"Of course, so the price of this oil is likely to continue to fall, and Rosneft's life will get more and more difficult, so I don't think it's the best time to intervene. Brother Wenjie, if you and your friends really want to invest in Russian oil fields, I think you might as well wait a little longer, and only when they are at the end of their rope can they get the greatest benefits. ”

Ma Wenjie lowered his head and thought for a while, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Li Rui's words made sense, he looked up at Li Rui in some surprise, and praised with a "tsk" in his mouth: "Li Rui, Li Rui, I found that I really underestimated you before, but I didn't expect you to be able to see so many famous names in just a few magazines in Hong Kong, you are really ashamed to make me, a person who runs in Russia all year round!" Well, your analysis is very reasonable, according to the current situation, it is indeed not the best time, I will have to discuss it with them after I go back. ”

Li Rui was secretly proud and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, his words were just those hindsight comments that he saw on the Internet in later generations, but the facts developed as he said. In fact, when it comes to magazines, the mainland has been very strict in controlling the magazines and newspapers brought from Hong Kong in recent years, but it is not difficult for a person of Zhang Zhuoyang's status, Zhang Zhuoyang did bring him a lot of magazines, but most of them are dragons, tigers and leopards.

But since this topic was mentioned, Li Rui couldn't help but want to be pretentious, lit a cigarette, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and continued: "What Americans are best at is economic warfare and financial warfare, when Russia agrees to NATO's eastward expansion, when the price of oil will rise." Once NATO expands eastward, it will be tantamount to choking Russia's neck, and Russia will not be the main opponent of the United States and Western countries at that time. Then it's our turn. ”

Ma Wenjie was still immersed in Li Rui's far-sighted remarks just now, and when he heard his words turn around and talk about his own country, he suddenly asked curiously: "How do you say this?" ”

"Americans have historically shown no mercy to countries that pose political, military, and economic threats to them, and Russia is an example of this. The Plaza Agreement with Japan a few years ago is another example. Now Japan is honest, and when NATO expands eastward, Russia's economy collapses, and its neck is choked again, it will not pose much of a threat. However, with the deepening of reform and opening up, our country's economic development is bound to become faster and faster. Not only will it pose an economic threat to Western countries, but we will be hostile to them in the ideological field, will they watch us rise? A few years ago, they had already made a small move, but they didn't succeed. ”

"So you mean that in the future they will card us on oil supplies? This is unlikely, our country would have been self-sufficient in oil resources, even if it would have developed in the future. There is a bit of a gap, and we will not be finished importing from Russia at all. Could it be that Russia has been so badly cleaned up by these Western countries, and it can still wear a pair of pants? Ma Wenjie said with some incomprehension.

"Hehehe...... Brother Wenjie, then you have underestimated the development potential of our country. Although our country's GDP is less than a fraction of that of the United States, I believe that there will definitely be a great development in the next ten years, and maybe one day we will be able to catch up with the United States. Li Rui said with a smile.

Ma Wenjie obviously looked unconvinced, and said, "How is it possible." Our current GDP is only more than 400 billion US dollars, and the United States has already reached 5 trillion yuan. ”

"Then you'll see." Li Rui shook his head and didn't argue with him, now look at this is indeed a bit fantastical, but in fact, China's GDP has gone from more than 400 billion US dollars now to the last 5 trillion US dollars, it has indeed only taken less than 20 years, and Li Rui remembers that he had reached this goal in his previous life. Of course, the quality is another matter, but it was already the second largest economy in the world, and it was saving the capitalist world from economic crisis.

"In any case, the prospects for our country's economic development are very good. In the future, cars will be able to enter ordinary people's homes, and the future demand for oil may be several times that of now, dozens of times or even hundreds of times, we are developing, and other countries are also developing. The demand for oil is only growing. Besides, when Lao Maozi eases up in the future, he will also be wary of us. Don't forget that they are the only ones in history who have usurped so much land, and they are also afraid that one day our country will become strong and want to ask them to discuss the land that has been usurped. Now that they are doing business with us, there is no way to do it, and now who can they rely on except to be able to do business with us relatively fairly? Even if there are still some small countries, it is only a drop in the bucket. So, Brother Wenjie, even if you invest in oil fields in Russia in the future, you have to be careful and be careful that they play hooligans with you. ”

Ma Wenjie still agreed on this, he nodded and said: "Now the political situation in Russia is also unstable, and the prime minister of the cabinet is changing. Although Vasily spoke to me very sincerely last time, he also had to ......"

