Asnaev considered Wan Feng's proposal very seriously and nodded. "I have to say that you Chinese have an interesting idea. If you guarantee that this ship will not be used for military purposes, the Ukrainian government is very sincere in selling you an aircraft carrier. It is precisely because of this concern that the Ukrainian government has several conditions. I wonder if you can accept them."
"Oh! What are your conditions? Tell me."
It must be those four conditions.
Asnaev picked up a bag from the negotiation table in front of him, took out a piece of paper from it, and had his secretary hand it to Wan Feng who was sitting opposite him.
When Wan Feng saw the tadpole pattern on it, his head suddenly grew bigger.
Fortunately, Xu Pin brought a translator with him, and the translator converted the text on the paper into Chinese in a very short time.
There are four conditions in total: First, a credit certificate issued by a first-class bank must be provided to prove that the company has a deposit of more than 50 million US dollars in the bank; second, it must be proved that the purchase of this aircraft carrier is not for military purposes; third, this commercial project must obtain national approval; and fourth, obtain an import license issued by the country where the destination port is located.
Wan Feng knew these four conditions in his previous life. There was nothing wrong with the first two, but the third and fourth conditions had various interpretations on the Internet at that time.
Especially the third article, this commercial project must obtain national approval.
This shows that it was purchased by a private enterprise, so why does it still need state approval?
At that time, some people on the Internet explained that Wukolan knew very well that China would not use the money it bought for commercial purposes, and it would definitely be used for research, and maybe even for military purposes.
That is why there is such a condition, which indirectly shows that Ukrainian also wants to see the day when this aircraft carrier plays its true role.
As for whether it is true or not, no one knows.
Keyboard warriors only imagine and never care about the consequences.
At that time, Wan Feng just laughed along after reading these analyses and didn't think about them carefully at all.
And now when this condition really appeared before him, he couldn't help but speculate.
Unlike Wan Feng who was concerned about the third point, Xu Pin was worried about the first point.
Where can he get the proof of 50 million yuan?
There are only 30 million Hong Kong dollars on the books of Chuanglv Company. This is like kissing on both sides of the Yellow River. It is far from enough.
Even if these 30 million Hong Kong dollars can be transformed into 30 million European dollars by magic, it still won’t be enough.
Xu Pin reached out and quietly tapped on the first item, whispering, "There's no proof of that much money."
"That's not a problem, don't worry about it. I'm concerned about the approvals and import licenses for Articles 3 and 4. Have you gotten them?"
In the previous life, many small things happened during the process of China purchasing this aircraft carrier. Some of them were recalled by Wan Feng, and these conditions were what he remembered.
He mentioned these four conditions when he discussed with Xu Pin in China, but he only mentioned the last two and left out the first two.
He felt that the first two conditions were not a problem.
Tens of millions of dollars is not a big deal at all. As for not using it for military purposes, I can just drive the ship home and do whatever I want. Who cares?
But money is not a problem, and nothing else is a problem for Xu Pin.
"At home, you said the other party would put forward two conditions. I didn't expect that there would be such two conditions. How did you know?"
"Haha! Do you believe me if I tell you I dreamed about this?"
Xu Pin's expression was helpless. I don't believe it at all. If I believed it, wouldn't I be an idiot?
"How about we suspend these negotiations for two days? I want to go check out that ship first. We need to understand the current situation inside."
"Sure! I want to take a look first, too."
"Then I'll negotiate."
After reaching a consensus, Wan Feng spoke up, "Mr. Asnaev, we need to get these certificates back home. Is that okay with you?"
Asnaev nodded.
"This will suspend our negotiations for two or three days. I hope to use this time to check if the ship is okay. We'll cover the costs."
Asnaev exchanged views with the people around him.
"Mr. Fangshan! How about this? There's an express train to Nikolayev that takes only a few hours. We can leave tomorrow morning and arrive at ten o'clock."
Wan Feng was overjoyed as he could finally see a real aircraft carrier.
Although this aircraft carrier, which was renamed Bei Liao in the previous life, often appears on TV, even with 1080P resolution, it is still on TV. It is not as majestic as seeing it with your own eyes.
The negotiations were suspended. That afternoon, Wan Feng asked Li Mingze to book a carriage of the jeep express train to Nikolayev, and also bought the best red wine and some food in the store.
These inconspicuous things won the favor of the Ukolan people. While drinking on the train, they talked about some things about the aircraft carrier that Wan Feng was not very clear about.
Initially, there was no shortage of buyers for this aircraft carrier, with the first batch of customers being some foreign governments and shipyards.
The Indian government wanted to purchase this ship, but when it saw the clueless modification project and the staggering cost, it turned to work with Russia to study the retired Admiral Gorshkov.
This was their Super Sun King in the future.
The Spanish shipyard also came, wanting to buy the Varyag's hull, tow it back for modification and further construction, and then sell it to the Navy of the Pampas Eagle.
However, the negotiations were disrupted due to the intervention of the Niu Kingdom.
The Niu Country and the Crying Country fought the Falklands War ten years ago. The Niu Country defeated the Crying Country by virtue of its aircraft carrier formation, so Niu Niu certainly does not want the Crying Country to have an aircraft carrier.
The second group of customers are some private enterprises. A company in Gallic Country also had the same idea as Wan Feng's nonsense, but they did not want to convert it into a casino but a bar on the sea, so that passengers can enjoy the luxury cruise ship-level life and entertainment on the ship, and also enjoy the airport services that can take off and land modern aircraft.
However, the aircraft carrier's cabin is only 2.2 meters high, which is far from the requirements of an oil tanker, so the project was eventually abandoned.
Then there was a Nordic country that wanted to buy scrap steel, but after paying a deposit and wasting several years, it finally didn't want it.
It took two or three years to build this ship with a deposit of only a few hundred thousand yuan.
China also participated in two of these projects. China made two bids, but Ukraine, bewitched by the West, offered an outrageous price with additional conditions. After the payment, all modifications to the Varyag were carried out by Ukraine, without Chinese supervision.
The Chinese are not stupid. Without supervision and progress control over the reconstruction process, they also run the risk of unexpected cost increases and delayed processing periods during the reconstruction process.
After weighing the pros and cons, the Chinese side finally gave up the negotiations.
And then nothing happened. After Huaguo left, no one was interested in the ship anymore.
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