We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Samara is a port city located on the Volga River.

During the Great Patriotic War, this place briefly became the second capital of the polar bears, and many factories and enterprises moved here.

Machinery manufacturing, metal processing, building materials industry, oil extraction and processing center, automobile manufacturing and other industries have developed very well, and it is one of the most important industrial centers among the polar bears.

Just like during the planned economy period, everyone wanted to work in heavy industry factories because the pay and benefits were good.

The same is true for polar bears, so the living standards of the residents of Samara are very good.

However, as the shock therapy progressed, this port city, which had always relied on planned industry, was obviously not having a good time.

In the past, the residents here were all workers in important industries, and their welfare benefits were first-rate among all factories.

But now it is different. Without the country's economic guidance, the whole Samara can be said to be in a state of unemployment, and the whole city seems to have been paused.

Originally, we had nothing and everyone lived on subsidies from the government. In the past, we all ate delicious food together, but now we all eat porridge and vegetables together, and everyone still has the same living standard.

But the conflicts that are bound to come will always break out, and there is no use in avoiding reality.

Inside a typical Russian-style building in northern Samara, the place was now full of workers, all banging on the doors and windows, demanding an explanation from the people inside.

"I don't care. Everyone understands that the country is in trouble. Life is hard, but it will pass if we hold on.

But now that wealth has fallen on our heads, why should we turn it away?

What's wrong with our Kuznetsov Design Bureau? Why can people in the Soloviev Design Bureau drink wine and eat meat every day, while we have to live on potato porridge?

Dremilav, you need to come out and give us a reasonable explanation."

"That's right, we want an explanation. You are harming our interests. You are not worthy of being our chief designer and factory director.

You didn't consider our interests, you only considered your own face and your own selfish desires."

"Chierbelev is right. You simply don't want a nagging person to control you. You want to be the local emperor. You are a dictator."

This is the Kuznetsov Design Bureau. Now all the employees have gathered outside the administrative building where the bureau’s senior management offices are located, demanding that Dremirav come out and give an explanation.

At that time, Dremiraff left like an angry young man, but there is no wall that is impenetrable in this world.

The city of Perm, where the Soloviev Design Bureau is located, is just northeast of Samara. Both sides are not too far from Moscow. Both are industrial cities, so any disturbance cannot be concealed.

On August 8, Luo Nianzhong held a meeting for the United Aviation Engineering and Manufacturing Group. That night, trucks transporting supplies from companies within the group continued to run non-stop.

The ruble is worthless now, and its price changes every day. Luo Nianzhong is not willing to pay all wages in US dollars, so he came up with a way to distribute food and part of the US dollars plus rubles.

This way of paying money has three advantages. Prices in the Arctic, especially in the west, are skyrocketing, but the cost price of these materials in Luo Nianzhong is very low, which will increase the value of wages.

It's like when a company distributes oil noodles. It looks very affordable, but the cost price per person is only about 100 to 200 yuan.

Second, these people are high-wage workers. Although they can be hired at the price of a donkey now, there will inevitably be barriers in the future.

No amount of icing on the cake can be as good as a little help in times of need. Now these people are not the rags that have been discovered by others. From a certain perspective, they are the top scientific researchers of polar bears.

So Luo Nianzhong set a relatively high salary for them from the very beginning. It's impossible to pay them all in US dollars, right?

The third is to drive industrial development, make a lot of money from materials, issue a small amount of rapidly depreciating rubles, and finally give some US dollars that can buy anything on the market. It is perfect.

Materials are materials, rubles are still rubles, and US dollars are like various bills, as if we have suddenly returned to a planned economy.

In just one night, Luo Nianzhong won over the hearts of 70% of the employees of United Aircraft Engineering and Manufacturing Group.

Luo Nianzhong provided more than enough necessities of life, including various kinds of meat, grain, wine, clothes, quilts, etc.

Take a family of five for example. There is no problem at all if they have meat and wine every day and wear new clothes and shoes every month.

In fact, these materials can be converted into US dollars for a month, and these workers are not stupid. Obviously, both parties are happy to exchange them for materials.

