Transporting the gold was, of course, no issue for Feng Jun, nor did he pay mind to the few remaining days of the year-end, as he promptly delivered it.
Upon receiving the third batch of gold, Huaxia delayed for another half month before finally announcing at noon on December 24, local ti, that they intended to complete the full peg of the Huaxia currency to gold within the next six months.
This announcent truly stirred the waters, as although many had anticipated such a move and related news had circulated for quite so ti, it was the first ti Huaxia publicly declared their currency reform plan.
Almost instantly after the news broke, the Huaxia currency surged like a rocket, unstoppable—truth be told, it had already appreciated significantly over the past six months as savvy players had discreetly bet on this beforehand.
Previously, such bets had to be sowhat concealed, but now the rise of the Huaxia currency was uncontainable.
The most inconvenient part was that Huaxia’s announcent coincided precisely with the Western countries’ most important traditional holiday—Christmas Eve was just the evening prior to December 24 midday in Huaxia.
Even if reactions were desired, efforts were largely in vain, as the holidays were imminent.
Undoubtedly, many wished to curse Huaxia for their unscrupulous timing, but such maneuvers are not uncommon in the international arena, and certainly not pioneered by Huaxia, leaving critics to watch helplessly as Huaxia continued their strategy.
Notably, Huaxia’s timing wasn’t just for effect; a day later, another news bombshell hit: a new low-temperature material test was successful, proving beneficial for Huaxia’s Antarctic expeditions.
This announcent might sound unimportant, but those in the know understood; if it withstands the Antarctic’s cold, then... what about in outer space?
Another day later, news hit yet again: henceforth, rare earth minerals produced dostically would be settled in Huaxia currency.
This announcent caused an international uproar. Many in the West initially didn’t comprehend its significance, but there were plenty eager to educate them.
The Huaxia currency, already transitioning to the gold standard, was now coupled with rare earth minerals, swiftly and assertively establishing its status—just as the Middle East has oil, Huaxia has rare earths.
If the Mai Nation’s dollar is the currency for crude oil transactions, then the Huaxia currency aims to be the currency for rare earth transactions, laying bare the ambition of the Huaxia people.
Another day passed, bringing heavier news with it: a high-yield, salt-alkaline-resistant, drought-resistant rice strain was about to be cultivated successfully, poised to greatly alleviate global food pressures and benefit humanity.
Yet another day of major news: the industrial production of graphene bulletproof vests had been achieved, which would greatly enhance police self-protection and maintain social stability and developnt.
Five consecutive days of heavy news, like a flurry of combination punches, dazzled the world. Even so, Huaxia restrained from any military-related announcents.
Leaving the low-temperature material aside, take the bulletproof vest, for example—a high-end material like that couldn’t possibly be used solely for police, could it?
This habit of donning the rabbit’s fur keeps them concealing their strength, typically avoiding military advancents in publicity to prevent panic.
Yet thinking silence ans others can’t deduce intentions is wishful thinking, though avoiding direct military power projection isn’t a bad move.
In short, Huaxia seized the Christmas holiday to execute these ongoing strategies. Announcing the Huaxia currency’s gold peg on a regular day would have brought a wave of issues shortly after.
Subsequent news announcents could have suffered reduced traction, and imnse pressure might have forced responsive actions, impeding further strategies.
So may ask, "Why release all this news at once—wouldn’t that alleviate any issues?"
Such questions overlook the "attention shift effect": when a slew of significant news hits, the average person’s focus is inevitably scattered; akin to Mai Nation’s dia strategy attempting to target two of Huaxia’s goals at once—tactically flawed.
Moreover, amidst this information, the gold standard news remained the most eye-catching.
Even the "Antarctic Expedition Material" news likely held deeper anings unnoticed by many.
Thus, a strategy of iterated news bombardnt was essential to maximally suppress the first news’s explosiveness.
Especially during the Christmas holiday, there wouldn’t be much organized response initially; Huaxia’s maneuvering, albeit not breathtaking, was textbook-worthy.
As the Christmas holiday concluded, the corresponding parties had already formulated a counter-attack plan against Huaxia.
However, just as they returned to work, they received devastating news: William Smith, a renowned laser research leader in the Mai Nation, was killed during a morning walk, run over by a ten-wheel truck. The offending vehicle was found twenty miles away, with the driver having fled.
In many places in the Mai Nation, there’s no surveillance, so this case is likely to beco a headless one.
