Spring Breeze 1991

The time to return home had to be pushed back again.

The establishment of a super air transportation company does not require Yao Yuan himself. The Eastern European business department is stationed in Kyiv, with Lu Sen present, Su Wangting's assistance, and professionals like Khormysky. Yao Yuan does not need to worry about it.

But regarding the icebreaker, he had to go to Severodvinsk to have a look before making a decision.

In this way, a group of people set off for Severodvinsk, accompanied by Lusen, Yakov, and Khormysky. After completing this matter, they returned to Kyiv to handle the matter of Super Air Transport Company.

The Severodvinsk Shipyard is the largest submarine manufacturer in the world. It built all the nuclear submarines of the Soviet Union. The famous underwater behemoth "Typhoon" class nuclear submarine was built by this factory.

At the same time, the plant is also a major manufacturer of icebreakers, and has built nuclear-powered icebreakers.The factory is a giant in the Soviet shipbuilding industry, and it is as famous as the Nicholas Shipyard (Black Sea Shipyard).

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Nicholas Shipyard returned to Ukraine, and the Severodvinsk Shipyard located in the northern part of Russia's European part returned to Russia.

Yao Yuan braved the severe cold to come to the Nicholas Shipyard, accompanied by the factory manager to the dock, looking up at the icebreaker as huge as a prehistoric beast.The snowflakes falling like goose feathers bring a sense of loneliness and loss to the icebreaker that has completed outfitting but has not yet been painted.

Shipyards have been shut down, and until the situation stabilizes, it is believed that this situation will remain so.However, workers have to eat and pay heating bills, otherwise this winter will be the last for many people.

The shipyard, which has lost its appropriation and relied on state appropriation to survive, is now gone, and Moscow is busy fighting for power and profit, and has nothing left.

There is no other option but to sell.

Moreover, in the current state of panic, anyone with any power is trying to get money out of their pockets and then fly away.

Director Lermontov pointed to the icebreaker full of violent aesthetics in the dock, and said sadly, "It should be launched into service in June, but it is no longer possible."

Yao Yuan was observing the icebreaker seriously, and he frowned and said, "The displacement is [-] tons? It doesn't look like it."

"Twenty-five thousand tons," said Lermontov.

Yao Yuan was taken aback, "No, I got the news that the full load displacement is [-] tons. Comrade Lermontov, are you and I talking about the same ship?"

Lermontov said with certainty, "We only have this icebreaker that has not been delivered. The first three Arctic-class icebreakers have been in service, and it is the only one. Moreover, it is the largest icebreaker, the largest in the world, and there is no larger tonnage than it. of."

"Comrade Halmyski?" Yao Yuan looked at the person who brought the news.

Halmysky was so embarrassed that he even got the tonnage wrong. He quickly said, "The news I got was [-] tons, and I don't know what went wrong."

Apparently there was a mistake in the transmission of the message, or simply Halmyski misheard.

Lermontov said, "Mr. Yao, there are some interior decorations and paints left on this ship. If the work is done at full capacity, it will only take two months to launch a sea trial. You only need to pay 2000 million U.S. dollars, and the ship with the largest displacement in the world The icebreaker is yours."

"2000 million US dollars?" Yao Yuan was taken aback.

The price is not expensive. The icebreaker technology of Finland and the United Kingdom is top-notch, but the Soviet Union came from behind.Commissioning Finland to build a 25000-ton icebreaker will cost about $2 million, and the unit cost is about the same as that of an aircraft carrier.

However, at this moment in Russia, which can't wait to sell scrap iron by tons, 2000 million US dollars is an extremely high price.

Yao Yuan remembered the Ulyanovsk aircraft carrier, which was later bought by an American company for $1500 million and dismantled.

That is an aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 10 tons!

Lermontov said excitedly, "The ship is 159 meters long, 30 meters wide, with a maximum speed of 20 knots and a thickness of 3 meters for ice breaking. It has three propellers and can sail forward and backward to break ice. Selling for only $2000 million is already…”

He couldn't go on talking anymore, he was in tears.

Yao Yuan suddenly thought of something, looked at Lermontov with wide eyes, and asked word by word, "Comrade Lermontov, what kind of power does this boat use?"

"Nuclear power!" Lermontov said as a matter of course.

Yao Yuan was dumbfounded on the spot, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Nuclear Powered Icebreaker!

