Sheng Xiping had been troubled by the matter of building a tiger park for Huahua, but he had no clue what to do.

Since Old Yang had said he could handle anything, and Sheng Xiping wasn't one to be overly polite, he decided to take the opportunity to arrange things at the Tiger Forest Park first.

After hearing Sheng Xiping's words, both Yang Lao and Wu Bingzhong were stunned.

They had assumed that Sheng Xiping would ask for some kind of policy, such as tax reductions or exemptions.

Unexpectedly, Sheng Xiping actually wanted to build a retirement home for his own powerful patron.

"She is a kind and good child."

Tell me, with such a great opportunity, he doesn't seek wealth or power, but instead wants to provide a place for his "tiger" to retire.

"Bingzhong, your son Yucheng is with someone like this, he's bound to have a bright future." Old Yang looked at Sheng Xiping, liking him more and more the more he looked at him.

"Okay, once things are settled here and I return to the capital, I'll find a way to get the permits for Tiger Forest Park approved for you."

"Protecting wild animals is a good thing, Xiping, you're amazing!" Old Yang gave Sheng Xiping a thumbs-up and praised him repeatedly.

Sheng Xiping scratched his head sheepishly, "Old Yang said it before, I don't have any great sentiments, I just really like our Huahua and can't bear to part with her."

After much debate, Lin and the others finally settled on four different types of machine tools, totaling four million one hundred thousand US dollars, which exceeded Sheng Xiping's budget by one hundred thousand US dollars.

Sheng Xiping thought about it and figured it shouldn't be a big deal; he could handle it.

So, someone copied the list again and gave it to Sheng Xiping. Next, Sheng Xiping discussed the specific details with Alexander and the others.

With so many bigwigs gathered in Heihe, waiting for news from Sheng Xiping, would he dare to delay?

Regardless of when the border trade opened, the very next morning, Sheng Xiping and Wu Yucheng, along with a few others, completed the border crossing procedures and went to Blagoveshchensk on the other side to find Ivanov, Alexander, and the others.

The two sides met at Andrei's company. Sheng Xiping handed over the list of goods he wanted to buy to Alexander and others, and then a round of bargaining ensued.

In the end, Sheng Xiping negotiated the deal for the machine tools at 80% of the quoted price.

As agreed by both parties, 30% would be paid in US dollars, and the remaining 70% would be offset by goods.

In this way, although Sheng Xiping lost some money in foreign exchange, he made up for it in terms of goods and other aspects, and was able to make a small profit.

Machine tools are different from the previous supplies; they are currently prohibited items. Alexander is essentially selling them illegally, so they certainly can't openly cross the border under the guise of machine tools.

Therefore, after discussion, both parties decided to disassemble the machine tool, mix it with scrap metal, and ship it over through customs.

Ivanov had already smoothed things over with the Russian customs, so it wasn't a problem. The special steel was declared under a different name in the first place.

In Heihe, it's up to Sheng Xiping to handle things. That's not difficult; Old Yang can get it done with just a word.

After the cooperation was finalized, Andrei booked a table at the best restaurant in the city and insisted on inviting Sheng Xiping and the others to dinner as a celebration.

So, on the last day of 1986, Sheng Xiping and his group got drunk in Buenos Aires and almost didn't make it back.

Sheng Xiping and the others returned from Bu City in the evening. As soon as they got back to the warehouse base, they fell asleep immediately. When they woke up, it was already the first day of 1987.

January 1, 1987, was the day when border trade between China and the Soviet Union resumed in Heihe.

After breakfast, Sheng Xiping led his men to the riverbank to wait for the goods.

After a year of development, the border trade in Heihe has undergone tremendous changes compared to last year.

The number of merchants going to the island to trade is several times higher than last year.

During that year, Tengyue Company expanded its scale by recruiting and now has nearly two hundred employees. Most of them are veterans from various places.

With enough manpower, Sheng Xiping had Sun Jinggang lead a group of people to use sleds to transport goods to the island for trade.

Don't underestimate this retail trade; it can generate tens of thousands in profit every day, amounting to millions a year, which is enough to cover employee salaries and other expenses.

Alexandria needs a few days to prepare the goods, so we'll arrange for Andrei's goods to pass through customs in the next couple of days.

As soon as I arrived at the riverbank, I saw a huge line of trucks waiting to be inspected on the other side of the river.

Most merchants are used to this scene; Tengyue Company is the leader in Heihe border trade, a position that no one can shake.

The supplies that Andrei, Sergei, and Vishnyak brought over were basically the same: timber, steel, fertilizer, and industrial raw materials.

Ivanov acquired a considerable amount of special steel, various types of machinery, automobiles, and mining trucks.

Due to the impact of precipitation and freezing, border trade was suspended for more than a month, and both sides stockpiled a large amount of supplies.

Then I saw a large number of trucks loaded with various supplies driving across the river, unloading their goods, and then loading up with goods to be exchanged to transport them back.

The once quiet river surface has suddenly become lively.

Five days later, Alexander and Victor delivered the machine tool that Sheng Xiping had requested.

A large machine tool weighs one or two hundred tons, and it takes dozens of trucks to transport it after it is disassembled.

Moreover, the machine tools had to be transported together with the scrap metal, so one machine tool required hundreds of trucks to transport.

In this way, it would take several days just to transport the machine tools.

Machine tools and scrap metal are transported here, and the vehicles are marked, making them easy to distinguish.

Wu Bingzhong and his team transferred over a hundred soldiers from the border defense to specifically load and unload machine tools, while Sheng Xiping also arranged for loaders to unload scrap iron.

Old Yang, along with Engineer Lin and others, arrived at the dock in plain clothes.

Lin and several other experts kept telling the soldiers to be careful and not to damage the machine tool. The scene was quite lively.

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