Opening game, American Tycoon

The weather in New York is very cold in winter, especially after a winter snow, the weather here becomes even colder.

For Zhu Xianhai, who has been in New York for two months, he is slowly adapting to his new identity - an executive of a publicly owned company. His job is extremely simple. Apart from signing some orders, there is almost nothing else. What job.

Today, New York, like other countries in North America, is a link in the empire's world supply chain - cheap labor makes the cost of their goods much lower than that of the empire.

Over the past few decades, the empire's politicians and experts have carefully constructed a world supply chain, making full use of materials and labor from all over the world to meet the empire's demand for materials and cheap goods.

And this saved the world, including the United States.

"Bang..." There was a sudden sound like an explosion coming from the sky. Without raising his head, Zhu Xianhai knew that it must be a sonic boom. Now he was used to this kind of sound - the plane taking off from Roosevelt Airport would Enter supersonic flight over the ocean.

Roosevelt Airport is the airport where Zhu Xianhai landed when he came to New York. The airport was built during the Great Depression of the last century. It was built by the then President Roosevelt to provide jobs. How many New Yorkers died of hunger.

In order to survive, millions of white people dragged their families and smuggled across the border to the northern territories of the empire and Mexico. In order to survive, the men of those black people in the empire made a living by doing illegal work, while the women sold their bodies. Because most of them spoke English, in the following decades, "English sister" was even synonymous with prostitutes in the empire.

Even English...has become a lowly language in the empire.The reason why Zhu Xianhai was sent to New York as a supervisor at such a young age was, to put it bluntly, because he knew English... In the empire, few people learned English.

"Hey, why are you so discriminating against them?"

Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but lament the impermanence of the world. Once upon a time, even in this world, the early Ming Dynasty only achieved its rise by learning from the British.

And now?

Britain has declined into a second-rate small country in Europe, and English has not only become a non-universal language, but also has a derogatory connotation.

"English turns out to be just a bird..."

While sighing, I looked at Manhattan outside the window. The Manhattan that appeared in front of my eyes seemed to be as prosperous as the other world. However, its influence on the world was simply not worth mentioning.

The Great Depression, which lasted for more than 20 years, almost destroyed the Republic of New York and other North American countries.

What saved them in the end?
It was the empire's industrial transfer - a large number of labor-intensive industries such as textiles, printing and dyeing, and clothing were transferred from the Zhuxia circle, including the Ming Empire, to North America, the South Asian subcontinent and other places after the 40s. This saved their economy. , allowing the people of those countries to finally survive the Great Depression.

However, even so, until now, there are still millions of illegal immigrants pouring into Daming every year, staying in Daming as illegal workers.

……

"Perhaps, this is the most real side of the world..." This world will always be like this. There is a rich side and a poor side. After leaving the company, in the prosperous city of New York, that kind of The atmosphere of chaos and poverty unique to backward countries is coming.

Although the streets are clogged by the torrent of cars, most of those cars are second-hand cars produced in the empire. Although North America was also the first region to establish the car industry, their car industry has long since disappeared during the Great Depression. Even a small number of car manufacturers , also a joint venture of Imperial.

In addition to second-hand cars, there are also many electric motorcycles produced in the empire. The congested traffic, coupled with the turbid air, all make people feel poverty and chaos.

Along the way, Zhu Xianhai would always receive flirtatious glances from women. Now, he has become accustomed to all this - on many occasions, he would always be surrounded by a large group of New York women who were eager to communicate with him in depth. All they wanted to do was take a photo with him and post it on social networks - a Chinese sex buddy was enough to make them proud.

"Even the pauper of an empire will be courted by women here."

"Thank you, I'm in a hurry..."

After finally getting rid of their entanglement, Zhu Xianhai came to the beach listlessly. Standing on the beach, he could clearly see... the Statue of Reflection.

That is a goddess who hangs her head in reflection. What is she thinking about when she hangs her head in reflection?
Is it reflection on failure?Or reflect on the pain the war brought to North America?
Looking at the goddess statue in the distance, Zhu Xianhai found that he didn't seem to know much about the story behind her. How could he possibly understand it?
Just a landmark of the Republic of New York.

"war……"

Just at this moment, a woman's voice came from the side, and a woman wearing a camel woolen coat was standing not far away, speaking in fluent Chinese.

“In order to reflect on the harm caused by war, our ancestors built the Statue of the Goddess of Reflection. Once upon a time, we came from the Old World to the New World, and we established a wealthy country here—the United States of America. The founding sages once warned us, The United States must stay away from the disputes in Europe and focus on its own affairs. Only in this way can the United States maintain prosperity. However, long-term prosperity has made politicians fall into arrogance. They first forgot that the United States was a country established by independent states based on the common will. , politicians in Washington tried to force the South to give up their way of life, and the subsequent Civil War broke out, leading to the division of the United States. But it started like this. Politicians who were overly ambitious did not reflect on it, but instead formed an alliance with the Old World..."

Zhu Xianhai was involved in everything the girl told, and he naturally understood it very well. The girl slowly told the story of North America in a sad tone, telling the decline and disintegration of a country, and telling their memories of the past. and reflection.

"...When all is over, just as the founding fathers predicted-the United States will fall into division and poverty, poverty..."

Turning to look at Zhu Xianhai, the girl said.

"North America is so poor now. Who can believe that it was once as wealthy as the Ming Dynasty? She..."

Pointing to the statue of the Goddess of Reflection in the distance, the girl said.

"She's there to remind us... how many mistakes we have made, and what kind of mistakes have led to the demise of a nation."