Is this thing private?

Yao Yuan quickly dismissed the idea of ​​buying it, and when he was about to speak, Lermontov seemed to realize something, and said quickly, "No problem, a private company has come to approach and wants to buy everything including this ship. Arctic-class icebreaker."

Halmysky also said at this time, "Mr. Yao, in Arctic shipping, nuclear-powered icebreakers are the most reliable, and this ship is a civilian ship, so there are no other concerns."

Yao Yuan quickly calmed down, "Why didn't you sell it to that private company?"

"They, their asking price is too low..." Lermontov shook his head helplessly.

Although he didn't say it clearly, Yao Yuan could basically guess it.Everyone is plundering the wealth accumulated by the people of Qi, Qin, and the Soviet Union over the decades with the idea of ​​picking up leaks. Things like exchanging a truckload of daily chemicals for an airplane are happening every day.

When Yao Yuan heard the phrase "nuclear power", his first reaction was to refuse.This is because of the preconceived notions brought about by his innate consciousness. When he calmed down, he came back to his senses. This was the 90s, not 30 years later when atomic energy management became increasingly strict.

If you can get it, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Just having the opportunity to research marine nuclear power equipment is worth spending 2000 million US dollars.

Even if something happened and he was in China, could the western powers still send people to China to assassinate him?

Don't say whether they dare or not, even if they dare, they will not be enough for the people's soldiers to eat.Besides, if Zhong Weiguo knew that he bought a nuclear-powered icebreaker, he might send a regiment to protect him...

Yao Yuan frowned and said, "Even if it is legal, Comrade Lermontov, you are very clear that maintaining the operation of a [-]-ton nuclear-powered icebreaker requires a huge investment, just for personnel." It’s not easy to solve.”

"It's easy to solve!" Lermontov said in a hurry, like someone who bought a second-hand car. "If you don't solve the rest, it's best to solve it with personnel. They are all experienced personnel who often travel on the Arctic Ocean."

Halmysky also echoed, "Mr. Yao, the navy has a large number of retired officers and soldiers who are in urgent need of re-employment, and their abilities are excellent."

Lermontov simply called a few words on the walkie-talkie, and soon, a GAZ jeep came over, and a tall, bearded Slav, about 50 years old, with ultraviolet rays on his face imprint.

"Gogol turned out to be the captain of the Lenin, and he was supposed to take over the ship." Lermontov introduced the person.

Yao Yuan shook hands with Gogol, and he could see that Lermontov not only wanted to sell the icebreaker, but also wanted to take this opportunity to resettle a group of people.

Based on this, Lermontov is a competent and responsible director of the factory.

Yao Yuan has already thought it over clearly. At this time, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. To him, deposits are the least important thing, and the value can only be reflected by spending them.

He pondered for a moment and said, "I don't have 2000 million dollars, but I have rubles."

Lermontov was suddenly lost.

"1000 million dollars, plus rubles equivalent to 1000 million dollars." Yao Yuan gave his plan.

The purchasing power of the ruble has been declining. One bread can be bought for 100 rubles today, but it will cost 120 rubles tomorrow, and there is no steady trend in sight.The collapse of the national credit system will inevitably bring about a sharp depreciation of the national currency, not to mention the fact that there is still hot money hitting the ruble in the financial market.

But Yao Yuan was not prepared to back down. Compared with other clients, he had already paid half of the dollar out of humanitarian considerations for the Soviet people.

This is different from buying an An-124 large transport plane. Even if the super air transport company loses money, it can still play a role if he drives the plane back to the country.

But the nuclear-powered icebreaker is not so simple. If you want to go back to your country, you need to go through one obstacle after another, which is quite difficult.

Lermontov had no better choice. As Yao Yuan guessed, the European private company was only willing to pay rubles, and was unwilling to accept the hundreds of personnel who could make the icebreaker operate.

There is another core reason that cannot be understood by others. Lermontov is unwilling to watch the Severodvinsk Shipyard decline due to lack of funding.

That private company is a shipping company on the surface, but the controller behind it is a large European shipyard. Their purpose is to castrate the icebreaker manufacturing capacity of the Severodvinsk shipyard. The purpose of Western companies headed by the United States is highly consistent. Yes, as with Nicholas Shipyard.

Lermontov is unwilling to submit. He hopes to find a real buyer, and it is best that the relationship between this buyer and Western countries is abnormal. Only in this way can the sold icebreakers continue to supply blood to the Severodvinsk shipyard. .

