Chapter 0690: Man-Made Disaster Breaks Out (1)
In April '92, the Da Mao home market was a bit bad.
The aid from the West lasted only three months, and the dazzling market was suddenly stopped. There was an unforeseen shortage of goods, and shelves were empty again.
The reason is simple, there is no money.
Shock therapy lasted only three months, and Gaidar's trick could not be played anymore. But this dude is not going to give up, he still wants to pursue his own policies, and believes that market turmoil is a process of reform.
Fiscal austerity has cut all the projects that the government can cut, even military spending.
The tax rate will be increased to 28 percent for all consumer goods. This is almost comparable to last week's 'black market tax' of Qingfeng.
The issuance of additional currency, the amount of currency issued in '92 was twenty times that of '91. Turn on the money printing machine and print money like crazy. And that's just the beginning.
Who knows how this economist could be such a genius? He made all the mistakes he could.
Zhou Qingfeng doesn't care.
'Holy Light' has been desperately supplying the Damao market for the past three months. Because Da Mao allows foreign exchange to be freely convertible, during this time, Da Mao took out and spent foreign exchange aided by the West, and the ruble was quite stable in exchange for dollars.
Therefore, the 'Holy Light' desperately sells and earns dollars. Although the price of second-hand home appliances is not high, ordinary textiles cannot be sold at a high price.
But it's better in quantity.
That's a monthly volume of 200,000 or 300,000 tons, which is quite a remarkable achievement
When Ma Qianshan was worried about where to get hundreds of millions of foreign exchange on the group, 'Shengguang' desperately converted the rubles he earned into US dollars in Damao's branch, and exchanged more than 300 million yuan in total.
The first batch of loans from the West to Da Mao totaled only a few billion dollars.
There are also a large number of rubles that cannot be exchanged, because the banks have a limited amount of exchange per day, and only those oligarchs can exchange unlimitedly. As a result, the 'Holy Light' could only hurry up and purchase the spot.
By the beginning of April, the Light had only a small amount of rubles in cash, plus a large amount of cargo ready to be shipped.
At this time, there are still several years before China joins the WTO, but 'Shengguang' has allowed many domestic manufacturers to taste the sweetness of international trade. Many textile industries are working overtime during the New Year, desperately producing and delivering.
One month's profit is worth the past year.
In addition, at least thousands of enterprises across the country are following desperately producing. From program-controlled switches to cutlery porcelain, the market is booming.
Wait until April, when the feast is over.
Zhou Qingfeng asked the group to return to barter trade again. This is true not only of Da Mao, but also of Ermao, and even of the entire trade in the direction of Eastern Europe.
A man-made disaster has struck. The price of consumer goods at the beginning of April soared more than 60 times compared with the end of last year.
The common people of Da Mao were stunned. This is equivalent to the depreciation of their money to one-sixtieth of what it was before. In the past, it was less than two dollars for goods, but now it costs a hundred.
Zhou Qingfeng returned to Moscow from Zaporozhye at this time, and his most important thing was to reassure all the employees of the 'Shengguang' Damao branch - don't panic, starting this month, the company will pay everyone in dollars.
From the branch supervisor to the logistics driver, as long as the person who works for the 'Holy Light' is guaranteed. The mood in the branch quickly stabilized, and hundreds of employees breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, if you have a job, you will die!
But what about outside the branch?
Miserable!
The exchange rate of the domestic soft sister currency against the US dollar fell from 4.00 in 91 to 5.00 in 92, and will fall to 8.00 in 94.
Such a 'small' exchange rate change forced Zhou Qingfeng to spend money desperately, and waited for the currency to depreciate without spending money.
Gaidar brother made the price of consumer goods skyrocket by more than 60 times, and it was luck that he was not torn apart by the ordinary people of Da Mao - if Uncle Zhou found that the money in his hand suddenly turned into waste paper, he would definitely be furious.
Luckily, the Holy Light didn't have much roubles in his hands.
The temperature in Moscow in April still fluctuates around freezing, and it is still quite cold. But all of a sudden, the number of drunkards in the city skyrocketed. If you drive on the streets, you will find that there are many more wandering homeless people in the streets and alleys.
The police had to patrol all day, especially at night, to save drunkards who were drunk and collapsed outside, lest they freeze to death. But even so, the number of people who died in accidents increased dramatically, and law and order deteriorated instantly.
Everyone was confused and didn't know what to do.
Hearing that Zhou Qingfeng returned to Moscow, the first person to come to him was Minister Chuikov. The old man, corrupted by power and money, seemed to have suddenly collapsed, his eyes were deep-set, his gaze was dull, and his face was dark.
"President Zhou, we need as many goods as possible now to stabilize prices." Cui Kefu ignored his minister's demeanor and rushed into Zhou Qingfeng's office with his secretary.
The secretary was overwhelmed.
"You may be seated, Your Excellency Chuikov. Drink saliva. Zhou Qingfeng personally poured a glass of water for the minister, flicking his fingers. We are friends and I will definitely help you. ”
Chuikov took the cup and drank it dry in one gulp.
In arcane vision, the old man who was about to run out of oil gradually calmed down. He drank some holy water, but he felt that his eyelids drooped, and he fell crookedly in front of Zhou Qingfeng and slept on the sofa.
Considering that it is not easy to cultivate an ally, and Cui Kefu has always been very cooperative with the 'Holy Light', Zhou Qingfeng still gave the other party a few healing techniques to restore his lost vitality.
Mao Zi collapsed too quickly, so fast that it was completely not in the interests of the flower growers.
When the common enemy disappears, the Eagle Sauce family dominates, and the whole world is poisoned by it. It's not 30 years later, it's like that.
The European Virgins are no longer threatened, and Ma Fang Nanshan is pointing fingers everywhere, arrogant, and extremely annoying. You must know that when Mao Zi was still there, Sino-European relations were not bad.
Especially the next 'drunkard' operation is too pitiful.
Chuikov came at noon and slept until night. I don't know what he's been doing lately, he's tired anyway. His secretary followed Zhou Qingfeng's office and tried to wake him up, but was stopped by Zhou Qingfeng.
"Let him sleep, rest well to work well."
Zhou Qingfeng works in the office, handling the chores accumulated in recent months. Although He Yulan grasps the total, there are many details worth adjusting.
Unlike Lin Wan's management style, Yulan likes to take the grassroots route. She used the 'harmony' system in Da Mao's family, hoping to replicate the success in China.
The effect is ......, so-so.
Da Mao is already an industrialized country, and the 'countryside surrounds the city' is not so applicable here. For example, after losing the black soil plain of Ermao, its agriculture is not developed, and it can only be said that it has great potential.
Damao's heavy industry is huge but not advanced, and light industry is a mess. There are so many things that need to be improved.
Chuikov slept until about ten o'clock at night. When he opened his eyes, he was very puzzled, and it took a long time to remember why he was in Zhou Qingfeng's office.
"Zhou, I need your help, or you're going to lose my ally." His Excellency, who had slept for a while, finally returned to his normal thinking, and his tone was calm.
Zhou Qingfeng also doesn't like to cooperate with a fool who 'rushes to the doctor'. After signing the document in hand, he smiled: "There are still many places where we can cooperate, so of course I will not give up on such a good ally as yours."
Rest assured, I have your full back. ”