On August 6, after nearly 20 days of preparation and warm-up, the show directed by the Saudi prince and princes finally kicked off.

At the beginning of the large-scale exchange of goods in more than a dozen cities of the Soviet Union, more than a dozen companies registered in the United States, Britain, France, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, and the British Virgin Islands proposed to the Soviet embassies in Western countries to exchange rubles at the exchange rate through various channels.

The Soviet Union owed more than $110 billion to Western governments, banks and businesses. If the debt collectors can't cope with it, who will heed their unreasonable demands?

Instead of retiring to other demands, as the charter had envisaged, they searched the world for Soviet assets abroad.

Unfortunately, they were late, and the ships and planes that should have been detained had already been detained by the host country.

The courts and tribunals in the major port cities of Europe and the United States had already piled up files demanding the repayment of the Soviet Union's debts, and according to the first-come-first-served principle, they did not even have the opportunity to file a lawsuit. So much so that he "rushed to the doctor" and actually found the International Investment Dispute Settlement Center (ICSID) under the World Bank.

It was established in accordance with the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Other Countries, and is the first arbitration institution in the world to specifically resolve international investment disputes. It is an institution established through mediation and arbitration to facilitate the settlement of disputes between governments and foreign private investors.

Its aim is to foster an atmosphere of mutual trust between the State and investors, thereby promoting an increase in foreign investment.

If the complaint is filed against a member state of the Bank, then ICSID can initiate a mediation process in which the mediator makes a proposal for the parties to resolve the dispute. for the reference of the parties; If mediation fails. then the arbitration proceeding is initiated. The award rendered by the arbitrator shall be indisputably binding.

It can be seen from this that the "ICSID" international organization has been in charge of all major matters, and since its establishment, it has received very few transactions, and only 29 cases have been accepted by the end of their complaints.

However, the Soviet Union was not a member of the World Bank, and ICSID had no jurisdiction to mediate or arbitrate in this regard.

There was no way to ask for help, money was spent, and the problem could not be solved, but it attracted the attention of the media. Time. All sorts of reports are flying, some sympathizing with his plight, and many more seeing it as a big joke.

Several internationally renowned financial journals and magazines even used them as examples to make a special report on "The Financial and Monetary Chaos in the Soviet Union."

It's really messy, and there are few people who can understand it, but the impact has been caused.

Anyone who reads the economic news knows that there are a bunch of fools who actually believe in the official exchange rate announced by the Soviet Union, and not only stupidly collect a large amount of rubles, but also whimsically demand that the Soviet Union exchange it into hard currency such as dollars, marks, yen, Swiss francs, or pounds.

The mountains and rivers are exhausted, and there is no way out. Another village.

Just when they became the laughing stock of the whole world, and there was no way to ask for help. Prince Ahmed, President of the Saudi National Bank, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Union jointly announced that the previously planned $2.5 billion in aid would be fully disbursed on the morning of August 6, 1991, Moscow time.

This time, the charter guessed correctly, and as soon as they "received" the news, they rushed to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, non-stop, and filed a petition with the local court to freeze the Saudi aid funds to make up for their losses.

The "Ancient Book of L" stipulates the rules that should be observed in civil and commercial affairs, such as opposing the embezzlement of other people's property, encouraging buying and selling, emphasizing the observance of promises, fair trade, and prohibiting money lending for profit.

The YSL Shariah also places great emphasis on ethics in trade and stipulates that Allah permits buying and selling, but forbids heavy profit." This is not only an affirmation of trade activities, but also a regulation of trade activities. However, the clause "prohibiting money lending for profit" has formed a great conflict with modern economic activities.

If you don't lend money for profit, what do banks eat?

As a result, many former British colonies, including Saudi Arabia, have introduced and inherited some common law traditions, such as "following the limitation of sovereign immunity".

This meant that the Soviet Union enjoyed only "limited sovereign immunity" in Riyadh, meaning that the purely commercial activities of the sovereign state would still be subject to the jurisdiction of the Riyadh YSL court, which would have the right to hear the lawsuit.

$1.5 billion in aid funds were frozen, and the Saudi National Bank became the second defendant.

The Soviet Union strongly protested, and His Majesty the King was extremely dissatisfied. The former is pressuring Saudi Arabia through diplomatic channels while finding a lawyer to prepare for a lawsuit; In a sense, His Majesty the King has the final say in the interpretation of Saudi law. But as a king, he could not personally destroy the YSL Sharia that he had always claimed to be fair and just, so he frequently met with YSL scholars and legal experts to try to find evidence or legal provisions that the YSL court in Riyadh did not have jurisdiction over.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and some other creditors of the Soviet Union saw it as an opportunity quite directly. The "target" of the pleadings, ranging from a few million to tens of millions of dollars, flew like snowflakes from all directions.

Judge YSL was so ambitious that even Riyadh's lawyers suddenly became popular.

This is a new situation that the Saudis have never encountered before. Regardless of the verdict, it will have far-reaching implications for the rule of law in the Gulf countries.

In order to muddy the waters even more, the "Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf," composed of the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, even convened an emergency meeting to raise the legal issue to a political level.

