Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 0960: Cold Voice, Broken Jade, Hateful Heaven
First of all, the main theme this year is still around the children. Secondly, try to give remote commands at work and reduce the number of business trips.
In terms of specific matters, the crisis of Swallowtail Butterfly needs to be resolved. Nan Yi himself can earn less or even lose money, but other people in the Nan family cannot. They boarded the Nan family's chariot for benefits, future and ambition, not to watch Nan Yi play house. If they let their tempers run wild, it will only lead to disunity and the collapse of the Nan family.
At the end of 1993, Wang Fengtai had submitted a report on the rectification of Swallowtail Butterfly. The Information and Policy Committee agreed, but Nan Yi's reply was to wait for another year. Now a year has passed, and the situation has become worse. From a certain perspective, Nan Yi made a wrong decision, and it was a decision that went against the majority of the Nan family members.
If it is wrong, it must be corrected, or the cause of the error must be eliminated. Nan Yi did not want to correct it, so he had to eliminate the cause. The swallowtail butterfly problem was very difficult, but Nan Yi had to solve it, and he had to do it himself as much as possible without asking others to help him.
You have to fill the hole you dug yourself, otherwise the authority of the head of the Nan family will easily be questioned.
"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'll spend the New Year peacefully before worrying about the troubles." Nan Yi muttered, clicked the mouse, and watched Ah Tuzai on the screen walk forward a few steps.
After playing in Feilong Internet Cafe for two hours, Nan Yi returned to the Nan family’s courtyard.
The mother-in-law Yi Jinru moved the battlefield from the kitchen to the yard, and brought her two daughters-in-law to two coal stoves to prepare various dishes. Nan Yi sniffed and smelled that there should be bean paste in one pot, which was actually pig skin jelly, soybeans, pig feet and spices, frozen and sliced, and it was very particular to eat it.
"Mom, this fish is big, more than eight kilograms, right?"
"When I bought it, it weighed 7.8 jin, and they said it was from the Yellow River, and it cost 1.5 yuan per jin."
"Was it alive when you bought it?"
"Alive."
"That's not expensive. The Yellow River carp are almost all gone. We can't catch that many in a year. It costs a lot to transport them to the capital."
"Nan Yi, where have you been?" Liu Zhen said.
"In the store." Nan Yi replied, and then said to Wenren Lanyue: "Sister-in-law, how is the business this year?"
"It's OK. We opened three new stores this year and we've broken even."
" Good."
As soon as Nan Yi finished speaking, the phone rang. When he picked it up, it was Leng Yan calling to wish him a happy new year. After wishing him a happy new year, she also asked him to meet her one day in the first month of the lunar year. Nan Yi agreed.
After finishing the call, Nan Yi stopped standing by the coal stove and walked into the living room to play Sudoku with Nan Ruochan.
At the appointed time, the New Year's Eve dinner was served. It was lively and harmonious. After eating the dinner, they talked about playing mahjong while watching the Spring Festival Gala. Nan Huaiqiu and Nan Tieli didn't know how to play, so Nan Yi could only represent the male compatriots.
Yi Jinru, Wenren Lanyue, Liu Zhen, and Nan Yi, it's a perfect situation of three mothers raising a son. Most old male gamblers would never sit down to play when they see this kind of situation. It is said that three women and one man is three mothers raising a son, three men and one woman is the moon surrounded by stars. In the former case, the men will definitely lose, and in the latter case, the women will definitely win.
Nan Yi didn't care about losing points, but...
The cards are arranged and the first hand begins. As soon as you pick up the cards and stand them up, three radio waves are connected above the mahjong table.
Yi Jinru held a mahjong tile in her hand, spinning it and tapping the tabletop, saying, "We're missing a nine-piece tile."
"Mom, if I have more, I'll call you."
As Liu Zhen was speaking, she, as the banker, immediately played out a nine.
"Pong." Yi Jinru picked up the nine tiles and drew a line on the vertical mahjong tile with her finger, muttering, "What should I play?"
