"Sometimes I feel anxious but have no solution. No matter how hard I try, I must comply with basic objective laws. It would be good if I can speed up my progress."
Zhou Qingfeng sighed at the T700 series turboshaft engine loaded in the wooden box of the container truck. It was more than 20 years before China developed and produced the same type of high-performance equipment. At that time, the United States had a better one.
The pace of progress really can never stop.
After becoming 'Friends of the Goddess', the number and abilities of the spirit slaves in the alchemy workshop have also been greatly increased. They have become smarter and more independent, and have become very good portable workers.
Eileen came forward and rented a villa with a large garage on the outskirts of Tucson. The soul slaves drove the forklift and moved the wooden boxes out of the container one by one and sent them to the alchemy workshop.
Next, more spirit slaves will drive to collect goods until the workshop is full.
The space inside the workshop is now very large, enough to fit hundreds of standard containers. So when Zhou Qingfeng comes to the United States, he simply sweeps up goods everywhere. After arriving in Hong Kong, these goods are loaded onto container trucks and transported to the mainland.
The equipment that comes from ‘sweeping goods’ is large in quantity and variety, and can complement the future ‘junk’ that is relatively limited in e-commerce. These goods have become an indispensable material support for the development of ‘Holy Light’.
After making trouble in the United States, Zhou Qingfeng returned to the Imperial Capital in mid-January of 1994. Since he never said hello when he went out, and he could not be found by others, any domestic matters could only be dealt with after he came back.
When he got off the plane this time, before he even left the airport, the ministry personnel who had been guarding him at the airport blocked him and happily picked him up, with only the beating of gongs and drums.
Zhou Qingfeng was confused and didn't know what was going on.
After returning to the group headquarters, Ma Qianshan, who has a background in ministries and commissions, came out. When they met, he couldn't stop laughing and said: "Mr. Zhou, what a happy event. Do you know what our GDP growth was last year?"
Zhou Qingfeng's face will fall when he mentions GDP. He was worried about similar tasks in Nantou Township, and it took him a long time to get it done.
But Ma Qianshan smiled happily and opened his palms to sign the number '7', and shook it vigorously, "In terms of US dollars, this number breaks the record!"
Zhou Qingfeng didn't know what the historical GDP was, but he had some understanding of the national economy. Looking at Ma Qianshan's waving fingers, he asked speculatively: "Seven hundred billion U.S. dollars?"
"That's right!" Ma Qianshan slapped his thigh, his happy features squeezed towards the middle, and he laughed like a child. "The specific statistics are not complete yet. But preliminary estimates indicate that the annual growth rate has reached 20%.
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This figure shocked the top leaders and required careful calculations, efforts to squeeze out the water, and a down-to-earth and accurate figure. The audit department is working overtime, but internal information has confirmed that the growth figure will only be more, not less."
But Zhou Qingfeng was still puzzled. The GDP of 700 billion US dollars was better than the best situation he had estimated. After thinking about it, he asked in a low voice: "Denominated in US dollars. What is the current soft sister currency to the US dollar?"
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"Five point four, keep stable." Ma Qianshan replied firmly.
Stay stable?
That's not right.
Zhou Qingfeng vaguely remembers that at the beginning of 1994, the exchange rate of RMB dropped sharply, jumping from about 5:00 to 8:00. At that time, the "collapse theory" was making a lot of noise, and a lot of public figures were mourning every day, but they didn't die.
Go abroad.
'Shengguang' has been preparing to deal with this drastic change in the exchange rate since 1992. It spends money in every possible way, and the money is scattered like pieces of paper. Zhou Qingfeng invests everywhere, even in long-term projects such as hydropower stations and roads.
Everyone dares to vote.
Because money will depreciate in your hands!
But now... wasn't it promised that it would be devalued? Why did it suddenly change its mind?
