Resource Tycoon Reborn

In fact, Fang Mingyuan doesn't care how much effect his reminder will have on Artorov and Yarmolenko. Ukraine is too far away from China and has no borders. There are many countries in between. If it weren't for the fact that there are

The best land in Europe can provide a large amount of agricultural products, as well as advanced military technology that makes people salivate. Fang Mingyuan believes that he will not pay too much attention to it. After all, for Fang Mingyuan, if it is just civilian technology

, even if there is a blockade by European and American countries, he still has a lot of room for choice. However, considering the blockade of European and American military technology and military products on China, and Russia's economic improvement, its arms sales to China have increased a lot.

Due to the conditions and restrictions, Ukraine has now become an important source for China to purchase advanced weapons and technology. Therefore, strengthening and maintaining its influence in Ukraine is also to better cooperate with the country.

Su Huandong's visit to Ukraine this time is his first visit to Ukraine since he became prime minister. It is also the first national leader from China to visit after Ukraine's independence. Coupled with the impact of the global economic crisis, it has attracted much attention from the Ukrainian government. At the airport

The welcoming ceremony gave the visiting Su Huandong top-notch standards and gave him enough face! The Chinese people have good face, which is not a secret to countries around the world. The Ukrainians also hope that through such a show of goodwill, the cooperation between the two parties can be promoted

It will be smoother, and China can make greater concessions. However, regarding their approach, Fang Mingyuan can only say that their approach is "right", but they have found the wrong target. Su Huandong is not the kind of person who wants to

For those who have lost face and lizi, when it is impossible to have both your cake and eat it, Su Huandong will definitely lose lizi and lose face!

In this meeting, it can be said that both sides have high hopes. Ukraine needs China’s market and funds, and China needs Ukraine’s technology and market. Moreover, due to the geographical location of the two countries and the fact that Ukraine and China have never had a grudge, Ukraine needs

China has no concerns about selling and transferring military products and technologies. However, there is resistance. Russia, European and American countries have privately asked Ukraine many times to stop selling military products and technologies to China, but Ukraine is in urgent need of funds to make up for its financial deficit.

The government has withstood it! Su Huandong chose to visit Ukraine at this time to show the global community the good relations between China and Ukraine, and by the way, to reconcile the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine. After all, for China,

Both countries are important. Although judging from the current situation, the possibility of a war between the two countries is very low, and to be honest, the stalemate in the relationship between the two countries is not a bad thing for China. Without Russian investment and market,

Ukraine's reliance on Chinese capital will further increase. In this case, the obstacles to purchasing products and technologies from Ukraine will be smaller. However, regarding exchanges between countries, what you think in your heart is different from what you do on the surface.

Yes, it doesn’t matter at all.

Fang Mingyuan waited in Su Huandong's room until around eleven o'clock, and then Su Huandong walked in with a tired look on his face.

"Grandpa Su!" Fang Mingyuan put down the information in his mind, stood up and helped Su Huandong take off his coat and hung it on the hanger. Su Huandong sat on the sofa, drank some water first, and then said: "You've been waiting for a long time, right? Ukraine

Those politicians are too enthusiastic. If it were not too late, I think they could continue to talk to me. Hey, they would like to sell out all their wealth."

"It won't work if we don't sell it. The Ukrainian government's fiscal deficit has reached a point that they can't bear, and they still want the Second Gulf Bank to delay the loan recovery." Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "What do they want to sell this time?

"

"The missile cruiser Ukraine." Su Huandong pinched his eyebrows and said, "Both the President and Prime Minister of Ukraine mentioned this matter."

"Ukraine guided missile cruiser? The one that the Russian Navy originally wanted? The one that has been on the slipway for many years?" Fang Mingyuan said in a daze.

"Well, in August this year, the Ukrainian government claimed that it was willing to sell the ship to Russia. However, due to the war in Georgia, the relationship between Russia and Ukraine deteriorated rapidly, and this deal was definitely going to fall through." Su Huandong said.

