Chapter 25: Doing Business with the Mafia
After sending Sasha away, I found a large bag of snacks and a bag of jasmine tea for Tanya, she happily kissed me, saw that it was not too early, said good night to us, and Tanya went back to her room.
Brother Chao didn't feel sleepy after taking a bath, and started chatting with me, Brother Chao said: "It's good that you're here, Dapeng, I'm not so lonely alone." I said, "Brother Chao, there are so many beautiful women in this building, you won't be lonely if you find one." Brother Chao replied: "This dormitory has not been rented for a long time, and I am rarely here, I usually eat dinner at Sasha's house or outside at night, and I come back very late at night. I laughed twice and said, "Brother Chao, if you know how to cook, you already have a girlfriend, and those beauties are cooking in the kitchen during dinner, you can help me in the kitchen tomorrow, that Natasha is very punctual." Brother Chao said: "Hehe, you kid already has experience, okay, I'll help you tomorrow to see if any beautiful women take the initiative to soak me?" I scratched my head and said, "These Russian beauties are active enough, I haven't started to act yet, Danya took the initiative first, which makes me feel very sudden." Brother Chao said: "It's not surprising, Russian girls are very direct and open, besides, there are more women in Russia and fewer men, 90% of the young women in this building are single young women, when you see the young men you like, if you don't take the initiative, you will be snatched away by other girls, and they don't care which country you are from." "Think of the beauties in the kitchen this afternoon, it's true.
Brother Chao said: "Dapeng, tell me how you have spent the past few days on the international list?" I told Brother Chao about the story of the past few days on the international column, but omitted the story of me and Sveta, Brother Chao shook his head and said: "I really didn't expect that you have had a wonderful time in the past few days on the international column, when I came to a box with two Russian masters, nothing happened except for drinking with them, and every station can see Chinese masters selling goods at the station, but the wind and waves along the way are calm." ”
I didn't feel sleepy, poured a glass of water for myself and Brother Chao, I said: "Brother Chao, tell me about your experience in the past three months, when I was in China, I listened to the general manager, you encountered a lot of things, and the chemical raw material business negotiated this time was full of twists and turns, as if the Russian mafia and Caucasian gangsters were involved." ”
Brother Chao took a sip of water and said: "When I first arrived in Novosibirsk, I first handed in the information of the registered company, the government here is very slow to work efficiently, and it will take a month to approve it, and it just so happened that Sasha's family was going to Sochi for a twenty-day vacation, so I went with them, Sochi is so beautiful by the mountains and sea, you can take Danya to Sochi to have fun in the future." After returning from Sochi, Sasha contacted a chemical plant in Novosibirsk, we went to meet the director of the chemical plant, and the director of the chemical plant was also very interested in bartering with us. Suddenly one day the director of the chemical plant asked us to go and told us that they couldn't work with us anymore, and I asked him why he was like this. He said I'm really sorry, I can't tell you what the reason is, but maybe someone will talk to us about cooperation, and we felt very inexplicable at the time. After coming out of the chemical plant, Sasha said, depending on the attitude of the factory director, there may be mafia forces intervening here, let's wait and see what happens. During that time, I didn't rent a suitable house, Sasha has not contacted the youth apartment, for safety, I stayed in the best hotel in the city center - Siberian Hotel, I stayed in the Siberian Hotel on the first day, in the VIP parking space at the door of the hotel saw a black Mercedes 500 with license plate 777, I thought it was the car of a senior government official, Sasha said that this is Petrovich's special car, Petrovich used to be the KGB in the former Soviet Union, and now the head of the largest gang in Novosibirsk, even government officials are afraid of him, Locals call him the mayor of the underground. His gangster forces control most of the hotels, casinos, nightclubs and underground arms business in Novosibirsk, and the Siberian hotel is also his property, so you are very safe to live here. ”
Brother Chao took a sip of water and continued: "The second floor of the hotel is the most luxurious nightclub here, and there are singing and dancing performances every night, and I often go to sit and have a glass of wine at night. Since the last meeting of the director of the chemical plant, I have been waiting for someone to come to me, but after waiting for a few days there has been no movement, I thought to myself that maybe the director of the chemical plant has found another trading partner, and he said that someone will talk to us about cooperation, maybe it is just a fool, and I am going to ask Sasha to contact other customers. One night I went to the nightclub on the second floor of the hotel as usual, and just sat down to order a glass of Armenian brandy that I usually ordered, when I saw the waiter carrying a glass of wine on my table on a tray and said to me, "Sir, this is Armenian seven-star brandy, please use it slowly." I thought to myself that the service of this nightclub is really good, and I can remember what the guests usually drink, but I usually order five-star brandy, and this seven-star brandy is twice as expensive as five-star brandy, maybe the waiter is wrong. I said to the waiter, I usually order Armenian five-star brandy, can you help me change to five-star brandy? The waiter said, sir, this glass of wine is given to you by the hotel, if you want to change it to Armenian five-star brandy, I can also help you change it. I waved my hand and said to the waiter, "I don't need to change it." At that time, I was confused, thinking to myself, if I stayed in the hotel for a long time, this glass of wine was a gift from the hotel? I then asked the waiter why the hotel sent me wine? The waiter said that he didn't know, but that the hotel manager had asked us what kind of drinks you usually drink in nightclubs, and then asked us to bring you a glass of Armenian Seven Star Brandy. In that case, I'll gladly accept it. The next day I went to a free glass of Armenian seven-star brandy, and then it was like this every day for three days, and I began to feel a little bottomless in my heart, and Sasha told me about the situation, Sasha thought about it and said, you still go to the nightclub every day, someone should be looking for you in the next two days, I think the director said that the person who talked about cooperation is about to appear, and it is also possible that Petrovich's people are interfering in this matter. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but on second thought, no matter who I talk to, I won't do business at a loss. Sasha asked me to wait in peace, he looked for his friend Roman, the owner of the ancient Caucasian Georgian restaurant, behind the Roman is the Caucasian forces, Sasha is half Caucasian blood, and the Caucasian forces will come forward at a critical time, even the most powerful Russian mafia will be afraid of the Caucasians. ”
