The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 419: The new official started three fires, and the most exaggerated fire started
"Okay, I understand!"

Zhu Jiansheng thought about it for a while and finally made up his mind to get started.

I have been in office for some time. If I don't make some progress, the vice-committees who are ranked behind me will probably make some small moves.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

This is true no matter which country or dynasty.

Although Zhu Jiansheng was a scholar, he was not without any experience in struggle.

If you want to realize your ambitions, you must be able to control the situation.

Otherwise it's all empty talk.

Soon, Zhu Jiansheng officially took action.

Use food in exchange for cooperation with polar bear military products.

Trade light industrial products with the polar bear to consume domestic inventory, boost production of various factories under the Machinery Industry Committee, and at the same time exchange for some machine tools and other equipment from the polar bear to upgrade production lines and equipment for related domestic factories.

Once this circulation system is established, the factories under the Machinery Industry Committee will have a much better time in the next few years.

When those factories that make money allocate a portion of their profits, the overall situation can be changed significantly.

The machine tools and other equipment brought back can enable more factories to complete upgrades.

You know, in recent years many factories have been unable to purchase equipment in a timely manner due to foreign exchange quota restrictions.

Now there is an additional way for polar bears, which does not require the consumption of foreign exchange and can be carried out directly through barter, which is a huge benefit.

As for light industrial products, after years of development, China is actually no longer in short supply.

When it comes to heavy industrial products, polar bears are even more in no shortage.

Although their machine tool technology cannot compete with the highest-end products from Germany and Japan, it is definitely much higher than the level of various machine tool factories in China.

For China, its own industrial system is in the same line as that of the polar bears. By directly importing relevant equipment from them, technical personnel can save a lot of time when becoming familiar with them.

"Old Zhu, I heard that you made three moves as a new official, and you stunned all your superiors."

"You are really brave."

Zou Yuan also achieved a major turning point in his career this year, moving from the position of president of Capital University of Science and Technology to vice minister of the Ministry of Metallurgy.

Although similar to Zhu Jiansheng, his level has not changed for the time being, but his future is completely different.

When someone like him who understands technology is in charge of each factory, decisions will not be made on a whim.

This is also in line with the consistent spirit of superiors.

"I can't help it, time doesn't wait for me."

"The difficulties facing the weapons industry now are much greater than you think."

“Especially in the southwest, many arsenals are having a hard time.”

"If I don't do something, I think many factories will not be able to pay their employees."

Zhu Jiansheng and Zou Yuan are old classmates, so it is natural for them to communicate with each other in a casual manner.

Today we went to a meeting at the higher authorities' department together, and our seats happened to be nearby, so naturally we had to have a good chat.

Speaking of which, there are many intersections between the Machinery Industry Commission and the Ministry of Metallurgy.

After all, many of the raw materials used by the subordinate factories are produced by the factories under the Ministry of Metallurgy.

Therefore, the heads of the two departments often have the opportunity to report to their superiors or attend meetings together.

"You're right. Although the reform has been going on for ten years, many factories still haven't changed their mindset."

"Everyone is used to following the instructions of their superiors."

"If your two major proposals can be successfully implemented, they can at least provide a few years of buffer period for a large number of factories under your committee."

"Give them enough time to transform and upgrade."

Zou Yuan was also someone who knew the situation very well, so there was no need for him to be polite with Zhu Jiansheng at this time.

The two had an in-depth discussion on this topic and both felt it was very meaningful.

After research, the superiors quickly approved the proposal submitted by Zhu Jiansheng.

Relevant actions were immediately initiated by various departments.

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"Sergeyev, what do you think of the cooperation plan conveyed by China?"

As the Polar Bear's ambassador in China, Andre is relatively familiar with the situations in both countries.

Subconsciously, he felt that China's proposal this time was quite reliable and pragmatic.

Polar bears need a lot of food and a lot of light industrial products.

China has some surplus grain and many different kinds of light industrial products.

And if necessary, the production capacity of various light industrial products such as clothing, canned food, etc. can be increased at any time.

However, China lacks foreign exchange and sufficient ability to sell various products to the international market.

At this time, it is definitely a win-win situation for both parties to conduct transactions through barter.

