The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 363, Sacrifice and fig leaf (please vote)
On June 6, 1971, Moscow launched the Soyuz 11 spacecraft again.

It can be said that the whole world is paying attention to this launch mission.

Of course, to put it mildly, it means the whole world, but in fact it is the mainland, North America and other countries that are watching.

After all, not every country has synchronous satellites and can monitor the entire earth.

The space station is located in low-Earth orbit about 400 kilometers above the ground, and the synchronous satellite is at a space position of 36,000 kilometers, so it can naturally monitor the earth and the space station.

Chen Guohua even used a super powerful mirror telescope and a space spectrograph to monitor the docking process between the Soyuz 11 spacecraft and the Salyut 1 space station.

In fact, the Orion 1 space observatory is installed on Salyut 1.

This space observatory was designed by Rob Wolski. Using the observatory's mirror telescope and Mason system, the ultraviolet spectrum of the stars can be obtained.

However, this kind of telescope needs to be operated by astronauts on the space station. Otherwise, such an ultraviolet spectrum cannot be obtained.

Chen Guohua also installed a space observatory similar to this in the geostationary satellites launched before. However, it is not used to observe planets in outer space, but is used to observe inner space objects such as the Earth, space stations, low-Earth orbit satellites, and spacecrafts. instrument.

And unlike the Orion 1 space observatory, it does not require astronauts to operate it and can be controlled remotely through signals.

It can also be seen from here that the relevant black technology of Zhenhua Research Institute is quite reliable.

Therefore, when the Soyuz 11 spacecraft successfully docked with Salyut 1 on the 7th, the three astronauts Georgi Dobrovolsky, Vladimir Volkov and Viktor Pachaev The scene of successfully entering the space station caught the eyes of leaders like Qiu Zongyue and they couldn't help but change their expressions.

"They still succeeded!"

Moscow's aerospace capabilities are so powerful that they are so terrifying that they are suffocating.

After hearing this, Chen Guohua said to the leaders with a smile:
"Don't worry, let the bullets fly for a few more days. We'll take a look again after a while."

The leaders glanced at him, but no one said a word.

Because I really don’t understand why Chen Guohua is so confident and so sure that something will happen to the Moscow spaceship?

Far away in North America, Richard Milhouse has learned from Robert van de Graaff that Moscow has successfully sent three astronauts to the Salyut-1 space station.

And the three astronauts have been living in the space station for several days.

This is indeed very incredible.

"Although the mainland was the first country to launch a space station, they were still caught up by Moscow."

In the office, Sullivan Cordenisanturad said with emotion.

However, this was refuted by Van de Graaff: "Sullivan, if you don't understand aerospace, I suggest you speak less."

"I'm not as good as a professional like you, Director!" Hearing this, Sullivan Cordenisanturad said coldly:

"But I'm not a fool either. Can't I still see that the mainland is just a facade?"

Van de Graaff shook his head and said:

"Haha, we will find out soon if it is really just an appearance."

"Sullivan is an expert in intelligence. Maybe you know that Professor Chen is in charge of the Nantianmen Space Station project in the East, but you don't know Professor Chen's strength. I suggest you do more research on this person."

"If you look a little closer, you will find that Professor Chen has never failed, whether it is mathematics or other fields. This has always been the case."

"We have all seen the rough catalog of Professor Chen's plan for the Nantianmen Space Station, but do you know? There are many tests in his plan, including a large number of test chambers, etc. You don't know why this is, right?"

Everyone, including Richard Milhouse, shook their heads in confusion.

Because obviously, when everyone looked at these plan catalogs before, they just thought that they were afraid of death.

But Van de Graaf had a different opinion.

"Actually, they are not afraid of death, but I discovered the fact that these tests they did are not without redundant operations. On the contrary, this can greatly improve their launch success rate and reduce losses."

"In addition, Professor Chen is a very powerful person. He has no record of failure. You should know what this means, right?"

Everyone fell silent after hearing Van de Graaf's words.

Everyone present knew Chen Guohua. Even Richard Milhouse met Chen Guohua when he went to the capital this year.

The latter is actually just an ordinary young man.

But this young man is the first person in mainland science and the first person in the world of mathematics.

