In today's video, I am going to tell you guys the absolute fastest way to get your return on investment with Steppen. It is no secret that Steppen has a hefty upfront cost. So a lot of people are concerned about that upfront cost, plus its sustainability. And hey, I definitely understand your concerns. So the absolute best way to mitigate your risk on projects like this is to get your return on investment back out as soon as possible. At that point, you'll be rolling with house money and it's basically free to play. Now I'm going to cover several strategies depending on what bankroll you're starting out with. Whether you want to start out with one sneaker, three sneakers or even nine sneakers, we're going to cover it all in today's video. I will be breaking down the exact cost and days to ROI. We're going to look at multiple levels, multiple rarities, multiple price points. And together we will figure out the days to return on your investment so that you guys can mitigate your risk and take your money out as soon as possible. So make sure to stick around to the end so you can find the best strategy for you and your bankroll. Let's go ahead and dive into today's video. So for those of you who don't know who I am, my name is Jay. I am the founder of Bitcoin Daily and the unofficial US ambassador for Steppen. The Steppen team doesn't know that yet, but I'm going to just start claiming it and they're probably going to just have to give it to me, right? I mean, what else do I got to do? I have the top watched Steppen video on YouTube with the most views, most likes and comments. If you guys are new to Steppen, make sure to watch those videos. I did a Steppen beginners guide, which you guys can watch here. I also did a Steppen strategy guide to make sure that you guys can maximize your profits. Did a video on the different ways that you guys can get your activation codes for Steppen. And of course, the most recent one was the Steppen earnings calculator guide. All right, so let's go ahead and jump in to the numbers. Remember guys, none of this is financial advice. These are just my opinions and for entertainment and educational purposes only. Also, I am not being paid by Steppen in any manner whatsoever to create these videos. Just thought I should put that out there. If I'm ever paid by a company, I will always disclose it. All right, so a lot of these numbers are going to change depending on the price fluctuation of the GST token. Currently, it is April 26 and the price is at $5.42. For simplicity purposes, I did all calculations at $5.40. Also, the current price of Solana is currently sitting at $97. But for simplicity purposes, we're assuming that Solana is at $100. So for exact numbers, you guys are going to have to look at Solana's current price, GST's current price, and the marketplace's current floor prices as well. So first, we're going to look at the absolute fastest way to take your ROI out strategy. Now for this method, this will be for the lower bank rules that are starting out just with one shoe and want to take their ROI out as soon as possible. So we're going to be assuming that you're buying a jogger because for me, I think that's the best one that you can get. It's right in the middle. You can walk fast or jog. It earns more than a walker. Then we're also going to be assuming that you're not upgrading at all. You're not leveling up your shoes at all. You're buying it at the level that it's at and just looking to get your ROI out. So we're looking at a few different levels here. Now joggers are a bit more expensive. So you do have to take that into account. You can definitely do this as well with runners and walkers.  But for this video, we're only focusing on joggers. So the different levels that we're going to be covering is level zero, level four, level five, level nine, level 10, 19, and 28.  On these, you will basically be starting out with base stats only. And it's just going to take forever to get your ROI back if you're not leveling up. So if you're starting out from level zero, you're going to have to level up at level four, you'll notice that it's more expensive than level zero, but less expensive than level five and level nine. Now the reason is that at level four, these sneakers all still have zero mints. So remember that the less mints that a sneaker has, usually the more expensive the sneakers going to be. That's why level zero and level four are on the more expensive side. Now another reason we're looking at level four is because level four is right before you get to level five. At level five, it costs 10 GST and 10 GMT in order to level up. So some people have been stopping at level four instead of leveling up to level five. So you can see that the floor price on level fours are currently around 18 sole, which translates to $1,800 USD or 333 GST. The average daily earnings on the level four is around 5.82. Now to get these average daily earnings, I use the step in guide calculator. I put in some more or less average numbers and then I optimize those points. So at level five, there's actually a drop off in price. You see that at level five, it's 12.3 sold versus level four, it's 18 sold. The reason for this is because at level five, people have now used these shoes for minting. So at the floor price, you're basically buying shoes with two or three mints on them. So at level five, it's about 1230 USD and 228 GST. The average daily earnings is about 6.5. For the average daily earnings, I did already take into account the repair costs for each day for each sneaker. So we're assuming that you're repairing your sneakers after every single run. If you do not repair your sneakers, then the ROI date will actually be even faster. Remember, as long as your durability is above 50, it does not affect your daily earnings. But if your durability of your sneaker falls below 50, it is going to affect your earnings. So I'm just assuming that we're repairing every single day. The next sneaker that we're taking a look at is the level nine sneaker. The floor price on these are around 14.5 sold or $1,450. The GST cost for level nine is around 269 GST and the average daily earnings is about 9.05. So similar to level four, the reason that we look at level nine is because this is another popular level that people like to stop at. The reason they stop here is the same reason as level four. In order to get to level 10, it costs a lot more GST and GMT. So due to that, you'll notice that level 10 sneakers are currently sitting around 18 sold or $1,800. The cost in GST is 333 GST and the average daily earnings are about 9.6. So really not a big difference between level nine and level 10 to justify