"I think these two plans are very sincere. It is necessary to report them to the country as soon as possible and convince the country to agree to take action."

“Even if there are only a few achievements in the early stages, once this kind of cooperation begins, there will be endless possibilities in the future.”

Sergeyev knew Andrei too well.

If the other party does not agree with China's cooperation plan, they will not even ask for your opinion.

The reason why he asked so formally now was actually because he wanted to get a positive answer from himself.

Even if something goes wrong at that time, Andre can say that he listened to the advice of his subordinates.

Anyway, the plan was a success, and Andre was the biggest contributor.

If things go wrong, Sergeyev will be blamed.

"You're right. There shouldn't be any risk if we try to cooperate on a small scale first."

"For example, China mentioned using canned food to exchange for machine tools, or using clothing to exchange for raw materials such as titanium alloys."

“I think there’s absolutely no problem.”

"Even if they mentioned that they hope to use food to cooperate with us in introducing S300 or Su-27, it is not completely off-limits for negotiation."

Andele is quite clear about China's military strength.

In his opinion, even if the Polar Bear's S300 air defense missile system and Su-27 fighter jets were sold to China, the other party would not be able to put much pressure on the Polar Bear.

Therefore, this cooperation is completely risk-free for polar bears.

If there is any real risk, it is that these two products may be imitated by China in the future.

However, Andre, who knew the technical difficulty of these two products, did not think that China had the ability to imitate these two products.

"I also think so."

"Later, I will combine the cooperation plan submitted by Huaxia and formally submit a cooperation proposal to China."

When Sergeyev saw that Andrei took the initiative to mention cooperation on key projects such as S300 and Su-27, he knew that he could not hesitate any longer.

Let's push this matter forward quickly.

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"Old Zhu, you have a good eye. You can sense the changes in the polar bears so keenly."

"If they hadn't given us positive feedback so quickly and arranged a delegation to discuss specific cooperation with us, I wouldn't have believed that the powerful polar bear had become weak."

Zhou Jian is now the head of the Machinery Industry Committee, and he and Zhu Jiansheng have known each other for many years.

Now as partners, the cooperation is going very smoothly.

He will almost retire at the end of this year unless there is another opportunity to make further progress.

At this time, he was naturally willing to support Zhu Jiansheng in taking some risky and big moves.

If he succeeds, he might be able to benefit from it and move up a half level to continue making contributions in other positions.

If he fails, he won't suffer any loss and can just retire normally.

Anyway, there is no possibility that the retirement benefits will decrease.

"After reaching their peak, there has been a lot of problems with polar bears over the years."

"In the past, rapid economic development masked some problems. Now, with economic development stagnating or even declining, many problems have become more serious."

"The changes in polar bears also show that the traditional planned economic system has been unable to adapt to the new economic situation, resulting in low production efficiency and waste of resources."

“The reforms we are carrying out are absolutely correct and will succeed.”

Zhu Jiansheng's answer is applicable no matter what the occasion.

But this is still the truth.

"Indeed, after this Red Square incident, it will inevitably affect the prestige and trust of the polar bear people in their so-called strong military power."

"This decline in trust, combined with other problems, is likely to lead to something beyond people's imagination."

If Jiang Hui heard what Zhou Jian said here, he would probably be shocked.

As someone who has been through it all, he knows everything, but Zhou Jian is different.

It is still very difficult to infer from this information alone that things beyond everyone's imagination may happen in the future.

You have to remember, it’s 1987 now. In just a few years, polar bears will be wiped out and become history.

If this happened now, no one would believe it.

Even America, our arch-enemy, does not dare to dream of such a beautiful dream.

But this impossible thing finally became possible.

"Yes, I also sorted out and analyzed various public information, combined with some of our own situations, and concluded that this year's polar bears have shown signs of decline in many aspects, including economy, politics, military and society."

"We took the initiative to extend an olive branch to them and they had no reason to refuse."

“This is a win-win cooperation.”

Zhu Jiansheng now admires his son-in-law's plan more and more.

The more information you know, the more you will understand the benefits of this plan.

The positive feedback from the polar bears undoubtedly proved the correctness of Jiang Hui's previous statements.

This further strengthened Zhu Jiansheng's determination to implement these proposals.

