After receiving $100,000 from Li Yadong, the smile on Yuri's face was even worse.

He said with a smile, "I received news that Boss Li seems to want to invest in real estate in our country, and our government strongly welcomes this." If there is any difficulty, Boss Li can just bring it up. ”

It was the first time for the two to meet, and this meeting was also facilitated by an intermediary, so Yuri was not clear about Li Yadong's true intentions.

And as Li Yadong, it is impossible for him to hype that he wants to buy an aircraft carrier, it is purely a disease of the brain.

"Actually...... Speaker Yuri, I don't want to invest in real estate in your country, but I have a fancy for something in your country and want to buy it. Li Yadong explained with a smile.

He knows very well the future trend of this country, which can be described as getting worse and worse, and has no investment potential at all.

Therefore, when he used his banking business to buy paid bonds in the hands of the Soviet people, he selectively focused on factories and enterprises in Russia.

"Oh?" Yuri asked, "what?"

After Li Yadong glanced at him, he didn't hide it, and replied with a smile, "The 'Varyag' aircraft carrier. ”

"Huh?" Yuri looked confused and surprised, "You want to buy the 'Varyag' aircraft carrier, private?"

For the young man in front of him, before handing out the invitation, Yuri had done a little to know him, and knew that he was a very rich and influential businessman, but that was all.

I really don't understand, why should an individual businessman buy an aircraft carrier?

After all, the "Varyag" aircraft carrier is not an empty shell, it has already been completed for the most part, and such important facilities as the power system are fully equipped, and as long as the outfitting is completed, it can go directly to the battlefield.

At present, none of the areas that have shown interest in the "Varyag" aircraft carrier are private individuals, but all of them are national governments.

"Yes. Li Yadong nodded.

Yuri was surprised and groaned, "Can I ask Boss Li about his intention to buy the 'Varyag'?"

"It's very simple, make a gambling boat. ”

"Gambling boat?" Yuri looked confused, if it weren't for the face of the 100,000 dollars, he really wanted to die in vain.

Buy Lao Tzu's sea overlord - aircraft carrier, used to be a gambling ship......

Come, tell me, how did you come up with this bad idea?

Li Yadong nodded and explained Yuri's doubts.

"I don't know if Speaker Yuri understands Asian culture, Asians are very addicted to gambling, and it is not uncommon for them to lose millions of dollars overnight, and even lose their hands and feet. My company is headquartered in Hong Kong, and next to Hong Kong, there is a place called Macau, which is also known as the gambling city, and the gaming industry is completely legal there, and it is difficult for ordinary people to imagine how big the gaming market in Macau is, but I can reveal to Speaker Yuri, the market size last year exceeded 10 billion US dollars. ”

"Ten billion dollars?" Yuri shocked.

With the current economic situation, it is unlikely that their GDP of the whole of Ukraine this year will exceed 10 billion dollars!

Macau, he had naturally heard of it, a small land, a British colony, and the market size of a single industry actually exceeded that of their entire country?

It's not scary.

"yes. Li Yadong smiled and said: "Such a channel for money, as a businessman, and under my nose, how can I miss it?"

"That's true. Yuri nodded subconsciously.

What Speaker Yuri doesn't know is that Macau's gaming industry is diverse, not limited to land-based casinos, and a new type of play has become popular in recent years, that is, gambling boats. Guests board the gambling boat, the cabin is closed, accompanied by beautiful women and wine, wandering on the sea, how to play how they want, quiet and safe, deeply loved by the upper class. ”

Li Yadong paused when he said this, and after glancing at Yuri who seemed to be intoxicated by the picture he depicted, he continued: "There are almost all gambling ships in Macau now, large and small, everywhere, abandoned warships, but the only one is not ......."

"Aircraft carriers!" Yuri chimed in.

"Yes. Li Yadong smiled and nodded, "Speaker Yuri, think about it, aircraft carriers are such maritime hegemons and military heavy weapons, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for ordinary people to even take a look, let alone boarding." If it is used as a gambling boat, this gimmick alone is enough to attract people's attention. In addition, its large hull and sturdy structure make it ideal for converting into a luxury gambling boat. ”

"That's a really good idea. Yuri said sincerely: "Boss Li, I finally understand a little bit now, why are you so young and so rich." ”

Li Yadong smiled, what do you like to think and think.

Actually, where was his idea?

He just relied on the experience of his predecessors and learned from him.

In the last life, when Xu Zengping bought the "Varyag", it was under the guise of renovating a gambling ship.

It is worth mentioning that the purchase of the "Varyag" is not the credit of Xu Zengping alone, he is just a representative of people.

The first to propose to buy the "Varyag" was a state unit, which belonged to the Military Aid and Trade Office under the Military Commission.

They reported to the state, but it was not approved, because there has been no unified result in the high-level controversy over the aircraft carrier.

Later, the military, including the navy and the military trade office, came up with an idea and asked patriotic Hong Kong businessmen for help, and finally found Xu Zengping.

Xu Zengping didn't dare to do it at first, but it was easy to get through the work, and after he went to Ukraine to bid in the name of "buying a gambling boat", Hong Kong suffered a financial crisis, and he ran out of money.

Later, with the help of several caring entrepreneurs, the money was raised, and after a lot of hardships, it was easy to drag the "Varyag" back to China.

Li Yadong didn't know that his move of "learning from what he saw" and "trying not to tamper with historical behavior, but to cause other changes" just hit Ukraine's soft underbelly.

Why?

If you think about it, the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed, the main body of the "Varyag" was completed, but Ukraine's aircraft carrier, which was destined to be unable to continue, was targeted by many interested countries.

So why was it not until 1999 that it was bought by Chinese businessmen for a mere $20 million?

Are those countries with intentions so poor that they can't bid a Chinese businessman in open bidding and can't give a higher price?

Of course not.

Even if the Varyag is a semi-finished product, it cost more than $100 million.

The main thing is that some people are obstructing it, and they don't want another country in the world with aircraft carriers.

And Ukraine is determined to sell it, after all, it is a pile of scrap iron to keep, and it has to be maintained at a discount. Under all kinds of obstructions, if Ukraine wants to get rid of it quickly, it can only sell to the only private individual among the bidders.

In this way, nominally, there is no excuse for the convenience of obstruction.

It can only be said that the moves of the military departments in our country have been played very well.