My Realistic Simulation Game

Chapter 251 Varyag Aircraft Carrier

In Elena's view, several newly decorated "international travel agencies" or "consulting companies" had sprung up on both sides of Nicola Street at some unknown time.

The shop windows were plastered with posters of exotic landscapes such as the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty in New York, which stood out starkly against the gloomy Moscow street scene.

"These... all seem to have opened in the last month or two."

Elena frowned as she recalled, "Especially after August, the number increased significantly. What, is there something wrong with these travel agencies?"

"A travel agency?" Qin Yuan's lips curled into a cold smile. "Are those tourists going on vacation, looking at the people coming and going from their doorway?"

Elena and Chen Jianhua stared intently at the screen.

Most of the people coming and going were in a hurry, dressed simply or even in old clothes, but many wore glasses, carried briefcases full of documents, and had a mixture of anxiety and anticipation on their faces.

They didn't seem like tourists; they were more like engineers visiting Ochakov's laboratory, like university professors you'd see at a university.

"Are they... scientists? Engineers?" Chen Jianhua also noticed something amiss.

“That’s right.” Qin Yuan looked at the shops not far away, his gaze deep. “If I’m not mistaken, once the Ye family’s order to completely purge members of the social worker faction is conveyed to the whole country, every aspect of this country will face an inevitable chaos.”

"As a result, countless people will face the predicament of losing their jobs and becoming unemployed. Among these people, there will be corrupt officials, but there will also be true elites from all walks of life."

"These so-called 'travel agencies' must have received advance notice and were operating extensively within the Soviet Union, using various pretexts such as outbound tourism and study tours as cover, and offering generous benefits, a stable research environment, and 'freedom' as bait to systematically recruit top talents in various key fields of the Soviet Union."

He could clearly see that the wheels of history were rolling forward.

These so-called "travel agencies" are most likely backed by non-governmental organizations supported by the CIA, Mossad, or other Western intelligence agencies.

The talent they attract ranges from nuclear physicists and aerospace engineers to software experts and authorities in the field of biochemistry.

These are the foundations of the Soviet Union's national strength accumulated over seventy years!

In a single day, the country collapsed, leading to a large-scale exodus of people.

"This is insane...it's absolutely insane..."

Although Ivan didn't come along, Elena felt the same way he did at that moment, a chilling cold rising from the bottom of her heart.

The loss of assets may be recovered in the future, but the talent gap will be devastating.

"Ye and his staff are now only focused on the power throne in the Kremlin, and are only concerned with purging dissidents and dividing up the factional legacy. They have no time to care about, or rather, they don't care at all about, the loss of these 'intangible assets'."

Qin Yuan's voice was low and calm, "But for us, this is both a crisis and an unprecedented opportunity."

"Opportunity?" Chen Jianhua asked, puzzled. "Brother Yuan, are we going to poach people too?"

"Why not?" Qin Yuan countered, his gaze burning. "The Far East Group wants to go global, and it can't rely solely on the Soviet Union, a market that's about to freeze over."

"We need the most brilliant minds, the talent to lead the next technological revolution!"

“In the past, these national treasure-level experts were firmly protected by the state, and we had no chance to contact them at all. Now, the door has opened on its own!”

He turned to Elena and quickly ordered, "Elena, two things, do them immediately!"

"First, use all your remaining connections within the Security Committee to find out who is behind these 'travel agencies,' how they operate, and most importantly, get the list of experts they are contacting and who have already 'signed contracts' with!"

"Especially in the fields of aerospace, nuclear energy, precision manufacturing, and computers!"

Elena nodded thoughtfully: "These matters may require the help of Director Ekaterina. Although she has been dismissed, her network of connections remains."

Qin Yuan nodded: "Okay, I'll let Director Ekaterina know."

"In addition, a 'Far East High-Level Talent Development Foundation' should be established immediately in the name of Far East Group and Far East International Bank."

“The initial funding… will be allocated from the ‘asset’ we are currently dealing with, with $500 million.”

"Five hundred million US dollars?!" Chen Jianhua gasped in shock; this was an enormous sum.

