Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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Once inside, I heard her ask nervously, "Who is it?"

"it's me."

Then Elena came out with a gun, and when she saw He Yuzhu standing in front of her unharmed, tears streamed down her face. She then threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.

He Yuzhu patted her shoulder and said, "I'm back now!"

Then he casually turned off the safety on her gun, carried her into the house, and then a series of moaning sounds came from inside.

The next morning, the police received a report that Andrei had been shot dead in his home, and the gun used was Andrei's service weapon.

Andrei's wife and the guard who was on duty that night also went missing, and there were no signs of anyone else entering or leaving the house.

He Yuzhu and Elena spent the last two days sightseeing in the city, and Elena carried out his orders without question.

After all, the newspapers had given a lengthy account of the entire case, explaining how several grown men could be made to disappear without a trace and how Andrei could be shot.

Elena then realized He Yuzhu's methods; the seemingly honest and harmless He Yuzhu also had a ruthless side.

Fortunately, this isn't an adversary; they're not only business partners but also comrades-in-arms for deep in-bed conversations.

At first, I really appreciated this exotic city, but I quickly lost interest.

He Yuzhu asked, "Can you get your hands on some machinery?"

Elena asked in surprise, "You want to buy equipment?"

We had discussed it before, and after selling the silk, we would exchange it for a batch of goods to be shipped back, mainly meat, industrial products such as radios or parts, as well as vodka, Dacron fabric, etc.

There has never been any discussion about replacing the machinery.

He Yuzhu could only say, "I ransacked Andrei's hometown; I have a lot of money."

Of course, he wouldn't share the money with Elena; it was all unexpected wealth. Right now, the capital was still in dire need of reconstruction, and if he could get some production equipment back, starting a factory wouldn't be bad.

Although the public-private partnership is about to begin, He Yuzhu can still get 25% of the profits. For him, it's not bad to have a stable income without having to run the business himself.

Alternatively, selling the machinery at a high price is also a good option.

Converting it into cash would also be a very profitable business.

After hearing this, Elena felt embarrassed to ask He Yuzhu how much money he had gotten. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Buying ordinary production equipment is easy, but getting the wagons is not."

Thinking about it, it makes sense. Transporting goods from Moscow to Siberia and then going through customs procedures is a complicated process, and Elena had to use her connections and bribe a lot of money to get the wagons.

If we want to export more machinery, the first problem to solve is the issue of railcars. Secondly, whether this machinery can even be exported is also uncertain.

Elena knew, of course, that the capital city lacked machinery. If they could transport it there, they could set up a factory, but such a thing was not so easy to do.

He advised, "Our business is already very profitable. If we were to get into machinery, I wouldn't have any way to get new equipment, and transportation would be a hassle. Wouldn't there be restrictions on exports?"

During the first Five-Year Plan, Russia assisted in the construction of 156 key projects, enabling the country to rapidly complete basic industrial construction from a state of destitution and to develop production capacity in many categories.

However, those were all government-led projects; there are no examples of private companies building factories in this way.

He Yuzhu pondered for a moment before saying, "I have a way to transport it there."

"Really?" Elena was pleasantly surprised.

"Of course, as long as I can get my hands on the machinery, I can transport it over there."

Elena shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't have a way to buy large equipment."

"Fine, I'll figure it out myself."

Russia also practices socialist public ownership, so it's true that you can't buy large equipment without connections. However, besides Elena, He Yuzhu has another option: there are quite a few Chinese people living here, and he might be able to get some equipment through them.

He Yuzhu also wanted some small machinery; he just wanted to build some small factories.

This approach is actually easier to implement; we can cooperate with Tianzao to build street factories.

Two days later, the newspapers also gave a verdict on the Andrei incident. With the guard and his wife both missing and having absconded with the money, they issued a warrant for their arrest, believing that the two had been having an affair, then killed Andrei, and took all the valuables from the house.

Elena, holding the newspaper, happily discussed it with He Yuzhu before asking, "When will our goods be sold again?"

"We'll wait a few more days, and this time we've found a distributor."

"What? You found a merchant?" Elena asked, somewhat incredulously.

He Yuzhu wasn't just playing around these past few days; he quickly found a Chinese mutual aid association and, through an introduction, got to know Chairman Qi.

Chinese people have many Chinatowns in other countries around the world, but Russian culture has never been inclusive.