“So, we cannot underestimate the East.”

Van de Graaf's words may seem 'rebellious', but they are actually very reasonable.

In the past few years, whether it was the Peninsula battlefield, the Kennedy era, or the time of Lyndon Johnson, the East seemed to have been subconsciously ignored.

I just feel like Dongfang doesn’t have much ability, so I don’t need to pay too much attention to it.

But by the time Richard Milhouse came to power, the East was already wrestling with Moscow and Washington.

A three-legged pattern has been formed.

Under such circumstances, people including Sullivan, Coden, Henry Curtis, and others seemed to have a superior mentality of "the East is nothing more than that".

This kind of arrogance is unacceptable. Back then, MacArthur boasted that he would win the Peninsula War before Christmas and then return to North America for Christmas.

The results of it?
I was stunned that I was defeated by others!

This day's meeting was originally to discuss the Moscow Salyut-1 Space Station, but in the end it turned into a careful study of the Dongfang Nantianmen Space Station.

Although I didn’t research anything, I learned a lot about the East.

Time passed, and several days passed in the blink of an eye.

On June 29th, Victor Pachaev and three other astronauts left the space station and returned to the spacecraft. They started the brake rocket according to the program. The return module and the orbital module separated, preparing to enter the atmosphere and return to the earth.

Beijing, Di'anmen Street, inside the Yamen office.

Chen Guohua watched TV with Qian Xuesen, Sun Jiadong, Yang Jiachi, Pan Houren and others.

This TV is naturally not an ordinary TV, but a satellite live broadcast.

"The three of them stayed in the space station for a total of twenty-three days. According to the observations, they should have completed astronomical observations, experiments on plant growth under weightless conditions, and some medical experiments."

"And you should also have noticed that during the docking period, they raised the orbit of the space station twice."

During this process, Chen Guohua and the others also talked about the observations of synchronous satellites in the past few days.

In fact, it stands to reason that no matter how powerful the geostationary satellite is, it is impossible to record all the information. Moreover, just like making a movie, the entire process is recorded in detail.

This is impossible!

In fact, most of the conclusions were drawn by Chen Guohua through analysis of the historical data of the original time and space and the information captured by satellites today.

Even so, Qian Xuesen and others were very surprised by Chen Guohua's powerful observation ability.

At this time, on the monitor in front of everyone, Dobrovolsky and his three astronauts were riding in a spacecraft that was passing through the atmosphere and landing on the surface of the earth.

But what almost no one noticed was that when the spacecraft was 168 kilometers away from the ground, the return module began to separate from the orbital module and the service module.

But at this time, an inconspicuous mistake occurred: the explosive bolts that were supposed to be detonated one after another were detonated at the same time, shaking open the ventilation valve connecting the orbital module and the return module. Since this air valve is located under the seat, Astronauts simply cannot locate and block it in time.

In just a few seconds, the air pressure inside the cabin plummeted to fatal levels.

In the history of the original time and space, according to the data records of the biosensors, Dobrovolsky and the other three astronauts died within the 40th second after losing pressure.

And the subsequent medical and pathological anatomy examination also proved this. At the 0th second, the air pressure in the cabin had completely dropped to MPa.

Quite deadly!

"Alas, what was supposed to happen happened anyway!"

Chen Guohua, who saw this scene, immediately knew what was going on.

Soon, the return capsule landed on Karazhar very smoothly under the parachute deceleration. However, when the rescue team opened the hatch, they saw the bodies of the three astronauts who had indeed died.

"what happened?"

Qian Xuesen and the others immediately looked at the monitor with some surprise, because it was a live broadcast via satellite.

Even though the scene was taken from a high altitude, it was still clear that they were three corpses, not three living people.

"Director Chen, is this the accident you guessed before?" Sun Jiadong looked at Chen Guohua with a horrified expression, and Qiu Zongyue on the other side did the same, with a very shocked expression.

"Didn't you all see it? This is the result of scoring ninety-nine points on the exam. Three living lives were completely desolate in just a few dozen seconds."

Chen Guohua shrugged and said with regret.

Even though he knew the history, he couldn't do anything about it.

