Chapter 463 Taking advantage of the situation

Chapter 463 Taking advantage of the situation

After the reception, Kobayashi Ichiro held Wang Haoran's hand tightly and said, "Comrade Haoran, we sincerely welcome you to visit Jiaoben! I hope you can give us some guidance on our work."

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go and take a look if I have a chance."

Kobayashi Ichiro said, "Can we set a date?"

"I hope we can determine a time. Then we can rest assured."

Wang Haoran said perfunctorily: "Let's talk about this tomorrow."

"Mr. Kobayashi, go back and have a good rest. After you have rested well, we will have a formal meeting tomorrow."

Wang Haoran basically never goes abroad.

This is for safety reasons.

Without the approval of the relevant departments, he certainly couldn't go to the foot basin.

Besides, today’s foot basins are no longer as suitable as they used to be and are a bit messy.

Ichiro Kobayashi went back to the hotel.

His room was a suite on the highest floor of the hotel.

The hotel is 39 stories high.

However, compared with the surrounding high-rise buildings, it is obviously much shorter.

Ichiro Kobayashi looked out through the window.

Then I saw a sea of ​​bright lights.

To determine whether a city is prosperous, one needs to see whether its night view is beautiful enough.

In this regard, there is an international brightness index for evaluation.

This brightness index was also created by Lizard Fang.

To demonstrate its superiority, the entire basin is a dazzling ocean on the global brightness index map it created.

Even the Bei Hai Dao was dazzlingly bright.

The entire Old Europe area is also the brightest.

The entire area on the giant eagle's side was also filled with bright lights.

In sharp contrast, the area except for the lizard side was completely dark, with no light at all.

Even in the metropolitan area of ​​the dragon, there was little light.

They are so ruthless in their forgery.

Because the real situation is: except for the Dongjing area, there are almost no people in other places in the foot basin. If the real satellite images are shown, there is no light at all except the Dongjing metropolitan area!
Similarly, in Giant Eagle, except for the big urban areas and the developed coastal areas, the inland is also pitch black.

It can be said that in order to demonstrate their superiority, the Eagle Lizards have committed numerous frauds.

Moreover, they are doing bad things secretly.

Ichiro Kobayashi looked at the endless skyscrapers and bright lights of this metropolis and he sighed again.

It took thirty years to create a winter Kyoto area.

But the dragon's rise is obviously much faster.

After more than ten years of reform and opening up, it has become the most powerful industrial country on the earth.

It is absolutely leading in almost all industrial fields.

This has also enabled it to cultivate a large number of strong industrial cities across the country.

Around the world, there are many countries, even developed countries, that can achieve prosperity if they have one or two powerful industries.

But the dragon is terribly powerful in all industrial fields.

It's so strong that it makes people feel desperate.

“Their city is so beautiful.”

"They occupy a large piece of the best land in the world!"

Tomoko Matsumoto said next to Ichiro Kobayashi.

This time, Tomoko Matsumoto also followed Ichiro Kobayashi to the dragon.

Although she is still young, in the eyes of Ichiro Kobayashi, she is a great contributor.

Kobayashi Ichiro said: "Yes! They are really lucky."

“But it’s not luck that makes them so successful.”

"They are quite smart. At least, their IQ is not lower than ours."

“No wonder Napoleon said they were sleeping lions that would shock the world once they woke up.”

“In fact, they have been our teachers for many years.”

“We thought we could always outdo them.”

"But unfortunately, that's just an illusion."

"With them around, we will never be able to become the protagonists."

Matsumoto Tomoko said, "Kobayashi-kun, didn't I expect you to be so depressed?"

Kobayashi Ichiro smiled bitterly: "Yes, I was deeply shocked."

"I've resigned myself to my fate."

"I just hope they can give us some food."

Matsumoto Tomoko said: "They have so much powerful industrial capacity, so what if they give us some?"

“I think they will agree.”

Kobayashi Ichiro shook his head: "You are naive."

"No matter how strong they are, they can't be that generous."

"They must first protect their own interests."

