"Could this move be related to our cooperation?" Zhao Xiaohai asked tentatively.
"Not only is there a relationship, but there is a direct relationship." Yakov said with a smile.
"Of course I'm interested in it, and I'm very interested." Zhao Xiaohai squinted his eyes and answered humorously.
"Hey, I knew you were interested," Yakov said, putting his arm around Zhao Xiaohai's shoulders. "Let me tell you, this reform initiative, to put it bluntly, is to sell off some of the state's previously insignificant fixed assets to foreign investors. I've seen a copy of their project proposal, and the first batch of assets to be sold are holiday hotels, welfare hospitals, sanatoriums, and other things that were originally used to provide services to officials. According to some experts, auctioning these things off from state assets will, on the one hand, recover a large amount of occupied funds, on the other hand, attract foreign capital, and on the other hand, indirectly eliminate the benefits of the privileged class. We can test their reaction."
"Well, then what?" Zhao Xiaohai felt his heartbeat quickening, and vaguely realized that the period he had been looking forward to was about to arrive.
"Now we have a certain degree of confidence that we can seize the power of monopoly in some places, such as here in Amur, in Khabarovsk Krai, and in Siberia..." Yakov licked his lips, his gloomy eyes shining with excitement.
"Wait!" Zhao Xiaohai interrupted Yakov and asked impatiently, "Brother, who exactly are you referring to when you say 'we'?"
"Hehe, if you plan to cooperate with us, I will take you to Moscow next month. Then you will have the opportunity to get to know all these people in my institute one by one. As for now, you'd better not ask too many questions." Yakov kept his mouth shut and said with a smile.
"Is it necessary to be so mysterious?" Zhao Xiaohai said rather dissatisfiedly.
"It's not that I'm intentionally being so mysterious, brother, nor that I don't trust you. It's just that there are some things that it's better to be careful about." Yakov said with a smile.
"Well, well, go on. So what if you've got the monopoly? Are you planning to sell them all to me? Hehe, if that's the case, you're overestimating me. As far as I know, in Khabarovsk alone, there are two dedicated holiday hotels, a sanatorium, and a special hospital. I have some savings, but even if I gave it all, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to buy any of them. Besides, these things are money-losing goods with little profit margin. I really don't have any interest in them."
"Hehe, what if I sell it to you at a super low price? Are you still not interested?" Yakov glanced at Zhao Xiaohai meaningfully and said in an ambiguous tone.
"Super low price?" Zhao Xiaohai's heart moved and he asked casually, "How low can it be?"
"For example, if I sell the Qishino Holiday Hotel to you at a price between 300,000 and 500,000 rubles, would you be interested?" Yakov leaned close to Zhao Xiaohai's ear and whispered.
"What did you say?!" Zhao Xiaohai was shocked.
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