"Be careful, watch your step!"

"Jump, oops, jump!"

"Throw the grenade, it's almost low, look at that, pick up that laser gun!"

If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe that one is the next generation of Romanian heirs in their thirties, and the other is an important member of the Ukrainian Jovovich family, a high-ranking agent of the KGB, who is almost forty years old. The two men, who are in their seventies together, are now like boys, looking like crazy at the TV screen.

It is said that a man is always a child, but in fact, this is really not wrong.

From Niku and Korolev, there is now very obvious proof of this.

When the game box is called the Newtech game box, well, Hu Wenhai also wanted to give the Soviet version of the FC game console a cool name, but after thinking about it for a long time, the elements about Russia in his head are really poor. As for names like PS, Sega or Xbox, there is no Soviet style to hear, and in the end, this console was simply and rudely named Game Box.

The game box, or the Soviet version of the FC console, easily conquered Niku and Korolev.

The USSR was not without game consoles, and large arcade machines were not something that could not be seen in the USSR. And the home game consoles launched by Japan, it is not difficult for the Soviet Union to smuggle or import.

But there is a problem, that is, due to the different display standards of television, the game consoles produced by the Western camp have become black and white silent things when they are put on Soviet TV sets. As you can imagine, a game developed based on color and sound has any charm in this way.

The Newtech game box is different, it was developed from the beginning with the aim of the Soviet market, and the display and audio formats are of course used in Soviet standards. And let's be honest. Both Niku and Korolev were playing video games for the first time.

After all, video games became popular around the world in the eighties. And when the two of them are at this age, no one will invite them to play video games or anything like that. Even in their world, they may not even know about this game mode.

Working every day, seizing power, and intriguing have already exhausted all the energy of these two. Even if it's for relaxation and entertainment. Naturally, there are more "upscale" ways.

For example, "toys" such as "Comaneci".

Just like the otaku who kicked his girlfriend in order to play games in later generations, this unique form of entertainment made Niku even completely forget about Comaneci's existence. The latter is already a little tired of "playing" for him after all. And the novelty of video games drives him strongly.

The two of them are playing the Contra version of "Codename Zeta", watching the protagonist on the screen wearing a blue trench coat and a peaked cap, dressed as KGB, born and died, Korolev still has a sense of substitution.

Finally, after a lot of hard work, mainly after some up and down, left and right BABA. The two finally passed the first hurdle smoothly.

"Well, gentlemen, how do you feel?"

Hu Wenhai asked with a smile.

"Oh-" Korolev and Niku nodded and laughed with a look of enjoyment: "Yes, this is really a very good thing! I think in the Soviet Union, this machine must be very popular!"

For a number of known reasons, the lack of entertainment in the USSR itself was rather acute. In the field of entertainment propaganda, it seems that all the propaganda departments of socialist countries are the scum of war controlled by the Americans.

In the sixties and seventies after World War II, the Soviet Union still had some excellent films. Like the Silent Don River, War and Peace, and the Silence of the Dawn Here, these classic films have milestones in the entire history of human cinema. Fundamentally. The quality of Soviet cinema was not even inferior to that of American Hollywood.

But the problem is that people's entertainment is too monotonous, movies, reading, and music. As for talking about TV. Television stations in the USSR were also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Propaganda. What's more, the current Minister of Propaganda of the Soviet Union is still a Jew who has been bribed by the Americans, the CIA's highest-level spy in the Soviet Union. Oh, not necessarily, who knows if Gotu has a CIA work card?

Yakovlev Epstein, this guy is practicing reverse nationalism. We will make every effort to suppress the Russian nation and incite national antagonism among other ethnic groups. And during his tenure, he completely destroyed the heroic history of the Soviet Union and knocked the vast majority of Soviet heroes off the altar. Occupy television, newspapers and publications with ****, violent and vulgar soap operas, so that the Soviet youth will forget about Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol and Tolstoy, and even more so about Paul Chagin and Zoya. On the contrary, they have done everything possible to preach the superiority of the United States.

How familiar it looks, to say that he didn't have an entire team of American cultural aggression behind him to plan these things, I'm afraid even he doesn't believe it.

One of the most interesting phenomena was revealed by Yakovlev himself after the collapse of the Soviet Union. During his tenure as propaganda minister, he and ********** generally sought out the kind of cadres who were pro-Western and opposed to the Soviet system, and then provided monetary subsidies to send them to the United States in the name of computer training. In fact, these people went to the United States to "improve their professional level in political science".

