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"Did you have a good time yesterday?" Hua Ze Xiang looked up from the newspaper and asked with a smile.
Matsuoka Dong took the lemonade handed over by Tomoyo and took a sip and responded: "Thanks to you, everyone is very satisfied."
"That's good. By the way, please free up some time today. The accounts have been prepared," Hanazawa Xiang reminded.
"No problem, I won't go out in the morning. I'd like to finish watching it earlier and be done with it earlier," Song Gangdong responded with a smile.
"Okay, then you can go to the study later. It's already there." Hua Ze Xiang nodded.
Song Gangdong nodded and asked, "Are you having any troubles?"
"Come to think of it, there is one thing. Recently, someone from the military contacted me through an official, and it seems that they want to do arms business with us," Hanazawa Xiang said with some annoyance as she put away the newspaper.
"Arms are indeed a bit troublesome." Song Gangdong frowned when he heard this.
When I watched the movie Lord of Arms before, I knew that doing this at this time would definitely make money, but from the experience of the protagonist, I knew that the water was still very deep.
The most important thing is that they belong to Japan, which is inherently much weaker in background, and the sales channels are also a problem, and it is relatively dangerous.
"You are the boss, you decide whether to do it or not. If you don't do it, it will have some impact on future acquisitions," Hanazawa Xiang reminded.
"If we don't respond, those people will think that we are not strong enough, and they will probably just throw minced meat at us in the future." Song Gangdong understood what he meant.
Hua Ze Xiang nodded: "Yes, I was planning to talk to you about this today."
"I would like to do it, but we don't even have the relevant people here," Song Gangdong said helplessly.
"Then let's give up. I'm not good at this," said Hanazawa Xiang, spreading her hands.
At this time, the butler Fujiwara who came to deliver the fruit said: "If possible, I will do it. I knew some people who were doing this before, so I have the channels."
The two looked at the old man in surprise. Song Gangdong asked curiously, "Uncle Fujiwara, have you ever been an arms dealer?"
"That's not the case. I just used to be a mercenary so I know some people," said Butler Fujiwara with a smile.
"Uncle Fujiwara is awesome, life is so wonderful," Hanazawa Ka gave a thumbs up in praise.
When she first saw this old man, she just felt that he was extraordinary. As she got to know him better, she admired him even more. Now, she was full of curiosity and felt that his past experiences were really mysterious.
Chapter 160: Strange Taste
This unexpected surprise from Butler Fujiwara made Matsuoka Dong decide to give it a try, but the scale would definitely not be expanded. Doing this would only please the military and then make other businesses smoother.
"Then I'll leave it to Uncle Fujiwara," said Matsuoka Dong respectfully.
Fujiwara smiled and said, "I should do it. After all, the lady has shares and the church will earn more."
Song Gangdong knew what he meant and promised, "No problem. The church will get 20% of the arms business."
"Thank you," Fujiwara thanked him happily.
After they finished chatting, the others also went downstairs. Among them, Saori looked very energetic, as if something good had happened to her. When she looked at Matsuoka Dong, her eyes were full of happiness.
"Where are we going today, Tomoyo-chan?" Oochi asked curiously while eating breakfast.
"Let's go to Tsaritsyno today. It used to be a palace and is worth a visit," Tomoyo replied.
Tsaritsyno, located in the southeast of Moscow, is a famous palace complex and a typical Gothic-style building. In the 18th century, Catherine II ordered the construction of Tsaritsyno, which was built as a summer villa for the royal family.
Shinomiya Mikoto was very interested in it, so she said expectantly, "That's pretty good."
At this time, Song Gangdong said apologetically: "I won't accompany you today. I have work to deal with."
"Is that so? Then you should work hard," Saori said with regret on her face when she heard this.
"I'll bring you some souvenirs when I come back," Qian Huifu also said.
Shinomiya Mikoto advised: "Don't work too hard."
Nagano Kanna whispered, “Come on.”
Yoshikawa Yumi laughed and said, "How pitiful. We will have fun for you."
