Qingye Group

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Qingye Group (青叶集团(北平分公司))
Alias(es)	Second Branch; Hongsawad Branch
Affiliation	Operates publicly apart from, but covertly in tandem with, Homo sapiens Company 47
Occupation/Role	Technology-driven mega-corporation controlling industries, infrastructure, finance, agriculture, and public services in Hongsawad; later expands into Ceylon 101 168 231
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 47 — established as Li Qingye's second branch and public-facing decoy 47

Background / History

Qingye Group was conceived in February 2019 as Li Qingye's second branch. Its public re-emergence under Li Qingye's name was intended to draw out the people who had taken control of Xin Xin Group after his disappearance, while Homo sapiens Company continued operating under the identity “Zhang Jack.” The two organizations were deliberately kept financially and industrially separate, with Qingye Group receiving approximately US$150 million in initial capital from Li Qingye's mother's secret account. 47

Li Qingye selected low-temperature glass manufacturing and coral cement as the Group's first public industries, avoiding technologies that were too sensitive to expose. Ma Chi, who resembled Li Qingye, was prepared to appear publicly as the founder; Liu Zhifan became General Manager, while Yang Mengjiao handled internal supervision and covert infiltration. 47 48 49

The Group was established in southern coastal Hongsawad for its existing industrial base, coastal access, and unstable—but manageable—political conditions. It opened a Yangon branch, established its initial headquarters in Tavoy District, purchased nearby islands, and secured a 50,000-mu industrial site near Tavoy Port with mining rights for quartz, limestone, and other minerals. 48 53

Its headquarters later moved from Dawei Port to Taunggyi Basin, where it had prepared employee facilities, a secret base, and a private estate for Li Qingye. The relocation reduced vulnerability to coastal attack and allowed Hongsawad to serve as a potential temporary headquarters for the wider organization. 97

Organization

Position / Function	Personnel	Responsibilities
Founder and Chairman	Li Qingye	Established the Group as a public-facing branch, retains strong control despite diluted shareholding, and directs its strategic expansion. 47 101
Public stand-in	Ma Chi	Impersonates Li Qingye, oversees technology and internal management, and represents him in sensitive business dealings. 48 53 169
President / General Manager	Liu Zhifan	Leads commerce, management, negotiations, expansion, and later signs the Ceylon ports agreement as Group President. 48 53 69 231
Internal supervision	Yang Mengjiao	Oversees internal monitoring, clandestine infiltration, and coordination with security forces. 48 53
Security support	Homo sapiens Company Security Department	Provides Qingye Group's non-public security and infiltration capability; 200 Blood Blade personnel were dispatched to Hongsawad for protection and covert operations. 48 55

Qingye Group's public corporate structure conceals extensive cross-shareholding, offshore companies, local joint ventures, proxy shareholders, and covertly placed Managers and Soldiers. This structure makes its local control difficult to trace or penetrate. 69 70

Industries and Operations

Sector	Operations
Glass and building materials	Uses low-temperature glass manufacturing and coral cement production, reducing energy consumption and equipment requirements compared with conventional methods. Its Tavoy base mines local quartz and limestone for glass and cement exports. 47 53
Beverages	Leveraged its cheap glass bottles to enter purified water, fruit juice, carbonated drinks, and canned-food production. It acquired or jointly controlled numerous local beverage plants during its price war. 53 63 68
Healthcare	Operates Qingye Medical, Qingye Hospital, and Qingye Comprehensive University. Free examinations are used to gather medical data and train accelerated-program medical personnel. 102 125
Agriculture	Controls farming, processing, transport, and sales through Qingye Agriculture Company; assigns crop specialization by town to limit internal competition and stabilize prices. 127
Finance	Operates Qingye Bank and issues Golden Yuan, a currency exchangeable for gold and supported by Group products, services, and reserves. 103
Energy and infrastructure	Invests in hydropower, energy storage, roads, ports, airports, railways, construction, and local utilities. Eastern Water Energy Company built the Ruiniang Town Hydropower Station and Energy Storage Reservoir. 101 104
Transport and manufacturing	Includes passenger transport, taxis, automobile manufacturing, aviation, construction, and other industrial subsidiaries. 69 163 167

Glass and Beverage Expansion

Qingye Group's low-cost glass bottles enabled aggressive pricing in Hongsawad's beverage market. A 500 ml bottle and cap from its glass factory cost approximately US$0.012 to produce, allowing the Group to remain competitive even after shipping bottles abroad. 63

Its low-priced purified water, fruit juice, glassware, and carbonated drinks rapidly displaced local competitors. By June of its first expansion year, Qingye Beverage had absorbed three small beverage factories and controlled 12 processing plants through acquisitions, mergers, and joint ventures. 63

The Group also acquired saccharification technology, then improved it through fungal fermentation methods that allowed low-cost syrup production from starches and plant matter such as branches and grass leaves. 68

Healthcare and Human Resources

Qingye Hospital provides free physical examinations to build a medical and human-body database while giving its doctors high-volume practical experience. Qingye Medical reportedly employed more than 3,000 doctors, many trained through accelerated programs after being remolded from Golden Triangle criminals, death-row inmates, and Wu Kaile loyalists. 102

Qingye Comprehensive University was created to train these personnel for deployment across the Group's industries. The Hongsawad branch gained more than 100,000 loyal remolded personnel through this system, supporting its rapid expansion without the personnel shortages expected of a conventional corporation. 102

