Chapter 1717

In the early morning of Monday, the time came to November 13th.

In a study room on the second floor of the seaside mansion in East Hampton, Simon sent away the housekeeper who brought up a cup of hot milk. Simon picked up the cup and took a sip. Seeing that the video on the monitor was connected, he put on the wireless headset and sent a message to the person on the other side of the ocean. Janet greeted Chen Qing who looked like a maid next to the woman.

Janet and her party have already arrived at BJ. Chen Qing finished her work on the previous Saturday and returned home quickly to entertain the two Jenny and the others in person.

It was more than six o'clock in the morning on the east coast of the United States, and it was already past seven o'clock on Monday night in China.

After saying hello, Janet drove away Chen Qing who wanted to stay here, turned to Simon, and said with a teasing voice: "I found your happy little nest here."

Simon could see that the mansion in Maoer Hutong was on the opposite side, and he understood that the woman was referring to the underground space of the mansion, and perhaps the vases kept in the mansion.

Leaning back on the leather chair, Simon raised his legs and said with a smile, "This is something only men can enjoy. You don't have this kind of power."

"I really want to bite you."

Janet bared her little white teeth, and then turned to the topic: "Is there any problem in the past few days?"

It's about the aftermath of the election.

Simon shook his head: "Everything is normal. Gore returned to his family's estate in Tennessee the day before yesterday. I will fly over to Washington today and have already arranged various activities for the next week."

In fact, the focus is on Washington.

As a loser, Gore is very difficult to do what he wants to do next.

Because it is difficult for Gore to gain support from all sides. After all, investing in a politician who is unlikely to make a comeback will not benefit at all. Few people will do this kind of thing.

The key is to avoid any situation in Washington.

Therefore, Simon came to the east coast last week. While dealing with various follow-ups here, Joseph Schlapp and others have rushed to Washington to start operations, arranging various social activities for Simon in the next week.

Secret meetings, golf events, private receptions, the list goes on.

Basically, communication, appeasement, explanation... Or, if someone wants some deals, as long as the chips are right, that's fine.

Anyway, the outcome of the general election cannot be changed, and Simon doesn't mind showing some active gestures to balance the politicians psychologically.

In a capitalist society, everyone is a businessman.

tear face?

Not easily.

How can you earn money if you work hard!

Janet, who was on the opposite side of the video, actually knew about Simon's next arrangement, so she just hummed and turned to talk about her own affairs in China: "I went to some companies here with Xiaoqing during the day, and in a Chinese The idiom is full of vitality. In addition, I also understand some of your thoughts."

Simon was curious: "I have a lot of thoughts, what do you mean?"

"Of course it's about China." Janet rolled her eyes and turned to a serious expression: "At dinner, I asked Anna to make a simple deduction based on the existing information, about the future GDP of China and the United States. , what do you think the result is?"

The 'Anna' that Janet mentioned was named Anna Bolerskaya, one of the waitress candidates that Simon first recruited, and was in the same batch as 'Fruit Nana' Natalie Vodianova, or A genius girl with an IQ over 200.

After careful training by the Westeros family, Anna Blerskaya, who just turned 18, has already obtained different levels of degrees in different disciplines such as economics, mathematics and psychology, and was then drawn to her side by Janet. Be the staff in her pocket.

According to Janet, the girl can only show her talents if she is with her, but it will definitely be a waste if she is with Simon.

Simon also felt that it made sense.

All right.

Leaning forward to pick up the cup of milk on the table again, Simon rubbed his palm to feel the warmth, and said with a smile, "Actually, my IQ is quite average, so I can't guess it."

Janet on the other side saw that her man was unwilling to guess, so she didn't keep it up, and said: "Using the dollar as the unit, I calculated two time nodes, and the approximate result is that ten years later, in 2010, the GDP of the United States will be 16 trillion U.S. dollars. , China’s GDP is $4 trillion, equivalent to 25% of the Federation’s.”

After Janet finished speaking, she looked this way.

Simon nodded slightly.

Referring to memory, China's 4 trillion US dollars is a bit lower. In 2010, if I remember correctly, it should have surpassed Japan's 5 trillion US dollars. As for the 16 trillion in the United States, it seems, about the same.

