You'll Have to Thank Me Even While I Hang You to Death! / The Gentry's Money Will Be Returned in Full

After enjoying their daily little pleasures, Huang Cao, Kal'tsit, and Młynar lived in the small villa for several days.

But Młynar soon realized something was wrong.

Why are things so quiet at night? And when did Sister Casey start practicing yoga?

Something's not right. Could it be that my brother and sister are having a fight?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Having lived in Utopia for over a decade, Młynar knew perfectly well that her brother would never hurt her, and her sister would never hurt her brother.

Unless both parties have reached some kind of agreement.

What exactly is this agreement? It's so hard to guess!

After figuring things out, Młynar stopped nagging her older sister and brother.

What business is it of mine what couples do with each other's little fun?

However, the Water Elf felt that it was definitely Sister Kal'tsit couldn't hold back first, as she had always been like this since childhood and had never changed.

Otherwise, why would anyone look for other things to distract themselves?

In fact, if the sweet and delicious Huang Cao wasn't Kal'tsit could really hold on.

After all, without longing, there is no desire.

When Huang Cao went to Iberia to expand his territory, he didn't go home for almost a whole year.

During that time, Theresia and the others continued their lives as usual, even though it was Kal'tsit who took the initiative to come to the sea that time.

However, at that time, the cat was on a mission for others, not acting out of its own selfish desires.

"Columbia, it's time to let the world experience the allure of the free market."

After living with the little Elf for a few days, Huang Cao finally got down to business.

Columbia capitalism is even more savage and disorderly than Huang Cao's predecessor, and is still at the most basic stage of primitive accumulation.

Therefore, this country still advocates a completely free capitalist market, also known as a completely free market.

This is far more ruthless than the capitalism of Huang Cao's previous life; one wrong move and you could ruin yourself.

The volatility of free markets is already deadly, but Columbia adheres to a completely free market economic model—not just almost, but entirely without government intervention.

Therefore, in Columbia, as long as you can make money, it doesn't outwardly violate the law or endanger national security.

If one has enough eloquence to attract investment, one can even leverage a single penny to generate hundreds of millions, making money appear out of thin air.

Therefore, Columbia is also known as the country of scammers. Even cunning capitalists can be caught out here. Everywhere you look, there is a vibrant scene of life and everything thriving.

Otherwise, Huang Cao would not have been able to exploit the loopholes in Columbia's laws to "legally" acquire a large amount of land assets in the country in such a short period of time.

The next step, Huang Cao, is to truly begin making changes, as economic conflicts exist in every country.

After several months of travel, he had already seen the deepest contradictions in Columbia.

It wasn't about overproduction—that concept was too advanced for Terra —but rather something far more barbaric...

Chapter 439: You'll have to thank me after I hang you!

The hand of capital will mercilessly lash out at every Columbia who aspires to become a millionaire.

Huang Cao is backed by a powerful utopia and possesses almost limitless wealth and manpower.

His past life experience told him that, whether in a capitalist market or a planned economy, the visible hand of government is of paramount importance in maintaining economic stability.

This is a fact that even established capitalist countries acknowledge.

No capitalist believes in a completely free market, or rather, there is no such thing as a truly free market in this world.

If it truly becomes a free market, the first to oppose it will be those established capitalist countries.

Because absolute freedom means losing the advantages one has previously established.

Foreign capital can then freely enter the market, and there is no way to restrict those who take shortcuts; it could even turn into a free-for-all.

Everything has fallen into Order. The paths you once walked can now be followed by others, and your home may be ransacked.

It might even occasionally deliver a major blow, directly corroding your roots.

Without capital, what's the point of talking about streetlight ornaments? The streetlight ornaments are just bad, not stupid.

Columbia, on the other hand, practices an absolute free market.

But in this magical land, this system has surprisingly not encountered any problems so far.

Is it because too many people are dying and immigrating every day?

A few minutes later, Huang Cao made a bold deduction: Columbia's current economic operating model is very likely a small-scale farming plus capital operation model.

The capital in this country is disordered, but the small-scale peasant economy is orderly. Countless orderly small-scale peasant economies support the disordered capital market.

In addition, Columbia has a relatively small population, coupled with abundant natural resources.

Given that the overall economy has not yet reached a certain level, it is indeed quite possible to get this makeshift team up and running.

As for why it didn't erupt all at once later...

In concrete terms, it is highly likely that the Columbia president has taken action.

In Terra's land, the country's president's governance might not be too bad.

Therefore, for Columbia, the period from 1070 to 1090 was the most important stage of the country's development.

If this period is missed, it will be much more difficult for Utopia to take action against this country.

Fortunately, Huang Cao had already completely dismantled Columbia's economic operating model.

The next step is to address the root causes and completely ignite the domestic conflicts.

"Columbia does not currently have the capacity to trigger Great Depression unless productivity is significantly improved, but we must be careful that productivity does not become a boon to Columbia."

Huang Cao needs to find ways to increase Columbia's productivity while also undermining its independent innovation capabilities as much as possible.

So why not just sell the machines directly!

And it's a machine that's both easy to use and inexpensive!

If you all use my machines, when the economic crisis breaks out, you won't be able to resume production unless I turn them on.

At this point, no matter how capable the Columbia president is, it's impossible for him to immediately translate the technology into tangible results.

Therefore, the steps to dismantle Columbia are only three:

Step 1: Help Columbia truly establish a completely and absolutely liberal market, using the siphon effect of factories to quickly dismantle the foundation of the small-scale peasant economy.

