Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 193 Three Major Purposes

As Chen Guobang expected, Lu Shaohua really had something to tell him! But then again! Even if Chen Guobang didn't stay, Lu Shaohua would let him stay. Anyway, it was only a little after nine o'clock, not too late, so it was better to arrange some things early.

"Brother! I remember telling you a few years ago that the Soviet Union would disintegrate. You didn't believe it then, but now you can see that the entire Soviet Union is in chaos. Disintegration is irreversible." Lu Shaohua said this to start a discussion, in order to bring up the next topic. "It's just that whether it's the military or the government, as long as they have a little power, they will 'rule the kings of the mountains', especially the military. I believe you have been in the Soviet Union for more than three years, you have seen more than me, right?"

"Ah!" Chen Guobang sighed, not knowing whether he felt sorry for the Soviet Union, a powerful country, or for those who "occupy the mountain and act like kings". "If things continue like this, disintegration is inevitable, it's just a matter of time."

Chen Guobang was very confident about the chaos in the Soviet Union. If there had not been chaos, he would not have been able to use money to open up the situation in the Soviet Union. What was even more ridiculous was that he could actually use money to bribe naval officers to help with smuggling. To be honest, Chen Guobang did not believe that he could bribe naval officers with money at the time. In his impression, as a soldier, he should be able to resist the temptation of money. But later he tried it with half-belief and half-doubt, and it really worked, and it was bribed with a small amount of money. This fact surprised him and completely overturned his view and impression of soldiers.

As more and more people were bribed with money, Chen Guobang's inner thoughts gradually wavered. The first time he bribed someone might be a coincidence, and the second time was also a coincidence, but what about the third, fourth, and fifth time? That would become a fact, not to mention that it had been more than five times so far.

From wavering to accepting reality, Chen Guobang's view of the world has changed dramatically. Sometimes he has an illusion that there is nothing he can't do with the temptation of money. Yes, he thinks money is omnipotent, but in the end he came to his senses when he remembered Lu Shaohua's words, which are still deeply engraved in his mind. "Money is not omnipotent, but without money, nothing can be done."

"Yes, it's just a matter of time." Lu Shaohua continued speaking along with Chen Guobang's words. After a pause, he changed the subject and continued, "It is precisely because of the chaos that the crisis of disintegration has occurred, but it is also an opportunity for us, an opportunity for us to expand our strength."

Whether it was the global stock market crash of Black Monday in 1987 or the Japanese stock market crash of 1989-1990, Lu Shaohua's strength increased rapidly. It was just that the stock market crash only increased Lu Shaohua's wealth. The disintegration of the Soviet Union was different. It was not only his wealth that increased, but also other aspects, including talent, resources, technology and official power. However, this official power only refers to the one in the Soviet Union, which is useless in China.

"Hmm?" Chen Guobang didn't quite understand what Lu Shaohua meant.

The topic was brought around, and Lu Shaohua also planned to take this opportunity to say something. Wasn't it for this purpose that he said so much? He exhaled, coughed twice to clear his throat, and said, "I have three purposes for coming to the Soviet Union. The first purpose is to buy something from the top military leaders, the second purpose is to recruit talents, a large number of talents, and the third is to cultivate power."

These three objectives are the most important and urgent tasks that Lu Shaohua needs to complete on this trip. For example, buying some things from the top military leaders is to ask the country's top leaders to lift restrictions on the production of electronic products and automobiles when he returns to China. Chen Guobang has known about the talent poaching for a long time, and he understands it without Lu Shaohua saying much. As for cultivating power, this is the last link in Lu Shaohua's plan. As long as this last link is successfully implemented, it means obtaining a large amount of resources.

When asked what resources the Soviet Union had the most, the first thing that came to people's mind was natural gas and oil. Lu Shaohua came here for natural gas and oil. As a reborn person, he knew very well that the price of natural gas and oil in the future would be so high that it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as "no price even if there is a market for it."

Chen Guobang finally understood why Lu Shaohua wanted him to build relationships with the highest level of the military. It turned out that he wanted to buy something from them, but what should he buy? The military seemed to have nothing to sell except military technology.

"Military technology?" This word lingered in Chen Guobang's mind. "Yes, military technology? Does Lu Shaohua want to buy those things?"

Suddenly, Chen Guobang was shocked by his guess! If Lu Shaohua really wanted to buy those things, then the question was, what was he going to do with them? Fight a war? Go back to China to fight?

The more Chen Guobang thought about it, the more terrified he felt. If Lu Shaohua really wanted to return to China to fight, that would be a big event. As a former soldier, he would not let such a thing happen. He would stop Lu Shaohua even if he had to die. However, before everything was settled, he was not sure what Lu Shaohua was going to buy those things for.

"Xiaohua, can you tell me whether we should buy military technologies when we buy things from the top leaders?" Chen Guobang asked seriously.

