Chapter 1831 Leave this matter to me
Russians also have the saying "three big things," which are house, car, and furs. Banks here even offer special fur loans.
While Russian fur is often said to be cheap, it's actually quite expensive for locals. Here, a fur coat symbolizes wealth and status. How can you tell the net worth of wealthy Russian women? Just look at who owns the most fur coats.
Although Russia is rich in fur, it is still very expensive to buy these things unless you have good relations with nomadic peoples such as the Nenets - Russia strictly cracks down on the black market fur business.
They do this so that the fur trade can be profitable for export and meet European 'animal protection' standards.
But to put it bluntly, these Europeans talk about morality but they only care about business!
You should know that several Nordic countries are fur producers, but their fur is still far inferior to Russian fur, so they use this method to restrict the import of Russian fur.
"Environmental protection" is definitely the best excuse for Europe to make money.
Take the so-called "high-end food" king crab for example. European and American countries set fishing quotas every year, stipulating that fishing boats can only catch enough rations to maintain prices, making it look very rare.
But what is the reality?
This thing has a super strong breeding ability. A few king crabs native to Alaska entered Northern Europe by chance, and then began to reproduce geometrically because they had no natural enemies. Later, a few of them entered Antarctica for unknown reasons. Now this thing is rampant in Chile, Antarctica, Alaska, and Northern Europe. As a result, they have to be caught in limited quantities every year, saying that it is for "environmental protection" but in fact it is just to sell at a high price.
Look at the price of king crabs in the market now?
And basically everyone who has eaten it feels that they have paid an "IQ tax" because it is not tasty at all and the meat is very tough - this is not surprising, as king crabs are not crabs at all but "stone crab family" creatures, which can be understood as close relatives of hermit crabs with only four pairs of legs, while crabs have five pairs.
When seeing foreigners only eating king crab legs, many "understanding people" say that it is because foreigners do not eat crab roe. There are only two types of people who say this: either they have never eaten king crab or they have eaten king crab and are embarrassed to admit that they were cheated.
The only thing worth eating about king crabs is the legs. Where does all that crab roe come from?
Of course, some people may say: There is a big difference in taste between fresh and frozen king crabs.
Ugh! Do you think you're Stephen Chow? (Stephen Chow in The God of Cookery)
The gap is huge!
Russian fur products have gone through a lot of trouble to enter the European market: if their high-quality fur were to enter Europe, then farmed fur from Northern Europe would simply not be able to compete with Russian fur! Therefore, Europe has raised the banner of "environmental protection" to restrict Russian fur.
It's just a slogan. Otherwise, why don't they import fur from Australia? Foxes, rabbits, kangaroos, and wild goats are all over the place there, providing an endless supply of fur and grass material. And yet, Europe, under the pretext of "environmental protection," has banned Australian fur imports to protect the Nordic fur farming industry.
When Russian fur entered the European market, it faced numerous difficulties, just like Australia, and was criticized by European "animal protection activists".
In reality, these "animal rights activists" are often unreasonable. Protecting animals is certainly the right thing to do, but it depends on the circumstances. Consider Australia, a country with a land area of over seven million square kilometers and a population roughly the size of Kyoto, yet it has hundreds of millions of rabbits and a growing population. A true "environmentalist" should consider what to do with these rabbits, right?
The situation in Russia's Siberia region is similar to that in Australia. The area here is almost twice the size of Australia, but the population is much more limited than Australia. The animal infestation here is even more serious - it is normal to see wolves and bears on the road, which seriously threatens people's lives and safety!
Isn't Russia's fur trade actually protecting humanity? "See the essence behind the phenomenon"—don't just stand there and talk without thinking. Blindly joining in the frenzy is complicity! Russia has suffered considerable hardship in order to profit from fur exports. The ultimate outcome is that fur can be exported, but it's been hard on local residents: the fur black market has been severely cracked down on, and prices are rising.
You don’t see many people wearing fur here, not because they don’t like it, but because of the price.
Denisov was furious when he learned that Xiao Peng was going to burn the clothes. He didn't even have a fur coat! So he quickly took the clothes to the hotel's service department to have them cleaned.
Although he didn't know the brand of Xiao Peng's clothes, even his thermal underwear was different from what they usually saw. He liked everything now, and since they were similar in build, he didn't intend to miss out on any clothes.
And... the most important thing is: compared with the clothes that people here usually wear, all the clothes except this fur coat are "fashionable, fashionable, the most fashionable" - otherwise why would those girls try so hard to get close to Xiao Peng when they see him?
Another point is that to the people here, foreigners represent "rich people" - this is the same as in Daxia decades ago.
After seeing Denisov leave, Xiao Peng said to Terekin, "Terekin, I need your help with something."
"What's the matter?" asked Terekin.
Xiao Peng poured a glass of sour vodka from the wine cabinet and handed it to Terekhin: "I don't want to live here anymore. Can you find a place for me to stay for a day or two?"
"Hmm?" Terekin asked, taking the glass and thanking him. "Why? This is the only decent hotel here."
Xiao Peng lowered his voice and said, "I seem to be being watched here. Otherwise, it's impossible for the police to come to my door right after I got here. I suspect you have a gang here that specializes in dealing with foreigners."
After hearing this, Terekin laughed awkwardly and said, "How is that possible? We are very friendly to foreigners here."
Xiao Peng said mysteriously, "I suspect the gang members here, Terekin. You're not planning to deal with me, are you?"
Having said this he looked at Terekin with a smile.
Terekhin said quickly, "Xiao, I swear to God I didn't do this. How could I possibly hurt my savior?"
Xiao Peng stared at Terekhin's expression for a long time and then said, "You're hiding something in your words, but this is definitely not you who did it."
Terekhin was shocked when he heard this. He wanted to speak again but wisely kept his mouth shut.
He is not a young man, he knows that at this time, the more he says, the more mistakes he will make, and the less he says, the fewer mistakes he will make.
At this moment, the atmosphere was quite tense. Denisov came back and saw that the two were silent. He asked curiously, "What are you doing here?"
Xiao Peng said, "I'll ask Terekin to find me a place to stay for two days. I don't want to live here anymore."
Denisov said directly, "It's such a small matter? Leave it to me!"
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