Chapter 1526 The rhythm of taking off on the spot (second update, please subscribe)
"Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has just arrived!"
While expressing this emotion, Li Yian couldn't help but glance at the report in front of him.
This report is an analysis report on the situation in Saigon. The content of the report is not complicated, but the situation is very complicated.
I have to say that the United States did its best in Saigon.
In other words, the big beauty used too much force in Saigon.
Ever since they planned a military coup and killed the Wu brothers, they have been paying the price for their excessive force. Although the United States has repeatedly increased its aid to Saigon and sent a large number of military advisers and even tens of thousands of special forces to Saigon, the situation does not seem to be improving.
40% of the countryside is controlled by the opposition! Saigon is subject to daily unrest and attacks.
Since they replaced Wu Yanting, the situation in Saigon has not stabilized as quickly as the United States imagined. It's even more chaotic.
"Excessive force!..."
What will happen to Saigon next?
Governments change rapidly, but no one can lead a stable government.
This is the Saigon of the future.
At the same time, the situation in Saigon deteriorated: North Vietnam prepared for war and prepared to send regular troops to fight south. The Saigon government was in chaos due to internal and external troubles and had no combat effectiveness. The U.S. special operations failed in an all-round way and planned large-scale aid to Vietnam.
With American assistance, Saigon persisted for more than ten years.
In the future, Saigon will become a "country with an army but no government." The so-called army is an army trained, commanded, and assisted by the US military.
Then what?
Just sent it!
"$550 billion!"
Looking at the report in front of him and thinking about this number, Li Yian said to himself:
“This is a period of strategic opportunity!”
The US$550 billion was the US investment during the Vietnam War, of which the military expenditure was approximately more than US$200 billion. However, this number may not be the most accurate, because during the Vietnam War, the United States also provided a large amount of assistance to Saigon. At the same time, in order to stabilize its allies and win their support, it also provided a large amount of assistance to Thailand, the Philippines and other countries. The estimated amount It can reach hundreds of billions of dollars.
550 billion is just an official figure, there is another figure - 1 trillion US dollars!
This is the age of the dollar!
Such an attractive piece of fat meat, even if you just take a bite, your mouth will be full of oil.
"If we seize this opportunity, we will almost take off from the same spot!"
With such emotion on his lips, Li Yian felt even more emotion in his heart.
After all, there are not many Lords who can be so "generous"!
From ancient times to the present, there are really not many countries that have "sacrificed themselves for others" and cut themselves off.
Listening to his father's words, Li Yixuan said:
"Dad, do we also want to get involved in Saigon affairs?"
At the same time, he said with some doubts:
"Didn't you reject them before?" The "rejection" in Li Yixuan's mouth refers to the fact that on May 9, US President Johnson sent an invitation to "consider supporting the Saigon plan" to 25 friendly countries, hoping to "allow more The flags of many countries of the free world fly in Saigon."
However, these allies were very unscrupulous and either refused or were perfunctory.
Only South Korea is the most active and strives to become a die-hard ally of the United States.
After Park Zhengxiong received the invitation letter from the United States, he immediately instructed the cabinet to investigate sending troops to Vietnam. After that, the government listed the budget for sending troops and organized the troops. After making all preparations, the South Vietnamese government submitted a formal diplomatic letter requesting South Korea to send troops. Soon the South Korean Congress approved it, making the sending of troops to Vietnam reasonable and legal.
Unlike South Korea, which is "eager to contribute to the free world", Li Yian directly refused Johnson's invitation,
"Not getting involved militarily doesn't mean we won't get involved in other ways,"
While Li Yian was talking, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said:
"For example, economically."
"Financially?"
Li Yixuan thought for a while and said:
"Is it to provide logistics for the US military?"
"It's not about logistics, it's about being a material supply center for the free world! When it comes to things like war, we provide material supplies well, which is the greatest help to the free world!"
