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The old friend expressed his longing for his old friends in the letter.

then.

Khodorkov spent a lot of time introducing what he, his family and colleagues saw and heard when they came to the Dragon Kingdom.

The Long Kingdom was very polite to the Soviet experts and gave them generous treatment.

In addition to housing and cars, wages, bonuses, and various subsidies are three times higher than when in the Soviet Union.

Thought these were good enough.

Khodorkov and his colleagues never expected this.

As they move into the scientific research department, each of them is given two wonderful work tools.

They are Tiangong mobile phone and laptop computer developed by Northern Machinery Group.

Makarov said, "Old friend, Khodorkov wants to tell us that he and the experts he brought with him are treated as their own people by Longguo. Their living conditions are many times better than when they stayed in the Soviet Union. They live in expert apartments and drive new cars that are better than the cars of the Soviet Union."

"Three meals a day include meat, wine, desserts, and Coke..."

Antonievich, who was sitting opposite, swallowed involuntarily.

People only know that Su Meng is addicted to alcohol, but few people know that in addition to drinking, Su Meng also likes to eat desserts and drink greasy sweet soda.

Coke, a drink closely linked to American culture, is not only popular in the United States and the West.

The Soviet Union also likes to drink Coke.

"We are comrades-in-arms and classmates. We have worked in the same unit for many years after graduation. Tell me, should I go meet this man named Zhou Weidong?"

Makarov asked.

The last page of the letter contained a person's name and a hotel room number in the capital.

This man named Zhou Weidong is most likely here to recruit their representatives.

Makarov couldn't make up his mind whether to meet him or not.

I'm thinking about discussing it with a friend.

Khodorkov hesitated for a moment and said, "Old friend, we must admit that the Soviet Union now has many problems, but we are experts trained by our motherland."

“No matter how chaotic the Soviet Union is, it is still our home.”

"Old friend, go meet him and express our attitude. We will live and die with the Soviet Union."

Makarov felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.

The Soviet Union is about to end, and those who are capable are beginning to plan their escape route.

Even so, there are still a large number of people who love the Soviet Union.

"good!"

Makarov said resolutely: "I will go meet him first, and I will let you know the result immediately."

The two were full of helplessness and disappointment towards the Soviet Union, but that did not mean they would leave the Soviet Union.

After all, the two of them studied aerospace technology in order to serve their country.

No matter how rotten the Soviet Union is, it is still their motherland.

After get off work in the evening, Makarov drove to the hotel alone.

Arriving at the third floor of the hotel, Makarov knocked on the door of room 303.

The door opened and a young man in his thirties appeared in front of him.

Makarov was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the Dragon Kingdom would send such a young man to meet him.

"Hello, Comrade Makarov."

Zhou Weidong opened his mouth, speaking fluent Soviet Union dialect.

Hearing the other party calling him comrade, Makarov felt overwhelmed.

He walked slowly into the room and sat on the other bed.

Zhou Weidong smiled and said, "Comrade Makarov, nice to meet you."

Makarov said with a complicated expression: "Hello, Davari. I came to see you not because the letter described the Dragon Country to the skies, nor do I want to get anything from your Dragon Country. I am just curious about the development of the Dragon Country in recent years. I want to fully understand the development of the Dragon Country in recent years and what the extent is."

"More than 20 years ago, we went to Longguo as technical experts to provide assistance."

"With the breakdown of relations between Longguo and the Soviet Union, I haven't heard the word comrade from you Longguo people for a long, long time."

Zhou Weidong said with an undiminished smile: "Although Longguo's current development is still a long way behind that of Western developed countries, we will definitely surpass them in time.

"On behalf of my group, I sincerely invite you and your colleagues to come to our Dragon Country to work together, so that you can better utilize your knowledge and learning."

"Excuse me, the space race between the Soviet Union and the West is a meaningless competition."

"Comrade, please take back what you said. No space research is meaningless!"

Makarov retorted unhappily.

Zhou Weidong said calmly, "You are right. No space research is meaningless. But it depends on where the research is used. If we waste precious funds and human resources on an unrealistic arms race just for the sake of being angry, can this be called meaningful?"

"You are an expert in the field of aerospace. You know better than anyone that satellite navigation technology is the aerospace project that should be focused on today. However, your Soviet Union leaders are not very interested in this."

"Satellite technology and manned space technology are all classified as military projects. All satellites launched are military satellites. Manned rocket research is a project to prepare for future space military competition."

"Can it really be called interesting? What the Soviet Union needs is not more weapons and equipment, but aerospace technology that can generate economic value."

"Through commercial aerospace technology, we will solve all the problems you currently have, apply science and technology to business development, and drive research in various fields."

Makarov opened his mouth, but couldn't find a word to refute the other party.

Zhou Weidong took the opportunity to say: "Longguo has begun comprehensive space development. Although it lags far behind the Soviet Union and the United States, we are confident that we will be able to catch up with your space development."

"Future space research requires a scientific and systematic plan. Can the Soviet Union afford to focus on the space arms race?"

"You are a meritorious scientist in the field of space flight in the Soviet Union, and an expert who has been involved in the development of space flight in the Soviet Union. In the past many years, the Soviet Union has invested countless resources in the field of space race, but how much output has it actually achieved?"

"Without a scientific and systematic space development plan, blindly spending a large amount of resources on an arms race, do you really approve of such a decision?"

Makarov remained silent.

He knew better than Zhou Weidong that the Soviet Union carried out a large number of space launches every year and researched various types of spacecraft, but only a few of them could truly achieve value.

It was more for the purpose of competing with the United States and demonstrating the prestige of the Soviet Union as a space power.

Many projects are more vanity projects than scientific research.

In order to save face, the Soviet Union's top leaders hastily launched countless unrealistic launch plans.

This resulted in a large number of astronauts paying with their lives.

Countless subsequent projects were affected.

Looking at Makarov who remained silent, Zhou Weidong was sure that his words had touched the other party's heart.