Chapter 522: Black-Box Operation (11/12 for my nickname to exist as the leader of the alliance)
After listening to what the two of them said, Fang Chen suddenly fell silent, gently tapping on the table, and fell into thought.
Gaidar and Chubais, on the other hand, looked at Fang Chen with a look of hope.
After a long time, Fang Chen raised his head and said sincerely: "Gaidar and Chubais, please tell me what you need me to do, we are friends." β
Although the two of them went around in a big circle, he had already vaguely captured their thoughts.
Hearing this, the two immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, dear Fang! Gaidar and I, as well as the Russian people, will remember your friendship and help. β
Chubais was excited, and directly hugged Fang Chen.
Fang Chen sniffed subconsciously, fortunately, there was no taste.
After a few breaths, Chubais let go of his hand and took two steps back, his face still full of excitement.
Looking at the two simple, immature, and green faces in front of him, Fang Chen suddenly didn't know what to say, no wonder Luzhkov looked down on Gaidar and Chubais all day long, the two may be qualified economists, but now they are definitely not qualified political figures.
In his thirties, he is still too young in the big dye vat of politics.
They still need to soak in it for years, with a few ups and downs, before they can become real old foxes like Luzhkov.
Thinking of this, Fang Chen himself was glad that he was a Chinese, and Huaxia had a huge production capacity of light industrial products, which was urgently needed by Russia or Moscow.
If he were a Russian, I am afraid that he would have been eaten by Luzhkov a long time ago, after all, this is the 'sun that never sets in Moscow' that fell after four presidents and 18 years in power, and the third person in Russia for a long time.
"Russia now needs a breakthrough in reform on a larger scale, and we will finally start working on it in practice, not in words, to pull us out of the predicament that is getting deeper and deeper. β
"And the privatization of assets is the best way, we want to distribute as much property as possible to the people, to some effective private owners, as Mr. President said, we need millions of owners, not millions of billionaires!" Gaidar said with a twinkle in his eyes.
"So what are you going to do, or what kind of help do you need from me? Fang Chen rubbed his head, he had a headache listening to this.
He didn't even listen to Duan Yongping and Berezovsky's usual work reports, how could he be patient with Gaidar and Chubais, babbling about some political boring things.
If it weren't for the fact that the future of Russia's economy would have been under the control of these two brothers, he really wanted to go back to the Moscow Hotel to sleep.
"I think the best way to privatize is to auction, through competitive auctions, to auction assets for cash, so that we can not only achieve the maximum preservation of the value of state-owned assets, but also determine that these assets will be handed over to a person who has the ability to operate these assets, and this is both open and competitive. Chubais said excitedly.
Fang Chen's expression instantly became a little playful, could he say that Gaidar and Chubais's thoughts were a bit naΓ―ve?
Not noticing Fang Chen's expression, Chubais still said to himself: "Gaidar and I decided to start with a small-scale privatization of bakeries, barbershops and other businesses. β
Fang Chen nodded lightly, taking his time from childhood to adulthood, this was the only thing of value that he felt that Gaidar and Chubais had been talking nonsense for a long time.
Speaking of this, Chubais paused, glanced at Gaidar, and then at Fang Chen, and then plucked up the courage to say: "Gaidar and I, I would like to ask you for your help to participate in the competition of these shops and run them well. β
Fang Chen looked at the two of them expressionlessly, neither shaking his head nor nodding.
To be honest, he was not surprised at all by the words of the two, he had guessed them just now.
It's just that he thinks that if he does this, is the so-called auction still fair and competitive?
Originally, he was not optimistic about the idea of the two of them, and felt naΓ―ve, but now he is doing such a dark box operation, isn't it funny?
Fang Chen suddenly understood a little, why most of Russia's assets in his previous life would flow into the hands of the big oligarchs, as far as Chubais and Gaidar were concerned, it was strange that Russian assets did not flow into the hands of a rich man like him.
"Fang, I also know that this is wrong, but we have no other way but to go one way to the end. β
"You can also see that Russia's economy is on the verge of collapse, and there are only three ways to save the Russian economy, first, put half of the factory managers in prison, so as to silence the remaining half of the factory managers and work according to our will. The second is to lock me up and Chubais, let the country go according to their ideas, and finally there is an auction, an auction that only allows success and no failure. Gaidar said with a heavy face.
