Lu Ming

Chapter 617 Don't Guess The Emperor's Thoughts

Cao Chuan was shocked to see Xia Xianze standing up.He reacted quickly and was both emotional and funny: It's really a man who can't be powerless for a day!

So Mr. Cao got up quickly, stretched out his arms and pressed Mr. Xia's shoulders: "Old Xia, you are too sensitive! Are you exaggerating? Sit down, sit down first and then talk."

In such a short time, Xia Xianze's stress time has passed.He has also realized now that it is indeed impossible for Cao Chuan to make that kind of "demented" pro-government behavior, and he is a little overreacted.

So he sat down and said awkwardly: "The main reason is that I don't understand, since you've been living peacefully 'over there', why did you come back suddenly to 'shift your focus?'"

At this moment, Cao Chuan finally realized that his behavior was not as "moisturizing things and silently" as he imagined, but brought great pressure and confusion to Xia Xianze.It is conceivable that if it is not clear, it will inevitably bring more confusion to the entire travel group who knows about this in the future.

It seems that this matter cannot be smoothed over lightly, and must be clarified clearly in order to obtain the understanding and support of the other party.

After figuring this out, Cao Chuan immediately stopped hesitating.He planned to have a heart-to-heart talk with Lao Xia just like when he first met.

It's just that when he opened his mouth, he didn't know where to start, so he could only sigh lightly: "Oh, it's just that life is too stable, what should I tell you?"

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The dilemma Cao Chuan encountered in the old world can be summed up in a common phrase: development has reached a bottleneck.

At the very beginning, Cao Chuan got the ring, and then naturally started a trade between the two realms.In the Ming plane, he was Emperor Cao, and in the old world, he became President Cao.

This decision is undoubtedly correct.Later, Cao Chuan not only provided a rudimentary empire in the New World, but also gained more and more wealth in the Old World, and lived the life of a rich man.

Later, as time went by, he finally passed the adaptation period, and returned to his normal state of mind from the unstable state of being a rich man. A rich life has become a daily routine for Mr. Cao.

At this time, Mr. Cao finally had time to sit down and think quietly, reviewing the past and looking forward to the future.

Unexpectedly, with this prospect, Mr. Cao has a new understanding: I seem to have reached a bottleneck in the old world?

Yes, that's right, after some serious investigation and evaluation, someone finds himself with a real glass ceiling in the old world.

Unlike the Daming Plane which was in its original state, President Cao lived in a mature industrial society that had developed for hundreds of years.Here, humans are working on a series of cutting-edge technologies to control nature, such as nanoscience, genetic engineering, quantum computing, and controllable nuclear fusion.

Here, unmanned electric cars are running on the streets, satellites and space stations are flying overhead, dense telecommunication signals are scattered in the air, and even a city loser holds a smartphone in his hand.

In such a world with a mature system, a complete financial system, and ubiquitous cameras, Cao Chuan found that as a successful upstart, he was almost at the end.

Today his estate is divided into two parts.Some of them are several "transnational intermediary" companies that secretly bought shares for the convenience of "immigration".These companies played a considerable role in the early stage of Mr. Cao's immigration career.

However, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts.In the process of constantly "throwing" people into the new world, there were still several accidents and mistakes.In the most recent case, immigrant family members even became suspicious, resulting in transnational legal disputes.

After activating the emergency plan and paying high compensation, Mr. Cao directly gave up the White Glove Company and suspended immigration activities to avoid the wind and wait and see the situation.The consequence of this was that from the end of 1631 the Old World received no more immigrants.

In addition to a series of industrial layouts related to "immigration", Mr. Cao also has several wood processing enterprises under his name.The scale of enterprises in this area is not large, but they cover a wide range, covering the entire wood processing industry chain from raw material processing to furniture export across the border.
It is also a helpless choice after practice to go deep into the wood processing industry.

In the early days, the ignorant traversers had no scruples and used all kinds of extinct items in the old world for profit, such as top-quality jadeite, one-headed abalone, huanghuali and so on.

Later, with the increase in the number of transactions, Cao Chuan suddenly found that he was being targeted: the circle of luxury goods is so big, suddenly there is a steady stream of high-end goods, it is difficult not to be targeted.

When he sent away the "strategic partner" who came without warning in a cold sweat, he knew that the luxury business could not be done.

Compared with the benefits brought by luxury goods, the follow-up problems caused by this are what a person with a ghost in his heart fears most: a mature society cannot allow him to continue like this, because he cannot explain the origin of luxury goods.

This world is densely covered with electronic eyes, satellites floating above the head, and the interbank system is extremely efficient and developed.If it continues like this, when the benefits reach a certain level, even if Mr. Cao escapes and lives abroad, he will still be pursued by those who want to.

