Chapter 306: Steel is Munition
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The first stop of Jin Xiaoqiang's Russian tour was not Moscow or St. Petersburg, the largest city in the European part of Russia, but Khabarovsk, the largest city in the Russian Far East.
This Khabarovsk was originally the territory of the Celestial Empire, but in the previous dynasty, because the government was powerless, it was forcibly occupied by Russia.
This city is only separated from the Celestial Empire by a Heilongjiang River, located at the very top of the Celestial Empire's map of the Celestial Empire, and the territory of the Celestial Empire can be said to be across the river.
Originally, after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, it was defeated very badly, but in the past two years, with the increase of exchanges and trade with the Celestial Empire, it has gradually prospered again, and the population has reached 700,000.
Although the population is 100,000 less than Vladivostok, another large city in the Far East of Russia, which was also snatched from the Celestial Empire, the size of the city is much larger than that of Vladivostok.
The reason why Vladivostok has 100,000 more people than Khabarovsk is because it is where the headquarters of the Russian Pacific Fleet is located, where there are many servicemen and their families, and where the Russian state organs attach great importance to it, so there is a large population, but in terms of economic scale, it is still more developed.
Because the territory of Boli and the Celestial Empire is just across the river, it is not very far, so Jin Xiaoqiang came to Boli and did not choose a plane, but first arrived in Harbin by plane, and then transferred a few tough guy II off-road vehicles from the branch in Harbin, and set off from here to go straight to Boli.
Of course, he himself specially transferred a special tough guy II from the company, and a battle armor to go on the road together.
When passing through the border inspection station, Jin Xiaoqiang saw a lot of Russians driving their Huayang Power cars waiting for the border inspection in the transit convoy, and when he saw this, he was very happy, after all, this shows that their products are very marketable in Russia.
And the Russians also looked at Jin Xiaoqiang and their team with drooling eyes, a dozen tough guy IIs in a row, and the big guy in front, it is said that Huayang Power has just announced the luxury bulletproof off-road vehicle armor for sale at the Shanghai Auto Show, which is a very eye-catching team
The convoy quickly passed through the Russian customs, entered the territory of Russia, and walked not far to the city of Boli, since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Russia's economic pattern has been turbulent, the oligarchy economy has been monopolizing Russia's political system and financial industry, until Putin took office, vigorously cracked down on oligopoly, Russia only breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the economy of the whole Russia has not been improving, but the development of Boli has been very good, on average every year can ensure the growth of more than ten percentage points ahead of the rest of Russia, and these are of course thanks to the geographical location of Boli, because of the close proximity to the Celestial Empire, and the Celestial Empire has maintained rapid economic growth over the years, so Boli has also become the Russian Far East, the largest port for exports to the Celestial Empire.
Because of the abundant natural resources, this has also become a strong support for the economic growth of Boli, so in recent years, Boli is getting better and better, and its position in the economic map of the Russian Far East is becoming more and more important, so there are many Russian import and export merchants gathered here, and the development of the city can also be described as rapid.
Originally, Jin Xiaoqiang thought that a city as big as Boli had to look like a big city, but when they saw the urban area of Boli, they were dumbfounded.
There are low-rise buildings everywhere, even in the downtown area, it is only seven or eight stories high, or a dozen stories high, this is the highest building in Boli City, and it is not as prosperous as they imagined.
Everywhere you see the slightly dilapidated buildings of the former Soviet Union, and the economic center of the Russian Far East, which they imagined, are completely different, which makes Jin Xiaoqiang feel a little disappointed.
If it weren't for the many blond-haired and blue-eyed Russians walking around the streets, Jin Xiaoqiang really couldn't believe that this was the largest city in the Russian Far East, because it was too similar to a small county town in China. …,
Li Yifeng had been keeping in touch with Jin Xiaoqiang and them through his mobile phone as early as when Jin Xiaoqiang and them were leaving, and when he learned that they had arrived in Boli, he sent someone to wait for them on the road to Boli into the city.
The young man who led the way was a Russian, knew Chinese, and could also speak English, and they were very enthusiastic after meeting Jin Xiaoqiang, because his Russian name was more tongue-twisting, so he asked Jin Xiaoqiang to call him his English name Dennis.
Dennis led Jin Xiaoqiang and the others all the way to a hotel called Aili in Boli City, and after parking the car in the hotel's parking lot, he took them to the hotel.