His Majesty the King, as the head of state of the GCC Secretariat, needed to attend this extremely important meeting, so he took his wives, dozens of horses, and nearly 100 falcons, surrounded by guards and servants, to the luxury tent in the desert on the outskirts of the country to discuss with the Arab brothers who had come to the meeting to discuss the plan for building the YSL legal system.

One after another, the Soviet mission in Saudi Arabia was completely dumbfounded, and it really didn't know how to report to the Kremlin.

A few families are happy and a few are sad.

Saudi magnates are getting what they want and smiling, and they are busy dividing up the huge amount of aid that has been "frozen". This was undoubtedly a diplomatic defeat for the democrats in the Soviet Union, especially in the three Baltic states and the Russian Federation. It used the opportunity to lash out at the alliance's incompetence.

With the cooperation of the CPSU bureaucracy. In just sixteen days, the Berlin Industrial Corporation has been operating in just 16 days. A full 1.375 billion rubles were exchanged! In order to transport this huge amount of money out of the country, transport planes of the Baltic Fleet Air Force and special planes of Saudi diplomatic couriers flew four times a day to NB Airlines' Leipzig International Airport.

With half of the cost and such a strong effort, NB Electric deserves to be rewarded.

It turned out that the Saudi elite was very trustworthy, and early this morning, Prince Metb personally called from Leipzig to ensure the safety of his partners. In addition to greetings, he only reported the number "148209000" on the phone.

$148.2 million, that's crazy! So much so that the charter can't figure out whether the money is earned from the Soviet Union or the Saudis.

Happy is happy, and the work has to be done.

After communicating with the group headquarters and European companies about the use of this "windfall", they rushed to the Sjacklov Institute of Mathematics under the USSR Academy of Sciences, escorted by two bodyguards.

The St. Petersburg NB Software Development Company needed talents from the institute, and Professor Ivanovich was one step ahead and was standing in front of the office building with the director, Joy Alexander.

"Twenty, twenty at most. Ivanovic, you can't poach all my people. It doesn't matter how much you give. ”

"Joey, my dear Joey, open your eyes and see, is this the time when if you don't let them go, they won't go with me? It is precisely because we have been old friends for many years that we will say hello to you first, otherwise we will directly post a recruitment notice at the door and ask you to go to Shengda to find me. ”

"Ivanovic, do you know what you're doing?"

"I'm looking for jobs for my children, and if I don't even have bread, who would have the heart to do research?"

In these days, there is no right to speak without money. Thinking that the institute is now not taking the next meal and can only take turns to arrange holidays, Joy Alexander felt helpless, and could only say in an almost pleading tone: "Ivanovic, please, Ivanovich, don't be so aggressive, okay?" You must know that this is the highest level of mathematics research institute in the Soviet Union, and once all of them go to program software, it will be difficult to set it up again. ”

Affiliated to the Academy of Sciences, he never took the Department of Mathematics - Mechanics of SDSU as his eyes because of the academic level, Professor Ivanovich had long seen that the Sjacklov Institute of Mathematics was unpleasant, and said mockingly: "Joey, even if I don't come to poach people, your institute won't last for a few days." Accepting the grant and giving me half of the people is your only way out. ”

"You're a threat." Joey Alexander gritted his teeth in anger and glanced at the charter beside him.

"On the contrary, I'm helping you!"

The situation was pressing, and Joey Alexander realized that he really had no better choice, so he could only nod and agree: "Half is half, but the $100,000 must arrive today." ”

There are not a few officials in St. Petersburg who have clean butts, including Xiaopu and Xiaomei, who are trying to make money. The one in front of him is obviously an alternative, he asks for money not for himself, not for the Soviet Union, but only for mathematics.

The charter and Professor Ivanovich exchanged glances, took the lockbox from Frank's hand, and said in English: "Doctor, I have brought the money, I hope it can be helpful to you." ”

NB Software Development Company, Pan European International Travel Agency, NB Elevators, NB Wire & Cable, NB Airlines, and it is said that in the future there will be an NB Computer Co., Ltd. registered in St. Petersburg.

Sobchak spoke on television, boasting 4,000 jobs and praising NB Electric as a good friend of St. Petersburg citizens. He also emphasized that the letter of intent for the joint venture with the Vice President of NB Electric Europe is a solid step for St. Petersburg to become a tourist and technology center.

People come with real money, and they do provide employment for St. Petersburg people, although they pay their own attention and dig their own corners, but Joey Alexander can't hate it at all, and takes the lockbox and laughs bitterly without self-deprecation: "Mr. Zhang, do I look like a beggar?" ”

The charter shook his head and said sincerely: "Doctor, you are a true mathematician, you have cultivated many, many talents, and made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. So it's not a handout, it's not a trade, it's a little donation to mathematical research. Because, as Professor Ivanovich said, if we really want to dig into your corner, we don't need your approval as we do now. ”

"Thank you."

"No thanks, it's just a little bit of my heart."

