The car was driving slowly on the streets of Moscow. Li Aiguo looked out through the car window and saw that the street scene he saw was almost the same as the last time he came here.
Those ancient, solemn and powerful buildings still stand in place, giving people a sense of vicissitudes of life.
However.
Li Aiguo was keenly aware that the state of the people on the streets had changed significantly.
Their faces lost a bit of the vitality of the past, and gained a touch of gloominess that was difficult to conceal.
The queue in front of the bakery on the street is longer than before, the street lights on the road are broken and no one has repaired them, and there seem to be more large portraits hanging everywhere than before.
As an excellent spy, you can often judge the truth of things from behind the ordinary.
Andre lit a cigarette and turned to look at Li Aiguo.
"Patriot, aren't you curious as to why I have spent so much effort to invite you to Moscow?"
Li Aiguo still looked at the scenery outside: "Do you miss me? Lao An, you can't continue like this. Your family still expects you to continue the family lineage."
Andre is about the same age as Li Aiguo, but he only likes to party and have fun, and does not get married, let alone have children. For this reason, he is often complained by his family.
Alas, when it comes to getting married and having children, parents at home and abroad are in the same trenches.
The limo driver burst out laughing.
Li Aiguo also recognized the driver at this time. This person was Andre's confidant, the kind he had brought up since childhood, similar to the family in China.
Andrei shouted twice in Russian at the limousine driver, who quickly stopped smiling.
Andre felt that he was no match for his talk, so he suppressed his smile: "I have received news from the committee that the Corn Emperor is preparing to withdraw all the experts. Although the time has not been determined yet, it will not be later than October."
The committee is a general term for an authority.
Countries have national committees and factories have factory committees.
Even Liu Haizhong's family has its own committee. The chairman is Liu Haizhong, the vice chairman is the second aunt, and the members are Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.
The committee that Andre spoke of was naturally the highest authority on Lao Maozi's side.
Li Aiguo had long been aware of the historical process, but was a little surprised by Andre's well-informed situation.
You should know that although there are signs of withdrawing experts, in order to maintain the image of Big Brother, Lao Maozi did not reveal the slightest news before the official withdrawal, so that many important projects were abandoned halfway.
Li Aiguo was worried about how to submit the exact time for Lao Maozi to withdraw the expert.
Andre, isn't this a good excuse?
However, Li Aiguo looked very surprised at this time.
"How do you know?"
"Ahem, there is someone above me." Andre was uncomfortable with Li Aiguo's eyes and changed the subject: "After the experts withdraw, the relationship between our two families will be affected.
So I invited you here this time, thinking that we could jointly open a company here and put the cooperative relationship on the table. ”
Opening a company is a fake, and tying Li Aiguo and Red Star Studio to Andre's chariot is probably the real purpose.
You must know that products such as Nuanbao Patch have earned Andre huge profits, and now he has developed diapers, which must be a gold mine.
On Lao Maozi's side, many people have long been eyeing these transactions, many of whom have backgrounds far beyond Andre's.
After Andre learned that Li Aiguo was interested in the Eastern Project, he spent a lot of money to open up connections and give Li Aiguo the opportunity to visit "Star City".
I am afraid that apart from personal "friendship", the most important purpose is to show one's strength.
Li Aiguo had no intention of rejecting Andre.
Andre does love money, but it is precisely because of his greed that he is easier to deal with.
"Lao An, we really should open a company together."
"I knew you would agree to this proposal. Let's go to the Ukraine Hotel. I have already arranged it for you, a pretty Ukrainian girl."
Hearing Li Aiguo's words, Andre became excited and shook the medal on his chest.
Li Aiguo finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "Lao An, why do you get so many medals?"
"Ah?! This medal was borrowed from one of my elders. He has no other hobbies, he just likes to collect medals." Andre replied casually.
"I was not willing to wear a medal at first, but my elders taught me that medals are for face!"
An elder who loves medals is still capable of getting so many medals. Could he be the future medal emperor? !
Li Aiguo remembered that the Medal Emperor seemed to be from Dniprodzerzhinsk, which was not far from Zaporozhye, Andrei’s hometown.
Moreover, the Emperor of the Order also served as the head of the Zaporozhye Oblast Committee.
"Lao An, how are your elders related to you?" Li Aiguo said insinuatingly.
"Dear uncle, we are all from the village of Brezhnev, Stretsk County." Andrei didn't care.
After all, although the Medal Emperor of this era is already an important figure, he is not too conspicuous.
No one would have thought that in a few years, he would become the helmsman of this huge family.