Zhou Qingfeng is usually very confident and does everything neatly, but today he rarely looked confused. Ma Qianshan was very happy about this and said "hey hey hey" several times in a row to reveal the answer.
"Last year our foreign exchange was extremely tight, and we did have the intention to significantly adjust the exchange rate. But didn't you, Mr. Zhou, exchange hundreds of tons of gold, and tens of billions of US dollars in foreign exchange were also handed over to the Foreign Exchange Administration.
At that time, we could no longer hold on, and these hard currencies were a timely gift, which abruptly stabilized our tense foreign exchange situation.
Many comrades in the ministries and commissions told me that they were so worried that they couldn't sleep every day, and all they could think about was where to get some foreign exchange. After all, the situation in Russia in the north was too scary, and everyone had trouble sleeping and eating.
Fortunately, Mr. Zhou had a clear sense of justice and exchanged the hard currency for it. When I learned the news, I was negotiating with Madasic, and I decided that Mr. Zhou would never stand by and ignore the country's difficulties. Sure enough..."
What a ghost indeed!
Ma Qianshan held Zhou Qingfeng's hand, and Uncle Zhou tried to throw him away.
Let's not mention this, okay? I had no choice at the time, otherwise who wouldn't want to save a sum of gold. Let's just mention the exchange rate.
Seeing the president's dark complexion, Ma Qianshan patted Zhou Qingfeng's arm deeply, with an "I understand" expression, and whispered: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, no one cares where the gold foreign exchange comes from? Absolutely no one
Mention this matter."
Zhou Qingfeng shook his head inwardly. He was so shameless that he didn't care what others thought. Doesn't this make him want to know why the exchange rate didn't fall?
"With enough foreign exchange, many comrades can finally have a good night's sleep. Some foreign public opinion concluded that we must adjust the exchange rate this year. However, we held on, but the black-hearted speculators suffered heavy losses."
Ma Qianshan smiled mischievously, but Zhou Qingfeng let out a long sigh. He knew that there were foreign exchange controls, and the so-called 'speculators' were not foreign, but domestic.
Just because the 'Holy Light' has given a large amount of hard currency to stabilize the exchange rate of the soft currency, some people are 'stealing the chicken but losing the rice'. Not only are they losing money, they may also have to pay something else.
When the exchange rate is stable, prices will be stable, and the economy will also be stable.
Ma Qianshan said with emotion, "Actually, hard currency alone is not enough. 'Holy Light' has been engaged in international trade targeting Eastern Europe since 1992, which has played a great role in revitalizing the domestic economy.
However, the ministries and commissions have not yet made a concrete measurement of how effective it will be.
Now this has been measured. Last year’s new import and export volume alone exceeded 300 billion yuan. The market of the former Soviet Union is a perfect complement to us, and both heavy and light industrial products are urgently needed by the other side.
In addition, ‘Holy Light’ has secured a number of highly profitable export products, such as machine tools, batteries, VCDs, etc. For many of our companies, this is like dew after a long drought, saving their lives.
The situation last year was really dangerous. But the information logistics network of 'Holy Light' was also really powerful. It managed to save tens of thousands of companies by relying on export barter trade. Coupled with the restructuring of the companies, tens of millions of people worked for it.
Benefit!"
As Ma Qianshan talked, tears were about to fall. He was greatly touched in recent days and couldn't help but patted Zhou Qingfeng's hand, "It's rare. I got through it. I really got through it."
The stabilization of the economy is equivalent to saving thousands of lives, and we have really seen a turnaround. I originally thought that no matter how optimistic I was, it would take three or four years to see the dawn of stability, but I didn't expect that the situation would turn around.
So fast!
Mr. Zhou, it’s not easy! Our current GDP is close to one-sixth of Japan’s and more than one-tenth of that of the United States. This is a huge improvement.”
Pfft... Zhou Qingfeng was originally excited by Ma Qianshan's encouragement and felt that his work was not in vain. But after hearing this last sentence, he suddenly lost his temper.