I, Doctor in the US-Chapter 535 - 472: Industry Should Decline! The Pandemic Strikes Again! _2

Because planes couldn't take off or land, there were no arresting wires.

In the end, out of ideas, the genius Ah-San came up with a brilliant idea, simply connect two aircraft carriers together, let's give it a try.

Goodness, it's really something.

Even if it succeeded, wouldn't that just mean two aircraft carriers become one?

One should say, Ah-San was lucky, fortunately, it failed.

You can still make up some nonsense to cover up the failure.

If it had succeeded, they'd use this method when they really go to war.

Everyone in the world would laugh their heads off.

Back to the United States shipbuilding industry, it kept shrinking after World War II.

And in recent years, it's shrunk even faster.

Mainly, they outsourced many shipbuilding orders.

Someone is bound to ask.

Don't we still need to trade?

We need ships!

That's true, but what's up with those foreign trade order ships?

Or rather, who is behind them?

The Zhao Family.

Some people certainly wouldn't believe it, just a Zhao Family, how could they be so powerful? How could they control so many merchant ships?

But, sorry to say, they really have controlled them.

This thing is actually quite easy to understand in America.

Because things are done by people, Americans also believe in individual heroism.

The responsibility rests on Elaine Chao!

Her original position was to manage this, but her office... in New York, has hardly any people, and is very small in size.

The larger office is in our Shanghai.

Due to this issue, the New York Times did some very in-depth reporting, even pursuing Elaine Chao for years.

Unfortunately, it was useless.

Elaine Chao couldn't care less, she had plenty of excuses.

Furthermore, her husband is no ordinary person.

The old man appears somewhat dull, every American believes McConnell, this Old Deng, should hurry up and die.

Unfortunately, he won't die, he continues to hold a high position, wielding great power. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

He could drive America's 'enlightened ones' crazy.

But this is really just a microcosm.

This actually brings up another issue.

Why is American industry constantly declining!

It should be said that it is continuously shrinking.

Moreover, the speed of this is getting faster and faster.

How could this be?

It's particularly simple.

Because what is America playing now, not playing finance!

Playing finance, playing high-tech, playing... but fundamentally, it's playing finance.

Probably most people don't understand why doing these things leads to industrial decline.

The reason is really quite simple.

Just like America's Rust Belt.

The steel industry actually requires a whole set of things in itself.

In the current Chinese internet, many, many people say something.

China's steel industry is indeed large, and the output is indeed high.

But not strong.

Their reason is that the steel China produces is not high-level enough.

But these people, simply don't understand.

The so-called high-level, high-quality, high-tech steel.

It itself requires a large amount of basic steel.

On the flip side.

Without the lowest grade basic steel, there is no top-notch level steel.

It's especially obvious in America.

Because the profit in the basic steel industry is too low.

Just say the simplest situation, American bank interest rates are around 2%.

Even in the strong US dollar phase, rates could be as high as 5%.

Then, any capitalist, no matter how dim-witted, would do one thing.

Sell the steel mills or shut them down, in short, exchange those things for money.

Then deposit it in the bank.

Alright, done, the profit is many times higher than when the steel mill was running!

The key is, you don't have to do anything, just spend the days counting money is fine.

Steel mills, especially those that produce lower-tier steel products.

Profits are extremely low.

Or many times actually losing money.

According to the American logic, they shouldn't exist.

So, they don't exist!

America's steel production is getting lower and lower.

With low steel production, what about other industries?

The most fundamental aspects of industry are actually two things.

One is petrochemicals and the other is steel.

Steel profits are too low, they don't deal with it.

That naturally causes the industry to become more and more humiliating.

But there's still petrochemicals?

Very simple, the chemical market is actually broader.

Just like... pharmaceuticals.

The modern hospital industry is closely integrated with the chemical industry.

Once we've unlocked the chains of DNA, we can manufacture all the drugs we need through chemical means.

So, the United States may be rusty, but its healthcare industry is very strong.

Moreover, with such a high-profit pharmaceutical industry.

The United States here is still a completely commercialized nation.

Human lives are put on the market.

Fantastic!

Wall Street is thrilled.

As such, a powerful complex of healthcare and finance was formed.

People often mention the military-industrial complex.

But actually, those guys still need all kinds of approvals, to make up false accounts, all kinds of nonsense.

Like a thousand-dollar coffee mug, for example.

Our pharmaceutical industry doesn't need to.

Yes, a new drug comes out, whatever price we set is what goes.

What? You're not satisfied?

Do you understand medicine?

Indeed, in one sentence, that's enough.

So why wouldn't American industry decline?

Like those government departments that don't do anything for more than a decade.

Of course, also perfectly normal.

As for why not cut them... in case they're needed one day.

For instance, they finally realize that such a big country as the United States can't even make ships anymore.

It's just that by the time that realization hits, it's surely too late.

But it doesn't matter, this is America, after all.

Zhou Mo Sen, the Minister of Health.

Not that he's being lazy, he's just better at slacking off.

However, unexpected occurrences do happen.

Zhou Mo Sen was planning which beauty would come to his estate.

Go horse riding, or something else...

Unexpectedly, Great America really had a problem.

"Boss! Swine flu is here!"

"Ah?"

It was indeed somewhat unexpected for Zhou Mo Sen, wasn't it already here once before?

That time... actually, that time was really quite strange.

Now it's here again?

Well then, let's get to work!

Zhou Mo Sen immediately transformed into the Minister of Health.

With his professional ability, and various data reported by subordinates.

Anyway, as of now.

It should still be coming from Mexico.

Historically, many of these contagious diseases have come from that direction.

Then, Zhou Mo Sen made a PowerPoint.

It's a must, he had to do it himself.

Yes, our Minister of Health was quite capable, at least he didn't delegate the task to his subordinates.

Of course, Zhou Mo Sen had his motives.

I must be diligent and responsible.

The crucial data and whatnot must be made very clear.

After finishing all these tasks.

Zhou Mo Sen then set off north.

Washington, D.C., was really not far from where he lived.

To make a report!

I'm the Minister of Health, I have to let these politician lords know!

In the end, something happened that left Zhou Mo Sen quite helpless.

"It has to go through Congress!"

Indeed, things are like that here in America, even though this is a pretty urgent situation.

What to do, still needs to follow a procedure.

A bill has to be drafted.

In saying this, the situation arises again.

Zhou Mo Sen wants to draft a bill?

Great, do you have any bargaining chips?

It really left Zhou Mo Sen slightly shocked.

He didn't expect, that even this matter needed to be handled this way.

Of course, their Ministry of Health also issued warnings.

Informing many people about the swine flu issue.

But, surely, there are more people who will never see this warning.

And some necessary measures were also taken afterward.

But this is just a small force from the Ministry of Health.

If you want to really accomplish great things, it still has to go through a bill!

No wonder, last time it also dragged on.

Now it's Zhou Mo Sen's turn, and he finds it immensely difficult.

However... a deal is a deal.

There aren't many people on the Democratic side who can support him.

So...should he look for some characters from the Republican side?

"Master, you know I will definitely support you."

Fortunately, Zhou Mo Sen had acquaintances.

As a congresswoman from the Republican Party, Jennifer Connelly extended an olive branch to him.

This matter... even Zhou Mo Sen laughed himself.

Luckily I have my own people!

Except, in Jennifer Connelly's eyes... there was a familiar spark.