Chapter 34: Alliances
The conversation between Yeltsin and Seryosha on the cruise ship thoroughly revealed his real purpose in inviting Seryosha to the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant in the Sverdlovsk Region, and Seryosha immediately took the position of the side that was favorable between the two. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Although Seryosha did not ask to go to Yeltsin's place now, he could sell this favor to Yeltsin, anyway, there will always be a chance for Yeltsin to repay him in the future.
Seryosha has now moved most of the Gorky Brotherhood's business abroad, but its roots remain in the Soviet Union. Seryosha needed to deal with the money of the mafia and South American drug lords with the help of the Soviet Union's commodity trade, so a position in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation was crucial for Seryosha. If Seryosha wants to firmly occupy this position, he must do a good job in this position, so that the old men in the Kremlin feel that no one is qualified for this position except Comrade Ulyanov. This is why Seryosha remained in the Soviet Union and continued to work hard in his career.
Over the past few years, Seryosha has spent a lot of money on foreign acquisitions, only a small part of which comes from the formal banking system, and most of it is embezzled from customers. This creates a partial shortfall. To be honest, Seryosha's legitimate business is actually not very profitable, Yota Communications' profits have been smashed into the development of the second generation of mobile communication systems, while Monsanto is still in a state of loss, Glencore is still in the continuous expansion stage, and it is impossible to get rid of the dependence on cash for a long time. Speaking of which, if it weren't for the money laundering business, Seryosha would not have been able to do so much business.
According to the business scale of the Italian mafia and the Medellín Group, there are about 20 billion yuan of funds that need to be handled by Seryosha every year, and according to the calculation of the average profit of 7% of the handling fee, it will probably earn more than 1 billion US dollars a year, and then remove the necessary expenses such as costs and personnel expenses, in fact, the annual profit is about 1 billion US dollars. This is already Seryosha's largest income, and as for Yuri's casino and hotel, although they are profitable as a whole, they can only maintain the losses on Monsanto's side.
Seryosha himself knows his own situation, and he seems to have a big family, but in fact, most of them are fixed assets and some virtual wealth, but there is not much cash. Since you want to engage in the business of money laundering for a long time, you have to have a company of the corresponding scale in your hand to smooth out the accounts, so Glencore is an indispensable platform, and the kind of behavior that relies on the leather bag company to reverse the account once or twice is okay, if you often do this, sooner or later something will happen, it is not a long-term solution at all.
Seryosha and Yeltsin took the opportunity of fishing to completely open their words, in order to make Yeltsin feel their kindness. Seryosha divulged to Yeltsin some undisclosed information about the future planning of the workers' new city. Yeltsin was also promised that the National Housing Bank would continue to finance the project once he took control of the new workers' city. This gave Yeltsin a boost of confidence. But Seryosha also told Yeltsin that it was better not to let Seryosha do it himself. Seryosha will find a way to introduce Yeltsin to Yakovlev, and it would be most appropriate for Yakovlev to come forward in this matter, and Seryosha will secretly support him. Secretary Gorbachev must not be allowed to think that they are colluding personally. If Secretary Gorbachev thinks that Seryosha still wants to remotely control the project of the workers' new city through Yeltsin, it will be in trouble.
By the time Seryosha and Yeltsin returned to shore, they had just formed a political alliance and each got what he wanted. They can now stop thinking about work and just enjoy their free time. Seryosha and Yeltsin frequently toasted each other as if they had been friends for many years. There was suddenly a lot of sincerity and tacit understanding in the smiles of the two.
After a pleasant weekend, there were two days left before the commissioning ceremony of the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant. During these two days, Yeltsin left all his official duties behind and accompanied Seryosha to investigate the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant. The Ural Heavy Machinery Plant is an important part of the national economy of the Soviet Union, its business covers nuclear power industry equipment, oil and gas engineering and equipment, special steel production, metallurgical equipment, petrochemical equipment, mining equipment, cold depth equipment and other fields, in addition to the production of civilian heavy equipment, it also produces various models of tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled guns and other military equipment for the Soviet Red Army. In the thirties, Jiang Guo and Jiang Fangliang worked in this factory, met each other, and got married. It can be said that this plant is almost the cradle of the Soviet machine-building industry. Under Yeltsin's recommendation, Seryosha became acquainted with many economic cadres here. This is of great significance to Seryosha and to the cadres of the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant. Seryosha's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation controls overseas sales channels, and the industrial products of the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant are also very competitive in Europe, and there are great prospects for cooperation between the two sides.
Two days passed quickly, and on the day of the commissioning ceremony, Seryosha and Yeltsin attended the ceremony. The ceremony was attended not only by Soviets, but also by Alstom technicians and representatives. The Soviet Union and Great Britain had not had such a level of cooperation for many years, and Seryosha, as the facilitator of this project, personally pressed the button to start the production line. All of a sudden, there was thunderous applause, and this moment marked that the Soviet-European gas pipeline project would completely get rid of the obstruction of the United States and Japan and be completely led by the Soviets. The economy of Europe as a whole will take a new turn as a result of the existence of this energy artery, which will be of great benefit to both the countries of Western Europe and the Soviet Union.
Seryosha raised his glass and toasted to the guests, and at that moment, Nastya walked up behind Seryosha and whispered a few words in his ear. Seryosha nodded in understanding, stayed at the ceremony for a while, and then left the factory in the same car with Yeltsin. On the way, Seryosha asked Yeltsin to say goodbye, and Yeltsin asked with some curiosity: "Brother Seryosha, is there any urgency for you to leave in such a hurry?" ”
"Brother Boris, I was invited to an economic conference in the United States, and I don't know what happened to Secretary Gorbachev. He asked me to go back to Moscow first, saying that he had something important to explain to me! Also, I want to help you get Yakovlev done before leaving, do you want to return to Moscow with me? Seryosha whispered to Yeltsin, who nodded understandingly.