Li He noticed an interesting phenomenon. The Soviets recruited by Lan Shifang, no matter if they were young men from Georgia and Yugoslavia, or middle-aged men from Belarus, all of them gritted their teeth when they mentioned the Soviet Union. When they mentioned Russians, they treated them as invaders.
They felt that Russia was a multi-ethnic empire, and they were trying to force minorities to join a unified Russian state.
They had lost their national independence, their culture, and even their language.
But even the Russians were unhappy. They saw the entire country as their own, and they were not satisfied with sending resources out of Russia. They were proud of the Soviet Union's strength, but they felt that they were different from the Baltics, Central Asians, and Caucasians.
Many felt that Russia would be stronger after getting rid of Ukraine and Central Asia. They were also more concerned about whether the Soviet Union was equal to Russia, or Russia was just a colony of the Soviet Union.
Of course, no matter what doubts they had, they could not stop Ge Tu from restoring capitalism.
The state had given up on regulating the economic process, and allowed prices and exchange rates to follow the market forces. They viewed socialism as the opposite of a market economy.
Ge Tu was busy with something. He was openly advocating for privatization, and he felt that the state-owned monopoly was the main reason for the current crisis. He wanted to privatize the property, remove the monopoly, and reform the ownership relationship to achieve privatization.
According to the new enterprise law, once a company goes bankrupt, it can be auctioned off. This gives many people an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Even if the company does not go bankrupt, they will find ways to make it bankrupt.
Li He strolled around the city, found a random restaurant, and had lunch.
In the afternoon, after sitting by the river for a while, five gangsters came over. When they saw the Asian faces on this side, they had some thoughts. Ignoring Jiang Baojian's warning, they kept talking and even tried to get physical with him.
Li He did not need Jiang Baojian to translate for him. He knew that these people were not saying anything nice. They must have treated the yellow-skinned people as fat sheep.
Just when he was about to get up and move around, he noticed that the five hooligans were already on the ground. The man from Belarus had knocked down one hooligan with a single punch. It was a clean one-versus-five fight. After beating them up, he clapped his hands and lit a cigarette.
Lan Shifang said, "His name is quite long, and I can't remember it. I simply called him Ivanov. He turned out to be a lieutenant in the Special Forces under the Military Intelligence. He was implicated in some incidents, but at least he survived and retreated. "
"So awesome?" Li He took a closer look at the strong man. He wasn't tall, but he had a strong body with broad shoulders.
Ding Shiping said, "The Americans love to recruit these kinds of people. Usually, they either go to the United States to fight underground or work as mercenaries for the Americans' security companies. However, he doesn't like to do either. As soon as we mentioned it, he followed us. He's been to Afghanistan and is quite skilled."
Li He asked with a smile, "How does my skill compare to yours?"
Lan Shifang interrupted, "You're underestimating Old Ding. Even though Ivanov is fierce and tough, he won't last more than three minutes if he really fights with Old Ding."
Ding Shiping said embarrassedly, "Almost, almost."
"You're too modest." Li He smiled and patted his shoulder. "I'll learn a few moves from you when I have time."
"No problem."
Li He said seriously, "It's been hard on you guys. You guys have suffered here all these years. I just stayed here for a day and I can't take it anymore."
Ding Shiping smiled and said, "We should be the ones thanking you. I only know how to work hard, but I don't have much of a future. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have had the chance to settle down at home. To be honest, we've been earning a lot of money all these years. I don't dare to brag. In my hometown, I'm the first to have such conditions. "
"Yes, yes." Lan Shifang smiled too. How many people had the opportunity to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and it was in US dollars! Even if he went home and quit now, the money he saved would be enough to last him the rest of his life. He could live a stable life as a rich man.
Li He said, "Don't be so easily satisfied. There will be more opportunities in the future."
After saying that, he looked at his watch again. It was about time, so he called everyone to the embassy.
When the car entered the embassy area, he realized that the Japanese embassy was next to the China embassy. He saw more than ten cars parked in front of the Japanese embassy. There were cars and buses. He knew that his guess was right. The Japanese were here too.
When they arrived at the entrance of the China embassy, he said to Ding Shiping, "Drive to the other countries' embassies and wait for me here."
"Okay." Ding Shiping agreed readily.
He went in alone and knocked on Liu Baoyong's door.
Liu Baoyong opened the door. "I thought you weren't coming back tonight. How is it outside? How do you feel?"
