After the situation in the United States stabilized, it was forced to confront a variety of problems. On the one hand, it requested assistance from other countries around the world, and on the other hand, it actively resumed production and treated the wounded.
To demonstrate their international standing and prestige, countries around the world have symbolically provided assistance to the United States. This has slightly alleviated the situation for the US. However, problems remain, especially the US debt problem, which is causing headaches for those still living there.
Faced with a debt of trillions, the existing government may want to deny it outright, but due to its limited power, it dares not do so. If it were to deny it outright, it would face the wrath of the entire world.
Given the current situation in our own country, we simply cannot cope with the hatred from so many countries. If we want to repay this debt, it could take decades or even centuries.
The existing government could only keep printing money to deal with this crisis, which caused the dollar to depreciate rapidly. This plunged the entire West into an economic crisis. Fortunately, China was just beginning to engage with the world, and although it also held a considerable amount of dollars, the impact on China was not significant.
While other countries around the world are mired in economic crisis, China continues to develop.
But the entire West is in chaos, and the dollar is directly pegged to gold. How could the existing governments possibly accept the idea of defaulting on their debts through devaluation?
Unlike China, Europe and other countries are not so easy to talk to and have unanimously demanded that the current US government pay compensation based on the previous value.
Faced with demands from other countries, the US government has no power to renege on its promises. The US is like a prostitute, to be played with however the European big shots want.
Faced with a group of unreasonable and domineering people, the little bitch America can only endure it because she has no right to resist.
All the United States can do is keep rebuilding its homeland, hoping everything can return to normal as soon as possible. Only by restoring its former military strength can the United States turn things around.
As for those debts, they have no choice but to pay them off. To do so, the existing government has to excavate many former financial institutions and banks. They've actually unearthed a considerable amount of gold and silver from them. As for the US dollar, it's practically worthless now; not only do Americans not recognize it, but other countries don't either.
These days, even having thousands of dollars doesn't guarantee you'll get a bottle of purified water. And this situation is getting worse. Americans now prefer bartering because it's a way to avoid being ripped off.
Under such circumstances, don't expect Americans to be particularly virtuous; anything can happen when survival is at stake. Arson, murder, and looting have become commonplace. Order is worthless in the face of survival.
If it weren't for aid from other countries, who knows how chaotic things would have become.
Other countries don't care about the situation in the US. Everyone just wants their money back. The fact that they haven't resorted to robbery is already considered relatively humane.
Wei Hua was quite satisfied with the outcome. At least the United States had received its just deserts. Although he had lost a lot of money, it was something he simply couldn't control.
All Wei Hua could do was donate some medical supplies. After all, ordinary people are innocent too, and that was all Wei Hua could do.
The world's development has not been affected by what happened in the United States.
Because Weihua acquired a lot of advanced technology and a lot of talent, China's development speed quickly caught up with the Soviet Union, and even showed signs of surpassing it.
There are no lasting friendships between nations; only interests matter. China has thus perfectly replaced the United States, and even surpasses it in potential and development speed.
As China continued to develop, the pressure on the Soviet Union grew. In order to catch up with China, the Soviet Union continued to focus all its attention on the military and heavy industries. The only difference was that it increased its investment in electronic computers and artificial intelligence.
China has increased its investment in improving people's livelihoods, especially in agriculture, which has enriched the lives of ordinary people.
With more money in their pockets, the economy developed more rapidly. Everyone was striving to improve their lives. As living standards rose, businesses like Sha Zhu's family restaurant also thrived.
Through continuous efforts, Sha Zhu's family has successfully emerged from the Yan Jiecheng incident. Seeing their business getting better and better, Sha Zhu is also thinking about whether they should open another branch.
But thinking of his father's age, Sha Zhu ultimately suppressed his impulse. His father was already over 60, almost 70. Making him continue flipping the wok wouldn't be enough for him.
Few of his apprentices were capable of shouldering heavy responsibilities. At this point, Sha Zhu felt some regret for not having wholeheartedly trained more apprentices. If he had trained more capable apprentices, he wouldn't be facing this problem now.
It's not that Sha Zhu is hiding his secrets; others do the same. Most people don't pass on their true skills to their apprentices at first. They only pass on the core techniques after the apprentice has gained their approval.
After Sha Zhu was implicated by He Daqing, only Ma Hua remained by his side, but even Ma Hua was not as close to Sha Zhu as before.
This made Sha Zhu lose interest in teaching apprentices. In that particular era, Sha Zhu also dared not have too much interaction with others.
Thinking that he was already in his forties, and would be fifty in a few years, Sha Zhu decided to train a few apprentices so that if he could no longer work, someone would take over the restaurant for him.
But when Sha Zhu was about to take on apprentices, he found that people didn't seem very interested in becoming apprentices. Especially when he explained the rules, most people turned around and left.
Thinking back to his apprenticeship days and the endless rules his master had laid out for him, Sha Zhu suddenly felt a little lost. Only then did he realize that things were different now. More than 30 years had passed, and his son was almost ready to get married.
The old ways no longer apply in this era. The idea of three years of apprenticeship followed by five years of service is no longer relevant. Everyone just wants to make as much money as possible.
No one is willing to spend eight years learning slowly. They no longer respect their masters as before, and treating their masters' affairs as their own has become a joke.
Everyone's too busy with their own affairs to help their master. As for helping him out in his old age, that's just a myth. With Sha Zhu's demanding conditions, it would be a miracle if anyone was willing to learn.
No one wanted to learn, so Sha Zhu could only teach his own son. He Chen, who had just graduated from high school, was directly conscripted by Sha Zhu. It's unclear whether it was a family tradition or not, but although He Chen wasn't very good at academics, he did have a certain talent for cooking.
In less than half a month in the kitchen, He Chen was already quite skilled at chopping vegetables. Sha Zhu and He Daqing might have been reluctant to teach others, but they wouldn't have been with He Chen.
Within six months, He Chen's cooking had become quite professional, and the taste was pretty good. Unless the customer was particularly picky, they generally wouldn't find fault with it.
As long as they weren't regular customers, Sha Zhu and his team would let He Chen cook for them.
When Wei Hua learned that He Cheng had chosen to become a chef instead of studying, he didn't say anything, because that's how the prevailing view was in that era.
The practice of sons following in their fathers' footsteps has long been a custom, and this custom has persisted for hundreds of years. Generally, whatever industry the father is engaged in, his son will also follow in that industry.
Becoming a chef is nothing to be ashamed of. It's Sha Zhu's choice, and it's He Chen's choice too; Wei Hua has no right to interfere.
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