Brezhnev Village in Stretsk County recalled the information about the Order Emperor, and Li Aiguo was certain that Andrei's second uncle was the Order Emperor.
He called out in his heart what a good guy!
"My second uncle is a very nice person. He even asked about my business a while ago. If you want to visit, I can help you connect."
Andre subconsciously wanted to show his strength again.
"No need for now. We are in business. There are some things that should be avoided."
Faced with this good opportunity, Li Aiguo politely refused.
At present, the Medal Emperor is already a big shot on Lao Maozi's side, and is always being watched by Cheka.
If you visit rashly, you may attract unnecessary attention.
In Andre's view, Li Aiguo's caution was because he was afraid of affecting the reputation of the Medal Emperor, and he was even more satisfied with this Dongfang brother.
As brothers, you should consider each other.
On a special floor of the Ukraine Hotel, Li Aiguo enjoyed dances from Ukrainian ethnic minorities.
I have to say that the clothes of ethnic minorities are quite nice.
Andre brought a full set of agreements for the new company. The company was represented by Andre and was responsible for raising funds.
Li Aiguo is responsible for providing the goods, and the profits are divided 50-50.
Judging from the agreement, Andre showed great sincerity.
This guy understands the principle of long-term success, and is not like some old man who likes to use AK47 to do business.
Li Aiguo took a sip of vodka and frowned, tapping his fingers on the agreement: "Lao An, the name of this company is inappropriate."
"Far East Import and Export Trading Company, why is it inappropriate?" Andre felt strange: "I specially asked someone to come up with this name. It's quite grand!"
"Do you know where the Far East is?" Li Aiguo picked up his wine glass.
"Isn't it just our Gada, and your nada?"
"There are two concepts in the Far East, one is economic and the other is geographical.
Geographically, it is the collective name for the easternmost region of Asia when Western countries began to expand to the east, including East Asia and Southeast Asia, that is, the areas east of Central Asia and South Asia, north of Australia, west of the Pacific Ocean, and south of the Arctic Ocean. ”
Economically, it refers to the abbreviation of the Far Eastern Economic Zone.
It starts from the Arctic Ocean in the north, connects to Dongda and the Korean Peninsula in the south, and borders the Pacific Ocean in the east. Including Khabarovsk (khabarovsk), Primorsky Krai, Yakutia Autonomous Republic, Amur, Magadan, Kamchatka and Sakhalin Oblast. ”
"Isn't this very grand? Our Far East Import and Export Trading Company is the largest, both geographically and economically." Andre said with some emotion that Li Aiguo knew a lot, but he still thought the name was quite good. .
Li Aiguo picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, tutting his tongue and saying: "It's not a good thing to have a big name. We want to be a shark in the undercurrent, not that beautiful big rooster on the sea."
Although Andre didn't know why there was a big rooster on the sea, he still understood what Li Aiguo meant.
"Yes, we want to make a fortune quietly." He tilted his head: "Then what should we call it?"
"Andre Trading Company." Li Aiguo gave a name.
"Andre is my name? Isn't this name too stingy?" Andre was a little unsure.
"The development of the company has little to do with the name. Like your Leningrad Kirov Machinery Manufacturing Plant, a machinery factory has built the most advanced tanks in the world.
For example, BMW is actually the abbreviation of Bayern Motor Factory, and the German name of Volkswagen Group (VW) is Volkswagen, literally translated as People's Car Company.
Therefore, a company's reputation is given by its products, not by its name. ”
Li Aiguo lowered his voice as he spoke: "Besides, if Andre Trading Company can become a century-old store, your brother will be famous forever"
As soon as these words came out, Andre's eyes widened in excitement.
Although he loves money, he doesn't love fame.
Of course, there is another more important reason that Li Aiguo did not mention. The name Andre itself is a pass.
As long as the Medal Emperor comes to power, Andre Trading Company can run rampant in Lao Maozi's country.
"It's called Andre Trading Company!" Andre waved to the stage excitedly and called a person in charge.
He invited Li Aiguo to enjoy a show from decadent Western countries - striptease.
"No, these girls take off their clothes. How do I know which ethnic minority they are from?"
Li Aiguo stopped Andre.
Andre looked at Li Aiguo deeply and sighed: "You are still so cautious."
******
The situation here in Lao Maozi is similar to the situation in China. A system of unified purchase and sales is implemented. In principle, private companies are not allowed to start companies.
But this doesn't bother Andre.
Two days later, a Zaporizhia Andrey trading company was officially launched on Tverskaya Street in Moscow.
The trading company is under the name of the Zaporozhye Oblast Committee and is responsible for the import and export trade of Zaporozhye Oblast.
