"Every time I come to this city, I feel that he is different from the past..."

On the dock in Shanghai, a white girl with an umbrella said in surprise.

"yes, I think so too."

Hearing the girl say this, one of her companions nodded as well.

"Alright, two young ladies, please get in the car first..."

Just as the two girls were taken aback, a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper came over and said to the two girls in a polite tone.

"Okay, butler..."

Nodding to the middle-aged man who was indeed the housekeeper, the two girls walked into a small car.

The car drove smoothly on the asphalt road, and everything on both sides of the road dazzled the two girls...

Although they had just disembarked from the boat, the two girls were of a very lively kind, so they did not rush to the lodgings to rest, but asked the housekeeper and the driver to take them to play first.

"It's hard to come to Shanghai once, butler, take us to the amusement park to play!!"

Faced with the girl's request, the housekeeper smiled bitterly.

After all, he was just a butler, so after hearing the girl's request, the butler said to the driver.

"Let's stop at the phone booth first..."

"Understood."

After China entered a stage of steady development, the government began to promote infrastructure in some large and medium-sized cities, and telephones, like electric lights, were part of the infrastructure. Among them, Shanghai is one of the largest cities in China, so it has also reached a high level of popularity, not only most of the urban areas have popularized electric lights, but also some of the more major streets have popularized telephone booths.

Nowadays, the phone booth is also a more distinctive symbol of Shanghai.

"Yes, yes, understood..."

After answering the phone, the housekeeper nodded for a while, and only after half a ring did he put down the microphone and walked to the front of the car.

"Miss, the master has agreed..."

"Hooray!"

The two girls clapped each other's palms.

Seeing the happy looks of the two girls, the housekeeper just smiled bitterly.

After the car restarted, it was not long before we arrived at the amusement park, which is located not far from the center of Shanghai.

With the increase of national strength and the increase of people's income, the demand of ordinary people for entertainment has naturally increased a lot. As a result, many parks have been established for recreation.

This park in Shanghai is one of the few large-scale parks in the world, with not only places for rest and entertainment, but also large zoos with lions, tigers and other animals.

Because of this, Shanghai Park has also become one of the places that young people have to come to after arriving in Shanghai.

The same goes for the two girls, who have been longing for another since they came once two years ago, and now, their wishes have been granted...

"Let's go! Let's get there! ”

Hand in hand, the two girls ran to an amusement facility, while the butler followed with a wry smile.

A few hours later, when it was already dark, the two girls, urged by the housekeeper, reluctantly left the park.

But at this time, the park, which had been shrouded in night, nay, it should be said that the whole of Shanghai seemed to be illuminated.

When night envelops Shanghai, more than a dozen skyscrapers in Shanghai, including the Empire State Building, glow up almost simultaneously, illuminating the whole of Shanghai...

Seeing this scene, both the residents in the park and other corners of Shanghai almost simultaneously issued a call for long live!!

"Hooray!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! ”

"Hooray!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! "...,"Hooray!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! ”

The cheers were overwhelming, and looking at the fanatical expressions of the crowd around them, the two girls cowered and hid beside the butler.

“……… What's wrong with them..."

"It's nothing," said the butler after a pause. Let's go back early..."

On the way back, the streets were almost filled with frenetic crowds, and the towering skyscrapers lit up Shanghai with colorful lights. By this time, almost no one would find the lights on the building disturbing, because by this time everyone was already crazy.

When the girl and her party returned to the residence, they looked at the fanatical crowd outside the window, and I don't know why the girl suddenly had a feeling of fear...

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Although the girl and her party have returned to their residence, the searchlights on those skyscrapers are still shining with various lights, and the residents of Shanghai are also constantly celebrating under these lights.

Because the illumination of these lights represents one thing, that is, Yan Guang once again assumed the position of president after a lapse of ten years...

That's right, ten years ...

It's 1938, exactly ten years after 1928...

Since Yan Guang stepped down from the presidency in 1928, a full decade has passed, and many changes have taken place in China and the world in this decade. Even Shanghai, which is very small to the world, is the same...

In 1927, the National Socialist People's Party of China (hereinafter referred to as the National Socialist Party) passed a resolution to change Yan Guang's five-year term as leader of the National Socialist Party to a lifelong system, which meant that Yan Guang would become the leader of the National Socialist Party forever―――――― unless he was overthrown one day.

At the same time, the strict legislation stipulates that no one can hold the presidency for two consecutive terms.

And in 1928, that is, after Yan Guang's term of office ended, Yan Guang announced his resignation as president under the eyes of everyone.

Yan Guang's decision made many people breathe a sigh of relief, because although Yan Guang promised five years ago that he would never serve two consecutive terms of president in the case of a formal election, but at this time, Yan Guang's prestige in the country has been soaring, to the point that it can no longer be high, in this case, even if Yan Guang goes against his promise to continue to run for the presidency, others have nothing to do with Yan Guang.

