Chapter 30: Please Call Me William
Seryosha and Yuri sat worriedly smoking in a small park at the Gorky Automobile Plant, and they looked in the same direction, where a group of Yuri's men were selling goods in full swing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"You said we're running out of goods, right?" Yuri still wouldn't believe his ears, he didn't expect that such a booming business would close after a long time.
"Yes, we don't have a new source of goods, and our strength is still too small, and the people in Dresden don't look down on us at all." Seryosha explained helplessly to Yuri.
"But our good days have just begun, can't you think of a way?" Yuri still didn't give up, he felt that Seryosha would always find a way.
"I'm sorry Yuri, but there's nothing I can do until I find a new source." Seryosha threw the unfinished cigarette on the ground and trampled it out.
"Is there really no way? I've got a big list in my hand, enough to squander for years. Yuri said to Seryosha with a frown.
"What a big list, we still have some inventory, if you don't discuss it with them, even if you can't eat everything, it's not bad to eat some of it." Seryosha was visibly moved.
"No, we all have high-end goods, what people want is ordinary grade vodka, cigarettes, candy or something, beef, pork, chicken, even flour." Yuri explained to Seryosha.
"These things don't have much profit, these things are not expensive, and they are very difficult to transport, and if they are seized, the loss is not small. Who's going to smuggle this stuff in our business. Seryosha wondered if Yuri had been cheated by someone. He added: "Who introduced this business?" ā
"It's one of my cellmates in the Gulag, who has just been released and is now doing some small business in Tyumen." Yuri explained, taking out a piece of paper from his pocket and handing it to Seryosha, he continued, "You see, he wants all these things on it. ā
Seryosha took it and saw that it was densely packed with a list of various commodities, from daily necessities to tobacco, alcohol, sugar and tea, and all kinds of meat. The more Seryosha looked at it, the more strange it became, and he couldn't help asking, "What is the origin of that guy?" What do you buy these things for? ā
"Who are you talking about, my cellmate?" Yuri asked rhetorically.
"Yes! What's going on with that guy? Seryosha continued to ask.
"That guy was originally a high-ranking cadre, he accidentally drove and killed someone, and then ran away, and I saved his life inside." Yuri introduced.
"Sons of high-ranking cadres? How tall? What level is the home? What kind of business? Seryosha continued to ask.
"I don't know, I just know that it's a cadre on the oil field. I heard that the right is not small. Yuri tried to recall everything he knew.
"What did he buy these things for?" Seryosha still didn't understand, what did a high-ranking cadre's son do when he bought these things?
"He didn't elaborate, he just said that the workers there were very well treated and rich, but these things were very lacking, and they couldn't buy them if they had money." Yuri saw that Seryosha's eyes had changed, no longer so lost, but now full of energy. He also began to feel that it was not easy.
"Tell that over there, take over the business, and when I come back and talk to them, I'll go to Mikhail first." As soon as he finished speaking, Seryosha sped towards the car, and after a while, the people disappeared, leaving Yuri at a loss of sight.
Seryosha drove and searched several places but did not find Mikhail, Seryosha couldn't wait, he found the nearest phone booth, entered a string of familiar numbers, and the voice of waiting came from the telephone, five seconds, ten seconds, fifteen seconds, twenty seconds... Until Seryosha felt that the other party would not answer his call. A familiar voice came: "You are finally willing to talk about the durian candy business?" ā
Seryosha tried his best to control his excitement, suppressed his voice and said: "Mr. opposite, forget about durian candy, I want to talk to you about a new business!" A business big enough to pique your interest. Seryosha tried to hold on to the other party's appetite.
"I'm not interested in your so-called 'big business', I'm only interested in durian candy. I don't think you got that shipment at all, you're just playing with me. "William Peake has completely lost his patience, the other side has not been able to follow, obviously not having the shipment on hand.
"Sir, I'd like to ask if you're interested in the oil business?" Seryosha understood, if he hung the other party's appetite again, the other party would no longer pay attention to him, Seryosha simply went straight to the point and went directly to the topic.
"Don't tell me you grabbed a tanker truck and can't find a buyer, hahaha!" William Peake was still laughing at Seryosha, he didn't believe in the kid's big business at all.
"No, sir on the other side, I'm talking about the constant flow of crude oil from the Tyumen oil fields, as much as I want, and I can even transport a whole train to Poland, aren't you really interested?" Although Seryosha's tone was relaxed, he was very anxiously waiting for the other party's reply.
William Peake carefully considered the other party's suggestion in his heart. To be honest, William Peake doesn't really despise the other party, the longer he works in this business, the more cautious he will be, so William Peake has given the other party a chance, but the other party is obviously not up to the grade, with William Peake's status today, he will not trade with someone of this level again. After all, the business is not legal, the stalls are too large, and it is easy for the police to infiltrate them, bringing danger to themselves and their business partners.
But the other party on the phone said conclusively that it can transport oil from the Tyumen oil field to Poland in a steady stream, if the other party really has this strength, William Peake must give the other party the corresponding respect, if the other party is bragging, William Peake has nothing to lose. Of course, Seryosha will never get a chance to speak with William Pique again. And since the 1979 oil crisis, oil prices have continued to rise to record highs, and William Peake has recently been to the other side of the Berlin Wall, where truckers have gone on strike several times. So after thinking about it for a while, William Pique decided to give the other side a chance, and at the same time give himself a chance.
"If you can really send oil to Poland, I will give you a fair price." William Peake replied cautiously.
"How much is that?" Seryosha asked.
"What do you think of six dollars a barrel?" William Peake made a low price, which was the black market price two years ago.
"Fifteen dollars!" Seryosha directly burst out of the market price.
"It's impossible, how about a barrel of seven dollars?" William Peake took up a dollar.
"Fourteen dollars!" Seryosha also lowered by a dollar.
"Eight dollars!"
"Thirteen dollars!"
"Nine dollars!"
"Twelve dollars!"
"Ten dollars, no more, or the deal will be canceled." William Peake was a little annoyed.
"Okay, just ten dollars. I agree with the price. However, you have to pay once for each transaction, and you can't pay on credit. Seryosha made some concessions, but agreed to the other party.
"The deal will take effect from the moment your train enters Warsaw, otherwise I didn't say anything about today, and I wouldn't have contacted you again." William Pique warned the other side again.
"May I ask the gentleman opposite, what should I call you in the future?" Seryosha asked.
"Call me William, and what shall I call you, you mysterious fellow?" William Peake reported himself to the door.
"You can call me Seryosha." Seryosha replied.
"Okay Seryosha, I hope we have a good cooperation!"
"It's a pleasure to work with, William."