The second step: Sell a large number of machines to help Columbia quickly pass through the initial stage of capital accumulation, while introducing advanced finance and get-rich-quick concepts to it, making the vast majority of the country's capital addicted to virtual financial transactions.

As for the final, third step, it is the easiest of all the steps; it doesn't even require Utopia's intervention, as the capitalists in Columbia will complete this step on their own.

The root cause of the Great Depression was overproduction, while workers were unable to afford the excessively produced goods.

The stock market at that time was even more outrageous, it was a complete bubble.

Leverage upon leverage, leveraging until everyone was completely overwhelmed, ultimately opening a huge eye to the entire capitalist world.

Huang Cao doesn't believe that capitalists in this world would be kind enough to provide welfare for their workers; otherwise, Utopia's businesses wouldn't still be the top choice for Columbia University students.

Even Columbia doesn't have insurance at all, or rather, insurance is just a means to leverage.

If managed well, Columbia will face a real crisis in ten years.

As the only surviving bank in the country, Utopia Bank will have a lot to do, thanks to the large amount of land it acquired in the past few months.

Here is Master Huang's Operations Department: First, send a notice to the capitalists in Columbia, share a portion of Utopia's profits, and actively collude with them.

I fully support you playing with leverage!

We offer unlimited short-term, low-interest loans; you can invest all that money in the stock market!

Huang Cao's loan is only short-term, because according to the plan, if the loan is indeed a long-term, low-interest loan, he won't be able to recover his money when the stock market crashes in the future.

Master Huang didn't want to get himself involved, but he could let the capitalists in Columbia continue to increase leverage without limit, because under the false bubble, any investment could be exchanged for money.

Utopia will act as a catalyst in this process; as long as you can repay your debts in the short term, Utopia Bank will give everyone the opportunity to participate in this feast.

Even beggars on the street can have the chance to become rich overnight, which is why so many people flock to it.

As for the capital that made money and then fled Columbia.

Catastrophe are the most effective way to isolate people, but there are too many variables on the road, and you could easily lose your life.

For mad speculators, the most beautiful thing is the period before the bubble bursts.

"So don't touch the stock market, it will make you unhappy."

Huang Cao mentally drafted a detailed plan into a document, which he then sent to his most trusted Utopia Warrior.

As for whether the Columbia president will be able to handle this mess after the crisis erupts?

Huang Cao never doubted that there were intelligent people in this world, but now the enemy was in the open while he was in the dark, and his first-mover advantage was far greater than that of the bird.

Besides, why sell machines in the first place? Isn't it to prevent Columbia from suddenly having a wheelchair-bound president?

All the machines originated in utopia; even if that bird possessed the talents of a wheelchair-bound president, he couldn't possibly transform those machines into productive forces.

You should know that when the Great Depression broke out in the previous life, the Bald Eagle's production machinery was still intact, and the production tools did not suffer much damage.

After all, a machine is just a machine; it won't break down much even if it's kept in a warehouse for a year or two. But the machines in Utopia aren't something you can just use whenever you want.

To implement work-for-relief programs, you need machinery; problems caused by a lack of productivity can only be corrected with sufficient productivity.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be called "work relief"; instead, it would just be paying money to hire a bunch of lazy workers who can't create any real value.

There's a lot to learn about this.

Because if the process drags on, the economic recovery will slow down, and public resentment will only grow stronger.

At that point, things will get out of control.

During this period, Utopia will truly step in and replace Columbia's official position in the market.

Therefore, if the second step succeeds, Columbia will completely lose any chance of turning things around.

"This is a clash, and I want to see if my plans will backfire. I hope Columbia won't let me down."

But even if I'm disappointed, it's not a big deal, as long as I achieve my goal.

Huang Cao mentally summoned all his subordinates and, taking into account the specific circumstances of Columbia, continuously revised and improved his plan.

As for what will happen to the country's millionaires after the government takes over Columbia, Huang Cao will certainly not leave them behind.

Do I, in my magnificent utopia, need people like you to make money for me?

When Columbia joins Utopia, Huang Cao will treat all Columbia as his own people.

The utopian system will replace everything in this country, and naturally, these so-called capitalists will be unnecessary.

Asking capitalists to relinquish their profits would be tantamount to killing them.

Fortunately, Master Huang was kind-hearted and chose to kill them directly, which was incredibly clever of him!

Quickly say thank you, Master Huang!

Chapter 440: The wealthy man's money was returned in full.

A few days later, Utopia Bank announced the relaxation of its investment policies and called for secret talks Columbia political and business leaders to establish a joint chamber of commerce for mutual economic exchange.

The news shocked the entire nation of Columbia, even alarming the president.

As the world's largest economy, Utopia's international influence is undeniable, but it has consistently adopted a hardline policy on the issue of Columbia.

Compared to Siergrag, or even Yan Country, Utopia's consistent approach is to talk whenever possible.

However, the policies implemented in Columbia were exceptionally radical, to the point that they seemed intent on hanging all the capitalists in the country.

Therefore, Columbia's capitalists think: You're trying to kill me, why should I play games with you?

In reality, Huang Cao's utopia did nothing but promote some of his own ideas.

This included establishing a comprehensive social welfare system and labor union system for Columbia to protect the basic interests of workers and farmers, but Huang Cao did indeed use these two groups as his tools.

Huang Cao's help has never been free, although the Columbia capitalists may not necessarily realize it.