don't call me singer

Chapter 1721 It should be, it should be
When Leonkov personally escorted all the materials of the Ulyanovsk KN-3-43 nuclear reactor to Gu Xiaobai's laboratory.

At Moscow's Kodomodedovo Airport, a plane from Indonesia is slowly landing.

The plane just stopped when more than a dozen men and women in military uniform got off the plane.

Gurovich, who had been waiting under the gangway of the plane for a long time, has already enthusiastically greeted him, held the hand of a middle-aged and elderly person in the middle, and said: "Mr. Humato, you are very welcome. You must be tired from the long journey. , we have prepared a place to stay, shall we go now?"

Humato smiled and shook hands with Gurovich, while subconsciously looking at an officer less than 40 years old next to him.

The officer said: "We don't have much time, why don't we start talking about things now, where is Mr. Leonkov? We have contacted many times before."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cotut, Leonkov is temporarily unable to get away, but he entrusted me to say hello to you..."

The nominal leader of this procurement team from Indonesia is this deputy minister named Humato, but the real speaker seems to be this young military officer who is not the highest official.

This is not particularly strange. Perhaps he is a close friend of the president, or a new star cultivated within the system. Humato exists to escort him.

After all, such a matter of spending money always requires a trusted aide to supervise, otherwise the arms purchase negotiation will become a blatant kickback negotiation.

Kotut frowned slightly, and said, "So, when will Mr. Leonkov be free?"

Gurovich was a little embarrassed. Could he tell Kotut that Leonkov was entertaining more important guests?Doesn't this clearly mean that the other party's status is too low to be taken seriously?

He could only lie: "Mr. Leonkov was temporarily summoned by the Kremlin for a short briefing. By the time you arrive at the hotel, he may have already arrived..."

Kotut nodded and said, "That's good. We don't have much time this time. I want to complete this negotiation as soon as possible. I hope to meet Mr. Leonkov when we are in the hotel."

Kotut's eager and arrogant attitude made Gurovich feel a little uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do.

Selling weapons, or selling cutting-edge weapons, should be a seller's market in the understanding of normal people.

After all, cutting-edge weapons are a scarce resource. There are only a few companies in the world that can dominate the international arms market, but there are many countries that need cutting-edge weapons.

But for Russia, the recent days have not been easy. It is a bit like begging others to buy and others not to buy.

Russia plays an important role in the world arms trade market.Russia is the second largest arms exporter in the world, after the United States.Its total military exports in 2016 were US$64.32 billion, accounting for more than one-fifth of the world's arms trade.

Therefore, the national defense industry is very important to Russia. Its domestic economy relies heavily on the military supply industry. It has been a key development project since the Soviet era. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited 900 million workers from the former Soviet Union, distributed in research, design and manufacturing. Among the different 1125-1500 factories. In 1997, there were more than 1700 factories, but due to the brain drain to European and American countries, the remaining employees were only about 250 million. In 2009, the Russian defense industry had about 250-300 million employees, accounting for 20% of all manufacturing industries.

For Russia, which has almost no decent light industry and can only sell resources except weapons, this 20% is very important.

very very important.

But in recent years, Russia's arms trade has been severely hindered.

On the one hand, it is because the old capital of the Soviet Union has been exhausted, and the new weapons and equipment have not met expectations in terms of performance and reliability.

This is also one of the reasons why Leonkov and Gurovich are begging to cooperate with Gu Xiaobai.

On the other hand, it is because of the interference of Russia's competitor, the world's largest arms exporter, the United States.

In the United States, you can choose between the two, which is much more professional than cats, cats and dogs.

In the international market, they hold high the big stick of "sanctions". Whoever dares to buy Russian arms will be sanctioned by the United States one after another, making you miserable.

Except for some stubborn countries that are not easy to deal with with the United States, such as Turkey, other countries have to weigh it.

