The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 404 Plaza Accord?

The importance of the motorcycle industry and the automobile industry is beyond doubt!

Especially the automotive industry!
The automobile industry is a comprehensive enterprise developed on the basis of many related industries and related technologies. Products of many departments are used in automobiles, and various processing technologies are required from blank processing to vehicle assembly.

Car parts include thousands of different components, from large parts like floorboards to small parts like screws.

After several years of development, China Automobile Group no longer produces everything as it did at the beginning, but now only produces engines, transmissions, axles, bodies, tires, glass, etc. As for body interiors and other small parts, they are all handed over to supporting factories.

From the economic development of developed countries, we can see that the automobile industry plays an important supporting role.

This is mainly reflected in three aspects. On the one hand, the automobile industry accounts for a large proportion of output value and sales revenue. On the other hand, the development of the automobile industry will inevitably promote the development of many related industrial sectors. The automobile industry is a comprehensive assembly industry. A car is composed of tens of millions of parts and components. Every automobile manufacturer has a large number of related parts factories, so the automobile industry has close ties with many industrial sectors.

The last aspect is that the automobile industry is a highly technology-intensive industry that concentrates new materials, new equipment, new processes and new technologies in many scientific fields.

In the new year, one of the focuses of Huaxia Automobile Group and Huaxia Motorcycle Group is to cultivate supporting factories and establish a final assembly plant in Pengcheng.

In the new year, China Automobile Group and China Motorcycle Group are also the companies most likely to achieve substantial growth.

Because the domestic market will grow further and the overseas market can be further developed.

Of course, these are all internal matters of Panshan Group. If there was anything that Liu Tao was particularly concerned about in 1985, it was the opportunities brought about by the Plaza Accord.

This is a feast of wealth and an opportunity to skin Japan alive!
Liu Tao would naturally not miss the opportunity to severely damage Japan's economy and weaken Japan's national strength.

He is not afraid that there will be no "Plaza Accord" because it is a long-term trend.

The so-called "Plaza Accord" is, to put it bluntly, a means for the United States to divert domestic problems in order to increase the competitiveness of its product exports and improve the imbalance in its international balance of payments.

When the United States wants to find someone to attack, Japan is undoubtedly the best target.

Because Japan was clamoring to "buy America" ​​at that time. Even the Empire State Building in the United States became a Japanese property. There was nothing that Japan dared not buy at that time.

At this time, Japan's economy was booming and its automobile industry was very developed. Japanese automobile brands were wreaking havoc in the American market, defeating domestic American automobile brands. Japanese electronic products were selling well in the United States, forcing the American electronics industry to form alliances to protect themselves. Many American buildings and industries were acquired by Japan.

Japan has also been the world's shipbuilding leader for more than a decade, with its shipbuilding orders and deliveries accounting for more than 50% of the world's total.

Japan's Shinkansen has become a shining brand, claiming to have the most advanced high-speed rail technology in the world.

Japan is the largest creditor of the United States and has purchased the most U.S. debt. Similarly, Japan makes the most profit from the United States every year, and the huge trade deficit makes the United States miserable.

Dissatisfaction with Japan in the United States is growing year by year.

Wow, I was planning to raise a dog, but this dog actually turned out to be the owner.

That's pretty cool!

You know, the United States has had a very difficult time in the past decade.

Since the first oil crisis in the 70s and the United States was mired in the Vietnam War, in which it not only failed to win the war but also left in disgrace, staging the famous "Saigon Moment", the US GDP growth rate once dropped below negative values, while CPI growth exceeded double digits, and even during the second oil crisis, it directly exceeded 20%.

Even if the US dollar interest rate is raised and the US Treasury bond interest rate is pushed up, there is no sign of improvement in the economy.

After Reagan came to power, he started a new free economy, but it was completely useless. If the Americans don't kill some dogs to replenish their blood, they will probably not be able to hold on.

At this time, the fat and strong Japan is naturally the best target.

In 1981, Japan's foreign trade surplus was 2 trillion yen, but by 1984, the trade deficit had reached 11 trillion yen.

Among them, Japan's exports to the United States accounted for as much as 37%.

The United States naturally hopes to ease the trade deficit by devaluing the dollar.

In 1980, the U.S. trade deficit widened, and by 1984 it had reached $2500 billion.

Even though the United States is a big country with a great economy, it cannot afford this.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Soviet Union was caught up in internal power struggles in recent years, but the United States did not take any action externally.

Otherwise, given that Colonel Kamagra kept pointing fingers at and cursing the Americans every now and then, the Americans would have dealt with Colonel Kamagra long ago based on their previous temper.

Liu Tao had been planning this feast of wealth to skin and flesh Japan since last year.

This is also because with Hong Kong as our base, many things can be done very conveniently.

However, this matter is not suitable to be discussed at the Party Committee meeting, and it is not even suitable for too many people to know.

Therefore, Liu Tao did not mention it at the Party Committee meeting, nor did he tell other members of the Party Committee.

For Liu Tao, or for the entire Panshan Group, there is another good news, that is, the People's Bank of China announced the exchange rate for the new year.

1985年，执行1美元兑换2.9367人民币，执行100日元兑换1.25人民币，执行100港元兑换37.57人民币。

For a company like Panshan Group that mainly engages in export trade, this means that the same US dollar can be exchanged for more RMB, which will definitely greatly increase revenue and profits.

However, in the new year, Panshan Group and the bank still need to have a detailed discussion on the foreign exchange settlement rate.

Although in essence everyone belongs to the country, after all, they are brothers and they have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that Panshan Group and the bank are different systems, so the interests that should be fought for still have to be fought for.

Liu Tao could already foresee that there would be another wave of overseas funds pouring into China to invest and build factories.

However, he could also foresee that with the further depreciation of the US dollar, it would also mean that it would be more difficult for oil prices to fall, and the prices of weapons and equipment in the international market would probably continue to increase.

In this regard, how much benefit you can get depends on your ability.

The last topic of the Party Committee meeting was personnel adjustments.

Some were demoted, some were promoted, some were transferred in from outside, and some were transferred outside by Panshan Group.

This is the way it is in today's era. State-owned enterprises, governments, ministries, etc. can move around and be transferred here and there.

Liu Tao is not opposed to cadres being transferred out, after all, it is all for the development of the country. Liu Tao is also not opposed to cadres being transferred in, because Panshan Group is now so large and the system has been initially established, and the people who come in will be affected and changed, but will not disrupt Panshan Group.

(End of this chapter)