In Moscow, where work is extremely inefficient, there are basically no visits before 10 a.m., and there are no phone calls. Georg didn't want to make a bad impression on his boss, so he deliberately got up early.

He wasn't the only one who had this idea, and he ran down the stairs only to find that the office was already full of people. This is a very special team, they know each other very well, and before joining the Berlin Industrial Corporation en masse, they were not only colleagues for several years or even more than ten years, but even classmates or classmates from the same school.

Godfus, who was in charge of the business of the three Baltic countries and had arrived from Riga only yesterday, saw him and asked, "Is the boss up?" ”

Georg straightened his tie in front of the mirror and said without looking back, "I didn't go upstairs, I know as much as you do." ”

When the boss arrived, he was inevitably a little nervous, and Yarman, who was in charge of the business of the five Central Asian countries, muttered: "Everyone, I don't think that the boss and the doctor are really here to travel. ”

"And what do you think they're here for?"

"There could be big projects."

Jürgen, the former military attache of the East German embassy in the Soviet Union, put his chair aside and said enviously: "Guys, remember Hex? It is the kid who is based in Iraq, the boss went to the Middle East in the first half of the year, he worked as a secretary for the boss for a few months, and now he is the assistant to the president of the Gulf Company of NB Electric Group. ”

"Isn't the branch general manager, how can there be a president?"

People who have worked in the socialist system are very sensitive to "status" and "rank", and Georg will be suspicious of this.

Jürgen, who was clearly more well-informed than they were, leaned back in his chair and said: "The group is undergoing a major reshuffle, and the new CEO has transformed the previous four regional companies into seven companies in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, China, the Gulf and Australia.

And the business scope was planned. Algiers, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Amman, Qatar, Cyprus and Turkey are all included in the Gulf Company; Inclusion of Morocco and Tunisia, which are closer to Europe, as European companies; From now on, the Asia-Pacific region will only be responsible for Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Japan. The headquarters was also moved from Hong Kong to Singapore. ”

"Why are you going to Singapore?"

"Because Singapore is an international convention and exhibition center. Many exhibitions are held every year and are closer to Indonesia, India, the Philippines and Malaysia. ”

Georg, the former commercial counselor, reacted and said with a sudden realization: "Putting the Gulf market and Southeast Asian market in the first place shows the group's development strategy." ”

"It's better than Europe."

"The question is what is the boss doing in Moscow? I don't think there's going to be any big project here. ”

Ürgen's judgment was the opposite of his, and he said meaningfully: "Aren't we doing a good job, why can't we expand our business a little more?" ”

"What's the use, and I can't see the light, otherwise it would still be the Moscow representative office of the Berlin Industrial Corporation. Instead of the Soviet representative office of the NB Electric Group. ”

The situation here was so special that in order to make the infant Berlin NB laboratory able to pass the review in the first place, Daniel registered the "Berlin Industrial Corporation", a leather bag company that provided after-sales service to the former East German machinery and equipment.

The specific operation is equivalent to an intermediary, where the customer signs a contract for "after-sales service" or "spare parts sales", and places an order for "commissioned research and development of equipment upgrading" for the Berlin NB laboratory. After the contract is fulfilled here, I will send some small gifts to the directors and secretaries of the Soviet factory, and ask them to sign a customer satisfaction questionnaire at the NB laboratory in Berlin.

It is ironic that the shrewd directors and secretaries of the Soviet factories found that in this way, they could not only cash out the foreign exchange on the factory's books, but also put it into their pockets.

Because the foreign exchange commission funds of Soviet enterprises were once set to death. Some departments have a high percentage, such as the machine building sector, which has a commission of 30 to 50 percent. And some departments are low. In addition, the foreign exchange commission fund must only be used in the next year, resulting in hard currencies such as US dollars, marks, Japanese yen, and Swiss francs that are deposited in banks but cannot be obtained, let alone filled their own pockets.

The Berlin Industrial Corporation was undoubtedly able to solve this problem for them, so they tried to make it break even if the equipment did not break, and then confidently submitted an import application to the competent authorities.

