A major change in the forest world

Chapter 12 Three Clans Leaders Discuss the Great Turtle Clan

Literature belongs to the forest, but it belongs to the world! This is more than just a slogan.

The next day, after the two-day meeting officially ended, the eagle and the Berlin bear arrived at the banquet hall again, with the same evening breeze, the same hall, and the same Bordeaux wine.

Berlin Bear truly lives up to her reputation as a strong woman, keeping her word and always doing what she says. The first thing she did after sitting down with Eagle was to contact Eagle and bring him into the video call.

Thus began the video chat between the three old friends.

After all, they were old friends, and they wouldn't become estranged just because they disagreed on some things. Before long, the three of them relaxed and talked about everything, enjoying each other's company.

"Brother Eagle, I've missed you so much!" the eagle said, trying to be friendly to the eagle first.

"Brother Eagle, you seem happy lately, right? How's the pandemic situation with your tribe? Have you developed a vaccine yet? I'm still hoping you'll save us," Berlin Bear asked sweetly.

"It's not looking good. Unlike our Eagle Brother, who always maintains a romantic spirit even in the face of adversity," Eagle replied.

Eagle, on the other end of the video call, suddenly saw Bordeaux in 1982 and joked, "Bear and Eagle really know how to enjoy themselves. It's different in the City of Romance. Be careful they don't get seen by the public and get invited for tea."

"Brother Eagle, haha, we wouldn't dare spend taxpayers' money; we'd have to pay out of our own pockets," Eagle and Berlin Bear replied almost in unison.

"I know you guys are honest, I was just joking with you. By the way, I heard from Big Turtle that they've successfully developed a drug to treat the virus and it's in the clinical trial stage. It's estimated that it will be mass-produced next year. That's great, Bear Sister and we can finally sleep peacefully." Eagle continued.

"Hehe, Brother Turtle is amazing, Brother Eagle! You two were also the overlords of the forest for a hundred years. Tell me, for the past hundred years, whenever there has been a major problem in the forest, why has Brother Turtle always been able to solve it? What is it about the Turtle Clan that has allowed them to maintain their position as overlords for so long, making it difficult for any of our other clans to surpass them?"

"Yeah, Eagle Bro, Big Turtle Bro, why?" Berlin Bear chimed in.

The eagle chuckled bitterly and said in a voice weathered by time, "My two old friends, this story begins with World War I. Because the Great Turtle didn't participate in the early stages of the war and didn't invest too much in the war effort, but later joined the war and won, the Great Turtle Clan directly reaped the benefits of victory, and its economic, military, and political status jumped to the forefront of the forest."

Eagle nodded: "Brother Eagle is right, but back then, although the Great Turtle was strong, its political hegemony was not fully established because it was restrained by you and me."

Eagle added: That's right, the Great Tortoise's rise from a powerful race to a super race, laying the foundation for its hegemony, was still due to World War II.

During World War II, by adopting a strategy of making money first and then participating in the war, and being a victorious nation that monopolized the atomic bomb, it not only reaped enormous wealth, but also, together with the Great White Goose, directly possessed all of the Berlin Bear's scientific research achievements and cutting-edge military technology.

So, Bear Sister, it's a pity that such an excellent race of yours lost because you easily started two wars, which means you gave away all your good things to others for nothing.

The Great White Goose, the Phoenix, and I are all victors, but the cost of participating in the war was too high and the gains were not worth it. In fact, the real winners after World War II were the Great Tortoises. Therefore, the post-World War II order was basically set by the Great Tortoises: the Bretton Woods system in 1944, the Great Tortoise currency becoming the world currency, the establishment of the IMF, the establishment of the World Bank, the establishment of the United Nations in 1945, the formulation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 47, global military presence, control of key straits and bases, etc.

In the following years, the Great Tortoise reached the top in the economy, military, finance, and politics, and its global hegemony was officially established. Only the Great White Goose could restrain it in terms of military power.

Then the Cold War against the Great White Goose began, with 131.5 billion Great Tortoise Dollars provided to Western Europe to control the European economy and bind allies;

In the military sphere, NATO was established, and military bases and troops were stationed in more than 80 ethnic groups overseas;

Economic and financial hegemony escalated, the Bretton Woods system collapsed in 1971 (Turtlecoins were decoupled from gold, meaning that a single piece of paper could be used to exchange for all goods of other races), control of oil, and settlement in Turtlecoins.

Technological and cultural hegemony: Apollo moon landing, the nascent Internet, semiconductors, computers, and biomedicine leading all nations; Hollywood, popular music, the spread of a tortoise-like ideology, and the global penetration of consumer culture.

In 1991, the giant white goose broke apart, and the giant tortoise emerged victorious, becoming the sole superpower in the forest to this day.

Of course, we have only briefly analyzed the process of how the Great Tortoise became a powerful race. In summary, the Great Tortoise race has a powerful operating system, which is mainly divided into the following four aspects.

The first priority is to build a top-tier military force as a guarantee for everything.

The eagle's tone hardened as he said, "The Great Turtle's strongest trump card is its military force that is spread throughout the forest; all the key waterways and strategic locations in the entire forest are under its military control; with its formidable military strength, it can deter other groups and control important forest resources. This is the hard power that allows it to stand on the throne and dominate the world."

"Secondly, the strongest soft power in the forest comes from its control of the mainstream media and its ability to attract talent."

Berlin Bear then spoke up, revealing the second key point: "The smartest thing about the Great Turtle is that it established a personnel system, embracing all the top talents in the forest. Whether they are scientific research experts, top scholars, or skilled craftsmen, they can be recruited with the most generous conditions. The continuous flow of talents gives rise to a continuous flow of cutting-edge technologies. Every leading industry in the forest is basically born from the Great Turtle. Talent is its long-term endogenous driving force."

"The third is the monopoly of the financial currency of the entire forest."

The eagle picked up the thread and spoke about the most frustrating thing for all the tribes: "It's the financial hegemony established by the giant tortoise. The giant tortoise currency is used throughout the entire forest, and all business transactions and trades in the forest have to use it. It controls the economic lifeline of the entire forest through financial means. As long as it uses monetary tools, it can easily harvest the wealth of all tribes, and it can also transfer its own risks to the entire forest at any time through paper money."

"The last point is to adapt to one's own governance system."

The eagle spoke slowly again: Military strength, technology, and finance are one aspect, but what truly supports the long-term development of the Great Turtle is a governing system that fits its own reality. Just look at how the skin color of the previous Great Turtle presidents changed like day and night, and you'll understand everything.

At this point, the eagle slowly uttered the classic saying passed down for centuries by the Great Tortoise Clan: "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."

After a moment of silence, the Berlin Bear and the eagle simultaneously raised their glasses to the eagle in the video, summarizing in one sentence the real reason why the giant tortoise could dominate the forest for so long:

The reason why the giant tortoise can maintain its dominant position is not due to a single advantage, but rather because its military protects its finances, its finances nurture its technology, its technology strengthens its military, and its system stabilizes all its foundations. These four advantages are interconnected and mutually supportive, forming an unbreakable operating system that has forged its unshakeable position in the forest today.

A gentle evening breeze blew as the online meeting between the three ended. The two men had finished two bottles of Bordeaux red wine, and Diao couldn't help but exclaim from his heart:

"The Great Tortoise's strength is not due to seeking short-term gains; what it upholds as the leader of the forest will not be easily changed."