Volume 1: Japanese Storms Chapter 26: Chinese Tycoon (2)

  Bob wiped the sweat from his forehead, "This old fellow is really an old fox!"

  Jerry walked out of the bathroom, wiping his wet hair and said with a smile, "Luzhkov's ability to sit in the position of head of the industrial department itself shows that he is not simple!"

  Bob handed Jerry the juice, "I don't mean that, I mean this guy won't let go of the rabbit!"

  Jerry sipped his juice and smiled.

  "It's clear that he wants more shares, and yet he's being difficult about this, difficult about that. This bloodsucker! Jerry, I don't get it, can't these things just be settled with a thank you to Sergei?"

  "Xie Lisha? Maybe he has no problem with food! But in other aspects, he has no right at all! I think within two weeks, there will be more privileged classes who want to join our company!"

  "More privileged classes! You mean our shares will continue to be diluted?"

  "Bob, this is an investment!"

  "I still don't understand all your ideas!"

  "It seems I need to give you a detailed explanation!"

  "I'm all ears!"

  "Firstly, we got in touch with Soviet finance through Andrei Kuznetsov and, through his connections, siphoned off a large amount of rubles from the black market! But Bob, you have to understand one thing!"

  "What?"

  "These rubles we've taken are illegal! So, we need to turn these illegal rubles into legal ones! The Clemens United Products Company is just such a channel! Of course, that's not all - we use the Soviets' own rubles to buy the Soviets' own raw grain products, then repackage those raw grain products as secondary products and let them appear before the Soviets in the guise of secondary products, thereby swindling even more rubles! But this time, the rubles..."

  Bob picked up Jerry's words, "It's legal rubles!"

  "Not one bit wrong!"

  "Your meaning is that the main purpose of Clemens United Products Company is to launder the rubles we swindled?"

  "It's not just about whitening rubles! I told you, our main product will be light industry products. You should now understand the current situation in the Soviet Union, and after a few years, the ruble will completely devalue, do you get my point, Bob?"

  "I suddenly realized, you are the biggest fox!"

  Jerry shrugged his shoulders, "Whatever, anyway, it's you who are standing in front of the stage now, not me!"

  A month later, Andrei Kryzhanovsky plundered a large sum of black rubles in the name of "borrowing" to create the Clemens United Products Company, and at the same time, ten people including Stanislav Tuganov, Chairman of the State Bank of the Soviet Union, Spiridon Donov, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Kadanikov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, and Palis Bezrukovsky, one of the seven oligarchs of Russia in the future, became shareholders of Clemens United Products Company.

  Clemens' United Products company's chain of stores "Good and Plenty" blossomed all over Moscow in just the second month!

  Clemens vegetables, made from the process of cleaning and processing, with its freshness, greenness, healthiness, convenience, and ease of storage, swept through Moscow and absorbed a large amount of idle rubles in the hands of ordinary Muscovites!

  Limited-time sale of our signature product, driving everyone crazy!

  It's not like a national allocation where you queue up and wait for sale, but rather a fixed-point opening of the store, whoever grabs it first gets to buy it!

  Moreover, the vegetables and fruits sold by Clemence United Products Company are not much more expensive than those in national supermarkets, and the quantity is sufficient!

  Before the shopping frenzy had subsided, Jerry and his entourage followed Sergei Ivanovich Ivanov to the outskirts of Moscow!

  "Bob, this is Boris Potyeyev, the one I was telling you about, he's the head of this farm!"

  "Hello, Mr. Potyeyev! I'm Bob Clemens."

  "Hello, Mr. Clemens! Hello!" Boris Potyeyev was visibly excited to see Bob, and the other farmers gathered around him, each eager to shake his hand. The Soviet collective farms were a quick way for the Soviet Union to increase its power, but they came at the expense of agricultural interests in favor of heavy industry development. However, when developing collective farms, the state's supporting policies did not keep up! In addition to the long-term rural resistance movement, the collective farm ultimately failed to fulfill its intended role. On the contrary, the Soviet government's forced agricultural production plan made life difficult for farmers, but this year, as a supplement to Soviet agriculture, Clemens United Products Company undoubtedly gave farmers hope for agricultural planting.

  Yes, as long as the vegetables and fruits are well-grown and the grains are of high quality, Clemens United Products Company will not only increase the purchase price but also provide corresponding planting subsidies at the same time! For these farmers, there is no better news than this!

  Bob was clearly unaccustomed to the enthusiasm of these peasants, and besides he didn't understand Russian at all, so he was somewhat intimidated by the surging crowd! Fortunately, Jerry patted him on the back, signaling him to calm down.

  "Everybody disperse, disperse! Don't crowd around like this. We've invited Mr. Clemens to give us a speech!"

  A group of people quickly dispersed and then collectively applauded!

  Xie Lisha quickly translated it for Bob.

  Speech?

  Bob turned his head and looked at Jerry, Jerry shrugged, meaning, I have no way either, you're on your own!

  Bob Klemmens, standing on a heavy machine, with a forced tone, said: "My fellow farmers, you have created your lives and wealth on this land, you have poured your heart and soul into this earth, and with the grain you planted, fed all Soviet people. You are great! Yes, great farmer brothers! But please do not discriminate against those city dwellers, they may not be watering this barren land with sweat like you, but they too are dedicating their youth to the future of the Soviet Union. We cannot say that just because their work is different, they are all lazy! No, we can't! It's just a division of labor! The Soviet Union is still a country of workers and farmers! You must believe in the government, believe in us! I, Bob Klemmens, guarantee that our company, Klemmens United Products Company, will fight for the greatest benefits for farmer brothers and let you live a better life! Today, we bring a new idea! This idea can make our farmer brothers create their own wealth outside of the national plan during the cold winter! This idea is the greenhouse planting program! Mr. Potyeyev, come up here and help me unfold this blueprint!"

  Under the heavy machinery, applause burst forth like thunder! V