Wenren Lanyue: "Mom, it's better to play three barrels."
"It's not easy to play. I have three tubes. I have one, two, three, and four tubes in my hand."
Liu Zhen: "Hit one, I'm useful."
"Okay, one."
"bump."
Nan Yi looked at the three girls' tricks and was dumbfounded, "Can Mahjong be played like this?"
There was nothing wrong with the three women sending telegrams like this. The rule of mahjong was that whoever pointed out the shot had to pay, and in Beijing Mahjong, the person who pointed out the shot had to pay the fees of the other two parties as well.
But just before the game started, Yi Jinru set the rules: if you win the hand and eat three people, you have to give two pieces to the one who picked the cannon and one piece to the other two people who were not in the pool.
Now it seems that the three women are clearly going to take turns to win the game, targeting only Nan Yi.
The situation then developed as Nan Yi had guessed. The three girls took turns to win the game, but only Nan Yi had to pay for every hand.
Nan Yi was very depressed. It was nothing to lose money, as long as he could have some fun playing mahjong. If he was not given any fun at all and could only mechanically count the cards, grab the cards, play the cards and pay, the three women would take turns giggling happily.
You have to hold it in. You have to hold it in.
Before the game was over, Nan Yi deliberately arranged the cards slowly to maintain the last bit of decency.
Ever since Nan Yi finally won a hand of cards, the three women went even further. Not only did they send telegrams blatantly, they also started moving cards around on the table, replacing eight out of the thirteen mahjong tiles.
From the beginning of the Spring Festival Gala's first part "We the common people are so happy today", Nan Yi was looking forward to the three girls having fun, but until the middle part "picking flowers in the morning and drinking wine in the evening", the three girls were still immersed in the excitement of playing cards.
I endured and endured, and endured the "Lend me a pair of wise eyes" and the "Give me a cup of love water", and finally I endured the "Unforgettable Tonight".
Although this is not the ending song of this year's Spring Festival Gala, it is almost time to make new year dumplings, and Nanyi finally welcomed the day of the liberated area.
Ding ding ding, when the bell rang twelve times, after eating the hot dumplings, the Dog left and the Pig arrived. Nan Yi drove his car and mixed in with the retreating Nian beast team carrying the trophies, heading west.
The first month of 1995 was similar to previous years. Nothing special happened that was worth remembering. People were still rushing around to pay New Year's greetings. On the seventh day, Liu Zhen reported to his new post and Nan Yi also had some free time. He could listen to Hou Lijun's "Yingying Worships the Moon" while drinking tea and reading the newspaper.
The word "laid-off" began to appear in newspapers. It can be said that workers started to lose their jobs on a large scale in 1993, but it was not called layoffs at that time. It was called "suspended work with pay", "unemployed in the factory" or "taking a long vacation", and neither looking for a job.
The carbonated beverage industry is very lively. Since the report of "Two Cokes Flooded Seven Armies" in April last year, seven carbonated beverage brands including Tianfu Cola have been acquired by the two Cokes. As a result, some people began to worry about the fate of local brands, which also aroused great national enthusiasm.
Some smart people began to make full use of this enthusiasm in marketing. In the second half of last year, many advertisements incorporated the theme of "revitalizing national industry", especially in the health care products industry, which made full use of it. People can tell at a glance that domestic sugar water is more nutritious than imported sugar water.
Nan Yi doesn't care much about carbonated drinks. This thing is not an indispensable food or medicine, and no one would be crazy enough to use it to strangle China. If someone really wants to strangle China, go ahead. Not drinking carbonated drinks will not kill people. Wouldn't it be better to drink Xiongqi with the money?
From an objective comment, Nan Yi felt that the two Cokes made a bad move. There was no need to acquire and hide other cola brands. Based on their strength, they would be forgotten by the public in a few years.
The color TV industry is a one-trick pony, with price wars breaking out from time to time. Now, the price war has a new slogan, saying that it is to compete with foreign troops and revitalize the national industry, but in fact the bullets are flying at the faces of domestic competitors, with the mentality of either killing everyone present or being killed. The terminal selling price is directly approaching the cost price, and it is only a matter of time before it is sold at a loss.
The catering industry is also quite lively. There is a madman who has not even opened a store yet, but has already clamored to surpass Wonderful and boasted that "by 2000, we will open 20,000 chain stores around the world, 70% in China and 30% abroad."
Looking at the news in the newspaper, Nan Yi chuckled. People who have done nothing but made the whole world know about it will either abscond with the money or disappear after owing a huge debt.
It is simply a dream to surpass Wonderful. Wonderful has been operating for more than ten years but has never dared to say that it can surpass McDonald's and KFC. Now it is just the weakest among the three giants. Nan Yi occasionally worries that the first and second will fight and kill the third one, Wonderful.
Compared with the one who clamored in the newspaper, Ronghua Chicken in Shanghai is quite interesting. Wherever Wonderful opens a store, Ronghua Chicken claims to open there, and its intention to target Wonderful opens a store very obviously.
Wonderful Chicken took advantage of the opportunity and expanded into the domestic market first, and also bore the brunt of the fire that should have been borne by KFC and McDonald's. Unfortunately, Ronghua Chicken itself is not strong enough, and it has hundreds of stores with different flavors, and it has not yet achieved a unified taste. It is only a matter of time before it destroys itself.
For college students, starting from this year, only 10% of the places will be guaranteed jobs, and the rest will choose their own jobs. There will also be a graduate talent market in February to provide students and companies with a two-way selection experience. In addition, newspapers have reported that starting from next year, the 10% of places will no longer be guaranteed jobs, and everyone will have to choose their own jobs.
This is good news for Nan Yi. He no longer needs to be secretive when looking for talent. He can recruit openly and has more choices.
However, the lack of guaranteed job placement also exposes a problem. The country's human resources are beginning to become oversupplied, starting with high-level talents such as college students, and then spreading to technical secondary school and high school graduates. The last time there was a surplus, the measure of sending people to work in rural areas and mountains was adopted. This time, the expansion of college enrollment should be adopted to send high school graduates who are about to enter the society to find jobs. This will delay their employment by four years and alleviate employment pressure to a certain extent.
"Not only should we not allow swallowtail butterflies to get into trouble, we should also invest more in labor-intensive enterprises. In rural areas, there are still many young people who go out to find jobs after finishing primary and junior high school. Crafts such as masonry and carpentry cannot absorb too many people, and most of them can only become migrant workers in the end. Giving them more choices can also increase my income."
Nan Yi raised his head and looked towards the bamboo grove in the yard. Gradually, his eyes lost focus and his mind started to work rapidly.
After a long while, Nan Yi's eyes regained focus. He stood up, took a piece of letter paper from the long table, sat back on the sofa, and started writing on the letter paper...
The ninth day of the first lunar month.
Nan Yi put other things aside for the time being and stayed in Zhao Shixian's villa, taking care of the children while keeping in touch with Moscow at all times.
The exchange rate of the ruble against the US dollar has fallen to 4,650 rubles to 1 US dollar. Over the years, Vasily Bank has absorbed deposits from Russians and withdrawn a large amount of rubles from Russian banks under various names such as loans and refinancing. As of today, Vasily Bank has absorbed a total of 147.2 billion rubles.
The ruble exchange rate is divided into official price and black market price. To some extent, Russia implemented a dual-track pricing system in its early days. Even though the value of the ruble had greatly depreciated and a leather jacket cost tens of thousands of rubles, the prices of heavy industrial products were still maintained as before.
Of course, if you want to buy heavy industrial products at the old price, you have to do a lot of operations behind the scenes and there are a lot of mouths to feed. After deducting various expenses, Vasily Bank has transported a total of US$62.752 billion worth of goods from Russia in current dollars.
