That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1350 Money is a Good Thing

As the end of February approached, more and more people flocked to Moscow, as if hyenas from all over the world had their eyes on the dragon's carcass beneath the red flag.

The authorities in Canada, who have not yet fully recovered from the chaotic situation, have also realized the phenomenon of "loss of state-owned assets" and have begun to tighten the licensing of various cooperative projects.

Of course, not everyone knew this news.

Sofia approached Li Ye and apologetically stated that the "comfortable and pleasant" cooperation model they had been enjoying recently was coming to an end, and that future cooperation would be "more equitable."
However, the implementation of the policy takes time. She can help delay the process, but Li Ye and others need to speed up the pace and try to finish the projects at hand to avoid any unforeseen complications.

"Mr. Li, I'm truly sorry. Although we've signed agreements for all our collaborative projects, there's nothing I can do when the opposition is too strong."

"I am powerless to help, you used the idiom very well."

Li Ye was not surprised by this, because in a country like Da'e with such chaotic order, anything can happen.

So Li Ye asked frankly, "Comrade Sophia, how much longer do you think we have?"

Sophia smiled and said, "Li, I can't give you a definite promise. Under normal circumstances, it might be a week, or it might be two weeks."

Li Ye smiled and said, "What if we consider an abnormal situation?"

What is normal? What is abnormal?
Isn't it just that as long as there's a benefit, they'll change anything abnormal into something normal?
Sophia's eyes lit up, and she asked with amusement, "That depends on how abnormal it is. But you've almost finished your projects, right? Do you have any other good things on your mind?"

Li Ye slowly shook his head and said, "I didn't care about the things; I cared about the people."

Sophia pursed her lips and said calmly, "I've recently been reading a novel from your country called 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes'."
There's a line in Chapter 32 that says, "In times of chaos, people are less valuable than dogs," meaning that people can sometimes be as cheap as goods.

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Li Ye's statement that "what he values ​​is the people" is not just empty talk. Not only is Jin Peng "hooking up talent" for his wife's aluminum project, but Li Ye has also encountered the same situation.

After the technical data from the Kamaz automobile factory was transported back, Professor Zhao, Wu Yan, Lao Jie, and others discovered many problems.

"Li Ye, those Russians are too cunning. At first glance, the technical data they gave us seemed fine, but after careful examination, we determined that some process flow data was missing."

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Li Ye was very surprised when he learned about the situation.

Before the 1980s, China used the "Soviet Standard" for blueprints, which was different from the international standards after the 1990s. Therefore, Li Ye felt that he could easily understand the blueprints of Kamaz.

However, he still placed too much faith in Sofia's influence over Kamas, forgetting that the tactic of "where there's a will, there's a way" isn't something only Chinese people know how to do.

Sofia, representing the Industrial Bureau, reached a cooperation agreement with Li Ye's inspection team, but it did not bring much benefit to Kamas. The only benefit was intercepted by the factory director Sumonkov and his cronies.

So, under these circumstances, how many hidden traps did the Kamas technicians, who didn't benefit from the situation, actually dig for Li Ye?

Li Ye also wanted to negotiate with Kamaz again through Sofia, but Sofia bluntly stated that because Kamaz Automobile Factory had recently harbored anti-Chinese sentiment, he was unsure if he could obtain complete and accurate data. Li Ye understood the seriousness of the situation. Although Professor Zhao and Wu Yan had stated that they could ultimately overcome all the hidden dangers and difficulties through reverse engineering, the process would undoubtedly be extremely arduous.

Decades later, Mitsubishi of Japan provided the production technology for the 4G63 engine to mainland China. However, the original 4G63 could be easily overclocked to several hundred horsepower without any problem.

But if you buy a domestically produced 4G series engine and want to increase its horsepower by dozens of points, it will blow you away.

These are blueprints that were purchased with a formal contract and real money from the mainland. However, even with these blueprints that are twenty years out of date, they still managed to "miss pages" and "modify data," resulting in the finished engine being far inferior to the original engine in terms of power, torque, and reliability.

Then they started to spread rumors that "Chinese workers are not skilled enough" and that their local "craftsmanship" is much better.

So after careful consideration, Li Ye decided to take the route he was best at – poaching talent.

Don't say that Kamas's technicians hate Chinese people; as long as they don't hate Dale Franklin, that's fine.

Because Jin Peng had been at Su'e for a long time and had a more thorough understanding of the character of Su'e people, Li Ye only provided a list and left the rest of the work to Jin Peng's people.

However, Jin Peng revealed to Li Ye yesterday that the technical staff on Kamaz's side were not easy to deal with. He sent people to poach them for several days, but the progress was extremely slow.

In Sofia's eyes, 1992 was already a "chaotic time," but for many ordinary people, they had not yet realized that this was the beginning of a tragedy. They thought that the difficulties were only temporary, so they were still full of longing for the future and were unwilling to leave their hometown easily.

Therefore, Li Ye decided to take charge personally, and obtaining Sofia's cooperation was a crucial step in this process.

After discussing several details with Sofia, Li Ye went to find Jin Peng to prepare for the next step of the plan.

Then, he met the person in charge of poaching people from the company—Zelyushinko.

Before being dismissed from the Kamaz automobile plant, Zelyushchenko was an important figure in the plant's union, consistently standing on the workers' side and advocating for their interests.

So when Jin Peng said that Zelyuchenko had taken the initiative to "poach" him, he suspected that the other party was playing a "double agent" game with him.

However, when Li Ye saw Xiao Qi, one of Jin Peng's subordinates, "paying commissions" to Ze Liushenke, he felt both amused and exasperated.

"You recruited three technicians to work in China yesterday, one engineer and two assistant engineers. Therefore, you should receive a total of nine hundred US dollars: 500 + 200 + 200."

Xiaoqi pointed out nine Benjamin Franklin cards and handed them to Zelyushinko.

The other party carefully accepted the money, counted it twice, and then put it into their pocket while nodding.

Then the other person looked up and saw Li Ye.

"Hi, long time no see, Comrade Li Ye."

Zelyushinko waved to Li Ye naturally, without any sense of shame, and without the tenacity that Li Ye had shown him as a Red Army soldier when they met at the market before the Spring Festival.

Money, it really is a magical thing!

(End of this chapter)