Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1233 It's fast! (4k, 5k)

"'If we don't occupy the position of public opinion, the enemy will occupy it'. Is this his original words?"

"Yes, Chief. When I heard that, I felt that even if this guy didn't fight in wars or do scientific research, he would still be a good political cadre. And he also said that TV universities can only be seen in a few big cities, which is a waste of the teachers' hard work in recording classes." The leader of the Defense Work Committee laughed.

"Hahaha, he is the typical example of gold that shines wherever it is. He has a lot of ideas, which are very clever, and what's rare is his sincerity. Well, his suggestion is still good. We can lean in this direction. At least our own people's cultural life can be enriched, our beliefs and scientific knowledge can be more widely spread, and more people can learn from them." Cultural life is very important.

"Okay, I see. It looks like we may have broadcasting and television satellites in four or five years."

"It seems that you have great confidence in him."

"Well, he is very reliable in doing things. He never fights a battle without preparation. He often exceeds his promises and never gives up."
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"Kurkina, come and see how much our savings are in total?" In the Russian capital, at the home of a low- to middle-level official, a Russian walked into the house joyfully, holding a bottle of Vodka in his hand, his face filled with a confident smile that showed he was showing off in front of his wife.

"Linochka, why did you buy more wine?" Kurkina wiped her wet hands on her apron and frowned at her husband.

"If you listen to me, you will definitely agree to let me drink, my dear Kurkina! Hahaha." Linochka put the bottle in her hand heavily on the table.

A smile appeared on Kurkina's face. Although her husband liked to drink like most Russians, he had never lied to her: "Then tell me, why did you buy wine? If the reason is sufficient, then I will let you drink."

"I got this!" Linochka pulled a piece of paper out of his trouser pocket and handed it to Kurkina.

Kurkina took the paper and looked at it carefully.

"Linochka, you are awesome!!!" She hugged Linochka and gave him a big kiss, then picked up the Vodka on the table: "I'll drink with you!"

As she spoke, she turned around and busied herself happily in the kitchen, humming Katyusha.

"How did you get this car?" This kind of question was just because she couldn't hold back the joy in her heart and was looking for a topic to vent her happiness.

"You know, I am in charge of work in the South. Comrades in the South are exporting cars to us. Although these are civilian equipment and we are responsible for military equipment, my minister comrade still found a way to get me a qualification." Linochka said happily.

Hearing this, Kurkina stopped what she was doing. "The car of the Southern comrades? Linochka, I don't have a problem with the Southern comrades, but do you really think their cars... um... can survive a cold winter?"

In her heart, the South is still that poor and backward country.

Linochka burst into laughter and hugged Kurkina: "My dear, don't worry, I'm not a fool. There are some things I can't tell you, but I can tell you one thing. In this regard, the comrades in the South are no worse than us now, and are even more advanced! Do you know how expensive this car is?"

"How expensive? 8000 local currency?" This is probably the price of the Volga GAZ-21 second-generation 59kw model that Linochka can buy at his level. However, the qualification to buy a car at this time is probably almost waiting until the 21st century. Even if Linochka is a mid-level official, it is still not so easy to get one. As a military equipment, GAZ-69 is easier for him to get, but he thinks that GAZ-69 is not so comfortable to sit in, so it is not the first choice.

"No, no, no, 9300 local currency! Don't think it's too expensive, there's no discount!" Linochka was very proud.

"Oh, my Linochka, are you crazy?" Kurkina exclaimed. The price was not out of line, but it was hard for her to accept it for the cars produced by comrades in the south.

"No, no, no, dear, don't forget what I do? I have absolute confidence in mechanical equipment! Although this car looks almost the same as GAZ-21 and has a displacement of only 1.5 liters, its power is 21kw more than the 2.4-liter 59kw engine of Volga GAZ-8! And it is more fuel-efficient than GAZ-21. I know gasoline is not expensive, but it is always good to save a little, isn't it? I've tried it, it's a wonderful feeling, and listening to the sound of the engine really fascinates me... Unfortunately, their 2.0-liter 120-horsepower model is too expensive, and I can't afford it." Linochka felt quite regretful.