Some of these commodities have been sold, such as oil, automobiles and other heavy industrial products, and some commodities are still in stockpiling, such as steel ingots, aluminum ingots, scrap steel, etc. Only a small amount has been sold, and most of them are still stockpiled on the various islands in the Shennong Island chain.
The total value of cash received from the sale of goods and the value of the stockpiled goods is approximately US$100.6 billion.
The reason for such a huge difference is that, first, when exporting, some people inside Russia, for their own interests, exported good steel ingots as scrap steel. Vasily Bank only needed to pay the price of the scrap steel and a considerable fee to the gods who turned treasures into waste.
Second, excluding other factors, purchasing goods from Russia is in the form of normal trade, buying low and selling high. The goods themselves contain a certain profit margin, and the profit of most goods is not low.
Third, the reason why Nan Yi hoarded steel ingots and aluminum ingots was because the international prices were on the rise. After hoarding for several years, the prices had risen a lot.
All in all, Vasily Bank's operations in Russia's finance have earned it $100.6 billion so far. This figure is not the net profit. To know how much Nan will get in the end, we must also calculate the cost paid by Vasily Bank in Russia. The cost cannot be calculated at present because the entire plan has not been completed.
Whether it is a deposit or a loan, the money needs to be repaid to others along with the principal and interest. Vasily Bank currently has a gap of nearly 100 billion rubles. Vasily Babanov is frantically exchanging dollars for rubles on the black market with his people.
In order to help Varisi Bank raise rubles as quickly as possible, October Company also reached an agreement with the merchants in Huaguo Building and the market, encouraging merchants to collect rubles, and October Company would exchange them with them at a price higher than the black market price.
Others including Vasily Supermarket, Haitang Trading, and Yunxiao Tobacco Group are actively raising rubles for Vasily Bank.
There was originally a number of 100 billion displayed on Nan Yi's notebook. Every ten minutes or so, the number would change, and each time it would decrease. This was the Vasily Bank counting the money and depositing it into the account.
After being counted, the rubles raised from outside will be included in the ruble inventory of Vasily Bank. When the number is enough for a branch in a small city to pay the principal and interest of depositors, the funds will circulate through the Russian bank system. After the small city branch has paid the principal and interest of all depositors, it will announce the closure of the branch.
Vasily Bank has no plans to close down for the time being. Its current task is to close branches in small cities and keep branches in big cities open. The previous business of attracting deposits with high interest rates will be terminated. In the future, Vasily Bank will only conduct normal banking-related financial business and will no longer have any special missions.
In short, Vasily Bank has become an ordinary bank in Russia with several branches. The reason for closing branches in small cities is that most Russian people have no money, especially in small cities. If the branches continue to operate, there will be no business, so it is better to close them to save costs.
In the future, when the situation in Russia improves and Vasily Bank does not close due to force majeure, it will be able to expand again.
Nan Yi sat far away from his daughter's cradle, occasionally looking at the changes in the numbers on the laptop screen, and occasionally looking at his daughter. Most of the rest of the time he was looking down and reading the Russian economic data in his hand.
In general, Russia's economy has become a mess since the implementation of shock therapy, with economic indicators falling sharply. According to official figures, one-third of the population is below the poverty line. Nan Yi estimates that the actual figure will be higher.
Because he had seen the actual situation in Moscow with his own eyes, and Moscow's economy is unique in Russia. Russia can be divided into prosperous Moscow and other underdeveloped areas. Even in prosperous Moscow, the number of street prostitutes is increasing day by day.
Who would be willing to have baldness if they have hair? The changes in the number of street prostitutes can fully infer the true economic situation in Moscow, not to mention that Nan Yi can also get some other data.
However, although Russia's economy is not ideal at present, against the backdrop of a collective decline in GDP in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Russia has hope of breaking out of the vicious circle. The Russian government has strengthened macroeconomic regulation and stimulated exports, leading to a structural recovery in the economy.
