In , Moscow solemnly announced that the gold content of the ruble was set at grams and the exchange rate against the US dollar was one dollar to rubles.
This exchange rate remained for nearly thirty years.
In other words, if anyone had one million rubles at that time and exchanged them into US dollars and immigrated to the United States, then this person would become a member of the North American millionaire club and would be extremely proud.
But by the end of 1990, the exchange rate was rubles to the dollar.
It can also be seen from here that the ruble has depreciated, and the depreciation is quite a lot.
The nobleman Petrovich not only wants dollars, but also gold?
Apart from being very greedy, this guy is quite knowledgeable about finance and knows how to share risks.
Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times!
But no matter what, after your wealth reaches a certain amount, if you don't want your wealth to become a string of numbers, you still need to manage your finances reasonably.
As a nobleman with considerable power, Petrovich certainly couldn't be unaware of financial management.
People also know about safe houses, so Petrovich is very familiar with little tricks like this.
"Gold is a hard currency. No matter where he flees to, gold will allow him to quickly exchange for money there and survive well."
Chen Guohua looked at Song Xuyan and Wang Dingzuo and said slowly:
"In the past few years, we have made a lot of money in the financial tsunamis such as the gold war, the oil crisis, and the collapse of the US dollar. Many people have lost a lot of money. If, as an investor, you only hold a certain investment product at this time, you will certainly lose everything."
"I won't repeat these simple truths to you. The reason why Petrovich needs dollars and gold is that he is likely to leave Moscow."
"At this point, we can actually give up on him. We can take advantage of this."
So insidious!
After hearing Chen Guohua's plan, Song Xuyan and Wang Dingzuo's eyes suddenly lit up, and the word "sinister" popped up in their minds.
However, with an enemy like Petrovich, there is nothing wrong with being insidious.
Who made him so greedy?
In Moscow, Zhao Zunmin and his colleagues were suddenly enlightened after receiving the reply from the capital.
"This is also good, haha, let him be arrogant again."
Zhang Qingshan, Ma Shouchang and others also agreed and thought this idea was very good.
Soon, Zhao Zunmin and his colleagues followed the method of the capital and arranged for someone to report Petrovich.
At the same time, he sent people to find Petrovich's rival Ovchinnikov, and used Petrovich as a token of allegiance to "join" Ovchinnikov.
Of course, it is impossible for the more than 700,000 Moscow nobles to be united as one.
A greedy man like Petrovich, who wanted to leave Moscow, must have done a lot of bad things.
Petrovich took away Ovchinnikov's position when he was weak, causing the latter to hold a grudge against him ever since.
Now, Zhang Qingshan and others handed him a knife. Of course, Ovchinnikov took the knife without hesitation and then chopped it down hard.
"Stop it, Peter, you are surrounded."
"Damn it, this is impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Petrovich, who looked like a madman, didn't know how he died, so he ignored Ovchinnikov. All he wanted to know now was who betrayed him?
While Zhao Zunmin and his team were busy dealing with Petrovich in Moscow, Chen Guohua and his team were already busy dealing with the Moscow Space Agency's "overtaking on the curve".
"How to do?"
An enlarged meeting is currently underway in the Di'anmen Street office.
In addition to Chen Guohua, Song Xuyan and others, other participants in this meeting included Qian Xuesen, Sun Jiadong, Wang Xiji and others.
The reason is very simple. Moscow has already taken a step ahead of the mainland and completed the construction of the lunar orbital space station faster.
Then the next step is for Moscow to go directly to the moon.
Although, in theory, there is no need to pursue who is second or third, after all, neither of you is first.
First of all, it is Washington. They had already achieved the grand goal of landing on the moon twenty-one years ago. Therefore, even if the mainland and Moscow fight to the death now, it will only be a joke.
But, Buddhas fight for a stick of incense, and people fight for a breath.
Even if I can't get first place, there's nothing wrong with getting second place, right?
What's more, over the past decade or so, the mainland has been developing slowly and moving forward cautiously. Isn't it time for a little "explosion"?
In the conference room, quite a number of people held this opinion at this time, because they felt that after being suppressed for so long, it was time to show off their muscles, right?
"Let me just say one thing. Over the past few years, Zhenhua Research Institute has set a good example. Chief Designer Chen's wise words are well known to all of us in the aerospace industry, and even many people outside the country know this."
"Since 1978, Chief Designer Chen has been in charge of the research funding for Zhenhua Research Institute and other research units, as well as our two major projects, the Nantianmen Space Station and the Lunar Orbital Space Station."
"There's nothing much to say about this, but what I want to say is that we already have advanced equipment such as quantum computers and quantum entanglement transmitters. Why do we have to continue to keep it secret?"
"After the reform and opening up in the past seven or eight years, our country's economy has taken off so fast, but many problems have also emerged. There are still many international students and talents who have gone abroad and never come back."
"If, I mean if our country is stronger and more cohesive, can these problems be reduced?"
"This time, we will fight for second place. Next time, we will fight for first place. The next time, we will fight for first place."
“Competition plays a powerful role in promoting the country, the nation, the enterprise and the individual.”
"Besides, isn't there a saying that goes, survival of the fittest? Why do we still need to be patient at this time?"
This is the view of the radical overseas students, and they are also the group that strongly supports the idea of "explosion" at this conference.
If Moscow wants to overtake others, it has to ask the mainland whether they agree, right?
