As a member of the big family of the socialist camp, the GDR was not much different from other socialist countries, the basic economic system of the country was still a planned economy, and the GDR, as the richest country in the socialist camp, was once called "the showcase of socialism" by Khrushchev, and it was an example for other socialist countries to learn from and follow.
But the GDR, as the front line of the struggle against the West, had some differences, first of all, the country acquiesced to the existence of a small percentage of the private economy, mainly private farmers and gardeners, independent craftsmen, wholesalers and peddlers, etc., and some writers and artists, who could legally engage in commercial activities in the country.
What was even more important for Seryosha was the widespread holding of foreign exchange accounts by ordinary citizens of the GDR, which was extremely rare in other socialist countries.
The reason for this phenomenon is that many citizens in this country have relatives and friends in the neighboring Federal Republic of Germany or the United States, and the GDR has to import a large number of daily necessities from abroad every year to meet the needs of the people at home, which requires a large amount of foreign exchange, and some East Germans who have relatives or friends in the West can easily obtain foreign exchange, so that they can buy Western and export-grade East German goods in foreign exchange stores, and this foreign exchange will eventually flow into the hands of the government.
This was of great interest to the GDR government.
As a result, with the acquiescence of the GDR government, Forex trading in this country became extremely active.
It was in this context that Seryosha had room for activity.
Almost as soon as he put down Seryosha's call, Karim went to Dresden's town hall to apply for wholesaler qualifications, and soon a small trading company belonging to Karim was established, followed by another foreign exchange account belonging to Dresdchen Bank, and with the help of the local snake William Peake, this series of complex procedures was completed in only two days in the very inefficient East Germany.
After all the work was prepared at Karim's place, Mikhail also began to act, and the younger brothers of the Gorky gang disguised themselves as staff members of the Gorky City Youth League Committee, and through the counters of different branches of the USSR State Bank in several neighboring towns near Gorky, they transferred small sums of dollars to a special account of the Gorky City Youth League Committee, especially because this account was in Seryosha's hands, and the name was someone else's.
Everyone's movements are fast, and there will be no traces on the account except for a running day.
After that, Seryosha borrowed the name of the Youth League Committee to import some food, drinks, equipment, etc., for the fraternity from the company set up by Karim in the GDR.
The price paid by Seryosha is much higher than the actual price of these goods, you must know that the economy of the world is not very good now, many products are seriously overstocked, and Seryosha can buy a large number of high-quality imported goods from West Germany or Italy at a price below cost for little money, and the quantity is preferred.
Most of these goods will be replenished for sale on the black market in Yuri's charge, and a small part of them will be used for the sorority organized by the Youth League Committee.
The first money soon reached Karim's company, which she bought from the United States for a painting by a German painter who had been displaced during World War II for several times the market price, thanks to Karim's foreign trade qualifications.
Karim seems to be losing money on this deal, but in fact she is just trying to spend the money.
Two weeks later, Mrs.
Zhukovsky's son, who was far away in the United States, received the first payment of more than 100,000 dollars, and the money came so clean that Mrs.
Zhukovsky's son could use it in the United States at will without being targeted by the B OR RS U.S.
Internal Revenue Service.
After receiving the money, Mrs.
Zhukovsky immediately called Seryosha to express her gratitude, although her savings for many years were knocked out by Seryosha, but the money could finally see the light of day.
Within a few days, the train loaded with goods departed from Dresden, passed through Poland, crossed the Soviet border, and finally arrived in the city of Gorky after a day and a night of driving.
This route is the old route of Seryosha to transport goods, but in the past, Seryosha only dared to use one or two carriages for each shipment, and it cost a lot of money to deal with officials like Zhukovsky.
Now it is different, Seryosha, in the name of the Gorky City Youth League Committee, can import all kinds of products openly.
The border guards could not detect any problems, because all the formalities were regular.
Trucks full of goods left the Gorky railway station, and the hungry small businessmen had already crowded the garage of the Gorky Automobile Factory, and the trucks had just entered the gate of the garage, and the small businessmen rushed up waving rubles, and the goods were quickly robbed.
Seryosha and they witnessed this scene in the house, Gorky City has not had such an abundant supply of goods for a long time, and that guy from Baovrusa does not have such a source of goods as Seryosha, he can only collect some local products from the surrounding villages and sell them in the market, or some expired food, and there is no shortage of things to be cheated and abducted.
However, although the downstairs looks lively, it is really more cost-effective to make money from Mrs.
Zhukovsky's business.
The reason why Seryosha did not give up the business in the market was mainly to find something to do for those younger brothers.
It's no longer convenient for Seryosha to come out and show his face, and so are Yuri.
Who in Gorky City didn't know that they were in a gang, just like Boris personally went to smash the field that day, which was too eye-catching.
At a gathering held at the Gorky City Workers' Activity Center on the weekend, Seryosha made his first public appearance since taking office as the head of the Gorky City Youth League Committee, and he had to make a short speech before the event.
Everyone was surprised and amused by the way the new secretary spoke, and as the sorority ball began, the abundance of imported food at the venue made everyone praise the work of the new secretary, which Seryosha had never expected at the beginning.
You must know that most of the expenses of this sorority ball actually came from Mrs.
Zhukovsky, and Seryosha also borrowed flowers to offer Buddha.
In this series of transactions, Mrs.
Zhukovsky was able to safely transfer assets, the participants of the sorority received real benefits, and Seryosha received the affirmation and tangible benefits of the participants, and everyone was satisfied.
To be continued. t1706231537: