Chapter 1002 Kitchen Debate

A night of verbal bickering left Alan Wilson physically and mentally exhausted. After all, this is Moscow, not London. Furtseva is one of the most important people in the Soviet Union, but he is not. It is inevitable to be nervous. During this period, the cultural tsar was not very happy. Satisfied, the consequence of this dissatisfaction is that he is listless today.

"I heard Joseph talking about you." Nixon greeted Alan Wilson. "He doesn't have many friends, and you are one of the ones he mentions more frequently. It seems that you two are the same kind of people. I heard that you talked to the Soviets yesterday. There’s a quarrel.”

Nixon was referring to the row over the tour, which he had learned about through diplomats.

But the respected Vice President of the United States did not know that yesterday’s fierce quarrel was not limited to daytime.

"We should show a tough attitude towards the Soviets at the appropriate time." Alan Wilson looked like a defender of the free world, and coupled with his not-so-good mental state, it really seemed like this.

As for Foreign Secretary Macmillan, he took the time to show off the special relationship between Britain and the United States, because Nixon was also a famous anti-Soviet fighter, and the personal relationship between Alan Wilson and McCarthy also became a living sign to show the special relationship between Britain and the United States.

Everyone walked and talked together in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, discussing how to promote the reputation of the free world.

Alan Wilson naturally began to belittle the achievements of the Soviet Union again. He knew that what he said was not all the truth, but the position was here, so it must be said.

Many of the Soviet Union's achievements are real, and it is a fact that the infrastructure mania does not have such a noble name. This proves nothing but the extent of Soviet development. For example, as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the UK, many construction projects have been completed a long time ago. After the war, the Labor Party's transformation of London was just enough.

Should we renovate all the cities in the UK? Isn’t this duplication of construction? Moreover, aging cannot be avoided after renovation. The Soviet Union is building quite grand high-rise buildings now, but they will be old and shabby in 20 or 30 years? Then what? After it was demolished, was it rebuilt?

It’s not like Alan Wilson didn’t know how to stack houses. He did this in the colonies. This development model can be summarized as extensive development. What’s so commendable about it? Anyway, he didn't notice it.

The buildings currently displayed in the Soviet Union are not worthy of much attention. Although they look majestic, what is not displayed is worthy of attention.

Now is the end of the Fifth Five-Year Plan. In the period of the 1960s, the Soviet machinery manufacturing industry is experiencing serious overcapacity. The Soviet Union's solution is to upgrade its industry. One hundred and seventy-four fully automatic assembly lines were put into production. During the Fifth Five-Year Plan, the Soviet machinery industry invented more than 2,700 instruments and automation tools.

At this time, the Soviet Union can already produce 500 types of precision machine tools. The number of special machine tools has increased by 21 times, the number of precision machine tools has increased by 10 times, the number of broaching machines has increased by 8 times, the number of gear processing machine tools has increased by 5 times, and the number of grinding machines has increased by 3.5 times. times, on the basis of the original Tianliang machinery.

Five hundred types of fully automatic and semi-automatic machine tools can be produced, and a large number of low-end machine tools have been eliminated.

Through mechanical automation and production line automation, outdated machine tools were eliminated, gasoline engines were replaced with gas turbines, and low-probability power generation equipment was replaced with high-power power generation equipment. The level of mechanization in the fields of light industry, food, and construction was improved, so that the overall number of Soviet machinery manufacturing exceeded The United States was the first time in world history.

The Soviet Union's machinery manufacturing is no longer lagging behind, and later it imported machine tools from European countries to supplement it. So the Soviet Union needs Toshiba's machine tools to build submarines? Can Japanese machine tools surpass those of Europe? how can that be possible.

The Toshiba incident was the result of the United States singling out Japan, the unlucky one, to establish its power when almost all countries in the free world were doing business with the Soviet Union. There was no such thing as Japan that was so advanced that the Soviet Union relied on nuclear submarines.

Alan Wilson is very suspicious that after Japan was humiliated by the United States, this was an advertisement for Japan in front of other Asian countries that were more backward.

But these are the places where the Soviet Union was truly powerful,

In front of the Foreign Secretary and the Vice President of the United States, he must turn a blind eye. Any development in the Soviet Union must be extensive development. To a certain extent, this is also true. The Soviet Union's advanced mechanical manufacturing is not as advanced as Europe and the United States. It is just applied innovation.

As long as he makes partial generalizations, there is nothing that cannot be proved. He can also prove that the pyramids were built by Napoleon. What is so difficult about this.

This disparagement left a deep impression on Nixon, and the persona of a free world fighter was firmly grasped by Alan Wilson. "It was time for the Soviets to see the gap between them and the free world."