Although Boli is the center of Russia in the Far East, it still looks a little desolate, and the hotels here are only able to reach the four-star level in China according to Jin Xiaoqiang's eyesight, even if they are the highest level, and it seems that they are still relatively backward in terms of software.
According to Dennis, this hotel called Avery should be regarded as the best hotel in Boli, but the only impression left on Jin Xiaoqiang is that the stairs of this hotel are more distinctive, because they are painted with various colors of paint, so they look more gorgeous.
The Avery Hotel is not high, only four floors, to the second floor of the hotel, to the inside is a big restaurant, foreign restaurants are not like the domestic, there are private rooms, here looks like such an open restaurant.
The restaurant of the Aili Hotel is very large, but it seems to be very empty, and the entire hall seems empty, there are not many people at all, and now it is a meal, which makes Jin Xiaoqiang feel a little strange.
He glanced a few times, and only in the middle of the restaurant, where was a particularly conspicuous one, a few people were seated.
After taking a closer look, it turned out that the two people sitting there were Li Yifeng and another Russian, Li Yifeng saw Jin Xiaoqiang coming, and immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Brother Xiaoqiang, it's been a long time, I heard that you've been doing well lately, huh?"
Since Li Yifeng asked for the agency of Huayang Power in Russia from Jin Xiaoqiang, he has taken root in Russia, and he has never heard much of him at all.
I heard that this guy relied on his old cousin's relationship, and he mixed well in Russia, and everyone had to buy him a little face, and because the quality of Huayang Power's products was excellent, the car was beautiful, and the price was very kind, so he had been buying very well in Russia, and this guy also made a lot of money.
Before Jin Xiaoqiang came, he also learned about their products from Wang Jiao, and the sales in Russia are said to be quite optimistic, with monthly sales of more than 2,000, and when the business is good, it can exceed 3,000 vehicles.
This is already a very remarkable achievement for a new automobile manufacturing company like Huayang Power, after all, Russia has only more than 100 million people, and its economic consumption capacity cannot be compared with developed countries like Europe and the United States.
"Haha, Brother Li, it's been a long time, I heard that you are doing well in Russia."
Li Yifeng came up and gave Jin Xiaoqiang a Russian warm bear hug, and the two patted each other's backs happily.
"Come on, let me introduce you, this is my good friend, the Russian Zmanov, Zmanov This is my good friend, Jin Xiaoqiang, the president of Huayang Power from the Celestial Empire."
After the two finished greeting, Li Yifeng pulled the Russian beside him over and enthusiastically introduced Jin Xiaoqiang.
"Hello, nice to meet you."
Jin Xiaoqiang stretched out his hand with a smile, and that Zmanov held Jin Xiaoqiang's hand a little overjoyed, shaking it very enthusiastically and vigorously, and he didn't even seem to remember what to say in his mouth.
Although he was hiding his excitement, Jin Xiaoqiang could still see that this guy seemed to be very excited to see him, and it seemed that he was also a celebrity-level big man, Jin Xiaoqiang was secretly a little proud.
After a few people exchanged a few words, and then they sat down, Li Yifeng gestured, and the waiter in the restaurant began to serve the food, it seems that they also considered that Jin Xiaoqiang and they must have been hungry all the way, so they simply feasted them first.
Beetroot soup, mashed potatoes, all kinds of unnamed sausages, of course, Russia's most famous black caviar, and a few bottles of red wine that Jin Xiaoqiang doesn't know where to come from, in short, this meal looks very realistic, and it is some of Russia's signature dishes.
Driving all the way, Jin Xiaoqiang was already hungry, and he didn't talk too much nonsense with Li Yifeng and Zmanov, and several people began to eat.
At the dinner table, the three of them exchanged pleasantries while eating, and the atmosphere quickly became familiar, and everyone began to get familiar with each other.
After eating, Zmanov also wanted to invite Jin Xiaoqiang and them to go out for a spin, but Jin Xiaoqiang politely refused, he was running around these days, he was a little tired, and he wanted to have a good rest today, Zmanov didn't force it, so he left the hotel alone, while Li Yifeng stayed.
"Brother Li, what is the steel-colored oil business you are talking about?"
As soon as Zmanov left, Jin Xiaoqiang asked Li Yifeng to arrive.
"Hehe, it's very simple, oil is oil, steel, it's munitions, how about it, are you interested?" ……,