Chapter 868 International Laughing Stock

February 9, New Year’s Eve.

The whole country is celebrating the Spring Festival and the New Year.

During this year's Spring Festival holiday, I had a total of seven days off, and I didn't go to work until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

It's just that the new year's flavor in the capital is obviously lighter than in previous years.

Because fireworks are prohibited in Beijing, the flavor of the New Year is diluted a lot.

Liu Tao and his family returned to the capital last night.

Compared with last year, their family has two more people.

The two little guys were celebrating the New Year for the first time, and their eyes were full of curiosity.

Unlike other children who received red envelopes, the two little guys did not know what red envelopes were and played with them in their hands.

A 7-month-old baby is already very agile. Unlike when he was just born, his whole body was soft and soft. He can sit firmly and roll over.

The children finished the reunion dinner early and happily counted the red envelopes beside them.

Liu Tao and other adults were chatting.

"This time the United States has lost face in Somalia and has become a joke in the world." Liu Zhenbang gloated.

It's true that both parties are good friends, but that doesn't mean they wish each other well in private.

I wish that the other party would be as unlucky as possible.

"Somalia is now in chaos. The United States and the United States are not well prepared, so it is normal for them to suffer losses." Liu Tao was also gloating.

Somalia has been in a state of anarchy since January 1991, when Somaliland broke away and became the Republic of Somaliland.

Throughout Somalia, warlords are divided among themselves, and no one obeys anyone.

U.S. soldiers captured two senior members of the Somali military government in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. As a result, the U.S. military was underestimated and suffered heavy losses. A total of 180 people were killed and 730 injured.

American soldiers were killed and desecrated in public in the streets. The incident was even broadcast on television and caused an uproar.

Melon-eating people around the world are moving on benches and cracking melon seeds, all wondering whether the United States will end up sending troops into Somalia.

Because of this incident in the United States, there was a lot of anger. I felt that my face was slapped several times and my face was swollen.

However, what is unexpected is that this time the U.S. government showed extraordinary strategic determination and only adopted sanctions instead of sending troops to personally deal with the situation.

This current U.S. government is determined to reduce military spending.

The determination is very strong.

To be honest, the situation in Somalia suddenly got out of control, and the Panshan Group was not without losses, and the losses were not small.

After all, Panshan Group has invested in building mining factories in Somalia. When the situation got out of control and war broke out, some mines were unable to operate normally.

The only thing that was not affected was the fishing team fishing in the sea.

Somalia's fishery resources are very rich, but its equipment is very backward. Fishing there can catch at least 1,000 tons per year, and sometimes even 2,000 tons.

The seafood caught is mainly exported to Singapore, Bangkok, and supplied to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Guangdong Province.

"It seems that Americans really want to develop the economy, reduce military spending, and reduce government spending." Liu Zhenbang said, "I heard that the construction plan of a number of warships has also been stopped, and even NASA's funding has been cut."

Liu Tao nodded and said: "We can't do it without cutting it. The scale of the U.S. debt is so huge, and the hole dug by Reagan is too big. If this continues, the interest paid by the U.S. fiscal revenue every year and the maturity of U.S. debt will be devastated."

To be honest, Bush Sr. did a pretty good job.

The Gulf War was won without escalation, but with an appropriate stop. The increase in military expenditures was also curbed. Instead of increasing, it fell. A large part of the military expenditures in the Gulf War was paid by the Gulf countries, European and American countries, and Japan and South Korea. The United States only contributed part of it. Those military expenditures But they were all purchased from the U.S. military industry. On the books, the U.S. still owes tens of billions in military expenditures, but in fact, the U.S. did not lose money fighting the Gulf War.

Just by suppressing OPEC oil prices below $25, the United States will reduce tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars in expenditures in this regard.

Just replenishing the U.S. strategic petroleum reserves can reduce expenditures by at least US$75 billion.

For European and American countries, Japan and South Korea, there will be no loss, because oil prices are suppressed, and they can reduce at least several billion dollars in imported oil every year.

Unfortunately, during the debate on TV, the opponent said, "Idiot, the problem is the economy." The situation was reversed.

I have to say that the other party was very good in this regard. They directly seized on the U.S. economy that was in a trough at that time, which was the weakness of the Republican Party. They directly seized on this weakness to launch an attack, thus turning the tide.

Liu Tao called a few big ones over.

Liu Hongying's eldest son 'Qian Zhenguo', 24 years old, was admitted to Peking University and is now a graduate student at Xiangjiang University; Liu Hongying's eldest daughter 'Qian Lifang', 22 years old, was admitted to Tsinghua University and is currently a junior. He will graduate next year; Liu Hongying's second son, Qian Zhenhua, is 19 years old this year and was recommended to Beijing University of Science and Technology last year.

Liu Honglei’s eldest son ‘Chen Weijiang’, 22 years old, is a junior at Southwest Associated University; Liu Honglei’s eldest daughter ‘Chen Weihong’, 20 years old, was recommended to Beijing University of Technology last year and is still a freshman.

Liu Tao asked about their future plans.

Liu Tao is very concerned about these nephews and nieces.

"Uncle, I don't want to inherit my father's business." Qian Zhenguo mustered up his courage.

Since a few years ago, Qian Huaqiang has been instilling in Qian Zhenguo that he should study hard and help him manage the company after graduation.

It can be said that Qian Zhenguo is one of the rich second generations in the mainland.

However, due to Liu Hongying's influence, Qian Zhenguo did not get the bad habits of the rich second generation.

When he was in college, he received a scholarship. When he went to Xiangjiang University, he also received a full scholarship. So far, he has not asked his family for money.

Qian Huaqiang couldn't help but say: "You stinky boy."

"Brother-in-law, let Zhenguo say that the child is already grown up, listen to the child's ideas more." Liu Tao interrupted Qian Huaqiang and motioned Qian Zhenguo to continue.

Qian Huaqiang glared at his eldest son and dared not say anything else.

He was not afraid of his parents, but he was very afraid of Liu Tao, his brother-in-law, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Others didn't know about his bad things outside, but didn't Liu Tao know?

"What he did was too unskilled. I want to start my own business, just like my aunt, to do the Internet. My aunt can succeed in starting a business, so can I!" Qian Zhenguo said.

When Liu Ziyu heard this, he smiled very brightly and gave Qian Zhenguo a thumbs up, "You are ambitious. Auntie admires you."

Liu Tao was amused. It seemed that he was another one influenced by Liu Ziyu.

However, Liu Ziyu had always been the leader of these children. Later, he went to the best school and had the highest academic qualifications. It was normal for the children to admire Liu Ziyu since childhood.

"It is a good idea to start your own business. I support your ideal. The Internet will indeed develop very rapidly in the future and there is a lot to do." Liu Tao nodded and said, "But you can't fall behind in learning. You must have solid skills to start a business better and go further."

Liu Tao is very supportive of doing what you want to do. After all, these children in their family have the right to choose, instead of having to consider making money to support their families early.

The children of the poor have to take charge of the family early, not voluntarily, but forced to do it.