The machine cannot but turn, and the construction of socialism cannot be delayed because of this, not to mention that this is a matter of benefit to everyone. Factories with foreign exchange commission funds are going well, and those factories that don't have foreign exchange commission funds have no problem trying to find a way.

After passing the pass of the competent authorities, they asked the foreign trade company to sign a contract with the Berlin Industrial Corporation, and then converted it according to the import coefficient and used the factory's rubles to buy foreign exchange from the state, which was finally transferred to the account of the Berlin Industrial Corporation by the Foreign Trade Bank. The leaders of the competent departments agreed, and the leaders of the foreign trade departments had no opinions, and then the foreign trade bank was done, and a single business was completed.

At the beginning, equipment and spare parts were imported more or less, so that there could be an explanation for the top and bottom.

As more and more leaders participated, the money became less and less, and the courage became more and more daring.

Where to find such a good thing by signing a few contracts that do not need to be fulfilled at all, letting as little as tens of thousands, as many as hundreds of thousands of dollars or a mark turn around the account, you can get up to 20% of the commission?

The Berlin Industrial Corporation has become an institution that helps them embezzle public funds and launder money.

The business is doing very well and the profits are very good.

In view of the fact that this business was really shady, the articles of association did not merge the Berlin Industrial Corporation into the NB Electric Group, and even asked Daniel to cancel his previous registration in Berlin and re-register one in the British Virgin Islands as soon as possible.

In addition to the 10% dividend of the former East German diplomats, all the profits obtained were used as research and development funds for gas turbine projects and into a separate account of the Swiss bank.

How corrupt those Soviet elites were, Goldfuss knew better than anyone else.

There was a tall man on top of the sky falling, and he was not worried about the east window incident at all. Even if something really goes wrong, you can put oil on the soles of your feet, and NB Airlines has opened a route to Moscow. You can go whenever you want.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. There is nothing to be faulty about the salary. But there is no sense of accomplishment in this kind of shady fact.

Highly educated, fluent in several foreign languages, and a few years as a glamorous diplomat, he thought he needed a more decent job, whether it was NB Aviation, NB Bank, NB Industrial Manufacturing, NB Motors or NB Instrument, any branch he went to was better than it is now, although the salary was much lower.

"Georg, Yarman."

Just as he was thinking about it, his boss Rollel knocked on the office door outside: "You two go and prepare the car, and then send the doctor and them out." Be sure to keep them safe; Goldfuss remained on duty, Jürgen went to pick up people at the airport, and Mr. Leo and Mr. Lucas arrived at noon. ”

A colleague raised his hand and asked, "What about us?" ”

"Standby."

Rorel was as precious as when he was the first counselor of the embassy, and after finishing speaking, he ran upstairs without looking back.

In the dining room on the third floor, four doctors, including Charter, Xia Yao, and Klinsmann, were having breakfast.

Seeing that Lorel, who had just walked in, glanced at himself, Frederick, the confidential secretary of the former East German Embassy in the Soviet Union, closed the door with his hand, opened the folder and reported: "Mr. Zhang, Dr., two hours ago, President Daniel had a meeting with Chairman Bierman, President Lu Yuanqing, and His Royal Highness the Prince, and they agreed that if the information was correct, they could seize this opportunity. BNB News is not only an instant hit, but also a huge boost to all of the group's businesses. ”

There are many things that cannot be kept secret. Otherwise, the rest of the work will not be carried out at all.

So the charter revealed an ambiguous coup d'état, and the source of the information was blamed on Chen Zhenghuai, the deputy director of China's Ministry of Economy and Trade, and they would not have verified it anyway.

"Sit down," said Charter, motioning for him to sit down, grabbing a napkin and wiping his hands.

Sure enough, there was no arrogance, and Frederick secretly praised it, sat down next to Dr. Klinsmann and continued: "His Royal Highness the Prince has asked for a stake in BNB News and proposed to open an Arabic channel. As for how the show can land in the Gulf countries, he will find a way. ”

If you engage in news, you have to have comments, and if you have comments, you will have a position, and no matter how objective and fair you are, you will offend people. It can be said that this is a double-edged sword, and if you use it well, you can promote all the businesses of NB Electric, and it is easy to hurt yourself if you don't use it well.

