Chapter 218: Big Ivan Shows His Might
Hakodate is five or six hundred kilometers away from Kushiro, and when Wang Weidong arrived in Hakodate, it was already night, and he could only stay in Hakodate for one night.
The next morning, Wang Weidong went to Kushiro and arrived at Kushiro nearly 600 kilometers away, which was already in the afternoon.
Wang Weidong first called Chairman Yoshinori Sato and told him that he hoped to meet him tomorrow. Then I found a station hotel to stay in, and after taking a salt hot spring, I went back to my room to rest.
However, in the evening, Yoshinori Sato still found a hotel and warmly invited him to dinner.
When the two of them were eating Kushiro's famous pork meat well, Wang Weidong asked puzzledly: "President Zuoto, we had a very happy cooperation in April, but now it's August, why haven't you sent out any more news about the purchase of cod and other sea fish?" ”
Chairman Sato bowed slightly and said sorry, then explained, "The reason why I ordered cod in April was because there was a serious shortage of cod at that time, and now Hokkaido fishermen's fishing boats are fishing in the sea, and there is no shortage of marine fish. ”
"But our fish is cheaper! Much cheaper than those fishermen's fish. Wang Weidong said.
The fishery resources of the big northern countries are more abundant than those of the small book country, and even fishermen from the small book country often sneak into the economic waters of the big northern country to fish, and those caught are even put in prison.
Once again, he bowed slightly and apologized, and then explained, "Although it is more expensive to buy fish from Japanese fishermen, we have no choice but to do so in order to ensure their income. ”
Hearing President Zuo Teng's explanation, Wang Weidong felt speechless.
For people in other countries, doing business is about doing whatever they can to reduce costs, but Mr. Sato would rather buy more expensive marine fish in order to protect the income of fishermen.
"So we can't continue to work together in the future?" Wang Weidong asked.
President Sato replied, "No, we will continue to order your cod from September until November." I'm sorry for the inconvenience! ”
After speaking, President Zuo Teng bowed slightly to Wang Weidong again.
Wang Weidong was very impatient with this kind of politeness, and what he hoped to get was not this kind of vain apology, but substantive benefits. ”
"Well, I'll hear from you next month." Wang Yudong said.
Although the old guy Zuoto Yoshinori couldn't stop saying sorry, Wang Weidong was very dissatisfied with this trip to Japan.
What he was hoping for was a steady stream of orders from Hokkaido. Since Hokkaido couldn't meet his requirements here, he had to think of other ways.
Flying back to Hakodate, Wang Weidong took a plane from Hakodate to Busan, a peninsular country.
After returning to Vladivostok from Busan, Wang Weidong immediately went to meet Mayor Skiak, and he transferred the big brother's mobile phone given to him by Ou Xiaojun to Mayor Skiak.
Mayor Skiak was very happy to receive the gift, although he is not sure if he will be able to use the mobile phone in Vladivostok.
"Verton, there's one thing I'm trying to find you right now, there are three broken ships in our harbor that are completely unusable, and I'm now entrusting you to sell them and exchange them for what we desperately need." Skiak said.
"One more thing, the mayor of Ussuriysk, Mr. Bitutsky, would love to meet you. If you go to Ussuriysk in the next few days, I am sure that he will have good news for you, which will be good for expanding your career. Mayor Skiak continued.
There are many forms of transport in Vladivostok, such as trams, trolleybuses, buses, mountain cable cars and barges to cross the sea.
Now what Skiak wants to sell to Wang Weidong is a sea-crossing barge. Those ships are now unmaintained in the harbor and will soon rust and become scrap metal, so it is better to sell them now.
Mayor Skiak sent his secretary to take Wang Weidong to the Golden Horn to see the three barges. The three barges on the dock did look dilapidated and rusty, but they were still up and running, in other words, with a little repair, they were still usable.
Wang Weidong felt that he would have to go back to China to discuss this matter with Song Yu and Ou Xiaoyang. It's best to have both of them come over and have a look.
Andreev told Wang Weidong a few days ago that someone wanted to go to the machinery repair shop to make trouble, and Wang Weidong followed Andreev's suggestion and sent ten cases of liquor to the matter.
Now there are two tall men who have been sent by the big brother who got the liquor to guard the machine repair shop.
These two people have nothing to do here all day, and every day when they eat, they sit with Fang Yan and Mei Kong Deliang, especially in the evening, when everyone sits and drinks together. After a few days, I have been like a friend. Of course, if you can communicate in words, the relationship will be better.
Wang Weidong rushed to the mechanical repair shop first, and he saw the two burly people with big shoulders and round waists, one was called Da Yin Wan, and the other was called Konstantin.
