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    His fame is already known before he even arrives!

    Yang Qiu's first visit to the United States after taking office as president caused a sensation, especially after the two bombshells that deliberately created suspense and caused eyeball effects exploded one after another. Even ordinary American children knew that there was a person named "China Yang" who wanted to visit the United States.  Coming to the United States.  Because their father was counting on the calendar every day and circled August 1st several times with a red pen, and their mother did not know where to find an incomprehensible map, saying she wanted to find the country called China.

    After learning of his departure, Ambassador Johnson, who was the first to return home, and U.S. Secretary of State Stimson delivered a speech in Congress to promote Sino-US cooperation, detailing the diplomatic trends of China and the United States in the past 30 years. They believed that there was no conflict of interest between China and the United States.  Our economies are highly complementary and we are the most important partners in the Pacific region.  They also publicly praised Yang Qiu for keeping his promises and abiding by the spirit of the contract. They also greatly appreciated his outstanding contributions in building the country, implementing compulsory education, improving people's welfare, etc., and even praised him as the Washington of the East.

    Everyone has their own opinions on whether Yang Qiu is in Washington, but his tough tactics during the country's transformation period and his ability to grasp the pulse of the country and the direction of the times are obvious to all. Even the most critical political commentators have to admit that within 20 years, a country with a population of 470 million will be  (1929 statistics), a semi-colonial country has brought it to its current status. It is no exaggeration to describe it as great.

    The photo of him holding a scepter and swearing an oath to the Constitution has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine for the fourth time.

    Looking through history, China moves from ancient times to modern times.  No political figure has reached his level, not even Li Hongzhang, Yan Fu and others who are very influential in the West.  What's even more rare is that he is still very young, proficient in several languages, and his thinking and behavioral style are more similar to the Western world!  Such a person comes to visit the United States when it is most in crisis. Even without the pretentious suspense of the previous two times, it is enough to attract everyone's attention.

    So when the battleship Peking crossed the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and arrived at New York Harbor.  Even the word grand cannot be used to describe it. The sight even made the sailors standing on the deck feel numb.  Sea of ??people!  It was a complete sea of ????people, and every place where you could stand was packed.  People can even be seen on the roofs of buildings and cranes in the distance, forming a spectacular gray-blue ocean!

    Next to it, the U.S. Navy fired a twenty-one-gun salute.  The national anthem was played on the pier, and senior American officials, including Stimson, were eagerly awaiting it. When Miao Luo, dressed in azalea-colored cheongsam, appeared at the end of the gangway with Yang Qiu on his arm, the overseas Chinese in the United States who came from all over the United States to welcome Yang Qiu were even more excited.  thunderous cheers.

    That kind of shouting and enthusiasm made everyone who accompanied the visit feel numb all over. The sailors held their heads high and their chests were wet and their fists were wet.  A 19-year journey!  19 years of fighting!  19 years of hard work!  After 19 years of sweating at the weakest moment in Europe and America, they were finally willing to face up to the five thousand years of history!  Finally, I am willing to give the loudest cheers to our president!

    After the beautiful and generous American girl presented flowers, Yang Qiu reviewed the U.S. Navy Honor Guard.  He also shook hands with Stimson and other officials one by one.  Although he came to the United States twice before, there were always some unfair reputations at that time, so the U.S. government could only provide treatment but not standards. Now it is completely the highest level of standards.

    Stimson took Yang Qiu to the reporter. Originally, there was no such project.  After all, the scene in front of the Lincoln Memorial last time left a deep impression on the United States. However, after the two "bombs" exploded one after another, American reporters could no longer hold back. Therefore, the U.S. government could only accept the opinion and agreed to let Yang Qiu  Public interview at the dock.

    "Mr. President, what do you understand about this economic crisis?"

    "Are you really bringing billions of orders?"

    "I am a reporter from Time Magazine. May I ask why you want to recruit so many Chinese engineers? Are you taking advantage of the situation?"

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    All kinds of questions came instantly. Even Gu Weijun, who had already discussed how to deal with them, was caught off guard. Only Yang Qiu acted calmly, standing in the middle of the circle separated by soldiers, smiling: "I know what everyone wants to ask.  , but I hope everyone understands that we have entered a difficult era and it is impossible to revive the economy just by relying on some orders."

    As soon as he opened his mouth, the excited reporters immediately fell silent and looked at each other in secret surprise. What does this mean?  There are no orders. Are you here to save the market?

    Facing the eyes that turned into doubts, Yang Qiu's lips curled up a little: "But! We can't give up any opportunity to save ourselves! We should also abandon the self-rescue behavior of closing the market, because high trade barriers will only make the crisis more serious.  ! We should join hands and use the advantages of both parties to complement each other. So I came and brought some orders, but more of it is the market, a big market! One! It is developing, and there are all kinds of problems,  eachThere are various difficulties, but there is a market of 470 million people.  "

    A market with a population of 470 millionGod, is China ready to fully open its domestic market to the United States?  The thoughts that had just been knocked to the bottom rose to the top in an instant after these two sentences.  Just kidding, there are 470 million people. Even if one person buys a pair of American leather shoes, there are 470 million pairs, which can fill all the American ships.