However, things have not always been smooth sailing, and some cadres have not always changed in the direction that he and ********** hope after returning from the United States. At this time, Yakovlev's criterion was that those who had criticized socialism in the past would abandon him as soon as they became patriotic.

Yes, abandon him. If you go out and come back and become patriotic, then abandon him.

How familiar!

With such a propaganda minister, one can imagine how barren, scarce, and dangerous the Soviets' entertainment and propaganda positions were.

To be honest, when he thought that the Soviet Propaganda Minister was a CIA spy sitting in the position of Minister of Propaganda, the head of the KGB in Leningrad was also a CIA, and the General Secretary of the Soviet Union was a suspected CIA, he despaired of the option of renewing the Soviet Union. Should it be said that it is worthy of the Soviet Union? Under the command of the CIA, it was able to hold out for seven years.

There is a saying in later generations that everyone in the world is incompatible, and the Soviet Union has let the CIA infiltrate like a sieve!

Movies, reading, and music, this is how most Soviets spend their daily lives. So much so that when the KGB caught absenteeism and skipping work, it was sure to find the person they were looking for just by going to the cinema - and the absent workers seemed to have no other place to spend their time.

One can imagine being in such a desert of entertainment. How influential a video game console would be for the needs of the Soviets.

The Soviet Union's integrated circuit technology and application methods led to the fact that the Soviet Union basically had no plan to develop the electronic entertainment market.

In other words, this new blue ocean is a virgin/female land that is completely controlled by Xinke and KGB.

"According to the information I have, the Soviet Union has about 90 million television sets. Basically every household has at least one TV. I think there will be at least 10 million units in the market for Newtech game boxes, right? Comrade Korolev, what do you think?"

The price of color television sets in the Soviet Union, which has remained unchanged for more than a decade, has always been between 350 and 780 rubles. And in Soviet times, the exchange rate of the ruble against the dollar was fixed, and 1 ruble could be exchanged for 2 dollars. Of course, most of the time, rubles cannot be exchanged for dollars.

Hu Wenhai's price for the game box is 200 rubles. A cassette is more than 10 rubles, depending on the number and quality of the game. As a result, the sales of the main engine alone can reach the scale of two billion rubles. If the production capacity of the Xiucheng computer factory continues to expand, it should have no problem reaching 500,000 units per month. In two years, 10 million to 12 million game boxes were supplied to the Soviet Union, and this market would only be limited by production capacity.

You must know that with the economic level of China in the nineties, Japan's FC game consoles. But 100 million units were sold in China!

And without the Soviets before the collapse, the purchasing power and desire to buy would undoubtedly be much higher than the Chinese in the nineties. Plus the profit from the sale of cassette. Hu Wenhai estimated that this market could reach about 5 billion rubles. In terms of profits, a billion rubles is certainly no problem.

As for how much money KGB can earn in the USSR after taking the goods, it is not something that Hu Wenhai needs to know.

Korolev rubbed the handle connected to the game box in his hand, nodded slowly, and then shook his head again: "Ten million units sold." I guess it's a bit underestimating its energy. Although the Soviet Union had only 90 million televisions, the entire socialist camp was more than that. The economies of the GDR, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria, these Warsaw Pact countries are also good, and it is not a problem to digest another 20 or 30 million units. ”

Hu Wenhai smiled slightly, and said step by step: "If the KGB side can also have this kind of prediction." That's a very good result. But apart from funding, does Comrade Korolev think it has any significance for the KGB?"

"Publicity, right?" Korolev nodded: "I've thought about this from this game codenamed Zeta. Video games have an even greater impact on people than movies and reading, because it requires the operator to actively participate in the events of the game, and it is easy to influence a person's position. ”

"That's right!" Hu Wenhai clapped his hands happily: "A KGB hero who kills all sides on TV, Comrade Korolev thinks this is a good promotion for the image of KGB?"

"Well, I think it needs to be studied by the superiors before it can be decided. Korolev did not have any confidence in what he said.

Hu Wenhai was slightly stunned, and asked puzzledly: "What else does this need to be studied and considered? Isn't this an obvious result?"

"It's hard to say, and it's not impossible if the superiors feel that this kind of entertainment will threaten the authority of the KGB. Or if this game is introduced, it is really as effective as you said, maybe the KGB will issue a document requiring people who buy game consoles to buy this game, and check whether the buyer has played this game every month, or require that they must be able to pass the first level ......"

"Uh, that's unlikely, right?" Hu Wenhai was dumbfounded.

Korolev shrugged: "Who knows?"