, "In the end, they decided to target us."

"How much? I remember that the Ukrainian prime minister's asking price was one billion U.S. dollars, and in August, the Ukrainians valued it at more than four billion U.S. dollars?" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Forty-seven billion U.S. dollars! I don't understand what they think. How could a missile cruiser that was built in the mid-1980s and has not yet been completed be sold for such a price! Back then, we

When I wanted to buy it, the Ukrainians finally refused, and now... Hehe!" Su Huandong shook his head repeatedly.

"Did we still want to buy it?" Fang Mingyuan asked curiously. As for the guided-missile cruiser Ukraine, he, who usually cares about the military, also knows that Ukraine was once the shipbuilding center of the former Soviet Union, and all aircraft carriers were built here.

As you can imagine. The original Ukrainian guided missile cruiser was the fourth of the former Soviet Union's Slava-class cruisers known as the "aircraft carrier killers." Seven ships were originally built, but due to the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, only three were eventually put into service.

, is the backbone of the Russian Navy. When the former Soviet Union collapsed, it was still being built in Ukrainian shipyards, so it belonged to the Ukrainian Navy when it was separated.

At that time, the Ukrainian guided missile cruiser was ranked among the top naval ships in the world, so the Ukrainian government at the time rejected Russia's proposal to acquire it and decided to build it and use it as the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy. But they did not expect it.

, Ukraine's extremely poor finances have meant that this guided missile cruiser, which was mostly completed when the former Soviet Union collapsed, has not yet been built, and its maintenance has swallowed up huge funds from the Ukrainian government.

Moreover, although the hull of the guided missile cruiser was built in Ukraine, most of its weapons and equipment come from Russia, and if it wants to go to sea to conduct military operations, it must have several destroyers to form a fleet. And the Ukrainian Navy now

The ships they own are really too old. This is the main reason why the Ukrainians decided to sell the guided-missile cruiser Ukraine after waking up from their dream of being a naval power. They did not have the money to build it and launch it. Let’s not talk about it for now.

How much will it cost every year after it is put into service? The annual maintenance cost alone takes up a huge amount of naval military expenditures.

"Well, in 2003, we negotiated with the Ukrainian government on this matter and planned to buy it from the Ukrainians. Then we would purchase weapons and equipment from Russia and install them to strengthen the strength of our navy..."

Su Huandong said. It turns out that at the beginning of the new century, although the Chinese Navy purchased a number of Russian warships, its overall strength was still far from meeting national expectations. If it were possible to purchase the guided-missile cruiser Ukraine, it would then purchase weapons and equipment from Russia.

, you can combine it with the many modern-class destroyers that have been purchased to form a Russian-style fleet with medium- and long-range air defense capabilities and strong anti-ship combat capabilities. This will undoubtedly pose a great threat to the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet. So the Americans

Putting pressure on Ukraine, because Ukraine needed economic assistance from Western developed countries led by the United States at the time, and was also actively seeking to join NATO, the Ukrainians could not resist the huge pressure from the United States and NATO countries, and eventually the matter was suspended

Negotiations failed.

"Now that the Americans have too much time to take care of themselves, and Ukraine is even more short of money, they think of us again?" Fang Mingyuan curled his lips and said, "Almost twenty years have passed since the construction started. Even if the guided missile cruiser Ukraine is completed, it is still an outdated ship.

The price of the battleship is US$4.7 billion?"

"Because I didn't express any interest in this proposal, the price was not discussed, but it certainly cannot be US$4.7 billion. With this money, we can build more than a dozen destroyers!" Su Huandong said,

"Although our country's military expenditure has increased over the years compared with before, it was not caused by the wind. How could it be possible to spend so much money just to buy a ship hull! And I heard that the Russian Minister of Defense said that the Ukrainian government had previously

My proposal, the answer is no unless it’s free!”