However, the title of "leading figure in laser research and developnt" was enough; the Mai Nation had no second thoughts and directly blad Huaxia: This must have been done by a Huaxia Citizen.
As a result, the issue of the Gold standard of Huaxia’s currency was once again shelved, and the Mai Nation began to indignantly denounce Huaxia—do you know how outstanding a scientist you’ve destroyed?
Is William Smith impressive? Absolutely remarkable, having ranked in the Viking Gunpowder Award for seven or eight years, just unlucky without winning—if not encountering soone verifying conjectures, then pioneers of theoretical breakthroughs.
Once or twice, he even had to step aside for senior ranking predecessors—consideration of rank and seniority isn’t just a phenonon in Huaxia; the Gunpowder Award has it too.
But in fact, William Smith had many pioneering ideas in both practice and theory, just a bit too young, barely over fifty, and everyone thinks he can surely wait for a few more years.
In essence, the problem is that the Mai Nation has too many winners of the Gunpowder Award; just for the physics award, there are over ten recipients, making him seem less outstanding, but in truth, he’s not; the key is those ahead of him are just too excellent.
Bear in mind, he’s specialized in a niche and is a leading figure in the application field; the Gunpowder Award also holds a hierarchy of prejudice.
The core of the Gunpowder Award discriminates against the application faction; theoretical factions are more favored than application factions, even the validation factions that prove conjectures are considered stronger than application factions, let alone those in niche application fields.
However, considering William Smith specifically, he is indeed impressive, a leading figure in the global laser application field, not necessarily the number one, but certainly in the top three, and indisputably the number one in the Mai Nation.
Such a person was inexplicably killed, and for people from other countries, aside from industry insiders, there wouldn’t be much concern, but the Mai Nation will surely not agree and will definitely pursue the culprit.
Do other Western countries not feel anything? Then the Mai Nation gives it everything in its propaganda, determined to let people know how remarkable a scholar William Smith was, and how egregious Huaxia was.
After two days of propaganda, they look back, damn, they’ve dug themselves into a ditch... isn’t this essentially promoting laser weapon research?
At this point, wanting to shift back to the topic of the Gold standard has beco sowhat challenging, especially difficult with opposing parties hindering and vested interest groups fighting for projects...
Thus, the Mai Nation is really frustrated, can this Huaxia currency issue even be discussed anymore?
Actually, in one respect, the Mai Nation hasn’t wronged the Huaxia people: William Smith was indeed non-naturally dead.
However, this kind of operation isn’t surprising either; the Mai Nation has scamd Huaxia so many tis that the instances of non-natural deaths are more than double digits, but Huaxia had always worn the rabbit’s skin, even if displeased at heart, at most they would communicate in private.
So the grievances of Huaxia aren’t clearly understood by outsiders, they have no place to argue their point—without tangible proof, logically how can one assert that the beacon of freedom nation hard Huaxia citizens?
Of course, occasionally, when there’s sothing with reasonable grounds, Huaxia could shout a bit, but the general sentint is: if you don’t give an explanation, then I’ll... shout all the more!
There are many things really not ant for outsiders to understand, and the pent-up frustration in Huaxia is significant, once given an opportunity, they certainly wouldn’t mind striking back—after all, William Smith showed no good disposition towards Huaxia.
When dealing with "old friends", the Huaxia people are quite willing to show sentints, yet William Smith himself was practically a weapon expert, with a relatively strong national awareness.
What particularly aggrieved the Huaxia people was that this person wasn’t particularly hostile towards Ivan, the major enemy of the Mai Nation, but showed extre rudeness towards the Ni Hong people, and was even more malevolent towards Huaxia.
Thus, the Huaxia people’s depiction of him is that he is a "white supremacy" racist deep within.
However, discussing whether Huaxia instigated this incident or not... it’s unclear, at any rate, the truck driver was a social loafer in the Mai Nation, and a junkie, when soone approached him offering what he needed, he complied.
The real mastermind is unclear, but after taking out this person, it might redirect the Mai Nation’s focus towards laser weapons, easing the pressure on Huaxia’s currency Gold standard.
Of course, this is sowhat wishful thinking as the Mai Nation can perfectly well hype laser weapons while simultaneously forcibly tying it to the Gold standard—don’t doubt, the Mai Nation is indeed that unreasonable, and the trouble is... it’s like the entire world has beco used to it.
So, even if orchestrated by Huaxia, their targets would not hinge on such uncertain factors... mainly, it can serve to cover for Feng Jun.
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