So Yan Guang did this, which really relieved many people.

In particular, Yan Guang's legislation on terms of office can be regarded as establishing something to some extent...

In fact, there are many people who have worried that Yan Guang will become the emperor, after all, Yan Guang's prestige and power in the country have reached the point of no one to check and balance, and if Yan Guang wants to be the emperor at this time, no one can oppose him at all.

Even a military leader like Cai Ye who has organized the protection of ** in another world and has served as the commander of the protection ** is useless.

Indeed, Cai Ye once served as the chief of the general staff of the National Defense Force, and has the right to command the entire national defense force (the chief of staff in the army has real power, and the defense minister is only civilian, that is, it looks good), but the entire military command system is controlled by Yan Guang, and millions of national defense forces across the country have also sworn allegiance to Yan Guang and worship him deeply...

Therefore, even if Yan Guang is really the emperor at that time, Cai Ye may not be able to gather many people...

So Cai Ye and others have always been very responsible in this matter, especially when the world's first building called the Empire State Building was built...

"Empire State Building"

Can an empire be called an empire without an emperor?

Yan Guang called the building he funded the Empire State Building, does it mean that he wants to ascend the throne and become emperor?

For a time, the people who persuaded Yan Guang to ascend the throne and become emperor poured up like a tide, and in the mouths of these people, Yan Guang would have many benefits as emperor, and if he did not become emperor, then not only would he lose popularity, but it was not impossible for China to collapse in a few days. ..., it was in this situation that Cai Ye and others gradually became worried.

It's just that at this time, Yan Guang's control over the Guoshe government is too strong, so although he is worried, Cai Ye has no other way, after all, not only the military and political officials at the upper level, but even the ordinary officers and soldiers below are quite worshipful of Yan Guang, the problem is that ―――――――― Yan Guang really didn't want to be called the emperor, and the name "Empire State Building" is just because he thinks this name is very imposing...

In the face of those guys who want to be emperors, Yan Guang naturally can't smile bitterly, so in the case of no choice, Yan Guang can only back down again and again, the problem is that he doesn't know what these guys think, he actually thought that Yan Guang wanted to learn from the ancients, and nodded in agreement after pushing a few times.

So these guys have also learned enough from the ancients and put on a good posture...

And Cai Ye and the others over there were repeatedly tapping on Yan Guang's ears, describing the disadvantages of ascending the throne and becoming emperor...

In the face of Yan Guang's answer that he would never be the emperor, although Cai Yi and others said yes, they didn't think it was on their faces...

In this way, it was not until the matter of persuading the emperor to be called the emperor passed three times in a row, and Yan Guang still did not nod in agreement, and then everyone understood that Yan Guang really did not look like the emperor. And just like Yan Guang said, he just thought that this name was more imposing, so he took this name...

"It's..."

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Yan Guang did not claim the title of emperor, and he did not have the slightest idea of being the emperor, which naturally made many people breathe a sigh of relief. However, in the period after the completion of the Empire State Building, there were indeed many people who persuaded him to become emperor. If Yan Guang really became the emperor in the end, then these people would naturally be the heroes of the dragon, but the problem is that Yan Guang did not become the emperor, and he had no idea about it, so...

These people are exposed...

At that time, the middle and upper echelons of the Guoshe government were divided into three factions, one faction naturally hoped that Yan Guang would be the emperor, and then he would be a hero of the dragon (of course, there were also those who felt that the imperial system was more suitable for China, and there were many of them), and the other faction was Cai Yi, Xu Shichang and other opponents of the imperial system, and the other faction belonged to the centrists, they were only loyal to Yan Guang, and it didn't matter how Yan Guang chose.

Yan Guang wants to be president, they support, Yan Guang wants to be emperor, and they are not against it...

Of course, if it's just like this, it's nothing, but as soon as those people who want Yan Guang to be emperor are exposed, things will naturally get into trouble, because whether it's Cai Ye or the centrists, they don't like these guys...

But for Yan Guang, this is a good thing...

After all, if his subordinates are too united, it won't do Yan Guang any good as the boss...

Although the emperor's worries faded, another question soon came to everyone's minds, that is, the question of Yan Guang's successor.

Because Yan Guang has made it clear that he will not continue to serve as the next term, it has become a big question who will replace Yan Guang.

You must know that the current China is not the China of history, after 1928, China has entered a state of sitting on the third side, and the distance from the second place of Britain is not very far.

What's more, the territory ruled by China is very vast, although even if he becomes the president, in the end, the country is still Yan Guang's say, but there are still many people who are willing to do it, after all, this is already a position above 10,000 people under one person.

