A few days after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian government began a vigorous privatization campaign.
Full privatization was an important measure taken by Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States to get rid of the economic crisis and accelerate the transition to a market economy. In this regard, Eastern Europe started earlier, and the Commonwealth of Independent States had only just started.
Privatization in Eastern Europe started after 1989, and what results did it achieve?
Li He knew this very well because he had experienced it himself. Most of the state-owned industries were acquired by foreign companies.
The only normal country was East Germany because West Germany treated East Germany as its private property. No one dared to pull the teeth out of the tiger's mouth.
In 1990, East and West Germany merged. This kind of unbalanced merger did not mean there was no danger. Later, Angela Merkel, who was born in East Germany, became the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Damn, we agreed to call it the Federal Republic of Germany, and it was always a West German who became the Chancellor. What was the meaning of this?
Russia's liberal representatives, Gaidar and Chubais, believed that no matter who the property is given to, even if it is to a robber, as long as the property is taken away from the state. If the robber becomes the effective owner of his own property, he will not be a robber anymore … "
Russia had already started privatization before the collapse of the Soviet Union, but it had always been in the form of joint venture and shareholding. Every time Li He wanted to move a factory, he had to find a way to get the name of a joint venture and then obtain the controlling shares.
Just after New Year's Day, Russia's "elite group" and the agents of the United States and the West in Russia launched a real privatization policy.
Defense, oil, natural gas, transportation, electricity, foreign trade, banking, fishing, steel manufacturing, and thousands of Russian strategic large and medium-sized enterprises were privatized.
Less than a month later, the privatization policy was launched.
After the Russians obtained the privatized securities, they thought that they had obtained a national wealth. However, they did not expect that the "shock therapy" would result in a major economic disaster. Russia's economy continued to deteriorate, inflation was severe, and Ruble depreciated rapidly.
Thankfully, this was a living example for China. China's later state-owned enterprise reform fully used Russia's experience as a reference.
Many ordinary Russians felt that the private exchange certificates with a nominal value of 10,000 Rubles were pure garbage, and it was better to sell them for cash.
Some forces took the opportunity to collude with the banks and used the money from the banks and foreign capitals to purchase the privatized exchange bonds issued nationwide at a low price through the underground market. The privatization vouchers, which were shared equally among the people, were soon concentrated in the hands of a few oligarchs. Russia's main economic lifeline was controlled by a few oligarchs. Later, the well-known owner of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich, became the richest man in Russia.
When Li He compared his previous enterprises with these large enterprises, it was like the difference between a shrimp and a shark.
He was also satisfied. He had earned a lot of shrimps, and it would all add up to a mickle. Small businesses were also cheap. A factory with a few hundred employees did not even need a thousand USD.
Furthermore, Kirilenko was not interested in the oil and gas companies. He was more interested in the Soviet Union's talents, especially the top talents and technologies in the research institutes. Kirilenko was also interested in the profits from Rubles.
Also, he is going to challenge Soros on British Pounds. Soros is shorting British Pounds, and he will do the opposite. Who is afraid of who? Besides, the Western hot money had eaten so much in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and they had to spit out some of it.
Kirilenko had asked Guo Dongyun to start setting up in London to go long on British Pounds.
That's why after the Russian government issued privatized securities, Kirilenko did not buy them like many people. He will not force anyone to buy what was not his.
But this did not stop him from buying the technologies from these privatized companies. Although the cost was higher, many of the obstacles in front of him had been cleared by others.
Kirilenko was still worried about the Soviet Union's semiconductor technology. The Lebedev Research Institute was like a hedgehog, and he did not know where to start.
Liu Baoyong and his team's biggest harvest was to poach more than a dozen people from the former Soviet Union's Tupolev Design Bureau, including the national treasure, Vladimir Tistov.
Kirilenko proudly said to Li He. "Do you know the Tupolev Tu-154? It was designed by this design bureau! "
Li He smiled and said, "Mikoyan Design Bureau, aren't you a step too late?"
"The Americans offered good conditions, and they have the opportunity to go to the US. Of course, they don't care about us." Yuan Ming sighed.
"What about the Lavochkin Design Bureau?" Li He continued to ask.
The number of aircraft design bureaus in the Soviet Union was unparalleled in the world!
Antonov Design Bureau, Polykarpov Design Bureau, Beriev Design Bureau, Petronkov Design Bureau, Tupolev Design Bureau, Ilyushin Design Bureau, Kamov Design Bureau, Rapochkin Design Bureau, Risusov Design Bureau, Miri Design Bureau, Mikoyan Design Bureau, Miasishev Design Bureau, Sukhoi Design Bureau, and Yakovlev Design Bureau. Every one of them was famous in the industry.
