As the first bell of the new year fell in the Buenos Aires Cathedral, Argentina ushered in 1954. Last year was a year of prosperity and a year of chaos. It was the best of times and the worst of times. era.
In an atmosphere of joy and sadness, the striking workers tacitly agreed not to cause trouble today, the priests in the church were mildly joyful, the rich people's homes were full of joy, and the poor people's homes were full of sadness.
Bilong of the Presidential Palace began broadcasting his New Year's speech.
The huge unemployed population across the country is a powder keg ready to explode at any time.
Saint Jose had arranged work in Blanca City two days ago, so he gave himself a holiday and traveled from Blanca to Buenos Aires.
On the first day of the New Year, I spent the morning with Elena at home, and in the afternoon I went to my father-in-law’s house for dinner with Elena.
A large number of people also gathered in the Elena family, some were happy, some were sad, and some were indifferent.
Like a good boy, Saint Jose listened to their boasts about how great they were last year, and almost got distracted.
He sat next to his father-in-law, Dalos, who seemed to be not very interested. Saint Jose looked at Elena, and he had no choice but to chat with Dalos.
His father-in-law, Dallos, serves as deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture in Argentina. It is an important but not so important position. The Ministry of Agriculture can guide the national agricultural production, but there is not much that can be done. There are several labor unions and agricultural associations below that often oppose the Ministry of Agriculture. policies, and foreign exports are the domain of the Ministry of Trade. This year has been a hard hit for Argentina's agriculture.
In fact, the two of them had only met each other a few times. After eating, the two grown men went to the study room and started chatting awkwardly.
The people in the hall continued to chat.
"Cohen, Argentina's agricultural production is good this year, because there is a fertilizer factory that produces and sells a lot of fertilizer, but the quantity is still a little small."
Dallos took out two bottles of soda from the refrigerator, opened one and handed it to Saint Jose. He looked at it and saw that it was Mirinda soda. He wiped the mouth of the bottle and drank half of the bottle in one go. Seeing that summer was approaching , Prali Food Company's sales will increase again, and this year it will enter the entire South America.
"This soda is pretty good, with a strong orange flavor."
Saint Hesse commented, after all, it is from his own factory, so he must praise it more.
"That's right, I've been drinking this soda for two years. In our country, we must drink our country's national soda. Coca-Cola doesn't taste good. It is said that every bottle of foreign soda you drink will become our bitter water in the future."
Rocks said proudly, after all, Argentina can produce such soda in the country and compete with American soda companies. It is indeed quite powerful.
"Yes, yes, it's really delicious."
Saint Jose suppressed a smile. It seemed that the soda factory had to be restrained. It would be a shame to send out such an advertisement.
San Jose and Rocks talked about agricultural production again.
“You don’t know that farmers in the Pampas agricultural region of our country are bankrupt everywhere.
"Also last year alone, we imported 12,000 tractors from the United States and Canada, which resulted in a huge loss of foreign exchange. This year we have introduced several tractor companies to build factories."
"Now there are some new farms in the country. They look good and have high output. However, the tractors they use are of poor quality. They seem to be a brand called Leighton."
"Domestic tractors still need to be supported. Even if the quality is poor, it will gradually get better in the future."
Last year, the output of the Leighton tractor factory was not high, and it was only supplied to Sunshine Farm of Future Agriculture. This year, it will face intense competition, and St. Hesse is not very confident. After all, it is just some American tractor production lines. The confidence comes from Technology from Kubota and Toyota.
"I think so too. If we Argentines don't support it, then who else will."
My father-in-law is also a very patriotic person who cares about the country and its people.
"This year alone hundreds of thousands of Argentinian farmers have gone bankrupt, and cities cannot absorb so many people. It is also difficult for them to come to the city. Fortunately, food production is quite good this year. At least people will not starve to death. If there were more farms like this, alright."
Rocks kept talking, and the numbers came to him at his fingertips.
“Wool production dropped from 230,000 tons to 165,000 tons, and a large amount of arable land for cereal crops was converted into pasture. Just because the Korean War in the previous two years was profitable for the United States, and the hateful British, they caused misery to our country. It’s also that the presidential office is too incompetent...they are messing around..."
San Jose recalled buying meat in Cordoba, and later learned that the price of beef in Argentina at that time was four times higher than in London, England.
Argentina's agriculture and animal husbandry industry suffered heavy losses in the past two years, and it is even more serious now.
"Yes, it is indeed too hard. British people are not good people."
Saint Jose felt a little uncomfortable. Due to various reasons, a large number of Argentine farmers went bankrupt.
More than half of these hundreds of thousands of people flowed into Buenos Aires and went to the slums of the city. They lived a very poor life, had no skills, did not have very high education, and had few employment opportunities.