Now the two of them and those managers and factory directors are two completely different paths, and they can't tell right from wrong, what they can do is to find a successful case according to their ideas, strengthen their authority, and then shut up those managers and factory directors.
And Fang Chen is the biggest guarantee of their success story.
Fang Chen has enough financial, manpower, and material resources to ensure that these stores will not only not be auctioned, but also continue to survive, and even survive very well.
To put it mildly, the bakery is enough to survive just by relying on Fang Chen's employees in Moscow, and it can even develop very well.
Fang Chen instantly felt that his head was big, how could he get involved in this?
In fact, to put it bluntly, this matter is Yeltsin and Rudskoi, as well as Khasbulatov, and the two sides are fighting.
A few months ago, in Villa 15, although there was already a murmur between the two parties, Fang Chen didn't expect that just three months later, the two sides had already reached this point.
"We want your staff to take pictures of these stores for you and run them. Chubais stated the ultimate purpose of this meeting with Fang Chen.
Hearing this, Fang Chen was silent again, thinking quickly about the pros and cons in his mind.
Needless to say, on the side of Chubais, Gaidar, on their side, on Yeltsin's side, on the side of victory.
But he had to consider how much of an impact it would ultimately have on him.
looked at Fang Chen with a look of hope, but Fang Chen remained silent, Gaidar and Chubais felt that their hearts had sunk to the bottom, and they were even a little disappointed, they didn't know why Fang Chen had hesitated for so long.
In their opinion, this is actually a very easy thing, these are small shops, and the price is not expensive, for others, it may be an astronomical amount, but for Fang Chen, it is probably a drop in the bucket.
And it's not too difficult to operate, just like they just thought, just Fang Chen's employees in Moscow can support these bakeries and barber shops.
Seeing the expressions of the two, Fang Chen immediately smiled, walked over, and gently patted the shoulders of the two, "Gaidar, Chubais, things are not as simple as you two imagined. β
"I don't think the two of you have a good plan, I shouldn't take over all of these stores, of course, I'm not saying I won't help, I think I just need to play a role as a bottom-up. Fang Chen said.
Gaidar and Chubais looked at Fang Chen a little blankly, some of them couldn't understand what Fang Chen meant.
"I mean, the store is bidding normally, and if no one wants it, or if the bid is too low, I'll have someone buy it. β
Gaidar and Chubaiston were even more confused, it sounded like it was not bad, after all, their biggest goal was not to lose the auction, and if there was a failed auction in the first auction, then the scene of their privatization would be completely smashed.
But they didn't know why Fang Chen did this?
Seeing this, Fang Chen added another fire to it, "Don't you want to see if your ideas are correct or not, and whether they can be realized?
Hearing this, the eyes of the two became brighter and brighter, and Fang Chen's words woke them up, their original purpose was not to select qualified private owners to take over these shops.
These dozens of small shops, they can let Fang Chen take over all of them, but the huge Russia can't be said to be all of them taken over by Fang Chen, right?
Now that Fang Chen has promised that he can go to the bottom, then what are they afraid of?
"Fang, I blame you wrong. Chubais apologized in shame, and he apologized for his previous doubts and grievances against Fang Chen.
There is no doubt that Fang Chen is still their best friend and bosom friend.
Looking at the ashamed faces of the two, Fang Chen had to say that the two were still too young, and the reason why he did this was not as high-sounding as he said on the surface, but he didn't want to offend Rudskoi and Khasbulatov at the same time, the two Russian bigwigs ranked second and third.
After all, he is a businessman, and for such an existence, if he can not be guilty of death, he must not be guilty of death.
Although I have been offended before, there is still a certain gap between it and offended death.
He didn't want to provoke these two bigwigs to attack him specifically, so as to test how much Yeltsin valued him.
Although he is a pawn, he still tries his best to avoid the fate of the pawn.
And, the most important thing is that once this kind of dark box operation is exposed, he can't whitewash himself even if he has eighteen mouths all over his body, if he can, Fang Chen still cherishes his feathers.
Besides, he has such a way to get the best of both worlds, why not?
After chatting for a while, Fang Chen determined the specific matters, and then advanced the auction time and left.
In less than half a month, it will be a banquet of Lingnan Science and Technology, and he really doesn't have time to stay in Russia longer.