People can investigate international drug dealers, international money laundering, and international arms smuggling, so why can't they investigate an international "luxury" business?

Oh, by the way, a certain businessman once actually purchased a large amount of arms, even Italian guns; in addition, there are rumors that this person has also handled international human trafficking, and he may be an international smuggler and arms dealer.

You see, if you don't check, you don't know. If you check casually, in this mature world, as long as you do something, you can't hide your traces no matter what.What's more, the surname Cao had no experience in driving ducks to the shelves at the beginning, leaving too many traces.

In fact, Mr. Cao is not afraid of being regarded as an arms dealer/smuggler/smuggler by the world.What Mr. Cao is afraid of is the investigation triggered by this, and his biggest secret will be found out.

Mr. Cao, who wanted to understand all this, completely stopped immigration and arms trade in the next two years.Businesses, including luxury goods, also closed down, and changed to the less conspicuous log trade.

Even in the log industry chain, he no longer "smuggles" those precious woods that are likely to cause safety supervision and suspicion, but instead changes them to ordinary public materials.

But in this way, without the violence brought about by luxury goods, he would be "disappeared by everyone".

In the old world, Cao Chuan finally stabilized the situation, enough to make him a real rich man without worrying about food and clothing.However, his wealth accumulation speed, not to mention compared with Ma Yun and the like, even if it is one or two steps lower than those rich people who have been in the news, is still useless.

In the old world with a mature system and a prosperous technology, there are too many rich people, too many political figures, and too many systems that a nouveau riche like Cao Chuan can't afford to offend.

In addition, there is actually not much room for upstarts left in the old world.After all, Cao Chuan was just a third-rate university graduate.Except for the ring adventure that came to him, in terms of real level, he does not have the personal ability to become a big boss.

In other words, in Cao Chuan's life, in the old world, being an anonymous rich man was the ultimate goal.If you think about it further, it is impossible to go into business or politics.

The secret of the ring is an innate restriction, and Cao Chuan belongs to the kind of person who refuses all attention and exposure.If you want to take another step forward, you can only honestly wait for the next generation to grow up.

Putting aside the confusion brought about by a good life, when Cao Chuan calmed down and analyzed the stakes, he was shocked to find that the old world, which he only regarded as a gas station at the beginning, seemed to be the final destination?
It is true that the new world is currently a place without even a flush toilet, so the lower limit is very low. But if you think about it the other way around, the upper limit is also high! ?
Because the traversers have the scientific and technological materials and development experience accumulated in the old world for thousands of years, in the future, the new world can embark on the road of ultra-high-speed development without damaging the environment or taking detours.

Perhaps in less than 100 years, the new world will become a beautiful homeland dominated by the Han people, rich in resources, beautiful environment, and technological level comparable to the old world.

So as the sole master of the country, even in name, isn't that a one-step process?You still need to worry about what investigations will be exposed, let alone how future generations will break the glass ceiling!
No need to work hard!Born in Rome!

After suddenly thinking about all this, Cao Chuan also regretted his previous short-sightedness.But don't blame him, very few people think so long at the stage of getting rich.If you want to lose weight, you have to have the opportunity to eat first, right?

Fortunately, it is not too late.Mr. Cao, who had learned from the painful experience, decided to make up for it, and hurried back to contact a wave of "officials", inspected a group of countries, and seriously became the emperor for a while.

Thus, Emperor Cao ignored the default rules and rushed to the scene of the snow disaster with a large number of personal supplies to personally "consolate" Li Dazui and other cadres who were fighting in the front line of disaster relief. A traitor is a must!

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After listening carefully to Mr. Cao's mental journey, Xia Xianze let out a sigh of relief.Looking up at the watch on the wall, before I knew it, it was already two o'clock in the night.

At this moment, Xia Xianze felt in a daze the feeling that when the two of them crossed for the first time, Mr. Cao stretched out his finger and told him a story about the ring.

"So, you still intend to participate in politics, but within a reasonable framework." After a long silence, Xia Xianze seemed to have figured it out, and his expression became much more relaxed, and he said slowly: "It's okay for me to say that, Cao total?"

Cao Chuan nodded: "No problem, my original promise is valid, and I will not break the rules."

Speaking of this, Cao Chuan added: "In other words, my current mentality is the mentality that a constitutional emperor should have. The previous one is actually a bastard who is absent from work and paddling, and is not qualified."

Xia Xianze nodded and said, "If that's the case, then there's no problem with me. What's yours is yours after all. No one can take it away. I will cooperate with you."

Cao Chuan beamed and said, "Lao Xia, this time, let's work together as a monarch and minister to do a good job."

Xia Xianze smiled and said, "Let's pass the recent meeting first. You've come up with this idea. It's just right in time."

(End of this chapter)