"Director Chen, I would like to know why you have such a guess? Our Nantianmen Space Station must not make such a mistake."

At this time, Pan Houren had already reacted, looked at Chen Guohua with a serious face, and asked seriously for advice.

"You should have seen the return capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft, right?" Chen Guohua nodded and asked directly.

Seeing everyone nodding, he continued:

"You should be able to see that the design of the spacecraft's return capsule is quite unreasonable. Victor Pachaev and the others had to take off their bloated 'Eagle' spacesuits before they could sit down."

The Soyuz return procedures at the time clearly stipulated that astronauts must take off their spacesuits before returning.

Many Moscow scientists strongly opposed such designs and procedures, but the leaders of the aerospace sector did not accept the correct opinions.

Therefore, in the history of the original space and time, this incident directly led to the dismissal of General Kamanin, the head of aerospace.

What is even more tragic is that no one has entered the Salyut-1 since then. The Moscow Flight Control Center had no choice but to reluctantly issue a deorbiting order one hundred and seventy-five days after the launch of Salyut-1, returning it to the Pacific Ocean and burning it.

"The astronauts were not wearing spacesuits. When encountering an emergency, they died without any time to react. This is the tragedy caused by the hasty launch."

When he said this, Chen Guohua's face was already very serious:
"If Moscow could slow down a little, carefully consider the design of the spacecraft, or reduce the number of astronauts flying, perhaps similar tragedies would not occur."

"Perhaps the success of the Soyuz-10 spacecraft made them all feel lucky, thinking that if it continued like this, there would be no accidents."

In the office, Qian Xuesen, Sun Jiadong and others became quiet.

Listening to Chen Guohua's analysis, it seems that this time it is really an event with extremely small probability, which was encountered by Victor Pachaev and the three astronauts.

However, as Chen Guohua has always emphasized, you must get a hundred points and be in awe of the universe.

As long as we are as perfect as possible and as prepared as possible, such a tragedy may not happen.

At eight o'clock in the morning the next day, Radio Moscow interrupted its scheduled domestic news program and read out to the outside world the announcement that Viktor Pachaev and three cosmonauts had died.

As soon as this announcement came out, the whole world was shocked.

Whether they are in North America or the Mainland, they are secretly happy about such a thing, but in fact, they all want to learn a lesson and avoid following in the footsteps of Moscow.

Because of this incident, the sky above Moscow was full of sadness.

Moscow attaches great importance to the sacrifices of these three astronauts, with large-scale publicity and high-level funerals.

But the more this happens, the more ironic it becomes.

If I had known this, why did I have to?

After all, many scientists in Moscow had already strongly opposed the rule that "the Soyuz return procedure clearly stipulates that astronauts must take off their spacesuits before returning."

But the leaders at that time ignored these opinions. Now that something happened, it turned out to be so "tragic".

It is indeed quite ironic that the sacrifice of three people should be used to awaken the leadership of the Moscow Space Agency.

In Beijing, Chen Guohua and the others also participated in several meetings one after another to reflect and learn from the Moscow astronaut sacrifice incident.

As one of the general persons in charge, Chen Guohua was naturally the first to bear the brunt. Some leaders praised him, while others gave him numerous exhortations. They hoped that Chen Guohua could continue his efforts, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and create greater glory.

Chen Guohua fully accepted this.

In addition to meetings, Chen Guohua also gave lectures to 80 astronauts at the Astronaut Training Center, which was a detailed analysis of the entire process of the Moscow astronaut sacrifice incident.

"Everyone, this is the whole process of this incident. It can be said that the leaders of the Moscow Space Agency ignored the opinions of the scientists who designed and developed the spacecraft, and it was also due to probabilistic events."

On the podium, Chen Guohua said to astronauts Kang Jimin, Yao Xueling, and Ning Shuping with a serious face:
"We don't care too much about other people's affairs, but we must learn lessons."

"Therefore, as the chief designer of the Nantianmen Space Station project, I have fully considered all key points when designing the Kunpeng spacecraft."

"You may not know that I have very, very high requirements and very strict standards for all the projects that I am responsible for. To sum up, it is the sentence that I often talk about: every exam... Get a hundred points!"

