Chapter 157: The country is too difficult! (asking for monthly tickets)
"Beautiful flowers don't last forever, and beautiful scenery doesn't last forever"

Teresa Teng's "When Will You Return" was sung again through the school's loudspeaker.

I don’t know who got a tape of Teresa Teng, and then it was taken by the radio studio.

These days, her songs start playing on the speakers at a certain time.

After the Spring Festival, Li Changhe felt as if he was living in two spaces, one was the peaceful society outside, and the other was the school around him with progressive ideas.

The society outside the capital is actually no different from before, except that there are more people on the streets.

Everyone is still busy working and toiling, and in their spare time they still express their views on the international situation on the streets. This is the tradition of the old Beijingers.

But the situation is different in school. Since returning to school after the Spring Festival, many students have undergone great changes in their thinking, especially those from the south.

In Li Changhe's dormitory, He Xiaofeng brought back two pairs of jeans, saying that they came from Hong Kong Island.

He talked incessantly about some changes in the south, and Lao Tao and the others were stunned by what they heard.

At this time, in Guangdong Province, a lot of private goods had already appeared and were selling very well.

In school, some students have become more relaxed in their dressing style. For example, He Xiaofeng was embarrassed to wear jeans outside at first, but later he didn't care anymore.

Of course, this change is only limited to the area around the campus. When they go to the city, they usually still dress very formally.

But this is a change after all, a change in thought.

"It didn't play Teresa Teng's Sweet Honey. It seems it hasn't been released yet?"

Li Changhe walked and listened for a while, then shook his head and talked to himself.

In the evening, Chen Jiangong came to Li Changhe's dormitory.

"Changhe, I heard you were looking for me?"

"I heard from Wang Xiaoping that it was about our college student literature club?"

After Chen Jiangong arrived, he asked curiously.

Li Changhe stood up and said, "Jiangong, let's go out and talk."

The two then left the dormitory building and came to the path outside.

"Changhe, it's not that we didn't inform you about the National College Students' Union. It was mainly because it was too sudden, and you were busy with the manuscript of "The Rise of Great Powers". We didn't think it was a big deal."

Chen Jiangong thought Li Changhe was unhappy about this matter, so after going downstairs, he hurriedly explained.

Li Changhe shook his head: "Jian Gong, do you think I am such a stingy person?"

"That's not why I came to you."

"Then who are you?"

Chen Jiangong was a little puzzled and didn't know why Li Changhe did that.

"I actually told Wang Jian about this as well. Someone in the Economics Department also wanted to set up a national college student economics research association, but I stopped them."

"Jiangong, college students are the most passionate group, but they are also the most impulsive and easily get carried away."

"The country doesn't even dare to do something like the National University Alliance, but you guys are so bold in doing it. In my opinion, you have a very poor sensitivity."

"That's not the case. We are just publishing a literary magazine. There is no difference between us and People's Literature."

Chen Jiangong said with some hesitation.

Li Changhe then asked, "People's Literature is a national magazine organization. It obeys the instructions of the state. Will your literature club's magazine also obey the instructions of the state?"

"Can you fully review the novels and editorials you write? Can you understand the intentions of the national policies?"

"I was the chief reviewer of the Weiming Lake magazine review. How many of the manuscripts I rejected were wantonly critical of national policies and guidelines?"

"This is just Peking University. When it spreads to the whole country, do you think you can control it?"

"If someone were to incite people, I'm afraid you wouldn't have considered the consequences and impact."

Li Changhe said calmly.

Chen Jiangong frowned tightly at this moment.

"Changhe, it shouldn't be as serious as you said, is it an exaggeration?"

Li Changhe sighed: "Forget it, I have tried my best to remind you, but you didn't listen. If you insist on doing it, then it's up to you."

"Well, I'll go back and discuss this with the teacher at school to see what the school's attitude is!"

Chen Jiangong did not reject Li Changhe outright. After all, what Li Changhe said was not unreasonable.

It's just that they had never thought about these things before.

"Okay, all in all, I think we should be cautious about this kind of thing!"

Li Changhe guessed that the school probably didn't know what to do with what they were doing, after all, they didn't do that in previous years.

