Li He called the few of them to the tea room. It was better for fewer people to know about the border trade. Even if they knew, it was best not to know the details.
"Have a seat. I haven't talked to you guys in detail since I came back. We can talk about it today."
The skinny monkey took out a pack of cigarettes, opened it, and gave each of them a cigarette. He said to Li He, "Try this cigarette. The Russians' cigarettes are quite strong."
"I'm not used to it. I only smoked two of the cigarettes you gave me last time. I'm too lazy to smoke anymore." Li He rejected and took out his Furong King from his pocket. He liked to smoke Furong King, but it was difficult to buy it in the past. Now that it was easy to buy, he might as well switch back to Furong King. The key was that it was smooth and not greasy.
Skinny Monkey said, "Bro, I've made several trips. To be honest, it's really profitable. After the border trade opened in 1982, a lot of people went there. Manchuria was the biggest, followed by Suifenhe, and then Heihe and Dongning. Jeans, chewing gum, sweatshirts, down jackets are all treasures in the eyes of the Russians. Even potatoes and cabbages can be sold for a high price. Even the inferior wine in the wine workshops in the north can be sold out. There are Chinese everywhere. Guess who I met in Blagoveshchensk? "
"Who?" Li He thought about how there were only a few people they knew. He lowered his head and couldn't think of anyone.
"Zhang Xianwen. Bro, you didn't expect this, did you?"
"It's him?" Li He really didn't expect it to be him. He hadn't seen this person since 1983. He couldn't help but laugh when he remembered that he was the one who did the electronic watch business with him.
"Yeah, that kid is very extravagant. He found a small workshop in Changshu to process leather goods, clothes, and the like. He earned more than ten times the profit. We met him at the hotel last time. He had two Russian women in his arms and didn't leave the room for a whole day. Hehe. "
Wan Liangyou, who had been silent all this while, smiled and said, "Chinese have traveled all over the world, but we can only live like humans in Russian territory!"
Li He laughed out loud when he heard this. Wasn't this the truth? You were unreasonably poor, but there were people even more unreasonably poor than you, especially in the Russian Far East.
Skinny Monkey handed the account book to Li He. "Take a look."
"How did you earn so much?" Li He flipped through the list and found out that he had earned more than seven million yuan! Moreover, it was only for a year. "Didn't you say that it was difficult in the first half of the year? I can earn more than a hundred thousand a month. "
Skinny Monkey smiled and said, "It's all thanks to the traitors under us. We now have hundreds of Russians under us. They don't do anything every day, eating and drinking from us. If they had any conscience, they wouldn't have been able to stay there long ago. I asked them to help us bribe Su Lie's ticket seller. We were able to buy several boxes with four berths at once. Other than one for sleeping, the rest of the boxes were filled with goods from the floor to the ceiling. Even the windows were tightly blocked. Do you think we can't earn money by shipping goods like this? "
"And every time we arrive at a station, we don't even need to leave the platform to be sold out. It's really good business." At this moment, Lan Shifang interrupted.
Skinny Monkey continued to smile and said, "Even our domestic students who go there earn a lot of money."
"Overseas students?" Li He was a little confused. How could overseas students earn money? They were just translators.
"They are smart and speak Russian. They bribed the Russian ticket seller and controlled a large number of train tickets. A black market ticket for a train can be sold for 60-70 US dollars. Do you know how much the original price is? It's only 4 US dollars! It's only 4 US dollars from Moscow to Beijing! I learned this trick from them. "Skinny Monkey said proudly.
Li He sighed. I can't let the Chinese take advantage of any loopholes. I feel that the world is wider when I'm overseas!
"Did you have any trouble on the way?"
Skinny Monkey let out a long sigh and said, "Bro, you had the foresight to bring Brother Lan, Brother Wan and the others. Otherwise, we would have been reimbursed there."
Li He quickly asked, "What's wrong? I didn't hear you mention it in the letter or the telegram."