Qingye Medical's public products include rapid test papers, Ai Qingling for AIDS, Rabies Buster, Scarless Scar Removal Serum, Antidote 3 for Ebola, and Langfu Anning for viral infections. 121 125 144 145

Agriculture and Urbanization

Qingye Group expanded farmland holdings and promoted the consolidation of villages and towns across the Shan Plateau. Projects such as Mengli Town's mountain-leveling and valley-filling plan were designed to increase usable settlement land sevenfold. 100 127

Its agricultural model places crop production, transportation, processing, and sales under Qingye Agriculture Company. The Group uses a dedicated agricultural analysis office with a supercomputer to monitor production and price changes. 127

Fang Xinwu characterized the policy as “malicious urbanization,” arguing that land annexation and urban development would turn displaced rural residents into long-term industrial laborers. Qingye Group's model, however, was designed to absorb this labor through construction, collectivized farms, transport, logistics, and manufacturing. 100 102

Finance and Golden Yuan

Golden Yuan is Qingye Group's company currency, issued through Qingye Bank. Its announced exchange rate was 500 Golden Yuan per gram of gold, and the Group pledged free gold exchange to encourage acceptance in Hongsawad and foreign trade. 103

During its integration of Hongsawad, Qingye Group acquired 273 tons of gold, 1,352 tons of silver, precious stones, and 27 gold mines with estimated reserves of 162–185 tons. Qingye Bank's reserves were stated to support the issuance of 136.5 billion Golden Yuan. 103

The Group also uses Golden Yuan to obtain foreign equipment, ships, production lines, commodities, and medical supplies. One wave of transactions brought it materials valued at 2.3 billion Golden Yuan. 122

Market Position and Assets

Asset / Position	Documented Scale
Beverage market share in Hongsawad	42% 101
Glass bottle and glass-product market share	95% 101
Cement market share	100% 101
Small hardware market share	15% 101
Exclusive ports	27 101
Airports	13 101
Toll-road operations	17 101
Agricultural land in Hongsawad	Nearly one-quarter of the country's agricultural land 198
Annual rice production	Nearly 10 million tons 198
Estimated public valuation	At least 500 billion Golden Yuan, according to outside estimates 168

Qingye Group's finances were strengthened by the seizure of wealth from Hongsawad warlords, landlords, and prominent families. The Group obtained approximately US$32.3 billion in cash and US$27.7 billion in overseas deposits, alongside gold, fixed assets, mines, and industrial holdings. 104

By the time Jiang Haitao visited Taunggyi, Qingye Group controlled such a large share of the city's developed area that he believed it could be renamed “Qingye City.” 168

Ceylon Expansion

Qingye Group entered Ceylon during the country's economic collapse. It agreed to supply 2 million tons of low-priced rice annually in exchange for 99-year operating rights to Galle Port, Trincomalee Port, and Sile Port, plus development rights to 30 square kilometers of surrounding land. 231

The Group quickly established supermarkets, banks, restaurants, transport services, construction projects, utilities, and other industries in Colombo. Tens of thousands of employees and their families made Qingye Group-affiliated residents nearly half of Colombo's population. 231

In Ceylon, the Group used internal transfer payments to protect its own subsidiaries while charging high commercial prices for electricity, water, and gas. This placed severe pressure on private and foreign businesses, allowing Qingye Group to absorb failing companies and their workers. 249

Relationships

• Li Qingye — Founder and Chairman; created Qingye Group as an overt counterpart to Homo sapiens Company and maintains final strategic control. 47 101
• Homo sapiens Company — Covertly linked organization that provides security, personnel, technology, and strategic support while remaining publicly separate. 47 48 55
• Liu Zhifan — General Manager and later Group President; leads commercial operations, negotiations, purges, and external expansion. 48 69 97 231
• Ma Chi — Li Qingye's public double; manages technology, internal affairs, and sensitive negotiations under Li Qingye's identity. 48 53 169
• Yang Mengjiao — Internal supervisor and covert operator responsible for infiltration, monitoring, and integration of armed forces. 48 53 97
• Qingye Bank — Financial subsidiary responsible for issuing and settling Golden Yuan. 103 121
• Qingye Medical — Medical subsidiary producing diagnostic products and specialized medicines while expanding the Group's medical network. 102 121 145
• Ceylon — Strategic partner and later dependency; exchanged port and land rights for Qingye Group's grain supply. 231

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Creation of the Second Branch — Qingye Group is established to expose Xin Xin Group's internal enemies and provide Li Qingye with a public corporate identity distinct from Homo sapiens Company. 47
• Hongsawad Industrial Entry — The Group builds glass and cement operations around Tavoy Port, then uses cheap bottles and beverages to break into Hongsawad's consumer market. 53 63
• Consolidation of Hongsawad — Through corporate expansion, covert infiltration, absorption of local industries, and control of warlords and major families, Qingye Group becomes the dominant force in Shan State and much of Hongsawad. 69 90 97
• Golden Yuan and Medical Trade — The Group launches Golden Yuan and uses high-demand test kits and medicines to draw foreign goods, gold, and industrial capacity into its economic system. 103 121 122
• Ceylon Intervention — Qingye Group trades grain for strategic ports, establishes a parallel economic structure, and rapidly takes over Ceylon's industries and public utilities. 198 231 249