Chapter 6: The Secret Whispers of the Three

The next night, Miji and Elena, accompanied by Kryuchkov, came to the villa of the "Big Pineapple" as promised. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Coincidentally, he and his second wife, Tatyana? Filippovna's daughter, also named Elena!

The two Elenas hit it off at first sight, chatting passionately in the living room, while the three protagonists talk behind closed doors in the "Big Pineapple" study.

"This is a medicine for high blood pressure, diabetes, arrhythmia, salmonellosis, atherosclerosis, colitis, arthritis, lichen, gout and myocardial infarction, all produced in the United States, you can ask the director to test it!" All of the above diseases, the "big pineapple" is carried with you, and it is simply a 5 million jackpot!

"Big pineapple" nodded, and motioned for Kryuchkov to put things away, which was a dead thing.

He also knows that he is riddled with diseases, and if he does not step up treatment, the time on that piece of paper is very likely to become a reality!

"Thank you! Still, I'm curious to know what's happening in November! "Big Pineapple" tactfully asked the other party to tell the truth

Like a storyteller, the chicken talked eloquently: "Bo Ye likes Shcherbitsky (this person is the number one in charge of Ukraine) and wants him to succeed him." But after Boye's ascension, Ustinov, Gromyko, Tikhonov and others decided that you would succeed him. Both Chernenko and Serbitsky were excluded because it was in their best interest! ”

"I died and Chernenko took over?"

"Yes, then there is the map head, and then there is no then!"

“…… You said in your letter that oil prices would drop sharply in 1986? ”

"Yes, in 1985 the international oil price was $27 per barrel, and in 1986 it plummeted to $14 per barrel, and the Soviet economy collapsed as a result!"

In September 1985, at the instigation of the United States, Saudi Arabia suddenly began to accuse the Soviet Union and other oil-producing countries of unlimited exploitation, decided not to defend OPEC prices, and quickly increased production to recover market share.

It announced that its daily oil production would increase from 2 million barrels to 10 million barrels, hoping to increase its market share through an "oil price war", which directly caused crude oil prices to fall.

At its lowest, it was close to $10 per barrel, which was tantamount to disemboweling and bloodletting for the Soviet Union, which was heavily dependent on oil exports!

"And that's just one of the reasons!"

The staggering figures of economic and military assistance provided by the USSR to third world countries in the 80s of the last century: 35 million dollars per day!

The total for the year amounted to $12.8 billion (excluding Soviet aid to Eastern European satellite states).

Among them, Vietnam provides $3.5 billion in annual assistance to Asia; $4.9 billion in Cuba and $1 billion in Nicaragua in Latin America; $3 billion in aid to Angola, Mozambique, and Ethiopia in Africa!

In terms of grain imports, in 1984, the Soviet Union imported 26.8 million tons of grain from the United States and other major grain-producing countries in the world.

Throughout the 80s, the Soviet Union's food deficit hovered around 20 percent and it became the world's largest importer of cereals and consumer goods.

From 1973 to 1985, 80% of the foreign exchange earnings of the USSR depended on oil and gas exports, and more than half of the foreign exchange reserves were spent on importing grain and consumer goods!

The above situation is verified from one side, and now, at the time of the conversation of the three people, the foreign exchange reserves of the entire USSR are only an extremely pitiful 10 billion dollars!

In this case, exchanging foreign exchange for food is tantamount to selling blood to buy food!

"And what do you think we should do?"

"Open source and reduce expenditure!"

"How?"

"The withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the reduction of foreign aid, the repair of relations with China, the sale of arms to the third world, and the development of the country's light industry and electronic information industry should save at least $20 billion a year!"

"I'm afraid it will be very difficult to actually do it!" Inside and out, you will offend a bunch of people.

"For the USSR, this is a crossroads, if you miss it, you miss it, and the opportunity is gone! By 1986, the Saudis will give you a fatal blow! ”

Unless the Soviet army can launch a nuclear bomb to solve Saudi Arabia, the daily output of people will increase by 5 times, and you will not be playing to death?

"Big Pineapple" pondered that even if he could make it to the top, there would be too many tricky problems to face.

Seeing that the old leader was thoughtful, Kryuchkov suddenly asked: "What do you think of the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union?" ”

"Next year, Reagan will launch a brand-new armaments program -- the Star Wars Project, which is nothing more than an attempt to drag you into a high-tech arms race, and high-tech, which is dominated by IT technology, is precisely the shortcoming of the Soviet Union!" What Americans do best is attack their opponents' weaknesses

Kryuchkov did not choose to believe it directly: "............ Is that really the case? ”

"The future war is a high-tech war, and unless your army launches a full-scale attack on the West now, you can only develop science and technology with peace of mind! If you need to, I can help you upgrade your IT system! ”

"About what?"