Although the financial situation of most companies has not improved and the two serious consequences of long-term austerity policies, namely shrinking investment and payment crisis, have not been resolved, Russia's economy has shown signs of improvement anyway.
However, Nan Yi can also see that the improvement of Russia's economy is based on exports, and the exported goods are energy, mainly fuel and raw materials. It can be said that Russia is transforming into an energy exporting country.
Of course, even if Russia becomes an energy exporting country, it will definitely be more advanced than those countries in the Middle East. After all, they have nuclear weapons in their hands and are not at peace in their hearts.
In addition, Russia's privatization and denationalization have begun to function as a mechanism for economic stability. After a large number of state-owned enterprises were transformed, institutional conditions were created for the gradual stabilization of the economy.
Russia's investment entities have begun to change. Currently, two-thirds of Russia's infrastructure investment comes from corporate funds, which will play an important role in improving investment efficiency, alleviating the adverse impact of tight fiscal and credit policies on the economy, and optimizing resource allocation.
Russia's industrial structure is already changing. The springing up of casinos, strip clubs, nightclubs, etc. all indicate the development of the tertiary industry.
The Russian government has dumped some of the responsibilities that it should have borne onto businesses, which has freed the country from a large amount of financial burdens, including investment and loss subsidies. Behind the companies that have taken over the "responsibility" are the oligarchs. Taking responsibility also means being given some power at the same time. The oligarchs have entered the core of power in Russia and are able to influence the country's policies.
The economy determines the superstructure, and political power comes from the barrel of a gun. These two ideas began to friction, and sooner or later they would spark an accidental firing until one side destroyed the other.
Nan Yi knew the result and then worked backwards to figure out what to choose. After a few days, the Nan family’s investment in the oligarchs would be subject to a buyout plan, allowing the oligarchs to redeem their shares.
In short, Russia's economy has turned for the better. Before it improves completely, the ruble's exchange rate still has a lot of room to fall, but those are the last pennies in the exchange rate. Nan Yi is not interested in this, which is why Vasily Bank chose to withdraw now.
There is another reason for choosing to withdraw now. The remaining forces that are targeting the collapse of the ruble exchange rate are not just after economic interests. Most of them also have political missions. If they withdraw completely now, they can distance themselves from the matter and have the opportunity to reason with the White House and the Kremlin.
You see, the depreciation of the ruble has nothing to do with me. I only opened a bank and helped Russia with exports. I also invested in Russia's collapsed agriculture and made a significant contribution to filling the stomachs of the Russian people. Even if I don't issue a certificate of honorary citizen, I should issue a certificate of honorary citizen of Moscow.
If this world were reasonable, the Nan family would not have to worry about their investment in Russia. They started with 500 tons of gold, real money invested. The money in the middle was borrowed, and the interest was as high as usury. Despite this, they did not default on their debts or run away, and every creditor was able to recover their principal and interest.
Each step is a pure business behavior. Even the operations of "turning treasure into waste" were not initiated by Nan. Nan was completely in a passive position. It's just that all the operations were placed against the backdrop of the devaluation of the ruble, making Nan's profits seem a bit high.
This cannot be blamed on the Nan family. The devaluation of the ruble was not caused by the Nan family. We can only say that the Nan family got a great bargain.
However, this world is never reasonable. It is easy for Boris to pass this level now, but it is hard to say about the next level. Nan can only take one step at a time in Russia.
After reading the information, Nan Yi opened the email system, retrieved an email sent to him by the Intelligence and Policy Committee, and replied to agree to the execution.
The content of the email was about the changes in the business focus of Haitang Trading, Shennong Nanliang and Scarlett Grain Group in the CIS. The headquarters of Haitang Trading led by Kang Xiuming and the Eastern European Division of Shennong Nanliang moved to Uzbekistan, and the Eastern European Division of Scarlett Grain led by Pavlyuchenko moved its headquarters to Ukraine.
The Russian business will continue to operate but will not be expanded, and an exit plan must be prepared.
