Chapter 304 The Varyag
Chapter 304 Varyag
After solving Wu Bei's problem, Yang Xing stayed in Shanghai for a few days and enjoyed the taste of gentle home. After all, he probably didn't have much leisure time in the next time. In addition to dealing with the piles of official documents, he also inspected the training progress of the new secretary. This is the key to whether he can be a hand-off manager in the future. Of course, he had to train himself. He also took the time to go to the performance site of "Sing as long as you want" to see if there will be new discoveries in this second beautiful singer talent show. I remember that the top three of the first competitions ran to his bed, and he was really an unscrupulous boss who had a mess with his subordinates! However, the Kuang sisters were very happy to accept Wu Bei, and they felt that it was really a "family", which made Yang Xing really not sure what they were thinking about.
Until he received a call that day, he was called up by the Prime Minister's Office and was going to Beijing to attend an important meeting on the development of domestic real estate. Yang Xing did not dare to neglect to say hello to his assistants, and he had to set off immediately. Recently, he and Wu Bei had a passionate affair, and they were in a scrupulous manner. Men liked fresh, but this meeting was true, but Yang Xing was not just a simple attendance. In addition to the official speech, he had to do a secret mission. So he had to say goodbye to Wu Bei and the others, and flew to the capital with a group of secrets in the reluctance of Wu Bei and the Kuang sisters.
The plane landed slowly at Beijing Nanyuan Airport. As the first airport in Chinese history, it was a veritable military airport after its founding. It was not open to the public at all. It was not until 2004 that China United Airlines, which had a military background, obtained part of the airport's right and allowed civilian aircraft to take off and land. Yang Xing's trip was able to board a military special plane because of his many secrets, which also opened his eyes to his assistants and bodyguards.
He used military aircraft to transport sports cars for him. What a glorious sight. Now he finally got what he wanted, so he specially installed his modified gaz-47 off-road vehicles on the plane to shake off his majesty. Xia Yujia guessed right at the time that this batch of gaz-47 off-road vehicles were the latest model that Jiang Likui got through the Russian Internal Affairs Force. It is equipped with an armored shell and bulletproof glass that can prevent direct shots of 12.7 mm machine gun bullets. The interior is newly decorated in China.
The space in the car that can sit 10 people was compressed to only 5 people, with luxurious audio, sheepskin seats, refrigerators, color TVs, satellite communications, electronic interference terminals, etc., Yang Xingxing wanted to "discuss the secrets of life" with his close assistant. The engine and hydraulic buffering device that was replaced enough to run armored vehicles made these cars completely become mobile palaces. Although it is not as abnormal as the Aston Martin car of 007
But these off-road vehicles traveled through mountains and rivers, passed BMWs on the road, and rushed by motorboats in the water. Each car was the same, worth over one million US dollars. Yang Xing placed several cars in the five major industrial park cities and Hong Kong, and at least three cars were accompanying him when he went out. It was both cool and could not tell the specific location of the snipers. There were more wealthy people these days, and even driving a Mercedes-Benz BMW could not show his personality. Only by driving an armored vehicle could he show that he was better than others!
His convoy was heading straight for a building under the renovated location next to the Fuxing Road Military Museum in Beijing under the leadership of several military licensed cars. This building was originally used as the office of the Central Military Commission and the reception of foreign guests, but the central government is now preparing to suspend the military's business activities. This magnificent building obviously does not conform to the current political situation, so its function as an office fell through. The Central Military Commission wanted to choose another location to work, but the construction here was about to be completed. Finally, it was decided to be called the "August 1 Building", which was simply a place for military foreign affairs activities.
Yang Xing understood the military's efforts to receive him here. Although he has many military secrets, he is always an outsider compared to the military, and the core secrets cannot be contacted. As a place to receive foreign guests from the military, it not only reflects the military's attention to him, but also shows that it is clear to Yang Xing. Yang Xing doesn't care about this. He has a serious matter here. When he meets, he is still led by an old acquaintance, Xing Xing, the Minister of the General Staff Intelligence Department. In addition to a few military colleagues, there is also a middle-aged civilian dressed similar to Yang Xing and dealt with a flat head. Although he looks like a businessman, the fierceness of the soldiers he shows in his every move shows that his origin is not simple.
Yang Xing only brought Yu Aojun and Shen Changzheng to attend this secret meeting. After sitting down, Xing Xing said to Yang Xing: "I invite you to tell you good news. The Chenxi plan is about to be launched." Yang Xing was prepared for this. It has been almost a year since it was proposed in July last year. If it weren't for the military's moles, I guess this plan could have been launched last year. Before he came, he got the news. This time he took the opportunity to meet the military in Beijing for a meeting. Xing Xingkai pointed to the middle-aged man and said, "Let me introduce you, this is your colleague. This time we want to fight the Varyag aircraft carrier in Ukraine. It's all Mr. Xu to deal with it. He has been promoting that he wants to buy it and make a casino. Unfortunately, the Macau authorities are too brave and say that the Varyag is too big. Before returning in 1999, it will never be allowed to stop in Macau!"
