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Text 465 Acquisition of aircraft carrier

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    Ukraine, Black Sea Shipyard, director Makarov is taking two distinguished guests from China to visit the most valuable creations in the Black Sea Shipyard, the Varyag aircraft carrier and the Ulyanovsk aircraft carrier.

    After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, although the fate of the union republics was different, most of them were in embarrassment.  Russia is now struggling with civil war and its economy is in ruins, and things are by no means better in Ukraine.  Also accepting Western shock therapy, Ukraine's economy has worsened, with pitifully low foreign exchange reserves. At the same time, as a part of the Russian economic chain, Russia's economy is in a downturn, and Ukraine, which is doing supporting work, is also very sad.

    Ukrainian officials have thought of many ways to boost the economy, and some people even went so far as to take advantage of Ukraine's abundance of handsome boys and beautiful women to operate an adult tourism industry.

    Not long ago, China Shenghua Company secretly contacted Ukrainian officials and proposed an acquisition intention to Ukraine. China hopes to purchase the hulls of two aircraft carriers with varying degrees of completion parked in Ukraine's Black Sea Shipyard.  This news greatly surprised Ukraine and took it extremely seriously.  There is no doubt that an aircraft carrier is expensive to build. Even if China buys a hull without any weapons and avionics equipment, it is still extremely expensive.  Not to mention that the Chinese suddenly proposed to buy two ships, Varyag and Ulyanovsk, and take them away.

    If the deal is done properly, Ukraine will be able to cash in at least hundreds of millions of dollars from the Soviet Union's abandoned heritage. This will be a major benefit to the Ukrainian economy that is almost collapsing. Therefore, this matter also alarmed Ukrainian President Kravchuk.  A death order was given to the Black Sea Shipyard to negotiate this deal.

    It¡¯s not that no other countries or individuals are interested in the two abandoned aircraft carriers, but they are obviously not as sincere as the Chinese.  The French hope to use Varyag as a luxury maritime hotel, and the British are even more funny and hope to build a strong maritime prison.  The Spanish shipyard wants to buy it and then renovate it and sell it to Argentina. Of course, the British will not be happy, and Argentina cannot afford that much money.

    Only China has a rigid demand for aircraft carriers, and it is indeed a country that can afford them.  Every year, China's military alone sells billions of dollars worth of weapons to foreign countries. Now China's own defense expenditures also amount to hundreds of billions of yuan. Purchasing two aircraft carriers is not a fantasy.

    Originally, these two aircraft carriers were owned by Russia, but Ukrainian President Kravchuk caused trouble. Now Russia clearly has nothing to do with anything else. The government was almost overthrown by Makashev, and he sold it out.  Obviously all the money received belonged to Ukraine, so Ukraine did not even think of notifying Russia about this matter.

    "The Varyag has completed 6% of its construction, and the Ulyanovsk has also completed 40%. What I want to prove to you is that the Black Sea Shipyard is capable of helping China complete the manufacturing of two aircraft carriers. We  "With enough experience and capabilities, I believe it would be a better choice to deliver the entire ship to the Chinese Navy," factory director Makarov said. If the subsequent construction of these two ships is funded by the Chinese, it will basically be the Black Sea.  The livelihood of the whole shipyard was completely solved.  As the director of the factory, Makarov must consider his workers, so he strongly hopes that the Chinese military can purchase the entire ship instead of a hull.

    Zhao Jinsong, one of the managers of Shenghua, who has traveled to many countries to sell arms in the past few years, shook his head lightly and said: "The various systems made by the Soviet Union are not the same standard as ours, and to put it bluntly, the Soviet Union is not the same as ours in the electronics industry.  There is a huge gap of more than one generation, and we cannot trust Soviet products in terms of performance or reliability, so this proposal is better."

    Director Makarov was not discouraged. He knew that the Chinese businessman was not lying. The combat effectiveness of the Chinese ships on the Gulf battlefield made the Russians and Ukrainians extremely envious and amazed. China's military use in recent years  Electronic components are exported to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Europe and other countries, and even the Soviet Union cannot afford them. Of course, neither Ukraine nor Russia can afford them now.  The battleships of the Chinese Navy are all equipped with active phased array radars. This technology was explored by the Soviet Union at the time, but it was by no means as mature as the Chinese. Makarov also knew that his proposal was somewhat impractical.

    Although he cannot use Soviet weapon systems and avionics equipment, he also hopes to do the final assembly business. He said: "In this case, we can also use Chinese weapon systems and avionics equipment. We will be responsible for the outfitting work, and China can send  Representatives and engineering staff to assist.¡±

    Zhao Jinsong laughed again and said: "Comrade factory director, it's better not to say these unrealistic words. Do you think we will take the risk of leaking secrets and bring the most cutting-edge system to Ukraine for you to install? In that case, why don't we  Do it yourself, it¡¯s safe and secure.¡±

    Makarov knew that the Chinese considerations on this issue were realistic and reasonable. What the Chinese needed was a hull. Maybe they would drag it back and carry out large-scale modifications, so they looked down upon the technical level of the Black Sea Shipyard.  There isn't much that can be done.