Hu Wenhai was speechless, secretly glad that this game imitated Contra, not the fleet Collection, otherwise he would really become a country and a shipwreck everywhere......

Hu Wenhai instinctively felt that Korolev's rhetoric was not at all logical, but what could not be done in a country that was on the path of destruction?

He waved his hand, shook his head, and said, "If the KGB still pursues a little, instead of hoping to intimidate the people of his own country with a murderous name." This kind of propaganda is still very useful. If KGB is interested, we can collaborate on more similar game works, at least to make KGB better in the impression of ordinary people. If KGB doesn't think this genre is appropriate, I don't have a problem with that, we still have a lot of games that don't involve this genre for sale. ”

Korolev didn't say much, just nodded silently.

"That's right. I would like to ask Comrade Korolev to help with one thing. ”

Hu Wenhai nodded out of the door, and gave Korolev a look when Niku and Secretary Chi were not paying attention to him.

Korolev understood, got up and followed Hu Wenhai, and walked towards the door.

When I got outside, I saw Hu Wenhai standing still in the corridor, and whispered with a serious face: "I have a business here, I don't know if Korolev is interested?"

"Business, business?" said Korolev, leaning against the wall, looking at him defensively.

“R35。 Hu Wenhai didn't go around in circles. simply and directly stated his purpose.

"The R35 turbojet engine of the Tumansky Bureau? You are looking for a high-ranking agent of the KGB to buy Soviet intelligence? Are you kidding?"

Korolev suppressed his angry voice and said in a low voice.

Looking at him, it seems that Hu Wenhai is about to perform the duties of KGB without giving him a reasonable explanation.

"Comrade Korolev is mistaken, right?" Hu Wenhai sneered, shook his head, and said: "I am not harming the interests of the Soviet Union, on the contrary, I am helping the Soviet Union solve your predicament." R35 turbojet engine. The only installed object was the MiG 23ML, production of which was discontinued in 1981. Since 1981. Is there any new product produced by the Tumansky Bureau? The answer is no! The Tumansky Bureau is not treated well by the current Air Force, and the three engine design bureaus of Klimov, Solovyev, and Rurika are the treasures of the Air Force. There were no other chances, and the results of the Tumansky round were already very clear. Either it will be merged, or it will be disbanded. ”

Korolev looked a little struggling, but finally shook his head strongly: "It's different. Even if the Tumansky Bureau is merged or dissolved, it will be our own business in the Soviet Union, and it is impossible to sell you important aircraft engine intelligence. China and the Soviet Union, don't forget that they are still hostile countries. ”

"Then what is the matter with you, a senior agent of the KGB, trading with the navy of an enemy country?" Hu Wenhai sneered: "Carl Zeiss who can betray the GDR." Can't you betray the Soviet Tumansky Bureau? At least, you can listen to my offer for the R35?"

Hu Wenhai's words knocked into Korolev's heart, making his face suddenly look a little ugly. Many spies in this world are often developed in this way.

The first time you do something simple, and then you get a lot of money that is not commensurate with what you pay. And then a little bit, the other party will ask for more sensitive information. Wait until the prey provides enough information, and then you don't need to pay too much. In order not to be betrayed, these stupid spies can only do the business of killing heads for a small payment.

Of course, the situation with Korolev was different. He had contacts with the Chinese side and had a case on file with the KGB, and both sides were well aware of the contact.

The KGB needed money, Soviet society needed a lot of light industrial products, and the Chinese side needed all kinds of heavy industrial products, chemicals and intelligence, which led to this deal.

As long as there are no deviations in the transaction, Korolev will not be blamed. Therefore, he did not have any handle in Hu Wenhai's hands.

But on the other hand, Korolev has the biggest handle, which is mastered by Hu Wenhai.

To put it simply, it's a lack of money.

The USSR lacked dollars, and the Soviet bureaucrats were even more hungry for them. The current Soviet government, the KGB, is no longer the KGB that terrified Americans in the sixties and seventies. This organization is full of bureaucrats and anti-establishment elements, corrupt elements, and there is really no resistance to the dollar.

As long as Hu Wenhai comes up with enough benefits, it is difficult to say whether someone above will simply sell the Tumansky Bureau.

After all, as Hu Wenhai said, the Tumansky Bureau is basically idle until now. If Hu Wenhai is targeting the Rurika Design Bureau, then he will first control the people without saying a word, and then interrogate his intelligence sources. The AL-31F engine used in the SU-27 fighter was designed and produced by the Rurika Design Bureau, which, of course, has the highest sensitivity.

