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Chapter 1078: Fuqiang Road, Nanyangization (Third update, please subscribe)
Every day in Chang'an starts with the same scenery.

When most people are still sleeping soundly, a rising sun jumps out from the distant horizon, gilding the city with golden light. If the weather is clear, there will be almost no cloud in the blue sky.

After tightening the shoelaces of his 361 degree sneakers, Harry walked out of his rented apartment and ran along the street all the way to Taiping Bay. Many people in Chang'an like to run here, but most of them will deliberately avoid a section of the route - where the gentleman often runs.

"These shoes are really nice,"

Feeling the elasticity and comfort of the sneakers, Hared grinned.

In Nanyang, there are always various new products, and sports shoes are one of them. This novel style of sports shoes was invented a few years ago. Because of its comfort and fashion, it is deeply loved by young people and students in Nanyang. In the past two years, with the movies and advertisements, it has become very popular among young people in the United States, and 361 Degrees is a famous brand in Nanyang.

Harry didn't know much about this kind of sneakers until he watched the movie "Chang'an Holiday" a few weeks ago. He learned about this kind of shoes. The reporter gave the princess 10 South yuan. The princess used the money to buy a pair of 361 sneakers at a roadside store, because the movie explained that her original pair of high heels were uncomfortable. Then she went to the barber shop to get a new hairstyle. Then she bought an ice cream. Finally, she didn't have money to buy flowers, but the stall owner gave her one as a gift.

From this we can rank the order of beautiful enjoyments in women's minds: first is a pair of comfortable shoes, then a new hairstyle, cheap snacks, and finally flowers.

Harry seemed to have realized something, so he bought a pair of sneakers for his wife, which were well received. Of course, he did not forget to buy a pair for himself.

These sneakers are really comfortable to wear!

Hared enjoyed jogging on the quiet street. He quickened his pace and ran on the lawn parallel to the seaside road. After a while, he was sweating all over. At this time, he saw several other joggers.

He glanced again and saw two familiar faces among them. They might be nearby residents, or they might be agents from Nanyang. Who knows?
An hour later, Harris finished his morning run and washed and tidied up in his rented apartment as usual, then drove to the embassy. When he arrived at the embassy, ​​he saw Counselor Lind and pointed at him:

"The Ambassador wants to see you, right now."

"Do you know what it is?"

"What else could it be? Of course it was South Korea. South Korea asked Washington to coordinate. Nanyang's suspicion of South Korea's credit not only stopped them from lending to South Korea, but also caused Wall Street to downgrade its national credit rating and increase the interest on South Korea's loans."

Linde said as he walked.

"However, those Korean players' games were really shameless. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that they could be so shameless..."

Soon, the two arrived at the ambassador's office. As soon as Hared, a business officer, entered the ambassador's office, Ambassador Matthew said to him.

"Have you heard? South Korea's credit rating has been downgraded."

"Yes, this is not a good thing for South Korea. They need foreign loans."

"Indeed, so Washington hopes that we can intervene and coordinate to resolve the misunderstanding between Nanyang and South Korea. South Korea is the front line against the Iron Curtain. Although that country is not worth mentioning, Nanyang's loans can reduce our investment there. Moreover, Washington believes that if Nanyang is willing to help them, the economies of South Korea and even Japan can achieve better development."

"Mr. Ambassador, what do you mean by help?"

"import."

Matthew said bluntly.

"If Nanyang can increase imports from South Korea and Japan, you are a commercial official, I believe you know more about this than I do."

"That's true. Last year alone, Nanyang imported more than $2 million worth of local specialties from Dongda. In addition to local specialties such as Longkou vermicelli, Jinhua ham, green tea, Wuyishan tea, Chinese medicine, and agricultural and sideline products, porcelain, silk, and some handicrafts can all be imported from South Korea and Japan. According to the intelligence we have, at least $1 million of these local specialties, including Dongda's northern unique fruits, can be replaced by Japan and South Korea."

As a commercial official, Harry has only been in Nanyang for half a year, but he still has a certain understanding of Nanyang's import structure. This is his job, and this information is public data from Nanyang Customs, which can be obtained as long as you apply.

"So do you think we can convince Nanyang to stop purchasing from Dongda, or at least stop purchasing replaceable goods from Dongda? You have to know that South Korea and Japan are both very poor now, and they need help from the outside world."

Matthew made his thoughts clear.
"If they can get $100 million in export orders it will definitely help their economic development."

"I think... this is impossible!"

Hared said bluntly.

