Chapter 338: A Carefully Arranged Drama

“The Lebanese government! It’s all those damn bastards!” Khalid gritted his teeth.
“If only they had disposed of those thousands of tons of ‘explosives’ sooner, this wouldn’t have happened!
Six years! They fucking left it there for six whole years!”
“Has the cause of the accident… been found?”
“Not yet. But records show that workers were welding near the warehouse before the explosion.
The explosion probably started from there…”
In short, it was a man-made disaster caused by a lack of safety awareness.
Suddenly, a chilling absurdity rose from the depths of Khalid’s heart.
Why?
Why did this “time bomb” lie quietly for six years, only to explode after the Levant took over?!
And after Fang Huan and his gang of lunatics maliciously inflated the price, causing him to bleed 30 billion?!
“Wait… Fang Huan?”
“Huh?”
“Think about it! Who benefited most from this explosion?! Besides Fang Huan, who else?!”
“Well, that’s true, but you suspect… arson?”
“The timing! Don’t you think the timing is too weird?!
We just took over, and it exploded! Six years passed without incident, and now it’s gone!
Don’t you think this is like something planned?!”
Indeed, it was too coincidental. A coincidence like a meticulously orchestrated drama.
“Could it be… Fang Huan and her gang…”
“It must be them!” Khalid’s eyes flashed with a frenzied hatred. “They absolutely did it!”
“But we have no evidence.”
That was the most frustrating part.
Even if there were evidence, it would have been wiped out in that earth-shattering explosion, along with the entire port.
"I remember... wasn't there a rumor that Fang Huan was involved in the Tianjin Port incident back then?"
"Ah, yes. A shipping alliance forcibly suppressed Fang Huan Shipping.
Not long after, a massive explosion occurred at the port, and the alliance collapsed."
"See! This script is exactly the same!"
Once is a coincidence, twice...
That can't be a coincidence!
Fang Huan... those devils!
"Mr. President, these are just your guesses. We have a more pressing problem now!"
His subordinate anxiously interrupted his thoughts, "After the explosion, the Lebanese government's actions... are very suspicious!"
"What do you mean?"
"They want to pin all the blame on us!
This incident has had a huge impact. They planted the bomb for six years; they can't escape responsibility, so...
They desperately need a scapegoat to quell the anger in the country over their six years of inaction!"
"They want us to take the blame so they can wash their hands of it?" Khalid trembled with rage.
“Yes, this has escalated to a national emergency and a political crisis.
They need a scapegoat of sufficient weight, one who is an ‘outsider.’”
Khalid’s fists clenched white. He knew, of course, what this meant.
Eighty percent of Lebanon’s imports depend on the Port of Beirut; now that the port is gone, the lifeline of the entire country has been severed.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, and the entire country is on the verge of collapse.
Someone has to take the blame!
Meanwhile, the Lebanese government, which had accepted countless sums of dirty money from the Levant while allowing dangerous goods to circumvent regulations for six years, was now grinning maliciously, turning its blade towards the Levant, this "fat sheep."
"These sons of bitches! Haven't I paid them enough?!"
"You know, Mr. President, the most untrustworthy thing in this world is the face of a politician."
"We absolutely cannot let them succeed! Spend money, no matter how much, to bribe those key figures. We must turn this mess around!"
Khalid knew all too well that capital was cold, but politics was even more ruthless.
***
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world.
An unprecedented wave was sweeping the globe.
The savior humanity had been eagerly awaiting—the Emotional Vaccine—was finally beginning large-scale distribution.
In the meeting room of Fanghuan Investment, Liu Bo was reporting on the progress of the vaccine.
"...In summary, with the global rollout of vaccines, governments worldwide have implemented corresponding mandatory or semi-mandatory vaccination policies.
Taking China as an example, completing one dose grants a green health code, which allows free access to restaurants, shopping malls, office buildings, and all other public facilities."
This means that vaccines are, in effect, becoming a new form of "social identity card."
"I've heard that many people abroad are resisting vaccines?"
"Yes, there's a lot of opposition in some regions, especially in the United States.
Many religious groups claim that vaccines contain the '666 mark' mentioned in the Book of Revelation, and that vaccination will lead to demonic control—this is highly inflammatory."
"Even more outrageous claims include that vaccines contain nanochips, and that vaccination will result in mind control."
Fortunately, such conspiracy theories have virtually no market in our country.
"This is mainly due to our high level of education, strong social organization capabilities, and cultural differences.
Compared to individualism, our culture emphasizes collectivism.
The concept of prioritizing the greater good is understood and accepted by the vast majority of people.
Therefore, the willingness and efficiency of vaccination in our country should be the highest in the world."
"The WHO predicts that, considering booster shots, it will take at least three years to completely control the pandemic globally."
Three years.
This means that for the next thousand days and nights, Fang Huan's investment in a money-printing machine…
No, it's the vaccine production line, that will be reaping the world's wealth at an unprecedented speed!
“What about our competitors?” Su Hao asked.
“They’re gone. Our technology is at least a generation ahead of theirs, and our progress is overwhelming.
Most importantly, the scale of our production lines is unmatched by their combined total.
Pfizer and several other companies have announced they’ve abandoned the development of similar vaccines.”
In other words, in this vaccine war concerning the fate of humanity, Fang Huan has achieved an absolute monopoly!
“Then… how much can we earn just from selling vaccines?” Su Hao continued.
“AstraZeneca provided a financial model calculation; if we maintain exclusive supply, our annual revenue would be around $150 billion.
Oh, by the way, AstraZeneca’s stock price has already increased sevenfold.”
$150 billion!
In one year!
This isn't just a money printing press; it's like opening a fountain in your own backyard that spews out US dollars!
Indeed, monopolies are the most terrifying form of exorbitant profit in the world.