This is a special version of the car we provide for the Russians and the countries of the Economic Cooperation Council. The shell is basically a copy of the GAZ-21. The Russians have bought our imitation products before. They once bought our imitation and improved landing craft because the quality was better than their own products.

Comrade Linochka at this time, like men all over the world, had absolute confidence in machinery and was always pursuing greater horsepower.

"Well, as long as you want, my Linochka." Kurkina did not insist, in this regard, she chose to believe her husband. In any case, the family has a car, which is really a thing worth celebrating.

But for Linochka, the emotional value of this incident has obviously not been fully released: "You know, Kurkina, you can also drive this car."

Kulkina was happy but overwhelmed by her husband's kindness: "No, no, no, Linochka, I'm not very good at driving, you know."

Linochka smiled and said, "Don't worry, Comrade Nan Fang, this car is even automatic! You can drive it too." GAZ-21 did not mass-produce automatic transmission models because the reliability of the automatic transmission was not high. However, the cars we exported were equipped with AMT transmissions. Although the AMT box was a bit jerky, this problem was not a big problem for cars of this era, and people didn't even notice it, all thanks to the comparison with peers.

At this point, Kurkina felt that 9300 Russian francs was not so unbearable.

Kulkina praised her husband for picking out an automatic car for her. She hugged her husband and gave him a big kiss. Although this might be a helpless choice, she felt that the truth was like this. Yes, it must have been picked on purpose.

"The day after tomorrow! The day after tomorrow I'll get the car, Kurkina, wait a minute... my wine... my wine..."

Similar things mainly happen on the Russian side. In fact, other economic assistance countries cannot get much production capacity now. Except for some friendly countries where we give away a small amount, our export automobile production capacity in the economic assistance system has been almost completely eaten up by the Russians alone.

The Russians are not stupid, they know what good things are, and they can't produce so much and so well themselves.

A similar thing happened in Gaul.

Mr. Senna has been in high spirits recently, and he is even more passionate at this moment.

He jumped out of a car similar to Gao Zhendong's Jingcheng-63 and shouted to his wife, "It's so refreshing, honey, you must try this car!"

"This is just an oriental car that you use to fill the vehicle market segment and make money as an agent..." His wife looked at the slightly rough car in front of her, suppressed the corners of her mouth and shrugged her shoulders.

"Senna, this car doesn't look romantic at all, and lacks artistic atmosphere." "But it has a kind of wild beauty, dear, beauty should not be defined. The most important thing is that it is fast!"

“Its interior doesn’t look classy enough.”

"But this interior is full of industrial beauty. Most importantly, it's fast!"

"Its chassis is a bit high. I'm a little worried about you when you turn."

"But this high chassis provides better passability, and the Orientals have tuned its suspension very well, so the roll is not too big. Most importantly, it's fast!"

"Well, dear, it seems you like this car very much." Mrs. Senna looked at her husband and smiled.

"Yes, I like it very much! Because..."

“It’s fast!”*2.

The two laughed.

The engine is the primary competitive advantage of our automobile exports at this moment.
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"Warmly celebrate the fact that our factory's total automobile exports have reached 2000 units!" A banner was hung at the gate of the Beijing Automobile Factory, fluttering in the wind.

Under the banner, a car with a big red flower was parked there quietly. This was the 2000th car.

2000 units, in the 21st century, this is not even enough for a day's production for the top domestic manufacturers, but this is the result of several months of hard work by Beijing Automobile Factory.

Gao Zhendong is also here. He was invited by Beijing Auto Works. Beijing Auto Works thinks that since 2000 cars have been sold, it is time to celebrate.

"We have sold 2000 units. Where have they been sold to?" He was chatting with a comrade from the Ministry of Foreign Trade next to him. It is estimated that Beijing Automobile Factory itself does not know this data. Instead, the comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade who are responsible for import and export know it better.

