RPAGF Chapter 011 Playing Wilderness Match-3 with a Brown Bear?
Chapter 011 Playing Wilderness Match-3 with a Brown Bear?
Su Nan and Zhou Huimin chatted for a while, discussing film and television project plans.
Da Pao Hui came over again, carrying a pager and a mobile phone. "Brother Nan, there's a new pager."
"It seems like the message came from someone in Moscow."
In the past two weeks, Su Nan did make a trip to Moscow, but it was a quick visit and a quick return.
However, air travel is much faster than train travel.
His actual assets are only 500 million on the surface, with over 300 million in private.
Rosamund Kwan lent her 200 million to make 500 coins, which she then used to redeem a winning lottery ticket from Hutchison Whampoa.
He paid off his debts to Rosamund Kwan with clean money and gave Stephen Chow a 30 yuan deposit for his film contract.
I made another trip to Moscow and earned back what I spent. That's it.
In the drama "A Moment of Romance," Su Nan, who served as the director's assistant, mostly used the crew's mobile phone to contact various parties.
He entrusted his pager to Da Pao Hui for safekeeping.
Su Nanchong and Zhou Huimin smiled, took the things, and started dialing.
The call connected, and the laughter of Ivanov, a highly educated translator from the Fedorov family of the Moscow mafia, also came through.
"Su, I've arrived in Hong Kong, with that Hong Kong translator, Ah Guo, from last time."
"I brought you some design drawings and parameter data for the VL80S electric locomotive."
"There are also related technologies for motor manufacturing, railway locomotive and rolling stock parts manufacturing, and power transmission and distribution control equipment manufacturing."
"Our godfather can't wait for you to deliver the goods in an international express wagon."
"We put thought into these gifts you requested."
Su Nan was overjoyed, "You guys are very efficient, I certainly won't waste my time."
Last month, Fedorov urged him to get on a train car to transport goods in Moscow, and he asked for a gift in return.
Finally, it arrived.
In 1990, the mainland welcomed Hong Kong investment, as well as investment from overseas Chinese and other foreign investors.
These days, while the mainland's foreign exchange quota is gradually increasing, it is still not wealthy overall.
For someone from southern Jiangsu to go back to Hong Kong for the first time as a Hong Kong businessman and spend US dollars would make them look very prestigious.
Even with these advantages, the railway system is a different story.
If you want to establish connections with the railway authorities, it won't be that easy without sending some really good gifts.
Many people know about Lao Mou's story of exchanging hundreds of train cars of supplies for airplanes, making a profit of nearly 100 million yuan in one go.
But those were hundreds of wagons of supplies. Does the railway authority just assign train services randomly?
Even if you get it, how long will it take you to play with it? Lao Mou started planning this idea in 88, and only managed to fly the plane back in late 91 and 92.
This is how they earned nearly 100 million in just over three years.
Ivanov sent some good stuff prepared for the railway boss!
This is no longer the era in which China's high-speed rail leads the world.
The trains are still mostly green-skinned, with the mainstream passenger speed at 80 to 100 kilometers per hour, but this includes the time spent stopping at stations.
The average travel speed of passengers on the green-skinned train is 50 kilometers per hour.
It's much slower than the green train in "A World Without Thieves".
"A World Without Thieves" tells the story of the Spring Festival travel rush after the turn of the millennium.
The domestic railway system has undergone four speed increases.
The high-speed rail era didn't begin until 2008, after a total of six major speed increases.
Currently, the most advanced domestic model is the Shaoshan 5, while the Dongfeng 9 is still in experimental mode.
The highest experimental speed was 140 kilometers per hour.
The Russian ER200 electric multiple unit, which entered commercial operation in 1973, had a speed of 200 kilometers per hour.
It's been running for 17 years!
Wanting to cultivate a good relationship with the railway authorities, transporting goods north to Moscow train car after train?
Sending technology and industrial chain design and construction plans is the best way for southern Jiangsu to show its sincerity.
Theoretically, the ER200 electric multiple unit is the best and most valuable.
But that stuff is too expensive; people in southern Jiangsu can't afford it right now. We need to start by accumulating experience little by little.
Unlike the VL80S electric locomotive, China began placing orders for 100 units with Russia in 1987.
After some improvements, a locomotive suitable for China's railway conditions was purchased and named 8G.