Since it was too boring to stay here, Konstantin drove a crane to help Fang Yanmei and them load scrap steel on the broken gazi car.
Da Yin Wan, who wore a black velvet hat, sat on the side and smoked.
Wang Weidong greeted the two men with a smile and asked them if they were accustomed to eating Chinese food.
"As long as no one bothers here, I'll pay you another sum in the future!" Wang Weidong said.
The two of them work as security guards here, and Wang Weidong has to pay an additional 100 dollars per person, but the money has to be directly given to the boss of the two people, and Wang Weidong doesn't know how much the two people can get.
"Now I'm going to Ussuriysk, let Konstantin stay here, and you go with me!" Wang Weidong said to Da Yin Wan.
Driven by Da Yin Wan, two people rushed to Ussuriysk, a hundred kilometers away.
Sitting in the car, Wang Weidong asked, "Yin Wan, did you originally become a soldier?" ”
Because he looked down and saw that Da Yin Wan was still wearing military boots on his feet.
"Yes, I used to be a paratrooper, and I also went abroad to fight, but now I don't have anything, I can only live like now!" Da Yin Wan patted the steering wheel with a big hand like a bear's paw and said angrily.
"Everything will be fine, just follow me, the bread will be there, everything will be there!" Wang Weidong patted Da Yin Wan's shoulder and said.
Arriving at the city hall, Wang Weidong asked his secretary to inform Mayor Bitutski that a Chinese named Wang Weidong was now coming to see him.
Hearing that Wang Weidong was coming, Bitutsky asked the secretary to bring Wang Yudong in immediately.
"Mr. Verton, you're finally here!" Bitutsky said.
"Mayor Skiak said you have something to look for me, so I'll come to see you as soon as I get back to Vladivostok." Wang Weidong said.
"There are a lot of Chinese doing business here now, but they can't get food, and the price they ask for is too high, and the goods they provide are really not good!" Bitutski said distressedly.
Those merchants have no intention of doing business here for a long time, they don't care about the quality of the goods at all, the lower the price, the better, and when they see the high price of goods here, they open their mouths and shout that the price is very high.
In fact, the people of the great northern countries are resentful in their hearts.
Especially after a few drinking accidents, people here began to stop trusting Chinese goods.
However, for the time being, there is no substitute for goods and merchants from other places, and if the economy of the big northern countries is stabilized in the future, the crisis of Chinese merchants will come.
But few people who do business here think of this, what they want is to take advantage of the great opportunity to make money now!
"We have a logging machinery factory here, which is now deserted, and I passed it on to a merchant who promised to exchange clothing liquor and canned food, but he provided too little and too bad, and I have driven him away!" Bitussky said.
"Mayor Skiak recommended you to me, and he said you are his best friend in China! In Vladivostok it is known for speaking fairly and counting! This time I entrust that factory to you, I hope we have a happy cooperation! Bitutski said.
In order to show his sincerity, Bitutsky decided to take Wang Weidong to the factory in person.
The big countries of the North used to have huge industrial systems, and in many places the so-called city was actually a huge factory.
But now everything from mining to machine building is crumbling at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and the whole country is now being de-manufactured.
Factories are turning into piles of steel waste.
What Bitutsky wanted to take Wang Weidong to see was a large-scale logging machinery factory, but now there is no logging, there is no appropriation from the superiors, there is no supply of steel raw materials for the production of machinery, there is no upstream, there is no downstream, the manufacturing chain is all broken, and the factory is abandoned in a few months.
Now Bitutsky wants to hand over the factory, which is rusting in the wind and rain, to Wang Weidong, so that Wang Weidong can conjure up food, clothes, and other much-needed goods.
Most of the factories in Ussuriysk are located in the eastern part of the city, and to get there you have to cross the Ussuri River.
Seeing that Wang Weidong was coming by car, Bitutsky got into the Volga car driven by Da Yin Wan very close to the people, he and Wang Weidong sat in the back seat, Da Yin Wan drove the car, and the secretary sat in the co-pilot's seat.
The Volga sedan drove over the bridge over the Ussuri River and headed for the logging machine factory at the direction of the secretary.
"Mr. Verton, this machine shop is much bigger than the one you're dismantling right now, and this time I'm all up to you!" Bitutsky said to Wang Weidong.
Before Wang Weidong could answer, a sedan suddenly burst out in front of him and blocked the front, and Da Yin Wan didn't have time to brake, and the Volga sedan crashed into the side of the car in front.
The four people in the sedan rushed forward under the action of inertia, but immediately turned back again, because the rear of the Volga sedan was hit hard by the sedan behind again!
The most experienced of the four people is Da Yin Wan, who has already let go of his grip on the steering wheel and grabbed an iron rod!