“Then you can help others.”

Matsumoto Tomoko blinked and said, "But I think their goal is world peace and the well-being of all mankind! They also said they want to build a community with a shared future."

“These are just propaganda slogans,” Kobayashi said.

"And all of these must be carried out around one's own interests."

"Don't be so stupid and take it seriously."

"But I hope we can take something away this time."

"Even if I have to kneel down, I will ask them to help us."

"If they don't help us, then our more than 100 million people will have no future."

Matsumoto Tomoko said, "You seem to be in a bad mood."

Kobayashi Ichiro said: "Because I am worried about the future of the foot basin."

Matsumoto Tomoko said: "We have already passed the most difficult days."

"Now that we are free of the eagle, we have absolute autonomy."

"Back then, the Eagle's industry was so powerful that it made the whole world despair."

"But later, didn't we develop our own industry under such pressure?"

Kobayashi Ichiro sighed and shook his head, "Things are different now."

"In order to maintain their financial hegemony, the hawks will give up some industrial capacity."

"But a dragon would never want financial hegemony."

"I guess they will keep their industrial capacity firmly in their hands. They will not move away from the real economy to the virtual economy."

"But the dragon will definitely need help."

"Our greatest opportunity now is to get closer to them, do whatever they ask us to do, cling to their thighs and be their loyal dogs."

"I think as long as we can gain their trust, we will definitely benefit. Come on!"

The next morning, the leader met with Ichiro Kobayashi.

Ichiro Kobayashi was very attentive and respectful.

He specially prepared a number of topics that he thought the leader would be interested in, and had a very harmonious conversation with the leader.

He did this mainly to leave a good impression on his leader.

The meeting with the leader was not too long.

Ichiro Kobayashi also did not have the opportunity to talk to his superiors about the support he hoped to receive.

Because this meeting was just a courtesy.

It's not suitable for deep conversation.

After Ichiro Kobayashi said goodbye to his leader, he was arranged to go to Pangu Technology to negotiate with Wang Haoran.

When he saw Wang Haoran again, Kobayashi Ichiro hurriedly took two steps forward and came to Wang Haoran. He bowed deeply and said, "Comrade Haoran, please take care of me."

Wang Haoran smiled and said, “You’re welcome.”

"Also, this habit of bowing deeply when meeting someone is not a good habit."

"It's better for everyone to be more natural." When people from Jiaoben interact with each other, they always bow deeply and say "hi" all the time.

From the outside, they seem to be very polite.

But, to be honest, this habit also gives people a sense of hypocrisy.

This feeling is very bad.

Kobayashi Ichiro quickly said, "Comrade Haoran, you are right to criticize me."

"This is an old-fashioned custom. We must change it in the future."

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "It's a good idea to be polite, but being too humble gives people a fake feeling."

"Sit down and talk."

Everyone sat down as host and guest.

Kobayashi Ichiro said: "Comrade Haoran, I was greatly shocked by your visit to Julong this time."

"You have created a miracle!"

“You guys are amazing.”

"If what I learned before is true, you were still very poor in the late 70s."

"In just over a decade, you have become the world's leading industrial power. It's not easy."

"It's so enviable."

Wang Haoran shook his head and said, "Wrong."

“It took us more than 10 years to build to this level.”

"We spent 30 years laying a solid foundation!"

"When we first started, we were really broke!"

"At that time, our annual steel production was only a few hundred thousand tons, even lower than during the Ming Dynasty!"

“We also have almost no industry.”

"Just think about it, more than 40 years ago, we couldn't even produce our own matches!"

“There is almost no mechanical industry.”

"Almost all industrial products have to be imported from abroad."

"But what about before the reform and opening up? Our annual steel output was already over 3600 million tons!"

"At that time, we were already able to build airplanes, 10,000-ton ships, cars, and all kinds of light industrial products!"

"Think about it, from zero to one, that's creation!"

“So, I would say that in the first thirty years, we created a miracle!”

“It laid a very good foundation!”

“This is the foundation of our success!”

