Every Beginning Is Not So Hard

Japan today was like an incubation camp for outlaws. Every moment, new villains emerged, and counterfeiters sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain.

But this trade was not easy to do.

On one hand, it required absolute skill—counterfeits so convincing they could pass false for true. On the other, one had to find channels to exchange the fake notes for real ones.

Spending counterfeit bills directly? Using a few here and there was fine, but large-scale use was simply unrealistic. Besides, everyone knew Japan was flooded with counterfeit money. Who would still dare sell goods in Japan? Only by exchanging the fake for the real, for something that held its value, could it become actual currency.

As hostility between the Eastern and Western blocs grew increasingly severe, the international currency market was also churning with wind and clouds. Since Dragon Coins were far harder to counterfeit than US Dollars—indeed, theoretically impossible to forge—their value on the international currency market was steadily rising.

Wang Dafa's counterfeit strategy was simple: treat Dragon Coins as genuine currency and US Dollars as counterfeit currency, swapping real and fake around. He would sell the counterfeit bills to international brokers in exchange for Dragon Coins, while the brokers had their own ways of spending them in Western countries. Objectively, this would further drive the collapse of the US Dollar and damage its credibility.

As for meeting with international brokers, Wang Dafa could not show his face directly. Someone substantial, reliable, and reputable had to appear in his place—yet someone with room to maneuver should negotiations fall apart.

That person was Black Zun.

At six o'clock the next evening, Shi Tiexin met with the other side. He did not bring many people, only A Fei and four junior lackeys who handled odd jobs. They arrived at the