Chapter 388 Gradually Becoming a Rogue Rabbit
“All in all!”
Huge fireworks exploded in the sky above Hollywood, lighting up the city. Today was the "Star Avenue Carnival Night" and hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Hollywood Avenue.
Music starts.
Marilyn Monroe sang on the podium.
Immediately there was a burst of screams and cheers.
These days,
Several major Hollywood TV stations jointly approached the government, stating that Hollywood is in great difficulty right now and hoping to receive government support.
Hollywood was indeed badly damaged by McKinsey some time ago. Coupled with Hardy's recommendation and the need for cultural expansion, Johnson also felt that Hollywood should be supported, so he applied to Congress to pass a tax exemption plan for Hollywood film companies.
Several major Hollywood film companies are preparing to jointly expand into overseas markets and have formulated a series of plans. In the future, they will form a synergy abroad and be able to make more money.
As for theme parks, they have basically reached an agreement to vigorously develop Hollywood's tourism industry. As for whether Disneyland will appear in the future, no one knows.
Today is the day when the Avenue of Stars is completed.
From now on, this day every year will be the "Star Avenue Carnival Night", which will unveil new star brands and let everyone have fun together.
The Global Times and ABC TV had previously rejected the event, and there will also be celebrity concerts, so it attracted a large number of people.
Today Hollywood Avenue is busier than ever.
People drink alcohol.
Dance,
Listen to music and watch concerts,
revelry.
Hundreds of star-shaped floor tiles have been laid on the Avenue of Stars, where celebrities can leave their handprints, footprints and personal signatures.
In the future, when people travel to Hollywood, there will be one more place they must visit, which is the Avenue of Stars to admire the traces of these stars.
Among the first celebrities to receive the star were Ava Gardner, Hedy Lamarr, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe.
There were hundreds of celebrities and stars coming tonight. ABC broadcast the opening ceremony of the Walk of Fame live, and the ratings were off the charts.
People continued to party until about two in the morning when they gradually dispersed.
Hardy Manor.
Elizabeth Taylor was being hit so hard that her voice became hoarse. Finally, it was over. She hugged Hardy tightly and whispered in his ear, "Do you know what people outside call you?"
"What did you call me?"
"They say you're the patron saint of Hollywood, Hardy, and I'm so proud to be your woman."
Taylor is right.
After the McKinsey incident, Hardy's reputation in Hollywood has become higher and higher. Now he is not only the owner of a film company, but also the chairman of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild. Now people feel that as long as Hardy is there, Hollywood has a future.
"Christmas is only a month away, are you still leaving?" Taylor asked.
"I don't know either." There are so many things going on right now that Hardy can't guarantee anything.
......
The next day.
Hardy picked up the newspaper and was cheered up by what he read.
"Yesterday, in the Changjin Lake area of the Peninsula, the Rabbit Country and the United Nations forces launched a large-scale direct battle. This was also the first real confrontation between the US Army and the Rabbit Country since the Peninsula War."
"The UN forces include the 1st Marine Division and the 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisions of the US Army, as well as the 1st Army of South Korea, with a total of about 100,000 people. The number of Rabbit troops is unknown. The two sides launched a tug-of-war in the Changjin Lake area. The reporter interviewed some combat commanders, who said that the situation was far from as simple as they had imagined. They were facing an extremely powerful army, which exceeded their previous estimates."
After reading the report, Hardy knew that the battle that would turn the tide of the war was coming.
This battle shocked many people and brought MacArthur down from grace, especially his words "going home for Christmas dinner", which became a curse.
Early December.
Hardy said goodbye to the women and flew to Japan on his private plane. There was nothing important in Japan. He planned to take care of some small matters and then go to Hong Kong to see his son.
After arriving in Japan.
The person in charge of war supplies came to report to Hadi.
"Boss, the war is intense right now. The U.S. military is complaining that our supplies are not delivered on time. Some soldiers are used to using dining cars and are dissatisfied with the unpalatable dry food boxes. Many combat units are requesting more field dining cars."
Hardy was a little speechless and said: "How come these soldiers have no spirit of hardship? When I was fighting the Japanese, I had to eat one box of rations for a whole year. Why are they complaining after eating only two boxes of rations in two months?"
The person in charge shrugged helplessly.
"It's also because our logistics support was so good before. The soldiers are used to eating delicious food. Now that it's freezing cold, they naturally want to eat better, hot meals."
Hadi waved his hands and said, "Since there is an order, let Toyota produce it. What's there to say? I don't mind making too much money."
"Toyota's production capacity is limited. They can only produce a dozen food trucks a day. They asked whether they should add more production lines?" said the person in charge.
Hardy thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Adding a production line would cost hundreds of thousands or even millions. There would definitely be no market for this kind of dining car after the war, and the investment would all go down the drain. There's no need, so let's just slowly start production."
"Okay." The person in charge responded.
Later, Hardy inspected other industries. Now, all industries here are monitored by professional managers, so there are no problems and everything is proceeding according to plan.
These days,
Hadi has been following the war on the peninsula. The Global Times has war correspondents in the army who will report the news in a timely manner.
Report the war as it happens.
Many people, whether Americans or Japanese, are shocked by the current developments, because they simply cannot believe that the powerful U.S. army is being chased and beaten by the rabbit army and driven out of the 38th parallel step by step.
It can be said that the development of the situation surprised many people.
Especially the Japanese.
