Chapter 424: The Era of Dare to Spend Money (First update, please subscribe)
While newspapers in Nanyang were discussing the feasibility of "four-hour transportation" and "high-speed railway", a plane full of passengers in Nanyang The plane representing the business community took off from Chang'an Airport and headed towards the United States.
After several transfers and nearly thirty hours, the 56-member delegation arrived in Chicago on a C95 passenger plane.
“Is this Chicago?”
From the moment the plane landed in Chicago, Song Yunchu, like everyone else, was attracted by the bustling metropolis in front of him.
Although he had seen the prosperity of the United States in movies more than once, the impact he received when he saw it with his own eyes was still unimaginable - high-rise buildings everywhere, this was normal, and the same was true in Chang'an.
After all, high-rise buildings have long become a standard feature in cities. Although Chicago in the late 1940s was not the center of the world, it was definitely one of the leading metropolises of this era.
Being in this metropolis, what impacted us was the lives of Chicagoans and the cars everywhere!
What is different from the bicycles everywhere in Chang'an is that there are cars everywhere. As early as twenty years ago, cars became the standard equipment of American families. This has caused problems for people who have just entered the bicycle era. The impact can be imagined.
Especially after night falls, when the yellow headlights and red taillights form two distinct rivers of cars on the street, the Milky Way-like scene makes everyone in the exhibition group extremely shocked. among.
"Now, I finally know why we must open the US market!"
"I understand too!"
Nothing else - money!
Yes, Americans at this time are undoubtedly the richest in the world. Their per capita GDP reached an astonishing US$1,872, and their per capita salary also reached US$1,456.
What does entering the US market bring?
It’s a rolling golden tide!
"One day, we should be like them..."
Unlike their shock at the beginning of Song Dynasty, Zuo Xiaohan, the director of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, looked at the artificial Milky Way on the road , there was only one question in his mind.
“We also need to develop the automobile industry!”
Zuo Xiaohan said in an extremely serious tone.
"Perhaps, in the next few years, the clothing industry and electrical appliance manufacturing industry will become the leader in economic development, but from the perspective of industrial upgrading, the automobile industry is the next leader, and automobiles..."
Pointing to the river of cars outside the window, Zuo Xiaohan said.
“With the doubling of national income, it is destined to enter thousands of households. If we don’t seize the time to develop the automobile industry now, then when Nanyang’s national income increases enough to support automobile consumption, They will definitely choose American cars first!”
Although Zuo Xiaohan led the team to participate in the exhibition to open up the American market, as the director of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, he must stand on the national economy and the Look at some issues from a future perspective.
For example, the consumption problem after the national income increases-when people have money, they always need to spend money.
"General Manager Zuo also thinks that the national car should be launched?"
Lin Jiachao, who accompanied the delegation for inspection, laughed.
"You and the President have thought about this together."
"Oh? The President thinks so too?"
Zuo Xiaohan quickly said to Lin Jiachao.
""National Car", is this the president's idea? Jiachao, please tell me carefully."
Although among the twelve levels of civil servants in Nanyang, Lin Jiachao is at the tenth level, that is, The administrative officer is only higher than the clerical director and clerical assistant, but he is an official in the president's official residence - the presidential secretariat, which is the person close to the president!
What I hear and see are the things around the president. Although Nanyang does not have the official culture of "only obeying the superior", and a group of technocrats compete for their abilities, but knowing the president's thoughts is It is very important for technocrats to do what they do, but wouldn't it be better if the things they do can be in line with the president's wishes.
"Actually, the President has always had this idea. When I first arrived at the Secretariat, the President once asked a question - how should people spend their money now that they have money?" When hearing this question, The corner of Zuo Xiaohan's mouth raised slightly, and his admiration for the president was filled with admiration from the bottom of his heart. This admiration came from the bottom of his heart.
As early as when they first arrived in Nanyang to study administrative affairs management, the president had given them lessons and discussed with them the core of dynastic rule - the poor and weak people in Shang Junceli.
