Chapter Eighty-Nine: Konon's Despair and Hope
Kristol is the capital of the Republic of North Russia, and in the eyes of ordinary people, this former capital of a superpower should be very prosperous, but that is only an ideal, but this is not the case. At this moment, on the streets of Crisco, there are many Northern Russians walking in a daze, they have no direction and no goal, and their eyes are blank like walking corpses.
Conon was also a member of this wandering army, and although his mental condition was extremely dazed, compared to the others, his clothes were still very luxurious, at least not tattered, and he could still maintain a certain amount of neatness.
Conon is like this because some of his experiences are different from others, after all, in the past month or so of economic turmoil in North Russia, Conon has enriched his life experience.
The first is that he inexplicably grasped hundreds of millions of rubles, although the money was not his, and he did not have the right to invest this money privately, but he could master such a large sum of money, and he could shout at the counter in the securities company that 500 million rubles were sold for 500 million, which was enough for him to blow for a year, not to mention that his supervisor gave him a large sum of money in private.
It was with this money that he did not live so miserably when the ruble plummeted again, and it was only when President Nikolaevich announced two days ago that he would abolish the old ruble, he was confused again.
The reason is very simple, that is, all the money in his hands is the old ruble, and now the old ruble is about to be invalidated, so what can he do with the money in his hand?
"Why can't we use a good ruble? This ruble is what we have been using since we were born! We use the old ruble for shopping and eating, so why don't we use it now? What can we do with all this money in our hands? Isn't the current government authorities killing people and driving us to a dead end? I think that we, as the masters of this country, cannot be so indifferent, we must do something!"
At a fork in the street, someone shouted loudly at the horn, and there was a very large crowd there, and everyone was at a loss to gather around him, as if his words were the truth.
Conon knew that perhaps it was another newly formed party recruiting supporters, or simply a trick by foreign companies to defraud labor, and they were trying to trick people into working abroad by promising wishes to paint a bright future for the already desperate Russians.
These Conon have seen too much during this time, and even his sister got on a ship to go abroad yesterday, according to the description of the foreign company, it was going to the United States, but in fact Conon knew the sign of the ship, which was the sign of the Dutch company, maybe one day if he had the opportunity to go to the Netherlands, he could find his sister who was deceived into going abroad in some erosive bar.
Conon understands his sister very well, and he also understands that his sister really has no choice, although he made a lot of money from a windfall before, but with the abolition of the old ruble, his money has become a piece of waste paper, and the family has become poor again.
In addition to these, the closure of securities companies is also very important, because with the experience of mastering 500 million rubles last time, he also has a certain understanding of the capital market, so after he got his own remuneration, he also began to learn to speculate in stocks and do foreign exchange, and also made a lot of money with the market, but who knew that the securities market was suddenly shut down the day before yesterday, and he couldn't take out the money he put in the market.
Sometimes Conon really wants to cry out loud, why does this society want to eat people like this, and force them all to a dead end?
A newspaper floated in the wind and smashed on Conon's face, Conon took it off, looked at it subconsciously and then immediately tore the newspaper to shreds, because he saw that in the newspaper, there was a so-called economist who was singing praises to the current abolition of the old ruble and the replacement of the new ruble, saying that this was a major decision of Mr. President and a move to save the economy of North Russia.
"These bastards are simply blind to their eyes!" Conon scolded, "How many people in Chrisco's hands have turned their money into waste paper overnight, and how many people are going bankrupt, can't these people see it?
"And the securities company too, why did Nikolavich shut him down, is this Mr. President really a spy sent by the West, and the purpose is to subvert our country?"
Conon stopped scolding for a while, because he knew that it was useless for him to insult here, no one would hear it at all, and no one but God would come to help him, to help these Northern Russians who were as poor as himself on the street, but could there really be such people?
Conone asked himself this question in his heart, and he knew very well that the answer was disappointing to the point of despair, when he heard someone calling him, he turned his head to look, and saw a very ordinary Volga car parked not far away, and his supervisor was waving to him at the window.
This shocked Conong, and he immediately ran over and said, "I'm sorry, the leader is sorry, I came out today for something very important......
Before Kenong finished speaking, his supervisor said: "I will talk about your absenteeism later, but there is still a very important task to be handed over to you, you get in the car and come with me first." ”
After speaking, he opened the car door, and Conone was stunned for a moment when he watched the actions of his boss, and he didn't react at all at first, until his leader frowned and repeated it again, he suddenly reacted, and then immediately happily got into the car.
