arab coalition was still in a very advantageous position, and the Israeli army was unable to withstand the attack of the Arab coalition and was losing one after another, and the whole army was on the verge of collapse.

Thus, on 17 May, the third day of the war, the US representative submitted a motion to the UN Security Council, suggesting that the Security Council order the two sides of the war to cease fire within 36 hours.

The representative of the Soviet Union also demanded an immediate vote in the Security Council and accused the Arab countries of launching an offensive and demanded that they cease their actions.

Britain is the backer of the Arab coalition, providing weapons and sending instructors, and is busy, but this supporter is a complete and shameless bitch, just trying to sell it for a good price in the United States.

In fact, the British and Americans were of the same mind, but it was later that the peaches were picked by the Americans, and the British were a little angry, so they turned to support the Arabs, and they could make a fortune.

So, naturally, Britain initially opposed the American proposal and claimed to continue to provide assistance to the Arab countries, but soon after reaching an agreement with the United States, it agreed to the American proposal again, and withdrew the British [***] officers of the Arab coalition and stopped supplying weapons to Egypt, Iraq, and Transjordan.

On 11 June, the Arab countries made an extremely wrong decision and agreed to a four-week ceasefire.

The ceasefire gave Israel a chance to breathe, and it made the most of the ceasefire around it to prepare for the war that followed.

First of all, it is necessary to expand the number of troops and carry out military reorganization.

Secondly, there is the procurement of weapons.

Taking advantage of the one-month ceasefire, Israel imported bombers from the United States and Britain, tanks and large-calibre artillery from France, and in particular large quantities of small arms, field guns, bombs and explosives from the Czech Republic.

In addition, Israel has purchased small ships and patrol boats from abroad, so that the Israeli army, navy and air force have begun to take shape.

If you don't take it, you will suffer it.

The Arabs are a prime example of this.

On 9 July, the well-prepared Israeli army launched an attack on the Arab army, and the result can be imagined.

This time, the righteous words of the two scoundrels were still in their ears, but the Arabs had no way to cry.

Although it is still fighting, there is no suspense about the outcome, as long as the Arab countries give in and Israel drives out the Palestinians, then this dead knot will be completely settled.

In the hall, the cool breeze was blowing, and Han Lihong sat at the table, his eyes slightly closed.

After this war, the world will be almost doomed for at least a hundred years from now on.

In the entire history of the West, supporting the Jews to establish a state in Palestine must have been the biggest and most serious strategic mistake made by the Western world.

Since then, the West and the Arab world as a whole have been plunged into a deep, fundamentally unmitigated, but only worsening confrontation.

If the Jews had never been able to build a state, or if they had been built on a piece of land carved out by a defeated Germany, the relationship between the West and the Islamic world would have been completely different.

The reason why this strategic mistake made by the West is serious is that this strategic mistake has given too many fundamental strategic benefits to China, the real gravedigger of the West.

China is lucky, and extremely lucky, if it can be summed up in one sentence, that is, the time and the earth will help together.

At the time of the founding of the republic, the situation was extremely bad, but because of the Cold War, the republic was able to survive in the cracks, and because of the Cold War, in the later period, China cooperated with the West to deal with the Soviet Union, and China gained countless benefits from the Western world.

When the Soviets fell, China became a thorn in the side of the West, the east wind blew, the drums of war beat, and the Arabs carried the banner of confrontation against the Western world.

The West has always been obsessed with China and always wants to deal with China, but without exception, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya...... The West has always been embroiled in confrontation with the Arabs, and this has caused China to slip off the edge of the knife again and again.

In the last life, in the era of Han Lihong's existence, China had grown into a behemoth.

At that time, although the main form of struggle was still the struggle between nations, it is impossible to say whether it will turn into a struggle between civilizations.

If we turn to the struggle between civilizations, it is almost the same as China having to fight the whole world on its own.

This is the worst-case scenario, but it is necessary to prepare for a rainy day.

Now, it's time to get started.

Han Lihong opened his eyes, he picked up his pen and wrote four words on the paper: Dragon Teng Plan.

――――

In the small conference room, in addition to the five secretaries of the Central Committee, Taizu, the premier, Mr. Zhu, [***] and Ren Bishi, there was one more person.

This man is Chen Yun, the party's most proficient senior cadre in the economy.

Each of them had a top-secret document in front of them.

This top-secret document is the "Dragon Teng Plan" drawn up by Han Lihong.

The core of this Longteng plan is nine words: dig deep holes, accumulate grain, and not be kings.

"Digging deep holes" and "accumulating grain" are almost the same meaning, figuratively metaphorically, it is to make a fortune in a muffled voice.

"Not being king" means continuing China's political tradition that has been consistent for thousands of years, and refraining from unnecessary expansion.

History has proven without exception that all countries and civilizations whose purpose is to expand will inevitably lead to destruction.

This non-expansive political tradition is one of the fundamental reasons why China has been the only civilization that has survived to this day.

Although the political tradition of non-expansion may seem to be a great loss for a while, in fact, it precisely guarantees the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation.

This is like the United States supporting the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, although this gives the United States huge benefits, such as petrodollars, but in reality, it is a loss of life.

If a person gets more things for nothing, it is never a good thing, but it is killing people.

This is true for one person, and even more so for a country.

A person may have an accident, but for a country, there will never be any surprises.

In the seventies and eighties, because of all kinds of unequal advantages, Western Europeans became wealthy, and they began to be arrogant and expensive, and many jobs were not willing to be done, so they welcomed immigrants.

However, in the 21st century, when Western Europe began to decline, the original immigration became a problem in the structure of Western European countries and a source of major social contradictions.

Moreover, there is no solution.

