Chapter 2086 The Temptation of the National Industry (Part II)

As one of the quid pro quo for Alice Group's investment in Vietnam, Alice Group will set up an automobile factory in Vietnam and transfer its automobile and engine production technology to Vietnam in some form of exchange. (The update is the fastest and most stable, read the novel network, Baidu search DUKANKAN.) With the technology that Alice has used a few days ago in exchange for two high-yield offshore oil wells, it seems that Alice Group has made a lot of money, but Zhang Lan is still not satisfied with this result...... Damn the Vietnamese, they directly crossed Lao Tzu and reached an agreement with the government of the Republic!

Bah, these Vietnamese monkeys dare not take Lao Tzu as one thing, and they can't help but look down on people too much, right?! So Young Master Zhang was angry.

Young Master Zhang was angry, this is a very serious matter, which means that the Vietnamese are going to bleed profusely this time, according to Zhang Lan, it is "to make these damn Vietnamese realize what a serious mistake they have made!" ”

Yes, the Vietnamese quickly realized what a serious mistake they had made, because Zhang Lan directly set his sights on one of the most important places in Vietnam: Cam Ranh Bay!

"What?!" Hearing Zhang Lan's request, the Vietnamese vice minister of foreign affairs, who was in charge of negotiating with Zhang Lan, almost fell to the ground all at once, and after spending the initial stunned time, his head immediately shook like a rattle, "No, no, Mr. Zhang, this is impossible!" When pigs fly! Vietnam, it is absolutely impossible to lease Cam Ranh Bay to you! ”

That's right, the ruthless young master Zhang is eyeing Vietnam, which is also one of the best deep-water harbors in the world: Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.

Cam Ranh Bay is on the southern coast of Phu Nh Province, which is two inner and outer bays that are embraced by the two peninsulas of Chongkong Mountain and Phoenix Mountain, the outer bay port is Pingba, the water depth is less than 30 meters, the width of the bay mouth is three or four thousand meters, and the water depth outside the mouth is more than 30 meters. The inner harbor of Cam Ranh covers an area of 60 square kilometers, the water depth is 1-16 meters, the width of the bay mouth is only 1300 meters, the bay is 20 kilometers long, 6 kilometers wide, it can berth aircraft carriers and hundreds of ships, the strategic position is important, and the harbor is 17 kilometers inland, surrounded by mountains, the east island is shielded, facing the deep sea, it is a rare natural harbor.

A port with such an excellent geographical location, the Vietnamese side will naturally not ignore its existence, Cam Ranh Bay is an important military port and naval base of Vietnam in the southeast, and the main port and base are located in Ba on the west bank of the inner harbor. The air base on the Cam Ranh Peninsula, or even Cam Ranh Kok at the southern tip of the peninsula, houses a communications center built by the former Soviet Union during the former Soviet Union and later discounted to Vietnam.

As one of the world's best natural deep-water ports, Cam Ranh Bay chokes the strategic passage of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and is only 1 hour away from the international route connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, which has an important strategic position, as soon as the Vietnam War ended, the former Soviet Union aimed at this port, and even in order to win over Vietnam, since 1976, the Soviet Union has increased its military assistance to Vietnam, with an average of 1 billion US dollars per year, making Vietnam's dependence on the Soviet Union increasing day by day, and finally in November 1978, The Soviet Union and Vietnam signed the Soviet-Vietnamese Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, which was in the nature of a military alliance.

One of the most important terms of the Soviet-Vietnamese alliance was that Vietnam handed over the Cam Ranh Bay base to the Soviet Union in 1979, and the Soviet Union and Vietnam signed a 25-year lease, after which the Soviet Union deployed naval supply facilities and electronic interception equipment in Cam Ranh Bay.

