14 October 1992

On this day, the Yeltsin government officially announced the order that fixed assets such as land and houses could be sold, and Jia Lei finally breathed a sigh of relief, of course, the most important thing is that Jia Lei received a long-awaited piece of good news. small says .

"My dear partner, the state is going to re-evaluate all enterprises today, and I think the valuation of our steel plant will be much lower than last time. Director Geldarsky said to Jia Lei.

"This is really good news!" Jia Lei nodded happily in agreement.

"As soon as I got the news, I was ready to go to the auction in December, when we had to buy the rest of the shares in the steel mill. Said Director Gaildowski.

"Of course, I've been planning for this for half a year, and I won't make a mistake in the last step, we just need to get through the last two months. Jia Lei nodded and said.

"Oh, what are your plans for the next two months?" asked Director Geldarsky.

"My recent plan is to return to China for a while!" Jia Lei replied.

"Why did you go back to China?" asked Director Geldarsky in surprise.

"Recently, the law and order in Moscow has not been very good, and there have been demonstrations, speeches and riots everywhere, and the struggle between the Russian and communist parties has entered a white heat. Yeltsin confiscated the foundation building of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev two days ago, and now the two sides are scolding the Congress. Jia Lei said.

"I've also heard about this, and as soon as the news came out, the ruble directly depreciated by more than 100 yuan!" said the director of the Geldarsky factory, with a sigh.

"Did you hear the gunshots outside?" asked Jia Lei as he walked out of the door with his big brother.

"I hear you!" said Director Gaildowski with a nod.

"Yeltsin's backyard also caught fire, and now Moscow is full of people from the opposition and the NR. They wanted Yeltsin and Mr. Gaidar, who had privatized him, to step down, and the streets were already in chaos with the recent shootings and bombings in Moscow. If I don't leave, my personal safety will be in question!" Jia Lei said helplessly.

"Oh, then you should get out of Moscow quickly, and if nothing happens to you, then our plan is over." Director Gairdorski immediately said worriedly.

"Of course I know that, that's why I made this call to you before I left. Jia Lei nodded and said.

After Jia Lei put down the phone, he called everyone he had in Moscow for a meeting.

"The situation in Moscow has been so chaotic lately that the official exchange rate of the ruble has fallen from 210 rubles per dollar per dollar on September 1 to 334 rubles per dollar now, and it has fallen by 124 rubles in just over a month. Even if I have increased the commission to 30%, I still can't withstand such a rapid depreciation of the ruble. So I'm going to close the banks in Moscow for a long holiday. Jia Lei said.

"I support the temporary closure of the bank, but there is no need for a long vacation, right? The business of our travel agency has always been very good, especially recently, many people from the Communist Party of the former Soviet Union have been consulting us about immigration!"

"No matter how much money you earn, you have to spend your life, right? It's so chaotic outside, it's not a demonstration and riot like a demonstration! If you stay here, I'm worried about everyone's safety!" Jia Lei said with a frown.

The memory of Jia Lei's previous life told him that there would be many bombings in Moscow during this period of time, and Jia Lei didn't want his own people to die here.

"The boss is right! I can hear gunshots every day these days, and I can't sleep at night. Pete nodded hurriedly.

If it weren't for the huge year-end bonus that was about to arrive, Pete would have run back to New York a long time ago.

"I know a lot of people in the government, and I heard that they have been making trouble with the president and the general manager recently, and they want to get the two of them out of office! There will definitely be chaos on the streets for such a big thing, so I want everyone to leave now. Don't be like last December, when those who stayed in Moscow couldn't get out if they wanted to!," Jia Lei recalled.

As soon as Jia Lei mentioned the incident in December last year, all the people in the house had a cold war, and the days of no gasoline, no food, and riots in the whole city were simply terrible.

What's even more terrifying is that even the airport is grounded, and you can't run back to the country if you want to!

"Okay, we'll pack up and hand over right away. Tomorrow after everything is done, we will book a plane ticket and leave!" Novan immediately nodded.

