The main thing is to make money, and the rest is just a matter of convenience.

In Country A, Hua Yan listened attentively to Rong Hua's performance report on Xifu Bank and Wuyou Insurance Company, met with Fu Yue, and discussed follow-up work.

Hua Yan also met Liu Liang, who had built a secret training base here. It was a manor covering an area of ​​about 200 acres. Hua Yan had also discovered a treasure underground before.

This place is now not only Liu Liang's training base, but also the location where he secretly interrogates prisoners in cooperation with An Xin. Many plans to sabotage China were discovered here.

Hua Yan explained the importance of Country A to Liu Liang, so he now uses Country A as his base to carry out various missions.

When Hua Yan isn't on missions, Liu Liang takes on his own, but his primary role is to support An Xin. He also oversees the military industrial enterprises here. A12s are continuously imported from here to various countries. The military factory now produces other firearms and ammunition, but primarily A12s.

Originally, only Hua Yan knew about the basement, but now she has a more important mission. For safety reasons, Hua Yan told Liu Liang about the basement, just in case.

“Ninth Master, if you don’t object, I’d like to convert this place into a prison to detain those enemies who have harmed us.”

Upon seeing the basement, Liu Liang immediately realized its purpose.

"Okay, but we must not give anyone any leverage over us."

Hua Yan trusted Liu Liang, but still cautiously gave him a word of advice.

"Okay! I understand."

A week later, Hua Yan traveled to Country D.

Hua Yan has visas for various countries so that she can travel anywhere conveniently.

She has been traveling abroad frequently these past few years, and has also been on important missions, so whenever she has time, she goes to the embassies of various countries to apply for visas.

Fortunately, Kyoto has a fairly comprehensive network of embassies, so there's no need to travel around.

As Ronghua watched Huayan take out visas from various countries, he suddenly realized that he should also be prepared.

Haha! Luckily, Hua Yan has Plum Blossom Valley, otherwise I would really be worried about keeping such an important thing on my person.

-

With her feet firmly planted on the soil of Country D, Hua Yan felt the uniqueness of this country, the only one in the world to occupy an entire continent, because it was in the Southern Hemisphere and had a completely different climate from China.

An Xin and his team settled in Sydney, where the economy is more prosperous and it is close to the political center, making it convenient to carry out their work.

Hua Yan didn't have An Xin pick her up at the airport; instead, she went directly to their place.

Hua Yan required An Xin and Liu Liang to purchase property abroad, specifically detached villas far from the city center, for greater security and convenience while working.

An Xin arranged for twenty people here to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the political, economic, and cultural information of Country D.

Hua Yan took three different taxis to get here. She got off at a far distance and watched the taxis drive away before heading to the place An Xin had told her about.

This place was indeed chosen according to her requirements. It's a small estate, nothing like Liu Liang's estate in Country A; it's at most fifty acres of land.

Size doesn't matter, the main thing is to avoid being noticed and attract attention.

Far from the city, there was only one maid and one farmer. An Xin and his group of twenty people were all taken care of by this maid, who was responsible for their food, drink, and daily needs—it wasn't an easy job. The farmer was in charge of fifty acres of land; he probably didn't have the energy to keep an eye on An Xin and his group.

An Xin and Xue Biao led eight people to collect political intelligence, while the remaining ten were responsible for collecting information on economic, cultural, medical, and other aspects.

Upon seeing Hua Yan, the most excited person was not An Xin, but Xue Biao, as if he had seen a relative.

"Jiu'er!"

"Nineth Master!"

An Xin and Xue Biao spoke at the same time. An Xin was used to calling him Ninth Master, while Xue Biao hadn't changed his address yet.

"Uncle Xue, Uncle Xin."

Hua Yan greeted the two people, but she didn't recognize the people behind them.

An Xin didn't waste any words, took Hua Yan's luggage, and led her to the conference room.

Haha! Men are so careless, they don't even ask if their beloved is tired.

Fortunately, Hua Yan is made of iron and doesn't know how to get tired.

"Ninth Master, we've discovered that Country D and Country A have been in frequent contact..."

An Xin recounted the intelligence he had gathered.

Hua Yan also knew that in her previous life, Country D was Country A's lackey, so it was normal for them to have close contact.