After a slight pause at this point, Brother Chao continued: "As Sasha expected, the night I finished talking to Sasha, I still went to the nightclub to drink, and the waiter still brought me a glass of Armenian seven-star brandy, and I slowly tasted the wine while paying attention to the people around me. After a while, a middle-aged Russian in a black suit came up and asked if I could sit across from me? The person I wanted to wait for finally appeared, and said to him, please take a seat, and the man in the black suit introduced himself as Varoga and asked me how about the Armenian Seven Star Brandy? I said thank you very much for giving me wine every day, he was stunned, smiled and asked me why I knew that he gave me wine? I said, if it weren't for the wine you sent, how would you know that I was drinking Armenian Seven Star brandy? You know, it's hard to figure out what kind of wine I'm in my glass without drinking it in my mouth but looking at it with my eyes. Valroga gave me a thumbs up and said, you Chinese are so smart, this time confirmed my judgment even more, because I didn't say what nationality I am, Russians who don't know my details may think that I am Korean or Japanese, ordinary Chinese masters generally do not live in such expensive hotels. I asked Valoka if there was anything I could do for him? He said that he wanted to be a business partner with me, and if I was interested, I could go upstairs to his office tomorrow to find him, and after saying that, he handed me a business card and said to me not to disturb your rest, you can enjoy the wine slowly, and if you need anything, just say to the waiter. The next morning I told Sasha about the situation, and Sasha said that he was 100 percent Petrovich's man, and that only his company would work in the Siberian Hotel, and that I would go to their office with you in the afternoon. In the afternoon I went to Varoga's office with Sasha, Varoga received us very warmly, he said that he heard that we need chemical products, he can cooperate with us, I said very much I hope to cooperate with you, but I want to see the product and the quotation to decide, he said no problem, he can take us to the factory to see the goods and negotiate the price the next day. I thought I was going to the same chemical factory we had been to, but the next day I went to another chemical factory, and the price of the same product was 30 percent higher than the price quoted by the chemical plant we had talked to, and I said that I would report back to the headquarters of the domestic company, and I could not call the shots. Two days later I went to the Varoga office. Tell him that the price is too high for the company to accept. That's okay, you can look for other companies, but all roads lead to Rome, and I think eventually you'll work with me, and I'm always there. After I talked to Sasha, Sasha said that now I'm afraid no one here will dare to cooperate with us. We talked to a few different factories with the mentality of trying it out, and the first time we went, we would talk to us, and the second time we went back, we were all closed. Sasha Tong Guò Roman learns that it is Petrovic's men who are behind the trick. I wanted to change the hotel to stay, but Sasha asked me not to change it, and even if I did, it would be on their territory, but I would offend them. Sasha said that he had already told Roman about the situation and asked the Caucasians to come forward and help solve it. ”
Speaking of this, Brother Chao took a break, I couldn't wait to know the result, and urged Brother Chao to speak quickly, Brother Chao scolded me with a smile, "Stinky boy, I have a dry mouth, you want me to drink saliva and rest and rest before talking." I hurriedly added some water to Brother Chao's cup, found an apple I brought over, washed it and handed it to Brother Chao, Brother Chao nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "Sasha booked a table in the most luxurious box of the ancient Caucasian Georgian restaurant, I invited Varoka to dinner, Varoca gladly accepted, brought two big men to the banquet on time, Roman brought two other Caucasians over, everyone shook hands and greeted each other like old friends, drank and sang. After dinner, Varroga and a Caucasian went to the balcony of the box for a private chat, and when they got into the box, Varroga told me that he wanted me to go to his office the next day, and then he took the two big men with him and took his leave. The Caucasian told us that we had already talked to Valojast, that we must cooperate with Valoka in Novosibirsk, that Varroga would give a reasonable price, and that all the business Caucasians would join in, and that the Caucasians would be responsible for the sale of the light industrial products we sent, and that the Caucasian would control all the retail and wholesale markets in Novosibirsk, so that Valoca would not have to worry about the sales of the light industrial products that were exchanged. Even if the Caucasians don't join in, if we work with Varoga, Petrovich will have to find them in the end. I was somewhat relieved, I returned to the hotel that night, just took a shower and was ready to sleep, I heard a knock on the door, opened the door and saw that it was a Russian beauty dressed in revealing sexy, I said I didn't set a beauty **, the beauty threw an eyebrow and said that she was a gift arranged by the hotel for Mr., free. I understood right away that it must have been reported back to Varoga and his boss Petrovich after he returned, and Petrovich had already agreed to the Caucasian proposal. The next day I went to Valroga's office, and Valroga said that the price would be reduced by 20 percent, and I immediately agreed, and our profits were good at such a price, and we still had profits for those light industrial products. If this cooperation is a qiēshun lì, you can cooperate with them for a long time in the future. The next step is for both of us to quote again, confirm the quantity of the product and the terms of the contract, and finally confirm it today, and take them to China next week to see the goods and sign the contract. ”
I was dumbfounded, "Wow! It's like in the movie, I didn't expect the Russian mafia to be so powerful. "Yes, their influence is pervasive, and many of them are former Soviet KGB and retired officers from the war in Afghanistan." Brother Chao said, I asked Brother Chao with a wicked smile: "Brother Chao, you haven't talked about it yet, have you accepted the service of that Russian beauty?" Brother Chao slapped me on the back of the head, "What do you say, stinky boy?" ”