Li Mingzhe felt that he was full of energy these days, as if he had endless strength.

This was a stark difference from his previous muddled life.

It seems that life has suddenly become different from before.

Li Mingzhe spent three days not only to make sure that Wan Feng would visit the Amur Factory No. 4, but also to find out about the products of the Second and Third Factories that Wan Feng had asked about.

Although only some of the steel used for shipbuilding at Amur Plants No. 2 and 3 is open to the public, it is not difficult to buy non-open products.

As long as there are enough chips, the deal can be done.

Wan Feng was once again satisfied with Li Mingzhe's ability to get things done. He intuitively felt that Li Mingzhe would be of great use.

The fourth branch of the Amur Iron and Steel Plant is located in the northern suburbs of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, next to the Baikal-Amur Railway.

Although this branch factory was established only a dozen years ago, the entire factory area gives people a feeling of vicissitudes of life.

There weren't many people in the factory and they looked listless.

Li Mingzhe told Wan Feng that the factory was closed again today and there was no work to do.

But this is good news for Wan Feng.

Wan Feng's visit this time was mainly to see cold-rolled thin plates, and other steel products were not within the scope of his visit.

The person who received them was a section chief from the Fourth Factory. He was not enthusiastic towards Wan Feng and his group, but he was not cold either.

Wan Feng felt that this section chief-level figure was actually nicer to Li Mingzhe than to them.

He asked Wan Feng if they wanted to visit the production workshop.

Wan Feng was not very interested in visiting the production workshop, he was concerned about the products.

The cold-rolled thin plates produced by the Fourth Branch of Amur Iron and Steel Plant have many specifications, including various cold-rolled ordinary thin plates with thickness ranging from 0.5 to 3 mm; cold-rolled stainless thin plates with thickness of 1 mm to 3 mm and width greater than 600 mm, and cold-rolled alloy steel plates.

Then there is the oriented silicon steel sheet that Wan Feng is concerned about.

There are oriented silicon steel sheets and non-oriented silicon steel sheets. Wan Feng was confused by the rolls of steel sheets stacked together.

Wan Feng listened carefully to the various prices of these steels.

The fact that steel was the least valuable commodity in the Soviet Union was once again verified at this moment. The general price of steel in the Soviet Union was between 200 and 400 rubles.

Even these valuable steel products cost only 500 rubles per ton, which is about the price of a Soviet-made Lighthouse brand tape recorder.

In 1987, the Soviet Union's steel production exceeded 150 million tons, maintaining growth for decades.

But this growth began to decline in 1989 and 1990.

One reason is the turmoil in the Soviet Union in the past two years, and the other is the saturation of steel.

At the same time, China's steel production was only 50 million tons. Due to the high price of steel driven by infrastructure construction, there was a huge demand gap.

After learning about the factory's production capacity and product prices, Wan Feng and others returned to the hotel.

Now let’s start studying the price of the transaction.

These years are the most profitable period for Sino-Soviet trade. After 1992, there will be no such lucrative trade. By then, it will be quite good if one ton of liquor can be exchanged for two tons of steel.

Or one ton of sugar for one ton of steel.

Of course it was because of the Soviets...The Russian screwmen must have learned a lot by then.

Therefore, the golden trading period is these three years. If you miss it, you will never get it again. Therefore, Wan Feng’s asking price is naturally as high as it can be.

After two days of consideration, Wan Feng offered a price for cold-rolled thin plates of one ton of liquor in exchange for forty tons of plates.

The exchange rate for stainless steel sheets and alloy steel plates is 35 tons for one ton.

For the most valuable oriented silicon steel sheets, Wanfeng offered a transaction price of one ton for thirty tons.

A ton of liquor could be sold for more than 100,000 rubles on the black market in the Soviet Union at that time, while 30 tons of steel were only worth about 10,000 rubles.

Of course, this is based on the domestic prices in the Soviet Union. A ton of steel was only worth a few hundred rubles in the Soviet Union, but in China it was worth at least two to three thousand.

The steels that Wanfeng exchanged were even more expensive. The most expensive oriented silicon steel sheets were over ten thousand yuan per ton, and at the peak they reached over forty thousand yuan per ton.

Just name the price first, and if we can't reach an agreement, we can lower it a little bit.

After the price was quoted, Babulev and the people he brought with him were responsible for the negotiations.

Wan Feng is not planning to show up.

As for whether Babulev planned to settle with the other party in rubles or trade directly with goods, Wan Feng didn't care. Anyway, he and Shamilov would trade in goods at that time.

If the transaction is made with wine, the wines Wan Feng brought will become samples, since they have all been delivered to the trading table anyway.

When Babulev was negotiating with the steel plant, only Zhang Zhiyuan and Chen Dao were present on Wan Feng's side, and Wan Feng did not show up at all.

He was assigning tasks to Li Mingzhe.

Of course, this time the mission cannot be told to outsiders.

Because the task that Wan Feng assigned to Li Mingzhe this time was to touch the forbidden zone. Of course, it would start with the products of the second and third factories of Amur Steel Plant, and then gradually go deeper into other areas.

In the future, Wan Feng will ask him to do other things or contact some people.

The negotiations between Babulyev and Amur Steel Plant were not going smoothly. They negotiated according to the price offered by Wan Feng, but after three or four days they were still unsuccessful.

One of the negotiating officials from the other side was rather stubborn and refused to agree to the negotiation conditions no matter what.

"There was an old guy on the other side who was very stubborn. The rest of the people under his leadership were also difficult to talk to. The old guy drank several bottles of our wine. Although he praised the wine highly, he just wouldn't give in." After the negotiations ended that day, Babulev came back to complain.

Wan Feng wanted to laugh when he saw Babulyev with a sad face.

Logically speaking, based on the current demands of the Soviet market, there is no reason why this deal cannot be concluded. The only explanation is that the other party wants something.

"Is there nothing you can do?"

"Is there any solution?"

Babulev was at a loss. He knew the other party wanted money, but he didn't have any.

Even if there was money, it was Wan Feng's. He wouldn't dare to make the decision without Wan Feng's permission.

It's time to put the money Wan Feng brought to use. This money is not specifically for the ten of them.

Wan Feng took out 20,000 rubles and gave them to Li Mingzhe. His task was to give the money away, of course, to whoever had the final say.

Wan Feng didn't believe that 20,000 rubles couldn't shut these people up.

Alexei went to deliver the gifts personally with Li Mingzhe.

As expected, the effect was immediate. After the money was paid, the negotiations became much smoother. In addition, Wan Feng also took the initiative to lower the price, so the negotiations were successfully concluded.

It has been twenty days since I arrived in Gongqingcheng, and it is time to go back.

Now that the contract is signed, it’s natural to celebrate.

So, the group celebrated in a restaurant in the evening, and Babulev also called a few Soviet women to join them.