Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 666
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After Silicon Valley One flew from New York, USA to Paris, France, it took a short rest, but it was actually a buffer, and it arranged preventive measures for the negative public opinion that might be caused by the upcoming trip to the Soviet Union.

Japanese Transport Minister Hiroshi Mitsuka couldn't really follow him to the Soviet Union, so he took advantage of this gap to temporarily bid farewell to Tang Huan to collect information about his competitor, the European high-speed rail counterpart, so that the next public relations could be targeted.

A few days later, after another group of members joined in Paris, Silicon Valley One flew directly to Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union.

The Kremlin has been looking forward to Tang Huan's arrival for a long time, because it regards this event as a symbolic event to break through the Western blockade, so the reception specifications arranged can be imagined-almost the height of a head of state, just short of the Ming Dynasty. Salutes, military parades and other procedures.

The personable Tang Huan became the focus from the moment he appeared on the gangway; and Nikolai Ivanovich, chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers who had dealt with the Chernobyl nuclear accident earlier Ryzhkov shook hands, embraced, and completed some other etiquette, and was surrounded by stars, went to the Kremlin to meet with the Supreme Leader of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Presidium Gorbachev.

The Soviet Union was indeed in a bit of a hurry. After confirming that Tang Huan was willing to accept it, they sent up the International Lenin Peace Prize and the Order of Lenin early.

Because Tang Huan's public relations team had warmed up and revealed some of the activities of the richest man's trip to the Soviet Union in advance without leaving any trace, including the International Lenin Peace Prize and the Lenin Medal, in the hope that the outside world could digest the contents as soon as possible. Unexpected, so the Soviet Union's move only made the media suddenly realize and say, "So this is really the case."

Perhaps the Soviet Union was not satisfied with the repercussions of its sincerity, so it arranged an unplanned event, that is, gave the richest man an egg.

This really had an impact, and the western media were stunned for a moment, and they hurriedly splashed ink and played it up.

The gift that the Soviet Union vomited blood and dedicated to it is really amazing. It is the famous Fabergéegg——Faberge egg, which came from the famous jewelry craftsman Peter Karl Faberge of Tsarist Russia.

The first Faberge egg was completed in 1885. Peter Karl Faberge was commissioned by Russian Tsar Alexander III to prepare a surprise Easter gift for his empress Maria Feodorovna.

Although from the outside, the Faberge egg is just a carved egg made of white enamel and gold, its interior is actually very ornate, with small crowns and rubies hanging inside, reminiscent of Russian matryoshka dolls.

Empress Maria was so delighted with the gift from Alexander III that the Tsar named Peter Karl Faberge "supplier to the palace" and at the same time commissioned him to make a unique and amazing Easter egg every year for his son Nicholas II continued this tradition, thus inaugurating a series of masterpieces of this type.

Between 1885 and 1917, Peter Karl Faberge and his assistants made a total of 69 Faberge eggs for the Tsar and private collectors.Among them, 54 were made for Tsar Alexander III and Nicholas II, but in the end only 50 were delivered to the Tsar; of the remaining 15 Faberge eggs made for private collectors, 7 were dedicated to Moscow Made by the Kerch family.

It is a pity that today, among the 69 Faberge eggs, only 61 have survived, because after the demise of Tsarist Russia, a large number of royal jewels were lost.

In order to obtain more foreign currency, Stalin once sold some Faberge eggs.From 1930 to 1933, a total of 14 Faberge eggs flowed out of Russia, but because they caught up with the Great Depression of the world economy, many people questioned their value cynically.

As a synonym for luxury goods, Faberge eggs are considered a classic work of jewelry art, and many rich Americans love it. For example, the owner of "Forbes" magazine, Malcolm Forbes, not only has a private collection, but also promoted it in New York. The largest exhibition of Faberge eggs.

It is worth mentioning that among the "007" series of films, "Octopussy"-"Octopussy" released in 1983, used the Fabergé egg as an important clue to promote the progress of the story.

This is great, the Western gossip media originally put Tang Huan, who won the Order of Lenin, and James Bond in the 1985 "Murder of Thunder" together for fun; "Female" got in touch, and the topic of teasing the Soviet Union became more and more popular.