He was joking, and everyone here understood and smiled. Yang Xing naturally understood his implicit meaning. It seemed that the military spent a lot of money on the Dawn Plan this time, and even used the opportunity to acquire Varyag to implement a strategy of striking the east and attacking the west. The "Varyag" was famous before the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was the only treasure of the Soviet Red Navy that could compete with the US Navy in the Cold War. It was the third-generation aircraft carrier designed and manufactured by the original Soviet Union, and it was also the closest aircraft carrier to the Soviet Union in practical sense.
The concept of the warship. It has a full load displacement of 67,000 tons and a length of 310 meters. It is only 30,000 tons smaller than its Cold War rival, the Nimitz class, and 22 meters shorter. It is the second largest in-service aircraft carrier in the world after Nimitz at that time. Unfortunately, it was born at the wrong time. Its senior brother, the USS Kuznetsov, was put into service in 1991 and escaped the misfortune of the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to the plan, it was supposed to be gloriously put into service after launching in 1991. Who would have thought that a turmoil would completely change its destiny?
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the "Varyag" that was completed almost 70% of the time was completed, becoming an unscrupulous junk thrown on the ship platform of the Black Sea shipyard of Ukraine. The Russian and Ukrainian governments had thought of building it, but after the disintegration, the economic decline of the Soviet Union and Russia countries could not even pay pensions, so how could they talk about spending huge sums of money to build this gold-eating beast! Realistic considerations finally gained the upper hand. When Kuchima, who had just become the president of Ukraine in 1995, he revealed that he was willing to sell this big guy to China as scrap iron dismantling. A stone caused a thousand waves. Many domestic and foreign intelligence agencies were staring at this behemoth. Various "China threat theories" of the West, which was eyeing China, were suddenly full of riots. Varyag's fate attracted attention from all directions.
Since Yang Xing was able to obtain most of the cutting-edge military technology catalogs of the Soviet era inherited by Ukraine, the technical drawings of the "Varyag" were naturally included. However, Yang Xing was not optimistic about the future of Varyag. It is not difficult to buy the "Varyag", but the Americans who have been peeping around will not let China easily obtain this diamond-level heritage at the top of the former Soviet Navy crown. Due to the financial crisis, a domestic private enterprise has already purchased the Russian Pacific Fleet this year.
The Minsk aircraft carrier, and the Kiev, one of the two former Soviet aircraft carriers sold by Russia to South Korea as scrap iron dismantled, were also resold to China. In addition, the "Varyag" China obtained three aircraft carriers from the former Soviet era in one year! Not to mention the United States, South Korea, Japan and other countries around China would not allow this situation to occur. The goal is too obvious, which has always been a taboo in spy wars, but if it is used to complete Xing Xingkai's attacks from the east to the west, the bait for fishing in troubled waters is indeed very obvious.
This Macau businessman, Mr. Xu, must have been the "vast" sent by the General Staff. Yang Xingsi said. But he knew that the journey to get the Varyag was not smooth. He had read some online introductions at that time and knew that the return journey of the "Varyag" was very difficult. It took several years to spend. The manpower and money in the middle were not small. If used as bait, Yang Xing could make some suggestions to spend less money and do more.
He asked Xing Xingkai: "How much do you plan to pay for it?" Xing Xingkai replied that the budget is about 20 million US dollars. Yang Xing thought for a while and said: "I don't think so. Everyone should be mentally prepared. The Americans will not let us drag it back easily. Not to mention anything else, Turkey, a NATO ally of the United States, guards the Bosphorus from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. As long as they make a trip, I think the Varyag will be stuck there for a long time. I think it can be paid up to 15 million US dollars. Let us explain to the Ukraine clearly that we pay scrap steel.
We will spend a lot of money to bring back the country to convert it into a gambling ship. As for their willingness to provide drawings and engines, don't be fooled, so as not to let the Americans catch our handles, and say we have ulterior motives. And it is best to contact Turkey immediately to avoid causing trouble. Turkey's domestic military power is strong, and whether it is released from Varyag depends mainly on the opinions of the military. The Americans will lobby them, and we must also fight for it. Everyone is a soldier. If it really doesn't work, can you consider the release of Turkey in exchange for secret arms trade?"
After he finished speaking, everyone present was very surprised. Most of the military representatives present thought that Yang Xing was just a businessman who invited money to sponsor the operation, but he did not expect that his vision was more thorough and long-term than most of the people present. They all heard that Prime Minister Cheng Canghai regarded him as a think tank, and the dividends he distributed to the military during the Asian financial storm made the military highly value his partner. Now it seems that his success was not a lucky one. He was able to know the situation of Ukraine, Turkey and other countries thousands of miles away, and could also make reasonable suggestions. It seems that asking him for help was the right choice!
Chapter completed!