Chapter Eighty-Three: The Old Ruble Is Still Accepted
"The old ruble can still be used in the Cherv market! The old ruble can still be used to buy Chinese goods in the Cherv market!"
The short and clear words reached everyone's ears with the radio on the propaganda van, causing everyone's eyes to widen.
All the North Russians on the streets of Grad looked at each other, because they had just heard the order on the radio that Mr. President was going to abolish the old ruble, and now the Cherf market is advertising that the old ruble will continue to be traded, are those Chinese crazy? Isn't this equivalent to giving away goods for nothing?
"Whether it's true or not, I must go and see, I can't let these useless old rubles fall into my hands, I have to buy a new dress for my grandson!"
Suddenly, someone shouted, this person was the old lady from North Russia who had sold the canned food just now, she packed up her stall and ran towards the Cherf market, but in fact, she didn't come out with anything today, so she quickly packed up and left.
Seeing that this old lady took the lead, the others reacted, and someone said: "That's right, since the Cherf market is so promoted, whether it is true or not, we have to go over and take a look, otherwise these old rubles in our hands will really become waste paper, it is better to exchange something real when it can be used, and now there are only those Chinese in the Cherf market in the entire Chrisco who still have something to sell!"
Led by these people, many people came to Cherf Market, and by the time they arrived, Cherf Market was already overcrowded.
The old lady of North Russia stood at the door and was stunned for a while, and then immediately grabbed a passer-by and asked him: "Is it really possible to buy things in the old ruble here?" Didn't you say that the old ruble should be abolished?"
"Of course, you can buy things in old rubles here, I just bought them, don't pull me, I'm going back to tell my friend." ”
The man left a word to the old lady, and left immediately, the old lady of Northern Russia looked at the back of his departure, and seemed to be a little incredulous, but at this time, another radio voice with an echo sounded, and she looked over blankly, only to see that a stage was set up at the entrance of the market, and several Chinese were standing on the stage and saying something below.
These Chinese are naturally Zhou Ming and Li Chengtonghua, as well as their translator Karelina.
Zhou Ming stood on the stage and shouted to the bottom with a loudspeaker: "Hello friends from North Russia, I am Zhou Ming, many of you may have heard my name, I am a Chinese merchant who transported 10,000 tons of daily necessities to the Cherf market to sell. ”
At this moment, someone immediately shouted: "Of course I know you, but now the president has issued an order saying that the old ruble will be abolished, but you say that the old ruble can still be bought here, right?"
"Of course you can!" replied Zhou Ming loudly.
The crowd below was in an uproar, everyone had a look of surprise and disbelief, everyone was discussing why Zhou Ming did this, obviously the old ruble was useless, why should it be used here, but their discussion was destined to be fruitless.
At this time, Zhou Ming spoke again on the stage, he first made gestures for everyone to be quiet first, and after the silence below, Zhou Ming continued to speak: "Superpower, what a loud name, once upon a time you were all the envy of the whole world, because you are all the masters of a superpower, you dominate the country, you use your own hands to create the prosperity of this country, you are the proudest people in the world!"
Zhou Ming's words attracted everyone's attention, but when the following North Russians recalled their pride and glory because of Zhou Ming's words.
But Zhou Ming then changed his words and continued: "But now, as some people abandon their original beliefs, this country is getting worse and worse, and even now even the ruble you used to use is being discarded, this is a betrayal, a betrayal of you to this country and the nation!"
Zhou Ming raised his fist and shouted below, and the Northern Russians below also shouted loudly with Zhou Ming.
After mobilizing the feelings of these Northern Russians, Zhou Ming changed the conversation and said: "Although someone has turned their backs on you, we are still here, and we will still help you!"
"Maybe you have forgotten jì, but we will not forget, once upon a time we were all in the same red camp, once upon a time you also supported the construction of our motherland, so now we are back, when you are most in danger, when your leaders have turned their backs on you, we have not left, we are still using our practical actions to prove that we Chinese are all conscientious!"
Zhou Ming paused after speaking, and then continued: "I know you will doubt our motives, but it doesn't matter, because real gold is not afraid of fire to refine, as long as we have a clear conscience, as long as we do what we say, as long as we are sincere to you, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Zhou Ming's words shocked all the North Russians below, they really didn't expect this, and someone cried out on the spot: "Chinese, you are our North Russians' eternal friends, our greatest benefactors, we can't forget your kindness!"