the cost. Next, a level 19 sneaker is currently going on the market for about 25 sold. In USD, that's about $2,500 and GST, that's about 463. The average daily earnings are around 13.3 per day. And finally, level 28 floor price currently sitting around 45 sold or $4,500. The GST cost for that is about 834 and the average earnings per day is about 16 at the moment. So after taking a look at this and doing all my calculations, the absolute fastest way to get your return on investment back based on level cost and average daily earnings would be the level nine sneaker. The level nine sneaker gets your return on investment in just 29 days, beating out the next closest one by five days. So you can see that the level zero days to ROI is 138, level four is 57 days, level five is 34 days, level nine is 29 days, levels 10 and 19 are both sitting around 35, and level 28 is 52 days to ROI. So the current best strategy right now would be to buy a level nine sneaker from the marketplace at the floor prices and not level up. Just stack up every single day until you get your ROI back. If you want to take that one step further and not repair your sneaker at all the whole way through until you get your ROI, it would be 25 days to ROI at current prices. Just know that on that 25th day, you will be below 50 durability, which will affect your earnings. So you will have to repair it on within the last two days. Alright, so let's take a look at the next one, which is if you would start out with an uncommon sneaker instead of a common sneaker and what that ROI looks like. Now we're going to go through these a little bit faster because I don't want to make this video too long. So with uncomments, remember that you actually get a plus one energy boost. So you're going to have more time per day to earn GST. However, looking at the same levels, zero, four, five, nine, 10, 19 and 18, you could see that even the fastest one, which again, it is level nine with uncomments takes over two times longer than an uncommon level nine, which is 29 days versus 61 days. And with this one, you would not be able to get your ROI back without repairing. You would have to be repairing at least every few days. Alright, so the next scenario that we're looking at is if you were to start out with three common sneakers. This is again, another very common strategy that people are using. And this is actually what I tell you guys to try to get to as soon as possible, so that you can really maximize those earnings at three sneakers, you're basically making about $100 per day, which comes out to about $3,000 per month. So our setup here is to get one level nine sneaker, because remember, the level nine sneaker offers us the fastest possible ROI. And then for the other two sneakers, we're looking to get the cheapest floor price sneakers. It doesn't matter if they're walkers, runners, trainers, whatever it is, we want the cheapest sneakers possible, because those two other sneakers do not matter. We're not using those sneakers. Those are only there so that we can get that energy boost. So the cost for this will be 14.5 sold for the level nine, and then the current floor prices, which when I checked was at 12.3 sold. So in total, that's about 39.1 sold in order to get your three sneakers or $3,910, which is a cost of 724 GST. So with nine sneakers, you're going to be earning a daily average of about 18.4 GST per day, which brings our ROI to 39 days. This again is assuming that you're repairing every single day, we're taking those repair costs into account. So not as fast as the single level nine, of course, but with three uncommon shoes, it is a pretty fast ROI. So next, let's look at the strategy that I started out with. So this strategy is basically one uncommon shoe plus two floor price common shoes. Now what I did that's a bit different is that for the two common shoes, I got them with zero mints so that I can mint the two shoes and build up to nine sneakers, but that's a whole different strategy. Right now we're just focused on the fastest possible ROI. So if you remember for the uncommon joggers, the fastest possible ROI was a level nine sneaker, which got us our ROI in 61 days. Now what's interesting here is that if you have a bit more capital, this is actually the better option than just starting out with one uncommon sneaker. What we assumed here is that we got a level nine uncommon sneaker plus two common floor priced sneakers. So the total price for this setup would be 87.6 sole or $8,760 in GST. That would be 1,625 GST. And now remember that this setup actually gives you one bonus energy. So instead of having four energy like the three commons, we're actually going to have five energy per day. So that's going to bring in about 30.99 GST per day, which brings in our days to return on investment in at 38 days. So this is actually one day faster than just using three common sneakers. All right, so we've covered the basic one common sneaker, one uncommon sneaker, and we've also covered three common sneakers and one uncommon plus two common sneakers. Next I'm going to be showing you guys what the days to ROI are on the nine sneakers plus one extra bonus strategy. Now, however, before I show you guys these strategies, make sure to smash that subscribe button, make sure to smash the like button. If you guys are looking to make money in projects like step in, if you want to make money through trading, maybe even a little passive income, or maybe you just want to stay up to date with the latest crypto trends. 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The average daily earnings for this would be about 41.34. Now the days to ROI on this setup would be 51 days. So not bad at all. The only thing is that it's a big upfront cost. Now for the next strategy, we ran into a little issue. This strategy is one uncommon sneaker plus eight common sneakers. The good thing about this setup is that again, with an uncommon sneaker, you get a plus one bonus energy. So instead of nine energy like we would have with the nine common strategy, we get 10 energy here. So that definitely plays a role on our days to ROI. So this is the problem that we're running into. If the sneaker is only level nine and we have 10 energy or GST per day limit, so we literally can't get past 50 unless we have a higher level uncommon shoe. So because of that, this strategy needs to be modified because it's just not viable. So what I saw is that we need at least about a level 15 sneaker in order for the strategy to be viable. You can see that here you would earn about 78 GST per day. However, the price difference between a level 15 sneaker and a level 19 sneaker was $500. And you'll