The United States, because of the petrodollar has achieved countless benefits, but the consequence is that the Americans are getting lazier and greedier, and when people are lazy and greedy, the problems that come with it are endless.

It can be said that it was the petrodollar that buried the United States, and without the petrodollar, the status of the American world hegemon would not know how many years would be extended.

"Dragon Plan", specifically, has three aspects.

First, at the level of national interests, we should completely abandon ideological interference, base everything on the basis of national interests, and never intervene in any ideological struggle.

Second, it is necessary to make all-out efforts to reserve materials without interruption.

The materials produced by themselves, such as oil and various mineral deposits, are explored normally and maintain a certain scale of exploitation, but they are not used if they can be used, and it is best to purchase them.

Moreover, if there is spare capacity, the purchased materials will not only meet the needs of the time, but also be reserved, and as much as they can be reserved.

Third, it is the overall policy of national construction.

In this regard, in a word, everything came according to plan.

This plan spans 50 years.

The shock of "Dragon Plan" to the five bigwigs is revolutionary, especially in terms of ideology.

Han Lihong pointed out that the contradiction between capitalism and capitalism is not a fundamental contradiction, but the most fundamental contradiction is the contradiction between Eastern civilization and Western civilization.

Once there is a possibility that Eastern civilization will end the overpowering of Western civilization, then this contradiction is likely to intensify, and China will face pressure from the entire Western world, or even war.

Although this point of view is shocking, it is also easy to understand and accept by the five bigwigs.

The 50-year plan for national construction was also accepted by all five bigwigs, because it was really impeccable, and there were many issues that they had not thought of at all.

In this regard, Han Lihong's basic viewpoint is that there is no need to let the common people get rich too quickly, it does not matter much if you eat less meat and more meat, and it is enough to raise it a little bit every year, but it is necessary to increase efforts when it comes to the fundamental interests of the common people.

For example, it is necessary to establish a universal medical insurance for serious illnesses as soon as possible.

A person suffering from a serious illness may destroy a family, and the establishment of universal critical illness medical insurance is self-evident to thousands of families.

Of course, the feasible surname of the "Dragon Plan" must be implemented on the basis of money in the end.

In this regard, Han Lihong gave a detailed explanation.

Without reservation, Han Lihong listed all the wealth he had in his hands and the estimated income in three, five, ten, and twenty years.

Seeing this, the eyes of the five bigwigs all widened.

Even if I had a little other idea before, but when I saw this, I didn't have any thoughts.

With so much money, it makes sense to do anything.

The "Dragon Plan" has succeeded in unifying the thinking of the whole party.

Finally, Chen Yun said with a smile: "In the future, no matter how powerful economists are, they will definitely not understand what is going on in our economy." ”

――――

François was a genius, a genius among geniuses. Han Lihong was amazed and knew that he had dug up a treasure.

The Wolf's Tooth Project began in the 40s and was divided into two parts, one for people like François who walked in the dark world, and the other for those who saw the light and engaged in business or politics.

Of course, there is no hard and fast rule, and they have absolute freedom to do whatever they want, but in terms of organization, the resources provided to them are different, such as the resources provided to François for drug trafficking.

François is a genius in business, a genius among geniuses, and it can be said that, as far as Han Lihong knows, there is no business tycoon who can compare with the talent shown by François.

Each new company is pushed out by the previous one, and it itself pulls out the other one that follows behind.

This was François's usual strategy, and he always linked several of his actions with lightning speed, without the slightest concrete infrastructure, without a place to work, and without an administrative structure, almost all of them.

From François's appearance at Zvi's newsstand to August 20, a series of contracts were signed in just one month, and a total of fifty-nine companies were established.

In this dazzling storm of building companies, Teddy, which is responsible for delivering newspapers, is the first round. During this time, he established a dozen more companies in other cities on the same pattern.

The twelve firms are legally independent, using the New York model, in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Chicago, and Toronto and Montreal in Canada.

All companies adhere to the same principle of union partnership, as in New York, but not necessarily in a rigid manner, such as Chicago, where the Slaughter Workers Union holds a 7.5 percent stake in Teddy.

Of the twelve companies, only one thing remains constant: François owns at least 51 percent of the shares. In addition, no matter who the partner is, nominally he never comes forward himself, but always becomes the majority shareholder through an intermediary in the form of a power of attorney.

The second round is the Razor Company.

The New York Razor Company was followed by Chicago, and within four days, seven more razor companies were established in other cities.

The third round is the newspaper and printing industry.

This period was marked by an enormous number of non-English-speaking immigrants from other countries, most of whom barely spoke English, who were looking for work, relatives and old friends who had previously lived in the United States, and, more importantly, who felt the need to stay in touch with the cultures of their home countries.

As a result, the multilingual newspaper was an unprecedented success upon its launch.

François set up an information centre where newspaper subscribers could go for any kind of information, and he began renting coaches that normally only used once a week, organising weekend tours to take hundreds of families to the Jersey coast, Long Island and beyond.

It was from these activities that François gradually established a consortium of resorts and hotels, not to mention transport.

Round 4......

Round 5......

Han Lihong was dazzled, and soon couldn't sort out the intricate relationships between these companies.

Although he was confused, Han Lihong knew very well that all this had just begun, and even if François did nothing else in the future, just developed the businesses he had already established, François would become one of the few super-rich people in the world.

What's even more amazing is that François didn't spend a penny on it all.

There are many, many self-made people, but to build such a large group of companies in such a short period of time, there may not be a second person except François throughout the ages.

François is only in his early twenties, and such a man is not only talented in business, nor is he satisfied with the accumulation of wealth.

Han Lihong closed his eyes.

(To be continued)