"So it's not like I'm selling melons. The scientific research projects I have been responsible for in the past have indeed never failed."

After a pause, Chen Guohua continued:
"However, is it true that there is no failure? Not necessarily. For example, the H-65 bomber I was responsible for before. The pilots who participated in the test flight of the first trial production aircraft of this bomber know that not long after the test flight, the aircraft 'Cold'"

He has never been secretive about these things. One is one, and two is two.

".This happened on the ground, so we could solve it quickly and it didn't cause too much damage."

"But what if it happened in outer space? Think about it carefully."

"Okay, let's take a look at the difference between the overall design of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft and the design of our Kunpeng spacecraft."

The Soyuz 11 spacecraft is a disposable spacecraft, and its overall design highlights one word: compact!
The astronauts Wang Jiqiang, Yin Zhongshou, Kang Jimin, and Wu Xin in the audience were all sitting upright, staring at the large monitor in front of them with very serious expressions.

At this time, Chen Guohua had already displayed the floor plan, internal cross-sections, 3D structural drawings, etc. of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft through the computer monitor.

This is an astronaut training center, and all the technology is top-notch.

For example, this classroom uses a lot of technology.

Although not every astronaut has a computer, the computer Chen Guohua is currently using is a computer with extremely high technological content.

What's more important is that the information inside is absolutely of the highest confidentiality level.

Through the pictures displayed on the monitor, you can clearly see the panorama and details of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft.

Starting from the docking hatch at the front, there are docking correction antennas, etc., followed by the orbital cabin, living area, etc. The internal space inside is so narrow that Wang Jiqiang and the others couldn't help but exclaim.

Just because they had already participated in the internal space training of the Kunpeng spacecraft, at that time they all felt that the internal space of the Kunpeng was not large, but they could barely accept it. But now that they saw the living area of ​​the Soyuz 11 spacecraft, Kang Jimin and Yao Xueling suddenly felt that the Kunpeng was much larger.

If the Soyuz 11 spacecraft is a very small coffin room, which is unique to Hong Kong Island in later generations, then the Kunpeng spacecraft is a large single room in an ordinary urban village.

"Look here, everyone, this is the docking periscope."

Regarding all the designs and functions of the spacecraft, Chen Guohua explained everything in great detail.

To be honest, there are really not many general managers of aerospace projects who specifically teach these courses. After all, any scientist who can become the general manager is not a busy person? And with such a high status, how could he possibly give lectures in person?
But Chen Guohua is different. He knows very well how dangerous the starry sky is. He has no way to go to the starry sky, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to.

What's more, although he is very busy, he also needs to rest. Coming here to give lectures to astronauts like Kang Jimin is a way of relaxing for him.

"This is the return capsule. You can take a closer look at its internal design. I have standardized the size so that you can see it more clearly. Is it very narrow?"

Seeing that Chen Guohua had reached this point, Kang Jimin and the others became more serious.

After all, the design of the return capsule was the culprit in this incident.

"I know that everyone is very worried, so regarding this matter, let me briefly tell you about the spacesuits designed by our Zhenhua Research Institute for your astronauts."

When Chen Guohua saw Kang Jimin's expressions, he immediately laughed:
"We have designed two types of space suits for the Kunpeng spacecraft, one is an indoor space suit, and the other is an extravehicular space suit."

"In terms of the overall design, the cabin spacesuit is equipped with a complete life support system, as well as a temperature control system, communication system, circulation system, etc. It can be said to be very complete."

"Hypothetically, I mean hypothetical, even if you wear an in-cabin space suit in outer space, you can survive for more than two days."

"But this is only if the spacesuit is not damaged. Otherwise, it will not be possible."

"The cost of an in-cabin space suit is still very expensive, about 15 million yuan. Of course, comparing a space suit in North America that costs 10 million U.S. dollars and a space suit in Moscow that costs 5 million U.S. dollars, we still have The space suit is relatively cheap.”

Chen Guohua talked about many details from the internal functions, design, cost and other aspects of the space suit.

Let Kang Jimin and the rest of the astronaut reservists feel itchy.

As for the sacrifice of the Moscow cosmonaut that we just talked about, they have probably forgotten about it, right?