"Actually, the travel agency can continue to open, you can use the telephone remote command after you return to country D, anyway, the local employees in Moscow can't leave, just let them continue to work." Inform everyone that they can get double pay and take time off at any time! We will definitely not start work again in November, and as for when we will go to work again in December, I will inform you again!" Jia Lei thought about it and said, and the others immediately said that they knew.

"I hate politics the most, just because those politicians make trouble every day, and I can't do a good business!" Jia Lei said angrily.

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"Xia Fatty, you put up a sign to inform us, we will be open for another day tomorrow, and we will return to China the day after tomorrow! Let those Chinese people in Moscow who want to exchange rubles come over and change them quickly, and there will be no one here when it is late." Jia Lei walked to the ruble exchange point and said.

"Hey, I knew that sooner or later there would be such a day, and I wanted to go back as soon as the ruble fell below 300 last time. The money we have worked so hard for a month, as soon as the ruble exchange rate falls, we lose it all in one day. Xia Fatzi said helplessly.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I didn't open this ruble exchange point to make money! Now I have to charge 30% of the handling fee for everyone to exchange rubles, and I don't know what I'm going to be scolded for when I return home." It's okay to close it!" Jia Lei said.

"Oh, where are you closing? Now you have the lowest handling fee in the whole of Moscow, and the handling fee on the black market is completely based on the depreciation rate of the ruble. Now the depreciation rate of the ruble has reached 62 percent, and the black market price of the ruble will reach 1:400! The exchange rate of rubles in your house is only 90 rubles higher than the official exchange rate, and no one on the black market is more than 100 rubles!" said a Huaxia inverted master who was exchanging yuan.

"If we don't close the door, we can't afford to lose money! You see the chaos outside, I guess this ruble will have to fall! I will lose 100 rubles if I charge 100 rubles more, I really can't afford to lose money! Wait, everyone, when the exchange rate is stable, we will reopen the door. Jia Lei said helplessly.

"In that case, then I'll hurry back and call the fellow villagers to exchange for RMB. Otherwise, when you leave, it will be even more difficult for us to exchange dollars!"

"Jia Lei, why don't you close the door today? You have to know that if you do this, you will lose a lot of money tomorrow? As soon as he went back, he said that many people would definitely come tomorrow to exchange rubles for yuan!" said Xia Fatzi with a frown.

"It's okay, I can spend all these rubles right away! I can't lose it!" Jia Lei shook his head and said.

Anyway, there are not many other steel mills in Russia, Jia Lei is ready to use all this money to buy steel, you must know that this month the country finally liberalized the price of steel.

The price of rebar in the domestic market has exceeded 3,000 yuan a ton, and the price of cold-rolled plate has exceeded 3,500 yuan a ton.

On October 20, 1992, the official exchange rate of the ruble fell again, and the exchange rate of the dollar against the ruble fell below the floor price of 1:350 and fell directly to 1 dollar to 368 rubles.

Jia Lei's move to close his doors and close his business was extremely correct, and what made Jia Lei even more fortunate was that on October 20 and 21, 1992, explosions occurred in various parts of Russia, causing a total of 10 deaths, 33 injuries, and 2 missing.

On the 21st, an explosion also occurred in the office building of the Irkutsk Regional Internal Affairs Service, destroying the floor partitions and part of the walls of four floors, killing 9 people, injuring 5 people, and missing 2 people.

If Jia Lei was staying in country E with people, he would probably be injured.

*****

Jia Lei came back by train this time, because he took a temporary freight train this time, and the car was full of goods that Jia Lei bought from country E.

However, Jia Lei left the four Russian bodyguards in Moscow to continue to collect privatization securities, after all, this thing will be of great use in the future.

Jia Lei didn't expect that when he changed the wheel at Zabaikalsk Station, he would be targeted!

"Dude, I see you're pulling steel and fertilizer on this truck, where are you going?" asked a thin man.

"It's not decided! This is our boss just got it from Russia, and we haven't found a home yet!" Xia Fatzi took the cigarette and said.

"Steel is not easy to get! There is a shortage of everything in the country now, and the price has risen to the sky. But Lao Maozi's wagons and customs here can't be handled by ordinary people, and the domestic wagons are even more nervous, and ordinary people can't pull back the steel when they buy it!" said the thin man with envy at the goods on the car.

