"Who else can I look for if not you?" Zhao Xiaohai said unhappily.
"Since you're looking for me next time, don't ask so many questions. Let's just cooperate like we do now. Hehe, both sides benefit. Isn't that good?" Vasily chuckled and pointed to the train station. "Look, the train's already arrived. You go and take care of what needs to be done. I'll arrange for the loading."
"Well, let your people move faster." Zhao Xiaohai glanced at the train station and responded absent-mindedly.
Zhao Xiaohai went to the train station to submit the pick-up procedures, and the customs officers were about to check the key benefits.
But he was interrupted by a rude soldier.
They took it over with excuses such as this was military supplies and needed to be kept confidential.
They also drove the staff inside the train station aside.
With the help of hundreds of Soviet soldiers, loading and unloading five trucks of tobacco and five trucks of canned goods was a piece of cake. In no more than twenty minutes, five GAZ trucks full of boxes of cigarettes and five full of canned goods turned on their headlights and drove towards the suburbs of Irkutsk - Vasily's troops were stationed there, and his military warehouse was the best place to hide the tobacco.
"How is it? Is everything going well?" Sitting in the carriage, Vasily threw a cigarette to Zhao Xiaohai and lit one for himself. Then he said with a smile, "I told you that your worries are unnecessary."
Zhao Xiaohai didn't respond, his gaze fixed on the car window. Their convoy was passing a military vehicle coming from the city. In the blink of an eye, Zhao Xiaohai could clearly see the two vehicles were loaded with soldiers armed with live ammunition.
Vasily chuckled and said jokingly, "The situation in the country is not very stable right now. People like us are all planning for our future. I've thought it over. The previous small-scale business model is really too slow to make money. I think you have a solution, brother. As you said, the business this time is really good. The buyer I contacted has already agreed that as soon as this batch of goods arrives, he will pay us 900,000 rubles in one lump sum. According to the previous agreement, you will get 360,000 and I will get 540,000..."
"Wait a minute," Zhao Xiaohai frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "Why is it only 900,000? According to the price on the black market, our batch of goods will cost more than 900,000."
"Hey, buddy, how can we charge black market prices for a business like this?" Vasily put his hand on Zhao Xiaohai's shoulder and said with a playful smile, "Don't forget, we're not responsible for selling the goods. You're only responsible for finding the source of goods in China and shipping them here, and I'm only responsible for transporting the goods here. Think about it, with such a simple resale, we can make nearly forty times the profit. Aren't you satisfied with that?"
"Of course you're satisfied," Zhao Xiaohai snorted, "because there's not a penny of your capital in this batch of goods. Don't forget, I also need connections to purchase goods in China. Do you think tobacco can be bought and sold casually in China?"
"But don't forget, brother. I'm taking all the risks," Vasily said disapprovingly. "Doing something like this is head-splitting. This guy's gone, you can get the money and leave, but what about me? I have to stay here. If anything goes wrong, I'll be the one to bear all the blame."
"Hmph, you're going to carry it all by yourself? Can you do it? Don't think I don't know that you've already prepared a way out for yourself. Tell me, where do you plan to settle down in the future? In the United States, Britain, France, or Canada?" Zhao Xiaohai said disdainfully.
"Hey, that's a matter for the future after all," Vasily said without blushing or getting angry, not even a hint of embarrassment. "For now, let's resolve our differences and continue doing more business. Well, I know you're not very satisfied with this deal, but it's okay. You have to believe me, I will make it up to you. How about this, next time, next time you..."
"squeak!"
Before Vasily could finish his words, the military vehicle they were riding in suddenly stopped with a screech of brakes. Inertia jolted Zhao Xiaohai off his seat, sending him crashing hard against the back of the front seat. Vasily, sitting next to him, was clearly no better off; he slipped out of his seat and rolled into the gap between the seats.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Vasily, who was still in shock, asked repeatedly as he got up from his seat, enduring the severe pain in his shoulder.
"Comrade Vasily, there is a car blocking the road ahead and we can't get through." The car soldier in front turned his head and answered.
"Oh no, something happened!" This was Zhao Xiaohai's first reaction. He covered his head which was almost knocked unconscious and said in a trembling voice.
"This is impossible!" Vasily said angrily. "This is my jurisdiction. Even people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs must get my permission before entering. What could possibly happen to us here?!"
As he said this, Vasily, in a rage, kicked open the car door and jumped out.
"Don't panic, don't panic. The more critical the moment, the more you need to stay calm..." Zhao Xiaohai muttered silently in his heart, holding his forehead with his hand. His previous life experience gave him a good psychological quality. Although he knew that something must have gone wrong at this time, his panicked mood quickly calmed down.
"What's coming cannot be avoided, and if it can be avoided, there's no need to worry." Finally, after giving himself a reassurance, Zhao Xiaohai reached out and pushed open the car door, then lowered his head and got out of the car.
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