In short, there is still a big gap between 4 trillion and 16 trillion, and it does not make the Federation feel too threatened.

Of course, this requires a certain prerequisite.

The premise is that the growth rates of both sides are equalized to a considerable level.

For example, if my annual growth rate is 3%, your annual growth rate is also 3%, or even if it is higher, 5%, then it will be difficult to catch up within a few decades.

However, if this is the case, Janet should not bring up the matter of calculation again.

On the other end of the video, there was a short pause, and Janet quickly continued: "However, in 2020, that is, twenty years later, the GDP of the Federation is expected to be 26 trillion US dollars, and China's GDP is likely to reach 16 trillion US dollars. At this time, China's economic volume was already equivalent to 60% of the Federation. This was much higher than Japan's proportion to the United States in the 1980s. Moreover, Anna also came to a conclusion that by then, China and the United States would be the only ones in the world Two or two superpowers whose GDP exceeds 10 trillion yuan. Simply put, it is likely to reproduce the former two-power pattern of the United States and the Soviet Union.”

After hearing this, Simon recalled the data in his memory again.

Compared with the previous 2020, the estimated figure of 26 trillion U.S. dollars in the United States is at least one higher than the GDP of Japan. The reality is definitely not so much. If I remember correctly, it should be only about 20 trillion.

As for China's GDP figures, they are pretty close.

Roughly speaking, in 2020, China's GDP should have reached about 70% of that of the United States, which happened to be the highest point of Japan's comparison to the United States in 1995. In reality, after 1995, the Japanese economy seemed to be locked and fell into long-term stagnation.

This is obviously due to the continued interference of the United States.

How can a son surpass his father? !

In any case, numbers are not the key. Simon understands that the last sentence of the woman opposite is the key point.

Reproduce the two-power pattern of the United States and the Soviet Union.

In memory, this is basically true. Moreover, it is a fact that is difficult for mainstream Western countries to tolerate.

Since it cannot be tolerated, it is conceivable what happens again.

After a moment of silence, Simon put down the cup in his hand again, looked at the monitor screen, saw Janet staring at him without blinking, and asked with a smile: "And then?"

Janet's big eyes with long eyelashes blinked twice again: "I don't know, should it be yours?"

Simon pretended to think for a moment, and then said, "Then there's nothing else to do, let's change the subject."

Janet: "..."

After being speechless for a while, Janet finally spoke first: "How about I ask Anna to write a detailed article and publish it in The Economist or Barron's Weekly?"

I didn't mention the "Wall Street Journal", because after all, newspapers are not as authoritative as professional economic magazines, and they are likely to be regarded as sensationalism.

Simon thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, besides, do you think everyone will believe it?"

In the United States today, the overall atmosphere is still immersed in a sense of the peak of "the end of history". It is not popular in the West to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

Hearing what Simon said, Janet just smiled: "It seems that you really have a good impression of China."

Simon also smiled, not guilty at all: "Other people treat you as a distinguished guest, you can't turn your face and throw stones in the past, that's too immoral."

"Hehe..." Janet smiled, and didn't mention the matter just now, because she knew that the man already had a lot of arrangements, so she followed Simon's words: "By the way, speaking of VIPs, Xiaoqing showed me some site selections. The information, you said it was what you wanted, and you plan to build some private manors in China?"

Simon thought for a while, and remembered the emotion he felt after hearing Chen Qing talk about China's record-breaking foreign exchange income from tourism a few months ago.

In recent years, various promotions from movies to the Internet have helped attract countless overseas tourists to China, and they have contributed a lot of foreign exchange. Reciprocating, building a few more manors in China, isn't it too much?

Chen Qing obviously remembered it in her heart.

Nodding his head, Simon said: "You can choose it first, and just show it to me when you are sure."

Janet said again: "I don't come to China often. When those manors are built, you must raise a lot of little girls again."

Simon showed an innocent expression: "I can't raise a bunch of little boys, can I?"

Janet: "..."

The logic is so smooth that it cannot be refuted.