"Hehe! Our boss is hard-working, and he is easy to use at home and abroad! There are also people in the customs of country E, and no one dares to detain his goods. Xia Fatzi said proudly.

"Brother, I have a few big customers who also want to buy steel, why don't you help me and your boss inquire about the price?" asked the thin man.

"We've been talking for so long, I haven't asked you your surname, do you have a business card, give one to your brother!"

"My brother's surname is Xia, and his name is Xia! I didn't have a business card with me, so I'll give it to you next time." Summer said with a smile.

"Hehe! Let's talk about buying steel next time!"

"What the hell! I smoked a cigarette in vain, and I didn't even say anything about my surname. Summer rolled her eyes and said.

"Who was that just now?" Jia Lei asked Xia Fatzi curiously.

"It's nothing, it's just a little man on the border line. This kind of person has a lot of things to do in Manchuria, so they make a few small bucks by sewing big bags on both sides, and they don't even have a business card, and they look like they have just entered the industry. With a big deal like ours, how can someone who can take over it have to take a big brother in their hands, right?" said Xia Fatzi with a smile.

"Come on, what can a big brother prove! That thing can't even afford a train wheel, our truckload is worth a lot of money, don't be deceived." Jia Lei shook his head and said, there are a lot of liars in these years.

"Hey, I'm not worried about you, you have returned home with so many goods, and you don't even have a home, am I not in a hurry?" said Xia Fatzi worriedly.

"What are you anxious about, there are people rushing to ask for my goods when they arrive, I am not in a hurry to settle down just to find a person with the highest bid to sell! Jia Lei said indifferently.

Although Mayor Zhao can eat all this batch of goods, Jia Lei doesn't really want to buy it for him, because the government procurement price is much lower than the market price.

The price of a ton of steel is 100 yuan lower, 2,000 tons is 200,000 yuan, and Jia Lei earned 200 yuan less per ton of goods last time.

Afterwards, Jia Lei wanted to vomit blood when he thought about it!

Who said that the government's money is easy to earn, Jia Lei didn't earn the highest price even if he fought his father?

It is really too big in China, and the price of steel in each province is different.

Jia Lei, they were chatting here, and Xia, who had spoken to Xia Fatzi just now, rolled his eyes at this time, and a ghost idea came up.

"Huh...... In this world, steel is not the only one that can sell for money, and news can also sell for money!" said Xia very proudly, and then he immediately returned to Manchuria on the other side.

*****

Manchuria in '92 is much more lively than last year, since the state came out with a tax-free policy this year, businessmen from all over the world have come to Manchuria to do business.

In the summer, he found a big hotel and walked in, and he also went into the bar and ordered the most expensive wine to drink.

"Brother Li, you're here, I'm here!" said Summer, beckoning to a man who had just entered the door.

"Did you call me for something in the summer?" asked Brother Li.

"I was able to enter this industry thanks to your care, Brother Li, so I was the first to think of you as soon as I had something good today. Summer hurriedly said.

"Oh, you kid can still think of me, I want to hear what good things you have?" asked Brother Li.

"Of course it's a good thing, if it's a trivial matter, how dare I disturb your brother and you. I just found 2,000 tons of steel and more than 1,000 tons of fertilizer over there!" said Xia particularly excitedly.

As soon as he said this, the whole bar fell silent, and the people in the neighborhood looked to Summer.

"You dead boy! I drank too much yesterday, what are you talking about! Let's go, go back to sleep with my brother, and get some rest. Brother Li glanced at the surrounding scene and said immediately.

Then he quickly took Summer's head in his arms, covered his mouth with his hand, and tried to take Summer out of the bar.

"You haven't paid yet?" shouted the bartender.

"You don't have to look for it!" Brother Li took out 100 yuan and threw it over.

"Hmm...... I haven't drunk the wine yet......" Summer cried out.

"Don't make a noise now, I'll invite you to a hundred glasses of wine in the future, okay?" Brother Li whispered close to Summer's ear.

Summer stopped struggling, and the two of them quickly left the bar.

"You guys follow!" said several people in the bar at once, looking at their backs, to their bodyguards and men.