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Chapter 1220: Stop the Wrong Trend (First Update, Please Subscribe)
Genting Highlands.

As everyone knows, this is the most famous wealthy area in Chang'an. People who live here are either rich or noble, or they are scholars, students.

The best university in Nanyang is located here. Nanyang University is located in Genting Highlands. Compared with the scorching heat in Chang'an, the highest temperature here throughout the year is only 27 degrees.

In the evening, you can even feel a bit of autumn coolness here.

On the campus of Nanyang University, in addition to students rushing back and forth, there are more students playing sports on the sports field.

On the trail between the green spaces, Wei Tingsheng and the middle-aged man were walking and chatting. As a well-known economist in Nanyang, in the past few years, he has been teaching economics at the university while researching the Nanyang economy.

“In fact, sometimes we think about the problem too complicatedly. We always discuss one question, which is why Nanyang did this.”

“Maybe it’s to stimulate consumption.”

The middle-aged man said:

"After coming here, the most common thing I heard was 'stimulating consumption', which is how we can promote economic development."

"But the premise of consumption is to let people have money in their hands."

The middle-aged man nodded and said.

"Yes, that's why Nanyang uses various means to increase people's income."

“Yes, this is what is called ‘cause’.”

Wei Tingsheng, an economist who once participated in the IMF negotiations and helped Tangshan win the top four status, said after mentioning the “cause”:

“But is this really the reason?”

His question startled the middle-aged man. His eyes behind his black-framed glasses were full of confusion. He said:
"Professor Wei, do you mean that this is not a 'cause'?"

Turning his gaze to the middle-aged man, Wei Tingsheng said:
"In fact, the real reason is very simple - why don't they do it?"

Wei Tingsheng's question made the middle-aged man look even more confused. When he frowned, he heard him continue to say:
"Hard work is the greatest virtue of our nation, but in fact this hard work is forced by the external environment. For thousands of years, farmers have worked hard in the fields, like cattle and horses, and have to bear heavy taxes and rents, and finally only have enough food to barely survive. Later, workers worked hard in factories, earned hard-earned money, and were devastated by diseases, and their wages were just enough to barely survive. Hard work is a good quality, but the purpose of hard work is not to live like cattle and horses.

Is this the purpose of hard work? "

The middle-aged man shook his head and said:
"Hard work is of course for a better life."

"Yes, but why is it that in most periods of time, no matter how hard people work, they can't change their lives?"

After raising this question, Wei Tingsheng said:
"Many years ago, you once said that since the Qin Dynasty, all dynasties have used the five methods of ruling the people in Shang Yangshuo's book: weakening the people, impoverishing the people, exhausting the people, humiliating the people, and making the people stupid. Among them, the most adept one is impoverishing the people, which is to make the people struggle on the poverty line and make them "have no grain in their homes." It is actually a state of poverty artificially created. Through heavy taxes, everyone is forced to work hard for a living and have no energy to think about anything else."

While Wei Tingsheng was speaking, the middle-aged man followed him silently. The reason he came here was to learn more about Nanyang from this famous scholar.

"In the end, only poverty, numbness and violence are left. But is this what life should be like?"

The middle-aged man did not speak, but just pursed his lips silently.

"That's why you said, Your Excellency - what we are working hard to do is to make this world what it should be..."

After taking a look at the students in the distance, Wei Tingsheng said:

“Every hardworking person can get a reward commensurate with his/her efforts. Hardworking is a virtue of citizens, but letting hardworking people get the fruits of their labor commensurate with their efforts is the morality of the rulers!

Instead of making people work hard for a living all day long through various calculations, living like cattle and horses, like slaves,

Well, yes, that's it - that's the real reason - just to make the world the way it should be!"

This is what the world itself looks like.

"The reason why we work hard is to make the world a better place!"

Recalling Li Yian’s New Year’s speech he read in the newspaper, the middle-aged man nodded slightly. At this moment, he finally understood what “better” meant.

It is to make people be human beings, not slaves or cattle and horses! Suddenly, a thought flashed through the middle-aged man's mind:
"In fact, perhaps there is a real Kang living deep inside him..."

But then he added:
"Although this is what should be done, our current situation is very special, even completely different, so..."

As for now, we can only let the people suffer!

The middle-aged man thought silently. However, he was still very interested in visiting Nanyang University. However, he did not go to meet those international students. After all, those people might not like him.

