Tikov had been worried all day about the Romanian oil businessman whose alias was Popolov, and he didn't come up with a clue until he got off work.
After getting off work, Dikov returned to his home in the suburbs of Baku. His home is in the wealthy Sabai district by the sea in Baku, where most of Azerbaijan's powerful people live, and Dikov's home is considered to be a small one even here.
It is very luxurious. His home is a three-story villa with an area of 950 square meters. There are marble statues carved by French artists in the courtyard, and there are many famous oil paintings hanging in the interior. And next door is the villa of Baku Mayor Petnovitch.
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After Tikov arrived home, he handed his coat to the servant and saw that his wife Mielepova was wearing a necklace with a huge diamond around her neck.
Tikov asked his wife curiously. "Miva, how come I haven't seen this diamond necklace before? Did you just buy it?"
His wife Milebova was a little surprised by her husband's words. "Didn't your friend Popolov ask you to bring it to me from France? And he also brought a gift to Mrs. Yedelina."
When Tikov heard his wife's words, he asked calmly. "I forgot before, this was all last year, so I mentioned it to Popolov, but I didn't expect him to really bring it here. By the way.
In addition to you and the mayor's wife, he also gave it to several people."
"Mrs. Clausti, Mrs. Mikki, Miss Sadmina..."
As his wife read more and more, Tikov discovered that these names included most of the powerful people in the Caucasus. And the gifts were not light. He roughly calculated the gifts worth nearly 500,000 US dollars. It seemed that
The Romanian oil businessman has big plans.
His wife Milepova looked at Tikov thinking and asked curiously, "What's wrong Tikov?"
"It's nothing. I just didn't expect so many people to ask Bobo Lefu to bring gifts. I'm just a little surprised."
After answering his wife, Tikov suddenly said to her, "We haven't visited our neighbors for a few days. Let's go over and visit them today."
After finishing speaking, Tikov ordered the butler. "Take out my bottle of 1876 Bordeaux Chateau Lafite red wine. I want to drink red wine with Mayor Petnovitch. He has missed my bottle of red wine for a long time."
Already."
"Yes sir."
They were said to be neighbors, but Dikov's house and the mayor's house were still 600 meters apart. Dikov took his wife to visit Petnovitch's house with red wine.
"Tikov, you may not come to visit me for several days."
After the Tikovs announced their entry, Mayor Petnovitch stepped forward to greet him with a smile.
Peternovitch is a bit fat in his forties and wears a decent black dress and white shirt. He comes from the Tilisno family of St. Petersburg and is not very outstanding among the many nobles in St. Petersburg. But this is in St. Petersburg, in this border area.
Petnovitch was of noble birth, and he himself was relatively capable, which allowed him to hold great power in Baku. Many local powerful people were controlled and obeyed by him.
Among his few hobbies, tasting red wine is one of his interests, so after seeing the red wine in Dikov's hand, Petnovitch smiled even brighter. "Dikov, I think you already have this bottle of Lafite."
It won’t take long, and you’ll be in for a treat this time.”
Faced with Peternovitch's warm welcome, Tikov also smiled and said, "I know you like red wine, so I brought the wine over. Today we will taste the charm of this bottle of Lafite."
"Yes, this year is the best period for Bordeaux grapes, and the quality of Lafite is also very famous in the world."
The Lafite they are talking about is the red wine rating established by Napoleon III in 1855 by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce, and Lafite was also top-notch in the rating. The Lafite red wines recognized as the best vintages during this period were 1847, 1848, 1858, and 1864.
In 1869, 1870, especially the 1876 Lafite in the hands of Tikov, it was considered to be the best of the best in Lafite Winery at that time. In this year, the grapes of Lafite Winery had an extremely favorable growing environment, and Lafite Winery had a very good growth environment.
Relying on the quality of this year's grapes, Lafite produced a quality that could not be surpassed at the time. Therefore, in the eyes of red wine lovers around the world, the 1876 Lafite red wine is regarded as the best red wine.
Two big shots waiting in Baku chatted over this bottle of 1876 Lafite, while their wives were alone and talking privately.
"Mr. Mayor, the current economic situation in Baku is very pessimistic. Our company's workers are now idle half the time."
In response to Dikov's complaints, Petrovich did not answer and instead talked about the current situation. "The situation on the front line of the Empire in Poland is not very good now, but the situation is still favorable to us, whether it is in terms of manpower and materials.
We still have an absolute advantage.”
Tikov knew that the mayor was talking about the just-concluded Battle of Mazulihu. In this winter battle, the German troops on the Eastern Front, led by Hindenburg and Ludendorff, took more than ten days to defeat the Russian 10th
The army group was crippled, with losses as high as more than 200,000. This defeat made the Russian army's hope of entering the Galicia region in Germany dim. Many experienced people can see that it is now impossible for Russia to invade Germany.
inland area.
The two big shots in Baku were sipping red wine and chatting about the current situation in Russia. Tikov never asked the Romanian oil businessman named "Popolov" because he was walking in the door.
After getting a tip from my wife, the huge and shining diamonds hanging on the necklace around the mayor's wife's neck were given by the oil businessman.
After Tikov drank red wine with the mayor and chatted for a while, he took his wife and left. Mayor Petnovitch, who had been smiling and chatting with his neighbor before, stopped smiling after Tikov left.
His wife Yedelina approached her husband and asked, "Will he agree to this deal?"
Petnovitch looked at Tikov walking away and said, "He will, you know, basically everything that can be obtained in the Caucasus is paid. Of course he knows this as the head of an oil company. There is no problem, dear."
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The mayor turned to his wife and continued. "What's more, you deliberately wore this necklace given by a Romanian. If you don't understand such an obvious hint, then he would have been kicked out of the oil company long ago."
"If it weren't for the 5% commission, I wouldn't want to wear this necklace. It's too heavy."
Listening to his wife's complaints, Petrovich said in surprise, "Then I'll sell this necklace."
"you dare."
Not to mention the flirting between the mayor and his wife, Tikov already had the answer when he returned home. When he returned to the company the next day, Tikov summoned "Popolov" and carefully discussed the terms with him.
The main reason is that Tikov believes that as the main person in charge, his life will be endangered if he is discovered, so he needs to take more.
"Popolov" emphasized that the joints here have been opened, and he is actually very dangerous. In the Caucasus, almost the top management will cover for him, but in the end, Tikov got 6%
rebates, but the oil can only be settled according to the price in Russia, and "Popolov" can also help them convert the money into the currency they want and deposit it in any bank. Of course, this condition is also for those who can reach out to the oil.
The person in charge of all aspects of transportation.
After opening up all the joints, in April the first oil tanker loaded Baku oil from the Black Sea port of Batumi and sailed to Constanta. The oil tanker was the smuggling fleet organized by Hawk before, and now it also helps the country smuggle.
In fact, Romania smuggles not only oil into Russia, but also grains, minerals and other raw materials are all within the scope of Romania's smuggling channels. However, Russia has not yet shown its tired face, which makes these officials more restrained and dare not go too far. Now they are just beating the drum.
Part of it. These officials will only show their greedy side in the next two years. Even the food supplied by the army can be sold by them. As for minerals and other raw materials, they completely ignore domestic demand and smuggle them into themselves.
pocket.
PS Mantou is guilty. I have made everyone wait for so long. Now the update is resumed. I don’t dare to ask for anything. Everyone should be happy to see it.