see that if we get a level 19 sneaker, our GST per day earnings jump up to about 86, 87. So I think that the best strategy here is to just go for that level 19 sneaker. It's only a $500 difference. If you're going to be investing $18,000 upfront, you might as well put in an extra $500 and get a quicker day to ROI. So the most efficient setup that we have for this strategy is one level 19 sneaker that will run you about 90 Solana or $9,000 plus eight common sneakers at floor price levels. That would be about 188.4 Solana in total or $18,840, $3,499 GST. Now this setup will earn you about 87.77 GST per day, which puts your days to return on investment at 40 days. So you can see that this is one of the better days to ROI investments. So if your bankroll allows for such an investment like this, then this is definitely one of the ways to go here. Now this final strategy is a little bit different. And honestly, I'm not even sure if it's allowed on the terms of service. I'm calling this the three by three strategy. Basically what you're going to be doing is getting three shoes on three different accounts. The way that you're going to set it up is one level nine per account plus two common sneakers at floor price levels per account. So you see that each account has a level nine and some floor priced sneakers. Total cost would be 117 Solana or $11,730. This would be about 2181 GST. So this is similar to the nine common sneaker strategy, except we're getting three different level nine sneakers instead of only one level nine sneaker. So you'll notice the cost is very similar. This strategy only costs $500 more. But where the big difference is that you will have 12 energy instead of nine energy. The second difference here is that we will be earning 55.23 GST on average every single day versus 41.34. And on this one, the days to ROI is 51. However, on the three by three strategy, the days to ROI would be about 40 days. So this one definitely beats out the regular nine common shoe strategy. And it's the same as the uncommon plus eight common strategies as far as days to ROI, but for $7,000 less. Again, guys, I do not know if this is against the terms of service for stepping or not. I'm not sure if you're supposed to or if you're allowed to have multiple accounts. So make sure to do your own research on this to see if it's something that's allowed. If anyone has any clarity on this, please let me know in the comments. I'm just bringing you guys the information that I found through these calculations for educational purposes. 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The National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated stations present the Pacific story. In the mounting fury of world conflict, events in the Pacific are taking on ever greater importance. Here is the story of the Pacific and the millions of people who live around this greatest sea. The drama of the people whose destiny is at stake in the Pacific war. Here, as another public service, is the tale of the war in the Pacific and its meaning to us and to the generations to come. The Chinese puppet government. Hanson, self-spoken, elderly Chinese, sits alone in Nanjing.  In his body, he carries a bullet. Two others were removed. His health is not good. He is head of the Chinese puppet government in Japanese-occupied China. His name is Wang Qingwei. Wang Qingwei, we hate him. This is a Chinese nationalist. Wang Qingwei, we despise him. This is a Chinese communist. Wang Qingwei, we have nothing but contempt for him. This is a Japanese. One of those who set him up is head of the puppet government in occupied China. The Japanese hoped that Wang Qingwei would be able to bring over to their side many of China's leaders. Not one of importance has come over. In 1942, there were rumors that the Japanese tried to purge Wang Qingwei's government in the army. Just two years before this, he had ridden smiling through the crowded streets of Tokyo. After a three-hour visit with Emperor Hirohito, he had said, This is the most glorious day of my life. This was the high-water mark of Wang Qingwei's career of political manipulation. All his life, he had been ambitious and far-seeing. In these years, he had heard himself praise. There is poetry in him. He speaks with brilliance and beauty. He is a man of intellectual refinement and charm. In his youth, he had been a revolutionary. He went to the University of Tokyo and studied law. He was the editor of a revolutionary paper, Minbao. And he was the head recruiting agent for the United Revolutionary Party of China. He worked for the destruction of the Manchu dynasty. When he was 24... Open up! Open up! Open up! Open up! What do you want? In the name of the Emperor, open the door! What is it? Wang Qingwei, you are under arrest. You will come with us at once. He was put in jail. Tried.  It is the order of this court that your life be taken from you and that you suffer the pain... Back in jail waiting for his execution, Wang was visited by the Prince he had come to Peking to kill. Why are you a revolutionist?  There are many reasons. Many reasons? Yes. With your permission, I shall write my answer. The Prince left and Wang started to write. Three days later, the Prince returned. With him came the executioner. Wang was still writing. It is time, Wang Qingwei. I am not yet finished writing. You have so much to say? I could not finish in years. You will have years. It is my order, executioner, that Wang Qingwei's sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. Yes, sure. Before his imprisonment, Wang had worked with Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the movement against the Manchus. When the revolution came in 1912 and the Manchus were overthrown, Wang was released from prison. And that same year, 1912, he went to France to complete his education. He stayed too long. He stayed eight years until 1920. When Wang returned to China, he rejoined Dr. Sun Yat-sen. But close to Dr. Sun now was a young military genius, Zhang Gai-shek. Wang was still the favorite of Dr. Sun and he wrote many of Dr. Sun's manifestos. It is said that it was he who took down Dr. Sun's last will and testament. When Dr. Sun died, open conflict broke out between Wang Qingwei and Zhang Gai-shek. The nationalist party, the Kuomintang, was flipped. Wang Qingwei leading the leftists, Zhang Gai-shek leading the rightists. The streets of Canton ran red with blood. Wang Qingwei is jealous of Zhang's power with the military. Wang Qingwei resents being under Zhang. Well, before Dr. Sun Yat-sen died, Wang raided above Zhang. There was more to it than that. Zhang wanted no part of the communists and Wang is strong for