The excitement of these Northern Russians is reasonable, because they have only heard the whole broadcast before, saying that the old ruble is going to be invalidated, this news simply makes every Northern Russian despair, because although the ruble has been depreciated before, it is still the common currency in the country after all, and every household still has to have it, but now an order says that it will be abolished, how can they not feel hopeless?
But now, they suddenly heard Zhou Ming say that they would support the old ruble, how could they not feel the last hope?
In their eyes, Zhou Ming and the Chinese in this Cherv market are the saviors of their Northern Russia, who are here to save them, and this transition from extreme sadness to bliss will naturally make them excited.
Facing the excited crowd below, Zhou Ming finally said: "If everyone believes me, then please take everyone's old rubles and go into the market to buy what you need!"
Zhou Ming's words were like the sound of a starting gun, making everyone rush to the market at once.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Ming also breathed a sigh of relief, he looked in the direction of the Mulin Palace, and at this time, he naturally got the news over there.
"Mr. President, there's a new movement in the Cherf Market!"
Kasia, the head of the president's office, hurriedly ran into Nikolavich's office and reported the news to him, and Nikolaich was stunned for the first time after listening to Kasia's report, obviously a little incredulous. He even subconsciously glanced at his desk, if it weren't for the order he signed today, he really had to wonder if he had really issued an order to force the issuance of new rubles.
But since they have already issued an order saying that the old ruble is invalid, what do those Chinese want to do with the old ruble? Could it be that they still think that with those old rubles that have been abolished, they can threaten North Russia?
If it were a different person, Nikolavich would really think that the other party must be in the water of his brain, but now this person is that Zhou Ming, Nikolavich can't think like this, judging from this period of contact, Zhou Ming is very capable, especially his way of thinking, which can always surprise everyone, even if it is Mr. Meta, who is in charge of the Dota Project, doesn't he suffer at his hands?
It is for this reason that Nikolavich wonders if Zhou Ming has other intentions in doing this, and whether he is planning something again.
But now the crux of the matter is that the old ruble has been abolished, and he still has made a restriction on the exchange of the new ruble, if he does not break this limit, even if he Zhou Ming has the ability to reach the sky, he will not be able to turn decay into magic!
Nikolai Vich thought about it until the end, and could only ask his office director in frustration: "Old man, where did your news come from?"
Kasia, of course, understood Nikolavich's intention, and he replied: "Mr. President, as soon as we walk out of the Mlin, we can hear the propaganda trucks sent by the Chinese broadcasting back and forth on the streets of Grad, and now many people have gone to the Cherf market to buy things in order to spend their old rubles." ”
"According to the Cherf Market Enforcement Bureau, today alone, the flow of people in the Cherf Market will exceed 30,000 people, and the security situation there is very severe, and they have already applied to the city for additional manpower. "Not only do these people go to the Cherf market to buy things and pay old rubles, but many of them even set up stalls in front of the market, and they trade in old rubles." ”
Kasia said and gave Nikolavich a careful look and said: "Judging from these circumstances, there is no doubt that the Cherf market is trading old rubles. ”
Nikolavich immediately frowned after hearing this: "What are these Chinese going to do? Could it be that they think that they can replace the new ruble that the North Russian government has forced to replace with the old ruble?"
For Nikolavich's question, Kasia couldn't answer it and didn't know how to answer it, but at this time, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and Nikolavich's corresponding secretary hurriedly ran in and reported to him: "Mr. President has your phone number, it was Mr. Meta calling, he said that there is something very important, it is about the Cherf market, and he must talk to you." ”
Nikolavich immediately made a decision, instructing his secretary: "Get the call in at once." ”
The secretary nodded yes, and then hurried out, Nikolavich sat back in his office chair, and after a while the phone on the desktop rang, he picked it up, and after listening for a moment, he immediately stood up and said in surprise: "What? Mr. Meta, what you said is true? If so, then it will be troublesome!"
Looking at Nikolavich's surprised expression, Cassia, who remained here, widened his eyes, he knew that it must be about those Chinese continuing to trade the old ruble, but what did they come up with?