Chapter 80: Capture of Stolen Goods
Zhao Changfeng listened to Lin Dongfeng relay Petrovich's words, laughed happily, and said to Lin Dongfeng: "Uncle Lin, this Petrolovich is really talented in acting!" Uncle Lin was able to find such a person. ”
Lin Dongfeng smiled: "Needless to say, Petrovich's acting talent, didn't I tell you, is Petrovich an actor from Gorky Film Studio?" ”
Petrovich's father was a member of the Soviet Aid Group and lived in Harbin for eight years. Petrovich was born in Harbin and spent eight years of his childhood in Harbin, where he also learned to speak fluent Northeast dialect.
After the breakdown of Sino-Soviet relations, Petrovich returned to the Soviet Union with his parents, and when he grew up, he entered the Gorky film studio and became a good film actor.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Gorky Film Studio fired a large number of actors, and Petrovich was one of them. After leaving his career as an actor, Petrovich took advantage of his proficiency in Chinese to trade with the Chinese in the Primorsky region of the Russian Far East. But a good movie actor doesn't necessarily mean a good businessman. Petrovich was in a mess and lived in poverty in the Primorsky region. By chance, Petrovich got acquainted with Lin Dongfeng and received a lot of help from Lin Dongfeng. With Lin Dongfeng's funding, Petrovich gradually gained a foothold in Vladivostok and opened two stores specializing in Chinese goods, and business was quite prosperous, so Petrovich has always been grateful to Lin Dongfeng.
After Lin Dongfeng and Zhao Changfeng's refrigerator business encountered difficulties this time, Zhao Changfeng thought hard and came up with an idea, which not only took revenge on Cai Daming, but also solved the dilemma of the refrigerator business.
Zhao Changfeng told Lin Dongfeng to find a Russian to pretend to be a major Russian customer to purchase refrigerators from Cai Daming's Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company, and then let Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company take over this burden for them and take the opportunity to get out of trouble.
After hearing this, Lin Dongfeng felt that Zhao Changfeng's idea was very good and completely feasible, so he thought of Petrovic. Petrovich listened to Lin Dongfeng's request and immediately agreed, not only to repay Lin Dongfeng for helping him at the beginning, but more importantly, after he did this, Lin Dongfeng would give him a lot of reward.
So Lin Dongfeng spent a lot of money to buy an expensive set of clothes for Petrovich and asked him to go to Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company to find Cai Daming.
As for the Zhang translation, it is a genuine translation, introduced to Petrovich by a Russian businessman in Suifenhe. Lin Dongfeng and Petrovich's affairs are not clear to Zhang Yi, he is completely kept in the dark. Petrovich only told Zhang that he had heard that there was a place in China's Central Plains Province that produced 360-liter refrigerators, and he did not know where they were.
Zhang Yiyi naturally knew that there was only one Yufei Refrigerator Factory in Zhongyuan Province, but he couldn't bring Petrovich to Yufei Refrigerator Factory. Once Petrovich knew about the manufacturer, he would not be able to profit from it in the future. So Zhang Yi first took Petrovich to Zhongzhou City, the capital of Central Plains Province. Zhang Yi didn't know that Petrovich had long known from Lin Dongfeng that he had a bad reputation and loved to take kickbacks to harm Russians, so he deliberately chose him. Sure enough, Zhang Yi brought Petrovich to Zhongzhou City as Lin Dongfeng and Petrovich expected.
After arriving in Zhongzhou City, Zhang Yi originally wanted to take Petrovich to the Central Plains Provincial Foreign Trade Company. As soon as Petrovich heard this, he shook his head and said that he was not interested in the enterprises run by China's political axe departments, and those state-owned enterprises were large and inefficient, and they were not at all a good business partner.
Zhang Yi wanted to find some small foreign trade companies, but he was afraid that those foreign trade companies would not have the strength, and Petrovich couldn't look down on them, so he thought of Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company. The strength of Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company can at least rank among the top three in the foreign trade industry in Central Plains Province, Petrovich should not doubt its strength, and more importantly, although Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company is also a state-owned enterprise, it cannot be seen in its name that it is a state-owned surname, which meets Petrovic's requirements.
Sure enough, when Zhang Yi introduced Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company to Petrovic, Petrovich nodded again and again, saying that he would go over and have a look first.
When he arrived at the Zhongcheng Building on Garden Street, Petrovich was even more satisfied, a foreign trade company can have a building with more than 20 floors, so is there any doubt about the economic strength?
After Zhang Yi saw Manager Wang, he secretly revealed his thoughts to Manager Wang. Manager Wang often deals with foreign merchants, so he naturally understands the faces of these translators. Seeing that Zhang Yi wanted to ask for benefits, of course he agreed, provided that Zhang Yi could help negotiate this business.