This is a large shipment ordered by China specifically for transporting coal from Shanxi to other regions and solving its energy problems.
从88年1月到91年1月，100台订购机车全部到货。
The transportation of Shanxi coal has been running on railway trunk lines all over the country for more than two years.
Nowadays, you can trade canned goods for airplanes, or clothes and shoes for tanks in Moscow.
Train design and construction blueprints, etc., that have already been sold to dozens of domestically? Super cheap.
After Su Nan ended his call with Ivanov.
I simply greeted Vivian Chow and asked Benny Chan from the film crew for leave.
He quickly drove the crew's official car and went with Da Pao Hui to pick them up.
They weren't going to the airport; Ivanov and the other Russians were bringing back Ah Guo, the translator from Hong Kong.
Ah Guo was a local strongman, so they met up at a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.
As the beat-up car sped along steadily, Da Pao Hui, his face beaming with excitement, exclaimed, "Brother Nan, is this the Russian mafia?"
"The Mafia is still very famous among foreigners, mainly due to the influence of the Godfather series."
Su Nan laughed. "They really are the Mafia."
Ah-Hui excitedly lit a cigarette, "How do they deal with people from the Mafia over there? I heard about Wo-Kee, 14 Group and stuff like that around here."
"It's quite common to lose face by going to sea."
This is quite an eye-opener; Hong Kong's film industry is involved in stories about triads in its productions.
I also sought advice from real-world people, since Chen Huimin from the 14th batch of companies was considered to have successfully transitioned to a new career path.
Even the notoriously shrewish Da Sha, who clearly bears the labels of major villain and evildoer, has a history of such behavior.
Su Nan glanced at Ahui twice, "Those who live by the mountain live off the mountain, and those who live by the water live off the water. Last time, Heji followed my two underlings."
"They were thrown into the wilderness to play a match-3 game with the hibernating, hungry brown bears."
Da Pao Hui was so surprised that he dropped his pipe. "A casual match-3 game?"
That's a bit too cruel.
Su Nan stopped talking and focused on driving. This time, he picked up Ivanov and received the goods.
He will also make a trip to the mainland in the next few days.
When he went to the mainland, he appeared to be a clean and legal Hong Kong businessman with millions of clean money, giving gifts to the railway boss.
Once you successfully charter a freight car, your monthly income, which is currently in the hundreds of thousands, can increase tenfold.
Even though the China-Mauritius freight train does not currently have a fixed departure schedule.
It is determined randomly based on overall exchanges such as trade plans between the two parties.
However, passenger trains remain operational.
In southern Jiangsu, if you charter a passenger carriage, you can get multiple hard sleeper and soft sleeper compartments.
They can also stock up on goods by bringing people and items.
With a stable supply of passenger charter wagons and occasional freight wagons, the monthly profit is five to six million yuan.
On average, he earned more over the year than Lao Mou made from buying an airplane.
His work schedule on the set of "A Moment of Romance" should be paused for now; he should go to mainland China and then to Moscow.
This project was filmed and completed a long time ago; it's already in post-production and ready for release.
He learned a lot during the two weeks he spent learning on the film set.
The next time he comes back, he will be a businessman returning to Hong Kong with millions or even nearly ten million in clean money.
Team? Da Pao Hui is just one of the younger brothers who traveled north by train with him.
After a certain Hong Kong translator, Ah Guo, pledged his loyalty, he was able to work as a laborer, a train passenger, and a ox.
Why did he only source goods from South Korea and Taiwan before? It's because the money was illicit, and the way he transported the goods was through personal storage without any customs clearance records.
After traveling through southern Jiangsu, there's a new standard: you can roam freely anywhere outside the mainland.
Business dealings involving mainland China should be approached with caution.
He will need to work with a large number of mainland Chinese professionals to shoot various blockbusters, including mythological epics.
Taking jeans as an example again, the production cost of jeans in Dongguan and Foshan is actually very low.
The only difference is that the dyeing and printing techniques are slightly inferior to those of counterfeit brand-name products, and the quality is still flawed compared to Seoul Wanwan.
It will take several more years for domestic real estate brands to catch up and surpass China.
After securing these arrangements for going to the mainland, it's also necessary to prepare for film and television development plans, including commercial expansion!
After trade in Moscow stabilized, it became clear that making money from one source is far less profitable than from two.
He also needs to look for other business opportunities to accelerate his career.