During this period, even India, where Russia's hardcore weapons are dumped, has gradually turned to the United States and France, abandoning its old sellers for many years.Of course, it's hard to say whether they are for the national interest or whether these countries give a lot of kickbacks.The "brand new" Rafale fighter jets with "battle damage paint" that they bought with a lot of money were exposed on the Internet, but they were screened for a long time and were ridiculed by military fans all over the world.

And Southeast Asia, which was originally Russia's private land, has also been heavily infiltrated by the United States recently. After all, it was originally a country that relied on the United States to survive. It is not surprising that it cannot bear to kneel at this time.

In order to embrace its own defense industry and earn some pocket money, Russia still wants to sell its own Su-57 to the country. Unfortunately, there are already more advanced and reliable fighter jets in the country. Instead of robbing them of business, they sell outdated equipment It would be good to withdraw the funds, and the possibility of buying their defective products is almost zero.

In this case, any team that comes to purchase arms, they have to show 100% sincerity to receive it.

Moreover, Indonesia also deserves high-level reception from Russia. Although Indonesia is far inferior to Russia in terms of international status, it can be regarded as a "big country" in terms of population and economy.

Anyway, whether it is Indonesia or Russia, the GDP is only on the trillion-dollar level, which is equivalent to a domestic province.

The difference is the southeast coast or the north coast.

Therefore, at this moment, only Gurovich himself really made the Indonesian delegation very dissatisfied.

When I got off the plane, I was a little bit cocky.

Of course, Gurovich was also very helpless in his heart.

He clearly knew that these people may not have come to buy equipment at all when they came to Moscow.

They came here to act, to show the United States.

"Look, hurry up and sell us our weapons, cheap, or we'll have to buy Russian equipment!"

But even so, Gurovich still had to show [-]% sincerity to receive him, and served him well with a good voice.

Otherwise, in the end, if the other party didn't buy the weapon and didn't say anything, but also put a shit bowl on his head, because he was not sincere, it would be really sour.

The more you worry about something, the more something will come.

Gurovich had just invited Kotut to the minibus where the police car cleared the way, and the secretary waiting in the car reported to Gurovich: "Sir, Mr. Leonkov has just sent a message that he has arrived from Severodvinsk. We’re on our way back, and we’ll arrive at the hotel in about three hours.”

The secretary had meant well, but he didn't know that Gurovich had just lied to Kotut, saying that Leonkov had been summoned by the Kremlin.

And, it's only been 2 minutes.

Even if Kotut is demented, he probably still has the memory at this moment, so he hasn't forgotten it.

What's more, Kotut is obviously a young and vigorous officer with a better memory than Gurovich.

It's embarrassing now.

Just when Gurovich was hesitating whether to pretend to be dementia because of his age, Kotut suddenly turned his head and said, "Severodvinsk? Did Mr. Leonkov go to the Sea Dragon Palace?"

Gurovich suffered from Alzheimer's in an instant and could only "abba aba".

"I also said just now that something is so important that if Mr. Leonkov must be called back for a briefing at this time, even the Kremlin wouldn't look down on such a deal..." Humato said to Kotut said.

"This, I'm really sorry, I misremembered, I misremembered..." Gurovich's dementia healed instantly due to shame, and he quickly apologized.

"No, it's okay." Ketut waved his hand and said, "Mr. Leonkov went to visit Mr. Gu Xiaobai, that's what he should do!"

"Yes, it should be." Humato said, "Mr. Gu Xiaobai is someone I respect very much. If there is a chance, we would like to pay a visit and hope not to disturb him."

"I have listened to your songs sung by Mr. Gu Xiaobai many times, and they are really inspiring. Russia is a great country, a great nation, and your spirit has always been an example for us to learn from. "

"Yes, although there are various temporary difficulties, I believe that a country that can sing this kind of song will never be willing to fail."

"Uh------------------"

Gurovich fell into a long speechless state.

What is this ghost?