"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub!" Qin Yuan declared firmly. "What we're going to do isn't to poach talent like those Western institutions. We're going to 'accept' talent openly and honestly!"

"The foundation's overt business was to fund outstanding Soviet scientists and engineers to conduct academic research and commercialize their findings."

"Secretly, we will offer more favorable conditions than the West: higher settlement allowances, more freedom in research directions, and... a promise of access to the vast Eastern market!"

“Tell those experts who harbor illusions about the West but still yearn for their motherland that we can not only give them ‘bread and freedom,’ but also a platform for them to continue serving their ‘motherland.’ A new platform spanning Eurasia, controlled by me, Qin Yuan!”

His thinking was very clear.

The West plunders talent to enrich itself and weaken its rivals.

Qin Yuan intends to leverage this opportunity to incorporate these invaluable "brains" into his empire, making them the core lever for his future global market expansion.

This is more valuable than acquiring a hundred factories.

After all, according to later statistics, the Soviet Union lost about 49 scientific researchers in the early 1990s, affecting various fields such as military industry and aerospace.

Although he doesn't need people like nuclear physicists or aerodynamicists.

However, going to China would directly drive the rapid advancement of the country's military research and development capabilities.

It's important to understand that when the Soviet Union provided aid to China in the 1950s, it sent experts in basic sciences, which laid a solid foundation for China's transformation from an agricultural to an industrial country.

The Soviet Union is now on the verge of collapse.

With such a large talent pool, including experts in cutting-edge technologies, what kind of changes would these people bring to China?
His heart raced just thinking about it.

A few days later, things went exactly as he had expected.

Using KGB secret channels, Elena gradually uncovered the true nature of these "travel agencies" and "consulting centers."

The latest news I've heard is that recently, more than 30 physics experts from the Moscow Academy of Physics, including Orlov, traveled to the United States.

And then there's Ustinov, the chief designer of the Kuibyshev Aerospace Design Bureau. This Jewish elite was discovered last night to have taken his entire family to Poland, via Berlin, in preparation for their journey to the Jewish state.

This person's departure inevitably led to the complete leak of all information related to the Soviet "space station program".

This was a core Soviet secret from the "Star Wars" series during the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

The series of news reports were shocking.

This is only September.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, CIA agents stormed into Moscow airport with US dollars, bribing people to steal them.

The chief designer of intercontinental ballistic missiles and aerospace experts were all taken away, and Boeing even chartered a plane to fly directly to Washington.

The drama of vying for talent has been completely exposed to the light of day.

At that time, there was also a talent war in China. The Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Plant simply sent people to read Ukrainian newspapers and found that the engineers at the Dnipro plant were earning $200 a month. They immediately signed contracts with them.

These "retired technicians" teach welding during the day and live in tenement buildings at night.

Based solely on the wind tunnel test data he remembered, he drew up a solution using only the wing, which helped us overcome several technical challenges.

The proposed method of extending the ventral wings also increased the transport aircraft's payload capacity by 15%.

Thinking about all this, Qin Yuan stared intently at the list and intelligence that Elena had compiled. His fingertips traced over the lines of names, which were the culmination of seventy years of Soviet wisdom, now displayed like merchandise on a shelf for anyone to choose from.

Suddenly his gaze sharpened.

One name suddenly caught his attention.

Valery Babic

The name is followed by the label: Chief Designer of the Black Sea Shipyard, who participated in and led the design and construction of the aircraft carrier "Varyag".

Varyag!
Qin Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

That unfinished giant ship docked at the Vkostan Blue-Black Sea Shipyard represents the unfulfilled ambition of the Soviet Red Navy and is also the starting point for the future aircraft carrier dream of a certain major Eastern power!
It's too early to take action against that ship now; it's too conspicuous and would easily become a target of public criticism.

However, if we could grasp its "soul," the chief architect Babbage, in advance...

This is far more significant than finding a few missile experts or software engineers!

This is a key figure who can directly lay the foundation for a country's naval power for decades to come!
Thinking of this, his heart began to pound faster.

(End of this chapter)