Sijitun will also be vacant for a month. Chen Dao and Zhang Xian decide to go home for a visit, while Zheng Song decides to stay in Sijitun because of his passionate love affair.
Wan Feng doesn’t care who cooks for him, as he won’t starve to death anyway.
Three days later, Old Tang arrived at the Heihe base.
Wan Feng has decided to call him Old Tang. You are still Old Tang even if you are in your forties, whether you like it or not.
"There's a reply from above. They want a D36 turbofan engine. I wonder how much they want?"
"I don't know about that either. I haven't asked for a price yet because the project hasn't been finalized. Someone from the other party will come tomorrow and you can get a quote here."
Wan Feng certainly didn't ask Dimitri about this.
Old Tang thought about it and decided to stay at the base without rushing back.
A batch of goods from Guo Wu arrived. All ten covered trucks were filled with non-staple food, one of which was his Kamaz.
This guy actually drove the car himself, and the driver he hired sat in the passenger seat.
"Student ticket?"
"I learned it, and now I have a certificate!"
Wan Feng was puzzled: "When did you go to study for your certificate?"
"Hey, just pay the money and someone else will study for you."
"Then you better take it easy and don't dig yourself into a ditch."
Guo Wu didn't like what he said: "Why are you so unpleasant?"
"I'm telling the truth. It's not nice to tell the truth, is it? With your level of driving skills, I wouldn't say anything if you could drive in the summer, but you dare to drive in the snow? Go in and unload the cargo."
Guo Wu didn't drive this time and asked his driver to drive the truck into the base.
"This winter, these factories you're connected with will place an advance order for a batch of goods. You need to sign a contract and lock in a fixed price, remember? This batch of goods will arrive in my new warehouse in March of next year."
Guo Wu didn't understand: "Sign a contract? And set a fixed price?"
"After the Lunar New Year, prices may increase. Prices must be fixed to prevent manufacturers from raising prices."
"Why don't you just come in now? I can organize a large shipment of goods."
"Supplements have expiration dates. Most are one year, six months, or even three months. If I come in now and start using them next year, won't that mean I've wasted the shelf life? Who would want supplements after they've expired?"
Guo Wu scratched his head: "Will the price really go up?"
"I think it's pretty close. I'd better prepare some. The goods I use here are not just for living at home and saving a few dollars. They cost hundreds of thousands or even millions."
"How much do you want to order?"
"Have you been to my new warehouse? That cave?"
"I went to see it once."
"There are five caves there, each with an area of 600 square meters. How much do you want to cover them all?"
Guo Wu was shocked. "They're all full? It'll cost at least two million. We don't have that much money to buy goods for you."
"I'm not asking you to buy two million worth of goods at once. Once your goods arrive and I accept them, I'll pay you and you can order the next batch. A turnover of thirty or four hundred thousand is enough. Don't tell me you three don't have that much money right now."
“I do have this.”
"Get lost, I have someone else to attend to and I don't have time to bother with you."
The person Wan Feng wanted to receive was Dimitri, and according to the agreement he would come to the base today.
Dimitri came dressed as an ordinary businessman and wore makeup like the previous two times.
In the base office, Wan Feng and Dimitri sat facing each other at opposite ends of a table.
There are two other people in this room today: Han Guangjia and Lao Tang.
Dimitri knew Han Guangjia. He thought Han Guangjia was Wan Feng's bodyguard. He had also seen Lao Tang in Slow Guitar Village. Although he didn't know his exact identity, he could guess what he did.
"Comrade Wan, have you found a buyer?"
"Found it, this is it." Wan Feng pushed a piece of paper in front of Dimitri. It had the words D36 written on it.
Dimitri showed an expression of astonishment: "I have to say that you Chinese people are quite discerning."
"Dimitri, to save your precious time, let's just state the price."
Dimitri nodded and held up three fingers.
"Three hundred thousand?" Wan Feng asked doubtfully.
This seems a bit impossible.
"Three million!"
Three hundred thousand seems too little to Wan Feng, but three million is just bullshit.
In 1987, when the ruble had not yet depreciated, one US dollar was only exchanged for 0.6 rubles. Now, three million rubles can be exchanged for five million US dollars.
The exchange rate between the US dollar and the Chinese yuan is about 1 to 3.9, which is equivalent to 20 million Chinese yuan. I can already buy an airplane with that much money, so why would I buy an engine?
"Hey, Dimitri, how much vodka did you drink when you got here?"
"I didn't drink vodka, I drank Erguotou."
If he drank Erguotou, he probably drank a counterfeit product produced by the local Heihe winery, otherwise why would he start talking nonsense?
"Comrade Dimitri, how about I arrange a place for you to sleep first, and then we can discuss the price after you sober up?"
"Why should I sleep? I'm wide awake."
"You're completely sober, so you're talking nonsense? Three million rubles can basically be exchanged for five million euros at the international exchange rate. I have five million euros, and you're selling me an engine? If you're sober, then I must be drunk. I'll go get some sleep first and we'll talk again."
Wan Feng stood up and prepared to go out. It was necessary to wake Dimitri up.
"Can we negotiate the price?" Dimitri spoke quickly when he saw Wan Feng was about to leave.
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