Lu Shaohua was not surprised that Chen Guobang could guess it. After all, Chen Guobang had been in the army, and it seemed that there was really nothing else to buy in the army except military technology. It is undeniable that Chen Guobang guessed correctly. Lu Shaohua wanted to buy military technology. "Well, you want to buy military technology?"

Seeing that Lu Shaohua did not deny it, Chen Guobang asked, "Can you tell me what you bought those things for?"

"Haha! Big brother, there's no need to be so serious. I mean no harm." Lu Shaohua first said that he had no harm in order to calm Chen Guobang down, and then said other things. Otherwise, with Chen Guobang's current state of mind, he would not be able to listen to what he said next.

Sure enough, the words "no ill intentions" really made Chen Guobang feel much more at ease and calmed down. Seeing Chen Guobang calm down, Lu Shaohua continued, "I want to buy those things as gifts for the top leaders of the country."

Lu Shaohua didn't want to say much and told a little lie. As he said, he gave the military technology as a gift to the country, but only half of the technology was given and the other half was kept. If the country was interested in seeing the other half, then conditions would be set.

"Gift?" Chen Guobang became more and more confused.

"Yes, let's give it as a gift to the country! Also, buy some current equipment for Li Zhijie and others." Lu Shaohua said lightly.

In the 90s, the Soviet Union's military technology was well-known internationally for its advancedness and excellent performance. As long as they could get new types, they would undoubtedly be the best in the world.

I don't know if it was Lu Shaohua's words 'give it as a gift to the country' or the other sentence 'equip it to Li Zhijie and others' that moved Chen Guobang, and he said, "We will establish a relationship of mutual trust with them as soon as possible, and then talk to them about whether they are willing to sell it."

Lu Shaohua smiled. As far as he knew, Soviet officials now valued money more than anything else. There was nothing that money could not buy. It just depended on whether the price you offered was high enough for them. If you could afford a high price, they would even sell you an aircraft carrier.

Aircraft carrier? Yes, aircraft carrier. Lu Shaohua suddenly remembered this name. This overlord of the sea. According to his memory, China was provoked at sea because it did not have aircraft carriers. Whether in the East China Sea or the South China Sea, foreign warships often entered Chinese waters, and China could only drive them away, and could not really suppress them.

At this time, the only idea in Lu Shaohua's mind was to buy an aircraft carrier. Oh! No, he wanted to buy the technology for an aircraft carrier. He didn't want a ready-made product. Not only was the price of a ready-made product too high, but even if he bought it, he had no place to put it. He wanted to use it as a bargaining chip to trade with the country. He was afraid that it would be too rebellious and change history. So, he had to buy it, buy their technology, and keep it for himself. It would be of great use in the future.

After thinking about it, Lu Shaohua has made up his mind, that is to buy, he must buy. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again. Now you have the opportunity to buy it, but you may not have such an opportunity in the future. But there is no rush now, and you can't talk about this before you have established a relationship of mutual trust.

"Okay, let's stop talking about this topic. Next, let's talk about recruiting talents." Lu Shaohua waved his hand to end the topic and moved on to the next one. "Recruiting talents, no matter what kind of talents they are, as long as they have skills, I will take them. If they are talents in the fields of automobiles, electronics, and computers, we will arrange for them to return to China, and the rest of the talents will stay in the secret base of the Soviet Union."

Speaking of the secret base, Lu Shaohua had told Chen Guobang about it when he came to the Soviet Union, and Chen Guobang was also building it, but due to limited funds, the progress was slow, and only less than 30% of the project had been completed. It was also the problem of funds that forced Chen Guobang to slow down in building a network of relationships. But now the problem has been solved because Lu Shaohua came, and Lu Shaohua came with a lot of funds.

"Yes! The Soviet Union is in chaos right now, and a large number of technical talents are unemployed. As long as we spread the news, it won't be difficult to find talents." Chen Guobang said with certainty. "As for the secret base, we have to speed up, otherwise we won't have enough time."

"Of course we need to speed up, but there's no rush." ​​After a while, Lu Shaohua continued, "We can first recruit some talents from the three fields of automobiles, electronics, and computers to return to China. I have already built a residential area in Shenzhen for them to live in."

"Do you mean to dig and build the base at the same time?" Chen Guobang asked.

"Yes, when the excavation is almost complete, the base will probably be built soon. In this case, time will not be so tight." Lu Shaohua had thought about these things a long time ago. If he hadn't thought about them, he would have transferred the funds to Chen Guobang long ago, and there would be no need to wait until now. "However, all this has to wait until the military buys those things. Otherwise, the country will not allow a large number of Soviet people to enter, and it may cause trouble."

This was another of Lu Shaohua's trading conditions, which was to use bargaining chips to trade with the country and allow those Soviet technical talents to enter Shenzhen, oh, to enter Shenzhen legally.

"Well, I know what to do. I will try to get closer to them during this period of time." Chen Guobang said.

"Okay, you try your best." Lu Shaohua waved his hand again to end the question. "Okay, let's put the other things aside for now. Next, let me talk about the last link, which is also the most important link."

"You say it."

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