  Based on the two-gluon-exchange dynamical mechanism for deeply inelastic
scattering at low x ~= Q^2/W^2 <<1, we stress the intimate connection between
the total virtual photoabsorption cross section, deeply virtual Compton
scattering and vector-meson electroproduction. A simple expression for the
cross section for deeply virtual Compton scattering is derived. Parameter-free
predictions are obtained for deeply-virtual Compton forward scattering and
vector-meson forward production, once the parameters in the total virtual
photoabsorption cross section are determined in a fit to the experimental data
on deeply inelastic scattering. Our predictions are compared with the
experimental data from HERA.
