industrial overlord

Chapter 434
Hearing Lin Zhenhua's words, Savyev was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "Young people, the word socialism, in today's Soviet Union... no, it should be said that in today's Russia, it is already an outdated term. vocabulary. Russia is no longer a socialist country, and I think China and Russia are no longer allies in the same camp.”

Lin Zhenhua shook his head and said: "No, academician Savyev, I think Russia will still have to regard China as an ally for quite a long time in the future. Indeed, Russia has given up the socialist program and started to fully lean towards the West. However, I don’t think the West will accept Russia’s surrender. It’s naive for Russia’s leaders to think that they can win the West’s approval as long as they give up their ideological conflict with the West.”

The word childish, coming from Lin Zhenhua's mouth, is really embarrassing.Among the people in this room, he was the youngest, and Savyev was more than twice his age. He actually commented on the childishness of Russian leaders in front of Savyev.

However, Savyev didn't seem to mind Lin Zhenhua's arrogance. He nodded and said, "Young man, go ahead."

Lin Zhenhua smiled slightly and said: "Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States and the Soviet Union had been in a cold war. On the surface, this cold war seemed to be an ideological battle, but in essence it was nothing more than a power struggle between two superpowers." This kind of contradiction will not be changed just because Russia gives up its socialist stance. The only way for the United States to no longer be hostile to Russia is to make Russia a weak country that only follows the lead of the United States. As long as Russia still has its own position, then The U.S.-Russia dispute will never go away."

Both Liu Xianghai and Chen Tian looked at Lin Zhenhua in surprise. From their social experience, they thought Lin Zhenhua's words were reasonable.There are no two tigers in the mountains, and there are no two suns in the sky. This is the wisdom handed down from ancient China.In fact, these rules of international politics have been played countless times in Chinese history. Problems that Russians cannot see can be clearly seen by ordinary Chinese.

However, the current international situation is somewhat different from Lin Zhenhua's prediction.After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the newly elected Russian president launched shuttle diplomacy to Western countries. Everywhere he went, he was treated like a VIP. Leaders of various countries praised Russia for making the right choice, and promised to send Russia provides a large amount of aid to help Russia quickly get rid of its economic difficulties and become a "normal country".

It is precisely because of these phenomena that Chinese politicians and scholars have some doubts. They worry that Western countries will really accept Russia because Russia has given up its ideological stand. If this is the case, then China will really was completely isolated.

Lin Zhenhua is one of the few calm people. His calm comes from his understanding of the history of later generations.He knew that Russia did receive verbal praise from many Western countries at the beginning of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, but when it came to substantive content such as economic aid, all Western countries chose to stand by.In the eyes of Western countries, Russia is still a behemoth that threatens them. It is far more in the interest of the West to let this behemoth collapse than to let it rise.

It is precisely because of his insight into these thoughts of Western countries that Lin Zhenhua believes that he can persuade Russian people of insight to accept China. The alliance between China and Russia will not change because of the Soviet Union's change of flag. may be further enhanced.

Savyev sighed softly, and said, "Young man, you are right. It's a pity that our president is too conceited, and the prime minister he relies on is a big boy who is not sensible at all. Yes , although our Prime Minister is older than you, he is a complete idiot in terms of international politics. Now, they are all pinning their hopes on Western aid, and in order to get Western aid, they will not hesitate to drastically cut Russia's The purpose of military spending is to make the West feel that Russia is no longer a threat to them."

The "big boy" that Savyev referred to was Gaidar, the acting prime minister of Russia at the time. This talented student of the Economics Department of Moscow State University was only 35 years old at the time.He first served as Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, and later served as Minister of Finance, and finally became Acting Prime Minister.

This man was born in a literary family and is eloquent, but he has no experience in managing the economy.The solutions he used to solve the crisis all came from Western economic theories.In order to better understand the essence of Western economics, he once took a group of brickmen to the United States to seek advice from economist Jeffrey Sachs.Sachs proposed a bad idea to Gaidar, called "shock therapy", which means to knock a person into a daze, and then when he wakes up, he will become wise and powerful.

People in later generations have always been puzzled by Sachs' idea, and they don't know why shock can also be used as a means of curing diseases.Later, many writers of time-travel novels embezzled this idea, and wrote countless strange stories about people who suddenly became enlightened after being stunned. This is naturally a later story.

Gaidar has never read time travel novels, but he firmly believes in Sachs' theory.After returning from the United States, he immediately launched a series of policies aimed at shocking Russia.

At the beginning of 1992, the Russian government announced that it would liberalize 90% of the prices of consumer goods and 80% of the prices of means of production. As a result, within 6 months, the prices of consumer goods increased by 65 times, and the wholesale prices of industrial products increased by 14 times. The market was completely stagnant due to the forced stoppage of work to digest the factors of rising prices of production materials.

Faced with high inflation, Gaidar introduced the second policy, announcing fiscal and monetary tightening, and canceling preferential tax policies. As a result, the various benefits that the majority of residents enjoyed before disappeared.

Next, Gaidar launched another ruthless move. He converted all state-owned assets into shares, called privatization securities, and every Russian citizen can get one.Since ordinary people simply did not see the value in this privatized security, many sold it for a bottle of vodka.Some bureaucrats and dignitaries wantonly bought privatized securities in the hands of people at low prices. As a result, they took over a large number of state-owned enterprises with very little cost and became a new economic oligarch.