"Okay. The roster is in the office. In addition to the subject leaders. Whoever you want to open your mouth. ”

The Soviet Union had a mathematical talent, and it took so much trouble just to be a mathematical genius. After all, Hong Kong taxpayers have to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Hong Kong's NB laboratory every year, and if there is no breakthrough in basic research, it will definitely cause criticism in the future.

Walking into the director's office, the charter said casually: "Doctor, I only need to be a researcher under the age of 26, and I won't make you too embarrassed. ”

Joey Alexander was amused, patted the lockbox and smiled, "Mr. Zhang." Then your $100,000 is really a donation, and there are 37 institutes under the age of 26, and you can only take half of them. ”

"Zhang is young, of course I prefer young people."

"It's good to be young, young and energetic, and energetic."

Joey Alexander, as if he was afraid that the charter would get the money back, hurriedly opened the safe, stuffed it and locked it before digging out a roster.

I just started to learn Russian, and I don't know any of the names that are longer than the train. I had an explanation before I came. Frank saw Grigory Perelman's name at a glance and picked up a pencil. A circle was drawn on the name.

"I'm sorry," Joey Alexander hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhang, I can call the shots for the others, but Perelman needs to ask for his opinion first." As for what to do, you ask Ivanovic, who was his mentor at university. ”

Professor Ivanovich was all too familiar with the unkempt and silent Jewish student, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Zhang, Perelman is very talented and began to specialize in advanced mathematics and physics very early. At the age of 16, he won the gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad held in 1982 with excellent results. The result is the highest ever scored – 42 out of 42!

The Americans, believing that his genius had an immeasurable future, invited him to attend an American university and offered him a generous scholarship. However, he declined the invitation to study in the United States. He has a very strange temper and only lives his life the way he likes. He is careless in appearance, often carrying a broken bag full of books, wearing a dress with a hole in it, and not cutting his long hair. No smoking, no drinking, not even interested in money......"

A genius who doesn't even bother to receive the Fields Medal, the highest award in mathematics, has a very eccentric temper.

For the sake of the NB Lab, the charter had to dig him back anyway, because in two years at most, he would be able to solve the famous mathematical puzzle "Soul Conjecture". Give him a little more time, and he will be able to successfully solve the "Poincaré Conjecture", one of the seven major problems in mathematics!

What's more, there is no need to worry about pulling out the seedlings, because he belongs to the kind of person who is immersed in the world of mathematics and will not be affected by the external environment.

As soon as Professor Ivanovich finished his introduction, Director Joy Alexander added: "He has almost no friends, he usually does research in the institute, and on weekends he goes home to tutor his sister in middle school in mathematics. Playing the violin at night, his sister sings and dances, and his parents are their audience, and the family of four is happy, but it is limited to a family of four. ”

Marx was Jewish, and the core leaders of the Soviet Bolsheviks, such as Lenin, Trotsky, Sverdlov, Dzerzhinsky, Kaganovich, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Radek, Minzhensky, Bukharin, etc., who seized power through the October military coup d'état in 1917, were all Jews. It is said that 16 of the 24 members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CPSU at that time were.

But their Jewish compatriots were not well received in the Soviet Union.

Between the signing of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact in 1939 and the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, the CPSU adopted a policy of repression against the Jews, who fell victim to Stalin's currying favor with Hitler. For example, the Soviet ambassador to Berlin, the Jew Yakov-Suritz, was recalled, Litvinov was replaced, Kaganlovich was removed from his ministerial post, and other high-ranking Jewish officials were quietly excluded. In addition, hundreds of thousands of Jews were arrested, and the exact number of deaths is no longer countable.

After the victory in World War II, thousands more Jews were imprisoned or died in concentration camps. In the August 1950 case of the "Stalin Automobile Factory", a large number of Jews were arrested and executed in November.

The "anti-Semitic movement" also rapidly spread to various fields, and many Jewish writers, writers, and actors were executed in 1952 on charges of treason for "serving a foreign country and attempting to secede the Jews of Crimea from the Soviet Union." In the same year, the Soviets carried out an equally horrific massacre in Prague, where many Jews were hanged on butchers' meat hooks and hanged by Hitler......

Discriminated against, having difficulty integrating into mainstream society, one can imagine the situation of the Grigory-Perelman family in St. Petersburg.

As soon as the USSR fell, they could go to Israel.

Although Grigory-Perelman did not go in the end due to his mother's resolute reluctance to leave the Soviet Union, the charter did not dare to take it lightly, pondered for a moment, looked up and said: "Doctor, professor, I will convince him." ”

"It's hard."

Joy Alexander also didn't want to lose a mathematical genius, and pointed to the roster and suggested, "Mr. Zhang, you better change someone." Believe me, Grigory Perelman's ideological work is not so easy to do. ”

"How do you know if you don't try?"

The charter smiled and turned back, "Mr. Franck, please inform my colleagues in the Hong Kong NB Lab and ask them to get in touch with Leah Church (traditionalist synagogue) and the United Jewish Church of Hong Kong as soon as possible." Not only did I need a Jewish assistant, but I also needed kosher-compliant, clean, and delicious Kosher food. (To be continued......)