Chapter 11: What Happened to the Fallen Masters

Lao Chen pondered for a while and began to tell us about the robbery they had encountered.

The first time I ran with the fat man was the 3/4 international train line, the 3/4 international train Beijing to Moscow via Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from Erenhot, the journey took a week, the whole journey was almost 8,000 kilometers, the Chinese train group, are all Chinese attendants, the carriage is similar to the carriage we are sitting in now, and there will be two Russian carriages after arriving in Russia. Because it is a Chinese car group, the weight of the carry-on luggage is not strictly checked, so the first choice for Chinese people to go to Russia to pour bags is this car, this car is really what Meizi said, a ticket is hard to find, to book two or three months in advance, but also to rely on the relationship. The Russians who bought goods at the stations along the way of this train were called more than one, it was simply a sea of people, the fat man just said, it was too late to collect money, so he could only see how much money he had to throw down the goods. The first time I took this international train was a joke, the train arrived at the first station in Russia, as soon as the door opened, I and the fat man rushed down with a leather jacket, as soon as we got off the car, our brothers were scared silly, and a large group of old hairy people rushed to us, our brothers' mothers turned around and climbed on the car, and a few Beijing masters who had not gotten off the car laughed when they saw our brothers' wolf bèi looks, a buddy said, that is the old hairy man who bought goods, look at the two of you scared the bear. The first time we ran 3/4 times of the international train line, our brothers and I chartered a box, with all leather jackets, and all the goods were sold out before we arrived in Moscow, and we were not in a hurry to return to China when we arrived in Moscow, and we played in Moscow for a week, and we went to turn around Red Square, Moscow University, Wittenhaim, and Lenin Mountain.

In Moscow for a week we stayed in a hotel opened by overseas Chinese, and at night there was a Moscow Cachino (casino) luxury bus parked at the door of the hotel, picking up Chinese to play, to the casino ticket 10 US dollars, but in order to encourage the Chinese to participate in gambling, the casino specially issued 15 US dollars of chips, which is equivalent to 5 US dollars as long as you go to the casino, and the casino provides free tobacco and alcohol drinks, if it is a VIP gambler, you can also live in a star hotel upstairs of the casino for free. I also went to play with the fat man, and after losing a few hundred dollars, I didn't dare to go again, for fear that I would become addicted to gambling. Many Chinese people in Moscow like to go to Cachino to gamble, and the explanation is that they are the fallen masters, and even earlier they are the speculative and backward elements of the state's crackdown, these people have units like me and the fat man, but they are restless and like to toss around, and there are few who have been left without pay, many of them are idle people in society who have no jobs, and some of them have been in prison. At the earliest, these people were in the country as a master, from the south to the north to pour all kinds of in-demand goods, now when the international master, from home to abroad, once they made money without a peace, began to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, as soon as they went to the casino, they became addicted, and they wanted to win and lose money, remembering that nine out of ten gambles and nine losses were absolutely the truth, and soon these people lost all the money they made plus the old capital. These gamblers, especially those hooligans and ruffians who are mixed with society in China, are not trying to do business again, but have begun to play other ideas about China's degrading masters and international columns.

3/4 international trains are China's paradise, but there is a problem that no one expected, because it is the Chinese train crew, the Chinese police must get off when the Erlianhot train leaves the country, after entering the territory of Mongolia, the Mongolian police do not go on duty, and after arriving in Russia, the Russian police are also not on duty, and they do not care much about the affairs between the Chinese, from China to Moscow for 6 days and 6 nights, there is no police on duty, completely in a state of anarchy vacuum. These rogue gamblers who lost money in Cachino discovered this loophole, first petty theft in the car, and those of us who came out to pour the bag out of the mentality that more is better than less and break the fortune to avoid disasters, plus it is easy to make money, and no one cares if some goods are stolen. As a result, these hooligan gamblers are getting more and more bold, and they gradually turn from petty theft to open robbery, first borrowing money from you, three or five hundred dollars, not more, which one does not have a few hundred dollars on the master, and then this group of hooligans is more powerful, and they still have a guy in their hands, so everyone can only swallow their anger. Later, these hooligans became more and more rampant, stepping on the better ones first, seeing who had more goods and who sold them well, and simply brought the goods and money together. These hooligans are afraid of being arrested and retaliated, so they simply nest in Russia, and wait for 3/4 international trains at the border, and 3/4 international trains get on the bus to rob as soon as they enter Russia.

The fat man and I are both from Beijing, and the fat man is tall and big, although we are wary but we don't take this group of hooligans too seriously, and this group of hooligans didn't beat our brothers at first. But often walk by the river where there are not wet shoes, once, our brothers chartered a box, with all fur coats and down jackets, the road was very smooth, the goods sold very well, after the Omsk box only left a pack of fur coats, just at noon, our brothers were very happy, opened the bottle of two pots and drank, when the box door was closed but not locked. Suddenly, the door of the box was opened, and two Chinese men broke in, both with axes in their hands, and there were two or three people in the corridor, and the one who started shouted at us: The brothers are now tight, and the two brothers borrow some money to spend. I asked, "How much do you want to borrow?" They said, "Borrow as much as you have." The fat man was anxious when he heard this: Why do you give it to you? The one who hit the head waved the axe in his hand: That's it. The fat man scolded your second uncle, went up to grab the axe, grabbed the axe and didn't grab it, and he was hit with an axe on his shoulder, at this time the third person came in and put the knife on my neck, so they robbed the money and goods, more than 20,000 US dollars. Fortunately, the fat man was not deeply injured by the axe, and the fat man asked them to see the scar on your shoulder. The fat brother took off his half-sleeved crewneck shirt, and saw a scar of about two inches on his left shoulder. "This group of bitches raised them." The fat man cursed fiercely.

After Lao Chen took a sip of wine, he continued: Fortunately, he brought Erguotou, found a clean towel to disinfect and bandage the fat man, took some anti-inflammatory drugs he brought with him, and went all the way to Moscow. We have a friend in Moscow who practices stalls, and every time I go to Moscow, the rest of the goods are put in his place, and this time I stayed with him for a few days, and I settled the previous payment, and the fat man's injuries were almost healed. Our brothers went to Cachino to see if we could find this group of hooligans, two or three of them I remember the faces clearly, God pays off, two of them were really met by us after a few days, I was afraid of being recognized by them, our brothers also deliberately each wore glasses, we kept an eye until they stopped playing, and then tracked them to the hotel where they lived. The fat man wanted to go up and do it several times, but I stopped him, for fear of startling the snake, and for fear of alarming the Russian police, and in the end we couldn't get our money back, and if we were arrested by the police again, it would be worth the loss. After knowing where they lived, we asked our friends to find the more powerful people in Moscow, and together we went to them to ask for money, and finally got back more than 10,000 US dollars. Since that fight, Fat Man and I haven't run 3/4 international rows. Later, I heard that the gangs who robbed the international column were arrested by Interpol. How many of us international masters haven't been robbed? Every penny of our money was earned at the risk of our lives, and some of us lost our lives in Russia.