    But Makarov can still fight for it.In the ? part, the Varyag's hull has been basically built, and a lot of equipment has even been installed. These things have to be dismantled, let alone this, and the Ulyanovsk has only completed 40 hulls and has not yet been built.  After all, if China wants to tow the Ulyanovsk back to China, it will have to let the Black Sea Shipyard complete the construction of the hull, and how to calculate the money will be discussed.

    ¡°In that case, we will transfer the Varyag to you after dismantling the necessary equipment, and the price will be set at US$2.6 million¡±

    Before Director Makarov could finish speaking, Lai Zhenping, who came with Zhao Jinsong, frowned and interrupted him: "$260,000, the price is a bit too high, isn't it? It's just a ship hull with nothing.  It¡¯s just that if you dismantle the equipment, it¡¯s even worthless. I¡¯m afraid the total cost of building it so far is just over ten million US dollars.¡±

    Makarov was very insistent on this: "260,000 US dollars, as well as our design drawings about Varyag. If you need to carry out transformation, you will definitely need these. It is not just a matter of the hull, but also several Soviet  The crystallized technology of ten years of shipbuilding.¡±

    Lai Zhenping couldn¡¯t help but sneered: ¡°It¡¯s a pity that the Soviet Union¡¯s decades of crystallization technology is only equivalent to the technology of our previous generation. I¡¯m afraid it won¡¯t work if we spend a lot of money to acquire things that we will never use again.

    Historically, when Chinese businessman Xu Zengping purchased Varyag in 1999, it cost US$260,000, and it also came with design drawings and information weighing nearly 2 tons.  Considering that the value of the U.S. dollar dropped to a certain extent in 1999, although it was still 20 million at this time, it was actually more expensive.

    In fact, China does not need the drawings of the Kuznetsov-class and Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carriers at all, because China has already spent money to buy them in another dimension, and now there are these things in the database of the Red Alert Base, so  Qi Yiming didn't want to spend more money.  That's right, it was Qi Yiming's idea to buy these two ships, and it was Qi Yiming who paid for them. The Navy only took the ships.

    Makarov was very angry that the two Chinese despised the great achievements of the Soviet Union. He wanted to throw away these two bastards and ignore them. However, he remembered the president's personal instructions to him. He must make this deal a success. He could only  Suppress your anger and continue to negotiate terms with the Chinese.

    "$260,000, this is our bottom line price. You are not the only customer who wants to buy the aircraft carrier, so we can't lower it any further." Makarov is not a good business talent, and his negotiation skills are not good either.  So it sounds very blunt and the effect is not good.

    Zhao Jinsong is a real big arms businessman, and his connections with Ukrainians are quite accurate. He has also known for a long time that Kravchuk gave a death order to negotiate a deal and get hundreds of millions of dollars from the Chinese as an important investment to save the economy.  , so he also has a lot of chips.

    "I need to remind the factory director that you have other customers' choices, and we also have the choice not to buy. Our country's first self-built aircraft carrier is about to enter service, and there are two more on the slipway that are under construction or waiting to be built. Purchase Ukraine's aircraft carrier  This is the way we hope to build an aircraft carrier fleet as soon as possible, but if we think it is not cost-effective, we would rather wait for the more powerful Type 002 aircraft carrier we built instead of spending a lot of money to buy the backward Kuznetsov class or Ulyanov class  Sk level.¡±

    This is a naked threat, but Makarov still does this.  As a member of the Navy, he naturally knows that China's self-built nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are highly rated in the industry. Many people believe that although the tonnage is slightly smaller than the Enterprise class, its actual combat capabilities should be no less than that of the American Nimitz.  It is much stronger than Ulyanovsk or something like that. He feels that Zhao Jinsong is not telling lies. If the Chinese really feel that they are at a disadvantage, then they will simply build it slowly by themselves. Now there is nothing.  The crisis of war is right in front of us, so why waste money?

    After a blow, he naturally wanted to return a red date. Seeing that Makarov's face was pale and hesitant, Lai Zhenping interjected: "Of course we also know the current situation in Ukraine, and we also intend to develop more cooperation with Ukraine.  In order to improve the level of bilateral relations, if the agreement can be successfully reached, our country is willing to organize a business delegation to visit Ukraine, provide guidance and help to the Ukrainian economy and make a certain scale of investment, and make certain contributions to Ukraine¡¯s employment and economic recovery.¡±

    This is beyond Makarov's authority, but Makarov also generally knows that those Ukrainian economic officials must have turned gray with worry, and China has stretched out its hands to revive Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Romania. If Ukraine  If we can be supported by China, we will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties.  This condition may be more attractive than extorting more US dollars from China.
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