Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

Seeing Zhou Yang take out another document, Mr. Jiang immediately asked with interest: "What else are you trying to do?"

"Chief, this is the development plan of our institute for this year. Please take a look at it!" Zhou Yang said.

With a trace of doubt, Mr. Jiang took the document in Zhou Yang's hand and started to read it.

After just watching it for a few minutes, Mr. Jiang couldn't help but ask: "Are these projects that you are planning to launch this year?"

"Yes!"

"There are so many... can your hospital be busy?"

"Should be able to..."

"What does it mean to be able to do it? Don't bite off more than you can chew, which is a waste of money and a failure in research!" said Mr. Jiang.

"Please rest assured, Chief, in addition to our research institute, universities such as NPU, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shuimu, and Jingcheng will also participate in these projects. This situation you mentioned will definitely not happen, but..."

"But what?"

"But the budget is a bit high. I'm worried that the plan won't pass the review above!" Zhou Yang expressed his worries.

A little high?

Mr. Jiang's heart suddenly trembled. The height this boy said was definitely not an ordinary height.

At that moment, he quickly looked back and said, "What is your budget?"

"19.6 billion!" Zhou Yang said truthfully.

Mr. Jiang's hand while flipping through the documents suddenly trembled, and he stopped at the same time. He asked with a shocked look on his face: "How...how much?"

"19.6 million!"

"You are so tall, you are so tall..."

For a moment, Mr. Jiang didn't know what words to use to describe his mood at this time.

"Don't get excited. Although this year's budget is indeed a little too high, every project is urgently needed by the country."

Then Zhou Yang continued: "For example, this hypersonic missile research plan is the most effective way for us to defend the coastal waters without an aircraft carrier. Another example is this drone research plan, which is related to future combat methods and also There is this photolithography machine research plan..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Lao said: "I don't deny the importance and forward-lookingness of your research projects, but everything must be done step by step and within your ability. You can't make a big fat man in one breath."

"Do you know what 20 billion means? There are so many scientific research institutes across the country, and the total annual funding is less than 40 billion. One of your research institutes accounts for half of the funding. Is this reasonable?"

"What's unreasonable?"

Then Zhou Yang continued: "Chief, not all of our 20 billion scientific research funds have to be allocated by the higher authorities. We have to rely on ourselves for the majority. The higher authorities only need to allocate a small part to us. We make our own money and do research. This is very difficult." That’s reasonable!”

"What's reasonable? Do you know how much our annual military expenditure is? The research funding of one of your units has reached one-tenth of the annual military expenditure. If this spreads out, wouldn't it be a mess?"

Then Mr. Jiang continued: "And do you know why I am going to the Forbidden City later?"

"This...how could I know this!" Zhou Yang said.

"We are participating in a meeting to further reduce the defense budget. The core content of this meeting is disarmament and reduction of military expenditures, and then allocate more money to economic construction. You are proposing such a development plan at this time, which is completely consistent with the above It goes against our policies!" Mr. Jiang frowned.

Zhou Yang's brows also wrinkled, and then he said in a serious tone: "I support disarmament, but I don't agree with cutting military expenditures. This is putting the cart before the horse, and it is completely about food rather than fighting!"

"What do you mean?"

"Chief, no matter how much you spend on military expenditures, it is still less than war reparations. After a hundred years of humiliation in modern times, haven't you understood the truth?" Zhou Yang said.

Military spending... war reparations?

Hearing this, Mr. Jiang was stunned.

Seeing Mr. Jiang's expression, Zhou Yang felt mixed emotions in his heart.

The point of view he just mentioned seems quite novel to Mr. Jiang, but it is a principle of war economics that China only realized after nearly forty years of hard work.

"Galaxy" incident, NATO's bombing of our Yugoslavia embassy, ​​etc...

Whenever something outrageous like this happens, the only thing we can do is protest.

It's not that we don't want to fight those powerful powers with real swords and guns, but that our strength is not enough. Facing an enemy with an aircraft carrier formation, we can only have no choice but to put tanks on the ship.

Those who fall behind will be beaten. This is an eternal truth.

