When Ye Kai thought of selling arms, he couldn't help but think of Major Bute, and he didn't know how he had been mixing recently?

In the first two arms business, Major Bute got back a large number of jewels and diamonds for Ye Kai, but this time it was silent, I don't know what I was busy with, Ye Kai remembered this, so he called Zhang San and Li Si who were far away in the Soviet Union to ask about their current situation.

"He's been to the UAE recently...... Mr. Zhang said on the other side of the phone.

It turned out that in recent days, Major Bout had been busy moving his operations to Sharjah, UAE, the UAE, the main hub for trade and air transport between Asia, Europe and Africa.

"How did he come up with the idea of where to go?" Ye Kai felt a little surprised.

"It was also discovered by chance, the situation in the Soviet Union has been very chaotic recently, government affairs are in a mess, and it is not much worse than being paralyzed, and there are many people who take advantage of this opportunity to make money, and a lot of rich people have popped up in the Soviet Union all of a sudden, and after these people have made money, they dare not spend money in the Soviet Union, so they all went to Dubai." Zhang San explained.

Because Major Bout found that the upstarts who had just made a lot of money were keen to shop at the duty-free shops in Dubai, he seized the opportunity to start an air transport business from the Soviet Union to the United Arab Emirates.

For example, Bout found that gladiolus native to Africa is very popular in the Arab region, where an orchid can be sold for $100 in the UAE, while in South Africa, the cost of each is only $2.

"Ershao, your vision is really good, Bout is very economical and has a keen sense of smell." Zhang San said to Ye Kai with some admiration, "Now Major Bute is going to South Africa to do business, in addition to selling arms, he will be full of gladiolus when he returns, and one of his transport planes can transport 20 tons of gladiolus, which is faster than printing money." And he is also working hard to open up new markets, including Angola, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Eswatini and Uganda, and now our map of Africa is full of small red flags. ”

"The young man is very capable!" Ye Kai listened to it and was also a little impressed.

Although he knew before that Major Bout would not disappoint him, his understanding of Major Bout was only limited to the movie "Lord of War" and the portrayal of Bout in the media.

"You should also be careful over there, pay more attention to the collection of sensitive information, and most importantly, pay attention to your own security." Ye Kai expressed his condolences to the employees.

Speaking of which, the current environment in the Soviet Union is rather chaotic, local skirmishes are constantly occurring, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's power has been completely hollowed out, Russian President Boris Yeltsin is wantonly grabbing leadership, including control of the armed forces, and the presidents of the other union republics are also following the same example.

The collapse of the Soviet Union is already in sight, and it is estimated that it will last until the end of the year, when the contract is renewed, and there should be a result.

"Thank you for your concern." Zhang San laughed on the phone, "I feel okay, if it really doesn't work, we will hide in the embassy." ”

The advantage of doing things for the old Ye family is that it is very convenient, whether it is the military or any other force, it can be borrowed, for example, in the embassy, there must be personnel from the Military Intelligence Department, and it is very simple to contact, and the other party will definitely give face, after all, Uncle Li is the head of the entire military intelligence system, and he has great authority in the system.

"There is another circumstance, which Er Shao should pay attention to, it is said that the Black Sea Shipyard has now ceased work. It's just that we haven't had time to implement this situation in view of the complexity of the surrounding situation, but it is estimated that this news should be true. Zhang San remembered this matter and said to Ye Kai.

"It's an important situation." When Ye Kai heard this, he immediately came to his senses.

He had previously visited the Black Sea Shipyard, mainly because he was very interested in the plant itself, but also in the two aircraft carriers under construction.

Ye Kai has never given up the idea of buying the "Varyag" under construction, in fact, he hopes to advance the purchase time as much as possible, and by the way, get some manufacturing technology.

These materials, under normal circumstances, are almost impossible to get their hands on, but now that the Soviet Union is in a mess, and the struggle for power and profit among the union republics is also quite serious, it gives Ye Kai a very good opportunity.

"You can put aside the other things at hand and concentrate on the situation at the Black Sea shipyard, and then I will send a ship expert to meet with you about those key targets." Ye Kai said.

