In the early 1990s, many major events occurred in the country, which had far-reaching impacts. However, these were too far away from the lives of ordinary people, and everyone was a little indifferent.

What I care about most are the legendary gossip stories.

Among them, the story of exchanging cans for airplanes has a long history. The protagonist also left his name in history and was mentioned again and again decades later.

In this story, one side is the manufacturer of the Tu-154 passenger aircraft, the Kuibyshev Aircraft Factory over there from Mao Xiong.

As we all know, the products produced by Mao Xiong are not considered comfortable during wartime, so they all have shortcomings such as frizzy, thick leather, low technical level, and difficulty in maintenance.

The same goes for passenger planes. Although they can fly and have good safety performance, they have a lot of problems.

Compared with the same type of passenger aircraft from Boeing or Airbus in the Western world, the Tu-154 passenger aircraft is not comparable. Others are not only slightly better than it, but also a little more expensive.

But airplanes cannot be cheap, not to mention that Western passenger planes are fuel-efficient. Compared with the Soviet-style passenger planes known as fuel tigers, one flight can save a lot of fuel money.

In the beginning, fur bears could produce and consume themselves, because the land is vast and abundant, and as a resource-rich country, fur bears have no shortage of oil. If they can’t sell it, they just use it themselves, and they don’t care about the little oil money.

However, with the economic recession, the government's purchase orders have been significantly reduced, and the Kuibyshev Aircraft Factory, like the Black Sea Shipyard, has fallen into the dilemma of product backlog.

The aircraft produced cannot be sold.

What is even more helpless is that the Black Sea Shipyard can still make a living by building civilian ships, but the Kuibyshev aircraft cannot.

Forced to have no choice, the subordinate units of the Kuibyshev Aircraft Factory began to find buyers for their products and sold the Tu-154 passenger aircraft at a reduced price.

Compared to the West.

Domestic aircraft are even more backward than Mao Xiong. There is no large aircraft of its own at all, so that the Tu-154 passenger plane, which no one wants in the West, has become a treasure in the mainland.

The protagonist of the story, Lao Mou, heard that Mao Xiong had a batch of Tu-154 passenger aircraft for sale, so he ran over to negotiate with Mao Zi, and the negotiations lasted for three years.

In the previous life, the canned goods were exchanged for airplanes at the end of 1991. The bear couldn't bear it anymore and sold it in tears, so he agreed to barter and pay cash on delivery.

After signing the contract, the four Tu-154s arrived within a few months.

That's not the case with Lao Mou.

Because of the lack of strength, the delivery was OK and relatively fast at the beginning, but not so much later. The delivery time was delayed for three years, and the products were still mixed in quality. All products were sent to Mao Xiong.

Even though Lao Mou has made a lot of money, at least more than 100 million.

But the reputation among Maozi was completely ruined.

otherwise!

After finally opening up the trade route, how come it was only possible to trade 4 aircraft? Don’t forget that the 1990s were the most chaotic period in Mao Zedong. Many people went there to make fortunes.

certainly!

From Da Mao's point of view, he was cheated by Lao Mou, and the plane he sold was exchanged for a lot of junk.

But in the eyes of Chinese people, this is an unimaginable big deal. Exchanging cans for airplanes was something that was unimaginable before, but Lao Mou actually made it happen.

As a result, Lao Mou's fame in the country skyrocketed and he became the idol of a generation.

Chinese people are most fond of following the trend!

Seeing that Lao Mou had switched from the stuffed bear to the airplane, or using cans, many people naturally came up with the idea of ​​​​what you can do and what I can do, especially those with connections in the public sector.

Therefore, it became the norm in the 1990s for public officials to go overseas to do business.

One billion people, 900 million businesses, and 100 million more to be opened. This is a true portrayal of the past.

Many of them made money.

Because the situation at that time was the contradiction between backward productivity and the people's growing living needs.

As long as you can get things and transport them to where they are needed, you can make money.

It's just like winning a lottery ticket. Everyone only sees people winning, but they don't see how many people lose money or even lose their families.

But it was like this. There were many people who came one after another and were willing to do anything for money, which ruined the atmosphere at that time.

However, the formation of this trend has the background of the times. Not to mention Lei Weidong, even the leaders above cannot change it. The only thing Lei Weidong can do is to cut off Lao Mou's business with a flick of his finger.

Because Lao Mou only built four Tu-154s before and after, the transaction amount was only a few hundred million. Compared with the current transaction between Hua Yihan and Da Mao, the difference is too big.

certainly!

Great strength and great appetite.

Just like Lei Weidong in Ukraine fell in love with the Black Sea Shipyard, on the Mao side, Lei Weidong fell in love with the aircraft factory. Whether it was Kuibyshev or Gorbunov, any company in the Mao Xiong aerospace manufacturing system

Lei Weidong wants all the essence.

However, just when Lei Weidong revealed his intention to buy a plane, something unexpected happened.

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Oriental Group's building in the Special Administrative Region!

A group of old guys came here today.

