The speed of an electric boat is really worrying. Even if it is a modified fishing boat, its speed is only about six knots, which is about ten kilometers per hour.
If we switch to a fuel-burning speedboat, we can reach the 40-kilometer waterway in less than an hour.
But the electric fishing boat traveled for more than four hours before Cheng Yu finally saw the shadow of the lakeshore among the vast mist.
"Is it finally here?" Cheng Yu stood up and stretched.
Along the way, except for Lao Dapeng who slept for a while in the cabin, Cheng Yu and Vladimir didn't sleep for a minute.
Vladimir was responsible for identifying the direction and controlling the fishing boat in the dark, so he obviously couldn't sleep.
Although Cheng Yu basically believed that Vladimir would not harm them, he would definitely not dare to let him sleep for two or three hours with peace of mind. The trust between him and Vladimir was always
There is still a limit.
However, Vladimir's energy level was obviously much better than that of Cheng Yu, which made Cheng Yu feel that this guy was sleeping during the day and had a habit of sleeping day and night.
Regarding this, Vladimir did not deny it. He said that he mainly did business at night. Although most tourists who came to Listvyanka would choose to stay there and wait for the boat trip the next morning.
It is a small island on the lake, but some people will always choose to return to the city, or just go to a residential inn on the way that is not too far away.
There is no doubt that the taxi price in the middle of the night is more than double that during the day. Therefore, even if the number of taxis is less, the income may not be much lower than during the day. The most important thing is leisure.
This journey lasted more than four hours, and Cheng Yu and Vladimir were not idle at all, basically chatting intermittently.
Vladimir guessed that Cheng Yu was a policeman or someone from the security department, and Lao Dapeng was the criminal that Cheng Yu was chasing.
Cheng Yu didn't know how Vladimir figured it out, but apart from Cheng Yu's identity, his guess was probably close to the truth.
Regarding these, Cheng Yu did not explain much, but kept directing the topic to Vladimir.
As time went by, Vladimir became less and less wary of Cheng Yu. He probably realized that he and Cheng Yu would never have the chance to meet again in this life. In addition, with the activities he was engaged in, he could not usually talk to him.
Others mentioned it, so I revealed a lot to him.
Vladimir has never told a lie. He served in the Russian army in his early years, and then directly threw him, a Muscovite, to remote Eastern Siberia and became a border guard.
More than seven years of border guard life made him accustomed to life here. In addition, he was originally alone. His parents died when he was thirteen, and he was not a member of the city's population in Moscow.
His parents were just farmers in the countryside around Moscow. Therefore, after he retired, he chose Irkutsk, where few people were willing to stay, for his post-retirement job arrangement.
Vladimir said that he actually had the option to return to Moscow at that time, and there was a job waiting for him there, but it was really a very ordinary job, working as a worker in a factory near Moscow.
However, if he stayed in Irkutsk, he could become a police officer on royal rations, so when faced with the multiple-choice question of remote areas and the center of the country, he chose a more secure police officer.
After all, we have an iron rice bowl, and because of its remote location, there are not many cases here. What we usually come into contact with are fights between drunken and trouble-making fighting men.
Carrying a baton and carrying a gun, and having retired from the military, his physical fitness is among the best among ordinary people. Therefore, during his time as a policeman, no one in the entire Listvyanka town dared to follow him in front of him.
He called the shots.
Soon, the old Sheriff retired and he was promoted to become the new Sheriff.
Although there are only two police officers under his command, he is still a small official. He has to step in to settle any matter that the mayor cannot handle.
Cheng Yu laughed at that time and said that he didn't expect that this guy used to be a tyrant in Listvyanka town.
It seems that this town doesn't have much money, but as Vladimir said, in the process of cracking down on an underground casino, he ended up making friends with the other party.
The reason is quite simple. Originally, the underground casino was not a big business, and the guy leading it was also a retired soldier. Although he was not in the same army as Vladimir, he was also a miserable soldier, directly from the northern ice field.
This made him sympathize with that guy.
After being fined a large amount of money and barely avoiding jail, the guy became a little timid. When Vladimir drank and chatted with him, he suggested that he split the casino into two.
One family stayed in the town, while the other was handed over to his brother-in-law to run, which is where Vladimir said he wanted to go before, and that guy's brother-in-law happened to be having a wedding in his old house in the past two days.
Originally small in scale, after such a split, this family in the town became even more small-scale, and even the risk of being caught was almost gone.
