This was Leo Vanta's first time in Moscow. As a CIA agent, he certainly didn't believe the bleak and solemn scenes in American movies that were specially created to discredit the Soviet Union, where military police patrolled the streets to arrest counter-revolutionaries at any time and people lived in poverty. As the capital of the Soviet Union, Moscow's majestic central building often awes people.
The red walls and towers of the Kremlin quietly contrasted with the blue and white sky, forming an incomparable group of brilliant and majestic artistic buildings. Leo Vanta picked up his camera, pointed it at the white doves flying in the square, and with a click, it froze into a beautiful artistic landscape photo.
Leo Vantaa entered Moscow as a tourist. Since Gorbachev came to power, the passport inspection of Soviet people has been relaxed, and people can more easily contact the outside Western world, which also has a greater impact on their thoughts. In addition, there are a large number of traitors in the Soviet Propaganda Department, which led to the absurd idea that freedom and democracy can save the world.
I wonder what those who personally overthrew the Iron Curtain that protected the people and triumphantly declared victory felt after seeing the tragic scenes after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The relaxation of entry and exit policies also made it easy for intelligence officers with ulterior motives like Leo Wanta to enter Moscow and work together with the corrupt forces lurking in the high-level circles. Although the previous purge cleared out some of the parasites, there were still some deeply hidden guys waiting for Leo Wanta's life-saving money.
For example, Litnin, the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Soviet Union, was one of the targets of Leo Vanta's rebellion. As the main executor of the dollar-to-ruble exchange plan, Litnin decided to set the transaction location in Moscow in order to get his share of the benefits immediately, obtain citizenship of a Western country, and leave Yanayev's bloody reign of terror. Of course, Leo Vanta agreed to all of Litnin's requests. How much could be exchanged in the end was not known to him as an executor. Only those bigwigs sitting in the office with gloomy faces were qualified to make the final decision.
With a hint of nervousness and uneasiness, and with Bush's support, Leo Vanta finally had the opportunity to implement the "Great Ruble Scam" plan specially approved by Bush. For this purpose, 5 billion US dollars appeared in the account of Vanta's New Republic Financial Group, preparing for the purchase of 140 billion rubles.
The transaction took place in an inconspicuous Khrushchev building. According to the rules of the transaction, 2.7 billion US dollars would first be deposited into an anonymous account, and the rest would be deposited into a dozen other accounts in five installments after the first transaction was completed. The CIA, the Federal Reserve, and some Swiss banks were involved in this transaction. The capitalists who were ambitiously trying to establish an evil financial axis from London to Wall Street united to send the last country that prevented them from ruling the world with the US dollar into the graveyard of history.
Leovanta sat on a chair in the room, waiting for Li Tening's arrival with some anxiety. In his suitcase was a computer specifically responsible for account transfers and expenditures. At this time, the door was opened, and Li Tening, with an anxious face, walked in. Behind him was a young man. Although he was not as worried as Li Tening from the Ministry of Finance, his eyes revealed a hint of uneasiness.
However, Leo Vanta was obviously not satisfied with this unexpected episode. He pointed at the young man and asked his trading partner, "Li Tening, who is this person? He doesn't appear in our script."
Before Li Taning could answer, the young man next to him said directly, "My name is Ivan, Mr. Li Taning's assistant. Of course, you can't complete this deal without me, so I should get my share of the money." After saying that, the young man named Ivan licked his lips and revealed a greedy look.
"Haha." Leo Vanta sneered a few times, obviously not believing his words. Just as he was about to end the deal, Li Tening, with a gloomy face, secretly made a gesture of wiping his neck, and Vanta, who had received special agent training, understood it instantly.
It seems that Li Tenin must have reached an unexpected deal with someone close to him in order to get 140 billion rubles. He didn't want to pin the blame on himself, so he wanted the CIA to be the villain. Leo Vanta didn't like borrowing a knife to kill someone, but for the sake of his country, he had to do it reluctantly.
"We enter the account and password at the same time, and the transfer will only be carried out after both parties press confirm. Of course, three billion US dollars is not a small amount, so we can't touch any buttons before the transfer is completed, understand?" Leo Wanta took out a silenced pistol from his waist and pointed it at Li Taning and the young man beside him who didn't care.
"No problem, but if I transfer the money to your account and then find that no funds have been deposited into my account, I'm afraid I can't help you, my old friend." Li Tening's expression was somewhat regretful, as if he was looking at a dying person, which gave Leowanta an ominous premonition.
"Let's open our respective accounts now." Wan Ta licked his lips that had become chapped due to dryness, trying to put aside some negative suggestions and influences, and prepared to devote himself to this action. He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, on which was a string of seemingly dense and irregular characters, and then he tapped the keyboard with ease and opened the account with 5 billion yuan in funds. Similarly, Li Tening also entered the account password in a serious manner. The two of them confirmed the amount on each other's account at the same time.
"Then let's start." Wan Ta took a deep breath and clicked to confirm.
The CIA was also watching the transaction. If there was any mistake, they would immediately freeze the considerable amount of funds in the account. CIA Director Robert Gates personally supervised the implementation of this plan. They watched the bar reach 99% and then indicated that the transaction was completed.
After the transaction was completed, both parties needed to confirm again. Just as Vanta was about to press the button, the young man suddenly rushed up and pressed Vanta, who was concentrating on the screen, to the ground, and the silenced pistol was thrown aside. The sudden change made Vanta at a loss, and he did not realize that this was a scam set by the Soviet side.
The obviously trained young man pressed down on Vanta's neck and said in a cold voice, "Sorry, Mr. Vanta, you are under arrest." Then he pressed the cancel button, and the transaction that was originally ready to be confirmed was unilaterally terminated. Of course, the 3 billion funds that flowed to the designated Swiss bank account still remained in the account provided by Li Tening.
"It's useless." Wanta sneered after realizing what was going on. "The Federal Reserve is also monitoring this money. If anything goes wrong, they will immediately notify Switzerland to freeze the account. This way, you won't be able to withdraw any money."
"If I'm not mistaken, it will take one minute for the money to be confirmed to have arrived. In this case, it will be enough for us to do something, right, Minister Li Tening?" Li Tening said slowly.
"You betrayed me from the very beginning? My friend." Wanta looked at Li Tenin in disbelief. The secret activities of the past few months were arranged perfectly. How did the Soviet side find out?
"You actually chose to join this evil regime and betray me." Wanta roared. He tried to struggle to get up, but was held down firmly.
Li Tening himself was also depressed why the KGB inexplicably broke into his home that night and found evidence of collusion with Vanta. The KGB agent threatened Li Tening that as long as he cooperated with them, nothing would happen. Under pressure, Li Tening had to agree to join this trap of getting something for nothing.
After all, the life and death of the whole family is in the hands of the gloomy Soviet leader in the Kremlin.
Wanta never expected that he would be outmaneuvered by someone else, even though he had originally intended to use this trap to bring down the Soviet Union's economy. Not only did he find himself isolated and helpless, but he also put the US's 5 billion dollars in funds into a crisis of being embezzled.
And of course the promised support was gone. Of course, Wanta didn't know that the CIA was in chaos at that moment because of the sudden loss of signals from Moscow.