After replying to the email, Nan Yi wrote another email to Elena, asking her to withdraw most of the staff from the Moscow office of the Nanban Office, leaving only a small number of staff to cooperate and supervise the Russian business, and to establish offices in Johannesburg and Bangkok.
After sending the email, Nan Ruoqi started crying. The sound was sharp and continuous. As soon as Nan Yi heard the crying, he knew that Nan Ruoqi had pooped.
Nan Ruoqi will cry when she wants to suck or is already peeing or peeing. Her cries are slightly different for different needs. Nan Yi, who has brought her here day by day, can clearly hear the subtle differences.
"My dear daughter, Daddy is here."
Nan Yi got up, prepared warm water, towels and diapers, picked up Nan Ruoqi from the cradle, took off the yellowed diaper, wiped it with a warm towel, and then put on a new diaper. After all the operations were completed, the little guy closed his eyes and fell asleep again. After wiping his little face, Nan Yi put Nan Ruoqi back into the cradle.
At this time, Nan Ruoqi slept most of the time, sleeping for 16 hours a day, and the time she was awake was fragmented, which caused Nan Yi, who was watching her, to have a fragmented time as well. After Zhao Shixian fed her once at night, if there was no night market (futures, foreign exchange), she would fall into a deep sleep and would not wake up even for feeding. All the operations were done by Nan Yi while she was sleeping.
Zhao Shixian gained more than 20 pounds from the time she became pregnant to the time after giving birth . During this period, she was doing body shaping and weight loss exercises, doing both mental and physical labor at the same time. She was very tired every day, so she slept very well.
Watching Nan Ruoqi fall asleep and start to spit bubbles, Nan Yi returned to his seat, lay down, closed his eyes and dozed off.
At some point, Nan Yi felt his stomach become heavier and the waistband of his sweatpants loosened. He shuddered suddenly, opened his eyes and stared at Zhao Shixian who was pressing on him, begging for mercy: "Please spare me. I am sleep deprived and my kidneys are weak. If you torture me any further, I will die."
"No, you've been eating and drinking my food during this period, and I even gave birth to a daughter for you. Get up and get to work." Zhao Shixian said with a seductive look.
"Ruoqi is here."
"Get up and change rooms."
"No, I have to look after my daughter."
"Can you get up? If not, I'll go to Lan Kwai Fong."
"Go ahead, if one isn't enough, find two."
"Eat the banana."
Zhao Shixian spat, took out a medicine box from his pocket, poured out a few pills into his palm, held it and stuffed them into Nan Yi's mouth.
As soon as Nan Yi saw the color of the pill, he knew it was G2B's flagship product. He exerted force on his waist and abdomen and sat up. He pressed Zhao Shixian's shoulders forward with his left hand and pulled his feet back. As soon as he untied the restraints, he ran away barefoot.
"You useless piece of shit, I'll give you a lung."
"I wish you and your family prosperity."
"Nan Yi, you bastard."
"Thank you."
Nan Yi tied his belt as he ran, then ran to the swimming pool in the garden. He squatted down, scooped up some water to wash his face. When his mind was clearer, he looked up at the sky, calculated the ages of the women, and couldn't help but sigh.
"The next five years will be hell on earth!"
After secretly sighing for a while, Nan Yi called the school beauty to his side and said, "Please help me buy some food. I definitely won't have a share of dinner tonight."
"Dish of rice?"
"Roast goose rice, and a cup of iced mandarin duck, go ice."
"good."
The school beauty nodded and went out to buy food for Nan Yi.
Nan Yi had his meal in the garden, and spent time there as well. He waited until it was almost the time when Nan Ruoqi woke up for the second time at night before he went to the room.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Zhao Shixian sitting on the sofa, his eyes wide as bells, looking at him coldly, "Your daughter is your weakness. As long as I hold this hostage, I know you will come to me on your own. If you don't accept my toast, you will drink a forfeit and take off your clothes."