While joking, Li Yian said seriously:
"And we also need orders from the United States. This war bonus is of great significance to us!"
Li Yixuan said with some confusion:
"War dividend? Is it important? During the Peninsular War, the company did not seem to care about military orders."
Li Yian, who was holding the teacup, looked at his son who looked a little confused and explained:
"It's different now. During the Peninsular War, orders from the United States were dispensable to us, because at that time we were more concerned about the European and American markets, and the private markets in Europe and the United States were the most important."
What is the passage of time? This is how times have changed.
At that time, the demand from the private market in Europe and the United States had already caused the factories here to work overtime. After all, the European industry had not yet fully recovered at that time. The demand for supplies from tens of millions of newlyweds and newborns in the United States brought about a surge in the consumer market. Rapid expansion.
In this case, exports to Europe and the United States are the most important. Naturally, military orders were put at the back.
But now the situation has changed.
"To a certain extent, the economy of the sea is now at a bottleneck of development. After all, the new productivity has not yet begun to truly exert its force and has not yet become a real economic pillar.
Now is a critical period for new productivity to replace old productivity and complete the upgrading of this industry. During this critical period, military orders from the United States will further boost our economic development and help us break through the bottleneck of development.
At the same time, we can also take advantage of this opportunity to complete industrial upgrading, complete the replacement of old and new productive forces, and make new productive forces the backbone of our economy. ”
"The alternation of old and new productivity..."
When his father emphasized "new productivity", Li Yixuan thought for a while and said:
"Father, by the new productivity you are talking about, do you mean computers and integrated circuits?" "Yes!"
Li Yian nodded and said:
"That is, electronic computers and integrated circuits, as well as optical fiber and the Internet. With the development of technology, these new productive forces will definitely become new industry pillars."
In fact, no matter from any angle, the traditional manufacturing industry has already shown its decline as early as the 1960s and 1970s. Later, many economists liked to use old equipment and welfare burdens as the reasons for the decline of the traditional manufacturing industry. Even the complicated management system is the reason for its decline.
These reasons may explain the decline of the traditional manufacturing industry in the United States, but they cannot explain the decline of the traditional manufacturing industry in Europe since the 1980s. Even the traditional manufacturing industry in Japan began to decline after entering the new century. Some people attribute this to Dongda's product competition, but the problem is that later, Dongda's traditional manufacturing industry also ran into trouble.
In fact, in the final analysis, the bottleneck of traditional manufacturing lies there - the total market demand for many products is there.
"Traditional manufacturing..."
Holding the teacup in his hand, Li Yian explained to his son:
"It has its bottlenecks. Just like infrastructure projects, society's demand for infrastructure is still there. The simplest example is that it only takes two or three years to build a bridge. We can't just use it for ten years. By blowing it up and rebuilding it, the life of a bridge can be decades or even hundreds of years. After the bridge is completed, the need for this will disappear for a long time in the future
Similarly, the products provided by the traditional manufacturing industry are also there. The service life of a car, if there is no problem, is at least twenty years. As long as the user is willing, he can use it for ten or twenty years without thinking about it. Replace with new ones.
The same is true for household appliances, such as televisions and air conditioners, which can be used for ten years without any problem. This means that after a family purchases a single-use appliance, it may not have any need for this in the next ten years. ”
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After taking a sip of tea, Li Yian thought that in another world, some entrepreneurs were worried about the safety of home appliances in people's homes, and proposed a mandatory scrapping system for home appliances countless times.
Well, just like they care about people's travel safety, they have introduced a compulsory scrapping system for cars.
Of course, this is all from a safety perspective. It is definitely a blessing for ordinary people that they can worry about ordinary people like this.
You must know your blessings when you are in them.
But on the other hand, this is the biggest problem with traditional manufacturing - many products are invested once and used for a long time.
Li Yixuan thought for a while and retorted.
"Dad, I understand all this, but our current market is not saturated. Whether it is an internal or external market, the market space is still very large."
