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He really couldn't express it in words, he kept repeating this sentence over and over in his mouth.

Mayor Ilyich and the factory leaders also breathed a sigh of relief, but they also knew that this Mr. Mountain only had a preliminary intention to acquire, and the specific negotiation is probably still to be discussed.

But it is a good thing after all. Now on their side, the privatization process is very unsuccessful: some good industrial and mining enterprises have been robbed.

And others, like this kind of cumbersome machinery factory, no one cares about at all. If they can get rid of this big burden, they would be very happy.

Of course, Liu Qingshan will not participate in specific negotiations, he just needs to hand over his bottom line to the negotiating team.

Liu Qingshan's plan is to pay half in cash and the other half in materials.

Now that the materials are more useful than rubles, the other party should have no objection.

As for the price, of course, the lower the better, Liu Qingshan reckoned that such a machinery factory that no one wanted would definitely not cost much, at most a few million dollars, plus the equivalent materials, That's about as good as it gets.

At noon, the factory was preparing lunch. Of course, Liu Qingshan couldn't go to Gromov's house. He was going to be a guest in the afternoon, so he might find out more about the real situation.

The food on the table is quite rich, but Liu Qingshan still found that there are many traces of Chinese products.

For example, the red sausage, the white wine you drink, and even the pickles, the trademarks on the canned bottles are all Chinese characters.

It seems that the trade of Longteng Company is relatively successful, and has penetrated into Mao Zi's life.

This is a good phenomenon, and if we persist, we will be able to continuously create wealth for the company.

After lunch, Liu Qingshan proposed to visit Gromov's house.

This is a private visit among friends, so it is not good for the mayor to accompany him.

On the factory side, two leaders were sent to follow.

Gromov's home is in the staff building behind the factory, so he didn't need to drive, just strolled there.

The old red brick building looks very dilapidated on the outside.

Liu Qingshan is not unfamiliar with this kind of building, because in China, some buildings in the 60s and [-]s also have this style.

"Liu, this is my home, welcome, this is my wife Sasha." Gromov warmly invited.

Liu Qingshan also greeted the hostess, and handed over the gift she brought.

The hostess is a typical Soviet woman, tall and strong, with a physique that can hold the thin Gromov.

She warmly invited Liu Qingshan and his party into the house. Of course, the gift Liu Qingshan brought made her feel even more happy.

The furnishing in the room is also quite simple, an old TV, and the sofa is also some years old.

But it can be seen that the hostess is a diligent person, and the house is well organized.

After a while, many people began to pour into Gromov's house one after another.

They are all workers in the factory, including male workers and many female workers.

That's right, in the Soviet period, it was not uncommon for female workers in the workshop to work much better than those men who knew how to drink.

They all heard that the factory was going to be sold and came to inquire about the news.

A rather prestigious old worker suddenly yelled: "The factory belongs to all of us and cannot be sold!"

This is true. The workers have a lot of bonds in their hands. These bonds are distributed to the workers after accounting for the assets of the factory.

"Master Makarich, Liu is my friend. He promised that the original workers can continue to work in the factory as long as they want to."

Gromov hurriedly came forward to explain. He is familiar with these workers, even including himself, they all have the same idea: as long as there is a job, it is enough to not be hungry, and the requirements are really not high at all.

"Really?" The old worker looked at Liu Qingshan suspiciously.

Liu Qingshan nodded with a smile: "And we can also hire experienced technicians to work in Huaxia. I dare not say anything else. Every night, we will definitely be able to drink liquor."

The temptation of this sentence is undoubtedly huge, and Liu Qingshan is not fooling around. Over the past few years, hundreds of Soviet experts have been introduced by him to work in China.

Compared with Maozi's life where there is no food or drink, it is not too happy.

When Katyusha and the female workers talked about this matter, they also mentioned several names, all of whom were experts recruited from Komsomolsk City.

The workers don't trust Liu Qingshan, but they still trust people like Katyusha.

And they do know the situation of some experts working in Huaxia. After all, their families are still here, and they are said to be very rich.

With this foundation, everyone no longer resisted Liu Qingshan, and asked incessantly when they could resume work. Everyone was waiting for the rice to cook.