In this way, Cam Ranh Bay became a springboard for the Soviet Union's hegemony in Southeast Asia, and its outpost in the western Pacific stretched 2,000 nautical miles south from Vladivostok to the South China Sea and the Gulf of Siam, forcing into the Strait of Malacca, a passage in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia inherited the right to use the Cam Ranh Bay base. …,

But with the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the disagreement between Russia and Vietnam, which is in the recovery period and is in a state of flux, over the use of the Cam Ranh Bay base has grown, and Vietnam plans to convert Cam Ranh Bay to civilian use, so it has continued to put pressure on Russia to force it to withdraw. At the same time, in Russia's view, with the contraction of its military strategy, the military value of the Cam Ranh Bay base has also been significantly reduced, and most importantly, the rent of Cam Ranh Bay is too expensive, and the current Russian domestic economy is in difficulty, and the Russian government simply cannot afford to pay the expensive expenses, in this case, Russia has accelerated the pace of withdrawal from the Cam Ranh Bay base.

Until January 2002, when the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia would no longer use the Cam Ranh Bay military base in Vietnam after the lease expired in 2004, and on May 2, the Chief of Staff of the Russian Navy, Admiral Kravchenko, announced that Russia would hand over all facilities in Cam Ranh Bay to Vietnam ahead of schedule on May 3, 2002.

At this point, Vietnam finally took back Cam Ranh Bay, and also got a complete military port and communication center, which was a big profit for Vietnam.

"Impossible? Why is it impossible? Zhang Lan turned her head sideways and looked at him with a smile, "Since you Vietnam could lease Cam Ranh Bay to the former Soviet Union back then, why can't you lease it to us now?" ”

How can this be compared to the fact that we leased Cam Ranh Bay to the former Soviet Union? Pei Rongguang shook his head and said firmly, "Mr. Zhang, you also know that it was because of the specific factors of history, because of the specific factors of history, and the persecution of the special domestic and foreign situations that we Vietnam faced at that time, so we made that choice. ”

"But we in Vietnam have always been a peace-loving country, and we used to be forced to do so, and now, after we can control our own destiny, we will not lease Cam Ranh Bay to any country, and according to our policy, Vietnam will not lease Cam Ranh Bay to any country as a military base from now on."

Pei Rongguang said these words very frankly: Back then, we hoped to form an alliance with the former Soviet Union and be able to enjoy the shade with our backs to the big trees, so we leased Cam Ranh Bay to the former Soviet Union.

Speaking of which, the former Soviet Union provided $1 billion in loans to Vietnam every year, and $1 billion in the 70s is equivalent to how many dollars is there now? And if it weren't for the support of the former Soviet Union, how could Vietnam have had the audacity to wage a war against the republic? No matter how arrogant Vietnam is, it still received the military education of the Republic in the Vietnam War, and if it weren't for the former Soviet Union pushing behind it, the Vietnamese would dare to start a war against their teachers? That's hell to.

In particular, Pei Rongguang's statement that Vietnam is a "peace-loving country" made Zhang Lan want to laugh: When will Vietnam be a peace-loving country when I go? The joke is not funny at all, it is almost like Satan saying that he has changed his faith and believes in God sincerely.

The Vietnamese government did make it clear that in September 2000, Russia wrote off 85 percent of Vietnam's $11 billion debt to Russia, but Vietnam continued to demand that Russia pay $400 million a year in rent for Cam Ranh Bay. According to the state of the Russian economy, it simply could not afford it, so it had to give up. As a result, in June 2001, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said in an interview with reporters in Japan that after the Russian Navy withdrew from Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam would not allow any country to use Cam Ranh Bay as a military base.

But in Zhang Lan's view, the Vietnamese said that it was more like a half-hidden sister telling others shyly: Whoever makes the price, the slave family will go with which rich uncle ..........

"Mr. Pei, do you think that our Alice Group wants to lease Cam Ranh Bay, is it for military purposes?" Pei Rongguang had just finished speaking, and Zhang Lan suddenly asked.

Pei Rongguang was suddenly stunned.

It was only at this time that Pei Rongguang realized a fact, yes, unlike the former Soviet Union and later Russia, Alice Group is not a country, even if their economic strength is not inferior to many countries in the world, and even surpasses the military industrial enterprises of the United States in military science and technology, but an unavoidable fact is that Alice Group is still a company, maybe they secretly support some armed forces, but the armed forces in their hands, Absolutely not strong enough to stand up to a country.

Essentially, the Alice Group is a private business organization, and it would make perfect sense if the Alice Group were to lease Cam Ranh Bay as one of their ports.