In addition to the in-vehicle space suits, Chen Guohua also gave a very detailed explanation of the extra-vehicular space suits.

Because the extravehicular space suit is not only equipped with a small jet, which can be called a humanoid spacecraft, but is also equipped with a helmet camera, two lights, a voice broadcast system, etc., which are more powerful, but do not make the space suit look too special. Bloated.

It can be said that in order to make astronauts more convenient and worry-free when performing missions in outer space, Chen Guohua came up with a relatively advanced black-tech space suit.

For example, the extravehicular space suit is also equipped with electronic control consoles, gas and liquid control consoles, emergency oxygen supply belts and other equipment. In terms of protecting the lives of astronauts and resisting the high and low temperatures and radiation in outer space, this space suit The service has been done to the extreme.

The most important thing is that this space suit is not a one-time use, but a space suit that can be used continuously for at least more than a hundred times.

From this point of view, the practicality and economy of extravehicular space suits have been superimposed to the extreme.

After all, the spacesuits developed by Moscow and Washington can only be used once and cannot be used again once a spacesuit is used for extravehicular activities.

It can be seen from here that the space suit developed by Zhenhua Research Institute is full of functions and the best comfort. The key is that it is not so bloated and has the strongest economic efficiency.

It can be said that such a good space suit is already the best in the world.

Of course, the space suit is powerful, but this does not mean that astronauts can do whatever they want.

After all astronauts enter outer space, they need to strictly follow the corresponding procedures and mission requirements, and are not allowed to make any actions or behaviors that go beyond the mission itself.

Otherwise, if an accident occurs, it will be suicide.

"Okay, that's all for the space suit. When you can actually go to space, you can learn all the functions of this space suit in detail."

Chen Guohua did not go into details. After all, there is still half a year before they actually go to heaven, so there is no rush.

"We continue the overall design of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft just now, which is the orbit calculation equipment, propulsion module, solar panels, attitude control engine, hydrazine fuel engine, and radio antenna."

At this point, Chen Guohua went into depth to explain the orbit-changing computing equipment.

This is the strength of Zhenhua Research Institute.

The orbit-changing computing equipment of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft can be said to be very, very large. Anyway, in Chen Guohua's view, it is too bloated.

Moscow's aerospace capabilities are very strong, but their computer research and development capabilities are, to be honest, very average.

In the past ten years, Moscow has been trying to catch up with Zhenhua Research Institute, and even wanted to obtain technical information on the most advanced computers from Zhenhua Research Institute.

Naturally, the result was unsuccessful.

Ten years ago, former Moscow squad leader Helu issued an order to put Alexander Shokin, then first vice-chairman of the Radioelectronics Commission and leader of the semiconductor industry, in charge of preparing for the construction of the Semiconductor City.

However, the planned construction of this semiconductor city has not led to the rapid rise of Moscow's semiconductor industry, nor has it led to the rise of Moscow's computer technology.

Even the level of lithography machines in Europe and the United States has not evolved to projection lithography machines, let alone Moscow?
Zhenhua Research Institute has completely blocked advanced technologies such as projection lithography machines with 248 nanometer light sources and deep ultraviolet lithography machines with 193 nanometer light sources.

Neither Moscow nor Washington can obtain such technology from the mainland.

Maybe they know that the mainland has such advanced lithography machine technology, but so what?
Since Moscow does not have such computer technology, the orbit-changing computing equipment they built is naturally much inferior.

Of course, Chen Guohua could still see that this device was still very different from the one in the original time and space.

There is a high probability that the level of computers in this time and space is very different from that in the original time and space, because the new computers launched by China Resources have reached the level of the original time and space in the mid-1980s.

Therefore, even if Moscow's lithography machine-related technologies are not that advanced, they can deduce them in reverse using the lithography machines, computers and other products previously sold by China Resources.

Chen Guohua did not underestimate Moscow. After all, they had too many scientists. They could even organize two teams for the moon landing project. This shows how many scientists they have.

"Their computing equipment will be larger in size and weight, but at the same level of computing power, our computing equipment will be much smaller."