Isn't today an arms sales negotiation, but Gu Xiaobai's praise meeting?
Just now, the two Indonesian guests who were serious and upset, and who were planning to find fault, now turned into enthusiastic fans, and they started discussing each other sentence by sentence.

It even made the atmosphere in the whole carriage more relaxed.

What makes Gurovich even more terrifying is that.

This topic is obviously still spreading.

Not just two people, but soon other guests from Indonesia also joined the discussion.

But the problem is that these people are not idle teenagers, or fans who are addicted to idols, but a group of elders with an average age of [-] or above. Most of them are high-ranking officials, senior technicians and middle- and senior-level military officers .

Seeing them seriously discussing a singer, a song, and even when they were happy, they sang in time...

Gurovich felt that his dementia might be contagious.

I pretended to be demented, but these people were really demented.

Seeing that Gurovich was tongue-tied, Kotut said with emotion:

"Mr. Gurovich, you may not know that Mr. Gu Xiaobai has profoundly changed the living environment of our entire Indonesia with three songs. Because of him, we in Indonesia have eliminated the cancer of corruption in the country and the pirates that ravaged the coast and many pirates. The people can get rid of the shackles and no longer suffer from pirates. Because the navigation conditions and business environment have been optimized again, we have attracted many excellent investments, and there are many wealthy people in Europe and America who are willing to come to us to buy private houses... many The beautiful islands are all developed and sold to rich people in the West for their vacations, creating a lot of income for our people..."

Gurovich didn't know that the reason why Ketut admired Gu Xiaobai so much was not only what he said, but also because he had seen the power of the Sea Dragon Palace with his own eyes, and had really experienced Gu Xiaobai's strength.

When Gu Xiaobai first arrived in Indonesia, he was the captain of the escort ship 357.

It was also the last time he made a meritorious service and was transferred back to the headquarters from the ship.

"I heard that many fishermen enshrined the statue of Zhong Jun on their boats...it is said that it can protect them from storms and pirates..." Humato said.

"Let's not talk about this, Mr. Gu Xiaobai is a scientist, he must not like the fishermen worshiping him in this way..." Ketu Te waved his hand.

"My daughter also has a tattoo of Mr. Gu Xiaobai's head." Hu Mato said again.

"This...hahahahahaha." Kurt laughed loudly.

Everyone in the car laughed.

Gurovich, who was beside him, also smiled apologetically.

Kotut looked at Gurovich's blank smile and said, "Mr. Gurovich, after Mr. Gu Xiaobai leaves Moscow, you can look back. After Gu Xiaobai arrived, something changed, and you will know how we feel. gone."

Beside, Humato nodded seriously.

Speaking of this, Ketut asked again: "May I ask, Mr. Leonkov, why did you visit Mr. Gu Xiaobai?"

Gurovich felt that there was nothing worth hiding, so he simply said a few words.

Who would have thought that Ke Tut and the others were taken aback and said, "Really?"

"Is Russia going to cooperate with Mr. Gu Xiaobai to develop new fighter jets and ships?"

Kotut and Humato looked at each other and exchanged glances.

They all understood what the other meant.

Next to him, Gurovich's heart was beating loudly.

Could it be that these two people changed their minds and really purchased armaments because of Gu Xiaobai?

However, the two of them just exchanged a look and changed the subject.

Whether it is a purchase or not, the two of them actually don't count.

It is still necessary to continue to report to higher authorities.

But it can be said that the two have already moved their hearts.

"You said there will be a new MV filming?"

"If possible, can we visit the filming site?"

"Yes, it can be regarded as watching the display of armaments on the spot."

"Yeah, that's right. We're here for work."

"Of course, if you don't disturb Mr. Gu Xiaobai."

Looking at the excited and slightly shy faces of the two, like a little boy who has finally caught up with a star, Gurovich finally understood a little bit about Gu Xiaobai's influence.

Gu Xiaobai's fans are probably the hardest-core groupies in the world...

(End of this chapter)