Chapter 462 A Distinguished Guest From the Red Empire!
December 3, 1979.
Yang Ming had just come back from Empire Group by car.
Lin Dezhong came over and said, "Boss, a white man just came to visit you."
White man?
There are many white people in Hong Kong, who is this white man?
When Yang Ming went over, he soon saw an inconspicuous white man sitting in the garden.
However, even Western white people are divided into different nationalities, just like Asians.
Maybe Lin Dezhong couldn't tell which nationality he was from, but Yang Ming could tell at a glance.
He was a white man from Eastern Europe.
"Sir Yang, hello, very happy to meet you."
Yang Ming didn't expect that the other party actually knew how to speak Chinese.
"Who are you? Where are you from and why are you here?"
"Sir Yang, my name is Andre, I'm from Soviet Union, and I'm a small representative of Soviet Union in Hong Kong."
From Soviet Union?
The Yang family was not surprised at all.
Nowadays, Hong Kong has always been a mixed bag, with people from all over the world.
Yang Ming originally wanted to find them, but unexpectedly, the other party came to him instead.
"It turns out to be Mr. Andre from Sulian. Let's have dinner first and talk after dinner."
"Thank you Sir Yang."
Andre came rashly, and he began to worry about Sir Yang's attitude.
Everyone knows that Sir Yang has a good relationship with Z country and the West.
It just so happens that now Sulian, the West, and Z country are very bad.
Yang Ming invited Andre to dinner.
Yang Jirong and his wife were not surprised to see a white person having dinner together.
When Yang Ming and Andre finished dinner.
The two went up to the study on the third floor.
Andre noticed that the red empire shown on the world map hanging in this study seemed a little proud.
As far as the world is concerned, except for M country, the second most powerful country is Sulian.
In many ways, Sulian is not inferior to M country.
"Sir Yang, I'm doing business with you on behalf of Su Lian."
"What kind of business do you want to do?"
"We in Su Lian also like the game consoles produced by your company, but we have never had them in our country."
Nowadays, the games of Empire Game Company are sold all over the world. Except for the relatively poor countries, there is one place, which is Su Lian.
Su Lian people like the handheld game consoles produced by Empire Game Company very much, especially the "Hong Kong Cube". They think it might sound better to change it to "Goose Ross Cube".
Yang Ming thought it was something else, but it turned out to be the game console business.
In fact, Su Lian has business with Europe and the United States.
For example, Su Lian's crude oil has always been sold to Europe, as well as natural gas. Other businesses are basically traded with Eastern European countries, which is a relatively closed market.
But Yang Ming is very clear.
The world's largest shipping tycoon Bao Yugang once did business with Su Lian.
In the past, Bao Yugang's Global Shipping Group transported those light industrial products and daily necessities to Su Lian Port one ship after another.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Bao Yugang made a lot of money from the Soviet Union.
However, later, the Soviet Union fought fiercely with the West, and considering the great risks, it gradually gave up cooperation with the Soviet Union.
In fact, the Soviet Union's military products and heavy industry are very developed, and in terms of agriculture, light industry, etc., it is not even as good as ordinary small countries, which means that the country's development is seriously deformed.
A large amount of food, even ordinary daily necessities, must be imported from abroad.
The Soviet Union exports a large amount of crude oil to foreign countries. In addition to turning those wealth into military products and heavy industrial products, a lot of it is used to buy food.
Since last year, global crude oil has begun to soar, and the wealth of the Soviet Union has also risen. This year, for the entire Soviet Union history, this year is considered the peak period of the Soviet Union.
At the end of this year, after the Soviet Union beat Afkhan, it means that the Soviet Union will soon begin to decline from its peak, and it is also closely related to being dragged into the quagmire of Afkhan.
At this time, the Soviet Union is indeed the second largest power in the world after the United States, whether in terms of economy, technology, sports, or military, etc.
Although its economic development is particularly unbalanced, its strength is there.