    "The market is large but also very narrow, because half of the people in my country are still struggling to survive. They cannot afford high-priced goods. What they need are medicine, education, electric lights, roads, railways and other basic things. In addition to  In addition to these, there are also some unreasonable laws that affect the normal exchanges between our two countries. We have made promises to the world and hope to get promises from the world. We hope to cancel those discriminatory laws that should not exist! So I came here.  , I hope to hear more voices, I hope more experts and engineers can help us solve the troubles we encounter in construction, and I hope we can meet with President Hoover as soon as possible to solve the problems we encounter together. I believe  In a few days, the answers you want to know will appear! I believe even more that there is no contradiction or conflict between China and the United States, only friendship. Only cooperation!"

    The reporter¡¯s brief speech was like putting a kitten in the hearts of the reporters. They scratched their heads and wanted to grab Yang Qiu and ask him how many orders he had brought and how many markets he was planning to open.  But no matter what, the concepts of "developing countries", "bringing some orders", "a large market of 470 million" and "unreasonable discriminatory laws" in the speech made the United States slowly understand its meaning.  It is clear.  The new president, who is known as one of the world leaders, is definitely carrying sky-high orders and is ready to pry open the "Chinese Exclusion Act" that affects Sino-US exchanges.

    This speech made the United States both expectant and dissatisfied. What they were looking forward to was the market and orders.  It is China and the United States that complement each other, and what is dissatisfied is China's first accusation of American law.  Of course, the only ones dissatisfied with these last words are the politicians.  As for the people, they still hope to cancel the bill in exchange for orders, so even the long-tired stock market rose by 5 points in an instant, which seemed to indicate something.

    Some people are happy and others are unhappy.

    When Yang Qiuguang arrived in New York with a mysterious order, the Soviet delegation led by Kuibyshev suddenly fell from the clouds.  In order to get more bargains, Kuibyshev and Soviet experts spent more than a year watching the crisis, drafting a list, and waited until it was determined that the crisis could not be recovered in a short time before taking action.

    As expected, they received the highest level of reception from the U.S. government, with gold on their left and foreign exchange on their right.  From the introduction of talents to the purchase of machinery, almost everything goes smoothly.

    In these good times, a steel plant that originally cost 30 million US dollars can be bought in a package for only 10 million US dollars. The price of machinery and equipment that the Soviet Union coveted in the past has doubled!  Many former Russians who fled to the United States during the civil war began to return because of the crisis, and many Americans even immigrated to the Soviet Union with their families.

    It¡¯s a great day for the Soviets!  It is the most important transition period for the country.  It is a great opportunity to quickly complete industrialization and shorten the gap with the world's mainstream industrial countries!  Originally, everyone thought that this good life would continue, because the economic crisis would have forced the British and American imperialists to lower their heads and look up to the Soviet Union, but they did not expectsuddenly everything changed!

    US$41.3 million swept the second-hand ship market, and the annual salary totaling up to US$100 million made American experts who were originally preparing to go to the Soviet Union begin to hesitate. There was also a long-rumored and mysterious large order.  The price of the product you want to buy will increase by more than 30%!

    Isn¡¯t this just a joke?  The carefully prepared large-scale purchase plan is only halfway through, but the price of things has increased much more than before. What should I do?  Looking at the photo of Yang Qiu being interviewed in New York in the newspaper, Kuibyshev felt agitated in his heart: "Has there been a call back? What instructions does the General Secretary have?"

    "Comrade General Secretary asked us to purchase as much machinery and equipment as possible at any cost, and we must complete all purchases before China and the United States join forces to modernize the country's industry." Konitsev, who had accomplished nothing in Newport, stood up.  If anyone in the Soviet delegation hated Yang Qiu the most, it must be him.  So I immediately picked up the telegram from Moscow and said excitedly: "Comrade Minister, I don't think we should stop. We should complete the purchase at any price. Otherwise, once China and the United States reach some agreement, or there will be a big order to save it."  If the U.S. economy is affected, the industrial plan planned by Comrade General Secretary will be affected."

    Kuibyshev is not afraid of destroying Stalin's industrial plan, but the problem is that if the current price is adopted, the purchase scale will be much smaller than previously expected.  The Soviet Union is no longer the Russia it once was. It exhausted its national power during the European War and went through several years of civil war. The most damning thing is that Yang Qiu took advantage of it and robbed it of billions of wealth!  This has led to a serious shortage of national foreign exchange and gold reserves, and a serious industrial decline!  If the purchase quantity is reduced too much, it will definitely affect the completion of the five-year plan.?

    As for a bailout is it possible?  He shook his head: "Bailout is impossible! In the past year or so, US$200 billion in wealth has been evaporated in the United States, and no force can rescue them."

    "But what if? What if Yang Qiuzhen comes up with tens of billions of industrial orders? If he opens more markets, the 470 million people will need a lot of things." Konitsev argued with reason.

    But Kuibyshev still doesn¡¯t believe it. The loss of 200 billion US dollars, this hole who can plug it?  So after thinking about it, I put the telegram aside: "Wait a moment."

    He didn¡¯t know that this was actually a death sentence for himself
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