Li He saw that Liu Baoyong was obviously writing something with a pen and documents on the table. He smiled and said, "I see a lot of Japanese and Koreans."
"Where did you see them?" Liu Baoyong wasn't surprised. It was as if he already knew.
"There are people in the embassy area and the International Hotel. I also saw people from Siemens. They seem to be quite interested in Skoda."
Liu Baoyong gestured for him to sit on the bed and said, "I can't hide anything from you."
"Are we also here with the intention of picking up scraps?" Li He asked directly.
Liu Baoyong said with a straight face, "That's not nice to hear. What do you mean by picking up scraps? We're here with the attitude of cooperation and friendly exchanges. "
Li He smiled and said, "Okay, okay, cooperation is open. Which company do you want to exchange with?"
Liu Baoyong teased, "Do you know what a secret is? A secret is that we can't tell you. We'll tell you when we need your help. "
"Then I won't bother with your business for now. I have something that I need your help with. Are you going to help me?"
"You first." Liu Baoyong refused to budge.
Li He said, "You know that I have some money. I have properties in China and Hong Kong, and even in Singapore and Malaysia. I'm planning to build an automobile factory in China and I want to bring back some relevant talents from China and Europe, especially in the automobile industry. Can our embassy here give them visas? "
"You want to build an automobile factory?" This shocked Liu Baoyong. He felt that Li He was being a little whimsical. "Do you know how big of a project this is? Don't be in a hurry to speak. I know you're not short of money, but money has to be spent in the right place."
Li He said, "A problem that can be solved with money is not a problem."
He answered very confidently.
"That's true." Liu Baoyong thought about it and felt that there was no problem. He continued to ask, "If you want to bring people back, it's a good thing for the country and the people. No one here will stop you and they will cooperate with you. That's all? "
After he said that, he looked at Li He again. He felt that Li He would not look for him for such a small matter.
Li He said solemnly, "You know the industrial foundation here better than I do. If we just dig up two production lines and bring them back, it will increase our industry by several magnitudes! Moreover, many nuclear power experts, aviation experts, and weapons experts will be priceless treasures if we bring them back! "
He started to paint a picture for Liu Baoyong.
Liu Baoyong said, "That's not easy. There are many wolves."
Li He said fiercely, "What we can't get, we can't let the Japanese and Koreans benefit. I hope that the embassy can introduce me to the local political connections in the Czech Republic. As long as the connections are sorted out, I can throw money at them! " “
They are all big conglomerates with billions of USD in assets. “
"I've invested 500 million USD in the Pujiang project alone!" Li He was overjoyed. It seemed that Liu Baoyong did not know much about him. "Could it be that Yuanda Group and Golden Deer Group do not have a billion USD?" “
"Are you serious?" “
"That's new. I'm using real money. Of course, I'm serious." “
"Comrade Li He, if what you said just now is true, I will fully cooperate with you! I will introduce you to whoever you want to meet! I will help you transport back as many people as you dig up! I will help you transport back as many equipment as you buy. But I have a condition. " “
Li He saw Liu Baoyong's serious expression and became serious as well. "Tell me, I will try my best to agree." “
"Everyone who sees it has a share!" Liu Baoyong suddenly used a sneaky expression and said, "You know the country's difficulties. The foreign exchange is tight, and we can't do anything about it. But then again, comrade Li He, what do you need so many weapons experts for? " “
"I'll give all of this to you. I'll leave it for you! I only want civilian experts! I don't care if I stole, robbed, or bought the information, I'll give it all to you! " Li He said generously. There were many aviation experts that he had no use for. Furthermore, he did not have the ability to handle all the technical information. "But I want to share the research results." “
Liu Baoyong thought for a while. "The rest is fine. I'll report the last one as soon as possible and get back to you." “
"Deal?" Li He tentatively stretched out his hand.
"Deal." Liu Baoyong grabbed Li He's hand.
"Deal." "Then let's hurry up. You'd better help me negotiate. If it's done, I'll pay!" "No hesitation! If you can use it, you can take it first. If you can't use it, I'll pick it up! " Then, I'll make use of the waste. " Li He did not think too much about himself. On one hand, he did not want these good things to go to waste. On the other hand, he did not want these things to fall into the hands of Europe, America, Japan, and Korea.
To put it bluntly, if I can't get it, I won't let it fall into someone else's hands!
But then again, he would not lose out at all. If he appeared in the name of the government, he would get more things than if he appeared himself.
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