industrial overlord

Chapter 439 Self-righteous confidence

"Both, shall we sit down in the room and talk again?" Chen Tian reminded with a smile on the side.

"Oh, I forgot." He Haifeng patted his head and smiled apologetically.

To comment on Russia's policy issues, it is obviously not suitable for chatting in a Moscow hotel lobby.Although everyone speaks Chinese, but for a sensitive person like He Haifeng, who knows if the Russian side will send special agents to watch from the sidelines?

While they were chatting, Ke Yungen had already completed the check-in procedures for everyone.Everyone took the door keys, went upstairs, found their respective rooms, put down their luggage first, and then gathered in Liu Xianghai's room to chat.When Lin Zhenhua and Chen Tian arrived, He Haifeng and He Lan had already sat down first. To Lin Zhenhua's surprise, there was an acquaintance sitting next to He Haifeng, that is Huang Gang from Renmin University.

"Boss Lin, Director Chen, hello." Huang Gang stood up and greeted Lin Zhenhua and Chen Tian respectfully.In the past few years, when Lin Zhenhua went to Beijing, he always went to chat with Huang Gang, and sometimes took him to Chen Tian and He Haifeng to broaden his horizons, so Huang Gang also knew Chen Tian.

"Hey, Huang Gang, why are you here too? What, you came with Director He?" Lin Zhenhua asked strangely.

Huang Gang smiled slightly, and said: "Yes, this time, Teacher He brought me here specially, saying that he wanted me to experience it."

"Teacher He?" Lin Zhenhua turned to look at He Haifeng, "Old He, why, you went to Renmin University to be a teacher?"

He Haifeng smiled and said: "I learned this from you too. I remember that you went to Huaqing to find special talents 10 years ago. Isn't Xiaofang's lover, Xiao Ma, the talent you found back then? I also Inspired by you, I recently became an adjunct professor at Renmin University. Huang Gang, who is in the third year of his master’s degree this year, has already won the opportunity to be recommended for a doctoral degree. The school tried his best to recommend him to me. I also have a good impression of Huang Gang , I readily accepted it. Therefore, I can be regarded as Huanggang's future doctoral supervisor."

"Why is it by name?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

He Haifeng said: "Xiaolin, as you know, I have a background in engineering, so how can I know economics? Although Huang Gang is only a master's student, he has published several very important papers, proposing national policies. He gave a lot of very good suggestions. When I become his doctoral supervisor, isn't it just a name? Maybe I will be in his honor in the end."

"As the saying goes, high apprentices become famous teachers." Lin Zhenhua laughed, "If Huanggang becomes famous in the future, then Lao He, who brought you along, will also be famous."

Lin Zhenhua and He Haifeng are friends who have forgotten their age, so it is harmless to joke like this.But Huang Gang didn't dare to just listen. He quickly waved his hands and said, "Mr. He, Mr. Lin, don't make fun of me. I'm just a student, so I don't have any insights. Mr. Lin taught me a lot in the past. Recently, I followed Mr. He for a period of time and learned a lot of knowledge. What I learned on paper was superficial, but it was only after I got in touch with the actual department that I realized that it is not so easy to engage in economics.”

"Well, it's good for you to have such a mentality." He Haifeng said, after all, he is his disciple, so it is inconvenient for him to praise too much, otherwise he will really flatter him, "Huang Gang, this time I brought you to Russia. It is also for you to learn more about the situation. If you have any opinions, you can speak up boldly, and don’t be afraid of making mistakes. If you make a mistake, everyone can help you analyze it, so that you can improve faster.”

"I see, Mr. He, I will boldly say what I think." Huang Gang replied.

After talking about Huanggang, Lin Zhenhua returned to the topic he had just discussed with He Haifeng in the lobby. He asked curiously: "Old He, you just said that Russia is very wary of us. How could this happen?"

In Lin Zhenhua's memory, Russia and China have embraced each other relatively tightly in the new century, and there is a tacit understanding in matters such as voting against in the Security Council, which should belong to a cooperative relationship.Besides, Russia is so miserable now that it should reach out to seize any opportunity, so how can it have the leisure and ambition to be vigilant against China?

