"This guy speaks with such conviction!" As he finished speaking, everyone present felt a wave of dizziness. They had all been filled with fear and apprehension about the future development of HY. But after hearing this man speak, everything seemed much less terrifying.
They could all sit at home and wait for HY to collapse on its own.
"So, Mr. Bick believes we should focus on limiting its development speed from now on!" someone asked with a smile.
"Excuse me, Mr. Bick!" The patriarch of the DuPont family stood up, even offering a slight bow to Mr. Bick before asking, "Since you've proposed this idea, you must have a foolproof plan, haven't you?"
"A foolproof plan is too strong a word, I merely have a few thoughts!" Bick quickly bowed to DuPont and said earnestly, "I believe there are four steps we should take in the future."
"Step 1, ..."
"I can understand the public opinion in India, but why should we create the image of a clown for HY?" DuPont asked, confused. "This won't provoke HY's hatred, will it?"
"Yes, sir. This is mainly because HY has no deep-seated animosity with India as a nation, and HY is actively cultivating an image of peaceful international development. If we directly promoted a threat theory, it would likely be suppressed immediately and would be difficult to succeed."
"On the contrary, if we portray him as a clown, there will be no resistance. In fact, it would be something all HY would welcome. When all HY people think he's a clown, that he's just making a fool of himself, and that their own country can defeat him with a single finger."
"Then, if an opportunity arises in the future for India to strike a heavy blow against HY, how will the mindset of HY people change?"
"To give a simple example, if a person is stabbed by their enemy, or by a very powerful opponent, and the wound is not fatal. They certainly won't choose to retaliate immediately; instead, they will hesitate, or accumulate strength, and look for a better opportunity for revenge. Such an attack would not affect the overall situation between the two parties, after all, having been enemies for so long, it's only natural for you to hit me and for me to hit you."
"But if a person is at home peacefully and is suddenly stabbed by a despicable, emaciated individual whom they never took seriously and viewed as a joke, they will fall into a frenzy of rage and retaliate without any restraint, perhaps even burning down the house."
"Both situations involve being stabbed, but the results are completely different."
"I understand what Mr. Bick means!" The patriarch of the DuPont family chuckled slightly. "It's like if a friend from Boston stole a business deal from me, I'd at most curse him out at home, or seek minor revenge in other ways. Our two families wouldn't come to blows."
"But if an Indian company tried to snatch business from me, I would be so angry I'd crush them immediately!"
"Am I right, my friends!" DuPont said this while raising a toast to the patriarch of the Boston consortium, who merely rolled his eyes in return.
You see, when DuPont teased him, Boston only offered an eye-roll. But if someone else at the gathering teased Boston, it was quite possible that person would suffer a car accident a few days later. These things were all quite normal.
"What about the second step?" DuPont continued to ask.
"The second, ..."
"Indeed, I've had this thought for a while!" DuPont nodded. "What about the third step?"
"The third step targets India, which is to further promote Hinduism and transform India from a secular state into a religious one!" Bick said with a smile.
"Interesting. Didn't you say that India's caste system is its greatest advantage? Why are you now suggesting we expand this advantage?" DuPont asked.
"It is an advantage currently because the secular government and the religious government have reached a balance, making everything just right. But if this balance is broken, good things will turn into bad things."
"India's caste system allows the greatest resources to be concentrated on the elite, but ladies and gentlemen, please don't forget that currently, India nominally does not have a caste system. The caste system is unconstitutional!"
"It is precisely because of these secular policies that these elites, more or less, have to pretend to be concerned about the country's future."
"Even if it's just pretending, they still have to constantly invest in the military, invest in the economy, and maintain the livelihoods of the lower castes, all of which ultimately drives the entire country forward."
"If religion were to completely triumph, and even achieve the unification of religious and political power in India, then the caste system would be reinstated in the constitution. The Brahmins and Kshatriyas, the elites, could legitimately exploit the lower castes without any legal risk, as it would be legal."
"Since I can live a life superior to others by exploiting the lower castes while lying down, why should I go to great lengths to develop the country and make it stronger?"
"On the contrary, what these people should do is monopolize education, completely isolate all lower castes from education, and even cut off all external communication, implementing a policy of national isolation. This would maximize the stability of religious authority!"
"Would a country like this still be interested in vying for the status of world superpower?"
"Even more so, to maintain such a system forever, they would actively become our dependents, using our strength to maintain the stability of their own regime. It can be imagined that as long as India's religious authority returns, this country will never pose any threat again."
"Therefore, I suggest that we immediately select a religious leader and a compliant politician in India, provide them with all the financial support, and help them achieve political achievements and successes as quickly as possible, eventually finding a way to support this politician to become the leader of India, and simultaneously, with the help of this politician, continuously expand the influence of the religious leader, ultimately developing towards a religious state!"
"This is a development direction that all Indian elites dream of. They will not refuse it, and the entire country will move forward according to our arrangements. This way, India's future will be completely severed."
"Excellent!" DuPont couldn't help but exclaim, and the others followed with cheers, except for those few individuals of Indian descent who had been jubilant just moments ago. They were now trembling with fear and anger.
They had thought Bick was India's pride just moments ago, but now, he seemed like India's devil!
No, we must find a way to save... Wait, I am an American now, why should I save India? What does the fate of Indians have to do with me?
With this thought, these Indian individuals came to a realization, and quickly put away their anger, a smile returning to their faces.
"What about the fourth step?" DuPont asked thoughtfully.
"Since the third step targets India, the fourth step naturally targets the Jiangnan Group!"
"The Jiangnan Group?" Hearing this name, many people present showed expressions of displeasure. Even the Four Great Consortia, which existed in a somewhat detached manner, did not react favorably to this name.
After all, the Jiangnan Group's rise was currently extremely rapid. According to the estimates of the Four Great Consortia, the wealth controlled by the Jiangnan Group might have already exceeded one trillion US dollars.
This figure did not refer to the market value of stocks alone; rather, it was an estimation of the value of all Jiangnan Group's technologies, business channels, and networks, converted into US dollars.
Of course, this number still could not compare to the Four Great Consortia.
If the Jiangnan Group was on the trillion-dollar level, then the Four Great Consortia had long surpassed the hundred trillion-dollar level. They still possessed ten times the power of the Jiangnan Group.