Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

After the tour, Chu Jianghe and his group were arranged by Columbia University to stay at the world-famous Hilton Hotel.

Since Chu Jianghe and Teacher Qi had a close relationship, it was natural for the two of them to live in the same room.

After arriving at the room, Teacher Qi was amazed at the decoration of the hotel. He lay down on the large bed, touched here and looked there, just like a country bumpkin who had just come to the city.

"This hotel is so classy, ​​Americans are just rich!"

Chu Jianghe did not respond, but he also admired Columbia University's wealth. As a world-renowned university, its funding was sufficient.

Unlike in mainland China, famous universities abroad are almost all private universities. In addition to government funding and grants, they also have a large amount of social donations. As a member of the Ivy League, Columbia University naturally has no shortage of sponsorship.

After letting Teacher Qi tour the hotel room, Chu Jianghe smiled and opened the hotel curtains. What came into view was naturally New York's most eye-catching landmark - the World Trade Center, which was across the street from the Hilton Hotel.

Living in New York in this era, people actually feel inexplicably excited.

The two tallest towers of the World Trade Center have been the tallest skyscrapers in the world since their completion in 1973. This title did not last long and was soon replaced by the Willis Tower in Chicago, but it has always been the tallest building in New York.

This building has been destroyed many times in American movies, but who would have thought that it would come true more than a decade later and these two towers would actually be destroyed.

"No wonder so many people want to go abroad. Given these conditions, if it were me, I would want to go abroad too."

After visiting the hotel rooms, Teacher Qi came to Chu Jianghe and couldn't help but sigh at the scenery outside the window.

"This is downtown New York. It certainly looks glamorous, but every city has its unknown side. It's not too late to say this once you're really familiar with the city."

Teacher Qi is just looking at the current New York through a filter. In contrast to the current prosperous scene are: people urinating and defecating everywhere in the New York subway, homeless people in the corners, crimes at night, and so on.

I wonder what Teacher Qi will think once he becomes truly familiar with these things.

Chu Jianghe's words did not cause Teacher Qi to think, he was still shocked by the scene before him.

"Just look at what's in front of you. Teacher Chu, when do you think we can build so many tall buildings?"

"There will be." Chu Jianghe answered affirmatively.

"I hope so." Unlike Chu Jianghe's affirmative tone, Teacher Qi was a little unconfident.

Chu Jianghe smiled faintly and did not argue with him. Let the facts speak for themselves.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the United States looks glamorous on the surface today. Behind this glamor is the high unemployment rate and high inflation since the 70s. The economic downturn has brought about severe stagflation. It was not until 82 that the U.S. economy began to slowly recover after a series of policies were implemented after Reagan came to power.

Corresponding to this is the rise of Britain and West Germany. Of course, this does not mean that the United States has declined. The United States is still continuing to grow and develop, but the speed of development has slowed down relatively.

The most striking thing about China's rise is the change in its international trade and financial status. Behind this change is the rapid improvement in the competitiveness of China's manufacturing industry. Its share of world exports rose from 1980% in 6.5 to 1989% in 8.9.

The changes in China's trade status are so noteworthy not only because of its huge trade volume, but also because of its huge trade surplus, which is rare in the history of world trade.

Xiaori used its huge trade surplus not for domestic demand but for external expansion in finance and investment. Large-scale financial transactions and investments in overseas real estate became hot topics around the world, the most direct of which was the growth of investment in the United States.

At that time, even the Statue of Liberty on the cover of the famous American magazine "Time" was dressed in a casual kimono.

This phenomenon would certainly cause dissatisfaction among its American masters, and later the Plaza Accord was reached. A big fight broke out and life became difficult.

Chu Jianghe's visit to the United States this time also has a bit of the flavor of preparing food before troops move forward. According to his personality, he always has to pave roads and build bridges before the army passes through the border, and he will never act rashly unless he feels that he is 90% sure of success.

How could he let go of such a good opportunity? No matter from which perspective, he had no psychological burden about making a living by robbing people.

After several years of planning, Qiangsheng Capital has gained sufficient strength and it is time to make a big move.

Of course, Chu Jianghe would not think that he could play around with Wall Street with just these capitals. On the contrary, even if Qiangsheng Capital was a hundred times larger, it would be nothing but a pipe dream to want to play around with Wall Street.

This is the most heavily regulated capital market in the world. If you really mobilize a large amount of funds to short US stocks, your account will probably be frozen within a day.

Americans are very shrewd. Once interests are involved, they will not be merciful and will definitely turn their backs on you. At that time, they will make sure that everyone in the world is watching you 24 hours a day.

There is no need to worry too much when using the funds from Qiangsheng Capital to run a small business. As capital developed in the United States, although it is still a few steps away from the top investment institutions in the United States, it has also accumulated a lot of interpersonal relationships. As long as the funds are operated reasonably and in compliance with regulations, Qiangsheng Capital will not be able to control these actions even if it knows about them.

Chu Jianghe already had a rough plan in his mind, but everyone has their own expertise, so he still needed professionals to carry out the operation. He was only responsible for the general strategy.

For this purpose, he specially called Nalan Qing over to prepare for the future robbery.

Chu Jianghe stood in front of the window and thought for a while. He heard some noise behind him and turned around. He saw that Teacher Qi had turned on the TV. It was Madonna's show. Although Teacher Qi didn't understand it very well, he was watching it with great interest in front of the TV.

This legendary superstar who has been standing firm in the music scene for thirty years seems to have made his debut in 83. Although he was not yet a big star at that time, he was beginning to show his talent.

Chu Jianghe followed Teacher Qi to appreciate the singer's performance for a while, and at the same time he was sighing in his heart.

Who would have thought that this singer who seemed a little green on TV would later become the world's best-selling female singer. It can even be said that she dominated the entire 80.90s and s.

It's just that her style is too outstanding, her performances are a bit too explicit, and she is constantly involved in romantic scandals. This style is not very suitable for the mainland, so the mainland didn't know much about her during her golden period.

So much so that many people later thought she was a relative of McDonald's.