"We've solved what we can, and for what we can't, I report it to the government and let them take action."

Hua Yan didn't force the issue; besides solving the problem, she also needed to ensure An Xin and the others' safety.

"Okay! I'll have Liangzi and the others handle it."

An Xin now clearly understands what his task is and when he needs help.

After two hours of discussion, Hua Yan analyzed all the intelligence An Xin had previously gathered and made the final arrangements.

"Uncle Xin, you have a heavy task. Right now, you are focusing your energy on anti-China forces abroad. Thank you for your hard work."

"Ninth Master, should I pause or slow down the gathering of information from other aspects?"

“Continue what is already being done, and temporarily stop what has not yet been carried out. If there are not enough people to collect information on anti-China forces, apply to Brother Quan to transfer people over.”

Hua Yan knew that the big events of next year were not far off. She processed the information she could handle herself, and anonymously mailed the rest to Old Master Wang; she didn't trust anyone else.

She has done all she could; now, all she can do is wait and see how things develop.

After spending a few days with An Xin, Hua Yan wandered around and unexpectedly ran into Zhang Wei, an old acquaintance from her past life. However, it was clear that this person did not recognize her now.

In her past life, this person was a financial program host on television, but unexpectedly, she was from Country D. At that time, Hua Yan was a well-known entrepreneur, and Zhang Wei had interviewed Hua Yan several times.

Hua Yan gave Zhang Wei a lot of benefits, which made her very willing to get close to Hua Yan and provide her with a lot of inside information.

I heard that her boyfriend also works at a TV station, as a reporter for a military program. I think his surname is Jian, but Hua Yan can't remember.

I don't know how Zhang Wei ended up at Huaxia University, but she's clearly still a college student.

Hua Yan didn't take this person to heart, because given the current trajectory, the chances of them meeting were slim.

A few days later, Hua Yan left Country D and returned to school, and Zhang Wei's story was automatically blocked.

Years later, Hua Yan suddenly realized that her fate was inextricably linked to this woman.

-

"Little sister Jiu'er, I never expected that we would be classmates."

Ye Zhuang looked at his younger sister with some emotion, wondering how she could have undergone such a dramatic change in just one holiday!

"Yes! The principal suggested I pursue a master's degree, so I chose international trade as my major."

Hua Yan thought that she would pay more attention to international affairs in the future, and this major would be of great help to her.

"What? You can choose whatever you want?"

Ye Zhuang was somewhat incredulous.

Hua Yan nodded, not understanding what was so surprising about it.

"No... Brother, what's going on?"

Ye Zhuang looked at Men Sheng with a feeling of unease.

Men Sheng was also curious about what was going on, but when he thought about his younger sister's abilities, he understood everything.

"The fact that Jiu'er was able to get into a master's program despite not meeting the usual requirements says it all. What we can't do is no problem for her."

Men Sheng and Ye Zhuang could only be recommended for admission to the same master's program, but if they wanted to study international trade, they would have to take the entrance exam themselves.

Haha! That's the difference.

Ye Zhuang nodded resignedly. But he was even happier that he could be with Hua Yan all the time.

On her first day of class, Hua Yan immediately attracted the attention of her classmates.

Professor Yuan is one of the most renowned professors at Yenching University. He supervised eight master's students, so in addition to Hua Yanmensheng and Ye Zhuang, there were five other students.

Hua Yan didn't rule out pursuing a master's degree, partly to build connections for her business empire.

Hua Yan is so young. They've never seen such a young graduate student before. Even Professor Yuan is seeing her for the first time.

Seeing Ye Zhuang and Men Sheng chatting enthusiastically with Hua Yan, the other classmates inquired about her background and learned about it.

When Professor Yuan entered, his gaze first fell on Hua Yan.

"You're Hua Yan?"

"Yes, Professor, hello! It is a great honor to be your student."

Hua Yan also indulged in a worldly act, offering some flattery.

"I should be the one who is honored! The principal said you are a rare genius and told me to pay more attention to you."

Professor Yuan's words sounded somewhat emotional.

Ye Zhuang and Men Sheng looked at each other, but Hua Yan didn't react.

Hehe! People who haven't witnessed Hua Yan's strength are bound to have doubts, which doesn't surprise her at all.