Chapter 547

"No, no, I don't look down on anyone."

Li Ye denied Cai Cai Minying's questioning. After all, she was the little junior sister whom even Yu Yu Xiufen was afraid of; Li Ye, this little junior brother, had better not engage in a war of words with her.

But Cai Cai Minying said straightforwardly: "You don't need to deny it. I've met too many people like you in the days since I returned.

You clearly mock us people who returned from overseas in your hearts, but you still have to pretend to be polite.

Just like this proposal of mine, it was clearly them who asked me to write and submit it based on successful overseas experience, but in the end, it returned to the teacher here. It's really... hypocritical."

Li Ye looked at Teacher Zhang Zhang Qiyan, thinking, "It's your turn to go on stage now, old man."

But Zhang Zhang Qiyan looked at Li Ye, as if saying, "Adults don't interfere in juniors' bickering."

Li Ye couldn't help but smile, then said: "I know a few friends who returned from studying abroad, and I respect them very much, so please don't speculate recklessly, Senior Sister Cai."

Li Ye really didn't exclude the sea-returnee faction, or rather, Li Ye didn't exclude the "pragmatic" sea-returnees; Ni the Great God is a very good example.

It's just that before Ni the Great God went overseas, he had already been tempered at the grassroots level of society for many years, so every decision he made after returning was based on reality.

Ni the Great God knew very well that for any plan to be implemented, one must not only consider the correctness of the plan but also the environment in which the plan is implemented, as well as the endurance of the implementer.

You can't ask a person who has never seen a computer to write code for you after three days of training, right?

And the method of "I only want the result, don't ask about the process," if used well, can naturally squeeze out people's potential, but if used poorly, it will force people to rebel.

Therefore, in the mainland today, any reform measure must consider the consequences after implementation.

And Cai Cai Minying, who returned after achieving excellent grades all the way through undergraduate and master's degrees, is a standard theoretical faction; the suggestions she makes are completely based on theory.

Is this policy feasible? Of course it is! If you don't believe it, look at Lighthouse, look at Britain; that's how they did it, and it absolutely can succeed.

Then what if it doesn't succeed! Who will bear the huge loss?

In the end, it will still be shared by the common people.

Therefore, making any changes on the existing basis requires caution, caution, and more caution, and grinding, grinding, and more grinding.

And Li Ye, this kind of cheater, because he knows the final answer, can stand in the most correct direction.

If Cai Cai Minying discussed it with him humbly, then Li Ye wouldn't mind giving her a helping hand; after all, there is the bond of fellow disciples, and forming a good relationship is also not bad.

But now Cai Cai Minying is arrogant, so why would he get involved in the karma?

But people like Cai Cai Minying who "returned from seeking scriptures" are always a bit impatient, wanting to prove their own value.

Today, she wanted to get confirmation from Li Ye.

"Alright then! You said you don't understand, then where don't you understand? I'll explain it to you first, and then everyone can discuss it, okay?"

Li Ye finally realized how difficult Cai Cai Minying was; she liked to reason with you, which was even harder to deal with than being unreasonable.

Li Ye thought for a moment, pointed to two points on the proposal, and said: "Then let's discuss these two points. Why do you think the mainland's railways and electricity can undergo privatization reform?"

"Why can't they?" Cai Cai Minying asked strangely: "Haven't you ever taken a train in the mainland? Don't you understand that smooth transportation is an important guarantee for releasing productivity?"

"And electricity is even more important. Without sufficient electricity, industrialization is out of the question... We currently lack funds, lack advanced management experience, and lack advanced scientific and technological technology..."

Cai Cai Minying listed a long string of difficulties and needs in reality, then asked in return: "May I ask Student Li Ye, if you think privatization is wrong, then how should it be solved?"

Li Ye was silent for two seconds, then said coldly: "Since you know the importance of electricity and railways, you should understand that we must never be controlled by others.

Borrowing money for development is fine, importing equipment and importing technology is also fine, but private shareholding is not allowed, and overseas capital shareholding is even less allowed."

In his previous life, Li Ye had heard some sayings.

For example, "Railways are losing money -> Railways are state-owned enterprises -> State-owned enterprises are losing money -> State-owned enterprises have low efficiency -> System problem -> How to solve -> Let the private economy hold shares! Let the power of capital make profits!"

Or for example, the two oil giants are losing money seriously, let them be privatized, and so on and so forth.

