The place where Chen Tian asked Lin Zhenhua to meet was in Donglaishun, Wangfujing. When Lin Zhenhua arrived, Chen Tian and the person he wanted to introduce had already arrived first, and they were sitting at a dining table chatting. The man was of medium height, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and looked like a successful person, but from his dark complexion, Lin Zhenhua could still see that this benevolent brother should have also suffered and been tired.

"I'm sorry, two, I'm late." Lin Zhenhua stepped forward and said apologetically.

"No, no, we're new here." The man brought by Chen Tian hurriedly stood up and greeted Lin Zhenhua.

Chen Tian didn't stand up, with his friendship with Lin Zhenhua, there was no need for such politeness. He pointed to the person and introduced to Lin Zhenhua: "Wu Jie, general manager of Shenyang Dawa Trading Company. ”

"Haha, my general manager is a bare-bones commander, compared with a general manager like Mr. Lin, who commands thousands of troops, it is simply a pawn." Wu Jie said with a smile. When Chen Tian introduced Lin Zhenhua in advance, he said that this person is an international master, and now it seems that it really means something. He and Lin Zhenhua met for the first time, but they were very enthusiastic, and at a glance, they knew that they were usually used to dealing with all kinds of people.

After a moment of humility, the two of them sat down separately. The waiter came over and asked, "Guys, what to eat?" ”

Wu Jie looked at Lin Zhenhua and said, "Mr. Lin? ”

Lin Zhenhua waved his hand and said, "Don't let me decide, I'm the worst at ordering." ”

"Mr. Lin is too polite." Wu Jie spoke, then turned to Chen Tian and said, "Or, Mr. Chen will decide?" Today's over, in the end, I pay the bill, no one should rob me, whoever robs me, I am in a hurry. ”

Chen Tian said with a smile: "I won't rob you, Zhenhua and I are both on errands for the country, and no matter how much money the company has, it is not ours." Only you Wu always earn it yourself and spend it yourself, and you don't pay the bills, who else can you let pay the bills? ”

"Mr. Chen's words are so polite, it is precisely because you two are on errands for the country that I can't compare with you. No matter how rich an individual is, can he be richer than the country? However, today I sincerely invite the two, and the two of them can appreciate the light, I feel that there is smoke on the ancestral grave, how dare I let the two of you pay the bill. Wu Jie said very humbly.

As a second-generation official, Chen Tian never knew what politeness was. From his point of view, being able to contact Lin Zhenhua for Wu Jie and accompany Wu Jie to dinner in his busy schedule is indeed very face-saving for Wu Jie, where is there any reason to rush to pay the bill. He raised his head and said to the waiter: "You also asked, when you come to Donglaishun, you will naturally eat shabu mutton, half a catty of mutton, come first 10 plates, not enough to add more." ”

"Two more bottles of Erguotou." Wu Jie added.

"Uh...... Well, the guests are as they please. Lin Zhenhua was speechless, anyway, he had no wealth and no color, so everything was arranged by Chen Tian.

The wine and meat were soon served, the charcoal fire in the copper hot pot was burning vigorously, and the three of them were eating the meat while drinking the second pot head, and a few glasses of wine were in the stomach, and the atmosphere of chatting became warm.

"I heard Brother Chen say that Wu always does trade, what kind of trade do you do?" Lin Zhenhua asked Wu Jie tentatively.

Wu Jie said: "What kind of trade am I engaged in, I am just an international master, mainly running to the Soviet Union." You see, the name of my company is Dawa Trading Company, and in the Soviet Union, my company is called Davari Company. Davari means comrade in Russian. ”

"It's such a Dawa." Lin Zhenhua nodded, "Did Mr. Wu originally work in the foreign trade department?" ”

Wu Jie shook his head and said, "I am a worker. My parents were both workers, workers in steel mills. I first entered the factory as a substitute, and I took more than 300 gross a month, just enough to eat by myself, plus smoke and drink. I don't dare to buy good cigarettes, and I overspend when I buy good cigarettes. Later, I couldn't take it anymore, so I simply quit my job and did it myself. ”

Lin Zhenhua smiled dumbly, he remembered what Xiong Lijun looked like back then, and he really had to fight with Wu Jie. Xiong Lijun went to the sea at the instigation of Lin Zhenhua, but now it seems that even if there is no such crosser as Lin Zhenhua, Xiong Lijun will eventually go to the sea, just like Wu Jie in front of him.

"When I first went to the sea, I poured some electronic watches and toad mirrors. At that time, I was still speculative, and I didn't dare to sell it openly, so I found a small street and alley and sold it in my hand. In this way, I worked for several years and saved some money. Wu Jie continued to talk about his family history, "In the past two years, the relationship between our country and the Soviet Union has improved, and a few buddies went to Manchurian to do border trade with the Soviets, and they made a lot of money. As soon as I saw it, it was also a doorway, so I ran after them. ”,

"And then you signed up for a trading company?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Wu Jie said: "Yes, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and it doesn't look good without a company." At first, I was engaged in border trade, and then through Soviet friends I met when I was doing business, I helped me get a visa, and I went directly to the Soviet Union. In the past two years, I have traveled a lot in the Soviet Union. ”

Hearing Wu Jie say this, Lin Zhenhua's heart moved, and he couldn't help but cast a beam of eyes at Chen Tian. Chen Tian sat there, seemingly concentrating on the mutton, and when he saw Lin Zhenhua looking at him, he smiled slightly and nodded quietly, meaning that there was indeed a reason why he introduced this friend to Lin Zhenhua.

