Dimitri showed up at the base almost the day before the river was closed.
This guy finally showed up.
"Dear Dimitri, seeing you makes me feel as blue as the sky."
Dimitri looked up at the snow-covered sky. A blue sky? Are you kidding me!
Wan Feng poured Dimitri a cup of hot tea: "Have a cup of hot tea. I know you Soviets are used to drinking, but I still advise you, my friend, to drink less alcohol and more tea."
Although drinking alcohol and drinking tea are both drinking, the feeling is definitely not the same thing.
"What news do you have for me? Good news or bad news?"
Dimitri did not answer Wan Feng immediately, but picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, which seemed to have burned his mouth.
"I've got the stuff. It took a lot of effort. It's packed in a big box. It's already at the Shamilov dock in Bu City. It needs to be cleared by customs. You can handle it yourself."
Wan Feng immediately sent someone to contact customs, and the box appeared at the base the next day.
When the box was pulled into the base, Wan Feng exclaimed "Wow!" when he saw it. This can't even be called a box. It's as big as a truck compartment. If it were any bigger, it could be used as a container.
How could there be so much information just about steelmaking?
"I don't know what all this information is, but I spent five million hiring someone to get it, and it's all here." Dimitri didn't leave after he arrived. He had a three-day visa so he waited here to settle the bill.
Wan Feng was worried about so much information, as he had no way to check it.
Moreover, all these materials are in Russian, and translating them is no small project.
When I opened the box, I saw a bunch of cardboard boxes stacked on top of each other.
Wan Feng asked someone to pull out a cardboard box, opened it and let Zhang Zhiyuan take a look at some of the information inside.
"It does seem to be related to steel smelting, but I don't know what it is specifically about."
As long as it is related to steel smelting, it will be fine. Even if it is not the most advanced, it is better than most steel smelting technologies in China, even if it does not lose money.
Now comes the issue of settlement.
"I need five million rubles in cash, and the rest must be exchanged for supplies."
The base took a day to prepare supplies worth 15 million rubles, and Dmitry naturally had to go to Shamilov to get the cash.
Dimitri paid the bill and said goodbye to Wan Feng cheerfully: "Comrade Wan, we've had a good cooperation over the past year or so. If border trade is reopened in a few years as you said, and I start doing business, maybe we'll have another chance to cooperate."
"Dimitri! It will happen. I look forward to working with you again in the future."
After seeing Dimitri off, Wan Feng looked at the box of information with worry.
It would take a long time to translate all of this information. I wonder if Hongya can find so many people who know Russian.
If these materials had been delivered earlier, Zhang Xian and the others would have taken them back last time.
The river closure of 1988 finally arrived. This year, the closure came very early, and ice began to form in the river on November 9th.
After the river was closed, the people in the base became idle. There was nothing to do except transporting the steel materials.
The task of transporting the steel to Wuxian Railway Station has been outsourced to Heihe Transport Company, and only a few people are left at the base to look after the freight yard.
Taking advantage of the free period during the closure of the river, Wan Feng came to Sijitun. He wanted to finalize the business plan between Li Guangyin and Shamilov.
Smuggling is no small matter. Wan Feng meant that if possible, Li Guangyin should be prevented from touching it.
But if he gets stuck in a dead end, Wan Feng can't do anything.
After the port was closed, Comrade Wang left here and took the soldiers who were guarding here back to the army temporarily. The dormitory is now empty. Zhang Xian has not returned yet. The only person living here is Zheng Song. Of course, he will not live here himself, so he temporarily lives at Zang Yunli's house.
"This house will be returned to you soon. Take advantage of the winter to clean it up. Next year, you and Qu Yuan will have your own lovely little home. Do you have a wife yet?"
Wan Feng and Li Guangyin stood on the river bank and looked at the river.
Li Guangyin smiled sweetly: "It's been more than five months."
Wan Feng counted the time on his fingers. "Oh, that's not right. I remember you got married last winter. Normally, your child should be lying down by now. Why is he still in your wife's belly? Did you miss the planting season or did the seeds get damp?"
"When we first got married, we planned to wait until later to have children. We wanted to make some money while we could without distracting ourselves from earning money."
"It's a good plan. Young people should focus on their careers. But why did you change your mind later?"
"It's my mom. She kept pushing me for days and even promised to take care of the child."
"Haha, old people are all the same. My mom always asks me when I'm going to get married as soon as I get home. It's so annoying."
"Alas! In just over a month, everything will be quiet here. I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt to my future life once I'm free."
"Didn't I ask you to go to Hongmaoji to sell motorcycles? What's so idle about it?"
“I’m always worried that I won’t be able to sell it.”
"Shamilov said he wants to work with you to smuggle motorcycles after the border is closed. I advise you, this is not a very easy matter to handle. Think carefully. The crime of smuggling is a serious one."
"I know. This is what I agreed to when Shamilov approached me. I'll only provide the motorcycles and won't be involved in anything else. Anyone who comes here to buy a motorcycle is his person. I'm planning to open a motorcycle shop in Sijitun. I'll just be selling motorcycles. I have no control over who buys them. Isn't that illegal?"
Wan Feng wasn't sure if this was illegal, but it seemed like it wasn't.
I run a shop selling motorcycles. As long as the buyer pays, I don't care whether he is from China or the Soviet Union.
But how will the transaction be settled? In rubles, in US dollars, or in Chinese yuan?
The key question is whether Shamilov has so much foreign currency?
This again involves the financial aspect.
Can Li Guangyin figure out what’s going on here?
"Anyway, this matter is quite complicated. You should figure it out on your own. It's best not to violate the law. It's best not to do anything illegal."
"I know. I now understand what I can and cannot do. I will never do anything illegal."
Everyone says this, but there are still a lot of people who continue to do illegal things.
Don’t those criminals know that they are breaking the law when they commit crimes?
Most of them know that it is illegal, but why do they still do it? Some are blinded by hatred, some are blinded by interests, and a considerable number of them are lucky enough to think they can get away with it.
It's too late to regret after you get in, but it's too late!
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