"Yes, we understand." Zhang San and Li Si also knew that what Ye Kai ordered was very important, so they also agreed very solemnly.

Ye Kai quickly contacted the second old man and explained the situation in the Soviet Union.

"There's something going on with this." The second old man is also a wise and wise person, and he immediately expressed his position after hearing it.

China can still take a look at the basic shipbuilding technology, but if you want to build an aircraft carrier, without a long time of exploration, it will definitely not be possible, such as the problem of carrier-based aircraft, power problems, steam catapults, etc., if there is a ready-made technology to refer to, the actual progress will be very fast.

The second old man had also read the report submitted to him by Ye Kai before, so he was very concerned about this matter.

Aircraft carriers can be said to be an integration of industrial technology in the 20th century, or it can be said to be the integration of modern high technology, aircraft carriers are very different from other surface ships.

First of all, the design technology of carrier-based aircraft is completely different from other fighters.

The second is the issue of the power of the aircraft carrier, the United States has fully realized the nuclear power, although France has built a nuclear-powered medium-sized aircraft carrier, but I don't know why, and what gas turbine technology is going back to re-engage, this can also reflect a problem, that is, the power of the aircraft carrier is still the key.

Another is the ship-aircraft adaptation technology, which also includes a lot of content.

There are also new concept weapons and technologies, such as laser weapons, electromagnetic guns and other new weapons equipment.

The other is the material technology of the aircraft carrier, the steel used in the aircraft carrier is also different from the steel used by other ships, including the material technology of large ships and oil tankers, which are not the same.

As an aircraft carrier of a maritime aircraft platform, it is very particular about how to ensure the normal take-off, operation, and recovery of aircraft. In order to ensure the safe take-off and landing of the aircraft on a floating and adrift deck, the aircraft itself should have the technology to adapt to the environment, for example, the wings can be folded, and the land-based aviation certainly does not need to consider this situation, and the aircraft carrier is a stacked hangar, the space is limited, the area occupied by the aircraft wing folded is small, and even the nose of the aircraft carrier aircraft in some countries can be folded.

In addition, there should be a hook to hook the aircraft when it is recovered, so as to ensure that the carrier-based aircraft can land safely on the flight deck within a limited distance, this technology seems very simple, but in fact, there is a certain degree of difficulty in the specific implementation.

All of these technologies, if added up one by one, do require a lot of effort and time to get it done, but if there is a reference, and then get the relevant technical materials to compare, it is much easier to solve the problem.

It didn't take long for the second old man to reply, saying that it was easy to find experts, and when he had a good relationship with the Americans a few years ago, there were still technical talents for the development of aircraft carriers, but later after the relationship reached an impasse, the matter was yellow, but the talents were still not wasted.

"It's just that you also know that on the Soviet side, our capital flow is not very convenient, and if it is too obvious, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with." The second old man also expressed his difficulties.

Some people feel that this thing is not suitable for the national conditions, it costs too much, and we don't need to go out to show off our might like the United States, and the aircraft carrier is useless.

Therefore, if the rumors of this matter leak out, I am afraid that things will cause some waves, and the second old man will not dare to use the small amount of funds on hand to buy any Soviet core technology.

"It's not a big deal, I'll take care of it." Ye Kai is very generous.

In fact, Ye Kai had already thought about this problem, he was trafficking arms in the Soviet Union, and he was also cautious, because of some private deals reached with the military high-level, so Ye Kai could easily transfer some funds in the Soviet Union, so it was not troublesome to buy some technical information.

The key to doing this lies in whether the situation in the Soviet Union can continue to deteriorate.

Even now, when the Soviet military has not yet fallen into a panic, the top brass of the Soviet military has begun to sell fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles.

Ye Kai now estimates that this time is almost coming, so all the preparations must be in place, and he also has a little expectation, if the situation is very difficult in the near future, it is estimated that he will be able to pocket these priceless materials by transporting a few planes of food and daily necessities.

If you're lucky, you might even be able to trick a group of experts into coming back, after all, they're also going to eat.

Now I just hope that this day can come soon!

(To be continued)