Rebirth: Super Banking System Chapter 2499 - 2337: Commencement of Production

Right now.

The timeline.

Mid-April had arrived. The European Union’s massive cleanup storm barely managed a thorough purge. Muddy messes littered the landscape, pure chaos everywhere.

Global audiences devoured heaps of juicy gossip.

Burp!

Stuffed to the brim.

...

Huaxia.

Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Tang Qing observed the developments, leisurely shifting his chess pieces. European matters had finally settled onto the proper path. His strategic board setup yielded initial successes.

Parliament.

Media.

Scholars.

...

These pieces would step up one by one, collaborating to stage this grand play perfectly. Greece’s exit from the union stood as an inevitable fact.

What’s left.

Is the Euro.

Its very being.

A huge obstacle demanding removal. Europe’s present chaos couldn’t topple the full Euro framework yet, but that changed nothing.

No chance?

Create one.

No problem?

Manufacture a crisis.

In essence.

The Euro will crumble. Right now, both British Pound and Euro fluctuate wildly, boosted by his team’s pushes, overtaking the Pound next month to hit Xiao Sheng’s top authority level was guaranteed.

Undeniable.

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Sixteenth.

Morning.

Tang Qing stepped onto the plane, bound for Africa.

Central Africa.

North Africa.

Those two key steel parks were already operational. This trip targeted the South Africa park; after so long, the launch event required his attendance.

From here on.

For the next decade or so, he likely wouldn’t return.

Of course.

Tang Qing avoided idling pointlessly; the instant he boarded, he teleported into a control room. Beyond the viewport stretched a stunning planetary vista.

---Jupiter.

True to its name, resembling a wooden sphere.

Yet.

No solid ground, no wood at all; purely a gas giant. Lacking a surface to land, observers could only gaze appreciatively from the ship.

Descend?

No way.

Swimming through liquid hydrogen seas? Impossible.

Better to admire from distance.

Far surpassing the images from America’s ’Galileo’ probe, personal witnessing inspired true wonder. Galileo itself?

Plunged to doom in ’03.

Lately.

NASA preps the next Jupiter mission---Juno. Under construction by ’Lockheed Martin’, set for launch by year-end.

Five years out.

In ’16.

Arriving at Jupiter orbit.

...

Currently.

The distant probe lingered here over two months, deploying a vessel before racing to its following mark.

---Saturn.

By this point.

Saturn loomed close.

No luck.

Haste proved impossible. Jupiter-to-Saturn’s minimal span equals five Earth-Sun distances, plus their orbital dances.

Mismatched paths.

Thrusters drove steadily onward.

Crawling at snail’s pace.

As for Uranus and Neptune, arrival this year was certain. Gas giants both, yet useless practically—no gold veins there.

Still.

Treat it as probing the teleport node’s boundaries.

Plus.

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, packed with countless objects. Mostly meteor rubble, but at least potential bases.

Control Room.

In the seat.

Tang Qing sat gazing silently.

Artificial gravity.

Anchored him down, no need for ship spins generating centrifugal pull. Tang Qing let out a soft sigh at the lonely spinning world ahead.

He could be its first thinking guest in eons.

An intelligent one.

Maybe.

No.

Who can say!

Ordinary people cling to Earth as the universe’s only smart spot. But with his system, Tang Qing scoffed at that. Mere frogs in wells.

Gaze upward.

See farther.

Deeper reverence grows—for the road ahead, the cosmos, the mysteries.

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Seventeenth.

Morning.

South Africa.

Johannesburg. The nation’s biggest hub, up north. Wan Qing’s South Africa park lay north of it too, same province.

Airport exterior.

Qu Shan waited by a military ride.

This ride.

Not his personal one. Following Tang Qing’s protocol, African ops execs got full security setups.

Vehicles.

Guards.

Zhongyu Special Guard handled it.

Right then.

Unshakable delight shone on Qu Shan’s features. A month post-Float gold find, relentless overtime yielded triumphs.

Results dazzled.

Now.

Per Myanmar Gold Group’s latest report, Float’s mines smelted fifty-one tons of gold monthly. Daily average hit 1.7 tons.

Tsk, tsk!

Incredible!

Fifty-one tons worth over one hundred fifty billion RMB.

Figure.

Contract split nets fifteen billion.

Of which.

Float, fifty-one percent Wan Qing Mining, forty-nine percent Qingyuan Technology—near even. So Wan Qing pockets seven and a half billion.

"Whew!"

Qu Shan exhaled in bliss.

Push on.

Yearly haul nears ninety billion, post-costs eighty billion surplus, even with breakdowns, sixty billion minimum.

Bottom line.

Massive windfall!

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Sure.

Not just Float’s gains thrilled him, but the South Africa park’s kickoff too. Wan Qing Mining’s African steel empire now stood complete.

Next up.

Spectacular triumphs await.

Influence span.

The park north of South Africa, east Mozambique, north Zimbabwe, west Botswana. Short hops, just hours’ drive.

Border crossings easy.

Super handy.

North Africa.

Central Africa.

South Africa.

Africa linked fully; entire continent in reach. Past worries of scant local orders vanished—Myanmar’s pull brought floods.

Steel.

Infrastructure lifeline; Wan Qing struck first, seizing dominance. Looking forward, pure profit counting.

"Chairman."

Moments later.

Qu Shan spotted Tang Qing, rushed up to welcome.

"Let’s go."

"Yes."

Not straight to the site; ceremony tomorrow afternoon. First, chats with partners and key South African officials.

Business on this turf.

Here today.

Can’t skip meetings.

Moreover.

President attends tomorrow. They reached a manor soon. Tang Qing’s call; else, airport would’ve swarmed, not just Qu Shan.

Not a solo wait.

A throng.

"President Duo Su, hello."

"..."

"Minister Sir."

"..."

From Davos forum, Tang Qing networked countless top brass worldwide, on first-name basis with most Presidents, ministry heads especially.

Hundreds by name.

Plus yearly ties with nations’ business leaders, no strangers anymore; he knew them inside out.

Many allies.

Vast network.

Huge edges in global deals, troubles sidestepped smartly. Tang Qing knew bonds weren’t ironclad.

Thus.

Relentlessly building worldwide clout.

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PS: One chapter down; Europe details still under wraps.