How could Conon not be happy, because he remembered the last time his supervisor looked for him, it was when he first came into contact with 500 million rubles.
Could it be that this time it is still the case? But hasn't the securities company been shut down now?
"Leader, what is the matter with me this time? Do you want me to make 500 million rubles again? I heard that the exchange rate of the new ruble issued by the central government is much higher than before, so it will definitely give me more money this time, right?"
Conon asked his leader, but his leader glared at him dissatisfiedly and said, "Why are you asking so much? Anyway, if you go with you, I won't be able to treat you!"
The hot face was attached to the cold ass, and Conon touched his nose at the leader, but this did not hinder his excitement, after all, they are all big people, they must have a higher vision than themselves, they must think longer than themselves, and the channels are richer than themselves, so why do they do so much care? Anyway, they don't calculate that they are a little person who has nothing.
It was with such an idea that Conon patiently rode the car all the way to the Cherf Market, and the car stopped at the door of the café opposite the market, and Conon followed the leader into the café and came to a position by the window.
"Chairman, I've brought someone to you. ”
The leader in charge of Kenong first asked Kenong to stand up, and then reported to the person sitting there, and with the leader's report, Kenong also understood the identity of the other party.
That is, Mr. Ilbedov, the chairman of the Union Bank, is now the richest man in the whole of North Russia, so are the few Chinese next to him the promoters behind the last incident?
Conon remembered that he had seen the gentleman named Zhou Ming last time, if there was only one Chinese there, Conon was sure that he could recognize it, but now there are four Chinese here, Conon sees that their faces are basically the same, and there is no way to identify them.
After listening to the report, Ilbedov smiled and asked Conon to sit down, then turned to the youngest Chinese next to him and said, "Mr. Zhou Ming, this is the Conon from last time." ”
Listening to Ilbedov's words, Conon felt his heart beat a few times, and at the same time he looked at Zhou Ming intently, and Conon could feel his pupils dilating, because he was really excited.
Yes, this is Zhou Ming, the real big boss behind the scenes who paid 500 million rubles to operate for himself last time! I did see him last time, he is so young, he can have such a big fortune, and judging from the tone of Ilbedov's words to him just now, he is also very impressed by the richest man in North Russia, I didn't expect that I would be lucky to meet him today, this is really lucky!
Conon shouted in his heart, his hands trembling uncontrollably, he could imagine that he was going to transfer again today, just like last time!
Zhou Ming looked at Conong's excited appearance, smiled and said to him: "Hello Mr. Conong, my name is Zhou Ming, we may have met somewhere before, but we didn't really know each other, now let's get acquainted again, please don't be so nervous, take it easy." ”
Zhou Ming's words were like magic, reaching Conong's ears, and quickly calmed the excitement in his heart.
Conon took a deep breath and nodded, "Hello Mr. Zhou Ming, I am very honored to meet you!"
"Mr. Conon hopes to do something for me and get a high reward from me, right?" Zhou Ming said.
Being broken by someone, Conon looked a little embarrassed, he smiled dryly, he didn't know what to say, so he could only sit there, rubbing his hands with his head down.
Zhou Ming said at this time: "Mr. Conon, you don't have to be embarrassed, I don't think there is anything to be embarrassed about, after all, the current economic situation in North Russia is like this, it's not good, everyone wants to make money, and this world is material and profitable, no one is a saint who will always be selfless, and it is natural for Mr. Conon to want to be rewarded." ”
Being enlightened by Zhou Ming like this, Conon was even more embarrassed, but Zhou Ming didn't have so much time to enlighten him here, Zhou Ming then asked him: "But before you talk to Mr. Conon about business, I have something I want to ask you." ”
Conon looked up at Zhou Ming suspiciously, and Zhou Ming asked him, "What do you think about the abolition of the old ruble and the replacement of the new ruble with the new ruble?"
Conon hesitated for a moment, and Zhou Ming encouraged him: "There is no one else here, and we will not pass on your words, Mr. Conong, you can rest assured and boldly say it." ”
"I understand Mr. Zhou Ming," Conone nodded, gritting his teeth and making up his mind, "I think it is a very stupid thing to abolish the old ruble, at least he is a catastrophe for us ordinary Northern Russians!