The future of a once ranked second largest country in the world, and the livelihood of more than 1 million people, is actually determined by such a big boy who can only talk about military affairs on paper.When Russia's economy declined by 50% under the management of such people, they would just shrug their shoulders and say "Sorry".

Can history really be archived and repeated?
Lin Zhenhua didn't know much about Gaidar and others. He just commented based on his own knowledge from later generations: "This is really a ridiculous idea. In this world, strength has always been used to speak. Never Which country can still have a say after weakening itself."

"You're right." Saviev said, "Well, young man, I already understand what you mean, so can you tell me what you think Russia should do?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "Academician Savyev, your question is embarrassing for me. I am just a Chinese business manager. How dare I speak nonsense about Russia's major policies? However, I think that Russia and China Under the new situation, a relationship of mutual assistance should be established. I believe that a strong China will be able to become Russia's strong backing."

Although Savyev was born as a scientist, in his capacity, he can often participate in some national strategic meetings.For Russia's geopolitical situation, Saviev is well aware of.Hearing Lin Zhenhua's words, he smiled knowingly: "Young man, why don't you think that a strong China will pose a threat to Russia?"

"In this world, there are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests. At present, the situation of China and Russia is the same. No country has the ability to confront the United States alone. At the same time, our two countries They are both big countries, and they are obstacles to the United States’ global hegemony. Under such circumstances, China and Russia will benefit from peace, and both will lose from confrontation. Perhaps the Russian leaders have not realized this for a while, but the Chinese leaders I understand this truth. Therefore, the rise of China will not threaten Russia's security. On the contrary, the stronger China is, the more it can share the pressure on Russia, which is also good for Russia." Lin Zhenhua talked eloquently.

"Xiao Lin, that's a good point!" Chen Tian said with emotion from the bottom of his heart. It's not that he hasn't thought about Lin Zhenhua's reasoning, but he still lacks some of Lin Zhenhua's self-confidence.

Savyev has actually thought about these issues. As a scientist in the field of military industry, he has always been heartbroken by the government's self-abolition of martial arts.After listening to Lin Zhenhua's words, he nodded and said, "Young man, you are right. A strong China is indeed beneficial to our Russia. So, what do you want us to do?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "As far as we know, scientists from many research institutions, including the Shark Design Institute, are losing scientists. Our idea is that instead of letting them go to the West, it is better to let them go to China and help China develop. This is actually protecting talents for Russia. We accompanied Dean Liu to you this time, and we also hope that you can help us introduce some outstanding scientists and persuade them to work in China."

"Who do you want to see?" Savyev turned to Liu Xianghai and asked.

Liu Xianghai said: "I want to know, are Tuchinov and Sergey still in the Shark Design Institute? Have they been poached by Westerners?"

Savyev shook his head and said, "No, at least a few days ago, I met Turchinov. However, his will is very depressed because..."

As soon as he said this, there was a knock on the door.Lin Zhenhua glanced at Savyev, and after getting his tacit approval, he walked over and opened the door.

There was a chubby Russian aunt standing outside the door, with an anxious look on her face.She raised her eyes and saw that it wasn't the Savyevs who opened the door, and she didn't care who Lin Zhenhua was, so she mumbled a string of Russian to Lin Zhenhua.Lin Zhenhua was about to turn around to ask his master for advice, when he heard Savyev yell in the living room: "Is it Liusha? Please come in."

Liu Sha?Lin Zhenhua only felt that the name was a bit familiar. Although it was a common name in Russian literature, Lin Zhenhua firmly believed that he had indeed heard this name on other occasions, and it was not long ago.

Aunt Liusha heard Savyev's call, bypassed Lin Zhenhua, and strode into the living room.She looked at Liu Xianghai and Chen Tian who were sitting on the sofa, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Mr. Savyev, do you have any guests here?"

"Oh, Liusha, none of them are outsiders. Come on, let me introduce you, this is my former student... By the way, I remembered, Liusha, you should know him." Savier The husband pointed to Liu Xianghai and said to Liu Sha.

When Savyev spoke like this, Liu Xianghai had already stood up, and he said to Liusha: "Liusha, is it really you? I'm Andre, do you remember me?"

I sell cakes... Lin Zhenhua, who walked into the living room behind Liu Sha, slapped his head. This is the beautiful classmate Liu Xianghai mentioned before. I don't know how time has turned this magnificent girl in Liu Xianghai's heart into a bucket. Waist aunt.By the way, this Aunt Liusha seems to be the wife of Tuchinov they are looking for.

"Andrei! My God, we haven't seen each other for 30 years, right?" Aunt Liusha also recognized Liu Xianghai at once, and she almost wanted to reach out and give Liu Xianghai a Russian-style bear hug.

"Liu Sha, are you okay? By the way, is Tuchinov okay?" Liu Xianghai asked while shaking hands with Liu Sha.

Hearing Liu Xianghai talk about Tuchinov, Liusha suddenly remembered her reason for coming, she turned her head and said to Savyev: "Mr. Savyev, I came to you because of the Tuchinov matter. , go and persuade him, he only listens to you now."

"Liu Sha, don't worry, what happened?" Liu Xianghai asked.

Liusha said: "He's gone crazy! He drank a lot outside today, and he still has to drink when he comes home. There is no alcohol at home, so he asked me for money and said he would go to the bar to drink. I told him that the family has already There is no money left, and the little money left will last half a month. In the end, he opened the cabinet and took away his box of medals. He said that he would use those medals to exchange drinks in the bar drink it!"

　This weekend, the third update is 10000 words. If you are busy with work after work, the update may be less, forgive me.

　　
　
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