Mr. Ohkouchi admired and said, "High school students like you are really rare."
Matsuoka Dong smiled and said, "It's okay with me. Just have fun. Chiyo-chan, take good care of them."
"Don't worry," Chiyo nodded.
After dinner and a short rest, they set off. Song Gangdong also returned to the study and started working. Although he was relieved, the accounts still had to be checked, and it was best to keep public and private affairs separate.
I have to say that the boss chair in the study is very comfortable. He sat there for an hour and only finished reading one-third of the book. It was really hard work for him to be able to have Hanazawa Xiang here for the past few months.
In fact, their business is very simple. They just buy the stocks of state-owned assets at a low price and then when the amount reaches a certain level, they can directly swallow up the entire factory or enterprise.
The reason they can do this is that the Russians are pushing for full privatization, and they believe that this will allow them to join the Western camp.
However, later events proved that it was all wishful thinking and they were just fooling him. Unfortunately, the Russians were naive enough to believe it.
However, the current situation is definitely a good environment for Song Gangdong and others. The original method of privatization of the Russian bear was to give it away for free.
The population of the Russian Federation was about 1.5 million, so every Russian received a privatization certificate worth 1 rubles, which was about 1.5 trillion rubles (about 1231.34 billion yuan at the time), accounting for 1/3 of the total value of state-owned assets at the time. People could use the certificate to freely purchase shares.
And this is the opportunity for Song Gangdong and others to make money. As for how to operate it, for example, a factory is worth 10,000 rubles. The state divides the factory into 10,000 parts and then prints them into bills and distributes them to the people. Then they can be sold to the state or bought and sold freely.
This is actually a process of monetizing state-owned assets. It seems that there is nothing wrong with it, but this behavior completely ignores market factors, so it is essentially an act of selling state-owned assets at a low price.
Then ordinary people did not realize the true value of the bills in their hands, and the economic environment was actually bad at that time, so they sold them almost immediately after paying a little money.
There are also behind-the-scenes manipulations by officials, such as distributing high-quality industrial stocks to people who have already been arranged, and then letting people like Song Gangdong buy them.
Then Song Gangdong and his team will buy all the bills at extremely low prices to gain complete control of these high-quality assets, and then generate immediate profits whether they are sold or continued in production.
That is why there are so many accounts, because Hanazawa Xiang's turnover is still very frequent, and because of the early layout, he can make money directly.
But unfortunately, they do not have the ability to take over large assets such as oil, aviation, natural gas, and communications, and can only target some small and medium-sized enterprise factories.
But even so, under Hanazawa Xiang's operation, the assets have increased dozens of times. Of course, this is only on the books, because many of them are fixed assets.
As long as they wait a little, the value of the assets in their hands will increase greatly. For example, in 1995, Abramovich (oligarch) and Russian President's assistant Berezovsky (oligarch) each paid $ million to acquire the state-owned Siberian Oil Company (now Russian Gazprom Neft), and the company's value was quickly assessed to be billions of dollars.
"As expected, if the capital is not strong enough, I can only watch and drool," Song Gangdong sighed as he recalled the information from later generations.
But they felt relieved soon after. After all, those who embezzled large assets all had people behind them. Those they were dealing with now were only middle-level staff, and they were not qualified to be senior executives.
Just when Songgang Dong was checking the accounts, Chiyo and his group had already arrived at the destination. After getting off the car, everyone was attracted by the beautiful buildings.
"As expected of the former imperial court," Shinomiya Mikoto exclaimed.
At this time, Chiyo introduced: "In fact, the Queen didn't like this place at first, so she ordered it to be demolished. Later, the architect Matvey Kazakov rebuilt a group of new buildings on the original site."
"But before the construction of the palace and gardens in Tsaritsyno was completed, Catherine II died. Apart from her, no one else in the royal family paid attention to this place, so it quickly fell into decline."
Kanna Nagano asked curiously, "Then how did it become like this?"
"Oh, that was after 1860 when a lot of parks and villas were built here. It gradually became like this in order to unify the surrounding architectural styles," Tomoyo explained.