“Yes, it’s a win-win choice.”

"But there are so many different types of equipment we need."

"Their advanced military equipment must be sold at a very high price. We need a lot of food to exchange for the limited equipment." "This will limit the scale of cooperation between our two sides."

Zhou Jian mentioned an objective problem.

Although both parties are very active in cooperating, if some problems cannot be solved well, it will eventually limit the scale of such cooperation.

"Boss, I actually have a bolder plan that I haven't come up with yet."

Zhu Jiansheng originally wanted to bring out a bold plan that his son-in-law had mentioned to him privately after some time.

But today Zhou Jian had a very smooth conversation with him on this topic, which made Zhu Jiansheng feel that it might not be a bad idea to put forward this proposal in advance.

The sooner these proposals are implemented, the sooner China can enjoy various benefits.

This is completely beneficial to the country and the people.

"A bolder proposal?"

"Your previous two proposals were bold enough. Do you have any bolder ones that you haven't come up with?"

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and tell me."

Zhou Jian was stunned for a moment.

He really couldn't imagine what bold proposals Zhu Jiansheng had that he wanted to explain to him.

But he felt a little more expectant.

Over the years, Zhu Jiansheng's performance in all aspects has been remarkable, otherwise he would not have been able to become his deputy so quickly from a university professor.

"The decline of polar bears is already very obvious. I think not only we can see it, but also the United States and other countries will feel it more obviously."

"From an economic perspective, when a region's economic development falls into decline and faces a variety of major problems."

“Then there will definitely be big problems with its currency.”

Zhu Jiansheng took a deep breath and began to sort out the points that Jiang Hui had explained to him.

Over the years, no one in China has ever considered cooperation with polar bears from this perspective.

This is definitely the first time he has tasted the soup.

Naturally, there are certain risks behind this. After all, China suffered a lot in order to repay the foreign debt to the polar bears.

The proposal he is about to propose now will definitely bring back bad memories for some people.

If Zhu Jiansheng is not careful, he will be criticized by a group of people and may even lose his position.

However, on the other hand, if his plan succeeds, the direct benefits it will bring to China will be enormous.

“Problems with currency?”

"Old Zhu, please explain it in detail. I don't quite understand what you mean."

Zhou Jian knew that Zhu Jiansheng would not speak without a purpose, and he looked at him with great interest.

"To put it more directly, this currency issue is currency devaluation."

"The current exchange rate on the polar bear side is 0.6 rubles for one dollar. It can be said that the value of the ruble is very strong."

"According to the official exchange rate, one U.S. dollar can be exchanged for about 3.7 yuan."

"One ruble can be exchanged for about 6 yuan."

"As the polar bear's economic problems intensify, the ruble will inevitably depreciate significantly."

"Then the exchange rate will change from 0.6 rubles to one dollar, and even in extreme cases, it is possible that one dollar can be exchanged for hundreds of rubles."

Zhu Jiansheng directly used numbers to demonstrate his point of view.

Ordinary people rarely pay attention to exchange rate issues. After all, it has no direct relationship with personal life.

However, people at Zhou Jian's level often need to listen to reports from subordinate units on export and foreign exchange earnings, so they are quite sensitive to exchange rate issues.

“Does this exchange rate change have any impact on us?”

He did not directly deny Zhu Jiansheng's speculation, although he did not think that the ruble's exchange rate changes would reach such an exaggerated level.

In fact, Jiang Hui was already speaking quite conservatively when he was communicating with Zhu Jiansheng.

According to normal historical anti-war, before the polar bear was formed, one dollar could be exchanged for 100 rubles.

After the polar bear is formed, one dollar can be exchanged for 3800 rubles at the most exaggerated time.

Think about it, the same dollar has changed from being exchanged for 0.6 rubles to being exchanged for 3800 rubles.

Originally, if you earned several thousand rubles a month, it would definitely be considered a high income.

But with the devaluation of the ruble, your monthly income is only about one dollar.

How can we live then?
How can the situation not be chaotic?
"Leader, if we seek a loan from Polar Bear to purchase some advanced military equipment or machine tools, and agree to repay the loan in three years, or even five years."