them. Yes. Wang is the leader of the left-wing group of the Kuomintang. And he and those around him are taking steps to get... At last the trouble in Canton was put down and Wang came into the Nanking government with Zhang Gai-shek. He became prime minister and head of the central executive committee. But he was still dissident, still irreconcilable. Zhang Gai-shek insists on excluding the communists from the Kuomintang. I say they belong within the party. This was Wang's position. Zhang stood firm against them and presently... The left-wing of the Kuomintang is split from the rest of the party. Under Wang Qingwei, the leftists have formed what they call the Wuhan group, named after the three cities of Wuchang, Hangkou and Hangyang. They have set up a government of their own at Hangkou. Zhang Gai-shek and the central government at Nanking have demanded that the government at Hangkou disband and that the Wuhan group come back into the Kuomintang. The Wuhan group, who have set up the government of Hangkou, are demanding that Zhang Gai-shek be ousted before they will consider any reconciliation with the Nanking government. Around Zhang Gai-shek at Nanking were strong Chinese leaders. One of these was Marshall Feng. The Wang Qingwei at Hangkou, Marshall Feng, sent a meaningful telegram. In the name of the nationalist government, many things are being done which are wrong. He referred to Wang and the Wuhan group. An effort being made to throw our country into further confusion for the personal benefit of a few individuals. Wang knew whom he meant. Many of the radical elements wormed their way into our party organization in an effort to control the entire Kuomintang movement. The finger was on Wang. They have done all the unlawful things they can to this end. Higher members in our party organizations have sought to stop this creation of unrest within our party. But the radicals have refused to obey. Zhang had worked for party unity. Wang against it. We have talked of remedies. Remedies. Wang knew what this meant. Those members of the Central Executive Committee in the Hangkou government who wished to go abroad for a rest should be allowed to do so. Wang took the hint. What is so restful as a voyage at sea and a rest in the quiet of Europe? Travel is so stimulating. In Europe, Wang had time to rest and to meditate and to improve his perspective on what was going on in China. Meantime, Zhang Kaixiak had declared himself willing to resign in the interest of unity and resign he did. He went to Japan and Wang Qingwei returned to China from Europe. But hardly had he returned to take over the reins of government than the great warlord Zhang Zolin started to march on the Nanking government. The only one who can stop Zhang Zolin is Zhang Kaixiak. Have we no generals? We have no Zhang Kaixiak. Then same for Zhang Kaixiak. This is what Zhang had been waiting for. As a condition for his return from Japan, he demanded that all military resources be mobilized behind the Kuomintang in China. On this condition, he returned. The Nationalist Army was with Zhang and Zhang forced the communists out of the party. He moved a step closer to him. Zhang is maintaining himself strongly with the army and without the masses. Therefore, I too shall go with the army and against the masses. Yes, being an opportunist, Wang moved a step closer to Zhang. But he did not capitulate. Not yet. In 1930, he went to Peking and headed another faction against Zhang and the central government. And the next year... Another revolt has broken out in Changtong against Zhang Kaixiak. Who is that the head of it? Wang and he is calling upon Zhang to resign or to fight to retain his office. Innocenti Dong isn't the real one. He's only the cat's paw. You think Wang Kaixiak is behind the revolt? It could be no one else. He chose this time because it is the eve of the National People's Convention. Yes, he knows that now the attention of all China, of all the world, is on Zhang. Wang will fail. If it is Wang behind this revolt, it means that he has set up a new left-wing Kuomintang government but this revolt was put down as all his previous efforts had been put down. At last in 1931, he came to realize that Chang was the strongman of China. Wang went over to him completely. Hardly had Wang gone over to Chang and the Japanese invaded Manchuria. The Japanese are like thieves in a house. They must be put out. We must fight them. All Chinese must fight them and we must fight them. We must fight them. We must fight them. All Chinese must fight them and drive them out of our land. This was a side of Wang that not many Chinese knew. With Zhang, he stood against the invading Japanese. He cried for a more strenuous fight against them. He cried for more action but Zhang foresaw even greater dangers ahead. He foresaw that one day, as soon as the Japanese were ready, they would sweep down from the Manchuria they had just stolen and swarm over China. He foresaw that at this moment China was not strong enough to fight Japan. But that it must do all possible to prepare for this fight. Zhang said about getting China ready. Wang disagreed with Zhang. Was that actually Wang Qingwei? Yes. I recognized him as he went up the gang plank. Where is he going? He's going to Germany. To Germany? Yes. He has resigned as Prime Minister, you know. Again? I suppose he's going to Germany for his help. Yes. That was 1932. Wang went to Germany. The next year, he returned to China and under pressure because of the seriousness of the situation with Japan, he again took the post of Prime Minister in Nanking government. Now, he was taking a stiff attitude toward Japan. China associates herself wholeheartedly with the world peace movement. Our faith in peace and in the arts of peace is one of the great traditions of our country. To this tradition we wish to be most meticulously loyal. My policy toward Japan is a policy of peace and goodwill, a policy of honest friendship, a policy of patient appeal to law, reason, morality, fairness. But I am not for peace at a price of wrong and dishonor. If further attacks, further invaded, we shall resist with increased vigor. These were the words of Wang Qingwei in 1934. But the pressure from Japan increased. In 1935, the Executive Committee of the Kuomintang with Wang at its head met in Nanking to consider matters of grave importance. The Japanese are stirring up revolt among our people. This was Song Fanmin, a young newspaper man. They were prevailing upon the Executive Committee to make concessions to them. With others, Song watched the manipulations in the session of the Executive Committee. They must not surrender to the warlords of Japan. At the end of