At the same time, in order to save resources and better serve the people of Laomaozi, we imported some daily necessities from Dongda University.
All the procedures are complete, and there is also the endorsement of the Zaporozhe Oblast Party Committee, so ordinary people can't find any problems.
The opening of the trading company was quiet, without any ceremony, and did not attract anyone's attention on this bustling street.
The co-founder Li Aiguo did not appear in the company, but came to the Friendship Coffee Shop at the end of Tverskaya Street.
Lao Maozi has the habit of drinking coffee. He will write this sentence on the door of the coffee shop: "Drink a cup of coffee first and then build the city."
Life is not easy for Lao Maozi these days. Coffee has become a luxury product and is only available in a few specialty cafes. Precisely because it is exclusive, there are rarely any interruptions here, making it a good place to talk.
In the evening, a thin figure stepped into the cafe and looked around.
Seeing Li Aiguo's figure, he was obviously shocked and walked over quickly.
"Driver Li, you are here."
"Yu Jin'an, congratulations." Li Aiguo looked at the much mature Yu Jin'an and sighed in his heart.
According to Yu Jinan's training plan, he should return to China after one year of training in Moscow.
However, Yu Jinan performed particularly well and made many good friends during the training period. In the end, after consideration by the superiors, Yu Jinan stayed in Moscow to work.
"Congratulations?" Yu Jinan sat down skillfully, ordered a cup of coffee, and took a sip.
"Before I came, I went to your house and found that Comrade Chen Xianglan was pregnant."
"Ah! Really, that's great!"
There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!
Yu Jinan lost his composure for the first time. Fortunately, no one paid attention to him. He quickly reacted and stopped smiling.
"Don't worry, the organization will take good care of Comrade Chen Xianglan."
"Driver Li, when you come here this time, you must have a task for me, right?"
"It's not a task, I just want you to help me investigate two people and a research institute."
As he spoke, Li Aiguo dipped his finger into some coffee and wrote "Minsk Special Design Bureau for Computer R&D and Upgrade", "Fadeyev" and "Gilotti" on the table.
After Yu Jinan saw it clearly, he stretched out his hand and wiped it off naturally.
"This mission is just to investigate the situation, do you understand?"
"Understood." Yu Jinan nodded.
Just as he was about to ask a few more questions about the situation at home, Li Aiguo had already put on his hat and wandered out of the cafe.
Yu Jinan picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, frowning slightly.
"This thing is really unpleasant to drink, far inferior to the tea from my hometown."
Late at night, in a tube building located in the east of Moscow, Yu Jinan looked at the information in his hand and fell into deep thought.
These three documents are all Datong documents and are not confidential at all.
Driver Li has a lot of connections in Moscow. It is said that he is a partner with a big shot, so he can get this information by himself.
Why should I investigate this information?
Is it because you want to tell me the news about Chen Xianglan’s pregnancy?
Well, that must be the case.
The three pieces of information were put into envelopes and stamped. The next day, the envelopes appeared on the desk of the deputy manager of Andre Trading Company.
Li Aiguo picked up the scissors and opened the envelope. He took out three documents from Datong and read them for nearly half an hour. He then compared the information with the information Andre had obtained.
The two sources of information are different, and the content is also different. There are still many discrepancies in the details, but these are not important.
What matters is whether the information has been "tampered with."
A full hour later, the expression on Li Aiguo's face softened a lot. He picked up the phone and made a cross-border call in the name of Andre Trading Company.
After the call was connected, he just said one sentence into the phone: "It's an orange, not an apple."
In a building in the capital, the person who answered the phone quickly recorded these inexplicable words on paper.
The paper was put into a filing bag and ended up in a special office at the Meteorological Service.
Director Dong opened the file bag and saw "It's an orange, not an apple." This inexplicable sentence made him obviously relax.
Director Dong stood up, dug out a file bag from the shelf, and took out the file bag.
I found Yu Jinan's name on a list, wrote the words "trustworthy" in blue ink, and marked the date.
The dim light fell on the list, and there were dozens of names on it.
The comments behind each name are different: "trustworthy", "to be determined", "not recommended to assign tasks".
The dates above are also all different, but it can be seen that the time interval between each review is no more than two years.
The list was put back into the portfolio, sealed with a seal, and put back on the shelf.
This list may not be opened again.
When it is opened again, it will cause a wave.
******
All Muscovites know the existence of a place, but none of them know its specific location, that is - "Star City".
That is to say.
Star City's location is a military secret and is not marked on public maps.
Although the location is kept secret, no one conceals the fact of Star City's existence.