"Who? Who did you just say? Li Rui was pouring tea, but when he heard the name Vasily, his hand shook, and the tea in the pot almost fell out of the tea tray, so he hurriedly asked.

"Vasily, oh, this is the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg that I told you just now, his name is Vasily." Ma Wenjie said, he was a little strange why Li Rui reacted so much.

Vasily, isn't that the same Vasily the Great who will lead Russia to revival in the future? That's right, Li Rui had read his resume, and he was indeed the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg in the early nineties. He never expected that Ma Wenjie would actually know this person, and it sounded like the relationship between the two seemed to be good.

Why have you never heard him mention it in your last life? Oh, yes, he said before that he just met Vasily last year, and because of the unexpected death of his uncle last year, Ma Wenjie rushed back from Russia, and then hurriedly ended his business in Russia and returned to China, thus losing his hand with Vasily.

"Li Rui, what's wrong with you?" Ma Wenjie saw Li Rui in a daze, and pushed him.

"Oh." Li Rui hurriedly came to his senses and asked, "Brother Wenjie, how is your relationship with this Vasily?" I just heard you say that it seems good? ”

"He is the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg in charge of foreign trade, in fact, although the former Soviet Union has collapsed. But the operation of their government departments is actually similar to ours. Moreover, our reform and opening up was much earlier than theirs, and they were inferior to us in terms of foreign trade. I used to be in the foreign trade department, so he talked to me more speculatively, and I became familiar with it after going back and forth. In fact, it is the turn of the relationship, how to say it? Probably somewhere between a friend and a client. Ma Wenjie said. Then he asked a little puzzled, "Have you heard of this person too?" ”

"I saw in magazines about this man, who is said to be a new rising figure in Russian politics, and the foreign media spoke highly of him." Li Rui still classifies what he knows from what he sees in magazines.

"Really?" Ma Wenjie was quite surprised, and said with some doubts: "He is a student of Sobchak, the current mayor of St. Petersburg, but Sobchak is having a hard time now, and he is likely to step down in the next election." At that time, it is not certain whether he will be able to become this deputy mayor. Actually, I was a little hesitant at first. If you are not afraid of anything else, you are afraid that you will be replaced when the time comes, and there will be many uncertain factors if you change people. ”

Li Rui blurted out: "As long as you have a good relationship with him, what are you afraid of?" ”

"It depends on the outcome of next year's election, and if he can't even be deputy mayor, what will he do? Could it be that the report you saw still made him quite excited? ”

Li Rui said mysteriously: "It's really godly!" Did you know that he was born in the KGB? ”

Of course, he also told me about his experiences working in East Germany. That's right. He once told me that when Nixon visited the Soviet Union, he temporarily talked to a tourist on Red Square, and guess who that tourist was? It was him, and everyone on Red Square at that time was from their KGB. You say it's funny or not, but now that I think about it, it's similar to ours. Ma Wenjie laughed.

"Do you know that he has a very good relationship with Chubais?" Li Rui continued to ask.

"Who? Chubais? You also read this from a magazine? What magazine? Ma Wenjie was suddenly surprised.

"I don't remember what the magazine was, I also took a casual look at it at the time, and I only remembered when you mentioned this Vasily. I remember that the article not only mentioned that he had a good relationship with Chubais. And they're fellow villagers. Li Rui said nonsense.

"Chubais is now the head of the president's office, and it is said that the president has a lot of trust in him, and he is the third person after the prime minister in terms of real power. If that's the case......" Although Ma Wenjie was a little skeptical, he still fell into deep thought, and only after a while did he raise his head and say: "It's really the first time I've heard the news you said, and I will definitely inquire after I go over this time." However, it is true that Vasily is not the same as other officials, he seems to be quite capable in all aspects, and he has his own opinions, if there is really someone to promote him in the future. Maybe you can go up again. ”

The author of that article seemed to be very optimistic about him, even hailing him as a rising star in Russian politics. In fact, I know him from the article, and I am no more familiar with him than you. If you think he can still go up, you might as well invest in him first and be a friend or something. Once he goes up in the future, then you will be a lot easier to mix with in Russia. Li Rui said with a smile.

