General Ramdas, who has experienced a Russian-style arms show, will face the most serious problem next, that is, the gap between the quotations between the two sides. The price quoted by Ramdas must have been several digits different from the price offered by Yazov, which also meant that the negotiations would smell of gunpowder from the start.

According to Yanayev's previous suggestion, a group of "actors" were specially arranged to pretend to be negotiators from other countries and stay in the next room of the hotel where Ramdas was staying.

Ramdas, who had studied Arabic in college, pretended not to care and approached them and eavesdropped on each other's conversations, but the content of the conversation surprised Lambdas. It turned out that these two friends who came all the way from the Arab region had the same purpose as them, that is, to buy the Soviet Kyiv-class aircraft carrier.

"I heard that there are other contenders this time, and India is also tied among them? The Soviet military played this hand really insidiously, and actually did such a good job of secrecy, if it hadn't been for the news in advance, I wouldn't have known that India and Argentina had already been involved. ”

"It seems that the previous price can no longer bring the Soviets to its knees, we have to raise the price, the Indian side is said to be unaware for the time being, I think we will definitely have an advantage in the price, if our offer is better than the Soviet offer."

Seeing General Lambdas approaching them, the two "Arabs" directly kept silent about the acquisition of the Kiev-level, but the attitude of these two people made Lambdas more and more uneasy. Could it be that the Soviet side really kept a hand, and in fact there was more than one buyer?

India, of course, is not unaware that the entire hotel was an extra, secretly arranged by the Soviet Union. The purpose was to confuse the Ramdass audio-visual. He mistakenly thought that delegations from other countries lived here.

In this way, the offer that Ramdas made in his heart was dangerous. The Soviets could have refused, as they had other countries to choose from, and the Kyiv-class aircraft carriers were so far the best choice for the Indian Navy's spare aircraft carriers, and the powerful shock of the anti-ship missile launch alone gave the Ramdas a choice. Ramdas hurriedly returned to the room and began to revise the price of renting the aircraft carrier himself, the initial price was 6 million per year, including the rental of some large equipment. Because the Kiev-class of the USSR is a decommissioned aircraft carrier, and it is not yet an aircraft carrier in the true sense of the word. So the Indian Ministry of Defense considered it reasonable to give this price, but how could the Soviet side accept such a price?

As a result, Ramdas arbitrarily raised the price of renting an aircraft carrier to an annual lease offer of 9.5 million, including the rental and maintenance of weapons, so that although it seems that India has suffered a little loss, it is actually not much different from the offer of 6 million. After the revision of the price, the Indian delegation breathed a sigh of relief, so that the Soviet Union should be more satisfied, after all, this price is close to the bottom line of the Indian Navy.

As the Indian delegation left the hotel, Ramdas noticed that two other convoys were also leaving the hotel at the same time, in addition to the two Arabs he had just met. There was also a group of other people, although the other party was disguised. But it is clear that they are also representatives of other countries that have come to negotiate.

Could it be the Argentine delegation that the Egyptians are talking about?

There was a smell of unease in the negotiating room, especially after seeing the cold expression of the Soviet representative, Ramdas knew that something was wrong, but he still made the Indian offer step by step, as before.

"This is the price list proposed by the representative of India, about the offer for the lease of a Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier, after research, it was decided that the Indian side will lease the Soviet Minsk aircraft carrier for 9.5 million dollars per year, including the lease of weapons systems, and include the cost of repairing the Minsk, but not the wear and tear of weapons and ammunition."

After Ramdass said this, the whole room became silent, and the Soviet delegation stared at Ramdass like fools, and the experienced Minister of Defense, Comrade Yazov, who was sent in charge of this time, only sneered when he heard Ramdas's offer.

"$9.5 million, is the Indian delegation really sending the Soviet Union away? If the Indian side insists on negotiating at this price, I think our negotiations can end here, there is no need to continue, anyway, the deal is based on mutual trust and good faith, since India is so dishonest, then this negotiation can be concluded. Yazov made a gesture to get up and leave, but was stopped by the Indian representative.

"Wait, if the Soviets aren't happy with the price, we can continue to negotiate, can't we?" Ramdas smiled awkwardly, trying to lighten the mood. But Comrade Yazov's standard poker face made him a little unable to laugh.

"Is General Ramdas selling scrap metal when our Minsk? As scrap metal, we are quite satisfied with the price, but unfortunately this is a fully functional and combat-capable aircraft carrier, so I think Egypt or Argentina are more suitable to be our counterparties, although their purchase price is slightly lower than the Soviet budget, but it is much better than spending 9.5 million to send beggars. ”

Comrade Yazov did not give Ramdas a chance to continue to explain, but directly turned away, announcing that the negotiations had entered a suspended stage, and that he would wait until India came up with a more sincere offer before discussing how to lease the aircraft carrier.

When Yazov was accompanied by Colonel Egorov, a representative of the Soviet Navy, asked Yazov why he had hastily terminated the negotiations, Yazov, who had already walked out of the negotiation room, replied with a smile, "If I don't do this, these Indians will not feel panicked at all, and only by warning them that the Soviet Union is angry now will have the effect we want." ”

"Huh?" Colonel Egorov still did not quite understand what Yazov was saying.

"I have just revealed several pieces of information about Ramdas, one is that the Soviet Union is very dissatisfied with the price proposed by India, and the other is that the Soviet Union has other buyers besides India. On these two points alone, India will have to start reviewing its prices again, and the purpose of terminating the negotiations is to allow the other side to reconsider its offer. If we had just attacked rashly at the negotiating table, the bewildered Indian delegation would have bitten the price, and it would have been even more difficult to break the deadlock in the negotiations. ”

Yazov smiled and said to Colonel Egorov, "It's okay, anyway, the Indian Navy has already taken the bait, and it is only a matter of time before they are pulled ashore." (To be continued.) )