The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 377 Royalties
Polar bears are incredibly strong right now!

Since the 70s, the positions of the Soviet Union and the United States have been reversed, and the situation has entered one where the Soviet Union attacks and the United States defends.

The United States was deeply involved in the Annan War for more than a decade and finally left in disgrace, staging a "Saigon moment". During these more than a decade, the United States alone released data showing that the death toll reached 5.82 and the number of injured reached a staggering 30.36. In addition, there were 2500 missing persons.

And this is just the casualty data released by the United States itself. Given the Americans' nature, it is normal for the data to increase by 10% or 20%.

In addition, the United States lost 8612 aircraft, including 3720 fixed-wing aircraft and 4892 helicopters.

As for the United States' spending on this war, some say it is 2000 billion US dollars, some say 4000 billion US dollars, and of course some say it is 6630 billion US dollars.

But no matter which number it is, it is huge.

Even if we take the lowest value of 2000 billion US dollars, it would still be a huge loss to the vitality of the United States.

It can be said that it was this war that changed the United States from being on the offensive to being on the defensive around the world.

Coupled with the first oil crisis, the United States fell into a deep economic crisis, while the Soviet Union also made a lot of money by taking advantage of the rising oil prices, and the entire economic level improved greatly.

The second oil crisis broke out in recent years, and the oil price broke through $20/barrel and $30/barrel. The oil-producing countries made a lot of money, but for industrial countries such as Europe, the United States, and Japan, it was a big blow.

The polar bear has become the world's number one superpower, and coupled with its strong military strength, it can be said to be a holy land in the minds of all workers in the world.

But there are undercurrents within the polar bear community.

After Su Xunzong's death, Su Guangzong, who had just taken over the supreme power, passed away in February this year, and Su Daidi, who took over the supreme power, was reported to be in poor health.

Problems with the transfer of power led to fierce internal fighting among the polar bears, and they had no energy to focus on the outside world.

And even though the polar bear is still powerful now, the irrational structure of the Soviet Union's heavy and light industries still exists.

And this is the opportunity.

"Let Xiaojuan move here and help Linlin and the others." Liu Tao said, "You go to the north to work hard and do trade with the north."

Liu Qi nodded heavily, but he hesitated for a moment: "But I don't have any money."

He is not afraid of hardship, but he is afraid of not making money.

Liu Qi was very envious of Qian Huaqiang's success in Pengcheng.

The reason he was able to make up his mind to quit his job and go into business was because Qian Huaqiang made a lot of money and his wife was always nagging him.

Being poor is changing.

He only earns 40 to 50 yuan a month, his wife doesn't have a job, and he relies on his parents for support for his daily life, so they live a very tight life.

This made Liu Qi realize that money is not everything, but without money, nothing can be done.

Money is a man’s heroic courage!
"I can lend you money first, but you have to pay it back." Liu Tao said slowly.

Liu Qi quickly said happily: "That's for sure!"

Liu Tao thought for a moment, then took out a piece of paper and wrote two numbers on it: "If you encounter any problems in the Northeast, you can call them, but don't call if you can."

"You can ask your parents if they have any connections with polar bears," Liu Tao said.

The two numbers he wrote were both from the Shenyang Military Region. This was the relationship between the two sides that they had known each other for a long time at the Tianzhu Mountain Training Base.

But favors are something that become less and less each time they are used.

If you ask someone for help this time, there is a possibility that they will need your help next time.

In Liu Tao's opinion, as long as Liu Qi can endure hardships, it is impossible for him to lose money by trading with polar bears.

Export China's light industrial products to the polar bears, and then import some heavy industrial products from the polar bears, even if it's just steel, both sides will make money this way.

Liu Qi nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll go back and ask. My dad went to study in the Soviet Union before, so he should know some people."

Liu Tao nodded. In the past, when China and the Soviet Union were in their honeymoon period, the two sides had very close contacts and more or less had some relationship.

These are all connections.

At night, it's quiet.

The children were asleep and the lights were off.

In the room, the couple were whispering private conversations.

As the saying goes, a long separation is better than a new marriage. The two of them are together only for eight days every month, so even though they have been married for five years, they are like a newlywed couple, always cherishing every minute and every second and wishing that time would pass more slowly.

Scoring twice is just a normal thing, and scoring three times also happens from time to time.

Until the early morning, the two hugged each other and quietly felt each other's hearts.

Their voices were very low, so low that only each other could hear them, so as not to wake the child.

Now the eldest son and daughter sleep in the outer room, and the two younger ones sleep in the inner room, so as not to disturb the other children by crying at night.

Fortunately, the child no longer needs to be fed at night and can sleep through the night. It is not like before when it was difficult to sleep through the night and I had to get up from time to time to check on the child.

Liu Tao couldn't help but explore it gently with one hand. This was a treasure trove. It seemed that no matter how he explored it, it would never be exhausted and he would always feel delighted.

Before they knew it, they had fallen asleep in each other's arms.

The next day, he slept until he woke up naturally and no one woke him up.

Liu Tao looked lazy and in a completely relaxed state.

I even made a cup of tea, took my fishing rod to the lake to fish, and calmed my mind.

Fishing is not about catching fish, but a mood.

It’s natural to be happy if you catch something, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t.

The lake water here is connected to Shichahai Lake and is full of aquatic plants. With the purification of these aquatic plants, the lake water here is much better than the water in Shichahai Lake.

Of course, even though the lake water is of good quality, it is not directly drinkable.

But Liu Tao had not been fishing for long when children came in groups.

Naturally, you can’t catch any fish this way.

With so many children playing, the fish and shrimp were scared away.

While having lunch, Liu Tao received a call, which informed him that he would be required to attend a meeting three days later.

The document he wrote before is finally going to be submitted to the meeting.

In the afternoon, Liu Tao went to the coffee shop in front, and he and Zhu Lin each took a cup of coffee to the bird-listening house to drink coffee. While drinking coffee, they listened to the birds singing and chatted.

"Fortunately, we don't need to rent a store, otherwise we wouldn't be able to pay the rent even if we were busy all this time." Zhu Lin said, "The money we've made from running the business so far is not as much as your royalties."

"How much is the fee?" Liu Tao chuckled. He actually never asked.

Zhu Lin said: "Two poetry collections, each cost 7.5 yuan after tax."

"So many?" Liu Tao was a little surprised.

It’s not that he didn’t get paid for his articles before. For example, he earned two to three hundred RMB for each of the articles he published.

"12% royalties, the highest tier." Zhu Lin explained, "After the president knew your identity, he set 12% of the price as royalties. Now we have only printed the first batch, but there will be a steady stream of income in the future."

Zhu Lin was very envious. Liu Tao was really good at everything.

　I'm adjusting my work and rest schedule recently, so the updates may not be on time. Once the work and rest schedule is adjusted, it will be back to on time.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)