Ukraine, Black Sea Shipyard, director Makarov is taking two distinguished guests from China to visit the most valuable creations of the Black Sea Shipyard, the Varyag aircraft carrier and the Ulyanovsk aircraft carrier.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the republics, although their fates were different, were mostly embarrassed. Russia is now struggling with a civil war and an economy collapsing, and the situation in Ukraine is by no means any better. Also accepting the shock therapy of the West, the Ukrainian economy is also worse, the foreign exchange reserves are pitifully small, and at the same time, as part of the Russian economic chain, Russia's economy is in a downturn, and Ukraine is also very sad to do supporting work.

Ukrainian officials have thought of a lot of ways to boost the economy, and some people are even so ridiculous as to take advantage of Ukraine's abundance of handsome guys and beauties to operate adult tourism.

Not long ago, the Chinese company Shenghua secretly approached Ukrainian officials and proposed a takeover to Ukraine, in which China wanted to buy two aircraft carrier hulls of varying degrees of completion parked at Ukrainian Black Sea shipyards. This news surprised Ukraine greatly, and it also took it extremely seriously. There is no doubt that an aircraft carrier is expensive, and even if China buys a hull without any weapons or avionics, it is extremely expensive. Not to mention the fact that the Chinese proposed at once to buy two, Varyag and Ulyanovsk to pack and take away.

If the deal is done properly, then Ukraine will be able to at least realize hundreds of millions of dollars from the abandoned legacy of the Soviet Union, which is a major positive for the almost collapsed Ukrainian economy, so this matter also alarmed Ukrainian President Kravchuk, who gave a death order to the Black Sea shipyard to negotiate this business.

It is not that there are no other countries or individuals interested in the two abandoned aircraft carriers, but they are clearly not as sincere as the Chinese. The French wanted to use the Varyag as a luxury sea hotel, and the British were even more funny and wanted to build a strong sea prison. The Spanish shipyard wanted to buy it and sell it to Argentina, but of course the British would not be happy, and Argentina would not be able to come up with that much money.

Only China, which has a rigid need for aircraft carriers, and is really a country that can afford to consume them. Every year, China sells billions of dollars in weapons to foreign countries, and now China's own defense spending is also hundreds of billions of yuan, so it is not a fantasy to buy two aircraft carriers.

Originally, these two aircraft carriers still had Russia's share, but Ukrainian President Kravchuk made it bad, and now Russia has clearly not experienced anything else, the government is about to be overthrown by Makashev, and the money he got from selling it is obviously Ukrainian, so Ukraine didn't want to inform Russia about this at all.

"The Varyag has been 68% completed and the Ulyanovsk is 40% complete, and I want to prove to both of you that the Black Sea Shipyard is capable of helping China complete the construction of two aircraft carriers, and we have enough experience and capabilities to believe that it will be a better choice to deliver the entire ship to the Chinese Navy." Makarov, the director of the plant, said that if the follow-up construction of these two ships is funded by the Chinese, then basically the livelihood of the Black Sea shipyard will be completely solved. As the director of the plant, Makarov had to think about his own workers, so he strongly hoped that the Chinese military could buy the entire ship, not a single hull.

One of Shenghua's managers, Zhao Jinsong, who has been selling arms to many countries in recent years, shook his head lightly and said: "The various systems made by the Soviet Union are not the same as China's, and to put it mildly, the Soviet Union has a huge gap with China in the electronics industry for more than a generation, and we can't trust the Soviet Union's products in terms of performance and reliability, so this proposal is still forgotten." ”

Makarov, the director of the factory, was not discouraged, he knew that the Chinese businessman did not say a big thing, and the combat effectiveness of the Chinese ships on the Gulf battlefield made the Russians and Ukrainians extremely envious and amazed, and China's military electronic components have been exported to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Europe and other countries in recent years, and even the Soviet Union has not been able to buy them, of course, neither Ukraine nor Russia can afford them now. The main ships of the Chinese Navy are equipped with active phased array radars, and this technology was explored by the Soviet Union at that time, but it is by no means as mature as the Chinese, and Makarov also knows that his proposal is a bit of a scheming axe.