With some disdain on his face, He Haifeng said: "We came this time and met several ministers in the Gaidar government. These ministers seem to be not much older than you, but their mouths are full of class struggle language. , It really makes people feel like they are back in the sports era.”

"No way, the language of class struggle!" Lin Zhenhua was even more surprised. "Didn't it mean that Gaidar's cabinet is full of pro-Western intellectuals? How can there be language of class struggle?"

He Haifeng smiled and said: "Who said that only the East has the language of class struggle? Our class struggle is against capitalism, and the class struggle in the West is naturally anti-communism. These few people, when negotiating with us, did not focus on In terms of cooperation between the two parties, they are pointing fingers at China's social system, do you think this is the language of class struggle?"

Such a class struggle?Lin Zhenhua also laughed.To put it bluntly, the world is a strange place.Western countries have always criticized China as an ideological country. In fact, at least after 1992, Chinese officials have stopped mentioning ideological slogans such as "destroy capitalism".On the contrary, it is the politicians in the western countries who keep talking about the elimination of communism, wield the big stick of ideology and criticize China at every turn, just like the Western red guards.

"I accompanied Mr. He to the negotiation process. Several Russian ministerial officials are very typical scholar officials who believe in neoliberalism. They believe that China's marketization is too low and it is not a free market. Economic countries. They hope that China will open up its market more, and take this as one of the prerequisites for cooperation with China and Russia." Huang Gang introduced from the side.

"Scholar-type officials, nerd-type officials, right?" Chen Tian sneered, "They have the confidence to negotiate terms with China because Western countries have given them a lot of promises. According to our preliminary information, Britain promised to give Russia 2.8 million pounds France promised to provide 50 billion francs, and the United States even proposed a $240 billion bailout plan for Russia. If the promise of the United States can be fulfilled, Russia can receive foreign aid equivalent to a quarter of its national income, and the current predicament will be solved. Great relief."

"This is the difficulty we are currently facing." He Haifeng said, "The Russian government is now backed by Western funds and has a lot of confidence, so the conditions for us are also very harsh. They are not willing to give us what we want. .And we are not interested in other things, after all, our country is also very short of funds and cannot be exchanged for those unimportant things.”

Seeing that Lin Zhenhua didn't quite understand, Chen Tian gave an example: "The Air Force wants the Su-27 fighter jet, and the Sukhoi Manufacturing Bureau has already agreed, but the Russian government does not approve it. The negotiation between the Air Force and the Russian side is very difficult."

"The negotiations between the navy and Russia are not too optimistic." Liu Xianghai said.

Don't you mean Varyag?When Lin Zhenhua's words reached his lips, he swallowed them abruptly.As a traveler, it is impossible not to know the Varyag, but as a private entrepreneur at that time, it would be a bit shocking to say the word Varyag.

The Varyag is the second ship of the Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier built by the former Soviet Union. It has a length of 304 meters, a draft of 10.5 meters, and a full-load displacement of 67000 tons. It is a large-scale ski-jump take-off method. aircraft carrier.

The previous ship of the Varyag was named "Admiral Kuznetsov". The ship was built and launched in 1985 and officially entered service in early 1991.However, at that time, the service of the Kuship was more of a symbolic meaning, because the outfitting on the ship had not yet been fully completed, and it was not enough to form a combat capability.

Due to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the military expenditure of the Russian army has been greatly reduced, and the Kuznetsov has been completely idled. It can only lie dormant in the military port for a long time, and even the daily maintenance cannot be guaranteed.It is said that the Russian government wanted to sell this aircraft carrier as scrap iron several times, but in the end it probably felt that it was inappropriate for such a large country to not even have an aircraft carrier, so it left it.

In the ensuing more than ten years, the Kuznetsov went to sea less than 10 times, each time less than 2 months, and every time she went to sea, there were major accidents such as engine failure, plane crash, and fire on board. .It wasn't until after 2005 that Russia's economy recovered and the Kuznetsov was rebuilt with state funds that it was reborn.

This is true even for the aircraft carrier that has already been in service, but the Varyag that is still on the berth is even more miserable.It was just 68 percent complete when the Soviet Union collapsed, and has since stalled completely.

