With Xie Qijin's support, the delegation ran into no more trouble. The group got on the bus rented by Xie Qijin, passed through the city of Chita, and arrived at the hotel he had booked for everyone in advance.
This is a star-rated hotel called "Beketov Hotel". Like most Russian buildings, its appearance is quite majestic and has no characteristics. Walking into the hotel, Qin Hai can see that the furnishings inside are extremely shabby.
The carpet was dirty, and a lot of paint on the wooden counter had peeled off, revealing the original color of the wood. He remembered the scene when he stayed in a hotel in Jintang before. Compared with this hotel, the hotel in Jintang was simply luxurious.
Extremely.
"Mr. Qin, the conditions here in the Soviet Union are like this. Even the hotels in Moscow are like this. Let's just make do with it, right?" Xie Qijin understood what Qin Hai was thinking and explained in a low voice.
"Understood." Qin Hai replied simply.
The rooms had been arranged in advance. Everyone in the delegation received the keys and went to their rooms respectively. Qin Hai dragged his suitcase and felt a chill as soon as he walked into his room. When he was in the lobby just now, Qin Hai
I haven't felt particularly cold yet, but now that I'm in the room, it's still cold everywhere, which makes me feel something is wrong.
"No way, there is no heating in this room?" Qin Hai asked in surprise to Xie Qijin who walked into the room with him.
"There is heating, otherwise it wouldn't be at this temperature." Xie Qijin replied. Isn't it? At this time, the temperature outside Chita had dropped below zero, but it was still about 10 degrees in the room.
Qin Hai grinned and said: "Lao Xie, you won't tell me that this is the condition of a star-rated hotel in the Soviet Union, right?"
Xie Qijin sighed: "Oh, Mr. Qin, what you said is absolutely right. In other words, the heating in a star-rated hotel is still warm at least. The homes of residents in the city are even colder than this. What a sin, the national economy is completely ruined.
, even heating cannot be guaranteed.”
"How could the situation in the Soviet Union be so bad?" Qin Hai clicked his tongue.
Qin Hai had some knowledge of the situation before and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Before coming to the Soviet Union, he had heard from Xie Qijin and others that the Soviet economy was declining. He was somewhat mentally prepared for possible scenarios he might encounter. But hearing a hundred words was not as good as hearing it.
Once he arrived at the scene, the situation he saw was far worse than he imagined.
Before Gordova, the Soviet Union was a country where the government took care of everything. Housing, education, medical care, employment, heating, etc., the people did not need to worry about. Although the social welfare provided by the government was not particularly good, it was completely impossible to maintain life.
The problem is, if we compare it with the living conditions of Chinese people at the same time, the life of the Soviet people can be considered to be well-off.
But who would have thought that in just a few years, the entire country's economy would collapse. The original management system was destroyed, and a new system could not be established. Under such circumstances, the production of many enterprises declined.
Social supply is decreasing day by day. Eventually, in some places, even wages cannot be guaranteed, and various benefits provided by the government have shrunk significantly.
At the most serious time, some armies had difficulties with supplies, so that the soldiers had to sell weapons in the military camps to make ends meet. There were rumors that due to the lack of military pay for the Strategic Rocket Forces, some nuclear warheads were
It was stolen and sold. The country is in such chaos that disintegration is inevitable.
"Mr. Qin, don't worry. I have prepared some electric stoves. I will bring them over later and put one in each room. The hotel said that as long as we are willing to pay the electricity bill, we can use the electric stoves for heating." Xie Qijin looked at Qin Hai's expression.
I thought he was dissatisfied with the poor conditions of the hotel and even complained about Xie Qijin's inability to do things, so he quickly talked about remedial measures.
Qin Hai woke up from his deep thoughts and said to Xie Qijin with a smile: "Lao Xie, you are so thoughtful. It doesn't matter whether I have an electric stove here, but there are a few old gentlemen. Their rooms can't be too cold, otherwise they will not be healthy
It’s too much to bear.”
"I know, I know, I'll ask someone to make arrangements right away." Xie Qijin said repeatedly.
"Okay, now tell me about the situation here in Chita. How do you understand the things I want you to know?" Qin Hai pulled Xie Qijin to sit down on the sofa and asked him.
"There are not many large companies here in Chita. I have contacted all of them. I will wait for you to communicate directly with them about what I need them to do in the end. And those old engineers you mentioned in the telegram,
I am also asking people to inquire, and I have already found the addresses and contact information of some of them. We can visit them at any time." Xie Qijin said, taking out a stack of paper from his arms, with some of the information he collected written on it.
material.
Qin Hai took the information, looked through it, and said with joy: "Great, without further ado, let's go have dinner first. After dinner, I will let everyone split up. Lao Xie, these things are really troublesome for you.
