Chapter 281: An Invitation from the Kremlin
The journey to Moscow was another great one, and Russia once again showed its vastness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info Outside the car window, the crazy Lada overtook the cars, and Maozi's taunts turned a blind eye to the machine-gun jeep at the head of the team.
The journey from Kazan to Moscow is another 700 kilometers, and the road to the best of Russia has become very good. The convoy set off in the early hours of the morning, when the star fruit was still drowsy, and she was almost carried into the car by Daming.
By noon she had regained her spirits and had now entered the Vladimir region. Pugachev was familiar with the road conditions in the area, and when he arrived in Moscow, the team would stop at his company headquarters.
Pugachev's trade with the German company grew more and more due to the problem of purchasing power, and the products he imported were mainly shipped to Moscow for sale, and electrical appliances such as expensive electric cars could only be afforded by large cities like Moscow.
The outskirts of Moscow in April are still wild, perhaps it is really the fact that the population of the country is too small, and the world outside the window seems to be unexplored. Pugachev said: "Even Moscow has a large number of forests, which were preserved when the city was built. ”
After nodding frequently, the star fruit knelt on the chair and looked out the window, and the capital of Russia was getting closer and closer. She is already a little impatient, the Bolshoi Theatre, Red Square, Moscow State University, St. Basil's Cathedral, these must be visited by the stop.
However, the convoy on the outskirts of Moscow was targeted by police cars, who then signaled for the convoy to stop.
"Is something wrong?" Da Ming asked puzzled.
"It doesn't matter if something happens, we are all legal, not to mention that you, star fruit and I are all foreigners." Chu Hua guessed, and he didn't have a bottom in his heart.
Pugachev smiled and told everyone not to speak, perhaps because the machine guns in the convoy were too conspicuous, and this was an armed escort. He got out of the car and talked to the police who also got out of the car.
"We have received an order that a convoy from Tuva will arrive in Moscow, and we have received a presidential order to escort you to the Kremlin." Said the lanky policeman.
To the Kremlin? Pugachev's head was spinning rapidly, and the last time he went there was in Brezhnev's Soviet Union. He was puzzled and asked three whys, but it was really a delay to get down to business. "If we don't go, you'll take us by force, right?" He asked tentatively.
"Seriously, I don't know the specifics, but the order is absolute."
Pugachev surrendered, and now the sub-plan was about to change, and the dinner prepared by the company had to be canceled in advance. He returned to the car and motioned for the driver to follow the police to continue driving, and when asked what happened, he could only tell the truth.
"To the Kremlin? I haven't been there yet! Star fruit was even more excited, this invitation may have been sent by Yeltsin himself, he was really flattered, this historical figure could actually face each other in this life.
Da Ming, on the other hand, was not so optimistic, and his intuition told him that there must be a lot of complicated things to be invited by the president. Pugachev looked at him nervously and comforted him slightly: "The president is nothing remarkable, you all know normal etiquette, maybe that guy just wants to talk to us?" ”
The convoy stopped at the entrance of the Kremlin, and it was already evening, and the star fruit saw that the nearby St. Basil's Cathedral had turned on neon lights.
This sudden invitation gave the group a high courtesy, and star fruit and Daming also met Yeltsin in Russia for the first time.
His face is very familiar, and even most Chinese know that it was the group he led that destroyed the Soviet Union. He was a sinner in the eyes of the vast number of Chinese, and the countrymen lamented the destruction of the Soviet Union, so the blame was shared between him and Comrade Tutou. But the people of the country also have to thank him, it was he who turned the powerful Soviet Union into a poor Russia, and the pressure in the north suddenly disappeared.
Generally speaking, the leader of a large country really does not have time to invite a small group out of the blue, and even if the invitation is made, it is reserved. Yeltsin's reason for doing this can also be said to be a whim, Kazan has already informed Moscow about their purchase of planes, not to mention that the Russian Federal Security Service has long been eyeing the brother and sister and Pugachev's actions in Tuva.
The meeting came quickly.
"I called you here suddenly this time because I have something to ask you." As he spoke, he took out a notebook and read that this is exactly what the German New Company and the Pugachev Trading Company have done over the years.
Carambola and Da Ming sat on the soft seat on the side and listened attentively. The KGB is the KGB, and after the reorganization, it still knows everything, but because it is all operated legally, even if Lao Maozi often engages in moths and star fruit, he is not afraid.
After Yeltsin finished grinding and chirping, he looked at the brother and sister with sharp eyes. "I'm curious that you're kids from China, and that you control a huge company, and you've made a lot of investments in our country. Also, you moved most of your company to Tuva, and I'm just as curious as I am about why. ”
"Actually, it's just dodging taxes." Carambola deliberately said it in milk, and her Russian also made Yeltsin smile.