"Without this foundation, how could there be an explosion 80 years later?"

Kobayashi Ichiro nodded frequently and said, "Yes, yes, you were also very brilliant in the first thirty years."

“I admire you guys so much.”

Wang Haoran said: "So, I want to say that even if you encounter a low point, it's no big deal."

"As long as you keep working hard, there won't be any problem. You can stand up again!"

Kobayashi Ichiro smiled bitterly and said, "We are at an unprecedented low point."

“We are completely destitute.”

"Almost all of the advanced production equipment was dismantled and transported away."

"Also, there is a serious loss of elite talent. Almost all the technical backbones of large companies have left."

"The most important thing is that we have also lost the market."

"This time, we are here to learn from the scriptures."

“We sincerely hope to have your support.”

Kobayashi Ichiro spoke very sincerely.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "You guys are still not as miserable as we were back then."

"You still have a lot of production capacity left."

"Let's start production first, at least to meet your domestic needs."

"We are already organizing production," said Ichiro Kobayashi.

"But now, we don't even have foreign exchange."

“We have very little raw material inventory left.”

“But I don’t have the money to buy it.”

"I came here this time hoping to get a loan from you."

“Well, there is also technical support.”

Ichiro Kobayashi made his own request.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "A loan is possible."

"If I remember correctly, we actually still owe you a certain amount of funds."

"I can return this money to you."

In order to cultivate the dragon market, Jiaoben provided dragon with a lot of loans every year throughout the 70s.

However, its loans also have many additional conditions.

The biggest additional condition is that you have to buy a foot basin product.

The loan they gave could only be used to purchase foot basin products.

In this way, they not only gained the market, but they were also able to lend their excess funds to the dragon to earn interest, which was the best of both worlds.

Most importantly, they know that the money for foot basins is on the rise.

There is a significant appreciation every year.

If the money is loaned out when the exchange rate is low and then withdrawn when the exchange rate increases sharply, the dragon will suffer greater losses.

The foot basin will get more benefits.

Unfortunately, the foot basin is now a mess.

This led to a significant depreciation of the currency of the foot basin.

For example, originally 10 yuan could be exchanged for 1 RMB, but now, the value of the yuan has depreciated significantly, reaching 1000 yuan for 1 RMB.

Jiaoben loaned Long 100 million Jiaoben yuan, equivalent to 10 Jiaoben yuan, so that Long could buy his products.

Agree to repay the loan after ten years.

When it comes to repayment time, the value of the Foot Pen Yuan has depreciated significantly. Long now only needs to use one thousand RMB to exchange for one million Foot Pen Yuan.

Then, Long now only needs to exchange RMB for RMB to significantly reduce the amount of loan repayment.

This is a disaster for the foot basin.

Wang Haoran now says he wants to repay the loan.

This is really not a good thing for a foot basin.

Ichiro Kobayashi naturally knew this.

His face suddenly turned dark.

Good fellow! I didn't ask you to pay back the loan...

If you repay the loan now, it will be a huge loss for us.

However, since the repayment time has arrived and the other party has to repay the loan, then Ichiro Kobayashi certainly cannot say that he does not need to repay it now, right?
Kobayashi Ichiro could only say with a bitter face: "Comrade Haoran, thank you for being willing to repay the loan to us now."

"Actually, I'm not here to urge you to pay back the money."

"It's nothing if you don't pay back that little money..."

He had to pretend to be generous.

What else to do?
Long now owes the government a loan of more than 1 trillion yuan.

After the sharp depreciation of the RMB, this loan is probably worth less than 10 billion RMB now.

For the current dragon, it's just sprinkling some water.

Ichiro Kobayashi thought to himself: I really shouldn’t have too big illusions about the other person!

The other party is now in a hurry to repay the loan, which is actually to ensure that their own interests are maximized!
What does this mean? It means that you want the dragon to help you for free, which is impossible.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "You're welcome."

"You are in such a difficult situation now. More than 1 trillion yuan is not a small amount."

"Well! Look, do you want cash or supplies?" (End of this chapter)