No matter how much it costs, I will pay you later."
"Mr. Qin, it's too outrageous to say such things. Isn't this just doing something for our country? It costs nothing." Xie Qijin said a few words with a smile, but he felt happy in his heart.
Qin Hai wanted to come to the Soviet Union to recruit people and find information. Of course, it was impossible not to make arrangements in advance. Long in advance, he had already told Xie Qijin to do these preparations. Xie Qijin was doing business with the Soviet Union, and he already had a man under his command.
It's not a small team. These days, he has spread his team to various republics and states in the Far East and collected a lot of information. Qin Hai has promised in advance that he will be compensated for his work and will never let him suffer.
Xie Qijin's trade with the Soviet Union was not small and he made quite a bit of money. But he knew that compared with Qin Hai's industry, his little business could not even compare to a fraction of Qin Hai's, so he was in front of Qin Hai.
They are very respectful. In the business world, the strong is king. At least Xie Qijin believes in this very much.
After a simple lunch, Qin Hai called the delegation together and began to distribute the information collected by Xie Qijin. According to the arrangements before departure, the members of the delegation will be divided into several groups to visit respectively.
Some important scientists and engineers conveyed their intention to hire them to work in China. Xie Qijin's information contains the contact information of these people, as well as their respective family situations, interests and hobbies, etc. This information is of great significance to the delegation and the other party.
Contact is helpful.
Qin Hai also knows that it is not that easy for these people to work across countries. The other party will definitely have to consider many issues and put forward many conditions. But no matter what, the first step of contact is always necessary. Wait for this step
After the contact is completed, the rest is further discussion.
After explaining the work to the delegation, Qin Hai came to the room of Liu Hang and Xiao Weihao, handed several documents to Liu Hang, and said: "Liu Chu, here are some people from the Chita Aviation Working Alliance.
I don’t know if the expert’s information is useful to you.”
"You actually collected information on this?" Liu Hang was quite surprised when he took the information.
Qin Hai pretended to be helpless and said: "Actually, these people are what I want, so I arranged for people to collect their information. However, since Liu Chu is also interested in them, I have to reluctantly give up.
.”
"Great, with this information, we can save a lot of time." Liu Hang looked at the information and said happily, "Lao Xiao and I were just discussing how to start work."
"Xiao Qin's intelligence gathering ability is better than our system." Xiao Weihao said half-jokingly, "You have such a channel, maybe we will need to borrow it sometime."
Qin Haidao: "If Chu Xiao wants to use my channels, how dare I refuse to agree. However, the ugly thing is up front. I spent money to collect this information. If you use it, do you have to pay at least the cost price?"
ah?"
"This is what it should be." Liu Hang said seriously, "Xiao Qin, tell me, how much does a piece of information cost?"
"One or two thousand is enough." Qin Hai said lightly.
"What? One or two thousand!" Liu Hang jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He still held the documents in his hand, but now he felt a little hot. He hesitated and put the documents in his hand.
He handed it over to Qin Hai and said, "If it's so expensive, I'd better not give it up."
"Why don't you want it?" Xiao Weihao snatched the information with his hand, and then flipped through it, muttering as he read: "It's good, it's good, the information is quite detailed, and it's really helpful for us to find people. As for one or two copies per copy,
Thousands... to be honest, it’s not expensive.”
Qin Hai's request for money from Liu Hang was actually just a bluff. The price of this kind of information itself was impossible to calculate, and it was impossible for him to actually ask Liu Hang to pay. The purpose of what he said was to let Liu Hang and Xiao Weihao know
I owe him Qin Hai's favor.
In other aspects, I can give him some conveniences as compensation. Hearing Xiao Weihao say that the price is not expensive, he felt a little surprised. He smiled and said: "Since Xiao Chu thinks it is not expensive, let's do it together."
Money, delivered in one hand, right?"
"Let's take it on credit first." Xiao Weihao waved his hand, "Where can I give you change now? You can keep track of the account first, and we can settle the settlement together later."
"Haha, Xiao Chu, don't be a scumbag then." Qin Hai and Xiao Weihao had been chatting on the train for two days, and they had already understood each other's personalities. After hearing this, he knew that Xiao Weihao had understood his intentions.
, so they agreed with a smile. Both Xiao Weihao and Liu Hang worked for the military, and the military's power was far beyond what Qin Hai could match. If you give the military on credit, will you get less in return in the future?
?
"Chu Liu, Chu Xiao, do you need a guide when you go to do something?" Qin Hai asked with concern.
"No need, we have mouths under our noses, we can definitely find a place." Xiao Weihao said arrogantly.
"Well, I won't care about you two." Qin Hai said, "Our people here will set off separately in a while. I wish everyone good luck." (To be continued...)