the session, the world was advised of the conclusions reached between the Executive Committee and the Japanese. They have betrayed us. What did they decide? They did just what I thought they would do. General Shang Chen put a fat part of North China under the Chinese puppets of Japan. Not General Shang Chen. He is only the cat's paw. I know. I see the hand of Wang Qingwei. But Wang will not succeed. They will not succeed. Forty-eight hours after the deal was put through, Wang Qingwei and the other members of the Executive Committee were lined up to have their picture taken. Care, you cannot come in here. Why not? I'm a newspaper man. Here's my pass. Let me see it here. Yes. Song Fanmin. All right, you can go in. You know, we have to be careful. We are keeping out all suspicious characters. I know. Hello, Song. You succeeded in getting in, I see. I tried to keep me out. You got it just in time. Yes. All right, get back. Where's Wang? Oh, yes, I see him. Just to the left of the center. Yes. I'll give me a little room here. Shield me a little. Careful nobody sees the pistol. I'd like to get closer. Wang's about 35 feet away. You cannot get any closer. All right, get back. Now, look out. Wang Qingwei has been shot. Wang Qingwei is shot. He's bleeding. He's shot in the face. Grab that metal. Grab him. Wang Qingwei fell with three bullets in him. One in the left cheek, one in the left shoulder, one in the back. Two of the bullets were removed. Wang hovered on the verge of death. At last, an announcement was made. Wang Qingwei has suffered a heart attack. Because of failing health, Mr. Wang has decided to resign as prime minister. The tension between China and Japan was growing. Chong was striving, fighting time, trying to get ready before the first blow would fall. But progress was being made. Burdened down with numberless internal problems, faced with the prospect of imminent invasion by Japan, nevertheless, progress was being made by the central government. But the time was running short. The blow came in July, 1937. On the night, attack Chinese soldiers at the Marco Polo Bridge. The fighting has spread, and Japanese forces are striking at a dozen strategic points. Wang reappeared on the political scene. He came back to Nanking and worked with Chiang Kai-shek as deputy leader of the Kuomintang. Soon the Japanese were driving on Nanking. As the bombs and shells cascaded upon Nanking, Wang moved with the government to Hangkou. From Hangkou, Wang moved with the government to Changsha. From Changsha to Chongqing. There he worked with the party, helped organize and prosecute the war. Chongqing became the fighting capital of free China. But to observers in Chongqing, it became apparent that his interest in continued resistance was waning. Naturally, Mr. Wang, we know that you as a Chinese want to go on fighting Japan. You remember my statement that if we were further attacked, we would resist with increased vigor. Yes, I remember that, Mr. Wang. Our readers in the United States are interested in your attitude toward Germany. It is very simple. Our enemy is Japan. Do you mean that China should not be concerned about Germany? Our policy is focused on Japan, and we are trying to isolate her. Of course. So we try to make as many friends as possible among the other nations. So if Germany does not encroach upon us, it is to our advantage to be friendly with her. But Germany has recognized Japan's seizure of Manchuria. Germany has explained that. She's trying to maintain neutrality. Recognizing the theft of a country is hardly maintaining a neutral position, Mr. Wang. The aims of Germany and Japan are different. Isn't it possible that Germany is actually helping Japan? Not very likely. Germany knows that if Japan controls the Far East, that Germany will lose Japan's trade. But it seems fairly evident, doesn't it, Mr. Wang, that Germany is not helping China? Not directly. But if Germany reduces her help to Japan, she is indirectly helping us. And now, if you will excuse me, please, I have duties to which... High officials in the central government watch Wang. Learn to interpret what he did not say, as well as what he said. Suspicion grew that he was in contact with the Japanese. In 1938, the blow-off came. Wang recommended Chiang Kai-shek that the fighting with Japan be stopped. It is incredible this position of Wang's. Not to Chiang Kai-shek. He has read Wang Jingwei out of the Guomindang party. Read him out of the party? Why, that is the same... Zhang has missed no words. He has branded Wang as a traitor, and right now is arresting all Wang's followers. Wang remained in Chongqing, and China went on fighting. The Japanese bombers came again and again, and blasted and leveled the city. The Chinese dug into the solid rock and fought on. The long bombing season dragged on, and as the clouds and the fog of winter closed in, Wang made other plans. Wang Jingwei has gone. Gone? Do you mean he's left Chongqing? Yes. He left by plane before dawn this morning. What of his children? He sent them away to the country several days ago. He has deserted us. Possibly worse than that. Gone over to the Japanese? Where else could he go? He has been in our highest councils. If he goes over to the Japanese, with all the information he has, we should never have let him out of our sight. How could he do it? He has been jealous of the generalissimo. He has always wanted to be our ranking statesman. When he became convinced that he could never be, he deserted us. Shortly, Wang Jingwei turned up in the Japanese camp. In Qingdao, he sat with Japanese officers around him, chatting amiably. This was the same Wang Jingwei who had said... I am not for peace at the price of wrong and dishonour. This was the same Wang Jingwei who had said... The Japanese are like thieves in a house. They must be put out. Among the Japanese, Wang Jingwei talked easily, warmly, charmingly as of old. He said nothing of Japanese aggression. As you know, I urge the generalissimo to stop hostilities with Japan. He rebuked me and read me out of the party and called me a traitor. In his talk was an undercurrent, a compelling feeling that he must justify his deeds. I asked him to mediate with Japan through the German ambassador. He refused. I knew it was hopeless to stay longer in Zhongjing. The Japanese officers nodded and smiled. Some were grave, their faces inscrutable. Wang felt their attitude toward him, too. We shall, of course, establish a truly representative government at Nanking. A government that represents the people. We will bring peace between our people and Japan. Soon Wang was to come back to Nanking, to the city where he'd been prime minister in the