Half the afternoon had passed by the time Ma Lifei finished reading all the articles.
"How could there be such an intelligent person in this world?"
"Mr. Shanhe has a very keen eye for political and economic trends. Judging from the current situation, most of what he said will become reality."
He felt a little regretful: "I really want to meet him in person."
"This science fiction novel may be called a novel, but I actually feel that many of the ideas in it are practical. It doesn't seem like something that was proposed out of thin air."
"I'm afraid this is difficult. Mr. Shanhe is not only a great writer, but also the owner of a newspaper." The person opposite said with some regret.
"Well, it seems that I have no chance with Mr. Shanhe for the time being."
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The publication of the novel in North America and Europe has been put on the agenda. I heard from Christophe's wife that they have already started preparations for publicity. They have invited many aristocratic ladies to help with the promotion, and the results are very good so far.
But An Jingzhi no longer had time to pay attention to these things.
The war he predicted came.
Perhaps it is due to the different time and space. Although the general direction is the same, the specific events involved have also undergone slight changes.
But it was actually pretty close to what he predicted.
The island nation brazenly launched a war in the north and took over most of the land without losing a single soldier.
Before the Chinese people could be shocked, warships were already lurking outside the Magic City.
This incident shocked the whole world.
Before the national government had time to deal with the loss of territory, it was about to face the island nation's powerful ships and guns.
In the government building, everyone was walking hurriedly with anxious looks on their faces.
"Yes, yes, yes! I will definitely calm the public's emotions as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone and wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, the government official made another call and called the people outside.
When the visitor came in, he immediately ordered: "Guide the people's emotions as quickly as possible! Don't let them become disappointed in the army!"
"We must fight this war! And we must win! Otherwise, the Nationalist government will lose face all over the world!"
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Faced with the enemy's warships, the entire government was making full preparations and mobilizing troops from all directions.
Seeing the government's full preparations, coupled with the guidance of public opinion by newspapers and public intellectuals, the panicked citizens of Shanghai finally calmed down a lot.
What followed was an outpouring of patriotism, with people donating money and materials to support the front lines.
Even Xie Yingfeng's textile factory donated a lot of gauze and clothing.
Sanniang's newspaper also received a political task from the government and wrote several articles to guide national sentiment.
In short, everything is in order and everyone is united.
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The arrival of the war verified that An Jingzhi's article warning about war was true.
Countless people were looking for the first edition of the article, and An Jingzhi's reputation spread throughout China for the first time.
"What kind of monster is this An Jingzhi?"
"They had already accurately predicted the islanders' evil ambitions a few years ago! How despicable! And no one took it seriously!"
"With such farsightedness and foresight, this person is no ordinary person."
"Hurry, hurry! Go and help me find all of Mr. Shanhe's articles!"
"From now on, I will be given a daily subscription from Tongxing Newspaper."
Ordinary people noticed it, and government officials naturally remembered the article as well.
Some people thought of recruiting An Jingzhi to work in the economic department after the war was over.
Before long, the two sides were on the verge of war, with the sound of artillery fire everywhere.
Although the Kuomintang officials did not take action, the soldiers fighting on the front lines were actually fighting for the country.
The textile factories were operating almost day and night, and there was a shortage of manpower, so many people spontaneously helped transport these supplies to the front line.
An Jingzhi also participated in the transportation of materials. In addition, he asked Xu Ergou to hurry up and collect antiques. At this time, many people wanted to run away with their valuables, and antiques were definitely sold at a rare low price in history.
It took three months from the beginning of the war to the end.
In the past three months, prices in the entire Magic City have increased more than tenfold.
Fortunately, the people of the whole country were united and finally defeated the enemy.
Walking on the road, listening to all kinds of thunderous cheers, An Jingzhi felt very heavy in his heart.
All this is just the beginning. This time the whole country is united, and the country has just lost its territory, so this battle cannot be lost. Then, can they resist the next time?
When he returned home, Xu Ergou was drinking tea in the living room. Upon seeing him come back, he immediately stood up happily and reported the recent situation.
"When these people saw the war, they all wanted to run away. I asked my brothers to help collect them. In just three months," he himself was astonished by the result: "We collected two thousand antiques!"
“And they’re all sold at a low price!”
My goodness, this is much faster than collecting antiques by themselves. If he had to rely on himself, I don’t know how long it would take to collect so many antiques.
In fact, he was also thinking about running away at that time. After all, they took over the northern lands almost without any soldiers. Now they have reached the Magic City. It is normal that they have no hope.
Later, perhaps An Jingzhi's attitude infected him, so he chose to stay. At worst, he could hide in the concession.
Fortunately, the defense was finally successful, and the Twelve Dogs felt the same as many other people.
They felt that although they suffered heavy casualties this time, they had repelled the enemy. If they could repel the enemy the first time, they could repel them the second time, letting those bastards know not to covet things that they should not covet.
"Very good. As usual, you will help pack the antiques and put them in the villa I bought."
There were so many antiques that An Jingzhi originally wanted to keep them in a bank, but later he thought that banks were unreliable at that time, so he decided to store them himself.
He specially bought a villa in the concession to store these antiques. Who knows, it might become their home in the future.
The whole government was excited about the victory.
But some people knew that this was just a test.
After this battle, everyone who wanted to know about An Jingzhi's articles on current affairs and economics has read them all.
The article clearly states that if the people of the island nation want to develop, they can only rely on war and invasion. China, which is closest to them, is the best target for the other side, not to mention that the other side has already taken action and swallowed up the land in the north.
There were people who really wanted to remind those above them not to be happy too soon, but these reminders had no effect.
The whole country was immersed in the cheers of victory.
Red zone.
"This time, the islanders brazenly launched a two-pronged war. It's clear they've been planning their attack on the North for a long time, and their attack on the Magic City was just a superficial test."
"Just a test has caused such a huge loss to the government. The soldiers are almost wiped out."
"Mr. Shanhe's article is really accurate. Although we won once, the situation is not optimistic."
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