The charter has been thinking about this issue, and there is no way to get the best of both worlds, what can be done is to minimize the possible adverse factors, and then sell it after the NB electric brand is played, and invest in research and development with more funds.

The more shareholders there are, the less trouble they have, and the articles of association agree: "Just do what the prince says." ”

"President Daniel asked me to tell you that there is no problem with the satellite transponders, and there is no problem with fifteen satellite communication systems. Considering that the OB trucks were too big, he decided to rent them and refit them in Berlin by NB Labs and NB Industrial Manufacturing, and buy them when the coverage was over. ”

"He's the president, and he's in charge."

"Okay, I'll just reply to him."

Frederick quickly finished taking notes and continued: "Professor Bessel has found a student of Mayor Sobchak when he was teaching at Leningrad University, and he has already contacted him, and Mr. Mayor very much welcomes the NB Electric Business Delegation to St. Petersburg, and President Daniel suggested that the Vice President of the European company François be the head of the delegation.

In order to carry out the work better and for the development of NB Airlines, President Daniel, Chairman Biermann, His Royal Highness Prince and President Lu Yuanqing also suggested that NB Bank should take a stake in the "Leipzig Youth Travel Agency", which had just been registered not long ago, and change its name to "Pan European International Travel Service Co., Ltd." ”

Dr. Klinsmann grabbed his travel hat and said with a smile: "It's a good idea that Leipzig has a lot of tourism and St. Petersburg has more." ”

"It can also act as an agent for air tickets and improve the seat rate of NB Airlines."

"That's what Chairman Bierman and President Lu Yuanqing have in mind, and they are even preparing to set up six branches in Hong Kong, Riyadh, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Nigeria to carry out the tour charter and MSL Hajj charter business."

It's not the same to have shares, and Prince Mateb actually even thought of the Hajj. This kind of good thing charter will naturally not refuse, anyway, the travel agency investment is not large, and he is not the only one who pays for it.

"If you have no doubt, the business delegation will leave tomorrow morning. The last is the ruble exchange business. It just started this morning. Vice President Philip is not recruiting. Instead, they gave the former KPA officers who had been summoned overnight an exchange rate and helped each of them guarantee a small loan at the NB Bank, which they could exchange at the various stations of the 'Western Cluster'. ”

"Swap more, earn more?"

"Yes," Frederick confirmed, glancing at the documents, "and since this matter should not be brought into a fuss, let alone attract the attention of the financial monitoring agencies, NB Bank only provides loans." No cashback. Instead, the families of NB Airlines came forward and exchanged the rubles they had exchanged for back. ”

"How much can be exchanged in half a month depends mainly on us," the charter paused, and asked sideways: "Mr. Director, what is the black market exchange rate of Russia and those other union republics now?" ”

Director Lorel shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Since Estonia fully implemented the price reform in October last year and liberalized the retail price of goods, the actual purchasing power of the ruble has plummeted. Signs of Estonia's sovereign currency were also resonating in the Soviet Union, with other republics following suit.

Lithuania, Latvia and the Russian Federation have all established their own central banks. 'Decentralization'. Inflation swelled sharply in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. 1 ruble can only be exchanged for 2.55 cents! Moscow has the highest rate, and 1 ruble can only be exchanged for 3.36 cents. Bank credit is extremely out of control, and the ruble link between the central and local governments is completely broken, which is why the business of our representative offices is so good. ”

Xia Yao was stunned by this exchange rate, and blurted out: "How can it be so low, isn't the official exchange rate 1:1?" ”

I don't know if it's out of propaganda, or if I really don't know the actual situation.

Later generations have made various descriptions of the depreciation of the ruble, saying that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ruble, which is almost equivalent to the US dollar, plummeted, and it was all done by US imperialism, with a nose and eyes, and even a set of data on US imperialism using 500 million US dollars to take the opportunity to fish out trillions of assets of the Soviet Union.

The charter feels very funny, the experience of the price breakthrough is there, the lack of productivity, and the sudden liberalization of commodity prices will inevitably lead to inflation. This is the case in East Germany, this is the case in China, this is the case in Estonia, and the same is true in the Russian Federation, this is the inevitable result of the planning of the economy into a dead end, and it has nothing to do with whether others do it or not.