Although he could not use Soviet weapons systems and avionics, he also wanted to do the final assembly business, he said: "In this case, we can also use Chinese weapons systems and avionics equipment, and our side will be responsible for the outfitting work, and the Chinese side can send representatives and engineers to assist." ”

Zhao Jinsong smiled again and said: "Comrade factory director, don't say these unrealistic words, do you think we will risk leaking secrets and take the most cutting-edge system to Ukraine for you to install?" In that case, why don't we do it ourselves, it's safe and secure. ”

Makarov knows that the Chinese's considerations on this issue are realistic and reasonable, what the Chinese need is a hull, maybe they will have to tow it back for large-scale refit, so the Black Sea shipyard, which they do not look up to the technical level, can not do much.

However, Makarov still has a part that can be fought for, the hull of the Varyag has been basically completed, and even a lot of equipment has been installed, these things have to be dismantled, not to mention this, and the Ulyanovsk is only 40% complete, the hull has not yet been built, if China wants to tow the Ulyanovsk back to China, it is necessary to let the Black Sea shipyard complete the construction of the hull, and how to calculate this money has a head.

"In that case, we will hand over the Varyag to you after dismantling the necessary equipment, and the price will be set at $20 million......"

Before the director of Makarov finished speaking, Lai Zhenping, who came with Zhao Jinsong, frowned and interrupted him: "20 million US dollars, this price is a bit too high, right?" It's just a hull with nothing, and it's not worth much if you dismantle the equipment. I'm afraid that all the costs you have spent so far will be more than 10 million dollars. ”

Makarov insisted on this: "20 million dollars, and our design drawings for the Varyag, if you need to renovate, you must need these, not only a question of the hull, but also the crystallization technology of Soviet shipbuilding for decades." ”

Lai Zhenping couldn't help sneering: "It's just a pity that the crystallization technology of the Soviet Union for decades is only equivalent to the technology of our previous generation, and we spend a lot of money to buy things that we will not use anymore, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

Historically, when Chinese businessman Xu Zengping bought the Varyag in 1999, it was $20 million, and it was also accompanied by nearly 20 tons of design drawings and materials. Considering that the value of the US dollar in 1999 had dropped to a certain extent, although it was also 20 million at this time, it was actually more expensive.

In fact, China does not need the drawings of the Kuznetsov-class and Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carriers at all, because in the other plane, China has already spent money to buy them, and now there are these things in the database of the Red Alert base, so Qi Yiming does not want to spend more money. That's right, it was Qi Yiming's idea to buy these two ships, and Qi Yiming paid for them, and the navy only had to take the boats.

Makarov was very angry that the ******** people despised the great achievements of the Soviet Union, and he wanted to leave the two bastards alone, but he remembered that the president himself had asked him to negotiate this business, so he could only suppress his anger and continue to negotiate terms with Chinese.

"$20 million, this is our bottom line price, and you are not the only customers who want to buy aircraft carriers, so we can't lower it any longer." Makarov is not a good businessman, and his negotiation skills are not good, so he is very blunt and does not work well.

Zhao Jinsong is a real arms businessman, and the Ukrainian connections are quite accurate, and he has long known that Kravchuk gave a death order to negotiate a deal and get hundreds of millions of dollars from the Chinese as an important investment to save the economy, so he has a lot of chips.

"I need to remind Mr. Factory Director that you have other customer choices, and we also have the choice not to buy. China's first self-built aircraft carrier is about to enter service, and there are two more on the slipway that are under construction or waiting to be built, and the purchase of Ukrainian aircraft carriers is the way we hope to build an aircraft carrier fleet as soon as possible, but if we don't think it's cost-effective, we would rather wait for the more powerful Type 002 aircraft carriers we build ourselves, rather than spend a lot of money to buy the backward Kuznetsov class or Ulyanovsk class. ”

This is a naked threat, but Makarov still eats this set. As a naval man, he naturally knows that China's self-built nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are highly regarded in the industry, and many people believe that although the tonnage is slightly smaller than that of the enterprise class, the actual combat capability should not be inferior to that of the American Nimitz. It is even stronger than Ulyanovsk or something, he feels that Zhao Jinsong did not tell a lie, if the real Chinese feel that they are at a loss, then they simply build it themselves slowly, and there is no war crisis in front of them, why spend money in vain.

Lai Zhenping saw that Makarov's face was pale and hesitant, and he interjected at this time: "We naturally know the current situation in Ukraine, and we also intend to develop more cooperation with Ukraine and improve the level of bilateral relations. ”

This is beyond Makarov's authority, but Makarov also generally knows that those officials in charge of the economy in Ukraine must have turned white, and China has reached out and brought Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Romania back to life. This condition may be more attractive than getting more dollars from China.