Grain amplifier joke. Really?

It is said to be a true joke: grain amplifier.

One day in the early 1970s, Premier Zhou accompanied Dr. Kissinger, Special Security Assistant to the President of the United States, to visit Shanghai. At the entrance of an alley, a sudden loud noise shocked the security personnel.

It turns out that an old man is popcorn. When Zhou Enlai saw Kissinger puzzled, he explained, "This is a grain amplifier just developed in our country." He turned to the old man and said, "Old comrades, please demonstrate again." The old man added coal and rice, put the black machine on the stove and turned it gently. Then he heard a loud noise, and the rice smells like flowers in generate.

Kissinger was dumbfounded. He put half a tea pot of corn. How did he take out a whole bag of food? No wonder the China government can solve the problem of food and clothing for 800 million people. Its scientific and technological level has reached an incredible height. It is not surprising that missiles, atomic bombs and satellites have been launched into the sky. This nation is amazing!

Kissinger tentatively asked Zhou, "Is this machine exported?"

Zhou Xiao said, "It hasn't been exported yet. If the doctor is interested, it is no problem to say it. "

Kissinger asked cautiously, "How about importing a batch from China?"

"How much do you need?"

"Tentative 2000 units."

Zhou thought for a moment and said, "The machine has not been fully finalized in China, and it is only produced in small batches at present. For the friendship between the Chinese and American peoples, I will give you 1000 sets. "

After negotiation, the transaction was made at $654.38 million per set.

Pay with one hand and deliver with the other. US President Nixon convened a group of senior experts to study these cultural relics in the national scientific research base "Silicon Valley". They analyze carefully, calculate accurately and operate cautiously. How to open the pressure gauge when it shows the specified value? Where is the switch? Many scientists take turns to go into battle. You press it, I poke it, and my fingers are burning and bleeding. I can't find the switch, so it's still meaningless.

The next day, they reported to Nixon Kissinger that China people were too dark to hide key technologies. Nixon was furious and instructed the FBI, the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency to form a joint task force to go to China and Shanghai. He will steal the technology at any cost.

Soon, the agent came back from China in shame and reported to Nixon: "Mr. President, there is nothing we can do, and we ask for punishment. China people are too cunning. Whenever they press the switch, they always cover it with a big old rag bag. When we want to take a closer look, the old man who controls the machine always shouts: back off, back off, it's dangerous here. Then when we didn't pay attention, we didn't know where he kicked, and the bang passed. We tried to use the X-ray viewer, but it didn't work. There is always a group of people around the old gentleman, so we really can't see clearly. For China, food amplifiers are too important, and intellectual property rights are protected seamlessly. "

Nixon was sweating and dumbfounded. ……