From ancient times to the present, rulers of all dynasties have taken "Shang Jun's policy" as the core of governing the country, but it is just more or less important, even though those saints and benevolent ancestors said that they should let the people They have enough food and clothing, but in fact, once the people have money in their hands, the question they think about is how to turn the people's money into their own.
The emperor is like this, and so are the ministers, so exorbitant taxes have become a common problem in the past dynasties. According to the president, the Chinese dynasties increased taxes not only at the end of the dynasty, but also during the so-called "prosperity". In the middle of the dynasty, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes began to be continuously increased to meet the so-called "national expenses". On the surface, it seemed to be inevitable for economic development, and it was normal for the expenditure to increase during the prosperous period of the dynasty and to increase taxes. Either for personal squandering, or for a dynasty to show its power in the border areas.
But the point is - to do everything possible to turn the people's money into one's own. When the weather is good, the people can afford the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. When natural and man-made disasters occur and the people are overwhelmed, they will rise up.
So, at that time, the president raised a question - "What is our purpose of making people rich?"
"Is the country prosperous and the people strong?"
"Is the people prosperous and the country strong?"
"This goal is hollow. The real purpose is very simple - let them spend money, and the people earn it by themselves. If they don’t spend the money, why don’t they leave it to us?”
“So, what we want to create here is an environment where people can earn money and dare to spend it. To create such an environment, we must work hard to solve many people's livelihood problems, such as housing, elderly care, and medical care. That is, people have a place to live, have care for the elderly, and have medical care for their illnesses. This is the problem we are trying to solve, and it is also our biggest problem. Responsibility. "
Responsibility, every time I think of what my husband once said, Lin Jiachao's heart is excited. There are no empty words in his words, there are only real goals, which is to make the people days get better.
"If we can achieve these goals, then whether the country is rich and the people are strong, or the people are prosperous and the country is strong, it will be achieved. By then, the people will naturally have money in their hands. What if we think about changing the law? Putting the money earned by the common people into your own pocket is nothing more than repeating the mistakes of the past."
It was also from that time that Zuo Xiaohan found his life goal-to build a country. A society where people earn money and dare to spend it without any worries.
"Spend money! As Mr. Wang once said, money is money only when it flows. As financial resources roll in, money rolls in more and more. Therefore, we must not only consider increasing people's income, but also consider how to let people spend their money. Spend money. Only when they spend money can the country's economy develop."
Zuo Xiaohan nodded slightly. This is the most basic economic common sense. The economy of society is like large and small rivers. Money is like water flowing in a river, constantly flowing throughout the entire economic system; it flows from one person to another, and it continues to flow like this, endlessly. Or, flow from one enterprise to another, and from one enterprise to another group of people. In the continuous transaction process, the base of money is constantly increasing.
“What makes people spend money is nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation. After the people are satisfied with enough food and clothing, how to make them spend money? That’s OK.”
Lin Jiachao said.
“So Mr. Wang believes that the development of the automobile industry is a way for people to spend money. Through the development of the automobile industry, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, petroleum, chemical industry and other industries will also make great progress. Development is also beneficial to the improvement of the country’s overall scientific and technological level.”
“It’s not just that,”
Zuo Xiaohan said.
“After the popularization of automobiles, it will also stimulate the prosperity of tourism and other industries, which will further expand the domestic consumer market. Although export trade is important, the domestic consumer market is our root. Only when the root is strong, Only then can the branches and leaves flourish, otherwise even if the economic prosperity brought by exports is only a temporary prosperity.”
The Lin family nodded in agreement and said.
"Yes, that's why Mr. said that it is important for people to make money, but more important is to spend money. Only in this way can a country continue to develop."
Slowly Sitting by the window, they were no longer talking about "national cars", but about deeper issues. They continued talking until midnight. After checking the time, it was already past one o'clock, and Zuo Xiaohan said .
“I forget the time as soon as I start chatting. Let’s go and have a rest. Tomorrow’s exhibition... This is our first time going overseas to participate in a large-scale exhibition. Whether we can be a hit depends on tomorrow! After all, right now, , for Nanyang, the most important issue is to make money first!”
There is still a certain distance between making money and spending it...
(End of this chapter)