As for the exchange rate, it is just a set of numbers, if it is really exchanged according to that, will China still issue foreign exchange coupons?

As for using $500 million to fish away decades of Soviet construction, that's even more nonsense. Not to mention that foreign capital was not allowed to participate in the privatization process in the Soviet Union, and even if foreign capital was allowed, it would not make much of a profit. Because the former Soviet GCD cadres and future oligarchs who turned into democrats are not greedy at all.

Their appetites are so great that less than a third of their assets are divided equally among the people in the form of warrants in the forthcoming full-scale privatization, and the vast majority is divided among them internally.

Unexpectedly, my sweetheart couldn't believe that this was true, so he simply put down the milk cup and patiently explained: "The foreign exchange of the Soviet Union is completely controlled by the state, and the exchange rate is also set by the state, and the official exchange rate is not convincing." The most obvious example is that the ruble is not freely convertible in the world, but at most it can be circulated within the Economic and Mutual Association.

Moreover, two tricks have been developed in the Economic and Mutual Economic Association: the 'trade ruble' and the 'non-trade ruble'. Excluding the explanation of economic terms that are twisting, to put it simply, if the goods of the exporting country to the Soviet Union can be sold for 8 rubles in the Soviet Union, it does not mean that the goods of the exporting country have a value of 8 rubles. These 8 rubles only represent the price of goods in the Soviet Union's 'non-trade rubles', and the 'trade rubles' settlement may be worth only 1 ruble.

In other words, don't look at you for 8 yuan, but you can only take 1 yuan. To add insult to injury, the Soviet government's foreign settlement of trade was dominated by the use of only 'trade rubles'. Of course, private trade in the USSR could be settled in non-trade rubles, but where did the concept of private individuals exist in the socialist camp? ”

"So worthless?"

"It's very worthless."

"What can't the prince exchange for?"

"The ruble is a non-freely circulated currency, you can't buy anything outside the USSR, except for waste paper, almost no one will want it, and if you don't have it abroad, you can't exchange it."

Klinsmann, who is a Ph.D. in physics, not economics, couldn't help but ask, "What about after the exchange?" ”

Just because you've never eaten pork doesn't mean you haven't seen a pig run.

Although Prince Metbu never said what to do after the exchange, the charter can more or less guess how they will operate: "His Majesty the King is a face-saving person, and the Saudi royal family can't do that kind of too explicit thing, so it will not give the ruble to the Soviet Union as a dollar according to the exchange rate that the whole world knows that the Tao cannot be counted." But they have hundreds of billions of dollars of investment overseas, and there are thousands of companies, and the gods can't find out who those companies really belong to.

If I'm not mistaken, then a few or even dozens of companies with no real names will pop up, and they will make up a bunch of reasons that you know are fake at first hearing, but you can't verify the origin of the ruble, and ask the Soviet government to convert it into dollars at the exchange rate. The USSR, of course, would not have agreed, and had no obligation to do so. Then they will settle for the next best thing, demanding that the ruble be used to buy a batch of supplies, such as ore, or oil, at the exchange rate.

Buy something for a few tens of dollars, and the USSR will not agree to it either. Embarrassed, they would take the Soviet government to court and ask the court to freeze the Saudi government's aid to the Soviet Union. Suing a government may sound inconceivable, but as long as the aid money is in the bank of the jurisdiction, the courts of the country and region where the common law law is applied will accept it.

The Soviet government would be the first defendant, and the Saudi government would be the second. And the judge only recognizes the terms of the law, and only looks at the official exchange rate published by the Soviet Union, so he does not care about the difference between the 'trade ruble' and the 'non-trade ruble'. ”

Dr. Klinsmann was delighted, and Ha Lu Ha Da laughed and said: "The judges of capitalism, in accordance with the laws of capitalism, hear cases in socialist countries, and the verdict can be imagined. ”

The charter nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "This is a good look, if it is not good, they will choose a YSL court." Maybe the case hasn't started yet, the money has already been divided, and as for those rubles, the Soviet Union loves to do it or not. (To be continued......)