Some busybodies collected these sayings and called them "A Quick Guide to Being a Comprador."

Cai Cai Minying shook her head amusedly: "In developed countries all over the world, railways can be privately operated. I really don't know what you are worried about, what are you all worried about?"

Cai Cai Minying's words included Teacher Zhang Zhang Qiyan, because Zhang Zhang Qiyan had also strongly opposed her ideas.

But Cai Cai Minying felt she wasn't wrong!

Railway passenger transport losing money is something that happens all over the world. How many democratic countries in later generations couldn't afford such losses, and almost all of them privatized the railways, and then the prices went up.

If the mainland's railways were privatized, would the ticket prices for popular lines in the east double? Would the train frequency for lines in the west with insufficient passenger occupancy be halved?

This is still thinking in terms of conscience; if there's no conscience, the cheap slow green-skin trains won't be opened, and everyone will have to spend a lot of money to take the high-speed rail.

Anyway, as long as it's privatized, they will find ways to take money from your pockets; those methods are only things you can't think of, not things they can't do.

Of course, a greater possibility is predicting that it might lose money, so many railways won't be built, and maybe even the high-speed rail won't exist.

And according to a report by a European survey agency, China's high-speed rail price is the lowest in the world, about 0.04 euros per kilometer.

While Spain is 0.19 euros, France is 0.22 euros, Germany is 0.27 euros, Italy is 0.25 euros, and Japan is 0.22 euros.

Even if the income multiple is calculated, the mainland's high-speed rail price is still very low, and to take care of frugal passengers, there are green-skin trains.

As for electricity, it's even more outrageous. Decades later, because seven households on the border were connected to electricity, the mainland spent 60 million, and this doesn't include subsequent maintenance costs.

You private power plant, connect one for me to see?

60 million! How much money per kilowatt-hour must the electricity sent over be sold for to earn back the cost?

So the question Li Ye asked Cai Cai Minying, "Is Western free economics beneficial to the poor," she couldn't answer at all.

Because in the Western economic system, there is no answer like "a losing business."

"Forget it, let's not discuss this issue today. Let's analyze this agreement signed in New York!"

Zhang Zhang Qiyan saw that Cai Cai Minying and Li Ye had a posture of "locking horns," and finally spoke to terminate the discussion between the two, turning to discuss the "Plaza Accord."

Although he didn't understand why Li Ye didn't have patience today and didn't discuss it in detail with his fellow disciples as usual, compared to the "Plaza Accord," Cai Cai Minying's proposal wasn't a big deal.

Wang Wang Zhiyuan said first: "Japan's exports have been too strong these past few years. I think Lighthouse is uniting with other countries to suppress Japan and then revive its own manufacturing industry."

Zou Zou Mengcheng said: "If Japan's exports are affected, then they might consider transferring manufacturing overseas, and we have the conditions to accept it..."

Cai Cai Minying echoed: "Senior Brother Zou is right. Given our current relationship with Japan, we should take the opportunity to absorb the industries transferred out by Japan; this is a very good opportunity."

During Japan's "lost thirty years," its domestic manufacturing industry was indeed affected, but because of the appreciation of the yen, it also invested heavily in building factories overseas, so much so that later overseas profits expanded to an exaggerated number.

So some people in later generations guessed that Japan might not have been unaware of the conspiracy of the "Plaza Accord," but because of the boss's orders, it had to follow, and then it played along, crying and selling misery on one side, while secretly carrying out industrial transfer on the other.

Li Ye heard that several senior brothers and sisters had finished speaking, so he smiled and teased: "I think in a short period of time, the yen will appreciate violently, and the US dollar will definitely depreciate rapidly, so if everyone has a way, you can seize the opportunity to exchange a little and make a small fortune."

"Hahahaha, Li Ye, this suggestion of yours is truly practical. Tomorrow I will find someone to exchange a little yen and save it."

"Li Ye, what you said is useless to us; we aren't like you, still having US dollars in our hands. We can only stare at the opportunity to get rich!"

"Hahahaha."

Everyone laughed loudly at Li Ye, but Cai Cai Minying said coldly: "Look at this ambition of yours, having studied with the teacher for so long, and still staring at this little bit of petty profit."

Li Ye couldn't help but touch his nose.

Is this petty profit?

After the "Plaza Accord" was signed, the yen appreciated by twenty or thirty percent within two months. The funds Li Ye had in units of hundreds of millions, with a little leverage, would be countless banknotes!

(End of chapter)