The first target plane, Los Angeles, a port on the west coast of the Stars and Stripes Republic. At this time, the Soviet transport ship "Prudence" had just sailed into the port and began to unload its cargo. The "Cautious" has a displacement of about 7,000 tons, and about 5,000 tons of cargo on board, which is smuggled from the "Chongjin Port" of North Korea.

"Bastard, it's finally here!" Moros, a crew member of the freighter Cautious, took a hard puff of his cigarette and cursed.

"What's wrong?" Companion Vodoriac asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that I eat mashed potatoes every day, and my mouth is so light! Can we get off the boat and get some vegetables in a moment? "Moros, who came to the Republic of the Stars and Stripes for the first time, humbly asked his seniors about their experience.

"No, the Star-Spangled Guys, they won't let us get off the ship. You see, there are gun-wielding soldiers on the side of the boat, but don't worry, the 'butcher' has a very good way, and someone will bring vegetables, fruits and meat to us on the boat every time. This is also one of his few virtues. Well? The crane on the dock has turned around, Moros, we need to get the cargo off the ship first. ”

"I understand, wait for me!"

Next to the "Prudence", on the cement ash dock, in the production affairs department of the Star-Spangled Banner, Lieutenant Eric, who was in charge of coordinating the work, was holding a cargo list in his hand and directing the dock workers to load and unload the ship's supplies.

"The wooden boxes are filled with bristles, and they are all transported to warehouse No. 3 to the east, where they will be received and then transferred to the various factories; As for the goods sealed and packaged in tin drums, you need to send a car to the No. 1 freight station of the railway station, where there is a freight train waiting, and it is going to be transported directly to New York, do you understand? Lieutenant Eric commanded, pointing to two different goods that had been lifted down.

"Understood, sir!"

"Well, hurry up, especially the bristles, the factory is in a hurry!"

"Yes!"

One might ask, bristles? So hot? Why? In fact, this is due to the era of World War II, the chemical industry of all countries in the world is still very backward compared with later generations, and the production of many military and civilian materials is still very dependent on the supply of organic biological raw materials in nature. For example, the bristles (the long, stiff bristles on the back of the pig) are one of the more obvious ones. Together with duck feathers, it was included in the Category A of strategic goods by the Republic of Stars and Stripes during the Second World War, and its value is the same as that of munitions.

As for the reason for the listing, it is very simple, because the number of shipbuilding in the world reached the highest peak in history at that time, but at that time, the ship painting process mainly relied on painting rather than the spray paint that was widely used in the main plane in later generations, so there was a massive demand for brushes in the market. In addition, painting airplanes, various military vehicles, and cleaning the barrels and barrels of machine guns and cannons after combat are all inseparable from bristles, so it has caused a blowout of demand.

At that time, there were four or five hundred brush factories in the Stars and Stripes alone, and even the prisons in each state had their own brush factories, and almost all the raw materials used to make brushes came from Yanhuang. Of course, the use of baleen can achieve the same effect, but the production, price and supply stability of whale baleen are far inferior to those of pig bristles.

In the nine years from 1937 to 1945, Yan Huang's foreign exchange earnings from domestic exports of bristles reached 30 million US dollars (equivalent to about 3 billion US dollars in the 21st century). Shortly after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Stars and Stripes Republic sent an envoy to Chóngqìng to negotiate the specifics of "bartering for debt repayment." Before his departure, he made it clear through the Stars and Stripes Embassy in China that one of the tasks of his trip was to ask Yan Huang for 10,000 boxes of 3 to 6 inches of long manes, and said that this matter was related to the victory or defeat of the war, and Yan Huang zhèngfǔ had to ensure the supply no matter what. And although the price, transportation and other matters had been negotiated in the later negotiations, before returning to China, the special envoy of the Stars and Stripes Banner was still worried that the words of the Yan and Huang Republic of China would not count, and invited Gu Gengyu and several other famous people to hold a small-scale meeting in the mansion, and after Gu Gengyu and others nodded, the envoy left with confidence.