"If the Soviets find out what Sir Wilson said, they will definitely be unhappy." Nixon joked with a teasing face, completely unaware that the person who was praising him had already succumbed to the pomegranate skirt of the cultural czar.

In the half of the world controlled by the Soviet Union, Alan Wilson really didn't dare to do anything and could only be obedient to Fortseva. Just like when he took care of Fortseva in London more than ten years ago, the situation has changed.

Fortseva's return home was not loud, but her son still heard it. Alexeyev walked out of the room and looked at his mother with a strange look, "Mom, are you very busy at work these two days?"

"Yes." Fortseva was startled and then smiled, "The presidium has a lot of work, so I had to work overtime for two days."

"Mom, it's so hard." Alexeyev looked like a good baby, and his strange eyes disappeared.

But when he turned around, he was suspicious, why did his mother lie? Fortseva's performance just now was in line with the characteristics of all liars. Although the journey of counter-revolutionary workers had just begun, he was sure that he was not wrong.

For no reason, he remembered the scene in the movie, Dzerzhinsky's line, "Look into my eyes..."

Putting aside the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Alexeyev said to himself, "Mother has mother's considerations, don't think too much about it."

The opening of the American Exposition was carefully prepared by Washington. Nixon personally came to Moscow to preside over the opening, which is an obvious proof.

The items displayed at the expo naturally represent the advancement of the American free market, but it would be a lie to say that ordinary Americans have seen them now. Many products have not yet entered thousands of households.

The exhibition focuses on consumer goods and leisure products, including high-fidelity audio equipment, movie theaters, home appliances and twenty-two automobiles. The products have been carefully selected to showcase not so much freedom as freedom. Consumption.

Under the auspices of Nixon, the American Exposition opened grandly, and the presence of British Foreign Secretary Macmillan demonstrated the unbreakable special relationship between Britain and the United States. The friendly interaction with Nixon left the host somewhat alone.

The Soviet Union also attached great importance to this expo. The number one figure, Khrushchev, attended the expo in person. Behind him, in the background, there was a tall figure. Brezhnev, who later controlled the Soviet Union for a long time, was the leader of the Soviet Union. There was also a woman in the team who was chatting and laughing with Brezhnev, and she seemed to have a pretty good relationship.

While visiting the model kitchen of a house that had been sold, Nixon and Khrushchev had their first confrontation. A dialogue started around the housing issue. “The housing issue is a top priority. For many people in capitalist countries, the housing issue will consume a lot of the fruits of their labor.”

Khrushchev spoke first, because before Nixon arrived in Moscow, Alan Wilson had belittled the development of housing in front of Fortseva. Knowing this, Khrushchev used this as a breakthrough point to launch an attack.

Alan Wilson took two steps back unconsciously, pretending to be an ordinary presence in the crowd, but the looks of some British diplomats forced him to issue an order, lowering his voice and saying, "Pay attention to important things."

"The housing problem is not a burden to the United States." Nixon knew the source as soon as he heard it, and said calmly, "Mr. Khrushchev, for the wealth of the American people, houses are not a burden. Luxury goods are completely different from your imagination. The wealth that the United States has today is itself a classless society to a certain extent. And the housing model you see is only what an ordinary American can own in the urban-suburban area. Housing, I’m definitely not exaggerating.”

"The Soviet Union will also have it, and what the Soviets have is just because they were born in the Soviet Union. There is no need for other additional factors." Khrushchev said tit for tat, "Although Mr. Nixon keeps saying that this is something that ordinary Americans can have. Yes, but it doesn’t serve much practical purpose.”

"Mr. Khrushchev, let's continue watching." Nixon smiled slightly. He needed another exhibition area to prove this so-called practicality. Not long after, the two came to an exhibition area called Dream Kitchen.

In Nixon's eyes, freedom means consumption, and the two mean the same thing. Although at the opening ceremony just now, the title of his speech was what freedom is, the conversation with Khrushchev now focused on what Americans can consume.

In the Dream Kitchen exhibition area, a sweeping robot was running, which represented the advanced side of American society. He told Khrushchev, "It can replace the so-called labor force."

"You would think that the Soviets would be stunned by this exhibit. But the fact is that all new Soviet houses will have this equipment. In the United States, you have to be rich to get such a house, but here you just have to be born Just citizens of the Soviet Union. If an American citizen has no money, he or she has the right to sleep on the sidewalk. And you call us slaves!"

Khrushchev shook his head slightly and said, "Mr. Nixon, your admiration for consumption is really surprising."

"Actually, I have a question." At this time, Fortseva asked with a smile, "Vice President Nixon, are your so-called sweeping robots very common in the United States? Or are they only limited to some toys of the upper class?"

Some American products are not universal. Fortseva has already investigated clearly, and the source of the information is absolutely reliable.