It was not until half a month after he was appointed assistant minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation that Seryosha set foot in the office of his new unit for the first time.
On the first day of coming to the new unit, Seryosha was of course going to visit the pier, and he asked Nastya to prepare some high-end cigarettes and alcohol for him as a welcome gift.
One was sent to each of the officials at the level of deputy ministerial, including his immediate boss, Minister Zhuravlev.
On this occasion, Seryosha also had some brief contact with them.
On the whole, the feeling this time is much happier than the last time I came to Moscow as deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee.
In a conversation with Minister Zhuravlev, Seryosha revealed that he hopes to promote automobiles abroad as a key commodity in order to secure more agricultural products and foreign exchange earnings for the country.
Minister Zhuravlev did not say anything at the time, but in his words he faintly reminded Seryosha that the economy of all countries in the world is now in recession, and he should not set his goals too high, so as not to put too much pressure on himself.
Seryosha could hear that Minister Zhuravlev had good intentions, and he did not refute his face, but also reminded himself not to be greedy for merit, although Seryosha did not say much, but he was still grateful in his heart.
On the way back to the office, Seryosha found an opportunity to call Chulbanov, whom he had not seen for a long time, from the public phone in the office building.
Let him help him quietly find an anti-eavesdropping expert to check his office.
After all, a lot of things will have to be discussed here in the future, and it will be dangerous if it is monitored by the KGB.
On the phone, Chulbanov asked Seryosha to find a place to get together at night, speaking of which Seryosha and Chubanov have not met for more than half a year, last year, Chubanov was targeted by Andropov, and ended up being relegated and retained, and Andropov had to track it down.
As a result, after his sudden death, Chernenko asked the investigation department to hang up the case, and now Chulbanov is waiting for when the rumors have passed, and General Secretary Chernenko is restoring his duties to the way they used to be.
Seryosha naturally agreed, but he didn't want to be too ostentatious, so he specially chose the place to meet in an inconspicuous bar in the workers' new city.
The two made an appointment to meet on the phone in the evening, and Seryosha left the unit after hanging up the phone, and he was going to Sobchak to consult on some business matters.
Seryosha's full-time driver drove Seryosha to the main office of the National Housing Bank.
Seryosha told the driver to go straight home, he walked into the headquarters of the National Housing Bank and took the elevator directly to Sobchak's office on the top floor.
As soon as Seryosha pushed open the door, he saw Sobchak in the office having a meeting with his subordinates, so Seryosha said sorry and quickly left the room.
He waited at the door for a while, and Sobchak also came out and said to Seryosha: "Give me five minutes, and I'll come to you when I'm done with what I'm doing, and you can sit down in the next room."
Seryosha nodded and entered the next room on his own.
Five minutes later, Sobchak really walked in, and he smiled and said to Seryosha: "Why didn't you even say hello and suddenly ran over, so I was not prepared at all."
"Hey, what kind of greetings are you so close, I don't have an idea recently that I want you to help the staff officer, and I may have to transfer some manpower from you after a while," Seryosha waited until the other party sat down, and said unhurriedly.
"What's a good way to make money?"
Sobchak asked curiously.
"I want to buy a Colombian bank and focus on consumer credit.
Help us export industrial products such as automobiles to Latin America," Seryosha whispered.
"The acquisition of the bank is the meaning of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation," Sobchak asked a little strangely.
"Not my own funds," Seryoshayun replied lightly.
"How can you have so much money," Sobchak was so surprised that he almost jumped up.
"Do you remember my friend Grigory, who helped me earn the first pot of gold, for so many years this money has been floating abroad, I am lucky, now it has doubled I don't know how many times, the original start-up capital of the workers' new village was my own, and I have not recovered this part of the funds until now" Seryosha said half-truthfully, Sobchak is now half of his own people, and he is familiar with the economy, familiar with the law, and has successful experience in managing large commercial banks, is a rare management talent.
However, he is a professor of economic law after all, and there are some things that he still can't tell him completely.
"It's incredible, tell me, do you have a target for which bank you want to buy?"
Sobchak did not continue to ask about Seryosha's property, firstly, because Sobchak's personal cultivation did not allow him to keep asking such questions in person.
Another reason is that Seryosha was kind to Sobchak, and because of Seryosha, Sobchak went from a university professor to the president of the country's largest housing loan bank.
Founded in 1945 and headquartered in Medellín, Bank of Colombia is now one of the companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
I want to privatize this bank, here's some information, you can help me take a look," Seryosha finished and took out a thick document from his briefcase and handed it to Sobchak.
"When are you going to act," Sobchak asked, flipping through the documents.
"There's no specific time, you can keep it and watch it slowly," Seryosha finished speaking, and was about to get up and say goodbye.
He still has to go to see Chubanov in the evening, he can't be empty-handed, he wants to go to the appearance of the store to see if there are any luxury brand watches imported from Switzerland, which can be regarded as a gift to Chubanov, in addition, Seryosha also has to communicate with Yuri and ask him to do the work of Pablo Escobar, the boss of the Medellín group.
Let him give himself the necessary support.
Seryosha's acquisition of Bank of Colombia was not a financial investment, but an attempt to streamline his business network on the American continent.
Seryosha planned to export Soviet cars to the Colombian region, and then borrow the Bank of Colombia to carry out automobile consumer loan business, so that the illegal funds of the Medellín Group could be dealt with cleanly in Colombia, which was beneficial to the Soviet Union's automobile exports, to the capital turnover of the Medellín Group, and to his own profits.
If this plan can be realized, Seryosha will be able to significantly reduce the cost of money laundering, and the methods of operation will be more secure, covert and more technical. t1706231537: