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    Liu Dong, who made two conditions, looked at Yeltsin's slightly dissatisfied expression and knew what he was planning.  Although Liu Dong's political sensitivity is very low, he can understand things related to business to some extent.

    ¡°If you want to say which sector is the largest among unemployed workers in the Soviet Union, it is definitely the military industry.  It's funny to say that what the Soviet Union relies on for its survival in this world is its powerful military industry, but the so-called success is also a failure, and the failure is a failure.  It is precisely because of their huge military industry that the Soviet Union is in its current economic predicament.  Everyone is engaged in military industry, so do other industries still need to develop?

    Gorbachev saw this precisely, so under limited conditions, he began to dismantle Soviet military projects.  This is not that he has abandoned his martial arts, but that he is very self-aware. Although the Soviet Union is large, it is obviously not feasible to maintain such strong force.

    When it comes to being strong, the United States is strong, right?  When it comes to real military strength, the Soviet Union struggled for so many years. At its peak, it could reach 60% of the United States' comprehensive national strength.  Although the military strength of the United States is also very strong, their military strength is still within the scope that they can digest.

    ¡°And the arms sold by the United States can be self-sufficient or exported, and can make a lot of money.  But what about the Soviet Union?  In order to maintain the situation of confrontation, arms are produced, but when it comes to creating wealth through arms, it is 100% unable to keep up with the United States.

    Why?  That's not because of the Soviet Union's younger brothers. They are all real younger brothers. One or two of them are paupers. Even if they want to buy weapons, they have no money.  But in order for the Soviet Union to prevent these countries from falling to the United States, even if those countries had no money, the Soviet Union had to engage in loss-making transactions and arm those countries.

    ? But what about the United States?  But he does it more wisely. The younger brothers he controls are not called younger brothers by others, but are called allies.  Just the difference in title can tell the difference.  Moreover, Americans are very good at doing business. After all, other countries are capitalist countries, and doing business is an innate function.

    They know that only by making the cake bigger will the benefits be greater, so the United States is very good at cultivating the hematopoietic ability of its allies, but this cultivation is in a controllable state.  Just like they do to Israel, Israel's military strength can be regarded as the overlord of the Middle East, and those Arab countries are not opponents at all.

    But why did Israel not unify the Middle East Peninsula until later generations?  Not because they couldn't conquer the Arabs, but because of American checks and balances.  Because the Americans know that if Israel is allowed to swallow up the entire Middle East, even if Israel is an ally of the United States, it will not be a good phenomenon. Therefore, although there are fights in the Middle East, there is no time to destroy all countries.

    This is checks and balances. It is precisely because of the checks and balances of the United States that Israel cannot swallow the fat of the Middle East. It has strong military strength, but it still only shrinks into such a small piece of land.  Although they want to bully Palestine from time to time, they dare not really drive out all Palestinians. At most, they can create settlements and then expel Palestinians.

    And with such a bad wolf like Israel on their side, people in the Middle East have to strengthen their military strength. American military supplies have a good market. Anyway, the people who die are not their own people, and there is money to be made.  Why not make money?

    With multiple regions like the Middle East, although the United States' military strength is strong, they can rely on others to supplement their own energy with war, which is a good deal.  The Soviet Union could not do this, because their power was firmly fixed in northern Asia and eastern Europe by the alliance headed by the United States. It was simply impossible to go to America and Africa.

    ¡°Without external blood to supplement the development of its own military strength, no matter how strong the Soviet Union¡¯s military strength is, its foundation will not be stable.  In addition, now that Gorbachev is implementing reforms, the military industry, this super blood-sucking monster, will of course have to be cut off in a big way.  Otherwise, where would Gorbachev have the money to promote his own reforms?

    ¡°As a result, employees in the military industry have become a burden.  Originally, Yeltsin wanted to ask Liu Dong to do something from this.  But Liu Dong didn't want to touch this minefield, so he immediately stated his restrictions.

    Of course, Liu Dong is not indifferent to these people.  If Liu Dong didn't want these people at the beginning, it could be said to avoid irritating the Soviet Union.  But when he came for an on-site inspection during this period, he found that his previous worries were completely unreasonable.  Even if the Soviet Union has an astronomical number of personnel for conventional weapons production, even if it recruits thousands of such people, it will only be good for the Soviet Union, and there will be no harm.  Because in the eyes of General Secretary Gorbachev, these people have become obstacles to reform and need to be removed.  It would be a good thing for the Soviet Union that someone could pay a certain price to solve this problem.