nationalist government, to the scene of so many of his political conflicts. But now things were different in Nanking. The beautiful city had seen such terror as few cities have ever known. One of the few fine buildings still standing was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Japanese commander, Generalissimo, took this building as his headquarters and assigned a lesser building to Wang and his disciples. On March 20th, 1940, Wang made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Dr. Sun, prayed there, and then returned, and presided over a session of the Central Political Conference. I'd like to wire this dispatch to my newspaper back in the States. Let me share the Central Political Conference under the leadership of Wang Qingmei. Today proclaimed the liquidation of the government of Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing and ordered all civil servants to return to Nanking. The conference also decreed that the fighting between the Chinese and the Japanese ceased. Yes, that is right. The session of the Central Political Conference lasted three days, during which time the hall was surrounded by hundreds of bodyguards with drawn pistols. I'm so sorry, but you cannot say that. What? That the hall was surrounded by hundreds of bodyguards with drawn pistols. Oh, it was, wasn't it? If you wish to wire this dispatch, you must delete the last sentence. Otherwise, it cannot be sent. Okay, okay. There. How's that? Now, preparations went forward for the inauguration. At last, on March 30th, 1940, they were ready to install Wang's puppet government. Correspondents came through the drizzling rain to attend the affair. This is funny. Only Chinese here. Disciples of Wang. The Japs want this, at least, to look like the start of a real Chinese government. Sort of obvious, isn't it? Oh, the Japs are not completely absent. See, there's a handful of Japanese newspaper men over there. Yeah, that's sort of a paternal interest in the whole thing. With a couple thousand troops outside with fixed bayonets. Yeah. Oh, there's Wang Qingwei himself bringing his place up on a stage. All those stooges around him, look as if they'd been set up there like so many dummies. They have. Remember, this whole deal has been postponed three times. This time, the Japs want to make sure. Well, it's nice they got somebody to stand around up there. There isn't a representative of one foreign nation here. Except Japan. As Wang spoke, the rain drenched the flags that had been put up in the streets to celebrate the inauguration. Wang announced the birth of the puppet government, called it the National Government, and then on a signal from him, his Chinese puppet underlings bowed. As the band played, Wang and his coterie of officials went to the steps outside to have their picture taken. Japanese officers in dress uniforms now starting with the rain, carrying swords and pistols, group themselves around Wang and his government. Wang looks a little nervous up there. He ought to. He remembers the last time he posed to have his picture taken. Well, look at this. Japs' fighter planes diving in salute. Yeah, that makes it official. Wang Qingwei now has the blessings of the Japanese military, and he can run his government any way they want. In the Paiting-Chung-Jing government, the inauguration of Wang Qingwei in Nanking was observed by an order. It is the order of the government that every book written by Wang Qingwei or his disciples must be destroyed by fire. As the fires blazed high, an order came from Wang to all civil servants, the government clerks and officials and dignitaries, ordering them to report for duty in Wang's government at Nanking. Wang assured them that they would get the same rank in his government, that they held in Chung-Jing, and that they would get the same pay. Each day, Wang reminds me more and more of Wang Qingwei. To be compared with Qin Qingwei in China, he's like being compared to Benedict Arnold in the United States. It is 800 years since the treachery of Qin Qingwei, but China has never forgotten. Every Chinese news boy knows the story. It was when the Qin's invaded China. Qin Qingwei had great influence over the emperor of China, and all the time he was exerting this influence over our emperor. He was in touch with the commanding general of the army. Our commanding general was Yofei. He fought bravely against the enemy, and would have won, but his plans were thwarted, and his orders were countermanded. At last, Yofei was charged with treason and was thrown into prison. Behind all this was Qin Qingwei. In the trial it was shown that Yofei was not guilty of treason, but Qin Qingwei had so much influence over the emperor that he had Yofei executed anyway. Nearly 50 years passed until this great wrong was righted. Then Yofei was honored, and he became one of China's greatest heroes. And all the years since then, curses have been heaped upon the traitor Qin Qingwei. And through all these years, we Chinese make pilgrimages to the grave of Qin Qingwei outside the city of Hang Chao, and spit upon it. Wang strove to convince all Chinese, both in occupied China and in free China, that he was their true leader, but not a single Chinese of importance, not a single group of Chinese of any standing, came over to him. His name became a word of mockery among his people. The war against the Japanese goes on, and in Chongqing, the capital of free and fighting China, world figures appraise Wang Qingwei's puppet government. The fact that Wang has not been able to deliver the Chinese people into the hands of Japan, and that he has not been able to make them stop fighting Japan, now has brought him the contempt of the Japanese. Yes, and there have even been reports of Wang's troops fighting the Japanese. The Japanese have tried to relieve the pressure on their armies by recruiting large numbers of puppet troops. You mean those 100,000 puppet troops in North China? Yes, and the 30,000 Mongolian troops. Actually, those puppet troops have little military value to the Japanese, about all they're used for is garrison duty. Whenever there is fighting, there has to be more Japanese troops there than puppet troops. Otherwise, the puppet troops will turn on the Japanese themselves. It's becoming more and more apparent that the Japanese are realizing they made a bad deal when they set up the Wang Qingwei regime. Yes, Japan publicly set up and recognized and supported Wang's government. 