Liu Qingshan also promised with a smile: All workers will be able to receive the first batch of houses immediately, including flour, meat and so on.

As long as the two parties negotiate the purchase contract, they can resume work and production immediately.

Although Liu Qingshan said that the large tractors here are not sold in Huaxia.

In fact, this is far from the case. In Longjiang Province, there are many large-scale farms. Many of the agricultural machinery they use are still in the 60s, and they should be replaced long ago.

As for whether the farm can take out the money, it doesn't matter. If there is no money, it is the same to use grain as collateral. On Maozi's side, there has been a shortage of flour in recent years.

The workers also saw hope, and some spontaneously went to the factory to prepare for the resumption of work. Now that the Soviet Union has just disintegrated, these workers are still very dedicated.

Both parties intend to cooperate, and the speed of negotiation is also very fast. It took only three days to sign a formal contract:

Katyusha Trading Company officially took over the heavy machinery factory with 300 million US dollars in cash and 500 million US dollars worth of goods.

At present, materials are even more attractive than US dollars.

How to say this price, comparable to the price of cabbage.

According to the value of the factory in the past few years, it was worth hundreds of millions of rubles, and the ruble at that time was basically equivalent to the dollar.

In other words, this machinery factory is worth at least 800 million US dollars, but now, it was taken down with only [-] million US dollars.

And there is also 500 million US dollars in it, which is used to pay off the debt.

The actual value, in the purchase price of Longteng Company, is only hundreds of thousands of dollars.

With all his efforts and calculations, Liu Qingshan bought a complete large-scale machinery factory without spending 500 million US dollars.

There are not only workshops, equipment, various drawings and technical materials, but even hundreds of heavy tractors that have not left the factory.

As long as these tractors are shipped to the country, the scrap iron can basically be sold back.

This shows how profitable the Sino-Russian trade was during this period.

In the contract signed by the two parties, there are some additional conditions, such as not being able to abandon the original workers at will, and various benefits and so on.

Liu Qingshan is not the kind of black-hearted capitalist. He can plunder the wealth of this country, but he will not deliberately squeeze these workers.

When signing the contract, Liu Qingshan also specially added some clauses, such as free use of technology.

To be honest, Liu Qingshan was still envious of those large CNC machine tools and advanced production lines in the workshop.

The machinery factory is a civilian factory, and it doesn't involve any military secrets, so the other party fully agreed.

As for these workers, in Liu Qingshan's plan, a small half of them, including technicians like Gromov, will apply for visas one after another, and go to Huaxia to support the construction.

The remaining factories and workers here will not lose money even if they are kept for nothing.

In Gongqing City, there are still many large factories that Liu Qingshan is coveting, but now is not the best time to start, and the best solution is to wait a year or two and buy them with bonds.

After living in Gongqingcheng for a week, Liu Qingshan's mission for this trip was basically over.

When we went back, the team expanded again. In addition to the original team, there were also Gromov, several technicians and worker representatives from the machinery factory. Liu Qingshan was going to take them there to experience it first.

After bidding farewell to Katyusha, Lao Jiang and others, Liu Qingshan and the others finally boarded the return train.

Gromov looked extremely excited, sitting opposite Liu Qingshan, and turned on the chatterbox mode again:

"Liu, this time, we won't meet those bald guys again, will we?"

Liu Qingshan looked at the several figures that appeared in his field of vision, and said with a smile: "That's hard to say."

Gromov found a bottle of white wine out of nowhere, and took a sip happily: "Liu, I promise, the last time was just an accident, a small accident."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw two strong men with black-shaven heads appear in front of his eyes.

"You, what do you want to do?" Gromov picked up the wine bottle again.

"Mr. Mountain, can you come with us?" A big man asked Liu Qingshan.

"No, Liu, you can't go with them." Gromov jumped up excitedly, pointing at the bald man with a wine bottle:

"You robbers, it's you who have ruined the image of our country!"

Liu Qingshan smiled and waved his hands: "Gromov, don't get excited, they belong to my friends."

After speaking, he nodded towards the big man: "Comrade Sergey sent you here, right?"

