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Chapter 1315 Moscow Good Student (rd update, please subscribe)

His face looks ugly!
After getting in the car, Khrushchev's face turned a little ugly, not because of Li Yian's problem, but because he pointed out the problem.

"I have five children, and this house is allocated according to the population of my family."

"They all have jobs, but they don't want to live with their parents, so they all live in staff dormitories."

The seemingly simple answer clearly shows a reality - the house has become bigger, but it is empty.

Khrushchev looked at Li Yian and asked:
"Lee, I think you asked those questions on purpose, right?"

Li Yian smiled and asked:
"Nikita, we all sincerely want to make life better for everyone, so we built all this. What is the goal of building them? To distribute it to those in need."

Li Yian said directly:

"Nanyang is very similar to the Soviet Union. We also allocate housing to people, but the allocation order in Nanyang is very simple - priority for marriage, priority for childbirth, priority for pregnancy, because giving them houses is not just for housing, but also to stimulate fertility."

After listening to the translator's translation, Khrushchev frowned.

Although Li Yian did not give a clear explanation, he pointed out the problems in the Soviet housing allocation mechanism.

In the Soviet Union, housing was uniformly allocated by the state, and the most important factor in housing allocation was length of service. As a result, people with long service and those with four generations living together were given priority in housing allocation, while young couples who were in urgent need of their own housing often could not be allocated their own housing because of insufficient length of service. They had to continue living with their parents or even grandparents, or living in dormitories.

How many years of service did a young worker in the Soviet Union have to accumulate to be eligible for housing allocation?

It could be five years, eight years, or even ten years.

"In other words, you prioritize young people in allocating housing! Don't you consider their contributions to society?"

"Think about it! Giving birth is their greatest contribution. Is there any contribution greater than this?"

Li Yian smiled and said:

"If we sort by length of service, the result is that a large number of couples at the best childbearing age do not have independent housing, which makes them unwilling or unable to have children; and when they are allocated housing, they have missed the best childbearing age, and not only their willingness to have children but also their fertility has declined. Compared with the contribution of length of service, I think the contribution of fertility is the greatest contribution. After all, fertility is the foundation of a country!"

It is for this reason that Li Yian has always been extremely sensitive about the issue of housing. After all, housing is related to fertility rate, and fertility rate is the foundation of a country. Without this foundation, the entire country will eventually perish.

It is precisely because of the deep understanding that one can see at a glance what the problems of the Soviet Union are.

Looking at Khrushchev, Li Yian reminded:
"After all, we need to be clear about what is the purpose of allocating housing?"

After pointing out this problem, Li Yian looked at the Soviets on the road and thought:

"That's all I can do to help you..."

Khrushchev and his colleagues had a very deep understanding of the importance of population. After all, the war caused the Soviet Union to lose more than 20 million young people. Until now, all walks of life in the Soviet Union are still plagued by labor shortages. It was for this reason that after their trip to Southeast Asia, they discovered that small houses affected fertility rates, and they made adjustments almost immediately.

Now, facing the problem pointed out by Li Yian, Khrushchev fell into deep thought. He kept thinking about this problem throughout the rest of the journey. Even at the dinner that day, he didn't drink much vodka.

Early the next morning, Khrushchev once again came to the hotel where Li Yian was staying, saying that he was there to have breakfast with him and then go on a tour together, but in fact, he had not slept well the night before.

After all, housing is a big issue.

Before breakfast started, Khrushchev asked anxiously:

"Lee, Nanyang is Nanyang, and the Soviet Union is the Soviet Union. We cannot ignore the contributions people make to society by working long hours. If we give priority to young people in allocating houses, then those who have made long-term contributions to society will definitely be unhappy."

The reason why Khrushchev didn't sleep last night was because of the Soviet Union's distribution mechanism - everyone said they would contribute to society, but why did those who contributed the least get the new houses first? This kind of unfairness will definitely cause dissatisfaction among everyone.

Because he couldn't find a suitable solution, Khrushchev came to Li Yian to be a good student. The reason why he was willing to ask him for advice was because he was really willing to teach!

Of course, Khrushchev was really willing to learn.

"If we can't give priority to housing, then we should give priority to other aspects."

Looking at Khrushchev with dark circles under his eyes, Li Yian said in a relaxed tone:

"Your houses essentially belong to the state. They are equipped with basic furniture and central heating. Each household can move in with just a symbolic rent. This is the same as in Nanyang. Everyone lives in state-owned houses. Everyone just lives in the corresponding houses according to the needs of the family.

Older workers don’t necessarily need a big house, but young people do. Small families are also inevitable in social development. Many young couples don’t want to live with their parents and want to “start their own business.” Everyone knows this.