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أفلح من صلى على محمد وآل محمد أعوذ بالله من شر الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على السيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى البيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لاسيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لتراب مقدمه الفداء أما بعد رسبكتد سكولز، ألدز، بردز and سيستز، السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته شاء الله كنسيوشن from yesterday night's topic with the limited time the time given I'd like to discuss in a more elaborate manner the effect of people's actions and a special reference to Bahloul tonight a special reference to Imam Hassan عليه الصلاة والسلام in which we celebrate his birthday yesterday Insha'Allah continuing it today as the banner is still behind me so we'll discuss his actions and how it may have an impact or one of the impacts that actions are very important to have in the society in which we live in Now Ali of Nabi Talib starts off the topic tonight by referring to his statement which he suggests and he says that knowledge will be guarding us knowledge protects us and when he compares it with money or wealth he says however on the flip side we are the ones that protect and guard our wealth knowledge throughout time increases whereas wealth you see at time progresses will be used up and he says it will deteriorate within the years whereas knowledge will increase through the years and has much more application now when we look at the concept of knowledge and we looked at it yesterday and we said to ourselves knowledge is not a determining factor the determining factor which is of the utmost importance are actions or what we act based on our knowledge and we refer to all the عمال that Allah سبحانه وتعالى needs from us from the worshipping from the transactions and how we have such a greater rank or a greater reward if we have the concept of knowledge معرفة why is it we do a particular thing why we act in a certain manner not just doing it because we were told and that's one of the main faculties that differentiate our school of thought than any other school of thought as we've said throughout the lectures and which we've stated that one particular school of thought does as they're told however the school of thought of أهل البيت we have to question everything prior to doing it prior to emerging ourselves in that particular act of worship whether it be حجاب whether it be for the male or the female whether it be صلا صيام anything any action we can look at why is it that we worship Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the mannerisms in which we worship now let's look at أعمال the application of أعمال we referred yesterday to the moral characteristics إمام حسن عليها أفضل صلاة والسلام in which a man came cursed إمام حسن and the particular action that إمام حسن replied with in which brought someone towards the origin of Islam now we know from our إمام the moral characteristics we have another moral characteristics of إمام زيل العابدين in which this one will honestly make you really determine now in our days how much someone can take إمام زيل العابدين lived through many timelines of the خلفاء one in particular was by the name of حشام ابن إسماعيل حشام when he was depositioned he was tied to the streets and the خلفاء of the time says anyone that wants anything from this particular person come and take it from him as you know خلفاء of the time he oppressed, he took he gifted as he wished corruption within the land so there's many people that had hatred towards him were infected their families affected as well by particular actions that this man did so you find look at this man and look at how much he has hurt the أهل البيت this man is replied by saying I fear no one except علي سنب حسين so you can imagine as a dictator how much he must have affected the family of the Prophet how much he affected the life of إمام زيل العابدين not just in a direct manner he would tell people to go and make sure that their life or their living circumstances were very troubled they would be in the streets they'd curse them in the streets whether they inflict damage whether it would be mental physical they would hurt them in one way or another so he comes forth and he says I'm not scared of anyone except علي زيل العابدين علي سنب حسين now the companions hear about this and they say to إمام زيل العابدين well this is your chance this is the time where you can go and you know what take your revenge because إمام زيل العابدين he says come with me he goes towards إمام زيل العابدين he's tied down in the marketplace everyone's coming and you find everyone throwing stuff at him and cursing him showing their hatred towards him إمام زيل العابدين comes and you can imagine that person the only person who's scared of him إمام زيل العابدين and he gets closer and closer and he trembles more and more he goes up to him and he whispers look at the beauty of this he whispers to him he says you know who I am he says of course he says you know what you have done وعليكم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله he says you know what you have done towards me and my family he says yes he says let me ask you another question he says what is it he says do you need anything he says excuse me is there anything that you need an outstanding debt do you want food do you want water is there anything I can help you with let's say إمام's reply to a person that's oppressed him for so long the sheikh narrates to us the characteristics of the prophet we're a Jewish man day in and day out he would attack the prophet put feces on the prophet وَلْعَذَبْ اللَّهِ make sure his traveling was troublesome one day, two days, three days pass the prophet doesn't see this Jewish man and he begins to ask where is this Jewish man the person that's hurt you or prophet of Islam says yes the person that's always causing us trouble he says he's sick he says let's go to him which one of us would do that if a friend hasn't kept in contact with us you know he's thinking what doesn't matter about him he hasn't replied to my messages or he doesn't keep in contact if he really wanted to see me he would message me taking the burden off our shoulders however Islam tells us you have to go and join relations you have to go towards the mu'mineen you have to make sure that you see what they want and provide for them so the prophet asks around and he says where is this Jewish man he says that's his house he goes towards his house so the person look at this Jewish man that's attacked the prophet he sees the man entering he sees the prophet of Islam entering he begins to fix himself he says the prophet of Islam visiting me he says yes he says why he says you're sick Islam teaches us when someone is sick we come in visit them I said so the person is embarrassed the prophet takes his head puts it on his lap he dies on the prophet's lap