The passers-by hurriedly walked past Fang Chen and the others, not even looking at them, and their hungry stomachs made them not in the mood to pay attention to the three idle and somewhat panicked young people.

If they are not too idle, they should be like everyone else, to find a way to get this kind of food and clothing utensils for the family, now even a radish, a cabbage, a battery, a thermos is good.

No one recognized the three young men standing here, one was the first deputy prime minister of Russia who had just been appointed by Yeltsin, the other was the chief of staff of the president, and the other was the richest man in Russia.

Gaidar and Chubais are the two directly responsible for their current situation, and Fang Chen is almost the biggest beneficiary.

With just these 200 train wagons and 12,000 tons of goods, Fang Chen has absolutely no problem earning seven or eight billion.

Fang Chen and Gaidar were silent, and what Chubais said, they both knew very well.

During the Gorbachev era, as central power was weakened, factory managers gained more power in their own domains, using the brand of cooperatives and joint ventures to plunder cash and raw materials from state-owned enterprises.

A steel mill can give rise to a pocket bank, and this bank can give rise to a trading company, which can be responsible for selling the factory's products and then making a profit......

But this is not illegal, because there is no legal basis in Russia for how to transfer state assets from state assets to individuals.

The essence of this kind of thing is that as long as you are thick-skinned, bold and resolute, you can get everything, and if you are thin-skinned and timid, you just sit honestly on the sidelines.

"Fang, we still have one more thing that we need your help with. Gaidar said suddenly.

"What's the matter?" Fang Chen's eyes narrowed, instinctively a little alert, he felt that what Gaidar was going to say next was the focus of their trip.

Otherwise, as a rule, this kind of material matter was talked to by Luzhkov, and not Chubais and Gaidar.

"Uh...... It's not easy to say here, let's go to the office and talk, you haven't gone to our new office yet. Chubais squeaked, looking a little mysterious.

Fang Chen glanced at Chubais helplessly, and he didn't know what was wrong with this, so he had to go to the office to say it, and he really felt that it was hard to say, why did he pull him over to walk the road.

Gaidar and Chubais laughed wryly.

"New office, you called me a few days ago, which one of the National Assets Committee did you say?" Fang Chen said.

"Yes, that's it, this State Assets Committee, or did you suggest it, did you say you wouldn't go and see it?" said Gaidar laughed dryly.

Hearing this, Fang Chen suddenly rubbed his face helplessly, what is the name of what he suggested to set up, he was when he met with Gaidar and them a while ago, he talked about the state of the domestic SASAC, and then added a little bit of his opinion.

Now that the words have been said to this point, Fang Chen had no choice but to take a car with Gaidar and Chubais to the State Assets Committee to have a look.

The office building of the SASAC of Russia is located in a decent location, located on the New Arbat Street, which is the busiest area in the center of Moscow.

But after entering, Fang Chen regretted it, this building is completely golden, ruined, the outside looks glamorous, the inside is bare, not to mention the heating, not even decoration.

In January, in Russia, where the average temperature is below 10 degrees, there is no heating, isn't it fatal?

Fang Chen glanced at Chubais and Gaidar, "You two have made President Yeltsin angry recently, otherwise how could you arrange such a place for the two of you?"

He was a little suspicious now, and this meant that Gaidar and Chubais were going to freeze to death.

"No, no, the establishment is in a hurry, I just found a place to move over, plus the government has just been established, and there is a lot of waste to be rebuilt, and the funds are a little insufficient. Gaidar said embarrassedly.

"Forget it, I'll explain it tomorrow, and I'll give you a heating here, anyway, you're not far from the office building of the Auto Alliance, and it's a pipe matter. Fang Chen said helplessly.

He realized that he had really come to help, but he couldn't look at the dignified First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and the Chief of Staff of the President, freezing to death.

"Then we don't have a photocopier, no fax, no refrigerator, not even food......" Chubais rubbed his hands together and looked at Fang Chen with a look of hope.

Looking at Chubais's face dedicated to fighting the autumn wind, Fang Chen really didn't know what to say.

"Yes, yes, copier, fax machine, I can help you solve these problems, but what do you mean by the refrigerator, do you think it's not cold this day?" Fang Chen pointed to the sky outside where snowflakes were already falling.

With the current weather in Moscow, it is a bit too much to ask for a refrigerator, and in this weather, what can't be thrown out and frozen?