There has never been one before, there is no one now, and there never will be one in the future. Sobyanin once said that there should be no large-scale foreign ethnic minority communities within the Moscow Ring Road.

This Chinese mutual aid association is composed of Chinese people living in Moscow, and many international students have also received their help.

He Yuzhu said, "It's very simple. There are quite a few Chinese people in Moscow, and they are more suitable for doing business. The one I found is a Chinese association president who can take over our goods."

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"Really? That's great!"

Elena was overjoyed. She had contacted Andrei beforehand, thinking she could sell the goods smoothly, but she never expected that she would be double-crossed.

This caused the situation to spiral out of control.

Originally, Elena was in charge of sales and was entitled to a share of the profits, but she messed it up.

Now, instead, He Yuzhu needs to use his connections to take charge of sales.

"I never expected that in the end, you would be the one to handle the sales. My share of the profits will be transferred to your name."

This batch of goods involves four people, making profit calculation quite complicated. Apart from Elena, the other three people need to go through her for sales, so a portion of the profit from the three goods will be given to Elena as her sales commission.

He Yuzhu reached out and touched Elena's pretty face, saying, "Do we have to be so particular about who's who? You can just take it."

"you are so kind to me."

The two spent some time being affectionate, and then started talking about sales.

However, what happened to Andrei had given He Yuzhu a great warning, so he didn't rush to take out the silk again.

They always have to wait a few days until things calm down before they can bring it up and say it's a new shipment.

This separates it from the incident involving Andrei.

The two used this time to travel and bought a lot of local specialties, such as ruby ​​rings, emerald necklaces, agate bracelets, and some nesting dolls as souvenirs.

After confirming that there were no problems, He Yuzhu brought Elena to the teahouse.

Chairman Qi owns many businesses, but he usually prefers to work and entertain friends at this teahouse.

The two were led into the reception room, and after a few polite exchanges, they started talking about the silk business.

"Do you really have hundreds of tons of silk fabric?"

He Yuzhu took out a list and handed it over, saying, "This list contains all kinds of fine silks and satins, all of which are top-quality silks purchased from Suzhou."

Silk products are not just one type; they are also divided into various categories such as damask, gauze, silk, satin, silk, brocade, and silk fabric.

Chairman Qi first looked at the list, and then said, "These cargo spaces can indeed be taken, but you still need to go back, so I can't give you rubles, but I don't have enough gold on hand."

If you take the rubles back with you, you definitely won't be able to use them, which will cause a big problem with the settlement.

He Yuzhu said, "Don't worry, we've already thought about this. We'll also purchase a batch of goods to take back. If you can provide them, we can directly deduct the payment."

"What kind of goods do you mainly need? Do you have railcars to transport them back?"

"We've already sorted out the issue of the train cars. Right now, we just need things like cool fabric, fur, radios, record players, and transistors."

He Yuzhu had always wanted to buy a television set, but there were no television stations in the country at that time. The earliest television station in the new China was the Capital Television Station, which was established in 1958.

Even if He Yuzhu transports the television sets back, he simply can't sell them.

The most popular home appliances right now are radios and record players.

Everyone is familiar with radios, but many people have never seen a record player, also called a phonograph.

It's actually the same record player that He Yuzhu brought from his boss's house in the drama; it uses vinyl records.

He Yuzhu's family certainly had a radio and a phonograph, but at this time he wanted to buy a batch of goods.

Now Chairman Qi can relax a bit, and he can earn some extra money by helping with the procurement of goods.

After finalizing the discussion about bartering silk, He Yuzhu asked, "Is it possible to purchase small-scale machinery?"

“New ones are not easy to handle,” Chairman Qi said.

He Yuzhu immediately understood and asked, "Are secondhand ones easy to get?"

"That works. What equipment do you need?"

He Yuzhu said, "I'm not picky about everyday items or equipment."

“That’s easy, then we won’t be responsible for the transportation.”

"No problem, I can handle the transportation myself."

"Pleasant to work with."

Now that the deal has been reached, things are much easier. We agreed to meet in three days for the handover.

Three days later, the two sides handed over the goods. He Yuzhu didn't want rubles at all, and exchanged them all for supplies. Elena's eyes lit up when she saw the warehouse full of electronic products.

Although radios are currently available for sale in the capital, they are mainly vacuum tube radios; transistor radios are not yet in production.