    And where we are now?No, because although these people make Liu Dong envious, they actually don't mean much to Liu Dong. He can't do military industry, so what's the use of using these people?  The one who really cares about these people is the Chinese government, not him as an individual.

    For Liu Dong, military talents are not only not something that can increase his strength, but on the contrary, they are also a trouble.  When it comes to talking about these issues, it should not be for him to solve them, but for the government.  Of course, if the government needs his help then, Liu Dong will be obliged to do so, but this is not the case now.  The most important thing he needs to do now is to get his company's affairs in order and adopt a plan to get back the talents he needs.  Everything else can be postponed until later.

    ¡°If he can get everything done now, then the government will be able to take advantage of it.  It's not that Liu Dong doesn't want the government to take advantage of him, it's mainly that no one will cherish something that is too easy to obtain.  If the government could easily obtain these people, it would naturally not think Liu Dong had much credit.  Only when they hit a wall there and can't find a way out and have to let Liu Dong come forward will Liu Dong's value be revealed.  This is common in both politics and business.

    Seeing that Liu Dong stopped talking after making two points, Yeltsin generally understood.  There were only so many conditions for Liu Dong, but Yeltsin was not very satisfied with this condition because he had not heard any news that was beneficial to the Soviet Union.

    Although Liu Dong said before that those talents will be given the treatment they deserve, and it is quite good.  However, this does not include the interests of the Soviet Union. Note that this Soviet Union is not an individual, but the Soviet government.

    Liu Dong¡¯s conditions were indeed beneficial to those workers, but for the Soviet government, the benefits were not reflected.  Even though these people now seem to be a burden to the Soviet Union, they still need a large amount of funds. Stabilizing these people is an unscrupulous problem.

    "However, don't forget that the value of these people is real, and their original value cannot be ignored just because of the Soviet Union's temporary embarrassment.  The Soviet Union had spent countless resources building up its fortune over the years. How could it be thrown away?  If this were to be the case, the Soviet government would not have to maintain the basic living conditions of these people and let them find their own way out. In that case, there would definitely be a large number of countries and companies rushing to the Soviet Union to wield their little hoe.

    Talents, at any time, have their own value.  No matter how embarrassed they are now, as long as they haven't become idiots or died, the knowledge in their heads is enough to make their lives worry-free.  Their current predicament is, to a large extent, caused by the Soviet government.  If there were no checks and balances from the Soviet government, they would all be able to live well abroad when they went abroad. How could they be like now, unable to even afford bread?

    It is precisely because of their own value that in the current Soviet Union, as long as no one can come up with conditions that make their government excited, they would rather have these people unable to afford food in the Soviet Union than allow these people to go abroad at will.  As for Liu Dong, although he had given very good benefits to those workers just now, he did not consider the interests of the government.  If Liu Dong's plan was just this, Yeltsin would never agree to implement it.

    "Mr. Liu Dong, in my opinion, your bargaining chip is indeed good. At least, for those workers, it is very good. But don't forget. These workers belong to the great Soviet, and the interests of the Soviet are above all else.  Whether they are individuals or collectives, their ultimate interests should belong to the Soviets. And in your explanation, I don't see many conditions that are beneficial to our Soviet government. Do you think this is appropriate?" Yeltsin's eyes  He flinched slightly and asked.

    Hearing Yeltsin¡¯s words, Liu Dong remained unhurried.  Because he had already thought about this problem, he was not surprised by Yeltsin's question.  The national interest is above all else. Without the national interest, where would the interests of the small family come from?

    "Secretary Yeltsin, regarding this issue, I can explain to you that it is not that I have not considered this issue, but that I have already had a plan to deal with it. Of course, this plan, for the time being, can only be applied to our company.  As for other plans derived from this plan, you can use this condition as a reference, but the final choice does not lie with us." Liu Dong said calmly.

    Because of what you said just now, it caused factors that were unfavorable to you in the subsequent conversation.  Therefore, Liu Dong has become very cautious now.  When you speak, you must think carefully and think about whether there are loopholes in your words.

    He really didn¡¯t want to pay more because of his carelessness.  Yeltsin's words before were a wake-up call, and he didn't want to make the same mistake again!

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