"That's right, when you say that, my heart is really a little itchy. In fact, his reputation in Russia is not obvious, which may have something to do with his deliberately low-key. In fact, he is quite to my liking, and I originally thought that even if he couldn't be the deputy mayor in the future, it would be good to be a friend, but now I have some utilitarian colors in my heart when I hear you. ”

Isn't it good to have some utilitarian overtones. Li Rui was secretly thinking in his heart, when people reach the top in a few years, you will know the benefits! However, in his heart, he sincerely hopes that this old friend and big brother, who was his old friend in his previous life, can do a career and live a wonderful life.

It is said that since he was reborn, he has unconsciously changed the fate of many people, and his uncle and Ma Wenjie have their different lives. Fang Qiang, Geng Zhongchen, Ding Junfeng...... The same is still the case, even including Gou Fugui's dog's day, if it weren't for his appearance, he would definitely still be in Nanqiao now.

Ma Wenjie stayed in Qingshanquan Town for a week, arranged the preliminary matters, left his team behind, and went to the capital in a hurry again, supposedly to discuss it with the capital's investment partners. Then fly directly to Russia. As for the construction of the plant, he directly entrusted it to Li Rui. Of course, Li Rui was not polite, it happened that Wu Kangmei and Fang Qiang had just finished the project in the park, and this project worth tens of millions was directly given to them.

Li Rui was not idle during this time. The main reason is that after Shen Weidong won the Changshan Coal Mine, it was very troublesome to renew all kinds of certificates, from the mining license of the Geology and Mineral Resources Bureau, the safety production license of the Coal Management Bureau, the public security, taxation, industry and commerce, environmental protection, and sanitation of the Coal Management Bureau, public security, taxation, industry and commerce, environmental protection, health, and so on. Fortunately, he is now a rising star and a big celebrity in the political arena of Nanqiao, especially the scene at the International Hotel last time. Naturally, there are good deeds to spread the word, and everyone has to look up to him even more. Now that Li Rui took the initiative to say hello, everyone was naturally quite sold. But despite this, it took a whole month to get it done, so it can be seen that if someone else did it. How many guests do you have to give?

On this day, Shen Weidong ran to his office, sat on the sofa, and said with a sigh: "Finally, the last chapter is knocked, and the rest will wait for the approval of the city bureau." ”

For example, the mining license and safety license are issued by the city bureau in principle, but the county bureau basically passes it after review, and generally can directly start production.

"But this time, thanks to your help. Otherwise, I don't know that I have to run to the Year of the Monkey, when my Pingtian Coal Mine applied for a license, it took half a year. If it's okay at night, I'll make an appointment with Shiwei and Lian Sheng to get together together? Shen Weidong continued.

"Okay." Li Rui promised with a smile that it was good news for him to be able to start production, after all, there was still thirty percent of his shares in it.

Then he thought about it and asked, "Zhou Zewen's gang didn't cause you anything in the mine, right?" ”

"That's not true, they are quite self-contained, most of them are veterans, very organized and disciplined, no wonder ......" Shen Weidong stopped halfway through his words. Anyway, everyone understands the following meaning, and there is no need to say more.

Li Rui nodded, finally relieved. casually picked up the cigarette on the table and threw one to Shen Weidong.

Shen Weidong took out a lighter from his trouser pocket, got up and walked to the desk, taking advantage of the opportunity to lean over and light a cigarette for Li Rui. Tentatively asked, "Secretary Li, I heard that you have a good relationship with Mayor Li?" ”

Since his identity was exposed, Li Yifeng has always been very concerned about him, and often makes a phone call to show his concern, once when he called, Shen Weidong happened to be by his side, and Shen Weidong didn't say anything at that time, obviously in his heart.

"It's okay, he cares about me." Shen Weidong is his own person, and Li Rui did not hide it, and replied directly.

Shen Weidong let out an "oh", and then said in a low voice: "We will lose money by relying on the old mine now, Gou Fugui's original newly opened mine road has already seen coal, I went in to see it, it is exactly the same as the photo you took when you investigated him last year, the coal seam is one meter and a half thick." ”

"That's not good, when your coal washing plant is completed in the future, you can completely produce and sell it yourself." Li Rui took a puff of his flue. I didn't understand what he said for a while, and what it had to do with the relationship between him and Li Yifeng.