At this time, at the Los Angeles wharf of the port, watching boxes of bristles being loaded and transported away one after another, Lieutenant Eric finally let out a sigh and said to his colleague Bill: "That's good, so that Minister Lewis of the production department will not be urging me endlessly, and he has called every day for the past two days to ask if the bristles have arrived." ”

"Hehe, the stereotypical Lewis is well known to be very difficult to get along with. By the way, in addition to the bristles, you know what's in the metal bucket? ”

"In a metal barrel? I don't know too well, the list is about textiles. I paid attention to the weighing, it was not too heavy, it did feel like a textile. ”

"That's it~~"

"Leave him alone, it's sent directly to New York anyway, an order signed directly by the higher-ups. How about we go have a coffee and relax after we're done in a while? ”

“good_idea！”

Two days later. East of the Stars and Stripes, bustling New York City, on a bustling commercial street. Although the atmosphere here is a little dignified because of the war, with the superior geographical location of their own country, the residents of the Stars and Stripes still enjoy the rich and happy life brought by the peaceful and prosperous times.

Today's commercial street is a bit unusual, with a small three-storey shop undergoing final preparations for its opening. The store has a nice name: flowers_and_years (In the Mood for Love), which was taken by Wang Fan. In fact, this is one of the contents of the agreement signed between the Yanhuanghong Party and the Stars and Stripes when they held the exhibition week: in order to build a friendly and efficient communication window in the Stars and Stripes Republic, the Yanhuanghong Party not only sent permanent personnel to work here and establish a long-term representative office, but also planned to open a shop to sell civilian goods produced in the areas occupied by the Yanhuanghong Party, so as to promote the exchange and interaction between the people and cultures of the two regions, so there was "In the Mood for Love" The idea of a specialty store (inspired by Wang Fan's past watching a later movie of the same name).

This store is positioned as a 15~40-year-old female xìng customer of the Stars and Stripes, in Wang Fan's words, we want to capture the hearts of the "pillow wind" makers! Therefore, in addition to selling "cheongsam" clothing, one of the cultural symbols of Yanhuang society in modern times, five nylon stockings were also exhibited in one go: meat sè, black sè, white sè, pink sè, mesh, Ren Qing buys!

Since nylon was first invented by the DuPont consortium more than a decade ago, the Stars and Stripes women immediately fell in love with it and fell in love with it to the point of madness. On May 5, 1940, after the first batch of nylon stockings went on the market, 72,000 pairs of stockings were sold out in one day, and the women who grabbed nylon stockings couldn't wait to go home. They sat down in the flower bed outside the store, took off their slippers and socks, and immediately changed into the nylon stockings they had just bought.

However, after the start of World War II, nylon was listed as a military product due to the need to make parachutes and other needs, and women could no longer buy it, so many people resented it deeply, and even used a pen to draw lines on their bare legs to pass off as stockings, which shows their love for nylon stockings. At that time, there was a survey of women in the Stars and Stripes, asking them what they wanted most? Two-thirds choose nylon stockings, and one-third choose men.

Therefore, when "In the Mood for Love" removed several blinds from the window, revealing the display inside: a group of five wooden female models: wearing various cheongsams, lifting and spreading their legs, and wearing one of five kinds of nylon stockings on their thighs. When the crowd passing on the road glanced at it, the body was immediately pressed the freeze button.

The men were fine, mostly just stopping to take a closer look and enjoy the "view". The women screamed loudly and immediately rushed to the door of the store in desperation. Half an hour later, because the area of the "In the Mood for Love" store was really limited and there were too many customers, many people had to wait in line outside first, thus forming a kilometer-long queue, and because some people wanted to cut the queue from time to time, there were verbal and physical conflicts, and finally the city's jǐng inspection bureau was alarmed, and a special jǐng force was dispatched to maintain order.

"Oh, my_god, hurry up, come out quickly!" The first few Stars and Stripes Banner women were resentful.

"Oh my God, there are five kinds of faces, Su Shan, which one do you want?" Alice, who was at the front of the line, was bored and asked her companions.

"I want all five!" Su Shan, who has a plump and attractive figure, said without hesitation, "Ike will definitely 'love me to death' tonight." ”

"Haha, I suggest you wear that mesh tonight, no man can refuse that, you know!"

"Unless he can't do it there~~"

"Wow~~ You're so bad! But they won't sell it for a while and it won't be out of stock? Alice said worriedly.

"Probably not, our position is very high, but today I am fortunate that you pulled me out, otherwise it would be a big loss!"

“good_luck！ And Dani and the others will be so jealous when they see us going back with nylon stockings, I can't stand it anymore, and now I want to see the fire in her eyes. ”

"Oh my God, Alice, you're so evil!"

"Humph! Who made her often wear the latest nylon stockings purchased before the ban, dangling in front of me. ”

"Okay, what are you going to wear tonight?"

