That's that. If you could not follow the rules and also not able to bribe the right official, the business will be best for smuggling. That route was also not profitable most of the time.
So what Yu Qiao did in Country Phi was always to support the ruling party or the official who was willing to be partners with him.
How couldn't he? He needed the government's full support – exemptions, contracts, favors, and all. He, however, never thought the government would fall out of favor with the people - his people. He would often look back on those good business days.
Not only Yu Qiao was having a problem like this. Nikos mentioned that even on his family side, the power struggle for money was like drama on TV.