Chapter 639: Foreign Exchange Shadow War

Lin Wanning was tied up with matters, so He Yuzhu kept her company for a while before heading out to find Zhao Ying and inquire about Liu Rusi's address.

As soon as Zhao Ying saw him, she wore a slightly embarrassed expression: "Zhuzi, I put the letter you wanted to give her in that place a long time ago, but she never replied."

He Yuzhu felt a faint sense of worry: "Nothing has happened to her, has it?"

Zhao Ying shook her head: "Probably not. She seems to have been busy with matters regarding Su Guo lately."

"Why?"

"Zhuzi, your sister here is just a pure merchant now, not a spy, so how would I know what she's doing? However, things have been strange over in Su Guo recently; they keep buying out merchants here in Hong Kong and desperately dumping their goods at low prices. Why do you think that is?"

"Sister, now that you put it that way, I understand. Most of our country's foreign exchange is generated through Hong Kong. Su Guo just wants to make it so we can't earn foreign exchange. If we can't earn foreign exchange, we can't buy things from other countries, and our economy won't be able to develop..." He Yuzhu slowly explained his hypothesis to Zhao Ying.

He Yuzhu also fully understood why Secretary Liu had transferred him to Guangdong Province—it was to rely on the ideas in his head to change the current predicament.

"What kind of things are they selling so cheaply over in Su Guo?" He Yuzhu asked.

Zhao Ying gave a wry smile: "Electrical and mechanical products, chemical fertilizers, textiles, daily necessities—they have everything, and the prices are pushed extremely low. Many merchants say they can't make any money at all producing these things."

He Yuzhu's brow furrowed even tighter: "Then how is Guangdong Province responding?"

"Guangdong Province mainly exports live fresh produce, chicken, duck, fish, and meat, as well as some traditional goods like ceramics and tea. The prices have been pushed down extremely low as well. It's like the two sides are putting on a coordinated act. This has actually benefited the residents here in Hong Kong!"

He Yuzhu sighed and began to think of a way to break the deadlock.

Zhao Ying looked at He Yuzhu and asked: "Zhuzi, what bad idea are you cooking up again?"

He Yuzhu smiled: "I'm thinking of a strategy to break the deadlock!"

"You can't be doing those tight jeans things again, right? Those things are too easy for others to copy and don't have any technical substance," Zhao Ying sighed.

"Then this time I'll bring you something with technical substance!" After saying this, He Yuzhu took an exquisitely crafted Tape Recorder out of his backpack.

Upon seeing it, Zhao Ying picked it up curiously: "What is this? It looks very high-end."

"A Tape Recorder," He Yuzhu explained. "It can record what you say and play cassettes. From now on, listening to music will all depend on this."

Zhao Ying's eyes lit up, and she said with pleasant surprise: "I've only seen the tape recorders spies use; those all use reel-to-reel tapes. This cassette of yours is actually quite interesting."

She took the cassette out and looked at it over and over again.

He Yuzhu made an estimate: "This kind of thing can be mass-produced and put on the market. When the time comes, you'll have to help promote it."

Zhao Ying held the Tape Recorder, unable to put it down: "This is quite interesting. I'll take it to show some merchants in the next few days."

The two discussed the matter of promoting the Tape Recorder for a long time.

Zhao Ying brought up the matter of registering trademarks and patents.

He Yuzhu checked his watch; it was almost eight o'clock, so he said: "I have something to do tonight, so I won't be eating with you."

Zhao Ying nodded and smiled as she saw him out: "I know you're busy, I won't hold you up."

The night grew darker.

Following the address Jin Hai had given him earlier, He Yuzhu quietly made his way to the vicinity of that radio assembly factory.

Knowing that Jin Hai's side was moving against the 14K at twelve o'clock, he observed from the perimeter for a while and used the system to perform Scanning on the factory's situation.

Just as the hour hand passed twelve, a commotion suddenly broke out in the factory.

A warehouse suddenly caught fire, and the flames lit up half the sky.

He Yuzhu's heart tightened—he hoped the equipment wouldn't be burned.

His figure flashed, and he quickly snuck into the factory area.

By this time, the factory was already in chaos, with security guards rushing to put out the fire with fire extinguishers.

Taking advantage of the chaos, He Yuzhu snuck into the workshop; it was a large factory building containing four production lines.

He was delighted the moment he saw them—with these four production lines, producing Tape Recorders would be much easier.

He nimbly moved to collect those pieces of equipment into his space one by one.

After everything was packed away, he took several barrels of gasoline from his space, splashed them around the workshop, and casually lit them.

The flames "whooshed" up, instantly swallowing the entire workshop.

He Yuzhu climbed out of a back window, his figure flashing as he disappeared into the night.

The next day, He Yuzhu finally met Liu Rusi.

She was much thinner than before, and standing beside her was their ten-year-old son, He Mu.

Liu Rusi said: "Call him Dad."

He Mu couldn't quite bring himself to say it.

He Yuzhu patted his head: "The child is a bit shy with strangers, don't force him."

Seeing that his parents had important matters to discuss, He Mu ran off to his room to do his homework.

He Yuzhu opened by asking: "Sister, you've lost a lot of weight. I heard you've been clashing with the people from Su Guo recently?"

Liu Rusi nodded gently: "We are clashing, but for now it only counts as a war of words; it hasn't reached the point of drawing knives and guns."

"A war of words? What do you mean by that?"

"Although we've fallen out on the surface, it hasn't reached the point of being a life-or-death struggle. Right now, most of it is a contest of economic strength. They are dumping large batches of cheap goods here, trying to crush our export business."

He Yuzhu's brow furrowed: "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Liu Rusi shook her head: "I don't have any ideas at the moment. But if things go on like this, we'll be at war sooner or later."

He Yuzhu said with a firm tone: "Sister, don't hold onto any illusions. The relationship between the two countries will soon fall into a deadlock; if you want them to be on good terms again, it will be at least twenty years later."

Liu Rusi had always known that He Yuzhu's judgment of people and events was accurate to the point of being prophetic, so she immediately looked up at him: "You came here this time to help Secretary Liu, didn't you?"

He Yuzhu nodded.

Liu Rusi poured a cup of tea for He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu asked: "Sister, our child is getting older; will there be risks for him here? How about I take him back to the Mainland?"

Liu Rusi shook her head gently: "As long as he is with me, I have something to hold onto. Otherwise, my life would be so meaningless."

He Yuzhu thought about it, and that made sense too.

He Yuzhu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Have you run into big trouble recently? Why didn't you reply to Zhao Ying for three days after she left you a note?"

"I won't hide it from you, a few people from Su Guo have set their sights on Pingping, and we have already stopped using that mailbox. I was only able to find you because that group of gang members was all blown up, and I guessed it was your doing, so I took the initiative to contact Zhao Ying," Liu Rusi said.

"Let Pingping go back to the Mainland! Go to the Liushi Trading Company!" He Yuzhu said.

Liu Rusi shook her head: "I tried to persuade her, but she refused no matter what I said."

"Then I will finish those people off!" He Yuzhu's tone was cold and grim.

"The higher-ups won't allow it," Liu Rusi said, "After all, both sides haven't completely torn off the mask yet."

"Don't count on the other side having a change of heart. They have their eyes on Pingping, and they aren't harboring any good intentions. You cannot be soft-hearted," He Yuzhu's tone was resolute.

Liu Rusi was not a hesitant person either, and she nodded immediately: "Then you go to the location where the note is picked up tomorrow and conduct counter-surveillance to see exactly who they are. If they have malicious intent, then finish them off!"

He Yuzhu nodded: "Fine."