industrial overlord

Chapter 443 To Russia

"Brothers, we've arrived, get out of the car!"

With a rough cry, a group of big and three thick northeast men jumped out of several large trucks covered with tarpaulins.Although the trains and cars bumped on the road for several days, the faces of the men did not look tired at all, on the contrary, they had an expression of irrepressible excitement.

The leading man is none other than Wu Rongxiang, a model worker and lumberjack known as "Northeast Wu Gang". Nine years ago, he went to Beijing to attend the National Day ceremony that year, and lived in the ACFTU Guest House with Lin Zhenhua, who also went to Beijing as a model worker. In the same room, a deep friendship was formed.

Three years ago, the logging area where Wu Rongxiang was located was notified by his superiors to stop logging operations.As a result, almost all loggers in the entire work area have been laid off.Wu Rongxiang can understand the matter of stopping logging. He is already an old man in his sixties. Seeing the once lush hills turn into barren hills under his hands, he also began to feel sorry for future generations. up.

"Cut down like this, will our descendants still have trees to cut down?" Wu Rongxiang said to his subordinates.

"However, if we don't cut down trees, what do we rely on for food?" The subordinates asked him questions.

In order to accommodate these laid-off loggers, the forest farm also thought of many ways, and invited professors from Northeast Forestry University to teach everyone how to grow fungus and shiitake mushrooms, as well as other ways to make money.However, this kind of professional transformation is not so easy. If you are used to holding a chainsaw, you want to serve edible fungi, which is simply like Zhang Fei's embroidery, which makes this group of men worry.

Just when everyone's life became more and more difficult, Lin Zhenhua, Wu Rongxiang's year-end friend, suddenly appeared in front of him as if falling from the sky.As soon as they met, Lin Zhenhua looked Wu Rongxiang's body up and down, and asked a question with a smile: "Old Wu, can you still hold a big saw?"

"Joke, can you call Northeast Wu Gang if you can't hold a big saw?" Wu Rongxiang replied proudly, but after he finished speaking, he sighed again, looked at his hands, and said, "Oh, I don't think there will be a chance in this life." Take the big saw again."

"Old Wu, there is a tree-cutting project, are you interested in taking it?" Lin Zhenhua then asked.

Wu Rongxiang's eyes lit up: "Where is the tree cut, and how big is the area?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "The area is not too large, that is, 3000 square kilometers."

"3000 square kilometers! That is... 30 hectares, which is seven or eight times the area of ​​our forest farm. Xiaolin, where did you get such a forest?" Wu Rongxiang was shocked.His education level is not high, but he is very clear about the issue of forest land area.

"It's far away, and it's just a part of the Xing'an Mountains outside." Lin Zhenhua said confidently.

Wu Rongxiang said: "Go to Lao Maozi's place to cut trees? Xiao Lin, are you kidding me?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "Of course I'm not joking. This is a cooperation project we negotiated with the Russian side. The Russian side provided us with 3000 million cubic meters of timber, which is equivalent to 3000 square kilometers of forest. However, the Russian side said that their There is a shortage of loggers to complete these logging tasks..."

"We have manpower!" Wu Rongxiang didn't wait for Lin Zhenhua to finish, then he took the lead and said, "Xiao Lin, how many people do you want? The laid-off lumberjacks around us have seven or eight thousand if not ten thousand. They are all very famous. good fellow."

"Hehe, Old Wu, didn't I just come here to ask you for help?" Lin Zhenhua said with a smile, "I don't know anything about cutting down trees, so I count on you to help me. In this way, Old Wu, your young When you are old, you don’t need to cut trees yourself. I would like to ask you to be the logging team leader and organize a logging team to go to the Outer Xing’an Mountains to explore the road first. After you have found out the experience, we will organize more logging on our side. The team goes over."

"No problem! Look at it!" Wu Rongxiang swept away his distressed expression over the past few years, "I'll contact my old guys right away, don't worry, they are all top-notch lumberjacks."

In this way, a logging team of nearly [-] people was formed within a few days. Under the leadership of Wu Rongxiang, they crossed Heilongjiang and went to the vast Siberia.Along the way, they didn't know where they were, but they only knew that there were Russian and Chinese personnel supporting them along the way, leading them forward.

