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Chapter 386 Having money in the country is the only true principle

Besides various private jets, helicopters are also a convenient mode of transportation. Although they may seem a little less safe, they are still a good option when you're in a hurry in the city, provided there are no problems with maintenance.

Of course, Ye Jianchuan used it relatively infrequently, since he mostly traveled by car within the city.

This is mainly due to the timing. Around the turn of the millennium, the number of people in China who owned private cars was not very large, so there were not many traffic jams on the roads at that time.

Since there won't be traffic jams, the speed of a helicopter during a transfer within the city won't actually be much faster than that of a car.

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He has a house, a car, and even a private jet, but does Ye Jianchuan have a private cruise ship? Well, Ye Jianchuan hadn't considered that before, but even if he had, he wouldn't be able to get one in the short term.

On the one hand, it's because Ye Jianchuan hasn't yet unlocked the technological potential in this area, so if you want to enjoy yachts or cruise ships, you'll need to order them from overseas.

However, Ye Jianchuan didn't really want to send money to those guys abroad, so for the time being, Ye Jianchuan had no plans to get a yacht.

Of course, another reason is that ordering a cruise ship takes an incredibly long time, especially given the extremely low efficiency of foreign companies.

If you want to customize a slightly larger boat that isn't readily available, then you probably can't expect to see one in less than two or three years.

If Ye Jianchuan's custom-made ship were larger, it would probably take even longer. In that waiting time, the system might have already unlocked all the relevant technologies. Wouldn't it be great to have his factory custom-make one for him then?

Aside from these aspects, Ye Jianchuan did indeed spend a considerable amount of money. There was another area where Ye Jianchuan spent a great deal of money, and that was... his collection.

In fact, Ye Jianchuan wasn't particularly interested in collecting at first. His initial idea was very simple: to collect a few things during this chaotic time and then sell them all later to try and make a fortune.

However, plans can't keep up with changes. Before the domestic antique market could even begin to flourish, Ye Jianchuan's pursuit of money had already approached zero.

So Ye Jianchuan originally planned to sell the ancient books and other antiques he had collected, but now he doesn't plan to sell them. Instead, he's going to exhibit them all together with the Lou family's 'private collection' museum.

And then... Ye Jianchuan suddenly felt that collecting things was a pretty good option, especially since he had a lot of spare money.

On the one hand, this thing is indeed constantly appreciating in value, so it's a good choice to treat it as an investment.

On the other hand, Ye Jianchuan felt that since he had already gone this far, shouldn't he try to help the country bring back some of the national treasures that had been lost abroad?

So later on, Ye Jianchuan participated in many overseas auctions and had different agents help him auction off some national treasure-level cultural relics.

Of course, although the items were photographed, Ye Jianchuan did not directly 'donate' them to the country, since our country's preparations for cultural relic protection are not yet particularly complete.

Ye Jianchuan certainly didn't want the item he donated to end up in the private collection of some high-ranking official or nobleman.

So Ye Jianchuan eventually kept all the 'national treasures' he bought for himself, and would occasionally hold exhibitions in his museum.

Because of this matter, some shameless people from higher up actually came down to Ye Jianchuan, hoping that Ye Jianchuan could donate it to the country.

But Ye Jianchuan ultimately dismissed these people with just a few words: "Can you guarantee that this thing will be on display for the public in your hands, just like it is now? Can you provide sufficient security to ensure that this thing will not suffer any damage?"

The answer was naturally no, and then... that was it. Everyone here was a respectable person from Beijing; even if they didn't know the details, they wouldn't be so stubborn as to make threats.

Although an agent was used to conduct the auction, these were all national treasures, so the cost was still quite high. Ye Jianchuan must have invested several hundred million yuan in this project.

The expenses mentioned above can all be considered domestic expenses, including the money spent at the auction, and the cultural relics that Ye Jianchuan ultimately acquired, all of which he took back to China.

So... does Ye Jianchuan have nowhere to spend money abroad? Of course not, he does have quite a few businesses overseas.

Wasn't the Rui Si Snow Mountain Ice Spring a prime example? And the Ice Spring Red Wine that followed, after some hype, also became a regular at high-end events in Europe and America.

Aside from these two industries, the oil and gas industry in Russia can also be considered Ye Jianchuan's 'hidden assets'.

(Good Wang, good) So besides these 'industries', are there any other assets outside? The answer is of course, Ye Jianchuan has actually spent a lot of money abroad.

However, most of this money was spent in countries that are relatively 'pro-China'. For example, Ye Jianchuan invested in a medical school in Guba and carried out various in-depth cooperation and exchanges with medical schools in China.

In addition to his investments in football schools in the Pampas, home appliance factories in Baba Sheep, and overseas arms production and sales points in Tanzania and Hippo, Ye Jianchuan also owns some real estate and other properties in these countries.

As for those established 'developed countries'? Ye Jianchuan really didn't spend much money in those places. Although he might still be able to set up some companies there to make money, he didn't consider real estate at all.

Chapter 387 Many Years Later (The Finale)

There was nothing he could do; Ye Jianchuan simply didn't trust these established 'developed countries' from the bottom of his heart. If he invested in their countries now, and something happened later, they would freeze or even confiscate all his assets. Ye Jianchuan didn't want that to happen to him.

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Under the influence of Ye Jianchuan as a 'variable', the country's development and progress have actually been much faster than before.

This rapid development enabled us to become one of the world's top five economies around the turn of the millennium, several years faster than before.

