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After considering these things that cannot be said directly, the next step is basically good news.
The main good news is that exports to the West will increase by tens of millions of dollars in 1954. Last year’s import and export trade with the West exceeded, and this year will continue to exceed. Although the contraband export channel established by Nolan is safe and smooth , but his channel operation ability is limited, in August, September, and October, he obtained 8 million US dollars of prohibited materials, which is far lower than the sales revenue of computers.
Another good news is China's secret contacts with France and Sweden. Of course, the governments of these two countries cannot communicate, but some bold shipping companies said that they can try to operate this matter.
There is also an unexpected benefit, that is, a small group of Dutch businessmen did not know where they got the news, and they found Chinese diplomats in France in France, saying that France and Sweden can make money by this way, and they can too. .
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"I personally think that the Dutch may be more profitable than France and Switzerland in doing this kind of business. Sweden has no colonies in the Far East, and the French power has just been driven out of the Indochina Peninsula, while the Netherlands still has many colonies in Southeast Asia. There are colonies and As it is closer to China, it is much easier for Dutch cargo ships to enter Chinese ports.”
This is what the chief accountant said.The chief accountant didn't come to Shanghai to pretend to recuperate this time, but to do business.At the end of the year, leaders at the vice-premier level always come to Shanghai for inspection, which has almost become a practice in the 50s.
Fortunately, the chief accountant came to Shanghai to help Shanghai sort out local relations and rectify finance, not to ask for money before the Spring Festival.
Tang Hua: "I just don't know when the United States and China will be able to relax a little bit, and stop barking their claws on the high seas every day to stop cargo ships bound for China and lose money. The British should have the biggest opinion on this, and it is logical that the United Kingdom should also persuade the United States. "
The chief accountant: "They don't shout about losing money now, but about 'repaying money'".
Tang Hua: ...
It was repayment, Chang Kaishen borrowed it, we have always denied it.
The biggest one was Gu Weijun's loan from the United States in 1948, which was 10 billion US dollars.Originally, when the Republic of China was still in existence, it was agreed to use tariffs and salt taxes as mortgages. In the year of repayment, the balance of customs duties in China will be automatically transferred to the United States until the principal and interest are paid off.
Now the Republic of China seems to be gone, but the United States says that the Republic of China still exists, that is, the People's Republic of China, and you have to inherit the debt.Of course China will not inherit it, so it will be torn apart.
Chief accountant: "Forget it, let's talk about something happy. The Qinghai-Tibet Highway will open to traffic next month."
Tang Hua: "It's good news. The newspaper has announced the notice two days ago."
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Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway started in early 1950 and took nearly five years in total.
In Seqila Mountain, more than 1000 PLA road construction troops and former migrant workers are conquering the last section of the last mountain.
In the past four years, Erlang Mountain, Zheduo Mountain, Queer Mountain, Oula, Zongla, Gela, Gapila, Damala, Nianla, Langla, Yela, Anjula... one by one The mountain was trampled underfoot, and the altitude of the road construction area also climbed from 4 meters at the beginning to 2000 meters.
At the end of October, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was frozen like a drop of water, and the soil was frozen like a rock.The sound of blasting and hammering steel drills rippling in the deep mountains and valleys, this is the march of the construction of the Tibetan plateau.
In July 1954, the Grand Lama and the Panchen Lama went from Lhasa to Beijing for a meeting. There was no road to Mount Seqila, and the Tibetan delegation was carried over in sedan chairs.
In December 54, the Tibetan delegation was going to return to Lhasa from Beijing. When they returned from Beijing, there would be a road here.
"The exploration team of the First Survey and Design Institute of the Ministry of Railways set off last month," said the chief accountant. "They plan to spend three years investigating the more than 3-kilometer line from Lanzhou to Lhasa to figure out what to do. If you want to build a railway to Lhasa, what route should you take?"
Tang Hua: "Sometimes the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Railway can't be built with a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. There are still many technical problems to be overcome. The problem of building roads on permafrost on the plateau is very serious. Even the Soviet comrades have no I have studied it. If these technical problems are not solved, it will not be possible to repair them with a lot of money. I think the road from Lanzhou to Xining can be repaired first, anyway, it is more than 200 kilometers. As for when it will be repaired from Xining to Lhasa, we will talk about it later.”
"If the technology is difficult, then there is no problem. I still think about how much money will be allocated financially if the railway to Lhasa is really started to be built in three years' time."
The difficulty of railway construction in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ranks second in China, second only to the difficulty of road construction in the Subei Plain.
The technical difficulty of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway ranks first on how to repair the roadbed in the permafrost zone.The vibration of the railway train passing by will change the original stable structure of the underground ice crystals and soil. Over time, the originally hard permafrost suddenly turns into mud.