After thinking for a moment, he added:
"And many products are constantly being updated, and the market demand for various products is also constantly changing,"
Nodding, Li Yian said.
"You are right. I do not deny this, but people who do not think long-term must worry about the short-term. We must consider that traditional manufacturing has reached the bottleneck of development, or is about to reach the bottleneck of development.
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In this case, it is extremely necessary to complete the replacement of old and new industries. After all, when emerging industries eliminate old industries, it sometimes happens very suddenly and even catches you off guard. ”
The reason why Li Yian said this is because in another world, the Soviet Union is an example of being eliminated by emerging industries - the Soviet Union continues to use their traditional thinking to accumulate various heavy industrial products such as steel and automobiles there. At that time, the world had changed, and amid this change, the Soviet Union came to its end.
In the competition between major powers, many times, failure is not complicated. It is just a matter of choosing the wrong technology tree or choosing the wrong development direction.
When a large amount of financial resources and funds are used for redundant construction or wasted on things that have no meaning, failure is inevitable.
Feeling deeply that the Soviet Union could not have a happy ending, Li Yian said:
"Therefore, we must prepare in advance and complete the replacement of old and new productivity in advance to ensure that we can be truly far ahead in the near future."
What is truly far ahead?
Just like the current technological development in electronic computers, integrated circuits and other related fields, sea is far ahead.
But can this huge lead continue?
Li Yi'an doesn't know, but what he needs is to ensure this, for example, by promoting the industrial development of electronic computers and integrated circuits to promote the comprehensive development of related fields.
Why did the United States end up far ahead of the Soviet Union in electronic computers and integrated circuits in another world?
In the final analysis, it is because the United States has opened up an extremely mature civilian market in this field that private capital is willing to invest in this field, thus promoting the development of this field.
The technological progress in the civilian market will feed back its application in various fields such as military and aerospace, while forward-looking cutting-edge research in military and aerospace fields has promoted the development of the civilian market.
It is the market that drives all this, and it is also driven by the market that electronic computers, integrated circuits, and the Internet have become the core of new productivity.
Perhaps the future path is uncertain, but Li Yi'an found the simplest way, which is to cross the river by feeling the eagle sauce.
Since there is America’s successful experience to learn from, let’s just follow the gourd’s example. Just choose to use it.
It was precisely because of the trial and error of the United States that Li Yian saw new opportunities.
“At present, traditional manufacturing has reached its bottleneck period. Instead of struggling in this bottleneck period, we should continue to embrace new productivity. But this does not mean that we have to give up traditional manufacturing industry.
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After all, traditional manufacturing is also part of the foundation, and new productivity has not yet fully developed and matured.
On the one hand, we need to conduct forward-looking research and promote the maturity of new productivity.
On the other side, it is to dig deep into the traditional manufacturing industry and take advantage of the huge demand that suddenly increased after the United States intervened in Vietnam to promote the development of traditional manufacturing industry and obtain rich war dividends.
At the same time, through this market, traditional manufacturing industries can obtain more funds to complete future transformation. ”
Nodding, Li Yian suddenly felt that for so many years, he only owed the United States a thank you. After all, Sea basically rose to power by stepping on the United States.
The early development was developed by taking advantage of the post-war marriage wave and baby boom in the United States. When the economy entered a certain bottleneck period, the Americans would fully intervene in Southeast Asia. In the next ten years, a steady stream of orders will pour in. sea.
In the end, the protracted Vietnam War will plunge the U.S. economy into recession. If it were not for the rich financial resources, then the collapse of the United States would certainly be inevitable.
But this is not important. What is important is that sea will develop further in this war in the United States. It will not only get rid of the calm period, but also enter a new era.
Looking at his father, Li Yixuan thought for a moment and then asked.
"But, father, I understand what you mean, which is to use this war to further develop our economy. But...don't we need to consider security issues?"
(End of chapter)