And a Tumansky bureau that could not even be designed with a turbofan engine. The importance of aircraft engines, after the full-fledged entry into the era of turbofans, was, of course, a serious decline.

And as the MiG-23 was sold around the world, the Warsaw Pact countries were generally equipped with such fighters. In addition, North Korea and Vietnam also have MiG-23 equipment, and if China wants to obtain R35 engines, it does not have to go through the Soviet Union.

Of course. Korolev did not know that it was not the Chinese officials who really wanted to get the R35, but Hu Wenhai himself.

The R35, a turbojet engine upgraded from the R29 designed by the Tumansky Bureau, has incredible performance. Its biggest advantage for the Chinese side is that it is very difficult to imitate. Its pre-turbine temperature is basically the same as that of the turbojet 7, and technically it is not more difficult than the turbojet 7 of the J-7, and there is no problem that cannot be solved if it is imitated on the basis of China's existing technology.

Even the basic model of R35, R29, has been successfully copied in China, and the number of the imitation is turbojet 15.

Of course, Hu Wenhai is not interested in the R35 itself. Rather, it took a fancy to the turbofan engine that this technical route could develop in the future.

To put it simply, the turbojet engine is covered with a ducted shell on the outside, and the low-pressure turbine is driven by the internal turbojet to drive the fan to generate more powerful power.

That is, how well the turbofan engine performs depends largely on the turbojet engine performance of the core section. The greater the flow of the core engine of the turbojet engine, the more power the turbofan engine will have.

From a business point of view, Hu Wenhai supported Wu Lao in the development of the TF41 engine. Just for emergency use. The F-14 sold by the Americans to China uses TF41 engines, and it is impossible to wait for these planes to lie on their stomachs after the 90s.

But in the future, China's own third-generation aircraft. If you use TF41 again, it is not only a problem of price drop, but the performance is seriously unable to meet the demand.

After all, the foundation of TF41 is only the engine used in the second generation.

The turbojet 15, which was developed from the R29/35, was used as the core engine and developed its own turbofan engine. Many of the actual performance of the R35 is even better than the AL-31F fan engine imported by China in large quantities in the future. Judging by the engine thrust curve. The difference between the two at low altitude is not big. At a slightly higher altitude, the R35 thrust is far ahead of the AL-31F. Hu Wenhai even suspects that the turbofan 15, which China has high hopes for in the future, may follow this technical route.

Whether this technical route is feasible or not, Hu Wenhai can only get information from the Soviet Union. Ask Wu Lao and them to check it again.

After all, the turbofan engine developed from this is likely to become the engine of China's main third- and fourth-generation fighters in the future, and no matter how much it is prepared, it will not be enough.

Korolev knew that Hu Wenhai was right, the current status of the Tumansky Bureau was seriously declining, and if the Soviet Union could exchange the information of the R35 for a sum of money, maybe it would really sell it happily, after all, it was just a foreign trade model.

And even if the KGB does not agree to this deal, at most China will find another country to make a deal, and it is basically impossible to stop it.

"Well, then I'll listen to your conditions. Korolev nodded reluctantly.

"Comrade Korolev, I promise that the KGB will not regret it. Intelligence on American stealth aircraft, I wonder if the Soviet Union is interested?"

"Is that the kind of U.S. next-generation fighter intelligence you said earlier?" Korolev straightened up, clasped his hands on his chest, and became serious.

"The stealth aircraft in active service in the United States, I can give you a number, which is considered a deposit in advance. Wait for the R35 engine information, one dollar per page. ”

Korolev nodded cautiously, his expression focused, and the quotation about the dollar was put behind him.

If you can get the information of the stealth aircraft that the US military keeps strictly secret, it is much more valuable than any dollar. Based on this information alone, perhaps the Jovovich family will be able to go one step further in the organization of the KGB.

“F-117。 ”

"F-117?" Korolev repeated.

"Yes, the stealth aircraft in service, capable of performing combat missions, is enough to show the feasibility of stealth for the next generation of fighters. ”

Hu Wenhai's words are not leaky, just this one number is enough for KGB to find out a lot of things.

Korolev asked unwillingly: "What does it have to do with the F-111? Is it also a fighter-bomber?"

Hu Wenhai shrugged: "Information exchange, this is fair." ”

He is a cub who sells Ye Tian and does not feel sorry, anyway, he is betraying American intelligence. He still has a bunch of information about the US military in the 80s.

If it really comes out, the top level of the US military, who is suspected of having high-level spies, will have to go through a major purge.

Anyway, looking at Korolev's expression, it is clear that the fish has finally taken the bait. (To be continued.) )