Sizzle!
"We're here! This is it!"
After Krinev finished speaking, Chen Dong still had a dreamlike feeling.
It has to be said that it really takes courage to ride in their car!
No wonder, in later short videos, you can often see people clapping to express their gratitude after a Russian flight lands smoothly.
So, this is their tradition.
If you can drive a car like a tank, then you can drive an airplane like a rocket, right?
To be honest, Chen Dong's entry into Russia was also a kind of adventure.
His goods were at risk of being confiscated by customs at any time, or being robbed by bandits on the train, and then slinking home in disgrace—that was a much bigger risk.
The market in front of Chen Dong was a place that specialized in buying and selling leather goods.
This so-called free trade market has actually only developed in the last two years.
Russia is engaging in a massive arms race in order to counter the West.
All human, material, and financial resources were invested in the development of heavy industry, while the investment in light industry was neglected.
This created a very funny scene.
Whether it flies in the sky, swims in the water, or runs on land, their technology is among the world's leading.
However, it is ironic that such a powerful country cannot even meet the needs of its people for the most basic daily necessities!
Agricultural and sideline food processing, food manufacturing, wine, beverages, leather, fur products... all of these rely on imports.
Furthermore, the deterioration of relations with Western countries has created an excellent opportunity for speculators to make money.
Thus, a simple free trade market came into being.
......
The crowd entered the free trade market.
The scale here doesn't seem very large, with only about a thousand vendors buying and selling, far from comparable to later generations.
By 1992, a free trade market had attracted more than 100,000 vendors.
These vendors come from all over the world.
There were merchants from H country, Tajikistan, Turkey...
Among them, middlemen from China accounted for more than 10%.
Unlike the markets in China, no one here makes a loud noise.
The vendors didn't shout, and the Russians buying things also spoke very softly; everyone quietly went about their business.
In front of a stall.
"Sir, this hat suits you very well, why don't you buy it?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and refused, saying, "I don't need a hat. Look at my head, I only have a few strands of hair. Why would I need a hat?"
"All right."
At this moment, Krinev stepped forward and said.
“Sir, I disagree with your point of view. On the contrary, it is precisely because your hair is thinning that you need a hat to help you block other people’s eyes.”
After hearing this, the middle-aged man twitched his beard, thinking, "That makes a lot of sense!"
So he said to the vendor, "How much is that hat? I'll buy it!"
Chen Dong witnessed Krinev's entire performance.
From a marketing perspective, Krinev is a very shrewd businessman.
At this moment, the hat vendor seemed very happy, patted Krinev on the shoulder, and said with a smile.
"My old friend, it's so good to see you. My business always suffers a lot when you're not around."
"Haha, Sim, what did I tell you? You must be living a terrible life without me."
"Yes, yes, I admit you're very capable. When you came to my house tonight, I asked someone to buy you a bottle of top-quality vodka."
"That's wonderful!"
The two embraced warmly, patting each other on the shoulder.
After they separated.
Sim looked at Chen Dong with a scrutinizing gaze and asked.
"Krinev, who are they?"
"Haha, Sim, let me introduce you. This is a big shot I met on the train, Chen from China, and his employees."
Upon hearing this, Sim frowned and said.
"Krinev, why did you bring the Chinese to steal our business?"
Before Krinev could answer, Chen Dong interrupted.
"Everyone does business together, how can you say it's robbery?"
Sim was speechless; the other person had actually answered him in Russian.
Clearly, the other party fully understood what he just said.
Since that's the case, Sim saw no need to hide anything, so he simply expressed his extreme dissatisfaction with the Chinese, saying resentfully.
"If it were a legitimate business, there would be nothing to say, but you Chinese people sell inferior products to us."
"Sim, have you been deceived?"
Krinev looked at him with surprise and asked in confusion.
Why have I never heard you mention this before?
"How could I possibly say something so embarrassing?"
Sim's eyes blazed with fury; he hated those Chinese scalpers who sold counterfeit goods.
Then, he told the group what had happened recently.
After listening to his account, Chen Dong was speechless.
It turns out this guy encountered a shady Chinese merchant who used inferior leather to pass off as high-quality leather. As a result, as soon as it rained, all the dye on the leather was exposed.
For this reason, the entire batch of leather ended up unsold, and Sim lost a large sum of money.
No wonder they hate Chinese people so much; they've been ripped off by Chinese middlemen!
Let's stick to the facts!
Some unscrupulous merchants in China use inferior goods that they can't sell to pass off as high-quality goods and make a lot of money.
The Russians, on the other hand, are no pushovers either.
Their common tactics include sandwiching a stack of blank paper between two real banknotes, or having two people attract your attention while another person picks up the goods and runs away.
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