On Friday afternoon, Sasha came to the company. I haven't seen Sasha in the past few days since I saw off Chao Ge at the airport. However, I was not idle during this time, so I didn't call Sasha. Although our company is cooperating with Sasha, but at the beginning, Chaoge insisted that we registered a sole proprietorship company instead of a joint venture with Sasha, Sasha and us only cooperated in business, simply put, Sasha helped us contact the business, and we gave Sasha a commission, which was more straightforward. Besides, Sasha has his own company, even if it is a joint venture with him, he can't spend all his energy on our side, and our own sole proprietorship company also has autonomy and will not be restricted, we just need to reach and abide by the agreement with Sasha. For example, the barter trade with Varroga and them this time was first contacted by Sasha, although the mafia Varroga was suddenly inserted in the middle, but our company still gave Sasha his share according to the conditions set at the beginning. Although Sasha did not go to China with Chaoge and them this time, and Sasha did not participate in the subsequent negotiations with Valroga, Sasha played a very important role in the negotiations between the Caucasian forces and Valroga to gain the initiative. Sasha, who is of Caucasian descent, is very righteous, so Chao Ge and I both treat him as our own.

I asked Katya to make two cups of coffee, and while drinking coffee with Sasha, I asked Sasha, "Why haven't you been seen for the past few days, where have you been?" Sasha replied: "I went to Ulan-Ude and came back last night." I asked curiously, "What are you doing in Ulan-Ude?" Sasha replied: "I went there on a business trip, and by the way, I contacted the timber business, and when Vanya came back, I saw if I could do it?" After saying that, Sasha asked me, "Peng, how are you?" How are you doing these days? I replied, "It's all normal, I went to Irkusco the other day." Sasha asked, "What are you doing in Irkusco?" It's not far from Ulan-Ude. I then told about my trip to Irkusko, and Sasha listened and said: "I knew that I would go to Irkusco with you, and then I would take you to Ulan-Ude to see the beautiful Lake Baikal." I smiled and said, "At that time, my friend's side was very sudden, the time was very tight, and he decided to go and stay only for one day, so I didn't tell you." I saw Lake Baikal on the train when I came, it was so beautiful. Sasha nodded and asked, "Vanya, will they come back tomorrow?" I replied, "Yes, I was going to call you later today to pick up the airport tomorrow, and you just happened to come over." Sasha asked, "Vanya's talk is going well, isn't it?" I replied, "It's very smooth, I should sign the contract today, and I'll call the domestic company now to ask about the situation." ”

I dialed the phone number of the domestic company, Xiao Wang answered the phone, Xiao Wang said on the phone: "Hello Dapeng! Brother Chao and the general manager are signing a contract with Ivan in the conference room, and when the contract is signed, I want Brother Chao to call you back. I asked Xiao Wang: "The orders for plastic flowers for greeting card calendars have been placed in the factory, right?" Xiao Wang replied: "It has been arranged, and the Zodiac Toys have also found a factory to make orders for Europe, and Brother Chao asked me to order 50,000 Zodiac Toys, and the plastic flower order has been reduced by half compared with the original, so that it will not have an impact on the plastic flowers set by Ivan." I said, "It's better to order like this." After that, I asked, "When can these goods be loaded and shipped?" Has Brother Chao arranged to send some bulk cargo through the Guò port? Xiao Wang replied: "These goods can be loaded and shipped in half a month at most, I asked the railway international freight forwarder today, they said that after loading the container and declaring customs, it will take almost 30 days to walk on the road to Novosibirsk." I am contacting the delivery company at the port, and Brother Chao means that each of these kinds of goods will be sent through the guò port to try some bulk goods, and I have increased the amount of each cargo on the basis of a forty-foot container, if the port is not good, then put the greeting card calendar and toys into the container, and leave the rest of the plastic flowers for the next delivery. I said, "That's a good arrangement, but why does rail transport take so long?" In the past, we shipped to Sasha, and it seemed that it would take about 20 days to walk on the road. Xiao Wang said: "Recently, there are more containerized goods sent from Guò Manchuria to Russia, and you have to wait in line for customs clearance in Manzhouli, and you have to wait in line for a few days after arriving in Baikal. I thought for a while and said: "It's almost the end of the year, and now is the busy time for shipping to Russia, and the New Year's Day in Russia is the peak season for commodity sales, and many goods are to be sold before New Year's Day." Xiao Wang you want the factory to work overtime to catch up, for ten days to deliver, now it is the end of September, our goods should arrive before mid-November, I am afraid that the goods will arrive here after customs clearance will take three or four days. Xiao Wang said: "I understand, I'll contact the factory later." I asked again: "Xiao Wang, have you ever told Brother Sù Chao about the fact that it takes 30 days to travel by rail to Novosibirsk?" I think Ivan's goods will arrive in November. Xiao Wang said: "I just thought about our goods, I forgot Ivan and their order, buddy, thank you for reminding me, I will go and talk to Brother Chao immediately." ”