Petrovich pretended not to understand Chinese at all, and while eavesdropping on the conversation between Zhang Yi and Manager Wang, he was secretly amused in his heart. After meeting Cai Daming, Petrovich successfully deceived Cai Daming's trust with his excellent acting skills and signed this supply agreement. As for the prepaid payment of more than 40,000 US dollars, it naturally came from Lin Dongfeng's pocket, but it was just a trip to Russia.
After Petrovich signed the contract, he secretly called Lin Dongfeng and told Lin Dongfeng in detail what had happened. Lin Dongfeng asked Petrovich to continue to keep in touch with Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company, and he must find out the accurate time of Zhongcheng Foreign Trade Company's delivery.
After hanging up Petrovich's phone, Lin Dongfeng immediately told Zhao Changfeng the news. Then there was a dialogue between Zhao Changfeng and Lin Dongfeng.
Zhao Changfeng said: "Uncle Lin, since Petrovich has no problem here. Our next step is to strictly monitor the activities of the Yufei refrigerator factory. This is going to be hard Uncle Lin. ”
Lin Dongfeng said with a smile: "What's so hard about this? Who told you to serve the public's rice bowl and couldn't leave? As soon as I got the news from Petrovich, I immediately rushed to Pingyuan City, and as long as I could catch the container truck of Yufei Refrigerator Factory on the spot, we would be done! ”
It turned out that because the refrigerator mold with a capacity of 360 liters was ordered by Lin Dongfeng and Zhao Changfeng, Lin Dongfeng and Yufei Refrigerator Factory signed an agreement that clearly stipulated that the production line of the 360-liter refrigerator belonged to Lin Dongfeng's special production line, and it was not allowed to produce 360-liter refrigerators for other customers, otherwise Lin Dongfeng had the right to terminate the cooperation agreement and required Yufei Refrigerator Factory to compensate Lin Dongfeng for 20% of the total advance payment for liquidated damages.
Now the trap laid by Zhao Changfeng is to bet that Cai Daming can use the power of his father, Vice Mayor Cai, to help Cai Daming get rid of Yufei Refrigerator Factory. As long as Yufei Refrigerator Factory produces refrigerators for Cai Daming and organizes delivery, after being caught by Lin Dongfeng, Lin Dongfeng can terminate the contract. In this way, Lin Dongfeng and Zhao Changfeng do not have to bear the losses suffered by the Russian official suddenly changing the standards of the imported product catalog.
On January 12, 1996, Yufei Refrigerator Factory Sales Department. Manager Wang and Manager Chen of the Sales Department of Yufei Refrigerator Factory are supervising the porters to carry refrigerators to container trucks. The refrigerators will be transported by container trucks to the railway station in Pingyuan City, and then transported by rail line to the Suifen River, where it will be shipped out of customs and transported to Vladivostok, Russia.
Suddenly, Manager Chen heard a familiar voice: "Manager Chen, what are you doing here?" ”
Manager Chen was stunned for a moment, turned around, and saw a figure he least wanted to see - Lin Dongfeng.
"Lin, Boss Lin, what wind blew you here? Why don't you call in advance so I can meet you? Manager Chen said in a panic.
Lin Dongfeng smiled coldly and said, "Manager Chen, if I call in advance, can I see such a wonderful scene?" ”
Manager Chen pretended to be confused and said, "Boss Lin, what do you mean by this?" What a wonderful scene? ”
Lin Dongfeng pointed to the workers who were carrying refrigerators to the container trucks and said, "What kind of goods are they carrying?" ”
Manager Chen is worthy of being a sales veteran in the battlefield, after a short panic, he has calmed down at this time, and he said: "Oh, Boss Lin, it's like this, these are all refrigerators that have been produced for you in advance, and now they are transferred to other warehouses." ”
Lin Dongfeng said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Manager Chen, do you need container trucks for the transshipment warehouse?" ”
Manager Chen stubbornly explained: "Boss Lin, the other trucks in our factory have gone out, so we have to temporarily use container trucks for transshipment. ”
Lin Dongfeng stepped forward, pointed to the outer packaging of a refrigerator and said, "Manager Chen, are these refrigerators really made for me?" If this is the case, why did you change the outer packaging of the refrigerator for me without my consent? ”
It turned out that Petrovich specifically stipulated in the contract that the outer packaging of the refrigerator must be changed to show a difference from the refrigerators currently sold in the Russian domestic market.
Manager Chen had nothing to say at this time, he blushed and said to Lin Dongfeng: "Boss Lin, listen to my explanation!" ”
Lin Dongfeng said coldly: "Manager, what else do you have to explain?" If I hadn't kept a hand in advance and left an eyeliner in your factory, I'm afraid your despicable behavior of violating the cooperation agreement would have succeeded, right? ”
(To be continued)