While having breakfast, Li Yian said:
"So, housing is not a problem at all. If we take care of young people in allocating housing, how can we take care of those workers who have made long-term contributions to society?"

This was the question Khrushchev faced. While asking the question, Li Yian looked out the window at the snow and said:
"It's really cold in the Soviet Union!" "What?"

"I mean the weather here, Nikita. How do your workers get there when they're at work? By bus? Or on foot?"

Why did you change the subject?

Khrushchev looked at the other person with some confusion, as if he didn't understand why he said this.

Just at this moment, Li Yian's voice reached his ears.

"In Nanyang, at the beginning, everyone liked to ride bicycles, but later, as the economy developed, people preferred to drive to work, especially during the rainy season. After all, cars can protect against wind and rain."

Cars can protect against wind and rain...

This seemingly light sentence made Khrushchev's eyes light up, and he said:

"Lee, give them cars! Give them cars!"

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Khrushchev clapped his hands excitedly and said:

"Yes, that's right. Give them cars. In the past few years, the income of Soviet workers has increased exponentially. They don't have much to spend. They keep all their money in the bank. If they can buy cars..."

Looking at Khrushchev's expression, Li Yian just smiled slightly, feeling very proud in his heart.

Since Khrushchev came to power, he has successively increased the wages of Soviet workers. The income of workers and farmers has increased several times. However, the Soviet market cannot provide enough consumer goods.

Therefore, tens of billions of rubles of funds were deposited in Soviet banks. A few years later, this money even threatened the Soviet economy because the Soviet Central Bank had to pay a large amount of interest every year.

However, there was no way to get the people to spend this money. After all, houses in the Soviet Union were distributed - even later on, they were accumulated in the form of housing provident funds.

So the Emperor of Medals and his group of bureaucrats discussed countermeasures together and finally made a decision - to produce cars.

However, the Soviet Union's car technology was backward, so they spent a lot of money and signed a contract with Italy's Fiat Automobile Company to introduce Fiat 124 car production technology and a complete set of production lines, and built a large modern automobile manufacturing plant.

The car produced by this automobile manufacturer is the famous Lada sedan, which is also the first national car of the Soviet Union.

From then on, Lada became the favorite of the Soviet people in the Soviet era. Because of its high speed, there was a saying that "Lada drives faster than a rocket".

In the Soviet era, Lada cars were the ultimate dream of Soviet people. In order to own a Lada car, a Soviet family not only had to spend all their savings, but also had to wait in line for several years before they could pick up their own car.

Therefore, if workers with long service are rewarded with the priority to buy cars, they will definitely be more willing, especially when the house is owned by the state and the car is their own.

When talking about deposits, Khrushchev suddenly stopped talking. He couldn't say that he was still thinking about other people's bank deposits!

"The Soviet Union should allow its people to drive cars."

As he said this, Khrushchev frowned again, because the Soviet Union did not have a suitable car!
The Soviet Union has always been working hard to produce technology and weapons that ordinary people can't use. Now the Soviet Union is also like this with cars. There are only trucks. Cars are useless for production and military, so naturally they are not produced. It can't be said that there are still cars for leaders, but the production of such cars is low!

Almost subconsciously, Khrushchev turned his eyes to Li Yian - here was a ready-made helper!
Nanyang is the world's second largest automobile manufacturing country after the United States! Their cars are not only sold all over the world, but even the United States imports millions of them every year!
Suddenly, Khrushchev seemed to understand something, looked at Li Yian and laughed:

"Li, you are really a very good businessman. This is all in your plan, right?"

The sudden question made Li Yian smile and shrug his shoulders, saying:
"You discovered all this."

After a hearty laugh, Khrushchev got straight to the point:

"We need to introduce automobile technology and corresponding production technology from Southeast Asia."

Then he emphasized:
“We can provide hard currency ... pay for the cars and the production lines in gold.”

Facing Khrushchev's conditions, Li Yian smiled and said:
"Of course, but it doesn't have to be all gold. We can trade with each other."

In fact, the Soviet Union also had what he needed. In fact, the reason why he said so much to Khrushchev, in addition to sincerely wanting to help the other party solve some problems, there was a more important reason - the Soviet Union had what Nanyang needed.

These things cannot necessarily be bought with money, and they are even more important than gold. Therefore, Li Yian set a trap for Khrushchev.

Now that Khrushchev has jumped in and offered to introduce Nanyang’s technology and technical equipment, the rest will be easy!

It’s nothing more than win-win cooperation for both parties!
(End of this chapter)