"For example, communication transmission!"

"Is there a physical object?"

The chicken didn't talk, but took out the call artifact & self-defense weapon - Nokia 3210!

It really hurts to show the touchscreen mobile phone to the bureau adult, or the straight board machine is intuitive!

"What is this?"

"Cell phone! Also called mobile phones! With this, you can make calls anytime, anywhere! ”

"It looks small!"

"The volume is not important, the important thing is that he has all the functions of a landline phone, and he can send text messages with text, and the Americans are developing this thing!"

“……………… I'm going to look into it! ”

"Please pay $100,000 for the purchase!"

"What ?????"

"The mobile phone I gave you, the technology in it is more than ten years ahead of similar products in the United States, or is it still a real thing, isn't it even worth $100,000?"

“………… I'm going to make sure it really has what you're talking about! ”

"There's no server in the background, this thing can only be used to show off!"

"Big Pineapple" continued the topic just now: "You say that our army will fail in Afghanistan? What is the rationale? ”

For military fans, this question is easy to answer: "In the later stages of the war in Afghanistan, the United States would send a large number of portable anti-aircraft missiles called 'Stingers' to guerrillas through Pakistan." It only takes one person to carry it over mountains and mountains, and aim for launch. It can easily take down all your helicopters, as well as attack aircraft flying close to the ground. Without helicopter support, your ground troops will have to be played around by guerrillas in the mountains! ”

"No weapons to counteract?" "Big Pineapple" is not dead yet

"Yes! Tactical nuke! Flatten a mountain directly! "There is no good way to deal with guerrilla warfare.

or send a large number of troops to carry out encirclement and suppression; Or use superweapons and take out the enemy once and for all!

"Big Pineapple" was obviously not satisfied with this answer, and was as unreasonable as raising a bar, but still did not continue to ask.

"You say it can help us develop the light industry?" The light industry of the USSR is simply a joke known to the world

"Yes, for example, this one, it's very avant-garde, and it will definitely be popular all over the world!" The chicken took out a tender green hollow lace ball from his pocket

The "big pineapple" was made to cry and laugh, he was past the age of passion, but Kryuchkov picked it up and studied it carefully......

Miji also boasted confidently: "The workmanship is good, right?" Compared with German products, the appearance is much better. I dare say that in the whole of the Soviet Union, there was not a single dome comparable to this! If it costs only 10 rubles per piece, it will sell out of stock at the same price as similar products imported from Germany! ”

Kryuchkov was eager to ask if there was anyone the same size as his wife, but in front of the old leader, he was embarrassed to say it.

"The production process of this thing is very simple, it is very suitable for women in their twenties and thirties, and it can not only squeeze the market for imported goods, but also export to earn foreign exchange!" The chickens began to egg

"Big Pineapple" would not have thought that the dome could be exported to earn foreign exchange, but the appearance of people's things is indeed very attractive, especially for young people.

The chicken struck while the iron was hot, and immediately suggested: "We can open a factory, you hold 40% of the shares, which is also a state-owned enterprise, and encourage private capital to invest in the light industry." You come out of the land, the plant, and the workers, and I come out with the machines, the design, and the production process. In this way, you can support it with a small amount of money, and you can also create a lot of jobs, especially for the majority of housewives. Of course, it would be more appropriate to wait until you take office! ”

I have to say that this is indeed a good way to develop light industry, but it is contrary to the relevant policies at this stage.

“…… Well, I'll seriously consider it! This coincides with the "big pineapple" trying to carry out the physical modification experiment economically

The disadvantages of the Soviet Union were obvious, and the previous ones were well aware of this, but none of them were determined to reverse the decline.

Mi Ji understands the other party's concerns: "You lack relevant experience in market-oriented operation, and everything is in the exploration stage. Rushing to make a large-scale change can lead to a series of problems, and even lead to failure. So choosing some relatively safe and low-cost industries for small-scale pilots is a way to get the best of both worlds! In this way, problems can be solved quickly, and if you have an advantage, you can replicate them! ”

"Big Pineapple" thinks that what this kid said is very reasonable, although he is young, he does have a lot of knowledge: "For example, ............"

"Light industry and film and television industry!" This is a long-planned plan by the young people of the second goods

"Film and television?"

"Don't worry, I will only shoot some cartoons in the early stage, but they are also very interesting, and I will even export to earn foreign exchange!"

When Lao Tzu took out "Ice Age", he didn't believe that he couldn't get a share of the global box office!

"Raiders of the Lost Ark 1: Ark of the Law", released in 1981, grossed $384 million worldwide!

"Alien", which was only released this year, has a global box office of 792 million US dollars!

Forget it, "Ice Age" is too lofty, let's come to "The Lion King" first.

The film grossed $987 million worldwide, which can be regarded as a fist product.