Of course Du Zhongyuan wanted to scold Zhou Ming for being naughty. In fact, Zhou Ming was indeed naughty. After he realized that he talked too much and talked about the topic minefield, he immediately changed his words and said that his vision was narrow and he could only think of so much.

As the vice president of the country, how could Du Zhongyuan not think that he was deliberately shrinking and unwilling to talk about this topic anymore, not for anything else, just because of what Zhou Ming said just now. Those things are by no means a person with a narrow vision.

The person who said it, who can say it, has at least the same vision as the national leader.

But now Zhou Ming wants to skip this topic, Du Zhongyuan can also understand. After all, he is just an ordinary person. Without the support of a big family, once he is involved in the political whirlpool, he will only be killed or cheated.

The scapegoat has no chance of escaping unscathed.

To be able to stop the car at a critical moment and keep such a cool head in front of the Vice Chairman of the country, this person is by no means simple. To use a very common saying: This person will become a great person in the future.

This statement may be tacky, but in Du Zhongyuan's opinion, it is the best evaluation of Zhou Ming now.

Zhou Ming chuckled and didn't pay much attention to Du Zhongyuan's scolding. Of course, Du Zhongyuan would not hold on to this issue. Since Zhou Ming didn't want to interfere in politics, he would skip it cooperatively.

So Du Zhongyuan thought for a while and said to Zhou Ming: I understand that it is normal for you to have concerns, and I will not say anything about it, but I hope you can take the next question seriously.

Zhou Ming felt something from Du Zhongyuan's serious tone. Zhou Ming straightened his back. Du Zhongyuan continued: You are a businessman, so I think you should have noticed a very strange phenomenon in our country, that is, our domestic

The prices of agricultural and sideline products and primary industrial products have always been low. The central government now hopes to adjust this situation. What do you think of this price issue?

The door of Zhongnanhai is indeed difficult to enter.

Zhou Ming sighed in his heart, because the question Du Zhongyuan asked is a troublesome question now, and it also involves many aspects, even the political level of the past, present and future. It is very sensitive. If one answer is not good, it may

There will be problems.

Zhou Ming thought about this carefully before saying: There is a problem with prices that are too low or too high, but I think the key lies in whether the formation of prices is caused by the market or artificially suppressed. If it is the former

, then with a little guidance, the market can adjust itself, but if it's the latter, the situation will be a lot more troublesome.

Du Zhongyuan nodded and said: The situation is like this. The current domestic grain purchase price is high, but the sales price is low, so the state has to subsidize this; this is unreasonable from an economic point of view and does not follow economic laws. But our country is

In the low-wage system, if the state does not subsidize this and allows price increases, then the people will not be able to afford things. If wages are raised on a large scale, there is concern that it will cause inflation, so this is a dilemma.

Is this the background of the first round of price breakthroughs in the late 1980s? If Du Zhongyuan really said it, this price issue is really a very difficult thing to deal with.

Zhou Ming thought this in his heart. For the first time, he did not give a direct answer, but asked again: Chairman Du, how did the central government decide now?

At present, Chairman Dong has decided to carry out price and wage reform by actively raising prices and wages. Du Zhongyuan replied.

Zhou Ming immediately denied it as it would definitely lead to chaos.

Du Zhongyuan asked why, and Zhou Ming analyzed: It's very simple. As an ordinary citizen, if he knew that prices would rise tomorrow, what he would do today is to buy everything he needs while the price is low. This

Of course it doesn't matter one or two, but if hundreds of millions of people across the country are doing this, wouldn't there be a panic buying frenzy? Isn't it easy for something to happen?

More importantly, rising prices across the country will trigger severe inflation and make the money that ordinary people deposit in banks less valuable. So once people find out that the ten yuan they saved yesterday will only be lost today.

If you buy something for five yuan, what will happen is that everyone will run crazy, and the result will be national credit bankruptcy, financial system collapse, and social unrest. Zhou Ming added that this has been confirmed countless times abroad.

Yes, every financial crisis basically has this plot.

What if banks are allowed to raise interest rates so that people's savings can keep up with inflation? Du Zhongyuan asked again.

This is even worse. Zhou Ming said categorically that if you just print money, you are not raising prices, but artificially creating inflation, just like the legal currency and gold yuan bonds issued by our country after World War II. In addition to plundering

The wealth of ordinary people has no other effect than making ordinary people's lives more and more difficult.

Zhou Ming was emotional when he said this, because it reminded him of the time in his previous life. At that time, his father was seriously ill and was about to die. Suddenly, prices across the country skyrocketed, making his family already miserable.

Life is becoming more and more difficult.

