Yugoslav official Novakovic is very strange about the temporary visit of the Chinese, generally similar activities are arranged about a year in advance, but the Chinese greeted them temporarily a month ago, and Yugoslavia cannot ask them not to come, and this Chinese delegation is led by a vice minister of foreign affairs and a vice minister of commerce, mainly to negotiate economic cooperation between China and South Africa, for Yugoslavia, which is already in economic difficulties, although it is not very affordable for the economy of a third-generation country like China, but China is a big country after all, there has been a lot of limelight in the past two years, and if you can, you can't be offended.

The Chinese delegation came to Belgrade very low-key, and the two sides did not engage in any large-scale ceremonial activities, but directly entered the stage of closed-door meetings.

The two sides prepared on both sides of the long table, each of them reviewed the development of relations between the two countries and the traditional friendship between China and South Africa, and then just when the Yugoslav officials were a little sleepy, suddenly a guy from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce threw out a sentence that made them all wake up.

"China intends to provide Yugoslavia with a long-term low-interest assistance loan of 16 billion yuan, and hopes to carry out deeper and extensive cooperation with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the economic and trade fields."

Novakovich's brain turned very quickly, although the renminbi is not yet the main currency in the world, and the credibility is not very high, but they have all understood the value of the renminbi before, 16 billion yuan of loans is 2 billion US dollars, although it does not seem large, but in the eighties, there were few countries with a GDP output value of tens of billions of US dollars, and 2 billion US dollars is simply a big cake.

Of course, to their slight disappointment, this big cake is a renminbi loan and not a dollar loan.

However, Novakovich and his colleagues quickly responded to a problem, the big cake given by the Chinese is not inferior to the assistance that the United States wants to give them, and the United States has given quite a lot of additional conditions, and many people believe that if they accept the American conditions, it is very likely that the country will fall into a greater crisis and lose sovereignty. This concern has proved to be extremely real.

Lai Zhenping continued: "In addition, we have learned about the current economic predicament of the Yugoslav Federation, and we sincerely hope that we can help the Yugoslav Federation get out of the predicament; if we can get the permission of the Yugoslav Federation, our capital can enter the Yugoslav Federation to acquire some enterprises that are not doing well, and reorganize and adjust the enterprise structure and business model. I believe that in this way, we can restore the profitability of many companies and provide jobs for the working people of your country......"

After listening to Lai Zhenping's words, although some Yugoslav officials were quite unimpressed, officials such as Novakovich and other pragmatic officials were secretly concerned. Although Yugoslavia is more open than the Soviet system, it also retains a large number of state-owned enterprises, which had their own glory in the sixties and seventies, but are now basically equivalent to non-performing assets. In addition, due to dissatisfaction with lower wages and longer working hours, many factory unions and workers are constantly making trouble. In this case, even if Yugoslavia is willing to reform and does not mention the question of money or money, it will be inconvenient for them to do it themselves.

For foreign-funded enterprises, there is more room to deal with it, otherwise how to say that capitalism is bloody and dark, under the socialist public ownership system does not mean that employees are dismissed, although capitalist countries also have labor security agreements, but there are still many means for enterprises to lay off employees.

Novakovic also learned about some Chinese companies and businesses, and was surprised to find that China's progress in industry and commerce in recent years has been amazing, and that China's appearance as a big country has basically blossomed in the whole industry, and has made achievements in different fields such as light and heavy industry, agriculture and high technology. In some very trendy and potential industries, such as the microelectronics industry and the information industry, China has undoubtedly become the world's leader not inferior to the United States. Novakovic, as an economic bureaucrat in charge, believes that if the enterprises invested by China are similar high-tech enterprises, then there will be only benefits to Yugoslavia's economic and industrial development, and there will be no harm.

Lai Zhenping saw the intentions of some people, and continued to add: "Chinese economists have studied the current economic situation of the Yugoslav Federation and believe that the economy of the Yugoslav Federation is very seriously dragged down by the lack of energy self-sufficiency, and the Yugoslav Federation has also begun to decline because of the oil crisis in the 70s. In this regard, our economists have proposed some solutions, and our country is very willing to share them with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The first is to build a nuclear power plant with a large installed capacity......"