As for the one run by his brother-in-law, although the profit level is slightly higher than the bottom line stipulated by Russia for the gambling industry, it has been protected by Vladimir, so it has been fine for many years.
Vladimir naturally obtained the dock where they originally operated an underground casino, which completely paved the way for him to be expelled from the police force.
At first, he felt that the small pier was a bit of a pity. After all, the owner of the casino had spent a lot of effort building it. If no one took care of it, it would turn into a forest of water again in three to five years. That pier
It was completely abandoned.
So Vladimir, in line with the mentality of using waste, thought about investing some money and trying to see if he could get a small hotel here - this was also because he had a lot of contact with tourists, and many tourists mentioned Listvyan.
There are no lake view hotels near the lake in Ka town.
But two small houses were built, which is the current size. His subordinate in the police station is now the police chief Smirnov, also known as Old Smirnov in Vladimir's mouth - that is a serious student
A guy who went to college and majored in finance, he did some calculations for Vladimir.
There is no rush to build a house, and it doesn’t cost much money. The main reason is that the labor force can be collected bit by bit from the town. Today, we will find two people to do some, and tomorrow we will find two people to do more. It may take a long time.
But fortunately there is no cost.
But the road is troublesome.
Either build a road to get there yourself. You can't risk your car getting stuck in the mud of the lake beach every time you take guests there, right?
Otherwise, you have to discuss with the mayor and the director of the dock and ask them to leave a place for Vladimir on the dock so that he can take the guests to the hotel from the water.
Neither of these two points will work.
The first point is that the cost is too high. Even if Vladimir has money, he can't do this even if he has money. In what month and year can we get back the money for road construction based on that small hotel?
As for the latter option, neither the mayor nor the man at the pier can get through, because the pier is not the one they have the final say on.
If it is a non-profit thing, for example, if someone needs to take the waterway for something, or if someone has their own boat tied up at the dock, and they usually just go out for fishing or fun, it doesn't matter.
But if Vladimir puts a boat at the dock, it will be a profit-making organization, which must be reported.
Not to mention whether the mayor and the director of the dock will report it for him, even if it is reported, the cost will probably not be low after all the layers of review and approval.
After thinking about it, fortunately, I didn't spend much money on those two rooms, so the side business of this hotel was stopped.
Later, it was Smirnov who introduced Vladimir to a business, which is what he is doing now, using that small dock to help people escape.
Of course, this must use Vladimir's connections on the border. At that time, Vladimir had many comrades still serving in the border defense. He tried to contact him, but they hit it off immediately, and the deal was done.
stand up.
If you often walk by the river, your shoes will get wet.
I worked in this business for seven or eight years. Not to mention, the income was pretty good, but as time went by, I was discovered.
No one knows how many people Vladimir has helped run away over the years, so the people above him who knew about this matter were really wary and did not dare to pursue the matter seriously.
If we really want to pursue the case, if we go further and say that we have to clean up the old affairs over the years and move out those cases that have been piled up with dust, not to mention that we don’t have that much energy to deal with it, just because of this matter
Being implicated is something that the director of Irkutsk cannot bear.
As a result, the matter was suppressed, but Vladimir was also asked to resign.
After he resigned, the business almost came to a standstill. A new police chief was transferred to the town of Listvyanka, and Vladimir would not do this kind of thing under the eyes of others as if he was seeking death.
It's been more than two years since then.
The sergeant suddenly fell ill, and Smirnov was promoted to sergeant inexplicably. He was originally the one who pulled the strings in this matter, but Vladimir felt that he could bear the blame alone.
That's enough, so I didn't involve him too.
Now that he has become the police chief, he naturally discusses with Vladimir and plans to return to his old career.
However, it will take a certain amount of time to return to the old business. First, the abandoned dock must be renovated, and secondly, the forces that have been cut off by the previous refusal must be reconnected with the forces that need to escape.
Therefore, although Vladimir helped Cheng Yu and Lao Dapeng "escape" today, the dock has not actually been reused since he left the police force.
Today is the first time.
Vladimir also said: "I only charged you one hundred thousand rubles today. Firstly, it's because I can see that you are not bad people, at least you are not. Secondly, this is not serious business, and I don't need to share it with old Smil."
You will also take care of the money at the border, and I will do one good deed every day."
Cheng Yu also asked him how he charges in general. Vladimir said that it is usually 200,000 rubles per person. If you gather five people, you can get a 30% discount.