Zhou Ming remembers that at that time, he and his mother were dependent on each other at home. If it weren't for the help from the neighbors, they would hardly be able to eat.

Of course, not only myself, but also other families at that time were not much better off. After all, Factory 760 had just restructured, and many families were unable to pay wages.

It is for this reason that what was originally a well-off factory area suddenly turned into a beggar village and slum due to various unreasonable policies.

In addition, Zhou Ming also remembered that there were indeed a lot of panic buying and bank runs across the country at that time, which almost led to a catastrophe. However, fortunately, the central government stopped in time and stabilized the situation.

Come down, otherwise something will really happen.

Even so, the situation was stabilized at that time, but the hidden danger still existed, so that at the end of the 1990s, the central government had to launch another vegetable basket project to continue to find ways to ensure that most people could have food.

Du Zhongyuan glanced at Zhou Ming and said: If you have anything to say, just say it in one breath. Anyway, there are only a few of us here. No matter what you say is right or wrong, no one else will know, even if you really

If you say something you shouldn't say, everyone will forget it once you leave this door.

Zhou Ming nodded and said: That's right, Chairman Du, I think raising prices may seem to be to subsidize farmers, but I think farmers won't get any benefit at all.

Is this why the grain purchase price has been increased? Du Zhongyuan asked in surprise.

Grain prices have increased, but that is more about the elimination of state subsidies. This has not so much increased prices as it has reduced the burden on the country. Zhou Ming said that then prices began to rise, but the price of grains

But it has not risen in a real sense. Then the life of farmers will become more and more difficult. Who else will be willing to farm? If no one farms, what will the hundreds of millions of people in our country eat?

Facing Zhou Ming's question, Du Zhongyuan remained silent again, because Zhou Ming's question was also to the point.

However, Zhou Ming, who has the memory of later generations, cannot help but hit the nail on the head. You must know that the central government has been dealing with the rural issues for countless years. This cannot but be said to be a correction of previous mistakes.

And another point is that the reason why so many genetically modified foods are rampant in later generations is that the agricultural population is too small, resulting in insufficient food, and the country can only be forced to engage in genetically modified foods.

In his previous life, Zhou Ming was helpless in facing these problems, but now that he is reborn and has the opportunity to state all this in front of the future president of the country, Zhou Ming must seize this opportunity, otherwise Zhou Ming himself will

You will hate yourself.

Listening to Zhou Ming's criticisms one after another, Du Zhongyuan fell into deep thought again. After a long time, he sighed heavily. Then Du Zhongyuan raised his head and asked Zhou Ming a seemingly irrelevant question: I heard

In the last telephone conference with Nan Jiang, why did you reject Chairman Dong Zhen’s invitation to work in the State Council?

First of all, I think I am not suitable to be an official. I can be a consultant to the party and government agencies, but I am definitely not suitable to work in the government agencies. Moreover, I now have many companies at home and abroad. I can do business and be an official at the same time. I have no choice.

Ensure your own integrity. In addition, I think everyone should have a clear position of their own. Not everyone can be an official.

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and then said: I remember there was a deputy prime minister back then. He could have become a grassroots leader very well, but he was artificially promoted to the position of deputy prime minister. As a result, didn't he make him suffer?

In the same way, I could have become a capitalist very well, but because I was greedy for power and became an official, the result was only bad luck for myself.

A flash of surprise flashed in Du Zhongyuan's eyes, because Zhou Ming's evaluation of the deputy prime minister was exactly the same as Mr. Yang's evaluation of him. But Mr. Yang is now the de facto supreme leader of the country, but he is just an ordinary person, but

It's really surprising to have such an insight.

In fact, Zhou Ming said something less here, that is, the reason why he refused Dong Zhen's invitation was entirely because he knew that Dong Zhen would definitely fall. However, it was difficult for him to say this in front of Du Zhongyuan. If Du Zhongyuan

He will definitely be shocked when he hears this. After all, there is a raging undercurrent in the central government, and even they cannot predict what will happen in the future. However, Zhou Ming, an ordinary person who does not know the inside story, can make this judgment, which cannot help but make people

Shock.

You are very self-aware. Du Zhongyuan smiled and said to Zhou Ming, in that case I won't force you, but now I invite you as a non-staff consultant to the central government. It's no problem. You have such a good talent.

How can you not contribute to the country?

Since you, Chairman Du, have talked about this, I can't refuse. Zhou Ming said.

You kid, could it be that I have wronged you by inviting you here to do something on behalf of the Central Committee? Du Zhongyuan said angrily.

Zhou Ming hurriedly shook his head and said: Of course not, I am always gray and always open.
Chapter completed!