The British took advantage of the depreciation of the pound and severely harvested Argentine agriculture in the Anglo-Arab economic contract. This is why Saint Jose was unhappy with the British. In order to make the British even more unhappy, he went to Malaya last year. The region exported US$16 million worth of arms to rebel groups, second only to the French’s US$40 million in arms in Vietnam, and higher than Indonesia’s US$11 million and India’s US$12 million.
As long as the Malayan resistance organization is strong enough, it can deal with the British severely. In Australia and South Africa, he is not too polite. As long as he can cheat the British, he is not polite. His hatred of the British is now second only to The Americans and British are the stumbling blocks blocking Argentina's rise.
This is also the reason why Saint-Jesse has a lot of economic cooperation with France and Germany. As long as the British are unhappy, he is happy. He even planned to replace the fighter engines of the Saint-Martin Aircraft Factory with German ones, but he could not find a substitute, and Sanhai Shipbuilding partners have also approached Spanish shipyards for cooperation. You must know that the current level of British shipbuilding is still the first in the world.
"In fact, our country should not allow so many people to gather in big cities now. Putrajaya is too big and our country already has few people. If we concentrate them in cities again, it will be troublesome in the future."
The end of the Korean War was another heavy blow to Argentina's big speculators, especially several foreign trust companies with foreign capital backgrounds. These capitalists are vampires on the Argentine people.
They once hoarded a large amount of products in an attempt to supply the US military, and relied on the Korean War to expand the export of meat, wool and leather.
Compared with St. Jose's trade of exporting arms to the French army, it is really just the face of capitalists. It does not create any value and instead contributes to Argentina's economic expansion.
"I didn't expect you to have such understanding."
"I think we can educate these future hopes of Argentina through education and other methods. When the next generation enters the city, the situation will be much better."
Saint Jose said casually.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with farmers going to cities. Everyone has the right to pursue happiness, but when the city cannot afford it, it is a lose-lose situation and the future of the country.
"This is a very good idea. Currently, Argentina's population is indeed a little smaller, so much land is concentrated in the hands of large landowners, and various policies issued by the Ministry of Agriculture have been resisted."
"It would be great if our country implemented land reform like Bolivia, and many crises could be avoided."
"Bolivia? Great and rich Argentina, what ideas do you have for land reform?"
"Actually, it's just some ideas. In the end, every farmer who cultivates has his own land. He only needs to pay agricultural taxes. Big landowners don't exist. By dividing their fields, agricultural problems can be solved very well."
"This doesn't seem to work."
Locks felt that this was too difficult to achieve and that it was simply impossible to achieve in Argentina.
“The ultimate solution lies in industrialization, with mechanization supporting agriculture.”
Saint Jose did not continue the topic of land reform. Without a gun in hand, this is indeed a castle in the air and impossible to achieve. It needs to be enforced by state violence agencies.
The development of productivity is the magic weapon to ultimately solve agricultural problems. To establish a basic industrial system, one is to have a large enough population.
"Here's a solution."
Rocks seemed very excited and continued to discuss with Saint Jose.
In the end, the nonsense continued until about ten o'clock in the evening, and Mrs. Rocks urged her many times before letting the St. Hesse couple go.
"Dear, why are you laughing?"
Elena couldn't help but laugh after San Jose got in the car.
"I didn't expect Dad to be able to chat with you for so long. He has been very troubled recently. He can't explain anything to anyone. He often stays alone in the study after get off work."
"There are indeed troubles at work. Last year it was quite difficult for Argentina as a whole."
The child in Elena's belly is almost 5 months old and is no longer suitable for traveling far away.
"My dear, there is still no new hospital in District 5, and the air in Blanca is not very good now. Otherwise, I would have taken you with me."
"Putrajaya is pretty good here. My parents take good care of me."
Saint Jose hired two nannies for Elena to take care of her daily life at the home of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, which was not a big problem. She also arranged for a group of security guards to take turns to secretly protect Elena.
"You have to take good care of yourself and get some rest."
"OK."
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In the past year, Argentina's economic development has not declined as much as history. Instead, it has maintained a growth rate of 2.5%. It is considered unique in the bleak South America. The main reason is that a large number of new factories and steel plants have been put into operation, which has curbed the Declining industry.
In the prosperous times, it is full of crises. Argentina's textile industry is still down 20% compared with 1951. This is still based on the crazy expansion of textile factories in San Jose. A large number of small and medium-sized textile factories in Argentina have gone bankrupt. If it were not for Blue Cloud Textile , this number will be 30%.
Other industries such as tanning, papermaking, glass and pottery have also basically declined by about 20% to 30%. This is an industry that Saint Jose is not involved in, and there is nothing he can do.
Argentina's slaughtering, refrigeration and oil production industries have also declined rapidly. The number of employees at Wilson Slaughter Company, Argentina's second largest slaughtering company, has dropped from 6,000 to 2,000, and the number of employees at Angelo, the largest company, has dropped from 13,000 to 5,000. Blanca Blanca The city's three slaughtering companies laid off 5,000 workers last year alone, so it is no exaggeration to say that San Jose was the savior of Blanca City. San Jose created 3,000 jobs in Blanca City in less than half a year. , mainly the construction industry and transportation trade industry.