Of course, Pei Rongguang didn't believe that Alice Group would really spend such a high price, and after leasing Cam Ranh Bay, it was only used as a civilian port, because this is simply ridiculous, even if the price does not increase now, it is still the rent for 2000 years, if it is only used as a civilian port, how many things does Alice Group have to transport in a year to earn back 400 million US dollars in rent?

Pei Rongguang doesn't think that Alice Group is a Lei Feng company that is not self-interested and specializes in benefiting others, these days, there is no one named Lei Feng who runs a company, if Alice Group leases Cam Ranh Bay in the name of civilian use, on the surface, the Vietnamese government really has no good excuse to refuse.

"I know that Minister Fan of your country has talked about the issue of Cam Ranh Bay, and it is understandable that your country has such concerns, but I think your worries are completely unnecessary, our Alice Group is a civilian company, and it is impossible to use Cam Ranh Bay for military purposes." Zhang Lan took a sip of coffee and said again.

Some time ago, a reporter from Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City's Saigon Economic Times interviewed Vietnamese Defense Minister Pham Van Tra on the development direction of Cam Ranh Bay. At the time, Pham Van Cha said: "It's not yet a matter of turning Cam Ranh Bay into the economic center of central Vietnam. We will no longer consider which country to lease Cam Ranh Bay to, and if it is leased to a foreign country, their warships will have to come in. Now the situation is different from before, Cam Ranh Bay is a base that is beneficial for us to defend our country, why should we lease it to a foreign country? ”

Moreover, Pham Van Tu believes that Cam Ranh Bay is not a small place and has no economic advantages at all, but it is very important for Vietnam's national defense, so Vietnam will not turn Cam Ranh Bay into an economic zone.

That being said, the Vietnamese government itself knows that in addition to being used for military purposes, Cam Ranh Bay is not of much significance for civilian purposes, but only a huge Cam Ranh Bay, and Vietnam's own use is not only wasteful, but most importantly, it cannot afford to use it, which is what makes Vietnam feel the most headache: let it be used by outsiders, it is not reconciled, and it is afraid that outsiders will take advantage of this opportunity to control Vietnam; But you can use it yourself, and you really can't afford it, it's really a headache! As for civilianization, after some evaluation, the Vietnamese side quickly abandoned the idea: there was no worse idea than civilizing Cam Ranh Bay.

But now......

Pei Rongguang was suddenly a little moved: although it is not clear what Alice Group plans to do after leasing Cam Ranh Bay, but if Cam Ranh Bay can be leased out in the name of a civilian port, it seems to be a good idea?

After a deep sigh, Pei Rongguang asked Zhang Lan, "Mr. Zhang Lan, although I can't give you a reply, if you don't mind, can I ask what your company plans to rent Cam Ranh Bay for?" What do you think about rent? ”…,

Pham Van Tu said that Cam Ranh Bay will not be developed into an economic center in central Vietnam, in fact, it is also a last resort, because Vietnam itself cannot afford to develop Cam Ranh Bay, since it cannot afford to develop, and does not want to lose face, it has to say that the issue of developing Cam Ranh Bay into an economic center in central Vietnam is "unnegotiable".

But it would be wonderful if the Alice Group could get involved and really develop Cam Ranh Bay into a worldwide trading port. However, Pei Rongguang is not stupid, he knows that Alice Group will never make a loss-making transaction, so the top priority is to find out the true intention of Alice Group to lease Cam Ranh Bay, as for whether to lease Cam Ranh Bay to Alice Group, or let the bosses above have a headache.

"Purpose? Of course, it is civilian, Minister Pei, do you think we may use this port for military purposes, as for the rent, the annual rent that our Alice Group can give is 50 million, US dollars. "There is nothing to hide about this question, Zhang Lan said it very refreshingly.

Zhang Lan's first answer did not surprise Pei Rongguang's expectations, sure enough, Alice Group's lease of Cam Ranh Bay was for civilian purposes, but Zhang Lan's answer about the rent shocked Pei Rongguang's jaw!

Just kidding, right? In 2000, the price we offered to Russia for the lease of Cam Ranh Bay was still 400 million US dollars, and it has been 7 years in this world, and inflation is so strong, instead of raising the rent for us, you have pushed the rent down so much?

Is there a mistake, the one who asks for food?