"Black sè, Elok that guy's favorite face sè."

"Hopefully he won't be out of bed tomorrow."

"Susan~~~"

"Haha!"

Not far away, two black-clothed uniforms were jǐng cha.

"Lore, look at those stockings, they're beautiful!" Cass commented.

"Won't you buy some back?"

"Forget it today, there are so many people, I'm afraid the number of stores is not enough to deal with it. However, "

"What's wrong?"

"After the goods are sold out, you and I will go to the store to sit down, I heard that this is opened by Yanhuang people, let's say hello in advance and let them leave a few groups for us, how about it?"

“good_idea！ It's decided, so it's done! ”

On the top floor of the third floor of the "In the Mood for Love" store, Wang Fan (disguised as Tang Weinian) was looking at the crowd below with Tang Yi, one of the leaders of the working group.

"We don't have a problem with such fanfare?" Tang Yi said with some concern.

"What's wrong?" Wang Fan didn't understand.

"Nylon was invented by DuPont first, will we?"

"You can rest assured, the technology is not the same, DuPont uses the first generation of technology, we are at least one generation ahead of them, plus the doping of high-elastic yarn, has been out of the patent category of their products, there will be no legal problems."

"But we robbed them of their business, and the Star-Spangled Banner is their homeland, they are real snakes~~"

"Hehe, we are only selling civilian products now, and they can only focus on military products for the time being because of production capacity problems. Moreover, the Stars and Stripes are not limited to the DuPont consortium, there are many other consortiums, and we only need to come up with some benefits and share them with one of the two selected companies, and I believe that we can offset the threat of the DuPont consortium. Besides, Roosevelt was arguably the toughest leader in the history of the Stars and Stripes, and under World War II and his high pressure, DuPont would not have made a big deal out of it. However, if you look for an opportunity to contact DuPont people, you can make a fortune together, use their power to jointly develop specialty stores in other regions, and you can negotiate similar cooperation plans, after all, they do have the first nylon technology. ”

"Team Leader Tang, what do you mean" Tang Yi was a little puzzled by the inconsistent words.

At this time, Tang Wei suddenly leaned into Tang Yi's ear and whispered: "You have to remember, whether we sell stockings or cheongsam, it's not just to make money, it's more to change the perception and direction of the people of the Star-Spangled Banner on Yanhuang, if I can make the women of the Star-Spangled Banner like Yanhuang by liking Yanhuang's products, and subtly influence this view on their children, that's the victory I want!" ”

"Understood, because of the disparity in national strength, we can't be enemies of the Star-Spangled Banner, right?"

"Wrong! I believe that if we go head-to-head, we will not lose, and we can even say that we can win big! But military strength has its limitations, what we need more now is communication, open the window and door to see the world, take its jīng Hua, remove its dross, and feed ourselves! Only the rejuvenation and improvement of military, economic, cultural, people's livelihood, and quality can truly strengthen the country. Wang Fan lit a cigarette and continued to take care of himself: "In addition, we can use the dollars we get from selling stockings to set up a fund to help those Yanhuang students and scholars who are temporarily unwilling to return to China to serve, but are in trouble due to economic reasons, as well as Yanhuang expatriates in Chinatown, can also be included. Finally, you can also try to set up some "Yanhuang Good People" scholarships in some schools of the Star-Spangled Banner, and win the support of the mainstream media of the Star-Spangled Banner, all of which you can try, and in two days, I will return to China, and I will leave it to you for the time being. ”

"Yes, I'll do my best!"

ps: The brain written at the end of this chapter is a little messy, and the original intention of heaven is to write: The strength of the country is not to destroy all the enemies, but a kind of inclusiveness of the nation's own culture, and a kind of self-confidence that constantly innovates. A kind of acceptance that actively participates in the world, rather than resting on one's laurels and feeling that everything behind closed doors is the arrogant mentality of one's own nation. Heaven hopes that the Yanhuang nation in the target plane will eventually digest and absorb the continuous innovation of the United States, the rigorous and pragmatic nature of Germany, and the strictness of the Rìben, and combine it with the tolerance of the Chinese people for 5,000 years, to give birth to a new cultural core, so as to achieve a comprehensive rejuvenation and transcendence of the military, economy, science and technology, culture, people's livelihood, and quality. Of course, the vast land area and abundant natural resources are the accelerator of all this, and it is also one of the foundations necessary for a strong country, and there will definitely be one.