Oil is undoubtedly the greatest energy source of the twentieth century, which can transform a group of religious people who eat old times into the richest royalty and aristocrats, and it can also make a developed socialist country on the Korean Peninsula, which is extremely dependent on oil, decline to the point that the problem of food and clothing cannot be solved in a few years. The Soviet Union www.biquge.info however, was able to use it as a strategic weapon, openly exchanging black gold with other countries for development technologies that they did not have. This is not unlike the Soviet Union's massive takeover of Western industrial facilities during the Great Depression.

Electronic information technology is a shortcoming of the Soviet Union, and although an operating system similar to Windows has been launched on the market, there is still a long way to go. Yanayev promoted the development of a video game because of his "hobby", but he was not able to fundamentally occupy the high ground of electronic information technology.

"At the age of 61, I have a successful career, I have as many party members as the army, and I have the world's largest nuclear weapons launch button in my hand. I thought I could be on an equal footing with the West until I met the computer ......"

I don't know who made up this joke wittily ridiculed the situation of the development of electronic information in the Soviet Union, although it was supported by the government and quickly caught up, but there has always been a gap between the Moscow River and the Silicon Valley, in order to shorten the gap between the two sides, Yanayev directly bought electronic information technology through Japan, in order to break through the bottleneck in the shortest possible time and step onto a higher level.

The Soviet Union's offer was too generous for any country's leader to refuse the temptation. A low-interest loan and a preferential black gold deal made Ryutaro Hashimoto decide to agree to the other party's terms after thinking for a while.

"I agree with General Secretary Yanayev's deal, but we want to make sure that Japan will be the biggest beneficiary."

Before Keizo Obuchi could stop Prime Minister Hashimoto, he had already blurted out this sentence.

The prime minister rightly thought that Japan had paid such a big price and that it should get something back from the Soviet Union. But as soon as he said this, the Prime Minister regretted it.

Little by little, the smile on Yanayev's face faded, replaced by a gloomy and expressionless face. With his hands on his chin, he asked word by word in the face of the Japanese prime minister's fearless threat, "I have a question, do you really see who is in charge of this deal?" ”

"I'm sorry, but I still have to remind you that it's not you, Japan, but the Soviet Union that is really dominant. We have oil to be sold, and it's not just your Mitsui Mitsubishi that is willing to make a deal with us, but also Mobil Shell. Do you really think that Moscow is so poor that it needs to use your money to fill our oil exploration and development dilemma? We have reached an agreement with OPEC that the Soviet Union will lend far more oil than you think. If Japan thinks it can bargain with me on this issue......"

He made a direct gesture of please.

"Then please go back, I think the representatives sent by Sinopec are far more sincere than you."

Ryutaro Hashimoto's face changed suddenly, he didn't know that Yanayev would actually turn his face when he said that he would turn his face, but this low-interest loan and oil project were a lifesaver for Japan. If the Soviet Union had stood by and watched, the burden on his shoulders would have been even heavier.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister just made a slip of the tongue, and I would like to ask General Secretary Yanayev to bear with me."

Keizo Obuchi hurriedly stood up to save the scene and make up for the mistake that the prime minister almost made in a moment of greed.

"We do not have the slightest opinion on the issue of oil and loans, and we consider the proposals put forward by the USSR to be quite reasonable. So that's the deal? ”

He used interrogative sentences, cautiously testing the attitude of the leader opposite.

"Okay, but I don't like insatiable people, and if Japan thinks that our deal is detrimental to your interests, it can choose to leave."

After throwing out these words, the Japanese representatives were already silent, and they did not dare to offend Yanayev, who controlled the negotiating advantage.

In his view, the insatiable beating of Japan's greed is over at the point, and he does not have much affection or dislike for the Japanese prime minister and foreign minister, and in geopolitics Japan is an ally that must be stabilized, and Japan is still needed to pay for this pile of oil on the issue of the development of the Far East. Without Hashimoto's generosity, he would have lost a lot of oil revenues in East Asia. As for the loan that was thrown out, it can also be quickly repaid in a short period of time. This amount of money is not a pain for Yanayev. Anyway, politicians only think about interests, and when Japan is no longer able to pay for the development and construction of the Far East, Yanayev will not hesitate to kick out the current Japanese prime minister.

While the global economy is in a downturn, only two socialist countries are thriving. Just like the question raised by Ryutaro Hashimoto, "Why was the Soviet Union able to maintain a high forward trend under such circumstances?" ”

Then the Japanese Prime Minister was ridiculed by Yanayev's answer.