"It turns out that the buildings here have not been there for a long time." When Saori heard this, she suddenly felt that the surrounding buildings lacked some historical flavor.
"Yes, there are also many famous writers here, such as Dostoevsky, Tyutchev, Chekhov, Pleshcheev, all of whom have vacationed here. The great poet Bunin met his wife here," said Chiyo with a smile.
"This is indeed a great place for vacation," Shinomiya Mikoto nodded as she looked at the fairy-tale scenery.
Tomoyo reminded again: "It's more beautiful here in summer and autumn."
"It's a pity that I don't know if I'll have the chance to come here again," replied Shinomiya Mikoto.
The gardens were covered with snow at this time, but even so the scenery was very pleasant, and the buildings looked even more colorful against the backdrop of the white snow.
Time flies and soon the trip to Moscow is coming to an end. During these two days, they visited almost all the interesting and beautiful places in Moscow.
In fact, you can only travel here with peace of mind now because it is not too chaotic yet. After the economic collapse, it will not be very safe here.
The famous Mao Bear Mafia began to grow during this time, so it will probably take a long time before we can travel here again.
"Pay attention to changes in the ruble exchange rate. It will probably be after the New Year. Seize the opportunity then, but be sure to quit while you're ahead," Songgang Dong reminded Hua Zexiang.
"Boss, are you sure your judgment is accurate?" Hua Ze Xiang asked with some doubt.
"Think about the fact that I asked you to come here in advance to make arrangements," Song Gangdong said unhappily.
Hua Ze Xiang muttered: "Maybe it's just a blind cat catching a dead mouse."
"What did you say?" Song Gangdong couldn't hear clearly because of the noise of the plane taking off outside.
"Since you, the boss, have decided this, I will exchange all the rubles into US dollars, and let the traders settle the bill in US dollars," Hanazawa Xiang responded loudly.
"I can hear you clearly, but don't be so loud. The bank also needs to take action," Song Gangdong instructed.
"I understand. However, if things don't happen as you expected, you might suffer a lot of losses. Are you sure you want to do this?" Hanazawa Xiang confirmed again seriously.
"Believe me, we will have much more liquidity after this time," Song Gangdong said confidently.
"Okay then," Hanazawa Xiang responded helplessly.
After all, she is a professional, so she doesn't quite agree with Songgang Dong's decision. She feels that he is just gambling. Fortunately, even if he fails, the loss can be borne.
The worst that could happen is that there will be a serious loss of working capital, but since it was Song Gangdong who paid for it, she could only make some suggestions. However, she still had some expectations for him, after all, it was amazing that he came here to make arrangements in advance.
In fact, what Song Gangdong said about the bank is loans, and then if they are converted into US dollars, they can make a lot of money. Moreover, they also have people in the central bank, so the operation is not a problem.
"This news must not be leaked out," Song Gangdong warned seriously.
Hua Ze Xiang rolled his eyes at him: "Please, I'm a professional."
"Then I'll leave it to you and Uncle Fujiwara," said Matsuoka Dong with a smile.
"I know you're a hands-off boss," Hanazawa Xiang complained.
"See you next year. You can go back first since you are busy with work," Song Gangdong said goodbye.
Then Hanazawa Xiang left the airport. Yes, at this time, Songgang Dong and his group were already at the airport planning to return to Neon. It was already the 30th, and there was a 31st this month, so including today, it would be the New Year in two days.
"I'm going to the bathroom," Song Gangdong stood up.
"Oh, don't fall, otherwise we will leave first," Yoshikawa Yumi teased.
"Brother Songgang really takes a long time to go to the toilet," Saori complained.
"It looks like constipation," Qian Huifu also interjected.
Songgang Dong shook his head speechlessly and walked away. Although he was heading towards the bathroom, he did not go in. Instead, he slipped into the storage room next to it.
"Let's get this over with quickly," Chiyoko said softly, shyly.
"But I can't do that. It doesn't matter. There are still forty minutes left," Songgang Dong said with a smirk.