Chapter 462 Distinguished guests from the Red Empire!

December 3, 1979.

Yang Ming had just returned from the Imperial Group by car.

Lin Dezhong came over and said, "Boss, a white man just came here to visit you."

White people?

There are many white people in Xiangjiang. I wonder who this white person is?

When Yang Ming passed by, he quickly saw an inconspicuous white man sitting in the garden.

However, even Western white people are divided into different ethnic groups, just like Asians.

Maybe Lin Dezhong couldn't tell which ethnic group he was from, but Yang Ming could tell it at a glance.

He's a white guy from Eastern Europe.

"Hello Sir Yang, nice 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 am from Sulian. I am a small representative of Sulian in Hong Kong."

Su Lian’s?

The Yang family was not surprised at all.

Nowadays, Xiangjiang 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 then talk after dinner."

"Thank you Sir Yang."

Andre came rashly, and he began to worry about Sir Yang's attitude.

Who doesn’t know that Sir Yang has a very good relationship with Country Z domestically, and also has a very good relationship with the West.

Unfortunately, things are in very bad shape now for Soviet Union, the West, and Country Z.

Yang Ming invited Andre to have dinner.

Yang Jirong and his wife had long been accustomed to seeing a white man having dinner together.

When Yang Ming and Andre finished dinner.

The two went up to the study room on the third floor.

Andre noticed the red empire displayed on the world map hanging in the study room, and looked a little proud.

As far as the world is concerned, besides M, the second most powerful country is Sulian.

In many aspects, Sulian is not inferior to Country M.

"Sir Yang, I am doing business with you on behalf of Su Lian."

"I wonder what business you want to do?"

"As for the game consoles produced by your company, we, Su Lian, also like them very much, but we have never had them in our country."

Nowadays, Empire Game Company's games are sold all over the world. In addition to relatively poor countries, there is one place where they are: Sulian.

The Sulian people like the handheld console produced by Empire Games Company very much, especially the "Xiangjiang Cube". They think it may sound better if it is changed to "Elos Cube".

Yang Ming thought it was something, but it was actually a game console business.

In fact, Su Lian has business with Europe and the United States.

For example, Sulian'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.

However, Yang Ming knew it very well.

Bao Yugang, now the world's largest shipping tycoon, once did business with Su Lian.

Bao Yugang's Global Shipping Group once transported light industrial products and daily necessities to Sulian Port ship after ship.

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Bao Yugang made a lot of money from Su Lian.

But later, Su Lian fought fiercely with the West. Considering the high risks, he gradually gave up cooperation with Su Lian.

In fact, Soviet Union's military products and heavy industry are very developed. In terms of agriculture, light industry, etc., they are not even as good as those of ordinary small countries. This means that the development of this country is seriously deformed.

A large amount of food, and even common daily necessities, must be imported from abroad.

Sulian exported a large amount of crude oil abroad, and in addition to turning that wealth into military and heavy industry products, much of it was also used to buy food.

Since global crude oil began to surge last year, Sulian's wealth has also increased. This year, for the entire history of Soviet Union, this year is considered the peak period of Soviet Union.

At the end of this year, Sulian defeated Afhan, which meant that Sulian quickly began to decline from his peak, which had a lot to do with being dragged into the quagmire of Afhan.

At this time, Soviet Union was indeed the second most powerful country in the world after Country M, whether in terms of economy, technology, sports, military, etc.

Although its economic development is particularly uneven, its strength is there.

"Mr. Andre, is it just the game console?"

"If we can cooperate with Imperial Group in other aspects, we can also cooperate." Andre said.

Yang Ming said: "I haven't been to Mosco in Su Lian. If I have the chance, I would like to visit Mosco."

Does Sir Yang want to go to Moscow?

Andre was surprised.

Because he knows that many capitalists in Europe and the United States now dare not do business with Su Lian because they are easily attacked by Europe and the United States.

Now Sir Yang actually proposed to visit Su Lian.

Andre sees this as an opportunity.

Especially after learning that Sir Yang had made large-scale investments in China and even in Country Y, he knew that the Imperial Group was very wealthy. If they could cooperate with Sir Yang, it would also be of great benefit to Su Lian.

There is no foreign investment in Sulian today, and everything is monopolized by state-owned capital.

"Sir Yang, do you really want to go to Moscow?"

"Yes, I would like to take a look when the time comes."

"Sir Yang, in that case, I will contact the country immediately. If there is no problem in the country, I will inform you immediately."

Of course the country the other party was talking about was Su Lian.

When Yang Ming and Andre had a simple negotiation.

Now, this time Andre came here mainly to talk about cooperation with Empire Games Company. In fact, he wanted to buy 10 million units of the handheld console, hoping to buy it at a lower price.

Sulian doesn't have that much foreign currency in U.S. dollars. If Sir Yang is willing to accept rubles, they can buy U.S. dollars at a similar exchange rate.

Today, the ruble in Sulian is more valuable than the U.S. dollar.

In 1961, Sulian revised the ruble's exchange rate against various currencies. According to the new exchange standard, 100 U.S. dollars can only be exchanged for 90 rubles. In other words, the purchasing power of rubles has surpassed that of the U.S. dollar.

Seriously speaking, the purchasing power of a currency needs to be accepted by all countries in the world. The exchange rate is based on a country's comprehensive national strength and financial order stability.

From another perspective, it also reflects the national strength and status of a country.

Sulian's national strength is in a period of steady increase, and its own currency exchange rate naturally has no problems.

In the early 1970s, a very large oil field was discovered in the Soviet Union's Siberian region. Almost at the same time, after the Fourth Middle East War broke out, the oil countries decided to use oil as a weapon to fight back in order to protest against the policies of Western powers.

On the one hand, various oil countries in West Asia have massively reduced oil production, and on the other hand, they have significantly increased the price of oil, resulting in an "oil crisis."

This oil crisis had a serious economic impact on Western countries in the 1970s.

At this stage, Sulian Petroleum occupied a large share of the international market. Relying on the huge profits brought by oil, Sulian's national power entered its peak period.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Soviet Union began to compete with Country M for hegemony in Africa, South America and other regions.

Soviet Union is on the obvious offensive, while Country M is on the obvious defensive.

Due to constraints from all aspects, Country M is obviously unable to do what it wants.

At that time, Sulian's national power was indeed very powerful.

In the early 1980s, the exchange rate of the Soviet ruble continued to increase.

At the highest exchange rate stage, 100 U.S. dollars could only be exchanged for more than 60 rubles.

However, in the mid-1980s, international oil prices fell sharply, and Soviet Union's oil era came to an end.

Su Lian's investment in various aspects was too great, and it was impossible to adjust quickly at the moment.

At the same time, Soviet Union provided too much aid to Vietnam and other countries.

Over time, Su Lian developed a series of problems.

In the late 1980s, the nominal exchange rate was still 90 rubles for 100 U.S. dollars.

But in actual financial transactions, 100 US dollars can 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 U.S. dollar. In 1990 (before the disintegration of the Soviet Union), 100 US dollars was exchanged for more than 180 rubles.

The real purchasing power of the ruble has begun to decline rapidly.

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