Chapter 617: Yang Mou

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Instead of going home, Hordokovsky and Chudakar returned to the offices of Hordokovsky, a private bank in Menajet. As soon as he entered the door, Hordokovsky handed over the list that Fang Mingyuan had given him to his secretary Anne, and asked her to arrange for someone to immediately investigate the current situation of these enterprises.

On the way back, the two of them, who had already read the list carefully, sat in Hordokovsky's office, and their minds were overturned, and all kinds of thoughts came and went like marquees.

"Mihai, do you think there will be some kind of conspiracy in this?" Chudakar couldn't help but say. There is an old saying in Huaxia that if you have nothing to do, you will be a thief. In Russia, naturally, there is a similar statement. The conditions for the cooperation proposed by Fang Mingyuan this time are too generous, and Chudakar always feels that there is something wrong with it after thinking about it along the way.

"Antosha, what do you say is the plot in this?" Hordokovsky asked rhetorically.

"I don't see anything, but don't you think it's too generous? Most of the risk is borne by him, and we just need to find an oil company with an annual output of more than 50 million tons to buy it and persuade the government to agree to build the pipeline." If it's difficult, it's difficult to say that we can buy such a large oil company," Chudakar shook his head.

In Russia, the exchange of crude oil exports has been around since the Soviet era, and it is not too difficult to build an oil pipeline as long as it can get permission from the relevant authorities. A company with an annual output of 50 million tons of crude oil is more troublesome, and the oil companies that can have such a large output are all state-owned enterprises.

"It's not a difficult thing to do, we can buy an oil company and then acquire other companies in China. Besides, state-owned enterprises are not impossible to acquire. Khodorkovsky said softly. He could understand Chudakar's mood, indeed, such generous conditions were really exciting, but he couldn't help but wonder, what was the other party trying to do, what was it for, and what could make Fang Mingyuan willing to pay such a big price?

"The problem is here, I just can't figure out what he wants, I always have some empty dàngdàng in my heart, not solid. Chudakar said in chagrin.

"Perhaps...... He just wants to transport Russian crude oil to China," Khordokovsky said softly.

"50 million tons a year, 1 billion tons in 20 years, this is not water, this is crude oil, even if it is all according to the current price of crude oil in the international market, the total amount will probably exceed 100 billion US dollars, such a large amount, China itself is not without oil fields, how can it be used up?" Chudakar said with a look of disbelief, "If it is Japanese, I can understand." ”

"Antosha, if this offer is put on the table of those people, do you think they will refuse?" Hordokovsky sighed lightly, Chudakar is a haode partner and a haode manager, but sometimes, he lacks courage. In life, sometimes, there is blood to gamble. If he hadn't taken the risk of establishing a cooperative in those days, how could he have today's private bank in Menajet.

Chudakar groaned for a long time, sighed, and slumped into his chair. He understood what Hordokovsky meant, if he said that he did not accept this condition, then Fang Mingyuan could completely find other people in the country, and those people would refuse such a generous condition? No, they would not hesitate to agree to those guys, but one by one, like the greedy wolf, they would never open their mouths when they stopped the food. With such a promising cooperation, they will fight to the death for it. If all goes well, then he and Khodorkovsky will become the laughing stock of everyone's mouths, because the great opportunity has fallen in front of them, and they have missed such a rare opportunity because they are afraid.

Chudakar suddenly thought that if it weren't for the fact that it wasn't for the fact that it was a relatively sensitive business field like an oil company and a big deal like an annual export of 50 million tons, Fang Mingyuan probably wouldn't need to cooperate with Khodorkovsky at all, and it could be completed by Aso Kazuki. Although there are many factories, enterprises and mines acquired by Aso Kazuki before, and the value is quite huge, but because they are scattered in many business fields, and their share in each field is nothing, the Russian government is not afraid, but if Aso Kazuki has an oil company that exports 50 million tons of crude oil annually, I am afraid that the Russian government will not tolerate her.

"According to the Chinese people, this should be called a yang scheme, that is, an upright plan, so that you can't say no at all. Khodorkovsky shook his head and continued, "It's not just that I can't say no, but I don't have the heart to bargain with him." You know, at the moment he made the conditions, I only had 'yes' or 'disagree' in my heart? In fact, for the Russian oil industry, Hordokovsky has long intended to intervene, but after the acquisition of many enterprises, the Menajet Private Bank has not had much activity funds in its hands, and secondly, it also needs time to digest these acquired enterprises, so it has not reached out for the time being. Now that Fang Mingyuan has given him such an opportunity, how can he not be tempted?

Chudakar waved his hand with a wry smile and said, "You are better than me, I didn't even have the idea of refusing at that time." I can't wait to sign a formal contract with him right away."

"Therefore, we don't have the confidence to refuse this proposal at all, this Fang Mingyuan is not simple, we have no choice but to use money to smash it" Hordokovsky is not worried at all about whether Fang Mingyuan can come up with this money, Nikolaysky and Aso Kazuki can sit there, which has completely proved his financial strength. If even Nikolaysky and Aso Kazuki were deceived, then it is not surprising that he Hordokovsky planted this heel. Moreover, the list that Fang Mingyuan threw to him, while he read it, he also roughly estimated it in his heart, and the total value exceeded 400 million US dollars. A scammer who made a deal of $400 million, and the money was still in the private bank of Menajet, who would believe it?

"Do you say that he is the representative of the official Huaxia government?" Although Fang Mingyuan had already denied it once at that time, Chudakar still felt that it was not guaranteed.

"If he is the representative of the official Huaxia government, then what can he do? Has Moscow banned the export of crude oil to the Chinese government?" Hordokovsky gave Chudakar a roll of the eyes, if Fang Mingyuan is really the representative of the official Huaxia government, then this matter is easier to handle, and the support of the government is more powerful than the individual. Although the average salary of the Chinese people is not high, their overall gross national product is quite large.

