Chapter 631 A hot land?

Third day of the new year.

Siheyuan.

It was a light snowy day today. Since the morning, snowflakes have been floating in the sky.

Liu Qi was excitedly following Liu Tao to introduce the current business situation in the north.

"Brother, you don't know that the Soviet Union is such a developed country, the people have such high incomes, and they have such good social welfare, but their light industry is terrible, even worse than ours." Liu Qi said.

Liu Tao had a smile on his face.

It's not a big secret that the Soviet Union's light industry is not good.

This problem has always existed since the day the Soviet Union was born.

The Soviet Union is very strange, and its heavy industry is extremely strong. Since the 1970s, it has been the world's largest industrial power. Except for slightly inferior processing accuracy, its industry is really very strong. But in terms of light industry, it's hard to say.

And so far, the Soviet Union still implements a planned economy.

The Soviet Union's planned economy is a very sophisticated plan that can make the most effective use of resources.

In comparison, China's planned economy is very different and appears to be much rougher.

Liu Tao will not belittle the Soviet Union just because it lost the Cold War in the previous life. We should see its advantages and disadvantages. Only by learning from the Soviet Union can we develop better.

Think about the Soviet Union losing the Cold War, and then losing everything. Look at the comments and analyses after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. As a loser, everything the Soviet Union did before was naturally wrong, including but not limited to communism, public ownership, planned economy, fighting Nazis, eating, sleeping, breathing, living, etc.

Speaking of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Liu Tao feels it is a pity.

However, at present, so far, the whole world is still in the big pattern of Soviet attack and American defense.

The trouble of the Soviet Union now is that Gorbachev came to power and started reforms, but Gorbachev's prestige was not enough, which led to the Soviet Union's struggle for power and profit being very intense, and the Soviet Union's internal consumption was very terrible.

But the Soviet Union had its own troubles, and the United States had its own troubles. The eldest brother and the second brother both had a lot of troubles.

Otherwise, the United States would not be so ugly now, and it would force itself to force Japan and suck blood from Japan.

"So, the Soviet Union is a huge market, a market of nearly 300 million people. Even with the Soviet Union as the core, the entire Warsaw Pact business can be done. That is a market with a population of 400 million. Even if the profit of light industry is lower, the profit will be considerable if the volume is large!" Liu Tao smiled lightly.

The current population of the Soviet Union is 286 million, close to 300 million!

And the entire Warsaw Pact has nearly 400 million people.

There is no doubt that this is a very huge market.

At present, the NATO group and the Warsaw Pact group are in a comprehensive confrontation. The two sides have been confronting each other for decades. It can be said that Liu Qi and his team have a huge advantage in light industry trade.

Under Liu Tao's suggestion, Liu Qi and his team did not require the settlement in US dollars when doing business with the Soviets. The money earned was finally purchased from the Soviet Union to buy iron ore, steel, timber, etc. and shipped back to China.

In recent years, China's steel production has not kept up with social demand. In addition to the dual-track system, it is still difficult for private enterprises to get steel, and the price is much higher. This part of the insufficient production is all made up by Liu Qi and his team importing steel from the Soviet Union.

This round trip, the profit is still considerable.

Liu Qi and his people have all become billionaires.

What Liu Qi and his people do is not very technical, to put it bluntly, they are just profiteers!

Thanks to the efforts of Liu Qi and his people, the bilateral trade between China and the Soviet Union has grown very fast.

Even because of Gorbachev's reforms, the growth rate of bilateral trade has been even greater.

Just as the two were making tea, Qian Huaqiang came over.

Qian Huaqiang's career has been getting bigger and bigger in recent years, and he is now a billionaire.

Like Liu Qi, he wears a thick gold necklace around his neck, a gold ring on his hand, a mobile phone case hanging around his waist, and a bag under his arm.

A complete nouveau riche image.

One of them worked in the north and the other in the south, and now they have made a name for themselves.

"Now that Qiong Province has become an independent province, and the Qiong Province Special Economic Zone has been established, everyone thinks it is a hot land with huge opportunities. Do you think we should also go to Qiong Province to share a piece of the pie?" Qian Huaqiang drank a cup of tea and talked about Qiong Province.

Together, Qiong Province is not a separate province, but belongs to Guangdong Province. In April last year, the first session of the Seventh National People's Congress formally approved the establishment of Qiong Province, and Qiong Island became the 31st province of China. At the same time, the Seventh National People's Congress passed a resolution on the establishment of the Qiong Province Special Economic Zone, agreeing to build Qiong Island into the largest special economic zone in my country, and foreign investment can be given a more relaxed policy than the current regulations of other special zones, and the economic management system can also be more flexible.

Many people have set their sights on Qiong Province, thinking that Qiong Province is a hot land where they can get huge benefits.

After all, the development of several special economic zones is famously fast in the country, especially Qiong Province is close to Guangdong Province, and its geographical location is really superior.

Qiong Province has become the largest special economic zone and the only provincial special economic zone in the country. As long as it develops like Pengcheng and other special zones, the opportunities it contains are simply immeasurable.

Qian Huaqiang and Liu Qi were very excited and wanted to invest a large sum of money in Qiong Province.

Liu Tao frowned slightly.

This reminded him of something. In his impression, Qiong Province became the 31st province of China and the largest special economic zone in the country. Countless gold diggers from all over the country flocked to Qiong Province with their dreams. A capital feast of passing the parcel gave birth to a huge real estate bubble.

In 1991, the average price of commercial housing in Qiong Province was 1,400 yuan/square meter, ranking among the top ten in the country; in 1992, it rose to 5,000 yuan/square meter, directly soaring to the top of the national commercial housing price list; in 1993, it soared to 7,500 yuan/square meter, and even some real estate projects rose to 10,000 yuan/square meter.

At its peak, there were more than 20,000 real estate companies in Qiong Province alone, and the population of Qiong Province was only more than 6 million.

Private enterprises, state-owned enterprises, and banks all participated in this game of passing the parcel, and tens of billions of funds poured into real estate.

Later on, people became more and more daring. They didn't even need to build houses. They could sell them as long as they got the land red line map. Many projects still didn't even have foundations after they were sold several times.

At that time, the economic growth rate of Qiong Province was as high as 83%, and 40% of the fiscal revenue of Qiong Province came from real estate.

Then in June 1993, the State Council issued 16 articles to control credit, control interest rates, and recover illegal demolition and construction, which were fatal. Real estate speculation funds were drained from the bottom of the pot, 20 billion funds fled from Qiong Province overnight, and the real estate bubble in Qiong Province burst instantly.

And this real estate bubble directly hit Qiong Province hard, making Qiong Province unable to turn over for 20 years.

Liu Tao frowned, he felt it necessary to stop this tragedy.

As for participating in this feast, it was completely unnecessary.

Qiong Province has a good geographical location and a very important strategic position. It should be well built instead of being hit hard.