Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 1004, temptation

Of course, they also understand that the industrialization of the Russian bear cannot be separated from the profit-seeking capitalists in Europe and the United States. If things go too far, then I am afraid that no foreign capitalists will be willing to do business with the Russian bear in the future.

So it was proposed that foreign businessmen could use their rubles to buy a large number of artworks from Russian nobles that were confiscated by the Russians at that time. Note that there was no precious metal such as gold here, because the Russians were also short of it. They could only buy artworks.

Moreover, the prices of these artworks are set by the Russians and bargaining is not allowed.

In other words, these foreign businessmen who made a fortune in Russia only exchanged a large number of artworks from the Tsarist Russia era.

From then on, all businessmen never dealt with the Russian bear again; and the Russian bear thought that this move was a great move, but in fact, from this "redemption" until the collapse of the Russian bear, Western countries always required payment in US dollars/pounds/gold when doing business with the Russian bear, never in rubles, and never on credit.

Does Jiang Yan know about the dark history of the Mao Bear? Of course he knows, and he knows it very clearly, but he is not afraid, because the Mao Bear will disintegrate in more than a year, and the new Mao Bear will allow foreign investment, so he is not afraid, and he even wants to get some of the excellent assets of the Mao Bear country. After all, the Mao Bear has many good assets, which makes Jiang Yan salivate.

"I heard that you, Jiang, are interested in setting up a company here," Sergey asked.

"I have this plan. I believe Minister Sergei has already investigated my background. I studied abroad in Russia and have a natural liking for this place. I also have a company in China. I found that we seem to lack industrial products here. It happens that I am in this industry. My goal is to establish a company in Moscow that trades with flower growers."

"What exactly does it do?" Sergei asked.

"The great Russian bear is unparalleled in machinery. My idea is to use our machinery, such as trucks, cars, scrap steel and other things to exchange for our clothes, food and other things. But I want to see when the time comes," Jiang Yan said without hiding anything.

"Is this a large quantity?" Sergei asked.

"One carload a month is no problem." Jiang Yan said.

"The quantity seems too small. You know, Moscow alone is an enormous market. One carload is too little." Sergei said.

"It will increase slowly in the later stage. After all, this is our first cooperation." Jiang Yan said.

"Of course, your government can invest in the trading company, but it cannot exceed 30%, and it cannot participate in daily management." Jiang Yan then dropped a bomb.

"We need to pay something." Sergei said with his eyes shining.

"Venue and safety." Jiang Yan said.

"No problem, but I need to report these when I get back. You understand." Sergey nodded.

"I understand. But as soon as possible, my car will arrive in Moscow in about a week." Jiang Yan said.

"I wonder if Jiang is interested in investing in our business here or purchasing some real estate," Sergei said.

"The Ukraine Hotel is nice. Can I buy it?" Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"The Ukraine is a foreign-related hotel and is not for sale. However, if you want to buy the Leningrad Hotel, you should be able to do so."

What the hell? You can buy the Leningrad Hotel. Jiang Yan thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked again, but still got a positive answer.

Originally Jiang Yan was just joking to test the situation, but he didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise.

In fact, Jiang Yan was limited by his inherent thinking. He always thought that as long as the Russian bear did not collapse, there would be no possibility of purchasing these state-owned assets. Little did he know that the year before their collapse would be even crazier.

Although they had not anticipated the disintegration of the Russian bear, they would certainly not miss the opportunity to gain benefits for themselves, otherwise they would not have offered to sell a hotel to Jiang Yan. Their purpose was to gain benefits for themselves.

Sergey's words today were also a bit of a test. "As far as I know, the price of this Leningrad Hotel should not be cheap." Jiang Yan said.

"It's not cheap, but for the sake of friendship between our two countries, we can consider giving you a preferential price. But you have to do something, right? Helping others cannot be in vain." Sergius said quite bluntly.

His action of openly soliciting bribes really opened Jiang Yan's eyes.

"Well, this matter is so big that I need to think about it carefully, what do you think?" Jiang Yan said.

"I'm waiting for your good news. When we go back, we will study the questions you raised and give you an answer as soon as possible." Sergei said.

After seeing them off, Jiang Yan sat in the room alone, smoking and thinking, repeatedly weighing the pros and cons.

To be honest, Jiang Yan is quite tempted to purchase certain assets here. To be honest, there are still many high-quality assets here that make Jiang Yan quite jealous. Let's not talk about others, just take the Leningrad Hotel for example, which is no less than the Ukraine Hotel where they are staying now.

Moreover, it is one of the Seven Sisters. There are only a few buildings like this in the world. It can be regarded as one of the top buildings in the world and it is of great significance. If you miss this opportunity, you will really miss it.

After weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Yan decided to buy it and use it as his home here.

When a whale falls, all things come to life. When the Russian bear falls, this is a big piece of cake, and we must take advantage of it to get more benefits.

However, Jiang Yan is different from those greedy capitalists in the West. What he is considering now is how to get benefits while maintaining friendship with the future people and high-level officials of Russia. After all, what he wants to do is not a one-time deal, but a long-term approach. Moreover, Russia will be a very friendly country to us in the future, so we cannot ruin our own future.

There were already several people sitting in a small conference room, sipping vodka and seemingly waiting for something.

Suddenly, the door opened and Sergei strode in. After entering, he picked up the vodka on the table, poured himself a glass, and drank it in one gulp.

"Comrade Sergey, how is the situation? Is he willing to invest in Moscow?"

"Comrade Aleph, you are not determined yet and are still hesitating," Sergei said.

"Find a chance to talk to him again. He has a lot of assets overseas." Aleph said.

"Yes, especially Jiaobenji's assets. It's a popular place right now. We can exchange them for him." Another person spoke up.

Several people were talking about it, and were even discussing how much benefit they wanted. But soon they left the meeting room, leaving only Sergei and one person, the leader of their small group, Pushkin.
"Sergey, how much stuff do they have?" Pushkin asked.

"We brought a truckload of light industrial supplies to do business," Sergei said.

"How long does it take to get a carload of goods?"

"one month"

"One carload is too little. Can you talk to him and add some more goods?"

"We've talked about it, and it will be increased later." Sergei said.

"The more the better. Try to have a talk. It will be good for our faction. As for the requests he made, agree to them."

"Understood, Comrade Pushkin, I will take care of it."

(End of this chapter)