"So, this thing should not only be done safely but also for a long time, and it is best to get the indicators of new mines. Now the indicators of the new mine are very tight, this year the whole Pengcheng City is no more than ten, I asked someone to inquire, this year's indicators are still two left, next year may be tighter......"

Li Rui understood that Shen Weidong was so enthusiastic about winning the Changshan Coal Mine, and he had the same idea as Gou Fugui. Although the indicators of new mines must first go through the procedures of the county, this is different from the renewal of the certificate, and the decision is still in the Municipal Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, and the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources belongs to the executive vice mayor Li Yifeng. But this matter is quite difficult for him, why Li Yifeng cares about him very much, it is nothing more than seeing the Zhang family behind him, and he feels awkward when he thinks of this.

"Why don't you let Secretary-General Wang say hello to you about this?" Li Rui asked hesitantly.

Shen Weidong saw that Li Rui had the intention of refusing, and hurriedly said: "I told Secretary-General Wang, Secretary-General Wang is also quite embarrassed, and there is a bit of that between him and Mayor Li...... Besides, the director of the Municipal Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources is Mayor Li's hardcore, and no one sells it except Mayor Li, unless it is Secretary Gao and Mayor Cui. Secretary Li, if it weren't for the mistake, I wouldn't have bothered you with this. ”

saw Shen Weidong's face bitter. Li Rui thought about it for a while, and had to say: "Don't say it's troublesome, I also have my shares here." In this case, I will contact Mayor Li's secretary first, and you can go directly to him when the time comes. I'll come forward if there is any problem. ”

Shen Weidong saw that Li Rui had concerns, and while nodding his head, he was also worried that he would not pay attention to this matter, and then said: "Secretary Li, I have already looked at it carefully, if you open three or four new working faces." Coupled with the original old mine, the annual output is at least one million tons, according to the current price of 50 yuan per ton, it is 50 million a year, and the annual profit is nearly 10 million ...... after throwing out all kinds of expenses."

No way! 10 million in this year is not 10 million in 10 or 20 years. He owns 30% of the shares, and the annual dividend reaches 3 million. Rao is Li Rui's previous life, tens of millions of funds often flowed in his hands, and he couldn't help but be moved. The value of money varies depending on the era.

After Shen Weidong left, Li Rui immediately called Dong Qiliang, and Li Rui didn't say anything on the phone, just said that a friend had something to do and wanted to ask him for help.

As Li Yifeng's secretary. Dong Qiliang can receive such calls almost every day, but Li Rui's call made him dare not slack off in the slightest, after all, the domineering that Li Rui showed last time in the good times made him breathtaking, not to mention that his boss is also green eyes for Li Rui now. promised again and again, and said that Li Rui's friends could go to him at any time.

I don't know if Dong Qiliang did this matter himself or if Mayor Li personally gave instructions after he asked Li Yifeng for instructions, anyway, Shen Weidong's permit to open a new mine was done surprisingly quickly, and the permit came down in less than half a month.

Afterwards, Dong Qiliang also made a special call to Li Rui, listening to his tone on the phone, it seemed that Shen Weidong was quite generous. He is also happy to be friends with local tyrants like Shen Weidong. However, whether it was the last renewal or this new one, Shen Weidong never confided to Li Rui how much money he spent. Li Rui is quite satisfied with this, this kind of thing Shen Weidong even keeps it secret from himself, which shows his professional ethics and truly one-on-one. I don't tell my parents, I don't tell my wife and children. Otherwise, Li Rui might still have to worry about his deal with him, and he would have to say the same.

During this time, the projects were progressing smoothly, Cui Yongheng estimated that he completely accepted his fate and did not dare to make trouble in secret, and the demolition in the town did not have any major fluctuations, of course, small noises were inevitable, but fortunately, Wang Bin could handle it well, and it was not troublesome for Li Rui. It's been a very comfortable time.

Since reconciling with Gao Jie, Li Rui has resumed the habit of returning to Pengcheng on weekends, and after the twists and turns last time, the relationship between the two seems to have gone to the next level, and Gao Jie is also more open than before, Qin Se and Ming, very harmonious and happy.