Chubais smiled, and didn't care about Fang Chen's tone, taking advantage of Fang Chen, the richest man in Russia, to take advantage of the fact that he was here, it would be too much of a failure if he didn't take advantage of it.

Besides, the state-owned assets committee was set up at the suggestion of Fang Chen, and the new department does not have a government budget, so if Fang Chen does not give a solution point, who will solve it?

"Well, tomorrow I'll ask Berezovsky to send a steward over, and if you need anything, just tell him. Fang Chen shook his head and said helplessly.

He sent the Buddha to the west, and the good thing was done, anyway, the majority of the heating has already been paid, so why care about the small amount of money for a little household appliances and office utensils, and he can't even use 100,000 rubles, so he stopped.

"Come on, Mr. Fang has come to comfort everyone. Chubais shouted to the crowd who were looking at Fang Chen with curiosity and apprehension.

This is Jonathan Hay, a Wall Street lawyer of Russian origin. Chubais said, pointing to a man in his forties.

Hearing this, Fang Chen's expression suddenly became a little subtle, although Chubais and the situation of people from European and American countries here, he was very confused, but it was still very shocking to suddenly see a Wall Street lawyer here.

Although Jonathan is of Russian descent, there is a high probability that he can already be seen as an American.

Chubais took Fang Chen and got to know these people one by one, and then asked Fang Chen to sit in the office with them.

Fang Chen shook his head embarrassedly, not knowing what to say, he suddenly felt that the Russian version of the SASAC he set up was actually a hodgepodge.

Those international financial organizations really regard the two young reformers, Gaidar and Chubais, as Russia's best hopes, and provide them with all kinds of talents, technical support, lawyers, economists, publicists, investment bankers, etc., these messy people, this committee on state assets does not pull a single one, all of them.

"Fang, do you know what the biggest dilemma we are facing right now?" Gaidar asked with a heavy face.

"The old bureaucrats and factory directors. Fang Chen replied without hesitation.

Hearing this, Gaidar and Chubaiston laughed and gave Fang Chen a thumbs up, feeling that Fang Chen deserved to be their bosom friend again.

"We are now facing a tug-of-war in which industrial assets theoretically belong to the state, but in practice different organizations claim that the assets belong to them. The manager, the factory manager, the management of the enterprise feel that they know the factory best, and the workers feel that the factory is theirs, because they have been working on the production line for so many years, and the old bureaucrats see that this has oil and water, and they also want to gain dominance. Gaidar said slowly.

Speaking of this, Chubais continued: "They are all shareholders, and their demands are listened to, but now the problem is that the probability of satisfying the demands of all these people is almost equal to zero." ”

"Then what are you going to do, do you want to find another shareholder?" Fang Chen asked calmly.

Gaidar and Chubais looked at Fang Chen and said approvingly: "Fang, you are too smart and know us too well, you have already come up with the answer before we have even spoken, and we have talked to Mr. President and Rudskoi, including the speaker of our Supreme Soviet Assembly for a long time, like chickens and ducks, and we can't understand what we mean at all." ”

Since it was an office and there were no outsiders in the room, Gaidar and Chubais complained almost presumptuously about the three biggest leaders of Russia.

"We intend to bring in outsiders – a new generation of private owners, even foreign investors, who have never held a stake in the plant and who are the most suitable candidates to eventually restructure the plant. ”

Fang Chen nodded slightly, he understood what the two of them were saying, at least in theory, these private owners were the most effective owners, and calm outsiders were willing to get rid of the old equipment, removing the many months of expenses that would have been spent on kindergartens and sanatoriums.

They can reinvest with an eye on long-term profits.

"But we can't ignore the insiders, the workers and the factory managers, who are strong opponents. Chubais covered his head and said bitterly.

Although the distribution of factories to workers is the best method, the most democratic.

But he knew very well that the workers had little control over the business in real life, and that when such a crucial issue of ownership was discussed, the workers were under the command of powerful managers, factory directors, and that both the workers and the managers were insiders, and the insiders were the least willing to break with the socialism of the past.

This is the greatest difficulty that Chubais and Gaidar are facing now.

It is also an important reason why the production of the factory is declining rapidly.

"Then how are you going to address the insiders' objections?" Fang Chen asked.

"We were going to give them 40 percent of the shares, and the rest would be settled by outsiders, but they didn't agree. Chubais said.

Fang Chen nodded lightly and motioned for Chubais to continue.

"The presumably agreed deal now is to give 51 percent of the company's shares to insiders and auction off the rest to outsiders. ”