Chapter 369 Tuition for Belarusians
Life in Belarus is really not something that people live. After the airport greetings, Lin Zheng was stunned for a long time: Is this convoy a little too shabby?
It is indeed a bit shabby, and it is definitely not a bit shabby. Although the car is pretty good, the best in the entire fleet is a Mercedes-Benz S500. This car... Lin Zheng grinned. Although he couldn't understand how Belarus' license plates were divided, he subconsciously felt that this car was not from the Belarus Heavy Vehicle Manufacturing Company.
Sitting on this very popular Mercedes-Benz S500, Lin Zheng grinned, as if he wanted to say something, but finally shook his head, "Mr. Busico, your company's reception conditions are really..."
How could Busico not know what Lin Zheng meant? To be honest, the convoy was indeed a bit shabby. Except for this Mercedes-Benz S500, most of the others were luxury cars produced in the former Soviet Union... When it started, it was black smoke rising, and when it started, it was like a diesel engine. I was suddenly a little embarrassed. I thought that Lin Zheng had just gotten off the private plane, and the embarrassment was suddenly amplified several times, and the voice was involuntarily lowered, "This... Belarus has just ended the turmoil, and the economic situation is not very good..."
There is no way, Busico has no confidence in front of such a super rich man.
"This is really..." Lin Zheng thought for a while and said, "Let's do this. Regardless of whether our cooperation can be reached or not, I will donate several luxury cars to you... only two Cadillac fleetwoods and two Mercedes-Benz S500s."
Two Cadillac fleetwood and two Mercedes-Benz S500s? Bussico was very happy when he was happy and bowed to Lin Zheng. He was so happy that he had no moral integrity. "Mr. Lin. Thank you, don't worry, I will do my best to help you speak good things in the cooperation between the two parties."
Lin Zheng nodded with a smile.
Yes, there is no doubt that Lin Zheng was intentional about this move, otherwise the price of four cars would be more than 300,000 US dollars. Is Lin Zheng overeating or is he bored and throwing his money to such a company that he doesn’t see hope at the moment?
Yes, Belas really doesn’t see any hope now. In its heyday, Belas, the current Belarusian automobile manufacturing plant, had more than 12,000 employees. However, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belas’s life became more and more difficult. In the past three years since the collapse of the Soviet Union to this year, Belas’s life was extremely hard. How hard has it been? In almost three and a half years, they only delivered 12 mine vehicles... For a heavy mining vehicle manufacturer that was still ranked among the top three in the world a few years ago, this is simply unimaginable.
But only these 12 vehicles were not sold, but were cheated. When the former Soviet Union had just collapsed, Belas received an order: Yakuti Autonomous Republic, one of the former Soviet Union's franchised republics, needed an articulated super-heavy mine vehicle with a rated load of 280 tons.
If it was the former Soviet Union, this task was really not difficult. But for the Belarusian automobile manufacturing plant, which had just experienced the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the coordination difficulties of various supporting factories and the loss of personnel, the difficulty of this task was not ordinary. But helpless, the Belarusian central government at that time regarded 12 super heavy mining vehicles that were later named 75501 very seriously: these 12 cars could exchange tens of millions of dollars for the Belarusian central government. This was absolutely precious to the Belarusian central government, who was in internal and external difficulties at that time!
But the same is true. The former Soviet Union collapsed. It turned out that the factories that provided supporting Belas were no longer in the same country. Not to mention the difficulty of coordination, but the more serious thing was the bankruptcy and the closing of the door. This difficulty was simply deadly. But tens of millions of dollars were too precious to the central government of Belarus. Even if it was just a slightest, the business would have to be completed... But how should it be completed?
At this time, Japan's Komatsu found the Belarusian central government and said that they could provide some supporting facilities for Belarusian automobile manufacturers to help Belarus complete the transaction...
However, as a company from the capitalist poisonous weed country with the fundamental purpose of making money, Komatsu Co., Ltd. is naturally not to promote internationalism. Komatsu told Belarus very bluntly that as Komatsu's support for the Belarusian central government, they hope that the Belarusian central government will hand over the business to Komatsu to operate. Of course, the Belarusian government's share of money is also indispensable, but even Komatsu's extra profit is Komatsu, so is there no problem?
In addition, Komatsu also had some hints, saying that if this cooperation can be reached, Komatsu would also have cooperation with Belarus in the future.
