That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1356 Highbrow art finds few admirers
Monday, March 9, 1992.

Commander Zhou, along with his elite troops, Li Ye, and Sun Xianjin, arrived in Lutsk, a city located northwest of Kyiv.

As the plane was about to land, Li Ye and the others looked out of the window and thought it was a typical industrial city.

There weren't many tall buildings, just clusters of low, gray factory buildings and rows of Khrushchev's dormitory buildings.

However, this is already considered good. When Li Ye and his group flew over from the Far East and took off, landed, and transited through some cities in western Da'e, they felt that those cities had nothing at all and were mainly characterized by their pristine desolation.

Although Sumatra is the world's largest country by area, only a small part of its eastern region is actually livable; the rest is not worth developing.

Therefore, ever since the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the people of this land have longed for the prosperous lands of Europe. As for that so-called emperor who proclaimed that "the capital is not that far away," he was just spouting nonsense and wasting his time.
If he were to shift the country's strategic direction eastward, his musketeers could replace him with a new emperor tomorrow.

It's one thing for you to write a poem to satisfy your craving, but to actually make us cross that freezing snowfield and at the cost of more than 60% non-combat casualties to fight to the death against the world's most populous country?
What? Don't those weakling men in Europe seem appealing anymore?
Therefore, places like Ukraine, which are close to Europe, have always been key areas for Sugo's development, and industrial production capacity is of paramount importance to Sugo.

Without Ukrainian, the mighty Sugo was essentially dismembered on the spot.

For example, the "Motor Aviation Company" that Ukranno and others were going to bid for was a company that could repair MiG-29s and also produce important components for aircraft engines.

According to information provided by Pavlov a few days ago, they will be selling a production line for a key component of an aircraft engine, with technology at the forefront of the world.

However, after Sun Xianjin handed the data to Commander Zhou, the inspection team members had two different opinions regarding the value of this production line.

Some people believe its value is immeasurable and must be acquired at all costs, while others think it's just a useless trifle.

People who hold the first view are mostly from highly technical backgrounds. They have spent most of their lives doing research and development, and their hair and beards have almost turned white from worrying so much about improving a few data points. Now that they have the opportunity to obtain the "ultimate secret manual", how could they not be excited?
Another group, mainly administrative staff with a "big picture" perspective, believed that there were very few buyers willing to actually pay for the motor company's production line.

Because on this blue planet, very few countries can afford to develop aircraft engines.

There are a few real players in the East Asian Monster Room, but Japan, South Korea, and Haixia are all disciples of the Lighthouse School, which is not the same as the Soviet-style products. Moreover, the Lighthouse Godfather may not allow them to conduct their own research and development.

The Kim family, who's left on the peninsula, barely has any planes left. How can they possibly have the motivation to research aircraft engines?

Most Western European gentlemen also had their own pride and looked down on Sugo's cumbersome equipment.

Engine technology may seem high-end, but it's actually quite sophisticated and accessible to a limited audience.

Those who can handle it look down on Ukrainian's engine; those who can't handle it, you still can't run it even if I give it to you!

So after discussing it, Commander Zhou and the others decided that when it came time to bid, they could "hold back" a bit, and maybe they could snag a bargain.

However, when the group arrived at the motor company's bidding address, they discovered that they seemed to have overlooked one person in their previous analysis.

White elephant.

A few months later, Li Ye met Cindy again.

It was Cindy who wanted to dance with Sofia at the welcome dinner held in Kamas.

Li Ye smiled and said to Sun Xianjin, "Look, I see your old classmate again. Do you want to go say hello to him?"

Cindy got to know Sophia for the same reason as Sun Xianjin: they were both international students at Moscow State University, so in terms of seniority, Sun Xianjin was indeed her classmate.

"Tch, who's classmates with someone who doesn't use toilet paper to wipe their butt?"

Sun Xianjin spat out a disdainful remark, then whispered to Li Ye, "Do you think these white elephants really want to buy aero-engine technology?" What? White elephants are into aero-engines?
Forget it! They're more likely to be playing with cow dung. Buy...
But Li Ye sighed and said in a deep voice, "It should be true, they have this need."

One of the main businesses of Motor Aero Industries is the maintenance of MiG-29s, and White Elephant is a loyal user of the MiG-29.
Furthermore, the White Elephant also believes that it is a world-class power and needs to possess advanced technology commensurate with its status.
The motor company's production line includes a complete set of high-end machine tools that can produce aero-engine blades, making it ideal for special users like White Elephant who have no prior experience and need to start from scratch.

[Sigh, no wonder decades later, the White Elephant still considers itself to be on par with the Chinese! Their thirst for skill seems to be fundamentally the same.]

This is like two millionaires, one with a net worth of one billion and the other with a net worth of one hundred million. The one with a net worth of one hundred million says, "We are both billionaires, so we are in the same category."

The men on Commander Zhou's side also realized this, and their original intention to calmly seize the opportunity immediately disappeared, and they all became anxious.

Some even asked Sun Xianjin, "Little Sun, why didn't you notice that the White Elephant people came to participate in the bidding?"

Sun Xianjin shrugged: "The organizers did not notify us, and we have no plans to obtain information through other channels."

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[Pavlov didn't receive any money, so why should he provide you with assistance? And you have the nerve to ask me?]

Pavlov provided the production line information of Motor Aero Industries as requested by Li Ye, along with a secure Swiss account number.

Unfortunately, since Commander Zhou and his men wanted to try it out on their own, Pavlov naturally wouldn't provide any other services.

The person who asked Sun Xianjin was met with a rebuff, and then had no choice but to say, "Actually, it's fine. The White Elephant people aren't exactly wealthy and powerful. It's still uncertain who will emerge victorious."

But no sooner had this guy finished speaking than another group of people entered the bidding site.

These people were almost all serious, white men, exuding an air of austerity and luxury from head to toe, from their clothes to their hair.

The White Elephant Man was also stunned, and actually turned to ask Commander Zhou for information.

Which company is this?

"I don't know? Do you know?"

We don't know either.

However, just as both sides were wondering and speculating, the organizers revealed the answer to everyone.

"Welcome to Koss Corporation."

Sun Xianjin exclaimed in surprise, "Keshi Company, Li Ye, it's actually Li Ye from Keshi Company, Li Ye?"

When Kosh Company initially acquired the shares from the workers in Kamaz Auto City, it was Li Ye and Bai Xiang's men who "joined forces" to thwart the deal, and Sophia later succeeded. So the three parties present were still "enemies who meet by chance"!

However, Sun Xianjin called out to Li Ye several times, but Li Ye did not respond.

Sun Xianjin then noticed that Li Ye and Wen Leyu were both looking at someone in Keshi Company.

In the entire Kosh Company, there was only one person with yellow skin, and he was also the only one who was not white.

(End of this chapter)