"So you don't need to worry about this. Our Kunpeng spacecraft will be as good as possible in terms of design. Just like these computing equipment, we are better than Moscow and Washington."

After giving the astronauts a half-day course, Chen Guohua ended the course and left the astronaut training center.

After resting for a long time, Chen Guohua's brain was particularly clear at this time.

The death of a Moscow astronaut in June was a heavy blow to the global aerospace industry.

Even if Washington doesn't care, they have pressed the pause button.

Don't go too fast, otherwise something could easily happen.

Global media covered the incident, making it one of the hottest topics at the moment.

The word manned spaceflight has suddenly become the most common word among many people, almost becoming a mantra.

On the first day of July, many citizens of Moscow attended the funeral of Victor Pachaev and his three cosmonauts outside the venue. Many people were very sad.

Chen Guohua glanced at the newspaper and didn't read much.

Qiu Zongyue, who was sitting opposite him, was filled with emotions that he still can't let go of.

Just because he had been urging Chen Guohua before, hoping that Chen Guohua could speed up the Nantianmen Space Station project and be ahead of Moscow and Washington on the space station.

After all, it seems now that the Nantianmen Space Station can be said to be the last 'fig leaf' in the mainland's aerospace field, so the leaders do not want to fall behind too far.

Although the mainland was the first to launch the test module in March 1970, it was not a real space station after all, so from this point of view, the mainland is still lagging behind.

Fortunately, Chen Guohua was not affected by this, and instead always insisted on his own ideas.

If Chen Guohua had really listened to Qiu Zongyue's advice, he might have followed in Moscow's footsteps now.

"Leader, the banana planting problem in the south should be completely solved now, right?"

Chen Guohua did not continue the topic of Nantianmen Space Station, but took the initiative to talk about banana planting.

Previously, Chen Yuanchao had a phone conversation with him about banana planting technology and pests and diseases.

Regarding this matter, it actually lies with workers and management. At other levels, the problem is not big.

Regarding technical matters, there is Zhenhua Research Institute. To be honest, there is no need to worry about this. On the contrary, it is the workers and management levels that are the most difficult to implement.

"Well, it's been solved," Qiu Zongyue glanced at Chen Guohua and nodded.

Things that can be solved through training will certainly not be delayed for too long. What's more, banana planting cannot be delayed.

Since last year, banana cultivation has begun to move from North America and other places to the mainland.

In other words, starting from this year, most of the bananas in Qianduoduo Supermarket will be imported from the mainland, while only a small amount will be retained in North America, or even completely eliminated.

Regardless of whether it is considered from a cost perspective or analyzed from other aspects, the cost of growing bananas in the mainland is much lower than that of growing elsewhere.

Perhaps Southeast Asia is a vast and sparsely populated area, so growing bananas there might be a good idea.

But if you use your brain a little bit, you will know that this era is not suitable.

The situation in Southeast Asia is quite complex and difficult to manage.

Moreover, the people there are relatively lazy and far less secure than the people in the mainland.

Not to mention, the mainland is now in great need of such work to increase foreign exchange earnings.

Leizhou Peninsula, dock.

A giant cargo ship docked at the port. In less than half an hour, many bananas that had been packed in the containers were transferred to the cargo ship.

When the drivers who came to transport containers saw these cargo ships, they couldn't help but sigh: It's great that our bananas can be exported abroad!
The truck drivers had just come out of the banana orchard. They saw with their own eyes that the nearly ripe bananas cut from the banana trees were transported to the factory after being cleaned, disinfected, graded, vacuum packed, and stored at low temperatures. Inside the truck container.

It can be said that this series of processes makes the drivers amazed and curious at the same time. Where are they going to be sent?

It wasn't until the drivers arrived at the port terminal that they realized it was destined for Europe and the United States.

The mainland's own products can be exported abroad. For the drivers, they can't help but feel proud and proud.

The country is strong!
In fact, the country has already started planning in places like Leizhou Peninsula in the past few years.

For example, the port terminal has been re-expanded. Even the container cranes did not have such things before.

There are also trucks that can pull containers, which are products developed and produced by Northern Automobile Heavy Industry plants such as First Automobile Manufacturing Plant and BAIC Motor Manufacturing Plant.

