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Chapter 616 - 616 616 Sanctions and Counter-Sanctions

616: Chapter 616: Sanctions and Counter-Sanctions 616: Chapter 616: Sanctions and Counter-Sanctions “On the surface, it seems there is no connection, but in reality, it is a form of retaliation against us, largely because of you,” he said.

Zhao Guang was somewhat surprised, “My fault?

What exactly do you mean?”

“Because of the things you’ve manufactured that foreign countries can’t obtain, and the significant wealth that will continue to flow into our country every year, they’ve grown anxious.”

Zhao Guang understood, “So, this is a sort of sanction, right?”

While speaking, Zhao Guang opened a video that he hadn’t watched in a long time and began to search for information on this topic.

“You could say that.

They’ve done this kind of thing before.

Moreover, this time it’s not completely unrelated to us.”

“What relation?” Zhao Guang still couldn’t figure out what it had to do with him.

Ye Zhi explained directly, “Don’t forget, you have a construction team under you.

Because of the scale in that province, this construction team is quite large, so you know how much steel it consumes.”

So that was it, Zhao Guang now understood that this was essentially a way to increase the costs for his company.

As for company matters, Zhao Guang completely ignored them, but he couldn’t let people bully him like this.

One can give away their belongings or not want them, but can’t let others just snatch them away.

Of course, this was a matter at the national level, so it wasn’t his place to intervene first.

“What about the higher-ups?

What’s their stance on this matter?”

Speaking of this, Ye Zhi showed a smile, “This matter is also related to us.”

Zhao Guang tilted his head while Ye Zhi continued to explain, “Firstly, we indeed don’t have that many iron mines, but the layout in the North has already been perfected, so we can completely reduce the iron ore imports from Australia.

“Secondly, we are now preparing to retaliate.”

“What do you mean?” Could his own country really sanction those people in this regard?

“Firstly, the largest portion of our imports from Australia each year is not these iron mines, but various agricultural products.

Because of your previous work, we’ve already introduced elite varieties from other countries.”

Zhao Guang showed a dawning realization, “You mean to say, we won’t need to import dairy and meat products from abroad anymore.”

Ye Zhi nodded, “Not just those.

After our own development over the years, many fruits no longer need to be imported from them.

And with Jade Bamboo, we can even export in reverse, and these products have already begun to rise in price.”

“Right, there’s also your Five Tape Pigs and Bread Pigs, and some newly cultivated White Marlin, we’ve begun exporting them, but the prices will definitely increase.”

These products were not merely tasty; they could completely be used as special medicine.

They even had very strong adaptability, capable of handling various situations, and the vast majority of issues were only beneficial.

The Five Tape Pigs were an absolute high-end product, those decision-makers previously couldn’t feel much about this kind of counter-sanction, but now it was different.

As long as the price increased, it would force them to watch their wealth dwindle.

“If that’s still not enough, then next we’ll reduce the supply quantity.

If we just reduce the number of Five Tape Pigs and White Marlin, they will definitely suffer even more.”

Zhao Guang nodded, “I see, which means basically I don’t have to do much.”

“That’s more or less it.

Initially, the foreigners might have continued to sanction us using agricultural products, but now we don’t need to worry about that.”

“Is it because of that wheat?”

“Yes, exactly that wheat.

The new variety of wheat you’ve developed has already begun to be planted on a large scale, this batch will provide us with a large amount of food.

Unbelievably, this wheat’s cold tolerance and adaptability turned out to be incredibly strong.”

Land that was previously unsuitable for growing food can now be developed.

As long as this is promoted, this one type of crop might be all we need in the future so we won’t need to import food on a large scale anymore.”

Especially in the North, a lot of land can now be utilized.”

“Because of the spread of your wheat, those foreign plans to affect us using food didn’t even get implemented before they failed.” Zhao Guang was amused; he hadn’t expected to have already laid out such great groundwork.

“They don’t have other measures?” Zhao Guang was skeptical.

Ye Zhi pouted, “You’re really not fun at all; can’t you pretend not to know?”

Zhao Guang was speechless, why should he pretend not to know?

He could even figure some things out by himself.

Inevitably, as strength improved, all aspects of thinking improved as well.

“But it doesn’t matter; it’s still the usual methods.

Either medication prices rise, or chip restrictions, or troubles with foreign-listed companies.”

Afterwards, Ye Zhi kept speaking, “We’re not afraid of the increase in medication prices, because we now have special medications too.

It’s that hypotensive medicine you brought in, hypertension is very serious worldwide, especially in powerful countries.”

“Just raising the price of your hypotensive medicine is enough to make many countries suffer.”

“As for the chip restrictions, we don’t have a way around that.

Although we are already making every effort to enhance our technology, there is still a gap,” Ye Zhi looked at Zhao Guang, hoping he had some solution.

“You can’t possibly think I’m omnipotent; I really haven’t dealt with this matter,” Zhao Guang said as he spread his hands, but it seemed he might get involved with it.

His deep research into the soul and spirit could perhaps be applied to these matters, maybe he could create artificial intelligence.

Never mind, that’s for later; he really didn’t have time for it now.

“What about those publicly listed companies then?”

“There’s no way around that; we are in their territory after all.

Besides, it’s not necessarily a bad thing.

It can clarify the reality for many who think foreign countries are better than ours, and also encourage the return of overseas funds.”

In the short term, the benefits of this sanction outweigh its disadvantages, but in the long run, such unfair market interventions are often more harmful to themselves, as many examples have shown.”

“With that said, I’m relieved.

If there’s anything I can help with, just let me know.”

This wasn’t arrogance but leveraging a vast world as a foundation; there were indeed things he could achieve.

Ye Zhi waved her hand, “You don’t need to bother with this.

Just focus on developing more good products.

Scientific research is truly a nation’s base, far surpassing anything else.”