After working hard for more than ten or twenty years, you finally give up the second place. It’s not like you don’t have the ability, so why should you give it up?
Chen Guohua did not express his opinion, but listened carefully. Before the meeting, Song Xuyan had exchanged opinions with him and had a brief chat with other leaders.
But Chen Guohua did not expect that just a meeting could lead to two parties with different opinions standing firm against each other.
It's hard to understand!
Of course, Chen Guohua didn't want to understand, but he had to deal with it.
As the number one person in the mainland's scientific community, although Chen Guohua has never been abroad, his understanding of the global situation far exceeds that of anyone in the conference room.
There's no way. His brain is naturally very smart, plus he has cheats and the assistance of Chang'e artificial intelligence. So, in terms of his grasp of the global situation, no one can surpass him.
Therefore, everyone present actually wanted to know what he thought.
Those who do not support the "outbreak" argument are local conservatives.
"You also have to understand that there is no substantial difference between second and third, so if Moscow wants second place, then give it to them."
"Secondly, we need to understand that the reason we have been able to move forward so steadily and so quickly over the past decade is not just because of 'luck', but also because many people have carried the burden forward."
"We can't ruin our future because of a temporary fight for fame and fortune. If we fail, do you know what problems we will face? How can we stand up again?"
"Since the founding of the country in 1949, we started from scratch. After more than 40 years of hard work, we have finally accumulated the wealth we have today. Everyone here should know how difficult it has been to get here."
"We can't afford even one failure. When Moscow was hit by the Soyuz 11 spacecraft incident, they were able to stand up quickly, but what about us? Can we do it?"
"So we can't afford it, so we can't take risks. We should move up step by step at the current pace and take it slow."
"Finally, the current global situation is very strange. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as undercurrents."
"Many people here may not understand this very well, but in fact, there are many people watching us. Don't say that we haven't made any mistakes yet. Once we make a mistake, the pressure we will face will be ten thousand times, or even a million times, greater than it is now."
"There is no need to fight for nothing. We still have assets that we cannot afford to lose, pressure that we cannot bear, and many other aspects that we cannot see or anticipate."
"So, if Moscow wants the second place, let them take it. Besides, do you think landing on the moon is really that easy?"
This is the view held by conservative localists. Perhaps they are a little "unambitious" or they are tired of this kind of competition.
But in fact, they are not afraid of competition, they just don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices.
After listening to their reasons, Chen Guohua remained silent, while Song Xuyan looked at him and then spoke.
In fact, both sides had valid points, and everyone argued their case, making it more like a debate than a meeting, and in the end no one could convince anyone else.
Even if I spit all over the place, it's still useless.
"Chief Designer Chen, you've been silent for quite some time. Isn't it time for you to express your opinion?"
It was at this time that Song Xuyan found that he couldn't handle it either, so he had to call for help.
Chen Guohua smiled and shook his head when he heard this:
"I support your decision, and what you said makes sense."
Forehead!
When Qian Xuesen, Sun Jiadong and others heard what he said, they couldn't help but roll their eyes.
This Chen Guohua is really amazing. He wants to please both sides?
However, Chen Guohua had not finished speaking, so everyone had to control their emotions and continue listening.
"Let's talk about what the pros and cons will be if we fight."
"It's been 21 years. To be more precise, it should be 22 years. Even if we start the emergency plan now, we won't be able to realize the moon landing plan until next year at the very least."
"We landed on the moon 22 years later than Washington did. The outside world's view of us won't change much."
“Perhaps because we won the second place this time, many people working on the front line of scientific research will be encouraged, and then there will be a big boom.”
"No, after we get the second place, it can only boost people's morale in the short term. Let's look at Washington. Have they made any progress in these years?"
"Competition in the aerospace field is no longer a simple scientific and technological competition. It is a competition of national strength and heritage. If a few battles of will were really that useful, then in the past half century, there should have been a winner between Moscow and Washington. But what is the reality?"
The result is self-evident!
Everyone in the conference room listened silently to Chen Guohua's opinion. What he said made sense, but it always felt like there was something wrong with his logic.
But I can’t feel it, alas!
"Didn't President Sun just say that if we can make a breakthrough and take the second place, our country will become better."
Chen Guohua continued with a smile:
"I don't deny this, but have you ever thought about this question: are we really ready for the moon landing? There are still so many problems to be solved, such as precise measurement and control technology, special moon landing spacecraft and space suits, and the extreme conditions of the lunar environment."
"Based on our past scientific research data and experimental progress, precise measurement and control technology alone is a huge challenge."
"The distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384,000 kilometers, and the longest distance of our current quantum entanglement transmitter is only 10,000 kilometers. We are still unable to achieve zero-delay communication technology between the Earth and the Moon."
The problems he raised are all extremely realistic and key technical issues that cannot be avoided.
The emerging communication technology of quantum entanglement transmitter has only been able to achieve short-distance quantum signal transmission of more than 1,200 kilometers since it was developed in 1984.
After so many years of development, the transmission technology of 10,000 kilometers has already been achieved.
However, even so, facing the huge distance of 384,000 kilometers, the current quantum entanglement transmitter is still too naive.
In other words, it is necessary to build dozens of tracking and control stations between the Nantianmen Space Station and the lunar orbital space station to ensure communication with the lunar landing spacecraft. (End of this chapter)