Liu Baoyong rolled his eyes at Li He. "Do you think it's like picking up cabbages from the market? These kinds of units have a very high level of confidentiality. Don't even think about it."
Although the Soviet Union had disintegrated, it was still difficult for the outside world to understand the huge military system that was classified as a top national defense secret. Even Russia, which inherited the legacy, might not have the time to sort out the family business.
Li He laughed. "I heard that the Far East Military is selling weapons very aggressively. Did you guys get some?"
The former Soviet Army in these remote areas, including the KGB, had a large number of layoffs. They were not loved by their parents, and they had no financial funding. Of course, they had to rely on selling weapons to survive.
Liu Baoyong raised his head. "It's a secret!"
Li He spread his hands and walked out of the house to knock on Ding Shiping's door.
Ding Shiping took a long time to open the door. Seeing that it was Li He, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing. I'm playing with guns." Ding Shiping lifted the blanket on the bed. There were five or six pistols and bullets.
"This is Tokarev." Li He picked it up and recognized it immediately.
Ding Shiping was frightened and quickly moved away from the muzzle. "Why don't you give it to me? This gun has no safety. It's very dangerous."
"100 rounds without any malfunctions. Barabellum caliber. This is at least a pound and a half." Li He weighed the weight, removed the magazine, and looked at it. "Pentagram bullets from the Arsenal factory in Bulgaria."
Ding Shiping nodded. "I bought this from a retired soldier. I went to the forest outside to try it. The recoil is very strong. Most people can't use it."
"It's okay. You go back to your work." If Li He was asked to talk about weapons, he could talk for three days and three nights. But if he was asked to play with weapons, he was lacking.
He had wanted Ding Shiping to accompany him, but seeing that Ding Shiping was so obsessed with pistols, he could only go out alone.
When he went out, he didn't call anyone, even Tie Hetian and the others who were sitting on the first floor drinking coffee with their backs to him.
He still preferred to be alone and be free. Being surrounded by this group of people every day made him feel a little breathless.
He walked along the Moscow River. The river was already frozen. Many boats stopped by the river, but there were many people skating on the river.
The Moscow River flowed through the entire city of Moscow. The name of Moscow came from it. Walking along the river, he saw the Russian Federation Government Building, Sparrow Hill, the main building of Moscow University, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Kremlin, and so on.
Winter was not fun. Even though he wore thick clothes, it still made him feel cold.
Along the way, there were women selling perfume, stalls selling jeans, and some selling cigarettes and alcohol. Many of them directly set up their stalls on the muddy flats that cars had to pass through. Fortunately, the muddy flats had already frozen.
He unknowingly walked until it was dark. He felt a little hungry and wanted to find a place to eat dinner. But everywhere he looked, there were Soviet-style apartment buildings with faint lights flashing from the windows.
Just as he lit up a cigarette and was about to get his bearings, a few people walked out of the alley and surrounded him in an instant.
They muttered to Li He. Li He spread his hands to show that he didn't understand a word. He looked around and saw four people, one person surrounding one direction. He couldn't move.
“money！ Money! "Several of them repeated the word.
Li He assessed the situation. There were four people. Of the two people facing him, one weighed more than 100 kilograms and was estimated to be more than 1.8 meters tall. He didn't have the confidence to knock him down with one kick. The other person was more than 1.9 meters tall and very thin. But looking at the other person's body, Li He guessed that this person had been in the army. He had seen this kind of aura from Ding Shiping. He also didn't have the confidence to knock him down.
The two people behind him were a little smaller. On the right was a very high wall with iron wires. He definitely couldn't jump over it, so he could only run to the left.
After Li He made his decision, he no longer hesitated and pushed the person on the left away. Just as he was about to punch, the big man in front of him had already kicked him. He hurriedly dodged, and his first reaction was to run as fast as he could.
He ran for dozens of meters and turned into an alley.
Bang! Bang! Bang! The people chasing him opened fire.
Li He was scared to death. A bullet flew past his scalp, and he immediately ran even faster. In the narrow alley, he could only hear his messy footsteps and rapid breathing.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Behind him, there was still the sound of gunfire.
Finally, the exit of the alley was in sight. He quickened his pace again and used the last of his strength to rush forward. But when he finally approached the entrance of the alley, he stopped in fear. He touched his chest with his hand, and it was warm.
He felt a sharp pain.
The moment he fell, he saw the smoke rising from the pistols the men were holding. They squatted down and searched his body. He felt the coldness in his chest. His blood had frozen. He could smell his heart slowly dying bit by bit.
It turned out that at the moment of death, other than fear and pain, there was more of a reluctance to leave this world. That moment seemed to be very long, so long that he could recall every little detail of the journey he had with her. Everything was so beautiful, and then he lost her. It was heartbreaking.
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