"Mr. Andre, is it just the game console?"
"If we can cooperate with the Empire Group in other areas, we can also cooperate." Andre said.
Yang Ming said: "I haven't been to Moscow in Sulian yet. If I have the chance, I want to go to Moscow to have a look."
Does Sir Yang want to go to Moscow?
Andre was surprised.
Because he knew that many capitalists in Europe and the United States dare not do business with Sulian at all, because it is easy to be hit by Europe and the United States.
Now Sir Yang actually proposed to go to Sulian to have a look.
In Andre's view, this is an opportunity.
Especially when he learned that Sir Yang had made large-scale investments in China and even in Country Y, he knew that the Empire Group was rich and powerful. If he could cooperate with Sir Yang, it would also be of great benefit to Sulian.
There is no foreign capital in Sulian today, and everything is monopolized by state-owned capital.
"Sir Yang, do you really want to go to Moscow?"
"Yes, I'd like to go there when the time is right."
"Sir Yang, in that case, I'll contact the country immediately. If there's no problem in the country, I'll let you know immediately."
The country the other party was talking about was, of course, Su Lian.
When Yang Ming and Andre had a brief talk.
Now, Andre came here mainly to discuss cooperation with Empire Game Company. In fact, he wanted to buy 10 million handheld game consoles and hoped to buy them at a lower price.
Soviet Union does not have so much US dollar foreign exchange. If Sir Yang is willing to accept rubles, they can buy them at a similar exchange rate of US dollars.
Nowadays, the ruble in Soviet Union is more valuable than the US dollar.
In 1961, Soviet Union revised the exchange rate of rubles against various currencies. According to the new exchange standard, 100 US dollars can only be exchanged for 90 rubles, that is, the purchasing power of rubles has surpassed the US dollar.
Seriously speaking, the purchasing power of a currency needs to be accepted by countries around the world. The exchange rate is based on the comprehensive national strength and financial order stability of a country.
From another perspective, it also reflects the national strength and status of a country.
Soviet Union's national strength is in a steady rise, and its own currency exchange rate naturally has no problem.
In the early 1970s, a very large oil field was discovered in the Siberian region of Soviet Union. Almost at the same time, after the outbreak of the Fourth Middle East War, the oil-producing countries decided to use oil as a weapon to fight back in protest against the policies of the Western powers.
The oil-producing countries in West Asia, on the one hand, reduced their oil production on a large scale, and on the other hand, greatly increased the price of oil, causing the "oil crisis."
This oil crisis had a serious impact on the economies of Western countries in the 1970s.
Soviet oil occupied a large share of the international market during this period. Relying on the huge profits brought by oil, the Soviet Union's national strength entered its heyday.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Soviet Union began to compete with the United States in Africa, South America and other regions.
The Soviet Union was in a clear offensive, while the United States was in a clear defensive position.
Due to various constraints, the United States was obviously unable to do so.
At that time, the Soviet Union's national strength was indeed very strong.
In the early 1980s, the exchange rate of the Soviet ruble continued to rise.
At the highest stage of the exchange rate, 100 US dollars could only be exchanged for more than 60 rubles.
However, in the mid-1980s, international oil prices fell sharply, and the Soviet Union's oil era ended.
The Soviet Union's investment in all aspects was too large, and it was impossible to adjust quickly at once.
At the same time, the Soviet Union provided too much aid to Vietnam and other countries.
Over time, a series of problems arose in the Soviet Union.
In the late 1980s, at the nominal exchange rate, 100 US dollars were still exchanged for 90 rubles.
But in actual financial transactions, 100 US dollars could be exchanged for more than 100 rubles.
From this time on, the purchasing power of the ruble was no longer as good as that of the US dollar. In 1990 (before the disintegration of the Soviet Union), 100 US dollars were exchanged for more than 180 rubles.
The actual purchasing power of the ruble has begun to decline rapidly.
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