To be honest, Tang Huan was quite surprised that the Soviet Union gave him such a stylish gift.The US$5000 million he donated to the Soviet Union to help deal with the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident is enough to buy Faberge eggs, but the problem is that these things are scarce and have no market.It seems that the Soviet Union really attaches great importance to their trip
The fact is also the same. Gorbachev asked Tang Huan to use his personal relationship to express an intention to US President Reagan in the middle - let's find time to talk face-to-face.

Of course, this commission was very secretive. What Tang Huan talked about publicly was: the establishment and operation of the Philosophy and Confucianism Training and Certification Center, and the OCPC program in the Soviet Union.

At this stage, Soviet Prime Minister Ryzhkov and Soviet leader Gorbachov are quite in tune with each other, that is, they agree to revive and rebuild the Soviet Union's economy by reducing central planning and introducing new technologies.

At this time, the situation of the Soviet Union was similar to that of IBM, that is, there was no shortage of production and sales, but the profits just couldn’t come up. As a result, the former dissatisfied the public and the latter dissatisfied investors.

The most obvious problem with the Soviet economy was that it was structurally unbalanced, so that the light industrial products it produced simply could not supply domestic demand.

On the premise of not doing major surgery, introducing new technologies from outside seems to be the most effective method.And the importance of Tang Huan became more and more prominent.

The Soviet Union has a lot of ideas, and the amount of information communicated with each other naturally increases. The richest man is inevitably a little tired.

In the evening, just as Tang Huan wanted to relax, he took the Faberge egg and wondered whether there would be pre-installed monitoring equipment in it. Prince Fahd of Kuwait came to visit in person.

Seeing Tang Huan looking at a young man beside him, Prince Fahd introduced with a smile: "This is Uday Hussein, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, I heard that you just got a Fahad Beige eggs, so I have to join in the fun and come over to take a look."

After listening to Prince Fahd's introduction, Tang Huan suddenly realized, "I said, why is it familiar? Feelings are the ace of hearts among the most wanted cards in the United States in the original time and space."

The Iraqi prince is very young now, only in his 20s, but he is deeply loved by his father and trained as his successor. He was assigned to work in the sports department as soon as he graduated, so he appeared in the first Friendship Games Moscow.

It is also unknown whether Iraqi athletes were physically punished for poor performance in the arena.

In Gein's original time and space, it is said that if the Iraqi national men's football team is defeated by their opponents, the players and coaches will be punished such as whipping, kicking a spiked football, or even cutting their feet.This black history is really impressive!
Because the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the United States and other Western countries refused to participate in the 1980 Moscow Olympics; in response, the Soviet Union did not participate in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.As a result, athletes from the United States and the Soviet Union have not had the opportunity to compete in the top multi-sports games for more than ten years.

In this environment, Ted Turner founded the Goodwill Games, a commercial goodwill game aimed at alleviating political antagonism and strengthening mutual understanding, and the first session was scheduled to be held in Moscow.

However, this simple wish was inevitably hit by political reasons. The U.S. Department of Defense banned its personnel from participating in the Friendship Games, and the Soviet Union banned two important U.S. allies—Israel and South Korea.

好在第一届友好运动会还是得到了极大的欢迎，吸引了79个国家的3000多名运动员前来参加总共18个大项、182个小项的比赛，并且创造了6项世界纪录、8项洲纪录和91项国家纪录。

For example, in the Soviet Union, the legendary pole vaulter Sergei Bubka, nicknamed the "Birdman of the Sky," successfully crossed the 6.01-meter crossbar and broke through the 6-meter mark in men's pole vault for the first time; Dimir Salnikov broke his own world record in the men's 7-meter freestyle with a time of 50 minutes, 64 seconds and 800 seconds; in the United States, the famous American female track and field athlete Jesse Joyner-Cosey set the She set a new world record in the women's heptathlon with 7148 points; Carl Lewis lost to Canada's Benjamin Sinclair Johnson in the men's 100-meter dash, thus winning his first international sporting event title.