The first thousand and thirty-two chapters, how did you get back more and more?

In the compartment of the dining car, Liu Qingshan saw Sergey sitting alone in the empty compartment with a cigarette in his hand.

Liu Qingshan walked over with a smile, sat opposite Sergey, and looked at him quietly.

In the lingering smoke, Sergey said "thank you".

Liu Qingshan nodded, he knew what Sergey was thanking for.

The last time Sergey bought an aircraft carrier from Xiaowu, Sergey did not complete the prior agreement in the end.

But Liu Qingshan still deposited the money promised to the other party into Sergey's personal account overseas.

Liu Qingshan knew that Sergey was helping out sincerely, but Xiaowu's side was no longer under the control of the Soviet, and it was not under Sergey's control.

And in the end, the aircraft carrier was successfully obtained without paying a high price. Of course, Liu Qingshan didn't care about the little remuneration promised to Sergey.

Liu Qingshan also took out a Hongtashan from the cigarette box on the dining table, he basically never smoked.

After Sergey lit the cigarette with a lighter, Liu Qingshan took a puff: "Sergey, are you ready to leave this country?"

Sergey nodded, and his eyes turned to the car window. It was morning, and outside the car window was the white-capped land, and there was an endless birch forest in the distance. This was his homeland.

Liu Qingshan knew that when Sergey found him this time, he must have come to say goodbye.

According to his estimation, Sergey should have saved two to three million US dollars over the years, enough to spend the rest of his life.

In the curling smoke, Liu Qingshan's faint voice came again: "Sergey, you can buy a small ranch in Texas, raise dozens of cows, and wear a cowboy hat to shovel cow dung every day. My friend, this Is this the life you want?"

Sergey was silent for a long time, knowing that the cigarette butt burned his finger, he was shocked and stubbed out the cigarette: "But I don't know, what kind of life is there?"

Not only Sergey, I believe that in this country, the vast majority of people are now confused, unable to see the future, let alone hope.

Those who are capable, simply stay away;

Those who are incapable, holding the wine bottle, drunk today with wine, may become a frozen corpse on the street tomorrow.

"As a friend, I hope you can stay. If a person even abandons his own country, then he also loses his soul."

Liu Qingshan also put out the cigarette. Sergey is the more important and advanced level he can get in touch with on Maozi's side, and he is reluctant to break this line.

"But I really can't see hope." Sergey looked out of the car window, blankly.

"There will be hope. If I tell you to follow someone now and support him with all your strength, maybe that person is the future hope of this country."

Liu Qingshan finally made up his mind and prepared to make a big investment.

"No, you're talking about Boris, that guy ruined the great Soviet Union!" Sergey became excited, and he was talking about, of course, the first president and the gravedigger of the Soviet Union.

Liu Qingshan shook his head: "No, I'm talking about Vladimir, a young man who happens to be 40 years old this year."

Sergey quickly understood: this was a political speculation.

"I don't know this person, can you tell me about him?" Sergey suddenly felt that his whole life seemed to have a new goal and direction.

Liu Qingshan recalled for a while, it seems that the emperor at this time was still in Leningrad City, and his specific position seemed to be the chairman of the External Liaison Committee, mainly responsible for investment promotion, roughly equivalent to the director of the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau.

That's right, it only took eight years for the emperor to go from being a small bureau chief in 2000 to being the president in [-].

After listening to Liu Qingshan's description, Sergey was also full of motivation: "Liu, I want to know now, how much support can you give me?"

Liu Qingshan thought for a while: "As long as I can do my best, I will support you unconditionally."

Sergey couldn't help but take a deep breath, of course he knew Liu Qingshan's strength.

Not to mention far away, the funds that can be used by the Katyusha firm alone are said to be several billion dollars.

Sergey couldn't help feeling passionate: With the support of such a large consortium, it is not impossible to support a president.

The only thing he worries about now is what the target is and whether he can support this battered country.

Liu Qingshan is not worried about this at all, if the emperor can't do it, others can't do it either.

"Liu, my friend, I will get out of the car in a while and go to Leningrad immediately, and keep in touch by phone at any time."