It was only after experiencing this series of helpless events that the Chinese people understood that every penny of military spending would not be wasted, that national defense was the real backing of diplomacy, and that the truth only existed within the range of cannons. .

As a result, a strange phenomenon has arisen. If the government wants to improve national happiness, the first way is not to increase investment in people's livelihood, but to tell everyone that military spending has increased again this year.

And it’s not enough if the increase is too small, otherwise the soul will be tortured: If the money is not used to build warships, should it be used as compensation?

It is a national character with Chinese characteristics that military expenditures are naturally anchored to war reparations.

Similarly, this is also the complex of the great powers arising from the humiliation experienced by more than one billion people in modern history. It is a natural and unconscious collective consensus...

"Chief, we all know that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. But how can we not let ourselves fall behind? That is to make ourselves stronger. It is right to develop the economy, but we cannot use the knife to develop the military and defense budget just because of economic development. This It’s putting the cart before the horse!”

Then Zhou Yang continued: "Although the whole world seems to be talking about peace and democracy now, and everything seems to be in bloom, in essence it is still the world we are familiar with where great powers run rampant and the weak eat the strong."

"Not to mention the long-term peace, the slackness of military equipment, and the danger of forgetting to fight. At the very least, we cannot blindly pursue wealth, but we must be both rich and strong. Being rich without being strong will only attract the covetousness of tigers and wolves, just like decades ago. The Qing Dynasty and the current Sha Dahu!"

After a brief silence, Mr. Jiang said in a deep voice: "But the annual military expenditure of more than 26 billion is already very high!"

"Where's the height?"

Then Zhou Yang continued: "I remember that some time ago, our country's total GDP was announced last year. It should be one trillion yuan. 260 billion only accounts for 2.6% of GDP, let alone compared with the Thief Eagle and Furry Bear Alliance. It’s incomparable even to the sticks and chickens on the other side.”

"The real situation now is that our military expenditure ratio is far lower than the world average. There are fewer aircraft carriers per capita than Siam, fewer missiles per capita than Asan, and ships per capita cannot be compared with Bangzi, let alone nuclear bombs per capita, and The thief eagle and the furry bear are even thousands of miles apart, how can this be done..."

"You don't have such calculations. If we do the same thing with the Thief Eagle and Furry Bear Alliance, let alone whether we can bear it financially, it is also unnecessary!" Jiang Lao said.

"It's not necessary. Our military strength is still too weak. We need to strengthen ourselves!"

Then Zhou Yang continued: "If we want to avoid being bullied, we should not target any external force. If something happens, I have to say that everyone here has rubbish courage and strength."

"This is just like the foreign military simulation troops in our Mobei training base. They have the cutting-edge technology of the Thief Eagle, the powerful armored firepower of the Mao Xiong, and the conspiracy and conspiracy of John Bull. Our imaginary enemy has never been a certain country. , but the Eight-Nation Allied Forces must come together..."

Hearing this, Mr. Jiang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

What's going on in this kid's head? Although he also knows that what Zhou Yang said is nonsense and just wants him to help win the scientific research budget, he is still excited and excited after hearing his words.

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, his words seem to make some sense.

Thinking of this, Mr. Jiang immediately said: "I will help you send your planning plan to the old chief, but I cannot guarantee whether it will pass!"

"In addition, the military owes your unit a lot of purchase money. I will go back and talk to the superiors and try to clear part of it for you this year!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked hurriedly: "How much is it clear?"

"Five hundred million?"

"It's too little. It's not enough to fill our teeth. At least 15 billion!"

"The gap between your teeth is wide enough. The maximum is 8 million. You have to know how much our military expenditure is for the whole year. 8 million is the limit!" Jiang Lao said.

"12 billion, if it's any less, we'll have to borrow money to survive next year!"

After hearing this, Mr. Jiang immediately said: "Stop talking nonsense, the maximum is 10 billion, not a penny more!"

"The chief is very generous, thank you for being old!"

Mr. Jiang:! @#￥%……

After the business was finished and the time was almost up, Zhou Yang immediately said goodbye.

However, Mr. Jiang stopped him and said that he had something to tell him...

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