On this day, Li Rui happened to come to the city to do business, and visited Qiao Xiaoshu, the old leader of the Coal Management Bureau, and did not return to Nanqiao. Seeing that there was still some time before Gao Jie got off work, he asked Ding Junfeng to drive the car directly to the Tengfei Center.

The apartments and office buildings in the Tengfei Center have already been opened, and it is said that the sales situation is quite good, and Zhao Wenlong himself has bought a half floor as the company's office location.

When I came to the Takeoff Center, I happened to meet Guo Wending's brother-in-law Wu Tian. Wu Tian saw Li Rui get out of the car from afar, he ran over at a trot, and even exaggerated his arms to hug Li Rui. Li Rui had goosebumps when he saw this, and under the pretext of turning around to take care of Ding Junfeng, he avoided his hug without a trace.

"Li Rui, why do you have time to come over today? Are you okay at night? I'm in for a treat, how about we go to the rich man Lele together? Wu Tian invited very warmly.

"Manager Wu, I'm sorry, I've already made an appointment today." Li Rui politely refused and glanced at him by the way, only to see that his hair was shiny with Morse, and he was holding a small bag under his arm, and a long antenna was exposed from the small hole in the bag, obviously containing a big brother.

Wu Tian noticed Li Rui's gaze, deliberately raised the bag in front of him, and said with a smile: "Newly bought, with this thing, it is easy to contact." Oh, by the way......" said and patted his head again, and hurriedly took out a business card from his bag and handed it to Li Rui: "Look at my memory, I forgot to give you your phone number, this is my newly printed business card, and the number of my eldest brother is on it." ”

As he spoke, he took out another pack of soft China and offered Li Rui cigarettes, Li Rui waved his hand and refused, he did not have the habit of smoking in front of the public or on the road. Moreover, although Wu Tian was very enthusiastic, he was not very interested in Wu Tian, and from the first time he met him at Guo Wending's house, he felt that this person was a little floating. Wu Tian is in the building materials business, Li Rui promised to help him introduce some business, when the Tengfei Center was completed and renovated, Li Rui introduced him to Zhao Wenlong, but it is said that there are still a lot of mistakes, which makes Li Rui's impression of him even worse.

Seeing that Wu Tian didn't leave, Li Rui had to deal with it: "Manager Wu, are you ...... today?" ”

"Oh, our company undertook the stone paving project of Tengfei Center Plaza, come and have a look today. Li Rui, I really want to thank you for this, if you are free one day, call me, and I will arrange it. Wu Tian said with a smile.

The stone paving project of the square, Li Rui couldn't help frowning slightly after hearing it, this is also a big project, when the drawings of the Tengfei Center came out, he had also seen it, and the stone paving project of the entire Tengfei Center Square cost two or three million. This Wu Tian is not very reliable, why did Lao Zhao give him such a big project? Li Rui secretly regretted it in his heart, feeling that he should say hello to Zhao Wenlong in advance, and get some innocuous small projects to deal with, it is better to find a more reliable company to do such a big project, otherwise if there is any mistake, it will be difficult for him to explain to Zhang Zhuoyang at that time.

Thinking of this, Li Rui still instructed Wu Tian: "Manager Wu, the stone paving project of this square is not an ordinary project, this is the face project of the Tengfei Center, and it will be a large shopping center and a five-star hotel in the future, not only the flow of people is very dense, but also the car has to be driven on it, you must pay attention to the quality of this project!" ”

"Understood, understood! Li Rui, don't worry about the quality of this project, I was introduced by you, so I can't lose your face, right? Otherwise, I won't be able to explain it in front of my brother-in-law. Wu Tian hurriedly patted his chest and promised. But hearing him deliberately mention Guo Wending, this made Li Rui feel a little unhappy in his heart, and secretly said in his heart: What does the quality of this project have to do with Guo Wending, it is just to show off his identity.

Since the greeting had already been called, Li Rui didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he simply dealt with a few words, and then broke up with him and walked inside. When I came to Zhao Wenlong's company on the ninth floor, the little sister who was in charge of reception at the front desk was the foreman of Huazhongcheng in the past, who knew him, and hurriedly greeted Li Rui warmly when she saw him, and led him to Zhao Wenlong's chairman's office. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )

PS: Seven thousand chapters, ask for recommendations! I haven't recommended it for almost two months, and the only reason is that there are too few recommended votes.