TV programs will also repeatedly report on Star City to demonstrate the strength of Lao Maozi's aerospace power.
In order to keep it secret, a protective belt with isolation function was built around Star City.
Any person or vehicle trying to cross the protective belt will face the black muzzle.
Things are a little different today.
A black car arrived at the entrance of the isolation zone along the spacious road. The passenger in the co-pilot just took out an ID and waved it in front of the guard.
The guard quickly ran over and opened the guardrail.
"I've been here several times. It's so boring. Patriot, I really don't understand why you are interested in this place."
The car started again. Listening to Andre's complaints, Li Aiguo quickly understood what the so-called "boring" meant.
Star City looks like nothing more than a collection of gray concrete houses.
A few birch trees loom in a pine forest, the ground is full of pits, and neatly arranged houses sit on parallel streets.
It's very quiet here, and the occasional people you see have hurried expressions.
Far inferior to the energetic performances in the Ukrainian Hotel.
"Andre, don't you think space is wonderful?" Li Aiguo touched the watch on his wrist.
"Wonderful, there is only one thing in this world that can be called wonderful, and that is money! Regardless of whether it is rubles, RMB or US dollars, they are the most beautiful things in the world."
Hearing this, Li Aiguo smiled and did not answer the question.
The black car sped along and finally stopped in front of a building.
Two middle-aged men in Lao Maozi military uniforms had been waiting for a long time. When Andre got out of the car, they saluted him.
But everyone could see that the other party saluted those medals on Andre's body.
"I have a friend who wants to visit the training of the six-man commando team." Andre said directly in a commanding tone.
The two old men seemed to have received the order and stood at attention immediately: "Please come with us, but according to the regulations, you cannot leave our sight during the visit."
"Why are you so long-winded? I finally understand why the Eastern Plan has been implemented for so many years and spent a huge amount of money, but the progress is very slow. It's all because of you people who delayed the work."
After being scolded by Andre, the two old men looked at each other and did not dare to get angry. They could only smile awkwardly.
The group of people was about to walk towards the base when a voice came from the distance: "Stop!"
Three middle-aged men in gray tunic suits hurried over from a distance.
Seeing the person coming, Andre frowned slightly and whispered: "The lackey of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes slightly, it looked like it was Cheka.
But it's normal to think about it. This is one of Lao Maozi's most secret places. It's normal for Cheka to keep an eye on this place.
The leader, Cheka, had a scarred face, and the hideous scar stretched diagonally from the corner of his left eye to the corner of his mouth, which was intimidating.
"Hello, I am the Minister of Internal Affairs of Star City, Semyonov!"
Semyonov walked up to the crowd and first looked at Li Aiguo up and down. His gaze stayed for only a very short time, but he seemed to have engraved his appearance and expression firmly in his mind.
Then, he locked his eyes on Andre, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and made an expression that was half a smile.
"Hopkins, why are these two people here? Don't they know this is a confidential base?"
The middle-aged old man named Hopkins obviously did not dare to offend Semyonov, so he hurriedly explained: "Minister Xie, this is Comrade Andre, he has a pass from the Ministry of Aviation Industry."< br>
Semenov made a serious face: "Ministry of Aviation Industry? This is Unit 26266, not the Ministry of Aviation Industry!"
Star City was under military management during these years.
Although the Aviation Industry Corps does not have direct jurisdiction over Star City, some respect must be given.
Hopkins didn't expect Semyonov to be so rigid and wanted to continue explaining, but Semyonov interrupted him directly.
Semyonov gave instructions to Li Aiguo and Andre: "Two gentlemen, please leave now. Otherwise, we can only ask you to go back with us and have a good talk."
Semyonov was not an unconventional person.
But for some reason, he always felt that this Oriental was a little strange.
This feeling cannot be explained clearly, but it lingers in my heart.
Seeing that Semyonov was starting to chase people away, Andrei could no longer hold back his bad temper.
Today, I originally wanted to show off in front of Driver Li, but I didn’t expect that I was slapped in the face before I even started pretending.
This is not treating Doubao as a cadre!
Well, Comrade Andre's Chinese proficiency has improved again.
Andre pulled out his pistol and, clatter, the bullet was loaded.
Semyonov did not expect Andrei to be so stubborn, so he also raised his pistol at this time, and the two Chekas behind him also took out their weapons.
Hopkins and the other old guy looked at each other and took two steps back.
One side is the Cheka and the other side is the chief's relative. They cannot afford to offend either side.
Both sides raised their guns, but no one fired, and there was a stalemate for a while.
(End of chapter)