Federal law provides for small republics as subjects of the federation, and these small states have very great powers, including the establishment of taxes, except that they cannot violate the federal constitution. "It's a good idea to avoid taxes, because the seven oligarchs in our country are now putting the wealth they have stolen abroad or in some small republics. Let's just say that the oil fields you bought in Tyumen are now not taxed by the Federation, and the export duties are collected by Tuva, and you have already won the favor of Tuva. ”
There seemed to be a caustic crusive in his words, and Pugachev was quick to explain. On the one hand, it is indeed a tax avoidance, and on the other hand, because of Pugachev's status, how can Tuva not have a good impression of Tuva as the place where he was born? "I was born in Tuva, I am a descendant of explorers, and I am also a shareholder of Pugachev Besika Heavy Industries, so it makes sense to build my hometown."
"It's best, I'm just worried that some people have ulterior motives. Tuva was the Soviet Union that seized Chinese territory, and your biggest investor is China, to be honest I'm worried, I don't want to see anything bad in the future. Russia is the way it is, and some people are just about to move, just like it was in 1994. ”
Carambola immediately understood his concern, which was referring to Sang's scolding of Huai. In 1994, Chechnya's intention to become independent eventually led to a purgatory war, and he was afraid that Tuva would also become independent.
"Chechnya is Chechnya, Tuva is Tuva. You are worried that the arrival of our Chinese will make Tuva also independent, and you can rest assured that it will definitely not. Star fruit got down from the soft chair and patted her chest and swore a promise.
Chu Hua was taken aback, he is now temporarily acting as a secretary, and the performance of star fruit may be hurtful to the country.
"You're a child, but I also know you're not a simple child. I have dealt with the leaders of your country, and I have hoped that the big companies in your country will come and invest, but you are the only ones who are really willing to invest on a large scale. Until now, I didn't know that the president of China's Dexin Super Times Company was actually a child. And your kid is more or less connected to the top of your country. “
"It turns out that you investigated so clearly, I thought Tuva was so far away that you didn't care!" Carambola was surprised.
It is precisely because the more the investigation is clear, the more serious the suspicions of the Russian side become, and now Pugachev Besika Heavy Industry has infiltrated the political circles of Tuva, a small republic with a population of just over 200,000, but tens of thousands of people are more or less cooperating for the company.
"Tuva was originally Chinese territory, and I was worried that China would take her away, but I really didn't expect China to send two children over."
"No, Mr. President! You're thinking too much, we're just here for business. Da Ming said righteously.
Tuva's secession from the Federation has no practical significance, she is completely dependent on the Federation economically, and the only highway is almost the only "blood vessel", so Tuva has to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction under the impetus of Pugachev and others in order to develop. I don't want this to be a sign of suspicion, because the whole of Russia is stagnating or even regressing, and only Tuva is engaged in large-scale construction, and the Russian think tank headed by the president believes that all the reasons come from businessmen from China.
Yeltsin must have been a treacherous and cunning, and from his words star fruit heard the meaning of the threat. Now Chechnya is ready to move again, and Tuva is also making big moves at this juncture, the difference is that Tuva normally seeks large-scale economic construction.
Pugachev, Tuva's energy minister, must have met unexpectedly even President Dukbayev, which was more akin to a private meeting. "Mr. President, don't worry, my Chinese friend is kind-hearted, you can rest assured. Everything we do is to find a way to live and work in peace, our wealth will not be sent abroad like those oligarchs desperately, most of the money we use to build roads, mining and even buy transport planes, this time we came to Moscow for the biggest purpose of buying Mi-26. ”
Yeltsin was pleased to hear about their purchase of large planes, and now the state has no longer repaid the large foreign debts, and it is about to explode like a time bomb.
"In that case, please show your words with practical actions." Yeltsin made a new demand, he really did not want the big Tuva National Oil Company to annex one abandoned oil field after another in Tyumen with its rich assets, because they would not hand over customs duties to the federation after buying the oil fields, and the wealth would be in the hands of Tuva. It seems like nothing, a small oil field will not become a climate, and Yeltsin is most afraid that other countries will follow suit. In this way, the only way to do this is to change the law by special means.
Compromise may have to be made here, but the oil fields will inevitably expand. "Then we can buy and dig oil fields in the name of Pugachev Besika Heavy Industries, so that we will pay customs duties normally." Pugachev asked.
Yeltsin verbally ordered that the current Tuva State Oil Company's oil fields in Tyumen should be limited to their current scale and that they should not be allowed to be excavated elsewhere as state-owned. These things were all led by Pugachev and his siblings, so Pugachev gave verbal assurances.
At the same time, Yeltsin also gave the siblings some small privileges, as long as they did not violate the federal constitution in Tuva, they could do anything, the implication was that even if it was a major railway repair, they could even directly cooperate with Chinese companies in economic cooperation, completely bypassing the bureaucratic approval. This is a beating, this is encouragement. The star fruit smiled and Da Ming still had a tense face, maybe he didn't understand the catty in it.