I just don’t know if this happened in past history!
What Li Changhe didn't know was that these situations did exist in his previous life, but just as Li Changhe had guessed, they were not accomplished.

Whether it was "This Generation" jointly organized by thirteen university literary societies, or "College Student Economic Daily" jointly organized by the university economics departments, both were stopped by the authorities during the printing of the first issue.

As for the reasons, the ones mentioned above are just random ones, for example, some poems in "This Generation" are not suitable.

The result was that "This Generation" was printed halfway and the printing factory stopped printing it. In the end, an incomplete version was released, and it became the last one.

As for the "College Students' Economic Daily", it was terminated before it could be handed over to the printing factory. It failed before it could even begin.

After talking to Chen Jiangong, Li Changhe stopped caring about it.

He has said everything he should say and advised everyone he should advise. But people won't turn back until they hit the wall and won't give up until they cross the Yellow River. What else can he do?

Soon, it was the weekend again, and in the blink of an eye it was already May with spring flowers blooming.

Time passed in a vacuum. Li Changhe felt as if the Spring Festival had just passed, but it was already May.

Judging from the time, it is time to change his silver futures. If I remember correctly, by the summer, the Hunt brothers will have declared war on silver institutions around the world.

At that time, the two brothers will place a buy order for 4000 million ounces through the futures exchange, and then completely start the silver storm.

It's already May, and prices have probably gone up a lot, so it's time to change hands.

Li Changhe decided to issue instructions this weekend to let the team exchange contracts for new ones.

In fact, with more than a year of learning financial knowledge, Li Changhe is also very clear that his current operating mode is actually nonsense in the futures market.

However, Li Changhe could not stop cheating, and now someone is controlling the silver market.

Silver futures on the two major exchanges in the United States, the Chicago Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, are in an upward range under the manipulation of the Hunt brothers and the Saudi royal family.

This is like when the stock market is in a bull market, all stocks are rising, and no matter how stupid your operations are, you can still make money.

As expected, when Li Changhe spoke on the phone with Hong Kong Island over the weekend, the price of silver had already risen to around US$9, and the market had actually begun to enter the market with a keen sense of smell.

Li Changhe gave a full buy order and asked him to tell Bao Yugang that if he was interested, he could join the game.

If Bao Yugang had the courage to take action, then the profit would definitely be greater than that of Li Changhe. As for whether the other party would take action or not, Li Changhe had no control over it.

When Li Changhe returned to the dormitory on Monday, a new topic was being discussed in the dormitory.

This topic is still related to Li Changhe and his economics department, that is, the issue of Japan's loans to the country.

There were some news items published in newspapers recently, one of which was that China and Japan were negotiating on aid loans.

"I think we can't take this loan. We have been pursuing a strategy of not taking loans or issuing bonds over the years. Don't forget that the impact on us when the Soviet Union withdrew its expert funds was too serious."

In the dormitory, Kou Kuige was giving examples seriously.

The large-scale influx of foreign capital into the country in its early days actually came from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's financial and technical assistance provided the first aid to the newly established country and also strengthened our industrial foundation.

However, the Soviet Union's subsequent reneging on its contract dealt a heavy blow to the country at the time. Not only did many industrial projects come to a standstill, but the country also had to raise funds and tighten its belt to repay its debts.

It was also from then on that, for nearly twenty years, we have been adhering to the idea of ​​not taking on any debt or borrowing any money, and working on our own behind closed doors.

"I think it would be a good thing if we could use Japan's funds and technology to strengthen ourselves."

"To be honest, I didn't know until I saw it. I was shocked. I didn't expect that the development outside was so advanced."

"Looking at the city in the manhunt, it feels like a completely different world from ours."

Haven sat there and sighed.

Li Changhe discovered that this guy seemed to be very interested in Western elements.

"Now I'm curious, would the Japanese be so kind as to lend us money? Come to think of it, it seems that he hasn't paid the war reparations yet."

Lao Tao frowned and said at this time, Li Changhe walked in.

"Changhe, tell me, what do you think about this loan to Japan?"

Now they all know that Li Changhe's vision in international economics far exceeds theirs, so they are willing to listen to Li Changhe's opinions on such international affairs.

