"52 bulk carriers, 11 container ships, 7 oil tankers, 4 ro-ro ships, ahem, and 19 ocean-going fishing vessels? 4 ice storage ships? There are actually 2 supply ships? Kent, fishing boats or something, hehe, what do you think I want those military supply ships for?" Jing Jian smiled and joked with Kent beside him.

The catalogue provided by Andre was dazzling, and the content it covered almost made Jing Jian's jaw drop. It is no exaggeration to say that more than half of it is actually military products? Andrei even hinted through Ilyitsev that there is no obstacle to light weapons at all, and even heavy weapons such as fighters, tanks, and missiles are not negotiable.

Of course, Jing Jian laughed after reading those arms, but he had to admire the audacity of Andre's people. Well, in fact, Jing Jian knew that the management of military materials after the collapse of the Soviet Union was out of control, but he didn't expect that the loss of control happened so early, and the scale was so turbulent at the beginning.

Actually, the reason is not complicated. As the Soviet Union prepared for a large-scale withdrawal of troops from Eastern Europe, in the past, in order to prepare for a world war, a huge amount of material stored in bases in Eastern Europe had to be disposed of. Of course, some important materials were withdrawn to the Soviet Union, but some materials that were not light or heavy were not cost-effective to be transported back, leaving behind the batch of white-eyed wolves in Eastern Europe.

Moreover, after the war in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union carried out a certain kind of "collective smearing" of the Soviet army from top to bottom, which was very similar to the anti-war ideology in Europe and the United States during the Vietnam War, which was a devastating blow to the morale of Soviet officers and soldiers. You know, the United States still has Hollywood boasting that "American GIs save all mankind", and the Soviet Union didn't even have this.

As a result, the Soviet army was discriminated against everywhere, and although it was not even guaranteed its salary as it was after the disintegration, the previous "Soviet army first" treatment plummeted in an instant. For example, the Soviet troops who withdrew to the Soviet Union were actually placed in stables without even arranging barracks in time?

The results speak for themselves, and the Soviet army's military discipline slipped like an avalanche, and a large-scale, organized power-for-money transaction began. Fortunately, the Soviet Union had not yet collapsed at this time, and there was still the last fig leaf left, so on the surface, this deal with Jing Jian was fair, with an average tonnage of more than 10,000 tons (excluding those fishing boats), and the average age of these ships was about ten years, and the price of packing to Jing Jian was more than 500 million rubles (at this time, it is more than 300 million US dollars when converted into US dollars).

In addition, Andre will organize another batch of about 20 new ships under five years old to be put into Jingjian's banner. This time there was no need for money, just the creation of a new shipping company called "Nexus", in which VTB would take 30% of the shares as the representative of the Soviet side.

The actual situation is like this, the first batch of ships was "internally disposed of" by Andrey, and the latter batch was really unable to deal with it, so he simply set up a link shipping company to promote "Sino-Soviet-American friendship" to the outside world (Andrei insisted on adding the United States, because the standard logistics of one of the shareholders is an American company), and also gave a strong reason internally.

Jing Jian actually didn't care how Andre and the others operated. He is happy that the loan has finally been secured and that some of it has been effectively invested. After all, the Soviet Union at this time had the largest merchant and fishing fleets in the world, that is, these ships could be used as soon as they could.

"Kent, I'll admit, we're in trouble, we haven't even used half of the loan. Jing Jian joked.

Indeed, compared to the huge loan, such a large amount of money has become a drizzle. Interestingly, in the last package agreement, although the automobile plant project has been terminated, the Soviet Union still gave Jingjian export quotas for other fertilizers, non-ferrous metals, etc., so all together, this loan finally used up more than 700 million rubles, and thankfully, it was close to half.

Kent smiled and said, "Sir, then buy another boat?" I heard Ilyitsev say that the price is actually discounted. He complained that you were too bold to shoot. ”

At this time, the world's maritime market is still weak, so Jingjian's purchase price is quite fair. Of course, not only was the price fair, but he also gave Andre $1 million in private, and more than $5 million to other related people. This even made Andrei and others very embarrassed, so in this deal, a lot of materials were also sent by the way, and a 30-year lease contract was also signed for three dual-use terminals in Poland and East Germany.

Jing Jian smiled and shook his head: "I'll talk about it later." ”

The decision to buy a boat this time is nothing more than an emergency. From an economic point of view, these Soviet cargo ships were too inefficient and expensive to use, and they were not very cost-effective. Of course, this is the only one that can build a large merchant fleet in the short term. In addition, in a few years, all these merchant ships of the former Soviet Union will be "scrap iron," and they are afraid that they will have nowhere to buy them? In the future, there will be another "scrap iron" that will become the Liaoning after buying it.

And the approval of the export quota of that batch of materials gave Jing Jianxin hope. These in-demand materials can be realized when they change hands, and it can be said that the more the merrier. Therefore, Jing Jian arranged for Andre to activate his relationship to see if there was any possibility of increase?

Jing Jian instructed: "Those docks ask His Excellency the Baron if he is interested? ”

Lease-lease contracts like this are actually quite informal. Logically speaking, this is a military base of the Soviet army in the countries of Eastern Europe, and if the Soviet troops withdraw, they should be returned to the countries of Eastern Europe free of charge. However, who cares about the future now? I don't know what tomorrow will be, and if we get the cash first, who will kill those white-eyed wolves in Eastern Europe? Jing Jian bought it here, and he bought it. Therefore, if you want these contracts to take effect in the future, you still need a local snake like Baron Jung. Otherwise, it only takes a contract lawsuit to get a big head.

Seeing that Ken nodded and agreed, Jing Jian continued to instruct: "Those fishing boats, supply ships and other things will be sent to Fusoya first, and I will make other arrangements." Liaison with the Skull Sea in Hong Kong, those merchant ships we bought earlier......"

In the end, Jing Jian found that the most suitable thing was to buy a boat, and he was able to carry it with the means of transportation. Of course, sooner or later the fleet will need to be built, and this time it is also timely.

There is another point that makes Jing Jian more depressed - how to spend this loan as soon as possible? I really can't find any valuable investment. If it really doesn't work, you can only continue to buy boats.

Unexpectedly, Jing Jianzheng racked his brains how to spend these rubles, but the person who made him spend money took the initiative to find the door......