Although these people are all in their fifties or sixties who are about to retire or even retire, they are very impressive. Not only were they accompanied by the leaders of the special zone when they arrived, but they were also personally received by Hua Yihan and introduced to Lei Weidong after they arrived.

"A Dong, let me introduce to you. This is Engineer Song from Chengdu Aircraft. This is Engineer Zhang from Shenyang Aircraft. This is Hu Ge. Uncle Hu has just stepped down from the leadership position of the ministry. He is from the aviation system.

I’m an old man. I used to take good care of me. This is..."

There were more than twenty old guys who came, and each one of them was a master, either a chief engineer or a senior engineer, and some were leaders of ministries and commissions. All of them were top figures in the domestic aviation industry.

These people came to visit Lei Weidong like this, and even asked Hua Yihan to call him over from Xiangjiang. Lei Weidong felt something was wrong.

Because he found that these old guys looked at him like a pauper who had been poor for eighteen lifetimes and wanted to pounce on him and eat him when he saw the God of Wealth.

"Isn't it just a few planes? It's time to call in these people." After the introduction, Lei Weidong pulled Hua Yihan down to the corner and asked in a low voice.

"How many planes are there? If you say this, cover your chest and ask, do you believe it?" Hua Yihan shrugged at Lei Weidong's nonsense and said contemptuously:

"The mainland is different from Xiangjiang. Many things are known to the superiors. However, due to the national conditions, it is difficult to come forward, so we can only support secretly. Otherwise, you think our Black Sea Shipyard's operations can be so smooth.

The immigration of hundreds of people was approved without blinking an eye, and the local government still supported us, whether it was because we needed land to expand the factory or applied for construction land.

All of them are specially approved, and sometimes they are even delivered to our door without us having to ask. This is all the support from above."

"Too!"

Lei Weidong nodded.

If the cooperation between Longsi Shipyard and Black Sea Shipyard was within the commercial scope at the beginning, only two groups of personnel came, totaling more than 800 people.

It looks like a lot, but compared with the Black Sea Shipyard, which has tens of thousands of workers, even its laid-off workers have not been absorbed, so the impact is very small.

But with the death of Mao Xiong, Er Mao fell into chaos, and Jiang Lang and others made much bigger moves at the Black Sea Shipyard.

Not only do we need people, but we also need information, and even some cutting-edge equipment.

In less than a month, more than a thousand skilled workers and a large amount of confidential information flew over from Ukraine.

In Jiang Lang's words.

If all goes well.

In just one year, the Black Sea Shipyard will be left with only land, and all personnel and equipment will be moved to the mainland to restart a shipyard in the mainland.

If such a big move is not discovered, the solar energy will come out from the west.

It's just that Ermao has too much time to take care of himself. As long as he has US dollars, everything is easy to talk about, so he turns a blind eye to the shipyard.

The mainland side must know everything.

It's just that I picked up a shipyard capable of producing aircraft carriers for free. The higher-ups were not happy enough, so how could they stop it?

"Xiaohan, what are you talking about?"

Seeing Lei Weidong and Hua Yihan whispering, Hu Ge, as an elder, came over and asked.

"Let's talk about the Nande Group. The reason why Weidong wanted to buy an airplane was because he heard that the Nande Group was negotiating with Mao Xiong, so he wanted to get involved and messed up the business."

They were all on their own, so Hua Yihan opened the skylight and talked openly about the plane.

"Our ministries and commissions actually knew about the Nande Group's purchase of Tu-154 from the Soviet Union. We even knew the trick he played. The reason why we did not expose it was because we really needed the aircraft."

Referring to the South German Group, Hu Ge explained:,

"With the development of the economy, the shortage of large aircraft in China has become more and more serious.

It's just that we won't be able to produce it for a while, and it will take ten or even ten or twenty years of public relations.

Originally, the country wanted to develop Yun Shi, but it was canceled because it had no money and it took too long to complete.

As a result, civil aviation companies can only import passenger planes from abroad, which requires foreign exchange, and the shortage of foreign exchange is dire."

When it came to foreign exchange, Hu Ge shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Although there is more foreign exchange than before, it is also used more. Each airline only gets so much every year, but if that happens, you can only find a way on your own.

It happened that the Nande Group came to Sichuan Airlines and offered to fly a few planes in RMB and pay cash on delivery. Of course Sichuan Airlines agreed. This was something they wished for, so they signed a contract with them.

Because there was no foreign exchange in hand, and the Nande Group could not obtain foreign exchange, he could only use the method of exchanging goods for goods to organize hundreds of wagons of domestic backlog products to replace the payment.

That is to say, Mao Xiong's side is poor, and the products we have accumulated over here can be sold for a lot of money, so we agreed.

But that’s it.

It is also difficult to play this game with the size of Nande Group. Not only does it need to find a bank loan, but it also needs to lower the shipping price of Mao Xiong. When delivering goods, it is more likely to be shoddy and shoddy, allowing Mao Xiong to take advantage of it.
To be continued...