Putting down the phone, I said to Sasha, "Vanya is signing a contract with Ivan and they, and he will call in a moment." After hearing this, Sasha habitually rubbed his hands and said, "I hope that everything will be smooth and there will be no more accidents." I said, "We're doing business with the mafia, and they are so powerful, there shouldn't be any surprises." Sasha nodded and said: "Now everything in Russia is controlled by the mafia, and they can't do business without guò, but they still keep their promises in business." "I thought to myself, ever since I entered Russia, I felt that the Russian mafia was pervasive and ubiquitous.

While waiting for Chao's call, I asked Sasha, "You just said that you contacted the timber business in Ulan-Ude, tell me what happened." Sasha took a sip of coffee and said, "My company did a business with a company on the Ulan-Ude side some time ago, and there were some payments that I didn't pay for there. I went to ask for money this time, and the owner of the company said that he was short of money now, but he could give me the timber to pay for it, and I followed him to the forest farm on the shore of Lake Baikal to see a large forest farm with birch, camphor, red pine and poplar. I asked him if he could export to China? He said that many Chinese businessmen now come to buy timber, but a permit is required to export timber, which is controlled by the mafia to buy timber, and Chinese businessmen buy timber through the mafia. If I have a Chinese customer who buys timber, he can find a relationship in this area. So I would like to ask if Vanya is interested in doing it? After listening to Sasha's speech, I said, "We are very short of timber in China, and our company will definitely be interested in timber." Wait a moment for Vanya to call, you can talk to him directly. What you just said is really right, now that everything in Russia is controlled by the mafia, it is really impossible to figure out how to do business with them. "When I think of Ulan-Ude and Lake Baikal, I think of the forests and the beautiful Lake Baikal when the international train passes through Ulan-Ud, as well as the simple and bold Buryats of Mongolian descent.

The phone rang, Katya picked it up and listened to it, then beckoned to me and said it was Vanya's number. After I answered the phone, Brother Chao said on the phone: "Dapeng, everything is going according to plan, the contract with Ivan has been signed, and Ivan will ship the chemical raw materials to us as soon as they return to Novosibirsk." As soon as I heard the applause, I briefly told Sasha about the wood, and Brother Chao was very interested when he heard it, so I handed the phone to Sasha and asked Sasha to talk to Brother Chao directly. After Sasha finished the phone, I took the phone, and Brother Chao said: "Timber is very short in the country now, but it is difficult to get out of Russia without the relationship between the government and the mafia. "I asked Brother Chao what time he would arrive in Novosibirsk on Saturday and then I put the phone on the phone.

On Saturday afternoon, Sasha drove me in a Mercedes van to pick up Brother Chao, and Natasha, who was carefully dressed, also bought a bouquet of flowers to hold in her hand. When we arrived at the airport, Vidaly and Sergey also arrived at the airport at the same time to pick up Ivan. After meeting me, Vidali and Sergei hugged me very affectionately, and I went through a lot of things with these two Afghan veterans, the awesome mafia members, from the fight in the airport bar to the trip to Irkusko, where we felt like brothers.

When Chao Ge pushed a trolley full of luggage from the arrival exit, just like a scene in a Western movie, Natasha was the first to greet Chao Ge with flowers in her hand and gave Chao Ge a hug and kiss, and we applauded them next to us. Brother Chao hugged me and Sasha warmly, although it was only a short week, but I was like Brother Chao had been separated for a long time.

After saying goodbye to Ivan Vidaly Sergei, Sasha took us to his house. His wife Irina had already prepared a sumptuous dinner, Chao Ge had prepared beautiful gifts for Sasha's family, as well as gifts for Tanya and Natasha, and everyone was very happy to receive the gifts. Sasha's two children are holding the toys given by Chao Ge and jumping around Chao Ge even more happily, Sasha jokes, "Vanya is Santa Claus who came early." ”