Thousands of workers have been laid off. Although San Jose has worked very hard to build a large number of factories, it is still a drop in the bucket compared with the huge unemployed population in the country. It is said that the current unemployed population in Argentina is as high as 500,000.
Argentina's trade volume has dropped from US$3.2 billion in 1948 to US$2.4 billion last year. The majority is still agricultural and animal husbandry products. Saint-Jesus-based companies contributed about US$300 million of the trade volume. Imports are mainly industrial production. Equipment, exports are all kinds of products.
The international situation is also changing: Soviet leader Stalin passed away, Eisenhower became the new president of the United States, New China implemented the first five-year plan, the Korean War ended, the revolution broke out in Cuba, the United States developed the hydrogen bomb, Khrushchev As the new leader of the Soviet Union, Japan and Western Europe began their post-World War II economic boom.
This year, with the crazy private investment represented by San Jose and foreign capital from the United States, the development of Argentina's heavy industry has attracted worldwide attention, and there has been considerable progress in steel, machinery, shipbuilding, chemical industry, and military manufacturing.
San Jose made a large amount of money in the United States last year and invested in the Argentine economy through various methods.
Catching up with the economic boom of Western Europe and Japan, Argentina can barely keep up with the pace of world development and does not fall far behind.
At present, a new round of industrial transformation around the world has begun, and it is already the eve of the information technology revolution.
Argentina, like South Korea, has to start replenishing its heavy industry step by step. Argentina also realizes the importance of heavy industry and begins to develop. However, the difficulties of the entire country have plunged the Second Five-Year Plan into an endless loop.
Last year, Argentina produced a total of 3.9 million tons of pig iron and 3.1 million tons of steel, supporting Argentina's industrial growth. This is an important reason why Argentina can stabilize industrial growth.
It has directly surpassed India, Brazil, Austria, Canada and other countries, and is close to Italy, and 78% of the new production comes from the La Plata Steel Plant, and the others are state-owned steel plants, and some are small steel plants.
Argentina's state-owned enterprises continue to be in chaos. Due to various problems, bloated institutions and low competitiveness, they can only work half the time a week and their wages are reduced by 2/3.
The military aircraft factory is half-dead. Several military manufacturing companies, stimulated by Rennes Military Industry, are developing a number of new products, but they lack allocations and R&D funds from the National Treasury.
Argentina's hydrogen bomb program was completely and completely abolished, but the National Atomic Energy Agency was retained and a program for the peaceful use of atomic energy began.
According to the latest Argentine census, the population exceeded 20 million for the first time in 1953, reaching 21.3 million, an increase of 4.15 million from 17.15 million in 1950, of which about 1 million were immigrants from illegal households. According to the census, the normal population is 600,000, mainly in the northeastern and northwest regions of Argentina. The normal population growth is 2.55 million, which is not too outrageous.
If growth continues at this rate, there is a chance that the population will grow to more than 28 million by 60 years, provided that a higher fertility rate continues to be maintained.
Of course, according to this announcement, Saint Hesse's view is that the population is still too small and the growth rate is too slow to satisfy the normal improvement of the industrial system.
His plan this year is to increase the number of people in St. Martin to more than 400,000 by the end of the year, while also expanding the scale of several factories and increasing the research and development work of the Rennes Military Factory here.
Blanca City has doubled its population to 300,000, and Oran City has to develop into a city of 100,000 people to barely meet the city's rapid development needs, otherwise there will not be enough workers.
In order not to disrupt the normal population growth in rural areas of Argentina, a very large foreign population is needed to join, and there is an opportunity to attract a large number of domestic unemployed workers.
At the same time, the populations of the four neighboring countries of Chile, Peru, Paraguay, and Bolivia are introduced. Anyway, they all speak the same Spanish, and the wages are cheaper. There is no need to purchase various social benefits, and the country's population can also be increased.
Of course, some high-quality work positions, such as chemical industry and steel, will continue to recruit domestic workers, and at the same time, various measures will be introduced to encourage these workers to have normal children. Otherwise, Saint Hesse would feel that he is a bit sinful. After all, there are too few people and children will be born. The task of the child is left to the current Argentina.
The Argentine National Football Association still refuses to participate in this year's World Cup in Switzerland, just like the World Cup in Brazil four years ago.
A total of 36 national teams participated in the qualifiers this year. Except for the host Switzerland team and the defending champion Uruguay, which automatically qualified for the competition, the remaining 14 teams will obtain qualifications through qualifiers organized by various continental football federations. The final 16 teams The team competes.
This year is a year of infinite possibilities. This year, the Bilon government has embarked on the path of complete destruction. There is no way to restore it. Saint Jose has no doubt about the anger of the Argentine people.
St. Jose said something in the night breeze on the balcony:
"Hello, 1954, I'm here."
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