Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 217 They Are Too Late

"An enviable life. I used to have a dream of traveling around the world. Especially at night, before going to sleep, when I think that our life is only [-] days, this idea appears to me more than once. in the mind."

"Hahaha, if you want to do it, then do it! This is not such a difficult thing, is it?"

Hearing that Carter understood his thoughts and expressed the same interest, Jim seemed very happy.Reaching out to pick up the bottle of white wine, he poured a glass for Carter and himself, and then
"Hiss~ This wine is so spicy! Xie Te, how do you drink this kind of thing? Don't you think it's choking?"

After taking a sip of wine, Rogers' face instantly turned red, and his expression looked extremely painful.

"No, this wine sip is quite tasty."

Carter slammed his mouth, feeling that Jim's reaction was exaggerated.

"Forget it, I can't accept the taste. It looks the same as vodka, but I'll change it. If you don't mind, I'll get beer. Do you want it?"

"That's all I need."

After changing the drinks and sitting down again, Rogers looked at Carter who was sipping liquor, and asked a little strangely:

"I heard from Zhu Li that Ni speaks Chinese very well and likes Chinese food very much. Do you have a good impression of that country?"

"Well, I don't disagree with that. China's future potential is huge in my eyes, and right now it's a virgin land."

Glancing up at Jim, Carter made no secret of his inclination.Because this is not a big problem, when the Soviet Union sent troops to Afghanistan, some American families hung the Afghan flag in solidarity with Afghanistan.
Although Carter felt that this kind of solidarity was useless, through this scene, Carter knew that here, he did not need to hide his inclination at all.Especially when facing people like Jim, for them, profit is the most important thing. emmm, maybe for Jim, this requirement will be a little higher.For example, he wants to stand up and make money
"Oh? Can you be more specific? You know, we still have very little information about China, especially their business."

Sure enough, after hearing Carter's blunt speech, Jim's curiosity was only the reason why he was very optimistic about China.

"Of course it's convenient, but it's really nothing. One is the national characteristics, and the other is the institutional problem. The national characteristics are easy to talk about. I have read a lot of their history. This nation is very good at creating in history."

"Perhaps because of its geographic location, China, a country in the age of ancient civilizations, had a different development trajectory from ours. Our American civilization originated from Europe, and Europe basically originated from Greece, which is adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea and three blocks away from Europe, Asia and Africa. The mainland is not far away."

"Such an environment doomed our ancestors to be full of desire to explore. When self-production capacity was insufficient, it was a normal choice to choose to conduct commercial exchanges with other regions."

Chewing on the meat skewers, Carter unhurriedly talked about his thoughts:
"But China is different. They are separated by the Himalayas to the south, the Kunlun Mountains to the west, the sea to the east, and Siberia, which is barren and snowy to the north."

"This kind of geographical environment makes their civilization relatively fixed from beginning to end. It can even be said that it is more independent than ours. When a unified classical empire is formed on that land, looking around, the surrounding small countries can It’s not as good as them, the demand for foreign exchanges is very low, or the small countries around them need to rely on them. At that time, China was the unique hegemon in East Asia, or in other words, Asia.”

"The emperors of ancient China were not without the spirit of exploration. They just crossed the Kunlun Mountains and saw the Gobi desert. If they crossed the Himalayas, they could see the jungles ravaged by epidemics. With the addition of some indigenous mountain people, they went east to Japan. , then to the east is the Pacific Ocean. The control power of the classical empire is not enough for them to control such a large territory. So for thousands of years, the territory of ancient China has been relatively stable from beginning to end."

"Under the circumstances of losing the possibility of outward expansion, most of the emperors in ancient China focused on the interior. Strengthen internal management, strengthen internal production capacity, creative ability, etc."

"Chinese people are used to obeying a unified idea and have strong creativity. And we all know that the efficiency of centralization is always higher than that of decentralization. It's like the development speed of a family or a sole proprietorship is usually higher than that of some listed companies. It is the same as a company where shareholders are scattered and the chairman does not have absolute control."

"I think I see what you mean!"

Jim nodded, leaving aside the subjective concept, and only looking at efficiency from an objective perspective.When a collective with only one voice command works for the same goal, the energy it can burst out far exceeds that inefficient parliamentary system.

For example, when repairing street lights, in the operation process in China.The government planning bureau has made a plan, which road needs to be repaired with street lights!Then the internal discussion is completed, and after the approval, the application for funding will be issued, and then the bidding information will be released, and it will be done soon.And in the United States, want to fix a street lamp.
A plan must be made first, and only after it is discussed and approved by the parliament can funds be obtained.Then, the trouble starts
This one thinks it is unnecessary to repair, and the other thinks that repairing street lights takes up his land, etc., and a bunch of trivial things will come up directly.If you want to promote it smoothly, you must make the plan seem to satisfy the interests of the majority of people, so that the plan can be implemented.

As described in "The Crowd", "As soon as a person enters a group, his IQ drops severely. In order to gain recognition, individuals are willing to abandon right and wrong, and exchange IQ for that sense of belonging that makes people feel safe."

This street light may be useless at the moment.But it may illuminate the city, gradually liberate the consumption at night, increase the vitality and attractiveness of the city, and make the city more beautiful in the next ten or twenty years
Only, no one wants to watch this!
Most of the planning of a wise man is limited to planning. Once he does not master the method of "giving the group fantasy" to rule the group, then he is destined to have difficulty in promoting a project.And even if he has mastered this method, how much energy, time and money will be wasted when implementing it?
"Are you trying to say that once China starts to exert force, their development speed will be very fast under the efficient implementation of coercion? Well... theoretically speaking, this may exist."

Jim rubbed his chin. While understanding Carter's thoughts, he was also a little surprised at Carter's boldness:

"But you should not ignore the problem of the actual foundation. China's industrial background is too weak. The urbanization process is not enough. There is not enough urban population. Where can factories recruit enough suitable workers? There are also equipment, scientific research, basic education, etc. In other respects, they are too far behind!"

"You should be able to see that the higher the unit output value of the current factories, the higher the quality requirements for workers! And most of the factories that really make money and make a lot of money are like this."

(End of this chapter)