This rapid pace of progress naturally makes those established 'developed countries' feel a sense of crisis, which is actually quite normal. Didn't the Japanese threaten the US's position before, so the US forced them to sign the Plaza Accord?

In the end, the Soviet Union was also badly hurt by the Plaza Accord, and it took them two or three decades to fully recover.

Similarly, after feeling the pressure from our ancient Eastern country, they also began to use their old tricks and started setting traps for us.

Unfortunately, after what happened with the experts from Russia, we decided to forge a path of independent research and development. So even though the Americans started trying to ban us, we were still able to develop many things using our own technology.

Moreover... because it was only the beginning of the new millennium, the 'aftershocks' of the collapse of the Soviet Union had not completely dissipated. At this time, Europe and America did not have the energy to directly turn against us, so they could only try to trip us up in some minor ways.

However, it is actually very difficult for these things to affect us. With the help of Ye Jianchuan, this "cheat code", the development speed of many industries in China is much faster than before.

This has led to a much faster pace of economic development in China than before. This doesn't mean that we are now five years ahead of the same period in the previous life, and that ten years from now we will still only be five years ahead.

This lead is actually an exponential growth trend. Around the turn of the millennium, Ye Jianchuan helped China create a leading advantage of nearly five years, so many industries in China have changed from followers to leaders.

Such a leading advantage is enormous, after all, those who lead in a certain industry are always able to get the biggest slice of the pie.

With a larger share of the pie than before, the resources available are naturally greater, allowing for faster research, development, and upgrades.

Under such circumstances, after showcasing itself to the international community during the Beijing Olympics, our country successfully caught up with the United States in just three years, raising its GDP to almost the same level as the US.

At this point, the Americans were starting to get a little scared, because they realized that the ancient Eastern country they had previously taken for granted had grown into a behemoth that could not be ignored.

For the United States, such a situation was unacceptable, so... just two years later, the US elected an extremely anti-China president, and after this president was elected, the US began implementing various sanctions.

Unfortunately, the Americans failed to achieve their goal because their approach was still based on empiricism. The current show of force is essentially an attempt to revert to the Cold War-era strategy against Russia.

However, we are not like the Russian bear. Unlike the Russian bear, we have a lot of friends in the international community, and these friends are not just the poor relatives that the Russian bear only knew how to suck blood.

Therefore, under such circumstances, if the US tries to deal with us using the same methods as during the Cold War, the final result will only be a wasted effort.

As for Ye Jianchuan, he was indeed affected after the other side launched a comprehensive sanction. For example, several of Ye Jianchuan's companies and factories abroad were directly "confiscated" by the other side.

Furthermore, some of the businesses that were not 'confiscated' subsequently received numerous 'fines' and the like.

This disgusting act enraged Ye Jianchuan, who then waved his hand and cut off supplies to the Americans and their most vocal lackeys.

Slightly different from the current strategy of cutting off the supply of gas used by the Russian side, Ye Jianchuan controls not just a single type of thing. After more than ten years of development, many of Ye Jianchuan's industries have actually grown into the most "top" existence in the industry.

For example, in the battery field, almost all mobile phone companies use batteries produced by Ye Jianchuan's company. Moreover, not only mobile phones, but all portable devices, as long as they are high-quality products in the industry, use batteries from Ye Jianchuan's company.

After the battery supply was cut off, the first to be affected were the electronics brands in Europe and the United States. Whether it was mobile phones or laptops, without batteries they would be useless.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. In addition to battery-related technologies, Ye Jianchuan has also developed other fields to the 'extreme' over the years.

For example... transistor-related technologies. These technologies didn't start developing in China until much later, but things are different in this life. Ye Jianchuan started training people with relevant knowledge as soon as the technology began to show promise.

In addition, the system was very accommodating and quickly provided the relevant technology, so in this lifetime, China's transistor-related technology is already among the world's top.

In other words, in this era, it's no longer others using lithography machines or similar technologies to hold us back; rather, it's us using these technologies to hold others back.

Without the corresponding wafers and chips provided by the company, those so-called 'high-tech companies' abroad would instantly become fools, one after another having design plans but unable to produce any finished products.

In addition, we have gained many leading advantages in aerospace and have directly strangled Europe and the United States in the energy sector. Therefore, against this backdrop, the economies of Europe and the United States during the Cold War were actually more affected than ours.

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Twenty years later, after the Second Cold War, the world order underwent a dramatic transformation. The old developed countries, led by Europe and the United States, became a minority after the Cold War, and most of the world's opportunists turned to us.

At this point, our development path and our ideology truly gained global recognition. It was also at this point that people realized that we could develop successfully without relying on the capitalist system of Europe and America, and even at a faster and more efficient pace.

So those Americans who "follow the Stars and Stripes" soon discovered that their former "allies" had quickly left them.

After that, Ye Jianchuan's businesses in various industries also began to improve rapidly. Under Ye Jianchuan's influence, the world entered an era of technological explosion, with all kinds of high-tech products being invented and people's living standards developing rapidly.

Ye Jianchuan, who is over seventy years old, has now retired successfully. Even without the 'high technology' provided by the system, the speed of technological development under the influence of the environment is now incomparable to that of his previous life.

After retiring, Ye Jianchuan returned to his courtyard house in Beijing. By this time, the Ye family had become a large clan, with four generations living under one roof and descendants spread across various industries.

Looking at the family photo filled with people in his hand, Ye Jianchuan smiled happily. To be able to experience such a 'life's many flavors in one's lifetime should be considered a fulfillment, right?

And all of this began with that small courtyard house...

The End.