In Lin Zhenhua's memory, the Varyag finally landed in Dalian and entered the combat sequence of the PLA.At that time, this matter was still in a state of no horoscope, and what Liu Xianghai was talking about was definitely not this matter.However, Lin Zhenhua clearly remembered that during his visit to the Nikolayev shipyard, Liu Xianghai stared at the Varyag in the distance for a full 20 minutes.If his eyes could carry hooks, Liu Xianghai probably wanted to use these hooks to hook the Varyag over.

"Since this is the case, how do we plan?" Lin Zhenhua asked He Haifeng.

He Haifeng said: "The melon that is twisted is not sweet. Since the Russian side is not active in cooperation, I think it is better for us to take a step back first. There is no need to make too much concessions in order to promote cooperation."

He Haifeng's mentality is also quite helpless. If the Russian side continues to maintain the current attitude, he will have no choice but to return home.

"I think Russia's attitude will probably soften soon." Lin Zhenhua said, "Western countries say it nicely, but in fact it is impossible to really help Russia. After so many years of confrontation between the Soviet Union and the West, Westerners have been If you want to get rid of it, then do it quickly. It’s hard to hope that the Soviet Union will disintegrate and Russia will be in trouble. Is it a fool to think of pulling Russia out of the trap?”

"You mean that Russia may not be able to get these economic aids promised by the West?" He Haifeng asked sharply.

"Uh..." Lin Zhenhua was at a loss for words. Of course he knew that Russia did not receive these economic aids in the end, but how could he dare to say that it was true at this time?

You must know that at that time, there were overwhelming comments about Russia's return to the West. Many European and American economists were talking about the "New Marshall Plan", which meant that this round of the West's rescue of Russia was similar to that of the United States after World War II. Like Europe's rescue, Russia can quickly get out of crisis and move towards prosperity.The Chinese academic circle also firmly believes in this prophecy, and there are many people who are waiting for Russia's blockbuster with envy.Lin Zhenhua's outspoken view that the West will add insult to injury to Russia is quite different.

"I agree with Mr. Lin." Huang Gang came out to support Lin Zhenhua. "I also think that the West's help to Russia will not be sincere. From the information I have read these days, the West is discussing a rescue plan with Russia. At that time, there were many demands on Russia, but they were often vague in terms of how to implement the assistance. I guess that the thinking of Western countries is probably to hope that Russia will make more concessions, and Russia is indeed retreating step by step. The bottom line can’t be held.”

"The Russians are brain-dead, especially their foreign minister named Ke." Chen Tian said without hesitation, "Negotiations, how can there be no bargaining? Russia will agree to whatever the Westerners ask Russia to do. In this way, will Westerners still be willing to give you benefits? The more you make concessions, the more they will think you are an idiot, and eventually they will let you wash yourself clean and lie on the chopping board for them to cut. "

"Brother Chen swears." He Lan raised a hand in protest.

Chen Tian chuckled: "I'm sorry, sister, those Russians are really stupid... Uh, forget it, I really can't be angry if I don't scold them."

"So, in such a big Russia, is there no one who understands?" He Lan asked.

"Of course there are people who understand, but I guess they don't have a position yet." Lin Zhenhua said vaguely.The sensible person he was referring to was naturally Pyuzin who entered the Kremlin eight years later. His current position is the director of the Russian Federal State Security Service and the chief of the Russian secret service.

At this point, there were only a few "duk tuk tuk", and the door was knocked.Huang Gang stepped forward to open the door, only to see Ke Yungen standing outside the door, and reported: "Report, two Russians have come, calling and asking Mr. Lin to have a meeting with them."

"Oh? Did they say what it was for?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Ke Yungen said: "They didn't say it, but they speak Chinese very fluently, I feel..."

"A member of the KGB?" Chen Tian said sensitively, "But, Zhenhua, what are they looking for you for?"

　The previous article said that "the last aircraft carrier of the Soviet Union was also decommissioned", and some book friends criticized it. This is Chengzi's negligence.In fact, Russia has always retained an aircraft carrier, the Kuznetsov.However, this aircraft carrier has been in a state of waste for more than ten years. It has gone to sea less than 10 times in total, and something went wrong every time.One of the most exaggerated legends is that once before going to sea, soldiers inspected a wind shaft and found the body of a worker who had been dead for several years inside.The desperation of the Kuship can be seen.

　　
　
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