And there's another problem beyond that...

Since the development of the Guoshe government, there have been many factions within it, such as the original Sichuan faction, the old Beiyang faction, and other new factions after the establishment of the government.

And among these factions, the two most likely to be elected are two. ..., one is Song Dinghan from the Sichuan department, and the other is Xu Shichang from the old Beiyang department...

The former has followed Yan Guang since the Sichuan period, and the latter is the leader of the Beiyang family after Yuan Shikai's death, and the two have considerable prestige and energy both in China and within the government.

Of course, in addition to these two people, Cai Ye and Jiang Baili are also very promising, after all, in the First World War, both of them had made great achievements, and these military exploits also brought them great prestige.

It's just that according to the regulations, if a soldier wants to participate in the election, he must permanently withdraw from the army, and Cai Ye and Jiang Baili obviously did not want to withdraw from their beloved army, so in the end, Yan Guang's successor could only be selected from Song Dinghan and Xu Shichang.

Although he said that, the most promising one in the eyes of everyone was Song Dinghan.

Because Song Dinghan has been following Yan Guang for many years, and although Yan Guang has balanced many times, the Sichuan department is still the most powerful department in the Guoshe government. Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, Song Dinghan will definitely become the new president of China...

Merely...

Surprisingly, it was Xu Shichang who became Yan Guang's successor in the end...

No matter what Yan Guang's true thoughts were, he just replied in the face of everyone's questions.

"If Ding Han is chosen this time, do you think it is possible for Bu Wu to wait until the next term..."

Bu Wu is Xu Shichang's word...

No matter how old Xu Shichang lived in history, at least in the eyes of the world at this time, he was already an old man in his seventies, and his life was rare for seventy years...

Even in later generations, the average life expectancy in China was only 72, let alone in such an era, although the average life expectancy of the Chinese people has been greatly improved after the establishment of the Guoshe government, no matter how high it is, it cannot be as high as 72, so in the eyes of the world, Xu Shichang may be possible at any time...

Of course, in history, he actually lived until 1939, that is, when he was over eighty years old, but this is not clear to Yan Guang or others...

So although Yan Guang's reasons were somewhat far-fetched, in the end, Xu Shichang successfully became the second president of China.

As for Song Dinghan? At this time, the age of Song Dinghan and Yan Guang is actually not much different, although they are already middle-aged people in their 40s at this time, but for Song Dinghan, let alone waiting for 5 years, even if it is waiting for another 10 years, it is nothing...

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Due to Yan Guang's effective persuasion, Xu Shichang was successfully elected as the second president of China.

During the election campaign, among the hundreds of deputies from all over the country, Xu Shichang alone bought 98 percent of the votes, because Yan Guang supported him...

Although there is still a Yan Guang behind him, for Xu Shichang, becoming the leader of China in his 70s is also very satisfying for him.

Merely...

Perhaps due to bad luck, not long after Xu Shichang took office, that is, in October 1929, the stock market of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street crashed, and the economic crisis swept the entire capitalist world.

On October 24, 1929, the Wall Street Stock Exchange in New York saw a frenzy of stock selling, and the number of shares that changed hands reached 13 million shares at the close, a record high. The collapse of the stock market and the bank run were ensued, which brought the US economy to a desperate predicament, and the worst global economic crisis in the history of capitalist development erupted.

At this time, China was pursuing state socialism, which was not exactly the same as capitalism, but the economic crisis still affected China.

Although China has not suffered as much damage as Western countries due to institutional problems, the impact will still be there. Fortunately, relying on the income from the oil fields, the government has always been very financially rich, not to mention that unlike other countries in the West, even after more than ten years, there are still many places in China that need to be developed, ......, and infrastructure...

In later generations, China relied on the development of real estate, but in this era of China, many places did not even have a decent road, and more towns and cities had just been connected to hydropower...

Investing in these infrastructures will only benefit the country, but it will never be harmful to the country.

As a result, in the envious eyes of Western countries, the government continued to maintain economic growth by investing heavily in infrastructure. Moreover, through investment in roads, railways, airports, water, electricity, etc., China's national strength has been further developed...

In particular, the migration and development of the population in Kazakhstan and other provinces has provided a great boost to this development. By the halfway point of Xu Shichang's tenure, Kazakhstan had been turned into a medium-sized steel base with an annual output of 3 million steel, and even the oil extraction in the Middle East had increased a lot compared to previous years...

However, while China is still developing, the rest of the capitalist countries seem to have fallen into the abyss...

It is in this situation that a lot of dangerous things pop up ...

Say, the Nazis in Germany ...

For example, a certain corporal with a mustache...

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Gandhi is also finished, and it should be the last paragraph, the Second World War