Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

Hu Zhenhua stared at Carter and asked,

"You don't seem to have much confidence in me?"

Carter looked at him dissatisfiedly and said,

"I just care about you and I'm afraid you'll lose everything!"

"No! Didn't Morris always say I was as cunning as a fox? Would I do something I wasn't sure of? To tell you the truth, I've joined the Communist Party! However, it's translated abroad as the Communist Prosperity Party, and its purpose is to achieve common prosperity! The specific measures are: TA Company will allocate at least 30% of its annual profits to all employees! I have more than 200 million employees in the industrial zone, and there will be more in the future. Add to that the 200 pairs of service areas, and now there's a railway. Just imagine how many employees I have! With their support, no one can touch me!"

"Also, do you think my theory of socialist market economy is just for show? I'm a master of economic theory and have countless fans in the economic field. If you want to touch me, hehe!"

Carter didn't refute, just shook his head. Political struggle is cruel. Those amulets of yours might be torn to pieces one day!

Hu Zhenhua rolled his eyes and said with a smile,

“My friend, for the sake of the free world, could you coordinate an interest-free loan for me?”

Carter refused outright, saying,

"I neither agree nor disagree with your plan to build a railway. As a friend and comrade, I have a piece of advice: don't bet too much on one place!"

"What's the meaning!"

"Literally! The domestic political atmosphere is a little off, and the military has begun to secretly support Chiang's army. The Secretary of State asked the Gentleman Country to align with the United States on the issue of recognizing China. And..."

Hu Zhenhua rubbed his eyebrows and asked,

"How could this happen? Doesn't the Secretary of State also support peaceful evolution? Could it be that he's changed his mind again?"

"Who knows? Perhaps they saw General Xie Zhiyu launch a brilliant counterattack and decided the Red Army wasn't that formidable, so they wanted to resort to force again."

Hu Zhenhua: &%

Could it be that I shot myself in the foot?

He smiled wryly,

"Are you really going to resort to violence? Have you heard any rumors?"

Carter shook his head.

"It's unlikely that the United States will intervene directly. It will simply support General Xie and General Bai in the southwest!"

Hu Zhenhua thought about it and said calmly,

"I told you, if the United States were to fail, the Russians would wake up laughing in their dreams!"

Carter stared into Hu Zhenhua's eyes and said seriously,

"Countries are preparing to form a 'Coordinating Committee for Export Controls,' also known as the 'Paris Coordinating Committee,' which will be responsible for regulating trade with China, Russia, and Eastern Europe, and implementing technology embargoes and trade restrictions."

Hu Zhenhua sat up straight. Although he knew about this matter, during this period, the Red Army used the foreign exchange obtained to secretly purchase a large amount of information and equipment.

But Hu Zhenhua did not know how far the COCOM agreement had progressed, because the meeting was secret and outsiders had no way of knowing.

Lao Hu is already an award-winning actor. He frowned and asked,

"I understand the technology embargo, but why are there trade restrictions? Isn't that just giving the market to others?"

Carter shrugged and said helplessly,

"Who knows what the higher-ups are thinking? Maybe they have deeper considerations."

Hu Zhenhua jumped up and shouted,

"I don't agree with a trade embargo. This is such a good situation..."

Carter waved his hand to interrupt him and said coldly,

"Forget about it. We're just small fry, we can't change the country's policies. Instead of opposing it, you should think about how to respond!"

Hu Zhenhua grabbed the water cup on the table, smashed it to pieces, and yelled,

"Am I not a citizen of the United States? Why don't the higher-ups consider my interests at this critical moment? Am I a second-class citizen?"

Carter sat there expressionless, not saying a word!

Hu Zhenhua calmed down after venting his anger and asked,

"So, an agreement has been reached?"

"Not yet. I estimate that there will be results by the end of this month!"

Hu Zhenhua jumped up again, his face full of anger. He wanted to get angry, but perhaps he felt it was useless, so he sat back angrily and sulked alone.

If an agreement is reached by the end of the month, there won’t be much time left for Lao Hu.

At least it is impossible to buy those universal tractor heads, as there are only 20 days left until the end of the month.

Historically, the COCOM agreement officially came into effect on November 11, so Hu Zhenhua only had more than ten days!

Lao Hu took a deep breath and asked,

"The higher-ups didn't give me any time to deal with this. It seems I'll have to repair this railway even if I don't want to!"

Carter was a little confused and asked,

“Why does it have to be repaired?”

"How refreshing! I have so much RMB in my hand, but I can't convert it into US dollars. If I don't build the railway, will it just depreciate?"

Carter nodded slightly, as if this was indeed the truth. In an inflationary environment, turning money into assets is the best way.

"Hu, is inflation serious?"

Hu Zhenhua was really unhappy and said coldly,

"The currency has depreciated by half. Is that serious? Didn't the Intelligence Bureau inform you?"

Carter's old face turned red, and he said angrily,

"Can you please stop getting mad at me? I'm powerless to change the decision made by the higher-ups! But don't worry too much. The COCOM agreement only restricts high-tech equipment and strategic materials. I don't expect it will have much impact on you, as your products are all light industrial and aren't subject to the restrictions!"

"Is that so?"

Hu Zhenhua's expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book. He smiled brightly and said,

"I still want to get a few sets of tractor locomotives here so that we can compete with the Russian locomotives! Let the facts speak for themselves!"

Carter shook his head and said nothing, neither wanting to support nor oppose!

Hu Zhenhua held his hand and spoke earnestly.

"Our persistence is a spark that can start a prairie fire! The CoCom has not yet come into effect, so we are not violating the rules! My friend, do you want to see a locomotive of the Russian bear running on the tracks? We are not selling the secrets of the atomic bomb, so what is there to worry about?"

Carter sighed, dipped his fingers in tea, wrote a number on the table, and said lightly,

"This guy's called Jones. He's a General Motors sales manager and is currently in Hong Kong. In three days, a ship will arrive in Australia with four tractor locomotives on board. You can try to convince Jones to transfer these four locomotives to you!"

Hu Zhenhua quickly expressed his gratitude and asked,

"How can I persuade him, with money?"

"Not bad!"

Hu Zhenhua saw Carter's hand and said excitedly,

“History will prove that we are the heroes of the free world!”

Carter stood up and gave Hu Zhenhua a hug.

"Good luck!"

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