As early as a few years ago, Lin Zhenhua was fighting the idea of the Soviet Union. Three years ago, at the Frankfurt Equipment Exhibition, he deliberately contacted several Soviet military experts, and even accidentally met Piyuzin, who would become a leader in the future. Afterwards, he introduced these Soviet military experts to Liu Xianghai and explained that Liu Xianghai maintained close contact with them.

In addition to the channels of the military industry, Lin Zhenhua also wanted to open up commercial contacts with the Soviet Union, and for this reason, he also discussed this matter with Chen Tian. However, in the past few years, he has been running around and managing every day, and he really has no time to implement his Soviet strategy. Now that Chen Tian introduced this Wu Jie to him, he actually had the idea of helping him establish contacts with the Soviet Union.

"What are the main aspects of the products that Mr. Wu does trade with the Soviet Union?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Light industrial products." Wu Jie said, "Originally, I just thought that our China's light industry products were poor, but when I went to Lao Maozi, I realized that their light industry was worse than ours." In this way, semiconductor radios are quite common goods in our country? In the Soviet Union, there was a special shortage of this kind of play. I stayed in a hotel in Moscow, and I sent a semiconductor radio to the waiter, good guy, she was so excited when she received the radio, just like we were, a foreigner sent us a big color TV. ”

"Is that an exaggeration?" Lin Zhenhua couldn't believe it, in later generations, he had heard many rumors about the backwardness of light industry in the former Soviet Union, but it seemed a bit too exaggerated to say that people couldn't even make a semiconductor radio.

Chen Tian's mouth was stuffed with mutton, and he said casually: "Zhenhua, what Mr. Wu said is too normal. The Soviets tossed all the country's resources into the military industry. They joked that an astronaut in Moscow was able to receive signals from satellites far over the South Pacific, but not from Moscow television. ”

"Isn't it?" When Wu Jie heard Chen Tian support his statement, he felt quite embarrassed, and his mood was even higher, "I live in a hotel in Moscow, and the TV in their hotel can't receive programs, it's all snowflakes." ”

"And then?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Then I stopped reading it, and I didn't understand the Russian anyway. Lao Maozi's domestic TV shows are worse than ours, and there is not even a colored one. Wu Jie said disdainfully.

Lin Zhenhua scratched his head: "Uh, I'm asking what business you do with the Soviets." ”

"Oh, that's what you ask." Wu Jie said, "I just dumped our Chinese light industrial products to the Soviet Union, what household appliances, clothing, tableware, anyway, those things that we can buy casually on the street are all sought-after goods in the Soviet Union, and the price is equivalent to two or three times that of our side." By the way, there are also spirits, which is Lao Maozi's favorite thing, and they can't drink a good wine or a bad wine, so they know that the higher the degree, the better. ”

"Then you sold the goods, and came back with rubles to exchange for yuan?" Lin Zhenhua continued to ask.

"That's what a success." Wu Jie said, "Take the ruble back to exchange for RMB, first, it is not easy to exchange, and second, the exchange rate is low, and the loss is big." I used the money I got from selling light industrial products to buy their things in the Soviet Union and ship them back to the country to sell. ”

"What did the USSR have to sell to China?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Wu Jie said proudly: "Yes, the Soviet fur coats and binoculars are quite cheap, so I'll go back." However, now there are more and more people who are going back to this game, and it's a bit difficult to shoot. ”

"Then you didn't find a way to expand some other channels?" Lin Zhenhua asked casually, as of now, he has not figured out how to use Wu Jie, but considering the collapse of the Soviet Union in a few years, Lin Zhenhua still feels that he needs to have some people who are familiar with the situation in the Soviet Union, so that he can go to the Soviet Union to pick up some foreign land at that time.

Hearing Lin Zhenhua's question, Wu Jie sank slightly, and then said, "Mr. Lin asked." In fact, I asked Mr. Chen to contact him this time, because I intentionally wanted to expand some other channels. Do you know that the cheapest thing in the USSR now is not fur coats, but ......"

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused and observed Chen Tian and Lin Zhenhua's expressions to decide whether he wanted to continue.

Lin Zhenhua looked at Chen Tian, Chen Tian pointed at Wu Jie with the chopsticks that were holding meat, and said, "Mr. Wu, if you have anything to say, it's okay, let's just chat with buddies today, there are no outsiders here, and no one will treat you for your crimes." ”

Wu Jie was waiting for this sentence, and after Chen Tian's promise, he lowered his voice and said: "Actually, the cheapest thing in the Soviet Union now is arms. ”