As long as the ship is in operation, it must be inseparable from maintenance, and only the Severodvinsk Shipyard has the ability to repair and maintain nuclear-powered icebreakers. Therefore, it can be concluded that the purpose of Western companies to buy the ship is not to operate it, but to destroy it !

Ships need to be repaired and maintained, which can generate income for the shipyard to keep the shipyard afloat.

Considering this issue from various aspects, Yao Yuan from Huaxia is undoubtedly the most ideal customer, and what is certain is that he will even register a local shipping company to operate this icebreaker.

Lermontov agreed to Yao Yuan's plan, and accompanied Yao Yuan to continue the visit, very straightforwardly, "Mr. Yao, you must need more transport ships that can sail in the Arctic Ocean. Our shipyard is capable of building such ships. of."

Yao Yuan pointed to Halmysky and said with a helpless smile, "Director Lermontov, I am already poor, you can ask Comrade Halmysky."

Halmyski was a little embarrassed. After all, the boss paid several million dollars more because of the error in the information.

Everyone, including him, thought that an icebreaker with a complex background that no one cares about could be bought for only two or three million US dollars, which is about the same as the price of scrap iron.

It turned out to be a whopping $2000 million.

Lermontov said, "We only need to pay wages, and we can deliver six [-]-ton diesel-powered cargo ships within a year."

"Huh?" Yao Yuan was a little surprised.

Lermontov said in a deep voice, "Other payments can be paid within one year after the delivery of the ship."

Thinking that the sky is falling, Yao Yuan smiled and said, "Comrade factory director, this batch of [-]-ton diesel-powered cargo ships is also an order that was canceled halfway, right?"

"Yes, our client is gone," Lermontov sighed.

Yao Yuan said, "I can accept it, but it's still the same sentence, I only have rubles."

"Yes." Lermontov agreed immediately without hesitation.

As long as the shipyards can keep working, any cloth will do.Moreover, the depreciation of the ruble does not mean that it is useless. It is still the mainstream currency of Russia, and behind it is still the national reputation.

Yao Yuan had expected that the combination of icebreakers and transport ships could maximize the benefits.If a cargo ship wants to run the Arctic Ocean route, it must have an icebreaker to open the way.Now that I bought the icebreaker, I don't care about buying a few more transport ships.

Contrary to Halmyski's full confidence in the future of the super air transport company, he does not have great confidence in the opening of the Arctic Ocean route. Anyway, if there is any date, it will be decided after a few shots.

After turning around, Yao Yuan bought a lot of odds and ends, basically matching everything a shipping company should have.

In addition to these, there were unexpected gains, which allowed him to find two sets of GT25000 gas turbines that were close to the end of their life.Although it no longer meets the conditions for restoration and use, it is very suitable as an object of research and study.

The shipping company named "Polar" was registered and managed by Gogol. Before the transport ship was delivered, Gogol was both the general manager of Polar Shipping and the captain of the nuclear-powered icebreaker "Red Polar".

The reason why the 25000-ton nuclear-powered icebreaker was named "Red Pole" was because Yao Yuan asked to paint the huge ship building and architectural drawings on the deck in red. Firstly, it represents Huaxia Red, and secondly, it is also a huge red empire. A personal emotional groundwork for the demise of

After several twists and turns, on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the first working day after the Spring Festival holiday, Yao Yuan returned to Nangang, and a month had passed by this time.

Not counting the loan from Mitsubishi Finance, Yao Yuan took out 3000 million US dollars in cash, and when he returned to Nangang, the balance in his account was 13 billion US dollars.

It is crazy to make money, but it must be done in moderation, otherwise the Americans will kill him if they are crazy.

In fact, Yao Yuan had already attracted the attention of the predators on Wall Street. Unfortunately, he ran fast. He returned to Nangang just after the Wall Street gang found Moscow.

Yao Yuan's profit in the stock market is the biggest. If the profit shared by Mitsubishi Corporation is added, he has intercepted the Wall Street predators with a total of 50 billion US dollars!

It is basically certain that Yao Yuan will not dare to go abroad in the next few years.

[The author has something to say]

The two-in-one is a big chapter, the overseas scene has come to an end, where will it be next time, which oil field does Yao Yuan want to buy?Please wait and see, and vote for it!