"More than 65% is with the Russians, and the rest is with the Gauls." The comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade were in a very good mood when talking about this, and they could not stop wanting to talk. It just so happened that with Gao Zhendong, they had nothing to hide about these data.

"And I've discovered a problem. The Oceanic Treaty Organization is more interested in hatchbacks, yes, the car you taught them to build, while the Russians are more interested in sedans." A comrade from the Ministry of Foreign Trade chatted.

Gao Zhendong nodded: "That's normal. There are many people and narrow roads in Western Europe, so people are more interested in small cars."

"Are there too many people and too few roads in Western Europe? Judging from the land area and population, it doesn't seem like it." The leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Trade had no idea about this.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "After all, they started on the road of urbanization earlier. Because of the development over the past few hundred years, there are more built-up areas in cities. But when they planned the roads, they didn't expect that cars would run all over the streets. Naturally, the roads were not ideal, and large cars were not easy to operate. It's like... it's like if you imagine what it would look like if the alleys in our capital were filled with cars."

As for Western Europe's preference for the handling of small cars, it is actually the other way around, as small car owners are used to cars with better handling. After all, for the same car, the smaller it is, the easier it is to adjust and control.

This is like the people living in the alleys of Beijing in the 21st century. Whether their driving skills are good or not is another matter, but their parking skills are definitely excellent.

The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade thought to himself, wow, that’s really incredible.

"Hey, it's you who thinks so comprehensively. This solves a big puzzle of mine. Obviously, three-box cars can hold more things and look more impressive, so why are they interested in small cars instead?" The leader of the Foreign Trade Department was very happy. It was a pleasure to chat with these top experts and they could learn something at any time.

For him, if he didn't figure out why the bigger cars were not selling well, it would be a dereliction of duty and he would not be able to provide a summary and guidance for future trade work. Now he is finally relieved. It's not that the sedan is bad, but that people like the hatchback.

"And there is another reason why the Gauls are more interested in our two cars." Gao Zhendong knew something else.

"Oh? Anything else?" For the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the more complete the information collected, the better.

"They have Renault 63cv which is smaller than our Jingcheng-4, and Peugeot 21/403 which is about the same size as the three-box GAZ-404 imitation model, but they don't have a good two-box car of Jingcheng-63's level. From the perspective of avoiding competition, they will undoubtedly choose Jingcheng-63. Moreover, Jingcheng-63's power makes it more competitive."

毕竟他们都不是奔驰，拿不出和363/463系列差不多水平的发动机来，标致403最大的1.5升发动机功率不过65马力，和京城-63的1.5升发动机90马力压根没法比。

Not to mention 403, even 404, the initial 1.6-liter engine only had 72 horsepower, and the later upgraded 1.9-liter engine only had 82 horsepower. It was better than the Russian one, but still not as good as the 363.

"By the way, boss, how much did you sell it for?" Gao Zhendong asked casually. He really didn't know the price of cars these days.

"Hehe, the Russians were sold for about 1000 million Russian coins, which is equivalent to 3000 million local coins, hahahaha. The Gauls were sold for a little less, about 600 million Gaul coins."

Gao Zhendong was very surprised. He really didn't expect to sell so many.

3000 million local currency is certainly a drop in the bucket if viewed from the perspective of the 21st century, but it is different these days. If Gao Zhendong remembers correctly, the cost of our second-generation frigate was about 1500 million local currency, and that was data from the 80s. In the 60s, this number would be even more exaggerated and enough to do many things.

The 600 million Gallic coins of the Gauls are not simple either. They are somewhat similar to the Citibank coins. They are the Gallic coins before the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, and can also buy a lot of things in Gaul. For example, the price of the Mark 403 is 7000 Gallic coins, and the price of the Mark 404 is 9000 Gallic coins.

The key point is that at this time, our demand for foreign exchange has been strong.

(End of this chapter)