this Jewish man dies on the prophet's lap saying اشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدًا رسول الله so many stories we have we have an ocean of stories when we look at the moral ethics of the imams of the prophet of Islam the prophet that he himself and the Quran states he was not sent except a mercy for mankind the prophet himself says I was not sent I was not revealed except to perfect to perfect the morals and mannerisms of mankind let's look at Islam your actions the prophet came to perfect our moral standings so be sure if we have a foul tongue make sure that's not what the prophet thought make sure if we have a foul tongue the Imam صاحب العصري was a man who not look at us twice look at the way we act we have the knowledge let's imply it let's put it into practice let's make sure that when someone looks at us he says that's a follower of the school of thought of Ja'far Assad let's make sure that's knowledge the comparison tonight was in favor of wealth now we know wealth doesn't buy us happiness and we have this idea and everyone knows this idea doesn't affect our happiness whatsoever as in how many people do we know that are the richest of people but they don't know what to do with their money they live miserable lives how many people do we know on the opposite agenda they're rich but they give homes they build centers they give towards the poor they give charity look how happy they are but to give you an example there's part of both worlds you have the people that have money don't know what to do with it other people they're blessed and they bless the people around them giving charity giving from what they have and the beautiful thing is the people that don't have when they give look how much of a reward that is in the eyes of Allah because the difference when Allah is giving you is giving you let's say for example a thousand dollars you don't need a thousand dollars this week he's giving it to you it's a difference when that person takes ten dollars of that one thousand and gives it away whereas if a person all he has during that week to provide is a hundred dollars and he gives ten dollars from that see the difference big difference someone surviving of this someone doesn't even need it and you'll be given obviously in reference to this particular act and how much you give from what you are given and Allah will provide because charity you're going into business with Allah سبحانه وتعالى not a normal person Allah says give I will give you ten folds come to me I will come ten steps if you take one step that's the idea that he gives us now the idea of wealth is very simple we know that and we said this I think three nights ago when the comparison between Sulayman which we can no one can say that someone had a bigger kingdom than Sulayman from the people that starts till the end of time no one will have a kingdom like Sulayman no one will have an option in which he controls jinn hence talks every language has the wind under his command no one will have that kingdom but look at the flip side what's the flip side see the Fatima wants to go to the prophet of Islam and she says I want a ring a ring he says not a problem he taught her a particular prayer he says after he finished this prayer open your prayer mat on the right hand side you'll find the ring so she prays the particular prayer that the prophet taught her opens the prayer mat and there's the ring in the dream that night she sees a castle in a beautiful garden she goes into the castle in many rooms she says I entered the room there was a table that had three feet not four had three feet and it was wobbly she goes and tells the prophet of Islam she says I saw this dream what does it mean the prophet says see that ring that you got in the dunya she says yes he says that's taken away from your akhara I says how he says you've asked for this so it's taken away reference points that's why we have that's Suleiman in our narrations will be the last prophet out of the prophet to enter paradise not because there's something against Suleiman no but he will have a longer time being questioned for all that which he had as in Bahlul gives us this example when Haroon was drunk and looks at Bahlul he says Bahlul will you tell me about the day of judgment and this is a lesson for us tonight Insha'Allah I've just got the signal to go down but he gives us this example and Insha'Allah we can end on this note he asks Bahlul he says tell me about the day of judgment how will it be like Bahlul says not a problem get a pot and I need you to light a fire under it so Haroon's king he makes one sign and people have it ready for him he says now teach me about the day of judgment Bahlul he had a walking stick and he had some ragged clothes he jumps on look at what he says look at what he says he says my name is Bahlul I own these garnments I have this walking stick or broom at the time and he jumps off it's all he said he says your turn so Haroon he's drunk he gets on whilst he's on he says my name is Haroon I own these clothes and he begins to he says a couple of things I own this much cattle this much wealth he jumps straight away off didn't last Bahlul looks at him he says hold on Haroon you forgot such and such palace such and such land such and such cattle he says you could not bear that particular heat he says what about the one thing that you've taken that's not yours he says what is it he says that chair that you sit on the خلافة of أهل البيت when Haroon went away from his from his throne for a couple of seconds Bahlul sat on it and then when Haroon returns he's whipped Bahlul is whipped and whipped and whipped and he starts to cry and cry and then Haroon asks him he says why is it that you cry Bahlul he says look at the reply of Bahlul he says I've sat on a throne which is not mine for seconds I was beaten like this he says look at you you've sat on the throne all your life and it's not yours this is the throne of محمد و آلي محمد how do you think your judgment will be on the day of judgment إن شاء الله we end on this but to give us an idea tonight and just to wrap it up we talked about knowledge it's application very brief instance but we looked at importantly wealth and how it does not buy happiness it's what you do with what you have when you pray for Allah for رزق رزق it's not just wealth it's health it's توفيق it's حسن العقبة it's much more than this material item that will always diminish we have to remember this brothers and sisters so we pray to Allah on this note a team may provide sustenance رزق for each and every one of us each and every one of the مؤمنين and مؤمنات بركة الصلاة للمباركة الفاتحة تسبقها الصلاة على محمد و آلي محمد