Two days later, after visiting Chang'an, the middle-aged man and his entourage took the high-speed rail to Taiping. Taiping is the energy industry center of Southeast Asia. Although it has large oil fields with an annual output of more than 10 million tons, due to production restrictions and other reasons, the annual oil output is only two to three million tons, which is just to maintain the level of technological research and development.

But this is not important. What is more important is that Taiping is also the world's largest petrochemical industrial center. Although Kuching's petrochemical industry is developed, it cannot be compared with Taiping in terms of scale or technology.

Nanyang Petroleum, KJT Chemical... Almost all famous chemical companies are in Taiping. The various petrochemical products produced by those companies have long been sold well around the world, especially various types of plastics - Nanyang was the first to use plastics on a large scale in the industrial consumer field.

Therefore, Taiping is still worth a visit.

Just when he went to visit Taiping, Li Yian, who was in the "Daming Palace", just responded lightly after receiving the report.

"I see. Let him visit whatever he wants to see. There's no need to deliberately entertain him."

Later, Li Yian asked again.

"How is the negotiation going in Cuba?"

The reason why Li Yian asked this question is that on October 10 last year, Cuba's Castro announced the transformation of national wealth, and the nationalization of banks, industry and commerce. All American companies were nationalized.

At the same time, private assets in the country were also nationalized. It was fine to confiscate the sugarcane plantations and sugar mills controlled by the big American consortiums, but they also confiscated the assets of the Cuban immigrants. This is simply unforgivable. After all, the Cuban immigrants went there as "contract laborers". They were called laborers, but in fact they were slaves. These people never exploited the Cubans. They had accumulated wealth through years of hard work and accumulation.

"Although they agreed to allow the expatriates to leave freely, they prohibited them from carrying any valuables. According to the conditions they proposed during our negotiations, they only allowed the expatriates to carry valuables worth no more than 100 pesos, and they did not allow them to carry precious metals such as gold and silver. They said that the wealth was obtained by the Tang expatriates through exploitation and belonged to all Cubans!"

Li Guoren's answer made Li Yian lose his defense and he cursed loudly.

"Fuck, bullshit! How did the Cuban Tang overseas Chinese get here? Doesn't Castro know better than anyone? They were laborers and slaves. It can be said that every peso accumulated by the Cuban Tang overseas Chinese was their hard-earned money. He will become Cuban once he opens his mouth."

After angrily scolding, Li Yian asked back:
"Does he think that Nanyang will just let them exploit their compatriots so recklessly? He thinks too much! Does he really think that Nanyang will not take any action?"

Looking at the furious Excellency, Li Guoren immediately understood that Excellency was really angry this time!

So I reminded:

"Your Excellency, that is America's backyard. If we take action, we must take America's attitude into consideration."

“What’s happening in America’s backyard?”

With his brows furrowed, Li Yian snorted coldly:
"The United States dares not protect the property of its citizens. I, Nanyang, will not allow any country to confiscate the property of other countries' citizens without reason. The world cannot be like this. They confiscate other countries' properties so wantonly. Is there any law?"

In fact, what Li Yian cared about was never the law, but the core interests of Nanyang - overseas investment!
“Guoren, Nanyang is investing more and more overseas now, whether it’s oil in the Middle East, lithium mines in South America, iron ore in Australia and Brazil, or farms in Africa, to put it bluntly, they all face the risk of being ‘nationalized’.

They start saying that this is the product of imperialist invasion, and then nationalize our investment. The losses suffered by Southeast Asia will be unimaginable.

It's not just the companies, but also our citizens. Don't forget that our citizens are not just employees of the company, they are also shareholders of the company. A large part of overseas investment is national pensions and even medical insurance funds. The safety of these investments is related to the interests of all citizens! "

Li Yian said, explaining the importance of "overseas investment" earnestly.

"If we cannot defend it, then the entire nation will suffer. Therefore, no matter what, we will never allow the unhealthy trend of 'nationalization' to spread all over the world. We must strike hard and crack down on this unhealthy trend. We will never allow any country to start this trend. If the Americans cannot put things right, then..."

Taking a deep breath, Li Yian said:

"Then let us do them justice. Um...where is our aircraft carrier?"

When asking this question, Li Yian's eyes involuntarily fell on the desk calendar - April 4, 15.

Something big should happen in the next two days!

(End of this chapter)