Luo Nianzhong is happy that he can drive the development of a large number of industries in the Far East and rabbits. These products are basically rabbit production transferred to the Far East. The Far East is like a giant reserve warehouse, transporting materials to the west by trainload and making huge profits.

And what about these workers? They don’t say it, but they are unwilling to accept it even if it’s all in rubles.

How good it is now! These things are hard currency in the market. You can use them if you can, and exchange them if you can’t. It’s better than the ruble that depreciates every day.

Both parties are happy now, and the R&D personnel, who finally don't have to worry about their livelihood and R&D funds, are also bursting with energy.

In fact, if this were the case, the workers of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau would not be very angry. After all, there are so many polar bear design bureaus, and many of them are living a hard life.

But when they began to realize that someone had put a golden bowl in their mouths, but Dremilav kicked it away because it was not what they wanted, these people were not happy.

They knew that the United Aircraft Engineering Corporation did not learn about it from the Soloviev Design Bureau, but they learned that their neighbors, who had suffered together with them, had actually stood up, so they naturally became dissatisfied with Dremirav.

Dremiraff didn't expect that everyone knew about it after only one night.

All we can say is that he has some wild ideas. Don't forget that in addition to the five major design bureaus, this group also has dozens of supporting factories.

As Samara is the home of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau, some of the related supporting factories here must of course be included.

Who would have thought that in the end these supporting factories were recruited, but their core Kuznetsov Design Bureau left alone.

Since they are all enterprises of the group, these supporting factories certainly also have material distribution. How could it be hidden from anyone that truckloads of goods were running on the road that night? Besides, they didn't even want to hide it.

This was the first time that the people at the Kuznetsov Design Bureau heard of the United Aircraft Engineering Corporation, and they wished those who were selected the best and would no longer have to worry about their lives.

But don't forget that these were all supporting factories of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau in the past. It is normal for their personnel to interact with each other and become friends.

Chenkov, the one who knocked on the door just now, learned about Dremirav's glorious deeds in Moscow while drinking at a friend's house.

"Your factory director, Dremilav, is really powerful. I heard that he didn't treat the capitalist who gave us money and supplies very well at that time. He started humiliating him as soon as he came in."

"Is it true? How can you know these things?" Chenkov didn't believe it.

The other party's factory is an oil refinery, and one of their businesses is to produce various oil products for the Kuznetsov Design Bureau.

It was not surprising that their factory director knew the details. How could a small workshop worker like him know these? He must have heard them from others.

"Hey, don't forget that my sister-in-law is the secretary of our factory director, the one he trusts the most."

Well, Chenkov was shaken because his sister-in-law was really beautiful.

Apart from anything else, just thinking about her figure made Chenkov feel hot inside.

After hearing this, Chenkov lost the mood to drink and went to several friends' homes that night. They all worked in factories that had received supplies that night.

But when he asked around, he found out that not only his friends, but all the employees in the United Aviation Engineering and Manufacturing Group knew about it.

How did the news get out? Luo Nianzhong is a man who will take revenge if he has any.

However, his target was not Dremirav, who was a small fry in his eyes, but the Kuznetsov Design Bureau.

The Kuznetsov Design Bureau not only studies aircraft engines, but also has a background in aerospace engines. However, the most famous one is the NK-32 afterburning turbofan engine on the White Swan.

This engine has not been surpassed even after 30 years and is the engine with the greatest thrust in the world.

The NK-32 engine cannot be surpassed because of its three-rotor structure. Normally, increasing the bypass ratio of the engine can reduce fuel consumption and fly farther, but reducing fuel consumption means a slower speed.

Military fighter jets generally have a small bypass ratio, and their focus is on speed.

Civilian airliners require a high bypass ratio and are more fuel efficient.

But the NK-32 has overcome this problem. It is not only fuel-efficient but also flies faster. Therefore, the White Swan can fly at a speed of more than Mach 16000 and has a maximum range of kilometers.

Now that we know the reason, why don’t other countries imitate it? In fact, it is used, but only in the civil aviation field.

Because the three-rotor structure relies on titanium alloy, and the cost of manufacturing titanium alloy is too huge, no country is willing to build a vacuum chamber as big as a polar bear for shielded welding.

