Chapter 230: The Legendary Trader
After dealing with Monsanto, Tonya, Eva and Karim came to Switzerland with the intention of settling here for a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoTonya was seconded by Seryosha from Soviet aviation to the office of the Mediterranean Trading Company as a director. However, this is only a temporary arrangement, because Seryosha has already put the preparations of the air cargo company on the agenda.
The five existing Tu-144D aircraft were all in the hands of Soviet civil aviation for cargo duty, but because of the strict requirements for pilots and the prohibitive cost of this type of aircraft, Soviet civil aviation always wanted to get rid of them. Now Seryosha took the initiative to come to the door and fell into their hands. Seryosha soon reached an agreement with Soviet aviation that Seryosha's air cargo company would lease the planes for five years, after which the planes would automatically go to Seryosha's cargo airlines. In addition, Seryosha also contacted the Tu-144 production line in Voronezh, although the Tu-144 has been discontinued, but the Tupolev Design Bureau is obviously not willing to let the Tu-144D die, they have not stopped the work on the T-144, Seryosha and they reached an agreement on the maintenance and use of the aircraft, by them to provide round-the-clock repair, maintenance services, as well as pilot training.
In this way, Seryosha has actually saved most of the maintenance costs of the Tu-144D. Judging by the current situation of the Tu-144, the advantages and disadvantages of this aircraft are clear, the advantages, of course, are high speed, long range, and fuel economy. The disadvantages are mainly focused on the high maintenance cost and the difficulty of pilot training. But now the Tupolev Design Bureau is begging others to use it so that this aircraft can survive, and Seryosha actually did not pay much.
Mikhail, on behalf of the Mediterranean Trading Company, took over all the assets related to the Tu-144D from the Soviet civil aviation, including pilots, ground crews and other technicians, and Tonya was in charge of the application of the route and the arrival at the airport.
Seryosha has been living in fear almost all day this year, and it is only after the incident of Flight 007 in the Republic of Korea that Seryosha has the energy to really do what he wants to do. Therefore, the last few months at the end of the year have been extremely busy, mainly because Secretary Ge is urging a little too tightly, and Seryosha can only keep urging Mikhail to speed up his pace. In order to give Secretary Ge an explanation first, Mikhail first prepared the Italian branch of the Mediterranean Trading Company, and then the cargo ship of the Romanov Trading Company to transport commercial grain set sail from Canada and drifted on the sea.
Seryosha intended to process the grain in Italy and transform it into Hungarian wheat, and then set sail from Italy, cross the Turkish Strait, and go ashore from Rostov to Volgog via the Don and Volga rivers to Gorky, and then transfer them to the domestic market. Yakov has already taken care of everything along the way, and neither the Italians nor the Turks will have any problems.
However, the expansion of the grain trade meant that the Romanov trading houses would receive more resources such as cotton, electrolytic aluminum, and oil, and the Romanovs would have to recruit more traders.
Romanov's current traders are mainly dealing with the resources markets in Europe and North America, but the growth rate of the markets in Europe and North America has begun to decline over the years. As a market interloper, the Romanovs, although they have a cost advantage, are facing a run on the established trading companies. The Romanovs are no match for the established trading houses behind these families, so they have to look for new business breakthroughs in virgin markets. Therefore, after careful research, Romanov will focus on opening up the Asian market, especially the Japanese market. Therefore, the Romanovs urgently need a large number of traders who are familiar with the Asian market.
But Romanoff's hiring plan has piqued the interest of an American who has just arrived. The man, Mark Ritchie, had worked for Philip Brothers, the world's largest oil trader, before leaving the company to start his own business. Mark Ritchie is an adventurous by nature, and he will do whatever it takes to profit from trade rights in volatile countries, having made deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis and with Cuba and Libya during the U.S. trade embargo. Just over a month ago, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Mark Ritchie with a number of charges, including fraud, trade with enemies, and tax evasion. Mark Ritchie fled to Switzerland with his partner Green.
As a veteran trader with many years of hard work, Mark Ritchie quickly noticed the Romanov's unusual trading pattern. There are not many spot trading varieties involved in the Romanovs, only wheat, cotton, oil and electrolytic aluminum, but these commodities span the three major industrial types of agriculture, non-ferrous metals and oil, and ordinary trading companies will only focus on one or two of them, which makes Mark Ritchie have a strong curiosity about the Romanovs.
Romanoff's recruitment had just begun, and Mark Ritchie approached Karim through some of his own connections and asked to meet with Karim. Karim didn't take it seriously until his men reminded him that Karim noticed Mark Ritchie's impressive resume and agreed to Mark Ritchie's request. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Romanov company.
Mark Ritchie arrived at the Romanov company half an hour early, and Karim, who got the news, hurriedly went to receive him. Mark Ritchie was at first surprised when he saw Karim. However, he did not show it, but smiled and said: "It's hard to imagine that the head of the Romanov is still a beautiful girl, although I inquired about you before I came, but I was surprised to see you!" ”
"Mr. Mark Ritchie, you are a legend in our industry, and it is a pleasure to meet you!" Karim flattered.
"But I'm just an unemployed wanted man now, and I wonder if you're willing to show me a face and let me get a job in your company?" Mark Ritchie said bluntly.