Currently, the top three countries on the medal table are the Soviet Union, the United States and East Germany.

China sent 41 athletes to participate in track and field, diving, gymnastics and cycling, a total of 4 events, and won 4 silver medals and 5 bronze medals, ranking eighth on the medal table.

This performance somewhat confirms the worries that Li Jingwei once expressed in front of Tang Huan. At this stage, China's sports industry has been somewhat neglected and has begun to decline.

The first Friendship Games will be held for 7 days from July 5th to July 7th.Tang Huan's visit to the Soviet Union happened to be at the end of the day, and he will participate in tomorrow's closing ceremony.

Therefore, he was a little surprised, why did Prince Fahd come here? Everyone is very busy, if there is something, just talk about it when we meet tomorrow.

After the greetings were over, Tang Huan was about to turn to the main question, when Uday Hussein, who was impatient next to him, interrupted the conversation, pointing to the Faberge egg on the coffee table of Mr. Richest Man and asked: "Can I have a look?" Is it?"

Young people are inevitably curious, and the exquisite Faberge eggs are indeed very novel, so Tang Huan didn't think much, and waved his hand readily, asking his assistant to take the Faberge eggs for Uday Hussein to appreciate.

"The prince came here specially, not just to see this Faberge egg?" Tang Huan asked directly.

Prince Fahd nodded and replied in a low voice, "After you finish your trip to the Soviet Union, do you have time? The Kuwait Investment Authority wants to discuss something with you."

"What is so mysterious that you need to make such a roundabout contact?" Tang Huan suppressed his doubts and nodded slightly, "I'm going to the UK next, isn't the office of the Kuwait Investment Authority in London, and we'll talk there directly. "

"Let's change the meeting place." Prince Fahd waved his hand quickly.

Tang Huan thought for a while, and then asked the other party's opinion, "Or, I will stop in Paris, France, as I did when I came here, and then everyone will find an absolutely safe place to talk about things."

"Then it's settled." Prince Fahd finally agreed with satisfaction.

At this time, Uday Hussain interjected again: "Don, how about selling me this Faberge egg? The price, just open it?"

Hearing this, the richest man couldn't help laughing, "This guy is really arrogant. He wants to steal love from him without knowing the heights of the sky. Will I be short of money?"

"Sorry, I have already discussed it with the relevant parties. This Faberge egg will soon participate in a world tour exhibition, and I have no intention of selling it." Tang Huan calmly refused.

"What does that matter, sell it to me first, and then I'll lend it to you to complete the exhibition." Uday Hussein frivolously threw Faberge eggs up and down with his hands, insisting on asking the richest man to make an offer.

"Be careful breaking the egg." Tang Huan frowned, and winked at the assistant, who immediately picked up the Fabergé egg that was in danger in the air without a trace of fireworks.

Uday Hussain's hand stopped there in embarrassment, and his face suddenly turned red into a purple eggplant, and then he burst out of anger, and said "No one can refuse what I see", and then walked away. go.

The man was brought by himself, and as a result of such a mistake, Prince Fahd's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

After a while, he forced a smile and explained: "Uday Hussein is a bit young and energetic, don't know the seriousness, don't mind. The reason why he is so keen on Faberge eggs should be to please the elders, To achieve the purpose of solid favor, after all, he still has a younger brother, and his father is still in his prime, so maybe he won't have any more children."

"I think he is arrogant to the extreme." Tang Huan made no secret of his displeasure, and snorted coldly.

"Maybe a little bit." Prince Fahd sighed, "Take the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait. Although the two countries are now closely related, there are many disparaging arguments on the Iraqi side, thinking that 'Kuwait is just what Iraq once was. a province'."

"Then you have to be careful." Tang Huan said pointedly: "The Iran-Iraq War has been fought until now, although both sides are claiming to be the victor, but no matter how they whitewash it, it is a fact that both sides will suffer. It won't take long. We will have to stop the war because of the depletion of national strength, and be careful that Iraq, which will become a mess and cannot repay its debts, will target Kuwait, which has no strategic aspect but has huge oil wealth, in order to divert domestic conflicts."

(End of this chapter)