After entering the Outer Xing'an Mountains forest area, the eyes of the loggers were attracted by the boundless forest.The cedar, fir, spruce, larch, oak, ash, birch, etc. that have grown for many years are almost like old lovers who have been separated for many years in the eyes of the loggers. They, hug them, fall asleep in the fragrance they emit.

What moved the loggers the most was that Lin Zhenhua told them that when logging in Russia, they enjoy the treatment of working abroad, and the salary level is doubled on the domestic basis. In addition, there are travel subsidies, excess rewards and so on.Everyone has already calculated in their hearts that if they work here for a month, they can earn more than 2000 yuan. This is the annual income level of everyone during the layoff period.

"Old Wu, your friend is really capable. He managed to get such a big forest from Lao Maozi." Someone couldn't help shouting to Wu Rongxiang.

Wu Rongxiang smiled proudly: "Of course, that model worker is much better than me."

"Old Wutou, you are a model worker. Otherwise, can Mr. Lin find you? We are all under your credit." The workers said with some compliments.

Wu Rongxiang enjoys the workers' respect for him, and in his heart, there is another unspeakable joy.Lin Zhenhua promised Wu Rongxiang that he only needs to lead the logging team to work here for three years, and when everything is on the right track, Wu Rongxiang can retire and go home.At that time, Lin Zhenhua will pay him a generous commission of 50 yuan.

A total of 50 yuan, each child gets 10 yuan, and the remaining 10 yuan is enough for myself and my wife to live like a landlord in the old society.With money in hand, you don't have to worry about your old age, what should you do?

Regarding this issue, Wu Rongxiang had planned it long ago.In the past few years, he has carefully calculated an account and calculated that he has cut down a total of 36000 trees over the years.He decided to plant another 36000 trees on the hills he had cut down during his lifetime, so that when he closed his eyes, he would have an explanation for future generations.

When Wu Rongxiang led the lumberjacks to start logging Russian forests with big saws, a delegation of Chinese business elites headed by Qi Zhongmou, An Yan, and Xiong Lijun was touring various cities in Russia.Wherever the delegation went, people from the local political and business circles swept up their beds and greeted them, treating these Chinese people as their gods of wealth.

"Yanzi, you Jiankang home appliances have signed more than 4 million orders so far, right? Shouldn't you give some market to you, Brother Xiong?" At the welcome banquet held by the Russian local government, Xiong Lijun watched An Yan, who was swimming among Russian officials and businessmen like a butterfly wearing flowers, said enviously.

An Yan walked up to Xiong Lijun with a red wine glass, Ge Ge smiled and said: "Brother Xiong, how can my little sister compare to you, don't think I don't know, you poured someone's Minister of Industry on the wine table the day before yesterday No, they promised to exchange 4000 tons of steel with you for home appliances worth [-] million yuan. Your business is equivalent to one-tenth of my younger sister's business."

Xiong Lijun said with a bitter face: "Yanzi, don't mention drinking, good guy, you don't know how old Maozi can drink. In order to let that guy drink well, I vomited three times in the bathroom. Brother, what is this?" Doing business is risking your life."

"Didn't Brother Lin say that Russia is full of gold, and if you miss this village, you won't have that shop. So, just play with your life." An Yan showed no sympathy for Xiong Lijun's situation, she smiled slightly, Holding the wine glass, he walked into the crowd again.

"Oh, life is hard." Xiong Lijun muttered sadly, and then plunged into the crowd with his wine glass: "Dawa Lixu, I have a high-quality color TV here, a 21-inch flat-screen right-angle TV with a remote control, do you have one?" Interested?"

In a corner of the banquet hall, with the help of an interpreter, Qi Zhongmou was eloquently promoting sales to a Russian official who claimed to be the head of an industrial complex.Listening to the various supplies that Qi Zhongmou said, the Russian officials salivated unknowingly.