Although they were defeated, they still felt in their hearts that the Rabbit's army was weak and the American army was extremely powerful. But the current situation was that the Rabbit was facing a heavy blow from the Eagle, which completely overturned the Japanese perception.
Hardy stayed in Japan for a few days and came to Hong Kong in mid-December. When Han Ye-jin heard that Hardy was coming, she happily went to greet him with her child in her arms.
"Oh, my son has gained a lot of weight." Hardy picked up his son and teased him.
The little guy is already three months old and has fully grown up. He is becoming more and more beautiful. He has black hair and black eyes, all of which he inherited from his mother. However, he has a very straight nose, which he inherited from his father.
night.
The child fell asleep and the nanny carried him back to the room.
Han Ye-jin helped Hardy take a bath, and the two returned to the room and hugged each other.
"I missed you so much." the woman murmured.
After a long separation, Han Ye-jin made love with Hardy again. After they were done, Hardy asked, "You won't get pregnant again, right?"
"It's okay. I'll have another baby if I'm already pregnant." Han Ye-jin hugged the man and refused to let him leave.
Han's father and mother have returned to the United States, and Mr. Situ has returned to China. Fortunately, there is a housekeeper and seven or eight servants and bodyguards at home. Han Ye-jin has her own favorite career, so she can bring the nanny with her when she goes to the museum, and there will be no delay at all.
Recently.
The investment enthusiasm in Japan is increasing, and the number of people applying for mortgage loans has increased significantly compared to before. The museum receives tens of thousands of antiques every month.
In the following days,
Besides taking care of the industry, Hardy spends his time playing with his children or looking at antique artworks with Han Ye-jin.
Due to the US embargo on Hong Kong, many companies have a hard time surviving. The only one that is not subject to the embargo is the Hardy Group. Therefore, the trading business of the Hardy Group has grown wildly during this period. The raw materials of other companies all need to go through Hardy. The Hardy Group earns the difference and indirectly controls many industries.
So monopoly is the most profitable. In just a few months, the trading company in Hong Kong made tens of millions of dollars in profit.
That’s not all.
Hadi also asked Victor to make good use of the material monopoly advantage and expand industrial investment, so that he would have stronger control over Hong Kong in the future.
Time flies and it's Christmas.
This day, the Global Times published a news report.
December 24,
Christmas Eve,
All U.S. troops evacuated by boat from Hungnam Port, and the one-month-long Battle of Chosin Reservoir ended. According to temporary statistics from the U.S. military's combat department, in this battle, the two ace divisions of the U.S. Army lost more than 20,000 people and withdrew from the area north of the 38th parallel. All of MacArthur's previous achievements were wiped out.
Let's summarize the entire battle.
MacArthur ordered the 1st and 7th Marine Divisions of the US Army to attack. On November 27, they encountered the Rabbit Army and started fighting in Changjin Lake. On the 28th, the US front line collapsed and the US Army began to retreat. On November 30, the 31st Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division of the US Army was surrounded and killed. On December 1, the 1st Marine Division of the US Army was severely damaged.
From then until December 24, the US troops had been retreating and the Rabbits had been chasing them. Finally, the US troops evacuated from Hungnam Port by ship under the escort of the 7th Fleet.
The whole battle was a complete mess. At the beginning of the war, General MacArthur said that all the battles would be completed before Christmas so that the soldiers could go home for Christmas dinner. But now the situation is that the United Nations army has fled after being defeated in the war. General MacArthur, when you say "end the battle on Christmas Eve", do you mean today?
After reading the Global Times report,
The Americans were shocked that their country's army had lost, and lost to a country in the East that had just been rebuilt after war.
The Japanese were shocked. They didn't understand why the Americans lost so badly. The Americans had the most advanced aircraft and artillery, the most powerful weapons, the most complete logistics, a powerful aircraft carrier fleet, and the God of War MacArthur. How could they lose?
European countries such as Britain, France, and Italy were also shocked. They never expected that the war would turn out like this. It was very unreasonable, but it actually happened.
The Battle of Chosin Reservoir shocked the world.
Everyone got to know the rabbit again.
This is no longer the same rabbit as before, this is a brand new rabbit, and they don't know that it will grow into a rogue rabbit in the future.
......
The battle was lost.
MacArthur was furious.
He formulated a larger combat plan and even threatened to use atomic bombs. Of course, he was crazy but others were rational. Local wars were fine, but if it really evolved into the Third World War, the world would no longer be able to bear it.
The United States is currently developing very well, and it is not willing to change the current situation. What if it loses? All the fruits of its previous victories will be gone. No one is willing to fight a war without benefits.
Politicians are not stupid.
Economic experts are not stupid.
The bigwigs behind the scenes in the United States who manipulate finance and politics are even less stupid.
So MacArthur was left alone.
No one paid any attention to him.
After Christmas, Hardy returned to Japan. Although MacArthur was defeated, he refused to admit defeat and wanted to organize a bigger battle, so he needed more logistical supplies.
The initial 2 billion had already been spent, and Congress added another 3 billion.
The U.S. military placed more orders for supplies. The more they ordered, the more Japanese factories earned. All of them were producing at full capacity. Japan's economic recovery showed obvious signs. At this time, Henry sent a message to Hardy through secret channels.
The pharmaceutical company is wrapping up its experiments in Africa and preparing to make them public.
Hardy knew.
The climax of this game is coming, and after the climax will be the harvest. I wonder what Japan will become by then.