"I will go back as soon as possible." Li He had to settle the matter here as soon as possible. The battle between the big crocodiles was about to start. They had to redistribute the cake. Customers like them, who wanted to fish in troubled waters, were not qualified to participate. They had to be cleared out.
Feng Yu was only interested in the Soviet Union's semiconductor technology. Semiconductor technology was considered one of the top three most advanced manufacturing technologies, and it was monopolized by European, US, and Japan. This was why it was important to China.
The Soviet Union's semiconductor technology was second only to the use of nuclear energy. Their semiconductor laser and photolithography technology were the best in the world. The chip stepping machine was able to achieve the 0.5um design rule.
The Soviet Union's "Peace" space station was connected to the "Crystal" technology module. The "Crystal" technology module was used to conduct experiments on semiconductor materials and had made a lot of progress.
Li He had acquired a lot of good stuff from Ukraine and Belarus's semiconductor research facilities. The hardest thing to acquire now was the Soviet Union's best semiconductor research facility, the Lebedev Research Facility.
Feng Yu had wanted to copy what he had done in the past and empty out the research facility and semiconductor factory. But he suddenly noticed a famous chip manufacturer from the US, Cypress, had also come to the Soviet Union.
This company had honestly only asked for the production licenses for 9 types of integrated circuits and did not try to extort them. This made Li He's jaw drop.
Since the American company was so honest, it meant that this research facility had a powerful background. Feng Yu could not do anything to them, and all he could do was to wait patiently.
At night, when Li He walked out of a restaurant, he saw a person lying on the road. The blood on the ground had turned into ice, and there were a few police officers standing beside the body.
This was the first time Li He saw someone being killed. But he got used to it after two days. Shootings were common on the streets, and the number of murders was increasing.
Everyone could kill people for anything. Barbaric capitalism ran amok on the streets, and it was very free. Killing people, robbing people, and fighting each other.
Similarly, those who were not born in Moscow were killed. Those who did not speak their language were killed. Those who carried guns and those they did not like were killed.
Wreath sellers and flower sellers were doing very well.
Li He was no longer afraid.
This was how capitalism started. It started with bloodshed.
Great ideals bleed, now in Romania, now on the Baltic coast, now in the Ukraine, now in Georgia, now in Azerbaijan, now in Central Asia, now in a Soviet Union.
The most unfortunate was Yugoslavia, a unified country recognized by the whole world, which was dismembered into six parts. If Kosovo was included, it would be seven.
The lad named Matić no longer said that he was a Yugoslav, but began to publicly declare that he was a citizen of the Kingdom of Macedonia.
For most of the 20th century, the whole world watched with surprise and admiration how the Soviet Union solved ethnic relations problems.
It could be said that the Soviet Union was a model of multi-ethnic unity.
But all of a sudden, in this land that occupied one-sixth of the world, the bestial nature of nationalism erupted, and nationalism was filled with hatred and discrimination.
From Li He's point of view, everything was just a farce.
Under Ding Shiping's strong request, Li He was not allowed to go out again.
"No matter how fast my reaction is, it's not as fast as his bullets."
He was very worried about Li He's safety. Although they all carried guns with them when they went out, it still didn't give them much security.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Li He was worried about his own life, and he really didn't dare to go out. Speaking of which, the weather was so cold, and he really didn't want to go out.
Although many of the Chinese here also cherished their lives, they loved money more. If it was for money, they could throw away their lives. Probably because they were afraid of being poor, no one was willing to give up such a good opportunity to make money.
Everywhere was Chinese goods, and according to many people's jokes, the tablecloths on Yeltsin's dining table were made in China.
How bad was December?
Things were so bad that even Yeltsin's Deputy Prime Minister Egor Gaidar, a political elite, had to rush to buy food.
Gaidar was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy of the Russian Federation, and was known as the father of "shock therapy."
Yeltsin's closest assistant, Suhanov's wife, had to queue for two days to buy candy.
Of course, most of the politicians were still living comfortably. In the transfer of power, almost all the powerful departments in the Soviet Union's original party, government, and military system were retained, and these people were in the upper echelons of the country from beginning to end. It didn't affect them from continuing to hold parties, and they even lived better than before.
Because most of the national wealth that used to be public ownership was now in the hands of these former bureaucrats, and now the new rich, monopolistic oligarchs, or tycoons.
The poor were even worse. In the empty Tishinsky market, everything was priced in US dollars. This price was indeed very capitalist.
The air was filled with the despair of people living such an endless life …
Day and night, the biggest worry was bread.
The former Soviets began to hoard any food they could find, but the supermarkets were almost empty.
The entire city fell into a complete depression, and at the same time faced layoffs and unemployment. An ordinary plumber might be a PhD graduate. These intellectuals had to find a way to survive, either to open a stall, or find a way to find a new job.
The intellectuals never thought that the reform they were looking forward to would turn out like this. They read a car full of romantic books, but life kicked them hard in the back of the head.
The new government had no money and could no longer pay for the transportation of food to the Russian port.
The cargo planes that usually delivered supplies to the Russian capital were also stopped because of the lack of fuel.
Ninety airports throughout the former Soviet Union were closed because of the lack of fuel. The gas stations beside the highways were also out of fuel, and even the US embassy had to trouble to find fuel for the ambassador's car.
The hotel where Li He was also faced with the problem of material shortage. They could only provide a small amount of leba, which was similar to bread, for every meal.
After eating for two days, Li He couldn't stand it anymore. He didn't expect that Iron Ear had such connections. He actually arranged a plane to transport daily needs from Germany.
"Sir, money is the law here now."
Yes, money was the law here now. They used foreign languages to say words like "comprador" and "Master Dao" because there were no such words in Russian. The former Soviets welcomed the reform and opening up in fear.
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