At this moment, Wan Liangyou opened his mouth and said, "Let's not talk about customs first. Once we go in and out, we'll be skinned. After all, we can still make money. Sometimes, we can just let our Russians do it. It'll save us some trouble. But there are too many robbers and they even work together. They dare to rob and kill in broad daylight. Don't you think it's crazy? "
Li He didn't say anything. He suddenly felt a little scared. He thought too simply. He almost killed Skinny Monkey and the others. But could he stop the trip to the Soviet Union?
He definitely couldn't stop!
"I'll come and go next year."
At most, he would just resign. Compared to the huge bonus from the Russians, there was nothing he couldn't let go of.
"Bro, don't. I know you're worried about us. But it's the same even if you go. You might not even be as familiar with them as we are. After all, we've been together for two years." Skinny Monkey laughed.
Wan Liangyou looked outside the door and made a shooting gesture with his hand. He said in a low voice, "We have this at critical times. Bang! We don't have to be afraid of eight to ten people. I can send them to hell."
"Gun?" Li He's heart turned cold.
Lan Shifang said, "In the Russian's territory, as long as they have it, there's nothing they can't buy with money. There's a famous tractor factory over there that even had its production line secretly sold to us. "
That's right. What's a gun compared to them?
Li He lit another cigarette and asked, "Earning money is one thing. Do we have any other way to get equipment or production lines?"
Skinny Monkey smiled bitterly. "Bro, I understand what you're thinking. But you have to know that a piece of equipment weighs more than ten tons. It's impossible to pull it back."
Lan Shifang joked, "There's still a way to drive a tank back."
"You really know how to joke," Li He said. Actually, he was thinking of looking for Liu Baoyong, Qi Gongxun, and the others. It was just a thought. He could only take it one step at a time.
Lan Shifang said, "Of course it's a joke. Who are we going to sell it to?"
Li He asked, "I wonder if you guys are still willing to go after the New Year?"
This time, everyone took at least twenty thousand yuan. Twenty thousand yuan wasn't a small amount in China. It was enough for them to live a comfortable life. Why would they want to leave home and suffer?
Wan Liangyou said, "We're also indebted to you. After earning money, our family's arrangements are also very appropriate. But after going out and seeing hundreds of thousands of things, we're not satisfied anymore. We still want to continue working with you. We can't win against Wang Yuan, so we apologize. "
"No, no, there's no need to apologize. Everyone has their own ambitions. Moreover, I don't have any contractual relationship with him. I'm free to come and go," Li He said reasonably.
One of the people that Wan Liangyou brought over was envious of the speed of earning money at the border trade. It was as if he had discovered a new continent. He was so excited that he couldn't control himself. After getting twenty thousand yuan, he immediately left Skinny Monkey's circle and went back to organize the supply of goods. He started his own business. He felt that being his own boss was the best way to make a living.
This made Wan Liangyou, Lan Shifang, and Li Aijun feel very awkward.
Lan Shifang said, "He's my man after all. It's also our fault."
Li He smiled and said, "Brother Lan, Brother Wan, I'm really not angry. I still stand by what I said. I'm free to come and go. Follow me, and I'll treat you both well sooner or later. If you're willing to do it on your own, I won't stop you. No one has a grudge against money. "
They had already figured out the pattern of the border trade. As long as they followed the pattern, there was no reason for them not to earn money. The only difference was whether they would earn more by following Li He or by doing it on their own.
Lan Shifang said, "Brother, don't say anything else. The border trade looks simple, but it's actually not that easy. I'll leave the money for my son to use as capital for his wife. I won't mess around and just follow you honestly. Moreover, a man's words are worth a thousand gold. We can't go back on our words and change our minds when we see someone else. If we say anything else, it'll be like slapping our faces. "
Li He said, "Thank you, everyone. Since everyone trusts me, I promise that we'll earn money together."
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