"You may not believe it, but this is the superiority of the socialist system."

The Japanese government's trip to Moscow was fruitful, but he did not realize whether Yanayev had laid a trap. Then there will be a financial turmoil that will sweep across Asia, and now that you are so happy with the loans from the Soviet Union, will you still be able to withdraw your hands to deal with the attack when you are swept away by the financial turmoil? At that time, Russia, with its strong military strength, dared to declare the abolition of foreign debts without fear, did Japan dare to play such a game?

The loan was intended as a means of blackmailing Japan in the event of a financial tsunami, in order to prevent the situation from changing, and if the Soviet Union announced that it would repay the loan, Japan simply did not have enough foreign debt to withstand the tsunami.

Turning to the Soviet Union for a period of grace? Okay, no problem, trade your skills.

Ryutaro Hashimoto happily returned to Tokyo, but he did not expect that the kind-hearted leader of the CPSU still had a conspiracy behind his back.

As soon as the Japanese delegation left, another person came.

When the office assistant revealed the identity of the uninvited guest, even Yanayev was a little surprised.

Although the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance is a thing of the past, the younger brothers of some advanced socialist countries are still alive and kicking. After the announcement of the development of the Sakhalin-3 project, the North Korean ambassador to the Soviet Union, Pak Eui-chun, could not sit still, and he approached Yanayev through private connections, hoping to help the Communist countries that were almost limited by oil, and to help the party-state for the sake of the party-state.

Since 1991, when it was announced that the supply of North Korean oil prices would be halted at low prices and that prices on the international market would be restored, the countries that had relied on the Soviet Union for development had been devastated. Because of oil, it has fallen directly from the developed socialist countries to the poor countries where food and clothing are a problem.

As North Korea's vice foreign minister, he certainly cannot sit idly by. After the announcement of the Sakhalin-3 project by the Soviet Union, it also tried to get involved and get a piece of the pie. However, it is a pity that the Soviet Union at this time is no longer the big brother of socialism, and will no longer provide selfless assistance to the former socialist countries, and as a "Soviet imperialist", if you want to import oil, you have to exchange foreign exchange.

North Korea's prosperity was built on Soviet aid, and without oil everything was equal to zero.

When negotiating with Park Euichun, who was shouldering a heavy responsibility, Yanayev did not let up at all.

"As I said before, the Soviet Union was willing to negotiate oil export projects with any country, and as long as they could afford to pay for it, we were willing to sell it. But if they want to get our oil at the same time as they don't want to pay, sorry, this big brother of socialism will be whoever wants to be. You don't have to prevaricate me with anything about capitalist invasion, the Jin family cherishes power more than anyone else, how can you cooperate with other countries? Don't want to wait for the regime to be overthrown, do you? ”

Yanayev calculated the lifeblood of the other party, so he showed such a fearless attitude. But Park Eui-chun represents the whole of North Korea, and if he can't complete the intervention, there will be no way to go back.

"But now that North Korea is in a difficult period of economic difficulties, I'm afraid we don't have enough foreign exchange to pay for oil ......"

Park Yichun said this in a very low voice, and the current North Korea is completely pleading with the Soviet Union in a low voice, hoping that the other side can give a little bit of charity to save the socialist brothers of the past.

"No problem, we don't need foreign exchange."

Yanayev changed his tune, so that the ambassador to the Soviet Union thought that he saw hope.

"If we can lease North Korean ports and get permanent military rights, we are willing to use oil instead of paying for the lease funds, what about that?"

Park Yichun opened his mouth, already too frightened to speak. The cession of foreign troops to ports is tantamount to the cession of territorial sovereignty. When the big brother of the Soviet Union said this sentence unscrupulously, he showed the ruthlessness that a politician should have.

He did not understand why successive generations of leaders had to feed a pack of white-eyed wolves, even if it was a socialist country, there should be a limit to handouts, and foreign aid alone accounted for a large share of the Soviet economy.

The current general secretary does not have the good intentions and kindness of the past, and unless he thinks that the other party is a political actor worthy of support, he will definitely not go all the way to Asia to cultivate Vietnamese monkeys that are destined to become a climate.

As long as a country like North Korea, which has more than enough self-preservation, hangs on his last breath, the situation on the peninsula can be peaceful for more than ten years.

"It's okay, we're not in a hurry."

Yanayev waved his hand and said with a smile, "Wait until you think about it and give me an answer." (To be continued.) )