I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"Mr. Zhang, the natural gas supply to Kaibong from the Middle East has already been stopped, but there are still some countries’ gas resources that are not under your control, though their proportion is not high and won’t affect your plans."

"Hmm, very good!" Zhang Menglong nodded in satisfaction, "What about the coalfields?"

"All the coalfields in Australia have been completely bought out, and just this part alone has cut off more than 90% of Kaibong’s supply," Hong Yi said, "However, the order was to make sure they couldn’t buy a single ton of coal, which did take some effort, but by now, Kaibong should have already hit a wall."

"You have worked hard." Zhang Menglong reclined with one leg crossed over the other, "Those turtles must be panicking now! They even refused to export rare earth minerals to us, let’s see who can outplay whom!"

"Mr. Zhang, you actually didn’t need to go through so much trouble," Hong Yi said, "In the western Seido region of Kaibong, there is a large piece of land that your ancestors bought. If you used that land to threaten them, they would surely compromise."

"Am I the kind of person who bullies others with power?" Zhang Menglong said with a face of integrity, "If I did that, others would definitely call me despicable and shameless! But by purchasing the coal that was originally going to be burned by Kaibong, that is supporting sustainable development and contributing to the mitigation of global warming!"

Hong Yi couldn’t help but roll her eyes, she was already used to Zhang Menglong’s hypocritical behavior. "Despicable and shameless"? When he used other people’s deposits in Qingqiu to force them to compromise, didn’t he know about being "despicable and shameless"?

"Mr. Zhang, Kaibong has now taken this matter to the international magazines, it seems they want to use the power of public opinion to force you into submission?"

"Oh?" Zhang Menglong raised an eyebrow and immediately turned on his phone.

"Kaibong’s coal import blocked, credited to actions of Huaxia’s richest man, Zhang Menglong!"

This bold headline had become the top story across major media today.

"What’s happening? Today’s news is quite unusual!"

"What does ’blocked’ mean? Does Mr. Zhang have such great power that he can block a developed country like Kaibong from importing energy? To say it’s blocked just like that?"

"I’ve heard some rumors over here, I have a friend who works at an energy company in Australia, their company deals in coal mining, part of which was to be exported to Kaibong. However, I heard a few days ago that a new buyer outbid others for the coal that was supposed to go to Kaibong, offering $240 per ton, even covering the penalty fees!"

"What? $240 a ton? Holy shit, I remember when the coal price was at its highest, It was just over $100 per ton, right? With the current import-export situation, $60-70 per ton is already really good, this is simply more than double!"

"You guys do the math, Kaibong imported nearly two hundred million tons of coal last year, if they continue at this rate this year, that’s $48 billion at $240 per ton! How rich is Mr. Zhang exactly?"

"No no no! That’s not even the highest price, another friend of mine said their coalfield was also leased to some mysterious boss, with an offer of $320 per ton!"

"Impressive! With this move, Mr. Zhang really stirs up a big scene!"

"What’s really going on? Why did Mr. Zhang suddenly take action against Kaibong?"

"You don’t know? Mr. Zhang wanted to import rare earth minerals from Kaibong for making photoresist, but apparently, Kaibong refused to sell, this is probably retaliation!"

"That’s ruthless! Without the coal, won’t their coal-fired power plants just become useless decorations?"

"Don’t believe everything you hear!" Zhang Menglong immediately spoke out through his social media platform, "With environmental pollution being so severe in recent years, a large part of it is caused by burning coal, especially in those industrially developed countries. By buying up that coal and stacking it up somewhere without burning it, isn’t that indirectly protecting the environment?"

"As for accidentally taking a share meant for our friends in Kaibong, I can only apologize. You can go and buy from other coalfields. If you’re short on money, you can come and borrow from me!"

"Hahaha! I give this reason 99 points, and withhold one point for fear Mr. Zhang becomes arrogant!"

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"Hahaha, normally, wealthy people just own the mines. Mr. Zhang went one step further — he’s practically building a mine with two hundred million tons of coal!"

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The strong condemnation from the people of Kaibong seemed utterly meaningless to netizens, who were not only not going to blame Zhang Menglong, but also praised him in their hearts for his slick move.

But the attitudes of the countries that had good relations with Kaibong were completely different. When the big brother was in trouble, how could they not offer help?

"We demand that Zhang Menglong immediately return those coal resource shares to Kaibong and publicly apologize!"

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"What is this? What small country? Palau? I’ve never even heard of it!"

"I know about this one. Long ago, they almost got assimilated by Kaibong and their current leader has a very strong pro-Kaibong stance."

"I think they are insulting Mr. Zhang. Going to fetch four of five hundred billion US Dollars in cash, and you think Mr. Zhang can’t produce it? Are you fucking kidding me!"

"Not very harmful but extremely insulting, I suggest Mr. Zhang directly report this to the International Court for an insult charge!"

"Mr. Zhang already said, he is contributing to the global environment, how can you mortals not understand Mr. Zhang’s great ambition? Oh, I can hardly keep this up, Mr. Zhang, could you settle my payment later!"

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"Any Tom, Dick, or Harry thinks they can jump up and make a fuss!"

Looking at those so-called strong condemnations, Zhang Menglong felt not the slightest disturbance and even felt like laughing. America hadn’t even spoken yet, and those countries, barely able to feed themselves, were worried about themselves and still had the audacity to support Kaibong in protest?

"Mr. Zhang!" Hong Yi said from the side, "Those small countries almost completely rely on coal for their power generation, do you want me to cut off their coal supply as well?"

Numbers popped up on Hong Yi’s computer, "Mr. Zhang, the combined annual coal import of these small countries doesn’t even reach 5000 tons, and they mostly import from Australia and Yinhei. Given our previous cooperation, it’d be easy to buy out their importing share."

"No need," Zhang Menglong shook his head, "These countries are too pitiful. I can’t bear to cut off their electricity."

"They’re not very effective internationally, but they still make some noise."

"Well," Zhang Menglong chuckled, "those coal resources we cut off from Kaibong, let’s gift some to them!"

"Huh?" Hong Yi was stunned. They were helping to speak up for Kaibong, and you want to gift them coal? What kind of reverse operation was this?

"It’s okay, you help me spread the word, I’ve got their coal supply covered for the next ten years. They should know what to do!"

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"What? Giving us ten years’ worth of coal? We import 800 tons of coal a year. That’s several billion US Dollars over ten years! That would save our country a huge amount of money!"

"Really? You’re serious? Got it, got it, we know what to do!"

"Hmph! Kaibong invaded our country before, leaving serious impacts, and we’ve been wanting to stand up against them for a long time!"

When those small countries received the call orchestrated by Hong Yi, they were overjoyed as if they had found money!

Although they had always looked up to Kaibong, they had never received any form of aid from Kaibong, whether economically or militarily.

Now, with such significant benefits laid before them, billions of US Dollars might not mean much to large countries, but for some small countries, it could be equivalent to a year’s GDP!

Faced with such temptation, who cared about face? They quickly changed their previous statements.

"Our country strongly condemns the blood-splattering actions of Kaibong!"

"Kaibong emits a huge amount of greenhouse gases each year. Mr. Zhang’s actions aim to protect the environment, which is a critical rescue operation concerning all humanity!"

"What’s happening?" Seeing those small countries that previously supported Kaibong switching sides, both the domestic and international netizens were extremely surprised.

Seeing the latest reports, Zhang Menglong revealed a satisfied smile, "Indeed, ’smells good’ might be delayed, but it never fails to show up!"