The large-scale black technologies built by these polar bears at their peak are really eye-catching. They have always been export commodities, but all in civil aviation.

We always hear about the Polar Bear's titanium alloy submarines, aircraft carriers, and the White Swan's titanium alloy integrated fuselage. No one except the Polar Bear has the ability to build them.

It's either a technical problem or there is no vacuum chamber.

How expensive is titanium alloy? The rivets on the Varyag, the original body of the Liaoning ship, were made of this material. One rivet can replace a car.

This is also the reason why the White Swan is expensive but very cost-effective compared with other top bombers.

Don’t say that titanium alloy products are very cheap online. There are many types of titanium alloys.

The only things that can be used for military purposes now are polar bears, and it just so happens that Kuznetsov has a lot of vacuum chambers.

Luo Nianzhong was determined to obtain such a legendary machine and the Kuznetsov Design Bureau.

Whether Dremirov is willing or not, the Kuznetsov Design Bureau has already belonged to the United Aircraft Engineering Corporation, but those who disobey must be cleared out.

It is definitely not possible to clean it up directly. The employees of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau will be the first to refuse to do it, so let them clean up themselves.

For the entire day, Dremilav did not come out of the small building, even after the people who were surrounding him had left.

However, delaying was obviously not a solution, especially in the next two days, when the employees became even more restless when they learned that the Soloviev Design Bureau had received $70 million in research and development funds and the entire design bureau seemed to have returned to the busy and vibrant scene of the early s.

On August 8, a sunny day, the Kuznetsov Design Bureau welcomed a special guest, who was also the pride of the bureau, Kuznetsov himself.

This old man, who is already 80 years old and has dedicated his entire life to Samara and regards it as his second home, seems to be walking with a limp and needs the help of a cane to walk.

Kuznetsov's glory is back, and Dremirav naturally can no longer be a coward.

When this talented designer appeared in the public eye again, the crowd surrounding him realized that he seemed to have aged a lot.

Kuznetsov did not blame him. Instead, he comforted him and told him to take care of his health.

After that, he dismissed the crowd and walked into the small building with Dremilav, whom he had chosen.

In the office in the small building, Dremilav looked a little depressed and blamed himself. "Nikolai, I didn't expect this matter would alarm you. I'm sorry, I didn't make the Kuznetsov Design Bureau develop better, and I failed your trust."

"No, I don't think so, you've done great.

I said that you are a design genius. Although you are a little stubborn and paranoid, some great inventions require such a character.

But what I didn't expect was that our country would decline so quickly, and your personality is not pleasing in the workplace.

So you can’t blame me for this, it’s me.”

Kuznetsov's words made Deremilov even more ashamed. He sat there with his head down and said nothing.

The reason why Deremilav treated Luo Nianzhong in such an almost humiliating way was not only because he was greedy for power, but also because he really didn't want Kuznetsov to lose his original appearance.

Capitalists are not the state; they always consider their own interests.

"Vidić, you regret it, right? But you are not regretting for yourself, but for the entire design bureau."

Dremilav smiled sadly and finally spoke this time.

"I have thought a lot these past two days, and I have come to see the essence of things, which is that ideals are ultimately no match for the temptation of bread.

Even without United Aircraft Engineering & Manufacturing Group, there would be other companies, and without enough bread, these talents would leave sooner or later.

So I regret it. I regret that my impulsiveness at that time brought the current consequences to the Kuznetsov Design Bureau.

But I personally think what I said is right. We have experienced the most powerful polar bear together. I didn’t expect that the country would hand over its former pride to outsiders for management. I cannot accept it."

The conversation between the two was simple, but they both understood what the other meant.

"Vidic, I think you need to find your former happiness and get back to the work you are good at.

Go back and have a good rest, there is a place for you in the Kuznetsov Design Bureau."

This means that he will not have to take care of future matters, and his position as factory director will definitely be in jeopardy.

However, Kuznetsov also promised that he would still be the chief designer, and this position would be reserved for him forever as long as he wanted.

Kuznetsov is still confident in this regard. He has to give face to everyone, otherwise he will lose most of the people's support that he has worked so hard to gain.