And it's still mass-produced, and it's not something that just came out in the past year or two.

After the bananas were transferred to the freighter, the giant freighter set sail. It will take more than half a month and nearly twenty days to arrive in North America.

After arriving in North America, products including bananas, paper towels, books and other products will be transferred to logistics centers across North America.

All product types in Qianduoduo Supermarket, including fast-moving consumer goods such as bananas and paper towels, are directly imported from the mainland.

Fruits, vegetables, groceries, etc. are mostly produced and sold in North America, but very few are imported.

Especially vegetables, which have higher requirements for preservation.

Therefore, it is really difficult to import vegetables from abroad to North America.

This is one of the reasons why Qianduoduo Supermarket needs to acquire so many farms across North America.

In the history of the original time and space, ordinary people in North America really could not afford luxuries such as vegetables. Vegetables were more expensive than meat, and much more expensive. This was simply outrageous. It was extremely outrageous.

Therefore, in this time and space, Chen Guohua had planned from the beginning to make this part of the profit while standing.

However, labor costs in North America will continue to rise in the future, and by then I may not really have to import vegetables from the mainland.

As a result, the technology for preserving vegetables must be improved. Otherwise, at the current speed of ocean-going freighters, the vegetables may be spoiled halfway.

In addition, air conditioners, color TVs, refrigerators, etc. are also imported directly from the mainland because they are all bearing the name of China Resources Corporation.

For some other brands of home appliances, they directly ship the completed parts, go to Europe, install the parts into finished products, and then transport them to North America.

Clothes, some snacks, hardware, bedding, school supplies, kitchen and living room utensils, etc. are all transferred around Europe and then shipped to North America for sale, or they are sold right there in Europe.

In short, which products will be produced where have already been determined and will not change.

By this time in 1971, the product styles sold in Qian Duoduo supermarket had already exceeded 100,000 different categories.

Just talking about bowls and plates, there are more than 300 different styles of different brands, prices, sizes, etc.

After the bananas enter the logistics center, they will start to break open the vacuum packaging, wait for half a day or a day, and then transport them directly to the small warehouse of a nearby supermarket.

Bananas at this time will ripen quickly in just one day.

Once the bananas are ripe, they are immediately put on the shelves.

Ripe bananas will be placed on the special price shelf in the fruit section. The fruits in this special price shelf are all at the cheapest price.

It can be said that a bundle of bananas that normally sells for 1.9 US dollars will cost at most 20 cents in the special price aisle.

Extremely cheap.

In this regard, the special sale shelves are often empty, because Qianduoduo Supermarket has a large flow of people, resulting in many low-priced products being often swept away.

There is no way, Qianduoduo Supermarket is currently the cheapest supermarket in North America.

Even at Wal-Mart, the prices on many products are not as cheap as those at Qianduoduo.

Therefore, consumers who vote with their feet would certainly prefer to come to Qianduoduo Supermarket instead of going to Wal-Mart Supermarket.

There is a lot of traffic, so products sell quickly.

In Qianduoduo Supermarket, you can often see products that cost tens of cents, and these products are all available in large quantities.

For example, Qianduoduo Supermarket has launched a bucket of chicken wings recently, which contains at least twelve pairs of whole wings. Good guy, the price is only US$2.99, which is very cheap.

You know, so many chicken wings cost at least five dollars at fast food restaurants like KFC or McDonald's.

But in Qianduoduo Supermarket, this thing seems to cost nothing.

Just because this thing is an instant chicken developed in the mainland, it only takes about fifty days from egg shell breaking to slaughtering.

Forty days is only twenty days more than a month, which is too scary!

But this kind of instant chicken is extremely popular in North America, and this is also one of the profit growth points of Qianduoduo Supermarket.

In New York, at the headquarters of Three Brothers Supermarket, Lannister Morgan, Vonderian and Geinhardt were sitting together. At this time, they were looking sad. They couldn’t figure out what was wrong with Three Brothers Supermarket. ?
Why is it that Qianduoduo Supermarket is at its peak and developing at an extremely fast rate, while Three Brothers Supermarket is still half-dead after almost a year?

(End of this chapter)