"I didn't let go when I should have let go, and it ended up being smashed in my hand!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile. This answer was in line with the Russian style.

"Hey, it's not necessarily that I don't want it. After all, the Russian naval fleet can be said to have been declining in recent years. A Glorious-class guided missile cruiser has some effect on strengthening the strength of the Russian navy. It is probably disgusted by the Ukrainians.

." Su Huandong said.

Fang Mingyuan nodded. Although in the past few years, due to the skyrocketing price of oil in the international market, Russia's GDP has also increased significantly, and its foreign exchange reserves have reached 300 billion U.S. dollars. It can be said that Russia's economy has been the best since independence.

Years ago, but more of Russia's military expenditures were invested in nuclear weapons systems and air force, army and navy, which have become stepmothers. If the right price is spent, an additional Glorious-class guided missile cruiser will be a powerful supplement.

.After all, warships at sea must return to the dock for maintenance after a few years of mission. The heavier and larger the warship, the longer the maintenance time will be. This is why the United States builds so many nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers every year.

Some of them are in the dock. What if there is a war and there is a gap in combat power? Only with enough warships can we realize three shifts, one group is cruising outside, another group is resting at home, and another group is in the dock.

Inspection and maintenance.

"Mingyuan, you have done a good job in Ukraine. Today, not only the president and prime minister of Ukraine have mentioned you, but also many of their ministers. You are probably the most well-known Chinese non-governmental figure among Ukrainian senior officials."

Su Huandong smiled.

"That's because they owe me money and can't pay it back! And over the years, they have made money by trading with companies under our Fang family." Fang Mingyuan said.

"That's right, they will side with whoever can make them money!" Su Huandong said, "But there are still many of our comrades who don't realize this and always think that China-Uzbekistan friendship has a long history.

We talk about clichés like this, but in fact, foreigners don’t care about these words at all. What they care about is how much investment we can bring, how many jobs we can create, how many goods we can purchase, and how much our economy can grow.

percentage point!"

"The bustle of the world is all for profit; the bustle of the world is all for gain. Our ancestors have told us this a long time ago." Fang Mingyuan shrugged and said, "This time you have brought a lot of cooperation projects and orders. For

For Ukrainians who are in economic difficulties, it is related to whether they have meat for dinner, and it is also related to whether these officials can be re-elected in the future. Don't expect these Ukrainian politicians to be grateful to us. If it were replaced by us

Urgently needed resources are paramount."

"The Ukrainians have proposed to jointly produce the An-70 transport aircraft with us. What do you think of this proposal?" Su Huandong poured himself a cup of tea and said.

"An 70 transport aircraft..." Fang Mingyuan pondered for a moment and said, "I feel a bit like the carrot in front of the donkey that can never be reached! Unless they agree to share technical data and move the production line to our country, otherwise

, I still tend to forget it! Of course, if we can get the production technology of the d18t engine, it will be worth it."

The An-70 transport aircraft is also a Ukrainian military project that Fang Mingyuan has been focusing on. This new medium-sized transport aircraft, which was first jointly developed by Russia and Ukraine, is still quite favored by various military experts. However, due to the shortage of funds and the deterioration of the relationship between the two countries,

It was not stable, so the development of this project had twists and turns. Not only did the prototype crash due to an accident, but Russia also withdrew from the project midway. Although in July this year, Russia and Ukraine announced that they would jointly promote this project.

It was a project, but with the outbreak of the Georgian war, it was obvious that this project was ruined again! It is estimated that the Ukrainians really couldn't stand the procrastination of this project with no results, so they thought of China.

"Well, buying can only be temporary. After all, we still have to rely on ourselves!" Su Huandong nodded heavily. Although Ukraine now has a good relationship with China, its foreign policy is greatly influenced by the Americans. Once Ukraine joins

Although NATO has little hope, it still has to be on guard, so it is best to keep technology and production capacity in its own hands! (To be continued.)