Chudakar laughed twice, yes, Moscow does not prohibit the export of crude oil to China, and when the government's finances are tight now, if you can increase the export of crude oil to China and sell tens of millions of tons of crude oil, I am afraid that President Yeltsin will give you a medal.

Hordokovsky held his chin with both hands, his eyes were a little clueless, Fang Mingyuan's hand seemed reckless, but in fact pushed Hordokovsky into a dead end, now he only has the choice of "agree" and "not agree", if he wants to add the content that is beneficial to the other party Mingyuan in the conditions, it is estimated that there is no problem; This piece of pie that fell from the sky has never had anything to do with him.

Fang Mingyuan's itinerary the next day was to go to Moscow's Red Square, not that he hadn't been here, but to see the Gum's department store in Moscow.

The Gum, the largest department store in Moscow, is one of the most fashionable leisure and shopping places in Moscow. The three-row, three-storey verandah mall covers an area of nearly 25,000 square meters, and the number of shops is staggering. It is also one of the most expensive shops in Russia, and the people who come to buy things are the richest people in Russia. The upper part of the third floor of the mall is a 400-meter-long curved glass roof. The elaborate roof is made of iron and glass, resembling a 19th-century railway station. It is also one of the largest department stores in Europe, one of the ten department stores known in Shijie, located just across from Lenin's tomb on Red Square. It was opened in 13 years, and was inaugurated by the then Tsar Alexander III himself, and it has been a full hundred years.

It is more like a palace than a shop, with a beige building in the classical European style and a magnificent church next to it harmoniously forming a beautiful scenery on Red Square. Spread over three floors, the Gum Department Store is made up of more than 1,000 specialty stores, offering a wide range of Russian porcelain, handicrafts, clothing, department stores and other goods, as well as a wide variety of imported goods. Over the years, Gum has been invincible with its immensity and completeness, and even after experiencing economic depressions, it has resiliently tǐng.

"Fang, do you see that fountain, many Muscovites use the Gum department store as a date spot, as long as you say see you by the fountain, generally everyone will not recognize the wrong place. Aso Xiangyue took Fang Mingyuan's arm and pointed to the distance. Fang Mingyuan could feel his elbow resting on her plump peat. Of course, the two of them have a heart, and they enjoy each other's warmth like this. Fortunately, Lin Rong came to Moscow with Fang Mingyuan for the first time, and the completely different style from Huaxia made her feel confused, and she couldn't take care of her duties as a secretary for the time being.

"Are there any shops owned by Chinese people?" Fang Mingyuan asked softly, he noticed that after walking around the Gummer department store, the vast majority of the stores he saw were from Europe and the United States, and the few that looked like Asians were also from Japan and South Korea. And he didn't see a brand from Huaxia.

Fang, it may be very unpleasant to say this, but the fact is that Huaxia goods are in Moscow, and they can only be bought in those middle and low-level shopping malls, and it is difficult to see them in the Gum department store. Aso Kazuki hesitated. This answer was not unexpected by Fang Mingyuan, but it still sounded a little unpleasant.

"Fang, I heard that General Manager Sun is interested in pushing Carrefour Supermarket to Moscow?" asked Aso Kazuki.

"Well, it does. Fang Mingyuan nodded. When he learned that he was coming to Moscow, Sun Zhaolun really asked him to inspect the shop industry in Moscow when he had free time to see if it was possible to open the first foreign branch of Carrefour supermarket in Moscow, the capital of Russia.

Today's Carrefour supermarkets have ensured that there is at least one large-scale Carrefour supermarket in each city in the first-tier cities in China, and it is developing into second- and third-tier cities. Sun Zhaolun is not satisfied, only to be a supermarket chain based on the domestic market, so how to expand overseas markets has been put on the company's agenda.

The United States and Europe are not in Sun Zhaolun's consideration for the time being, after all, it is the base camp of the Vorma Group and the Carrefour Group, and it is not easy for Carrefour Supermarket, which has been established for less than ten years, to gain a firm foothold there. Therefore, the market of neighboring countries is Sun Zhaolun's first choice.

Sun Zhaolun had considered Southeast Asia, Japan and Russia, and as for South Korea, he had thought about it, but Fang Mingyuan was not interested in it at all. Everyone discussed and discussed, and finally reached a consensus that for the time being, they would either go south or go north.

Going south into Southeast Asian countries, Fang Mingyuan has no opinion, but considering that it will be the time when the Southeast Asian financial crisis breaks out in a few years, followed by the turmoil in Indonesia, it is not a good time to rush south.

Going north to Russia made Fang Mingyuan a little tempted. Although it is said that the Southeast Asian financial crisis in a few years will also affect Russia, after all, it is not as messy as Southeast Asian countries lost. Moreover, as a country straddling the Eurasian continent, Russia still has a lot of influence on Central Asian and Eastern European countries. Moreover, for Russia, which is now in a period of economic transition, there is still a large market for Chinese goods. If Carrefour supermarket branches can gain a firm foothold in Russia, and then gradually penetrate into Central and Eastern European countries, and eventually enter Western European countries, this is a feasible way.

Moreover, Fang Mingyuan was angry about the fact that Huaxia goods originally occupied a considerable market share in Russia in his previous life, but because of the rampant counterfeit and shoddy products, his own brand was damaged. You must know that after 2,000 years, due to the skyrocketing price of Shijie crude oil, the living standards of Russians have also improved significantly, and their consumption power should not be underestimated, and the Chinese people's eagerness for quick success has ruined a market that has been occupied.

So this time he came to Moscow, he wanted to take a look at the business situation in Moscow.