"Do you want canned food? There are many, 10 wagons, is it enough? There are canned meat, canned mushrooms, and canned fruits, all of which are guaranteed to be of the best quality. There are also cigarettes, the most famous brand in China, Zhongnanhai, which is the most expensive in China. Only people with status can buy it. I will get you two standard boxes. What? How can I get it? Just kidding, you can go to China to inquire, or when everyone buys it on the street with a toad mirror, I already I'm doing business now, and I have a big network." Qi Zhongmou said with dancing.

"Mr. Qi, these things are what we need very much. These goods are very popular in the Russian market. However, I don't have cash to pay you. Do you think there is any way?" The Russian official stammered He asked, he really wanted to get these supplies, but in the whole of Russia, where can I get cash to pay for these goods.

Qi Zhongmou said: "I know these things, before I came out, Xiaolin... Oh, yes, you don't know even if I tell you, anyway, the person who organized us to Russia has already introduced it to us. There is no money It doesn't matter, we can engage in barter trade, do you have any materials in your hand? China is currently very short of heavy industrial products, you have raw materials, machinery and equipment, or cars, whatever, we can exchange them."

"Heavy industrial products?" The Russian official scratched his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and a sentence came out: "By the way, aircraft, I have four Tu-154s, do you want them?"

"Picture 154!" Qi Zhongmou was also taken aback. He knew this type of aircraft. This is a large aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of 100 tons and the capacity to carry 150 passengers.Surprised, he began to calculate quickly in his heart.

Qi Zhongmou's Zhongyi Company has previously opened some stores in Russia, specializing in the sale of goods from China, but these sales are mainly for the retail market.This time, Lin Zhenhua organized everyone to come to trade with the Russian government, taking the route of bulk commodity wholesale.

The products of China and Russia are actually very complementary.The former Soviet Union paid too much attention to the development of heavy industry and neglected light industry and agriculture, resulting in a shortage of light industrial products and agricultural by-products on the market.After China's reform and opening up, China adopted a policy of giving priority to the development of light industry, especially the open coastal areas, which have undertaken a large number of labor-intensive industries transferred from developed countries, and these industries are mainly light industries.In the past two years, due to the sluggish market, many light industrial enterprises in China experienced serious unsalable products. There were tens of billions of dollars of overstocked goods piled up in warehouses across the country, and they were eager to find a market.

After communicating with Pewzin, Lin Zhenhua proposed to the State Planning Commission to mobilize non-government forces to carry out large-scale barter trade with Russia.The State Planning Commission attached great importance to this matter, and together with other departments, issued a series of policies to encourage enterprises to sell backlogged goods to Russia in exchange for various heavy industrial products needed for national construction.

Qi Zhongmou was originally a very gambler, so when he encountered such a good opportunity, he was naturally unwilling to lag behind.He drew out all the funds he had accumulated in business over the years, and together with bank loans, he scraped together commodities worth several hundred million yuan, and prepared to come to Russia to make a fortune.

Before that, he had exchanged the backlog of food, clothing, electrical appliances and other commodities for many kinds of materials. These materials, which are so abundant in Russia, will be worth a hundred times once they are shipped back to China. This is enough to make Qi Zhongmou this time Russia The trip achieved an unprecedented bumper harvest.In the list of materials he harvested, there were steel, aluminum, heavy-duty machine tools, and trucks, but he never imagined that someone would want to add four more large aircraft to his list.

But, what do I need a plane for?Qi Zhongmou asked himself.Airplanes are different from machine tools and trucks. Airplanes can only be sold to airlines, and the number of customers to choose from is very limited. The latter two items are widely applicable and easy to sell.Qi Zhongmou wanted to reject the official's recommendation, but another idea burst forth uncontrollably in his heart.

What is it to exchange steel and machine tools?Throughout the ages, has any individual been able to return the plane from overseas?If I can make this deal, then even 10 or 20 years later, someone will still remember my feat, what an honor it is.

"These planes are all brand new. They were purchased by our local airline the year before last. They have just flown for thousands of hours." Seeing Qi Zhongmou's uncertain face, the Russian official emphasized hastily.

"Okay, deal!" Qi Zhongmou made up his mind, he raised his wine glass and bumped the other party hard.Both the host and the guest drank the wine in the glass, and then laughed together.

(End of this chapter)