The second is the problem of high cold and hypoxia. Not only people, but also the current steam locomotives will be out of breath. They have to use turbocharged diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, or simply gas turbine locomotives.
Then there are geological monitoring and environmental protection—geological monitoring is earthquake prevention, and environmental protection is mainly to prevent ecological disasters caused by the destruction of vegetation on the plateau. If this problem is not resolved, there will be a torrent of mudslides a few years after the road is completed, and the picture will be too beautiful.
Tang Hua: "Let's make two-handed preparations first. During the Anti-Japanese War around Chengdu, there were more than one B-29 airports built by the Americans. Restore these airports and station them in Tu-4. If something happens, the Tu-4 flying from Sichuan can be used. Covering the whole of Tibet."
"Why did I turn to the military? What I'm thinking about is Tibet's economy and the construction of workers and peasants..." said the chief accountant.
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"Vice Premier Chen, here." Tang Hua handed over a small box with a metallic luster, "The sample that has just been developed for a small-scale trial can listen to commentary."
The chief accountant took the small box, which was about the size of a pocket radio. However, under Tang Hua's guidance, he pressed the button on the side, and the front panel was pulled out obliquely, just enough to hold a cassette tape.
Press the panel back and press the switch, and the sound of Xue Xiaoqing's storytelling "Pearl Tower" will be released. Although the volume is not loud, the timbre is still very clear.
The chief accountant of Tang Huajiao stuck this miniature tape recorder on his belt, so he could stand and walk without any influence on his movements.Then put on the earphones and plug in the line. "Now you can take a walk and listen to pingtan."
The chief accountant's expression now is as exaggerated as the computer he got the integrated circuit two years ago.
"This thing can earn tens of millions in the Soviet Union, right?" said the chief accountant.
Tang Hua: "Of course it can make money. It's a bit expensive, but young people may like it more. Moreover, this thing does not conflict with a large tape recorder. In a family, a large tape recorder and a small Walkman can be bought."
Chief Accountant: "...Walkman is a good name."
Tang Hua: "Vice Premier Chen, I will exchange this Walkman with you. I would like to ask you to help me find a couple of storytelling or storytelling artists, and discuss with him how to modify a script."
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In early November, Zhou Xuan returned to Shanghai from Beijing.
At about the same time, another important figure also came to Shanghai from Beijing to inspect the work.
"Commissioner Jiang, this movie must have a widescreen color screen. The 4:3 screen is not enough to describe the big scenes of the war. The 1.66:1 screen is barely enough."
"This time the movie is the first time in China, and the Bureau of Electronics and Information Industry and the Bureau of Heavy Machinery have prepared a lot of brand new movie shooting equipment. Some of the equipment is the most advanced in the world. It is our first idea, so we must Only the color widescreen system with the best visual effect can match it.”
"Film problem solved? Thank you so much!"
Commissioner Jiang is a member of the Steering Committee of the Cultural and Film Industry and the director of the Central Propaganda Film Division, but generally he prefers to be called Commissioner Jiang.
A few days later, Tang Hua called Commissioner Jiang again:
"Commissioner Jiang, I still don't understand why so many scripts for a war scene were handed over to Zheng Junli.... Tang Xiaodan's "Southern Expedition and Northern War" and "Crossing the River Reconnaissance" were well filmed...Yes, I am I want to replace everything with the best configuration...Then, let me talk to him?"
After making too many phone calls, Commissioner Jiang simply came to the Shanghai Institute of Computer Science to find out what happened.
"No wonder you said on the phone that some of the equipment was made by the Heavy Machinery Bureau of the Ministry of Heavy Industry."
In front of Commissioner Jiang was a filming platform towed by a truck with a crane arm more than ten meters long.
Because the rocker arm is too heavy, when the shooting platform is working, you have to put down the four legs and insert the hoe like an anti-aircraft gun, and then the rocker arm can work.It can be rotated, pitched, and retracted. Two cameras can be placed at the end of the rocker and a photographer can be seated.There is also a special design, that is, the rotation, pitching and telescoping of the rocker arm can be operated by the photographer at the end of the rocker arm with the controller in his hand.
Tang Hua: "With a little modification, this system can be used as a high-rise rescue vehicle in the event of a city fire. Therefore, although a film studio only needs to be equipped with one or two, it is not a waste to develop it."
Next to the super-long rocker shooting platform is a shooting car, a chassis modified from a 4X4 small jeep, with a driver, a photographer, and two cameras installed in the car.Two cameras are mounted on a very complicated platform.
Next to the little jeep was a smaller vehicle, unpowered, a pushcart, but one that could obviously get into tighter places, like a row of people.
"This is a stable platform. When the car is moving, the camera will basically not shake. In fact, the camera of the rocker shooting platform just now also has a self-stabilizing function."
"In addition to self-stabilization, the camera platform also has the function of controllable uniform motion, which is controlled by an electronic controller."