"If the contract stipulates that repayments are to be made in rubles, then with the depreciation of the ruble, the amount of the loan we need to repay will be significantly reduced."

"For example, a loan of 600 million rubles is equivalent to 1000 million U.S. dollars."

"In a few years, when the ruble depreciates significantly, maybe we only need to pay back $500 million, or even $100 million."

"Is there any business in the world that is more profitable than this?"

After Zhu Jiansheng gave this example, Zhou Jian finally reacted.

If the situation really develops as Zhu Jiansheng said, then it would be absolutely profitable to ask the Polar Bear to lend rubles to purchase various military equipment and equipment.

If this matter is done in the name of the Machinery Industry Committee, the loan amount will definitely not be at the level of several million rubles, but will reach hundreds of millions of rubles, or even billions of rubles.

By then, with the ruble's sharp depreciation, the benefits it brings to China will be enormous.

To put it bluntly, these military equipment and facilities are equivalent to polar bears giving them to China for free.

"Old Zhu, do you think the ruble will really depreciate?"

Zhou Jian felt his heart was trembling.

He had a hunch that if this thing was really successful, he would leave a significant mark in Chinese history.

This is really tempting.

"The polar bears' problems are obvious to all. From various official and unofficial information, we can tell that their economy is in trouble."

"If you ask someone at the embassy for details, I think the information will be more accurate."

"They can directly feel the changes in local life, the changes in the supply of various materials in the vegetable market, and the complaints and opinions of the surrounding polar bear people about the economy."

"Then we can consult some economists to see if they agree that the ruble will continue to depreciate."

"We can even ask our embassy staff in the United States and England to find local economists for information in this regard. Their experts will definitely have more professional views on international exchange rate issues."

"Combining this information, you can make another judgment, leader, to see if the plans I mentioned are feasible."

After Zhu Jiansheng said this, Zhou Jian felt more confident.

These are all methods that are easy to implement.

The key point of Zhu Jiansheng's plan is whether the ruble will depreciate.

If so, it's worth doing.

If there is going to be a significant depreciation, then we should do everything we can to make it as big as possible.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It is possible that China's industrial system will undergo a radical upgrade just like in the 1950s.

If this were true, Zhou Jian felt like he would wake up laughing in his sleep.

Even if he retires by then, his superiors will probably still remember his kindness.

It is even possible to let him come back and continue to make use of his remaining energy.

After all, the interests involved behind this would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars.

If they were a little bolder and acted a little more exaggeratedly, it would be possible to get back equipment worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

"I will immediately arrange for someone to investigate this information."

"At the same time, you should also put the plan into writing and be ready to report to your superiors with me at any time."

Zhou Jian took a deep breath and prepared to roll up his sleeves and get to work.

The weapons industry has been under too much pressure in recent years.

If there were such a windfall, there would be so many things you could do.

With sufficient financial support, no problem is a problem.

For many factories, the current problems can be solved or alleviated by providing funding.

Just like what some people in later generations said, 99% of a person’s problems are due to lack of money.

This is also applicable to a certain extent for factory development.

……

"Xiao Jiang, our committee has arranged special personnel to conduct a lot of investigations during this period."

"Leader Zhou now also agrees that the ruble will depreciate in the future, even significantly."

"So the third plan you mentioned to me before was formally presented to my superiors yesterday."

Taking advantage of Jiang Hui's business trip to the capital, Zhu Jiansheng shared with him some of the things that had happened during this period.

To some extent, this is also seeking some advice from Jiang Hui.

Many times, Jiang Hui played the role of Zhu Jiansheng's adviser.

"Dad, since the leaders have approved this direction, I think we can take bigger actions."

"In the end, it's just a matter of whether the benefits you enjoy are big or small."

"With our current export-earning capacity and economic growth rate, it won't be that difficult to repay those loans even if we really need to."

Jiang Hui is very sure that the ruble will depreciate significantly.

The magnitude will exceed everyone's expectations.

The current loans will basically be reduced to zero by then.

It would be a shame if we don’t take advantage of such a good opportunity.

Historically, Americans have benefited the most from the devaluation of the ruble.

Now, Jiang Hui hopes that China can also get a bigger share of the pie.

This kind of opportunity may only come once in a hundred years.

If you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

(End of this chapter)