Soviet Union 1991

After experiencing a Russian-style arms show, General Ramdas will face the most serious problem next, which is the gap between the quotations between the two parties. ◇↓◇↓ Xiao◇↓ said that the price quoted by Ramdas and the price proposed by Yazov must be several digits different, which also means that this negotiation will be filled with the smell of gunpowder from the beginning.

According to Yanayev's previous suggestion, a group of "actors" were specially arranged to pretend to be negotiators from other countries and stay in the room next to Ramdas' hotel. When Ramdas was about to go out that day, he saw Two guys who were obviously not dressed like Soviets were whispering in the corridor.

Ram Dass, who had studied Arabic in college, pretended not to care and approached them and eavesdropped on the other party's conversation, but the content of the conversation surprised Ram Dass. It turned out that these two friends who came all the way from the Arab region had the same purpose as them, which was to purchase the Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier.

"I heard that there are other competitors this time, and India is also one of them. The Soviet military is really insidious. It has done such a good job of keeping secrets secret. If I hadn't received the news in advance, I wouldn't have known about India and Argentina is already involved."

"It seems that the previous price can no longer make the Soviets succumb. We must increase the price. The Indian side is said to be unaware of it for the time being. I think we must have an advantage in terms of price, if our quotation is better than the Soviet quotation."

Seeing General Ramdass approaching them, the two "Arabs" simply shut up about the acquisition of the Kiev class. The attitudes of these two people made Ramdas even more uneasy. Could it be that the Soviet Union really had a hand? In fact, there was more than one buyer.

Of course India does not know that the entire hotel is filled with extras secretly arranged by the Soviet Union. The purpose was to confuse Ramdas and make him mistakenly think that there were delegations from other countries living here.

In this way, the offer put forward by Ramdass is dangerous. The Soviet Union can reject it outright, because they have other countries to choose from, and so far the Kiev-class aircraft carrier is the best candidate for the Indian Navy's backup aircraft carrier. From the powerful shock given to Ramdass when the anti-ship missile was launched, he had to make a choice. Ramdas hurried back to the room. Start revising the price of renting your own aircraft carrier. The initial annual quotation was 6 million, including renting some large equipment. Because the Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier is a retired aircraft carrier, and it is not really an aircraft carrier, the Indian Ministry of Defense believes that this price is reasonable, but how can the Soviet Union accept this price?

So Ramdass increased the price of leasing the aircraft carrier to an annual leasing quotation of 9.5 million without authorization, including the rental and maintenance of weapons. In this way, although it seemed that India suffered a slight loss, it was actually not the same as the quotation of 6 million. Not much different. After revising the price, the Indian delegation breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, the Soviet Union should be relatively satisfied. After all, the price is close to the bottom line of the Indian Navy.

When the Indian delegation left the hotel, Ramdas noticed that there were two other convoys leaving the hotel at the same time, in addition to the two Arabs they had just met. There was also a group of other people. Although the other party was disguised, it was obvious that they were also representatives of other countries who came to negotiate.

Could it be the Argentine delegation that the Egyptians say?

There was an uneasy feeling inside the negotiation conference room, especially after seeing the cold expressions of the Soviet representatives, Ramdass knew that something was wrong, but he remained the same as before. Propose an offer from India step by step.

"This is the price list proposed by the Indian representative, regarding the quotation for leasing a Kiev-class aircraft carrier from the Soviet Union. After research, it was decided that India would lease the Soviet Union's Minsk aircraft carrier for US$9.5 million per year, including the leasing of weapon systems, and including tomorrow's The maintenance cost of the Skjökull does not include the wear and tear of weapons and ammunition.”

After Ramdass said these words, the entire conference room became quiet. The Soviet delegation stared at Ramdass like a fool. The experienced Defense Minister Comrade Yazov was sent as The person in charge this time just sneered when he heard Ramdas's offer.

"9.5 million US dollars, is the Indian delegation really treating it as sending the Soviet Union away? If the Indian side insists on negotiating at this price, I think our negotiations can end here. There is no need to continue. Anyway, the deal is It is based on the integrity of mutual trust between the two parties. If India has no integrity, then this negotiation can be ended." Yazov made a move to get up and leave, but was stopped by the Indian representative.

"Wait, if the Soviet Union is not satisfied with the price, we can continue to negotiate, can't we?" Ramdas smiled awkwardly, trying to lighten the atmosphere. But Comrade Yazov's standard poker face made him unable to laugh.

"Is General Ramdass selling our Minsk for scrap metal? As for the scrap metal, we are quite satisfied with the price, but it is a pity that this is a fully functional aircraft carrier with combat capabilities. So I think Egypt or Argentina are more suitable to be our trading partners. Although their purchase price is slightly lower than the Soviet Union’s budget, it is still much better than spending 9.5 million to send beggars.”

Comrade Yazov did not give Ramdass a chance to continue to explain. Instead, he turned around and left, announcing that the negotiations had entered a pause stage. He would wait until India came up with a more sincere offer before discussing how to lease the aircraft carrier.

Accompanying Yazov was Colonel Egorov, a representative of the Soviet Navy. When he asked Yazov why he terminated the negotiation rashly, Yazov, who had already walked out of the negotiation conference room, smiled and replied, "If If I don't do this, these Indians won't feel panic at all. Only by warning them that the Soviet Union is angry now will we have the desired effect. "

"Well" Colonel Yegorov still didn't quite understand what Yazov said.

"I just revealed several pieces of information to Ram Dass. First, the Soviet Union is very dissatisfied with the price proposed by India. Second, the Soviet Union has other buyers besides India. Just these two points alone will make India have to re- We began to review our own prices, and we terminated the negotiation midway to allow the other party to reconsider our offer. If we had just attacked rashly at the negotiating table, the overwhelmed Indian delegation would have tightened the price, and the negotiation would have reached a deadlock. It’s even harder to crack.”

Yazov smiled and said to Colonel Yegorov, "It doesn't matter. The Indian Navy has taken the bait anyway, and it will only be a matter of time to pull them ashore." To be continued.