"As we all know, at the Moscow International Economic Conference held by the Soviets in 52, the Eastern European countries, including Tangshan, took the initiative to offer very favorable concessions in order to open up the Western market and break our embargo and blockade against them. At that time, Nanyang and Dongda reached an agreement of 2.45 million US dollars. The two parties completed this order through barter trade. According to the information from Nanyang, Dongda offered an average of 20% concessions on the price of exported goods and increased the import price by 10%. In 52 alone, Nanyang made a profit of 1 million US dollars through trade with Dongda. Later, because the demand for local specialties from various provinces in Dongda was very high in Nanyang, and the sales of these products in the international market were average, in order to obtain more machines and industrial products from Nanyang, Dongda offered a 30% concession on local products, which means that for every 2 million US dollars of local specialties imported, Nanyang saved at least 6000 million US dollars in funds, allowing them to turn to South Korea and Japan to import these products. We may be able to convince Nanyang, but the question is, are Japan and South Korea willing to reduce their prices by 30%?"

Harry's question silenced Matthew. It was only at this moment that he remembered the international economic conference a few years ago. He lit a cigarette silently and spoke in an extremely helpless tone.

"Yes, this is the conspiracy of the Soviet bloc. They can even provide oil to France and West Germany at a price equivalent to only 70% of the international market, just to win their economic support." "This is exactly the advantage of their system. They can artificially control the prices of various commodities, because the purchase and sale of all commodities are controlled by their officials. Even a 30% price reduction is acceptable, but South Korea and Japan cannot provide such cheap goods, so..."

After shrugging his shoulders helplessly, Hared emphasized.

“So, there is no way for us to convince them, just like we couldn’t convince them to stop trading with Todai five years ago.”

"I know. I was in the State Council at the time. Although the materials imported by Nanyang from Dongda were not on the list of embargoes, their actions were equivalent to helping Dongda. At that time, the official response of Nanyang was very clear - we will never sacrifice the lives of the people. Everything Nanyang has done so far is to make the people live a better life!"

After taking a puff of cigarette helplessly, Ambassador Matthew's expression became somewhat solemn.

"It seems that we can only watch Nanyang continue to import goods from Dongda, and with their population growth and people's consumption level increasing, they will import more goods in the future, which is simply helping them make ammunition."

"But, Mr. Ambassador, from the perspective of Nanyang, they can get hundreds of millions of dollars in profit every year out of thin air. For Nanyang, this is also equivalent to indirectly promoting their economic development, and..."

Hared took a puff of his cigarette and spoke in a calm tone.

"Last month, Nanyang sold 20 Liberty ships to a company in Hong Kong Island for 50 pounds each. When they bought them from the United States, each ship cost only 110 million US dollars, using American loans. After using them for ten years, they sold them at a higher price. In terms of doing business... they are really very shrewd."

At this time, the ambassador's secretary came into the office with two cups of coffee and placed them on the table. After he left, Matthew said:

"It seems that there is no solution in this regard?"

"Unless the United States is willing to subsidize Nanyang with $100 million every year, it is simply impossible. Not to mention Nanyang, even Japan is importing goods from Dongda because they know very well that this business profit is extremely lucrative."

Hared mentioned it again specifically.

“Even in the United States, some companies are trading with Dongda through barter trade.”

"They have us all in their grasp,"

Matthew said helplessly.

"Because we are all greedy,"

"Yes, because of greed and the 50% extra profit, no country would refuse such a business, and Nanyang will never stop."

Harry's judgment was correct, because the profit of more than 1 million US dollars was too generous. Although such a profit could not be compared with % of Nanyang's GDP, it was equivalent to giving Nanyang half an aircraft carrier every year. How could such a generous profit be given up?
Matthew asked, "It seems that we can only coordinate Nanyang to resume lending to South Korea. Do you think this will work?"

"There shouldn't be any problem. Nanyang... has always wanted to expand its influence in developing countries, and loans are the most important way to do that. I believe the suspension is only temporary."

Hared thought for a moment and said.

"Of course, Nanyang definitely needs something, such as making South Korea more clearly realize that they cannot do without Nanyang and need to learn more from Nanyang... That's why they use this as an excuse to take the opportunity to hit South Korea."

"I hope so."

Matthew nodded and said.

"I will come forward to help them coordinate and hope to resolve these issues as soon as possible."

Of course, the problem is very easy to solve. After the United States intervened, when South Korea realized its mistakes, Nanyang generously forgave them.

Not only did it generously forgive South Korea, it even increased the number of places for an additional 300 Korean students to study in Nanyang each year, thus helping South Korea to build better.

The Koreans are naturally very grateful for this. After all, for a country that is extremely poor, it is definitely a great thing that 600 students can come to Southeast Asia to study and learn modern knowledge every year.

For a time, the whole of Korea was full of gratitude to Nanyang, and the government and the people once again set off a wave of learning from Nanyang. In addition, some Korean scholars argued that Nanyangization was the only choice for Korea's future prosperity.

Few Koreans would doubt this. After all, Nanyang's strength is obvious to all.

And making the country strong and prosperous is also their dream!

(End of this chapter)