Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 909, Meeting

That afternoon, Jiang Zihan was teaching a class to his classmates at Yenching Aeronautical University. His father Jiang Yan was also not idle, as he was giving a lecture to a group of bigwigs.

It turned out that after Jiang Zihan left, Jiang Yan, who originally wanted to take a day off, had just drunk a glass of water when there was a knock on the door. When Yang Ma went to open the door, two people in Zhongshan suits came in. However, looking at the way the two people walked, Jiang Yan knew that these two people were not simple.

After entering, the two men walked directly in front of Jiang Yan and saluted him. "Comrade Jiang Yan, we are ordered by our superiors to take you to a meeting. Here are our credentials."

Jiang Yan took the document and took a look at it. After confirming that it was correct, he spoke directly.

"What time, what place, and what do I need to prepare."

"The chief's order is that we take you directly to the meeting place." One of them spoke.

"Okay then!" Jiang Yan nodded, changed his clothes and told Aunt Yang what to do, then he followed them out of the yard and got into the Hongqi sedan that drove over.

Before getting in the car, Jiang Yan looked at the front window glass of the car. There was a special pass on it. Moreover, the model of this Hongqi car was also a special one, specially produced for receiving foreign guests. It was basically never sold abroad, so the number of people who have ridden in this car was rare.

However, after Jiang Yan got in the car, the window was rolled up, so Jiang Yan didn't know where he was going. After about an hour, the car stopped.

"Comrade Jiang Yan, welcome." When Jiang Yan got off the car, he saw an acquaintance, Xiao Liu, the secretary of the big leader.

"Secretary Liu, why are you so mysterious today? If you need anything, just report to the leader directly." Jiang Yan looked at the heavily guarded courtyard and spoke to Secretary Liu in a low voice.

"Don't mention it. This is all because of you. Your opinion on purchasing equipment for the Eagle Sauce and the materials that the Eagle Sauce is preparing to attack the Foot Basin Chicken have caused quite a shock to the superiors. This meeting has been held several times. This time, you, the instigator, should come over to explain."

Jiang Yan thought to himself after hearing what Secretary Liu said.

"Well, this is still my own fault. I have to fill the hole I dug myself into." However, listening to Secretary Liu's words, Jiang Yan felt that he was actually gloating.

"Secretary Liu, we have a good relationship as brothers. Can you tell me who is coming today?" Jiang Yan spoke again in a low voice.

"Oh, it's the leader in charge of equipment procurement, and also the leader of the National Development and Reform Commission. Basically, you have met them all." Secretary Liu said.

After hearing this, Jiang Yan finally felt relieved. Since he knew this person, he was no longer afraid. However, when going upstairs, he had to go through a more stringent security check at the gate. This made Jiang Yan a little worried, but he didn't think too much about it now.

"Oh! Our comrade Jiang Yan is here. Let's stop arguing." As soon as the door of the conference room was opened, the voices of discussion inside stopped immediately. Everyone looked at Jiang Yan. With so many big shots looking at him, Jiang Yan felt his scalp tingling.

"Xiao Jiang, we have read your analysis report. It is well written. Many of the equipment in it are urgently needed. However, there is a debate about whether to introduce the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, so we would like to hear your opinion."

As soon as Jiang Yan sat down, the leader spoke.

When Jiang Yan heard the leader's question, he stood up immediately, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Leaders, our country is currently facing a serious air threat. The Russian bombers take off from Siberia and can make high-altitude and high-speed penetrations at an altitude of 1.5 meters at a speed of nearly Mach 2. Our air force does not have a fighter that can intercept such a high-speed target, and the defense radius of the Hongqi-2 and Hongqi-3 surface-to-air missiles at the time was only more than kilometers, which was not enough to intercept the backfire. So at that time, our country urgently needed a heavy fighter with strong interception performance."

"The F-14 Tomcat fighter carries an onboard radar with a detection range of more than 200 kilometers. Combined with the Phoenix missile with a maximum range of 190 kilometers, it can intercept and shoot down the Soviet Union's supersonic bombers hundreds of kilometers away. The F-14 can conduct a one-hour combat cruise 500 kilometers away from the aircraft carrier. This is the reason I bought them, but it's just the surface."

"The Z-6 and Z-7 aircraft currently equipped in large numbers in my country do not have airborne radars at all. The aircraft rely entirely on ground guidance, which is commonly known as blindness. The airborne radar carried by the F-14 Tomcat fighter has a long detection range and can form a network with four aircraft at the same time. In addition, it is a two-seater aircraft, so it can be used as a small early warning aircraft to a certain extent."

Next, Jiang Yan described in detail his series of ideas on how to use the F-14 Tomcat fighter, which were also the reasons for purchasing this aircraft.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang is right. I believe everyone has heard his statement. Since this type of aircraft can help us so much and is so urgently needed, my opinion is to purchase it. I wonder what other comrades think." The big leader said.

"We all know the advantages of this aircraft, but the unit price is too high, and this purchase is for 24 aircraft. Our country's overall foreign exchange reserves are so limited. It is impossible to empty our own foreign exchange reserves in order to purchase these aircraft! Domestic development also requires a lot of funds." A leader said.

"That's right. Now that the domestic economy is starting to develop, a lot of equipment needs to be replaced. Our foreign exchange reserves are not much, and purchasing such a large amount of military equipment is not worth the cost." Another leader spoke up.

1980年人民币官方牌价为1美元=1.50元人民币。从1981年1月到1984年12月期间，我国实行贸易外汇内部结算价，贸易外汇1美元=2.80元人民币，官方牌价即非贸易外汇1美元=1.50元人民币。

Under the dual exchange rate system of RMB, foreign trade enterprises suffered policy-related losses, which increased the burden of fiscal subsidies. In addition, the International Monetary Fund and foreign manufacturers objected to the dual exchange rate. On January 1985, 1, my country abolished the internal settlement price of foreign exchange for trade and restored the single exchange rate system, with 1 US dollar = 1 RMB.

In fact, with the full launch of the national foreign exchange adjustment business in 1986, a new dual-track system was formed with a unified official exchange rate and a wide variety of market adjustment exchange rates. After entering the mid-20s, the price increase accelerated, while Western countries achieved certain results in controlling inflation. In this regard, the government consciously made a corresponding continuous downward adjustment of the RMB exchange rate.

Starting from January 1986, 1, the RMB abandoned the practice of pegging to a basket of currencies and switched to managed floating. The purpose was to adapt the RMB exchange rate to the requirements of international value and to keep it relatively stable for a period of time.

In 1985, my country's total foreign exchange reserves did not exceed 100 billion US dollars, thanks to the exports of industries such as automobiles and small appliances. Before Jiang Yan, the foreign exchange reserves had never exceeded 50 billion US dollars. However, even so, these foreign exchange reserves were a drop in the bucket for many domestic companies. After all, there were too many places in the country where money was used. Therefore, it was somewhat inappropriate for the country to use almost one-fifth of the foreign exchange to purchase a batch of equipment. This was also the main reason why the F-15 fighter jets were not introduced in history. However, with the appearance of Jiang Yan, it seemed that all this was not a problem.

(End of this chapter)