Chapter 783: Hidden Empire

The Red Envelope Incident happened long ago, but people are still talking about it with gusto.

The elderly men and women in the park are still discussing it.

"It's a pity, it only reached 170 million in the end; if we pooled a bit more, we could have 200 million, another hundred-million red envelope."

"Speaking of which, the Yang Family really is rich; scattering so much money, they don't feel the slightest pang."

"What are you talking about? Haven't you heard online? They invest over two hundred billion a year just in education."

"In Daxia, who supports education like this? Only them."

"You're wrong; those who came out of Tequ Daxue, Gangdaoligong, and Shanhedaxue and succeeded in entrepreneurship give back to their alma maters every year, and it's said that these few schools of theirs have already been selected among the world's top hundred universities, and even in the top twenty."

"In all of Daxia, are there any others that made the top twenty? Those two schools that made the list, they say, are not living up to their names."

"They actually have three."

"Gangdao University and Gangdao Media, these two universities deeply connected with the Yang Family, are also among the top hundred."

"As for the Media University, compared with other top schools, it's not much weaker, and it has trained many singers and actors."

"Before I knew about the Yang Family, I thought Tequ Daxue and Shanhedaxue were ours."

"I heard Pang Dong was also helped into prominence by them."

"Ah, that's a conscientious supermarket."

"That really is."

As they chatted, the building tilted.

One of the old men covered his mouth with his hand and spoke softly.

"I'll tell you a good place to make money; do you want to know?"

Hearing about making money, a crowd became interested, pricking up their ears.

The old man, on the contrary, was not in a hurry.

"Making money is a big deal; aren't you going to show some interest?"

A crowd hurled insults at him.

"Deadbeat."

The old man put on an act of being anxious for me.

"I'm not doing this for everyone's benefit?"

"Like this, fifty each, let's hold a meeting."

"My information is absolutely worth this price."

The crowd agreed, let's meet—it's not like we're giving him money.

"Actually, this isn't any secret; it's just go to Azure Dragon Securities to open an account, then invest in those Yang Family stocks."

"I've heard that too; they say Azure Dragon Securities is stable and doesn't cheat people."

"Then let's earn some grocery money?"

"My daughter-in-law talks about the Blue Dragon all day, I didn't understand, but she earns quite a bit, more than my son makes from his job; now that you've said it, I realize it's the Azure Dragon Securities Exchange. Now our whole family dares not even breathe in front of her."

"If that's the case, I'll play too—watch me make money and slap it in her face, awesome every day."

The Yang Family's prestige grew little by little like this.

They only know the Yang Family's industries in Daxia, not that the Yang Family had already extended its reach deep into the world.

They have even completed penetration of Third World countries and are now continually deepening their influence in the Western world.

Time is still too short, and the Yang Family's people are still too few.

Even with the efforts of Jingmen Club people, Daxia people's influence in the Western world is still a bit weak.

But now, every year many overseas students come to Daxia.

They are excellent seedlings selected by the Jingmen Club.

You ask me, why absorb so many overseas students?

Even give them scholarships.

I can only say you're biased and narrow-minded.

The best way to strengthen Daxia's influence is to absorb overseas students from around the world.

Those who can come abroad to study are either from wealthy, powerful families or are extremely intelligent.

Once these people arrive in Daxia, they must accept Daxia's culture, learn its traditions, and will also meet many Daxia people, deepening their relationship with Daxia.

These relationships, when they return, will naturally be utilized; the economic and political benefits are enormous.

And the Jingmen Club, wanting to have sufficient influence, also needs these people.

Of course, this "accompanying study" thing is truly lowly; to fawn like this is really embarrassing and makes people look down on you.

Some people really deserve to be shot.

Look at Sijiazhuang Army Academy; the people it trains are all close kin, giving Daxia tremendous support.

As for how the Jingmen Club screens them,

they are selected from the Confucius Academy and the schools they run locally.

However, the Jingmen Club is not like those living comfortably; its schools are very open, admitting children with special backgrounds and exceptionally outstanding ones, who can enter its schools without paying tuition and even receive scholarships.

These people, from childhood, study and live alongside Daxia children, and have a very strong sense of identification with Daxia.

Of course, there are also those who come and don't want to leave, those with power who come and don't want to leave—just think how good that would be.

Very outstanding children stay here and don't leave—just think how good that would be.

Studying abroad is a major issue; Yingjiang is so powerful, one important reason being that all the world's top talent has fled to Yingjiang, contributing to its growth.

What the Yang Family is doing now is similar to Yingjiang, except it mainly absorbs talent from Third World countries.

In the future it will be hard; gaining the support of so many Third World countries is crucial for Daxia.

Jingmen is casting a large net, although it has occupied part of the Daxia people's educational resources.

But the original intention is good.

Not to mention other things, the consumption of hundreds of millions of Daxia people overseas will consume a huge amount of goods each year, and most of these goods are imported from Daxia.

Daxia's discarded old phones each year number in the hundreds of millions; these old phones are recycled, then refurbished, and exported worldwide.

Not just phones, but also old clothes.

Each year, Daxia has a huge amount of old clothes, which after simple screening and washing are sold worldwide.

The ultra-low price makes people in the Third World unable to put them down.

At the same time, it also disposes of a huge amount of unwanted items for Daxia.

The vast business network formed by the Jingmen Club, which feeds back resources to Daxia each year, is an important component of Daxia's economy.

Behind the Yang Family lies such a large network; frankly, it is many times greater than the Yang Family's assets in Daxia.

Such a Yang Family is not something that domestic people can easily manipulate as they wish.

Putting it even more bluntly, Jingmen and the Jingmen Club constitute a boundless state, and the Yang Family is the emperor of that state.

Moreover, the people of the Jingmen Club now possess a considerable military-industrial industry in many countries.

Thirteen Hall furthermore controls an underground military-industrial world.

Now, the gas-cylinder cannons of many countries are what Thirteen Hall has produced.

Water pipe rockets are also under development.

The scale of mercenary forces has now reached over sixty thousand.

The Yang Family's setup has not yet been exposed; once exposed, it would be enough to shock the entire world.

It is also hard to investigate; Jingmen has now completed full localization, and the Jingmen Club has further formed individual business alliances.

Thirteen Hall has furthermore completely separated from Jingmen.

It appears that, upon investigation, they are just ordinary loose organizations.