No problem, right? Of course no problem! Belarus, whose eyes are blue, was already worried about this business, suddenly jumped up. Japanese, good people, relatives! As for the Japanese who may make some money from it? That's not what it should be?!
So the 12 75501 mining vehicles with a load capacity of up to 280 tons were successfully completed, and then... the Belarusian central government was shocked to find that there was no more. Komatsu did not pay the remaining payment to Belarus. Belarus had only obtained less than 3 million in the early payment!
At this time, Belarus did not realize that it was cheated by the damn Japanese. It would have been a waste of life for so many years, but the same thing is true, even if you know you were cheated by people, what should you do? The Japanese Komatsu said, they recognized this account, but... Isn't this the international situation not good during this period? The money is temporarily... um, everyone is willing to do it...
The benefits of the relevant leaders are to give Komatsu some time to raise money. As a result, this amount has been going on for nearly two years. Komatsu continued to make money all over the world, while the world's top mining vehicle giant Belas, who could have competed with Carter Pillar, fell directly to the middle and senior management of a unit and disappeared more than 60%. In fact, there was no dilemma of selling a car in three and a half years.
But this matter is really embarrassing. Belarus was secretly informed. After learning from Andre that Belarus was once set up by the Japanese, Lin Zheng spent a considerable price to find out the whole story... This matter is actually quite important. At least one can be prepared when the Belarusians are "bitten by a snake once, but are afraid of the rope for ten years."
It is naturally not a good time to talk about cooperation. Boss Lin just arrived. When two people chatting in the car talked about cars, the ones they talked about the most were the two Cadillac fleetwoods that Lin Zheng was about to send.
It's strange to say that all the former Soviet Union knew that the Americans destroyed the Soviet Union. Some people were crazy about American liberal and democratic life, and of course some people were crazy about cursing this country. But one thing is that these two people are the same: they are extremely envious of all kinds of exquisite industrial products in the United States. Just look at the difference between them and the Cadillac Fleetwood.
Looking at Busico who looked envious when talking about fleetwood, Lin Zheng had to be "strange" and said, "Mr. Busico, these two cars were given to your company. Why... from what you mean, it seems that you can't make the decision on how to arrange these four cars?"
"This..." Busico hesitated for a moment and said, "Belarus is now in a mess. After President Lukashenko came to power, he must vigorously develop the economy. I heard that you should learn from your country's experience in attracting investment from abroad. Since you want to attract investment from abroad, you still need a few reception vehicles that express sincerity. As one of the most important heavy industrial enterprises in Belarus, Belas must of course support the work of the central government."
This is quite noble, but how could Lin Zheng not hear the unwillingness in this sentence?
"..." Lin Zheng patted Busiko's shoulder with a sympathetic look on his face. After a while, he shook his head with a wry smile, "Forget it, I will set up a contact office in Belarus first. There will be a fleetwood in the office. Whenever Mr. Busiko needs it, call the contact office and just ask him to drive. It's my loan to you."
What does the so-called "lent for you" mean? Busico has been working hard in the former Soviet political arena for more than 20 years. How could he not know the tricks in this statement? This fleetwood is simply intended to "lent" for himself for a long time. If someone covets this car, he can also use the excuse of "borrowing it, it will be returned to Boss Lin immediately" to block the mouths of those people.
Boss Lin is a good person. Bussico was shocked when he was shocked, and he became much more enthusiastic. He laughed and patted Lin Zheng's shoulder. The smile in his eyes was no longer the same as before, and he was a little sincere. "Lin, you are such a friend! I treat you tonight and invite you to drink!"
"Okay." Lin Zheng nodded with a smile. Of course he could understand the kindness Busico released.
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Kindness is kindness, but when Lin Zheng saw the workshop that had obviously just been cleaned and could not see a few workers, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed: "Mr. Busico, I remember that there are nearly 10,000 workers in your Belas Company now?"
This is what Belas said in the information sent to Lin Zheng. Of course, Lin Zheng would not mind taking it out and slapping Busico twice at this time: Damn, you are cheating people. You can hear the echo in this empty breath. There are a few guys in the workshop who don’t know if they were temporarily arrested to maintain the equipment. How dare you tell me that you have nearly 10,000 workers?
Chapter completed!