As soon as he finished speaking, Novakovich interrupted him with a frown: "Nuclear power plant, we don't know much about your country's nuclear technology, and I believe that the Chernobyl incident in 1986 is still in sight, and it is difficult for us to make such a decision." ”

A few people glanced at Novakovich and were secretly dissatisfied, and Lai Zhenping also saw that there did not seem to be much solution to his economic problems within the Yugoslav Federation, and he could not reach a unified consensus. In Lai Zhenping's view, as long as the energy problem of the Yugoslav Federation is solved, and an appropriate enterprise transformation is carried out to survive the vigorous period of the 90s in the past few years, if the Yugoslav Federation does not go down to the end of civil war, it will at least not be worse than several other Eastern European countries, because the foundation of the Yugoslav Federation is the thickest among several Eastern European countries.

Lai Zhenping once again explained: "China's nuclear technology is independently developed and carefully verified, and there has never been a major accident in operation for many years. Speaking of safety, your country also has a nuclear power plant with an installed capacity of 660,000 kilowatts near Zagreb, so we should not be worried about whether there is a problem, and we are quite confident that we can ensure the safety of the nuclear power plant that our country has invested in. ”

He pursed his lips and said: "In addition, the current situation of energy shortage in your country cannot be solved simply by a long-term nuclear power plant. Your country has relatively abundant hydropower resources, and it is more realistic to build some small and medium-sized hydropower stations. In addition, in terms of energy imports, our country is able to provide coal mines for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and in addition, we have signed a large-scale natural gas offtake contract with Algeria to build natural gas processing and power plants in your country. ”

“…… In addition, in the face of a surge in unemployment, a decline in the level of workers' wages, insufficient social consumption, and a shortage of commodities, Chinese experts believe that your country can use the loan funds provided by China to organize some major infrastructure construction projects, and these infrastructure construction, and some of the projects that China hopes to help build are obviously covered by them. These large-scale projects will quickly absorb a large number of laborers and provide them with the wages they need to live. After the construction of infrastructure is completed, the pull-out effect on the economy can also be produced quickly, benefiting the subsequent economic development. In view of the shortage of consumption and goods, China happens to have a strong capacity to manufacture goods, and it is more expensive than those made in Europe, and if your country can properly open up our commodity retail trade and trade, it can reduce the cost of living of the residents of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to a considerable extent. ”

Every time Lai Zhenping said something, the Yugoslavs' bodies were shocked, and this is easy to say, but in the end it is definitely a huge hand, if it can really get China's support for these projects, then Yugoslavia's economic predicament may really be able to get out.

Lai Zhenping said in a good time: "We have also learned through some channels about the economic prescriptions prescribed by the Americans for the Yugoslav comrades, and our experts believe that if Yugoslavia really accepts this shock therapy from the United States, it will only cause greater economic difficulties. At the beginning, the United States regarded Yugoslavia as a bridgehead against the Soviet Union, but now that the Soviet Union is in full decline, the role of Yugoslavia is not so obvious. With such a strong conservative atmosphere in the United States, would it really be kind enough to accept Jinan Slavia and see a socialist country flourish? On the other hand, we in China, both of whom are socialist brothers, and we have no ambition for hegemony in the world world, sincerely and enthusiastically hope that the socialist system can be perfected and developed, and that we support the continued extension of the international communist movement. ”

Novakovic also felt that compared with the United States, China's motives must be much purer than those of the United States, and if there was no other way, Yugoslavia would not have believed in the way that the Americans had given them. But Novakovich also did not trust the Chinese very much, and he firmly believed that the so-called mutual help in international politics rarely happened, so he asked: "So what kind of benefits do the Chinese comrades hope to gain in helping Yugoslavia?" ”

Lai Zhenping smiled and said: "I think the benefits of gaining the friendship of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, deepening our bilateral relations, consolidating the continued development of socialism within the world boundary, and sharing the economic benefits of Yugoslavia in the process of economic recovery and progress." ”

Novaković and many Yugoslav officials were not accustomed to the diplomatic logic of the Chinese for a while, and Lai Zhenping explained with a smile: "Yes, China's approach to handling international issues is very different from that of the United States and the Soviet Union, and this is our Chinese model, equality and sincerity, mutual benefit." ”

Having said all this, even if it is not fully realized, it is a great thing for the Yugoslav Federation to be able to realize a part of it. Some Yugoslav officials have already begun to think about how they can use China's strength to get out of the predicament. In fact, they also know very well that the United States is a poisonous snake that devours people, and it is really hasty to entrust their lives to them.

Novakovich planned that if he could obtain the assistance of both China and the United States, and at the same time could solve the crisis and use China and the United States to contain each other, then the national interests of Central and Yugoslavia would inevitably be best preserved in balancing the national interests of Central and Yugoslavia.