"Loans to Japan? That's ODA from a small book!"

Li Changhe said with a smile.

ODA stands for Official Development Assistance, which is the development assistance from the Japanese government.

"If you really know, tell us, is this feasible?"

Lao Tao and the others were all looking at Li Changhe, ready to listen.

Seeing this, Li Changhe nodded and sat down.

"Okay, I'll tell you about it."

"Speaking of this, you have to start with World War II. After the Japanese were defeated, they signed a surrender agreement."

"But there is a problem here. The defeat agreement he signed was given to the Nationalist government at the time."

"Then according to the defeat agreement, Japan's industrial system was to be completely dismantled, and 52 percent of its industrial equipment was to be paid to China as compensation."

"But because we defeated the Nationalist government at that time, and the matter was led by the Americans, the result is predictable. They definitely did not give it to us, but gave it to the other side."

"But the other side didn't get it either, because of the geographical location, this location in Japan is wanted by both the United States and the Soviet Union."

"If the Soviet Union could obtain the small book, it could control the entire Pacific Ocean outlet."

"On the other hand, if the Americans controlled the little book, they could drive a nail here and lock the Soviet Far East Fleet inside the Sea of ​​Japan."

"Because the sea further north is all covered with ice and snow, there are no suitable ice-free ports."

"I understand. So the US attacked North Korea for this very reason."

Kou Kuige reacted at this time and said in surprise.

"Don't interrupt, just listen to Changhe."

Lao Tao stopped Kou Kuige and motioned Li Changhe to continue.

Li Changhe nodded and said, "At that time, the Americans controlled Japan, but Japan was defeated in the war and its entire economy collapsed. You can't just watch them die."

"The Americans initially provided economic aid, but later found that relying solely on economic aid was a bottomless pit. The more important thing was to restore their national economy."

"Then in 1952, the United States and Western European countries held a meeting. I forgot what the meeting was called, but the meaning was that they didn't want the reparations for World War II anymore, and they waived it."

"So the demolition of Japanese industry has stopped since then. Theoretically, although Japan lost the war, its industrial base was hardly affected. After all, the proportion of demolition at that time was less than one percent, so it was better than nothing."

"So, it has no war reparations?"

Haiwen couldn't help but interrupt and ask again.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "This is where the problem lies."

"The Americans are exempted from this because their losses are not that big, but these Asian countries disagree. They are the victims."

"Especially in Southeast Asia, including on the other side of the strait, no one wants it. The duck that was about to be eaten has flown away, and the meat has rotted in the pot and is gone. Who can agree to this?"

"So Asia didn't agree with this, but at that time Europe and the United States were the bosses and had the final say, so the matter was delayed."

"Then, after these years, Japan's economy has recovered, and it has to expand overseas. The nearest one is definitely us and Southeast Asia. But the issue of war reparations is another important contradiction that you have to resolve."

"These guys came up with the current ODA, sending money to these countries in the name of long-term low-interest loans, and importing their own products at the same time."

"It has been delayed for so many years, and some national leaders have changed several times. If they are given money, of course they are willing to do it."

"Then, this ODA model was spread by the Japanese. On the surface, it was aid, but in fact, it was a disguised form of compensation. But in essence, they also expanded the economic market."

This is the reason why later generations dared not acknowledge World War II.

Because it has no war reparations, it does not admit that it started the war.

Without evidence, what can you do to me?
"These guys are full of evil intentions."

At this time, Kou Kuige complained again hatefully.

"Then Changhe, do you think we should take this thing?"

"Answer it, why not?"

"One embarrassing thing for us is that the surrender document was signed by the Republic of China, which is different from ours."

“So it’s more troublesome for us to deal with this.”

"For us, the national economy and people's livelihood are the top priority. More than one billion people need to eat, work, develop and survive. This is not something we can solve by just shouting slogans. This requires a solid industrial foundation and technology!"

"It's difficult!"

Li Changhe couldn't help but sigh when he said this.

The country is in such a difficult situation during this period!
(Also, I will continue to write! Please give me a monthly ticket. I am ranked eighth on the new book list!)

(End of this chapter)