Chapter 207: Goodbye Qi Rong
After driving for half an hour, the car finally arrived at an abandoned factory located in the outskirts of Liaoyang.
It's said to be an abandoned factory because the sign says "steel factory"!
But according to Huzi, the steel plant has ceased production and is now bought by Qi Rong and used as one of the stocking points.
From here we can see how strong Qi Rong's financial resources are.
I bought a whole steel factory, but I just used it as a stocking point. Two words - domineering!
Li Yi secretly sighed in his heart, the industry of tycoon in this era is simply robbing money!
At this time, Wei Sanpao asked a very critical question.
"Brother Huzi, how many people do Brother Rong have? Do the police here care about you?"
Huzi sighed and said immediately: "Brother, the reason why our group of people don't look for jobs, but follow Brother Huzi, is because we are more or less burdened with things!"
"Our place is a bit chaotic. The white and the underworld are always competing with each other. Brother Rong has a lot of favors in both the black and white, so when we do these things, as long as we don't touch the interests of the higher-ups, we mostly turn a blind eye. Eye!"
Wei Sanpao was a little confused when he heard Huzi's explanation, but Li Yi understood it!
The underworld cannot afford to mess with people like Qi Rong, because Qi Rong also has some ruthless people under his command.
Bai Dao doesn't care. After all, although what Qi Rong did is not legal, you can't say that what he did was illegal.
Qi Rong resells local materials, which still promotes the economy. It is a gray industry!
Even many people in Liaoyang have to point at Qi Rong when eating!
Therefore, Bai Daoshang also turned a blind eye to some of Qi Rong's matters.
Li Yi believes that he needs to learn from Qi Rong's tact and courage to do things!
Poussin stopped steadily at the gate of the steel plant. The security guard standing guard at the gate saw that Hu Zi was back and immediately let him go.
After the car drove into the factory area, it stopped behind a bunch of trucks!
Seeing these heavy trucks, Li Yi was secretly surprised.
They were all heavy trucks. After a rough count, there were probably more than 20 trucks.
If nothing else, this team alone is worth my money.
Huzi took Li Yi and Wei Sanpao towards the office building, while Daxiong left.
In his words, he still has his own affairs to be busy with. He will go to Maozi's territory to ship goods tomorrow. He must check it before setting off. This kind of thing cannot be careless and needs to be handled by him personally.
Li Yi followed Huzi to the office!
At this time, Qi Rong was sitting behind the desk, wearing a sheepskin fur, as if he was checking accounts.
The office door was open, so Huzi stood at the door and knocked lightly.
"Boss, we're here!"
Hearing this, Qi Rong raised his head and looked toward the door. He saw Li Yi behind Hu Zi at a glance. He immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Li! I've been waiting for you to come. You mentioned it to me last time." That method really works!”
The decoration style of the office is very simple. To be honest, it doesn't look like the style of a wealthy businessman!
According to Li Yi's idea, there should be no gold or silver in this office. That would really be a shame for Qi Rong's identity of taking both black and white!
Li Yi smiled and then stepped forward to greet him.
Since the business exchange meeting, Li Yi and Qi Rong have been in constant phone contact, and they even give each other business advice. Although there is no cooperation, the relationship is extremely harmonious.
The most important thing is that Qi Rong is very optimistic about Li Yi, especially some of his ideas that are shocking.
Even Li Yi did Qi Rong a big favor some time ago.
The last time they contacted each other, Qi Rong mentioned that his business had encountered some problems.
There are some poor families in the Northeast who cannot afford to buy food in winter, but they will go hungry if they don't buy it. Many people are begging Qi Rong, which makes him feel helpless.
If you want to help, there are too many people and you can’t help at all.
Not helping would be unkind. After all, some of the people asking for help were related to his parents, which gave him a headache.
Li Yi immediately told him that he could try to let them pay in installments!
That is to say, they pay a little money first, receive a symbolic payment, then transfer the grain to them, and finally take the grain back during the next autumn harvest.
In this way, the poor will not starve to death in winter, and the grain after the autumn harvest can be sold to Qi Rong, who can then sell it to Soviet Russia.
Qi Rong was immediately stunned by Li Yi's idea, and he was even more impressed by Li Yi.
After a while of pleasantries, Qi Rong asked with a smile: "Are you still used to the climate here?"
Li Yi said with a smile: "I'm really not used to it. The weather in the Northeast is really cold. I almost froze to death on the roadside when I came here!"
Qi Rong said with a smile: "It's even colder over there in Maozi. Your down jacket won't do anything for you. Wait until I find you some military coats! That's what we call warmth!"
Li Yi smiled and nodded, and then asked curiously: "Brother Qi, what are you going to Maozi this time?"
Qi Rong handed the account in his hand to Li Yi and said in a deep voice: "The situation over Maozi is a bit unstable now. The United States has been suppressing Maozi during this period, so I predict there may be big changes. Where is Maozi?" I can’t grow food, I have little food, and I don’t have much clothing, so what I bought this time is just food and clothing.”
Li Yi nodded and looked down at the list in his hand, rice, coats, down jackets, and some very common daily necessities.
I have to say that Qi Rong is really business-minded. The heavy industry in Russia is developed, but the light industry and food production industry are simply terrible.
Even the food in their army is not very good, often all corn and potatoes, and this is almost out of supply.
So the food of Longguo is very popular in the entire Russian territory.
And the most important division, now the Russians, whether ordinary people or others, have money in their hands.
But they lack material, that is, they have money but can't get something to fill their stomachs.
Especially with the disintegration of the Soviet Union imminent and the situation turbulent, even if the food of one dollar is priced at ten dollars, ordinary people will probably buy it without hesitation!
After all, everyone can see that the ruble in their hands is no longer glorious, and if they don't spend it, it may become a pile of waste paper!
So Qi Rong grasped this point to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai in the transaction.
Li Yi put down the bill in his hand and asked immediately: "Are all the trucks outside carrying goods?"
Qi Rong smiled and nodded, saying: "Yes, all of them, more than a thousand tons!"
Li Yi frowned and asked: "Will there be any trouble with so many trucks entering the Russian territory?"
Qi Rong stood up, patted Li Yi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "We have what they want, no one will be stupid enough to stop us! Every time we give some benefits to the Russian border guards, so they also turn a blind eye."
Li Yi nodded slowly, it seems that the Russian border guards have also loosened up!
In this way, can't his plan be tried out initially?
And Li Yi also found that Qi Rong's current trading partner seems to be an ordinary person, or even a mafia force on the Russian side.
Obviously, he did not target the Russian border guards for the transaction, which should be a good opportunity in Li Yi's view.
Although Li Yi also knew that the Russian troops were not easy to mess with.
But wealth and honor come with risk, and you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. If he wants to make a big profit in this deal, he can't do it with a small trick.
More importantly, Li Yi wants to make money not only from Maozi, but also from the bigwigs in China.