Zhou Qingfeng is already well-known in the Da Mao family. Both the political and business circles know that there is such a very capable flower grower and businessman, and they also know that he has hundreds of people operating under his command.
There are quite a few forces that have been eyeing Uncle Zhou in the past four or five months. From urban gangsters to down-and-out politicians, from rising political stars to local powerful people, from diplomatic agents to suffering factories and mines.
But when the train rumbles, when the cargo plane roars, when the ocean ship breaks the waves, the 'Holy Light' is like running all the way, growing rapidly. The sales network built with a lot of money is spread out like capillaries, drawing funds and goods from different regions.
Zhou Qingfeng is willing to spend money, and by spending money, he can tie countless people into his group, follow him to charge into battle, and be invincible.
The three religions and nine streams of the Da Mao family directly and indirectly interacted with the "Holy Light". Anyone who could cooperate with him or observe secretly would be greeted with a smile. After all, you can't always be fierce when you go out.
Spend some money, give some goods, spend what you can, and build a good reputation for making friends. There are many ways to make others take advantage of you. That is also your ability.
But Uncle Zhou cannot harvest too much, he must stop it in moderation, and know how to repay. For example, Chuikov of the Ministry of Aviation Industry of Damao has been appointed as the minister and controls the entire aviation industry system. This power and responsibility are not small.
There are also those who cheat and kidnap, and there are also many who want to show off their strength. There will always be difficulties when going out. In addition, the winter in Da Mao's family is too long. It is reasonable for some people to freeze to death on the street after drinking too much.
This is why Zhou Qingfeng has been staying in Moscow recently. He does not need to worry about Tianyang's affairs, but in order to stabilize the Da Mao family's market, some customers need him to personally "persuad people to drink", so he really can't leave.
After months of hard work, people in Moscow gradually realized that they couldn't just ask the CEO of "Holy Light" to have a showdown at the wine table. Most people couldn't drink from him, and it was not worth it to keep being drunk by him, which would make them angry and hurt their health.
It was after establishing such prestige that Zhou Qingfeng was able to escape from Moscow and go to Kiev.
There was no Internet or facial recognition in these days. If you wanted to monitor specific people, you had to deploy professionals in airports, stations, docks, hotels and other places with high flow of people.
Moreover, there are no large-capacity hard drives now. Although there are surveillance cameras, the images are not clear. Monitoring rooms must be placed at key locations and monitoring must be done manually.
Ma Qianshan once suggested that Zhou Qingfeng wear makeup and travel or smuggle across the country. But Uncle Zhou swaggered onto the plane and stayed in a hotel with forged documents. Those who wanted to monitor him were either charmed to the point of fainting, or fell asleep under the spell of slumber.
But in Kiev, charming a few people has no effect. The simple arcana of charm and drowsiness cannot hide from the entire Western surveillance system, which requires a larger scale of 'charm'.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't have any good ideas at the time, so he followed Ma Qianshan to Boryspil Airport in the eastern suburbs of Kiev to take a look at the three IL-76s parked at the airport.
This military airport has been out of service since November last year. It is surrounded by desert and flat terrain, and barbed wire separates the airport from surrounding roads.
There was a row of simple hangars built next to the runway, but the three IL-76s were too big, so they were parked on the apron outside the hangar, exposed to wind and rain.
After the disintegration of the alliance, many costly military equipment often stayed idle for decades, slowly becoming old and dilapidated. However, now these aircraft have only been parked for a few months, and there is no difference yet.
There were only a dozen non-commissioned officers left behind at the airport, and they were not surprised by the appearance of Zhou Qingfeng and others. They opened the blocking pole at the airport entrance and let in the outsiders' cars.
The bearded Sergeant Maozi was wearing a heavy winter coat. He was holding a wine bottle on the roof of the car and said inarticulately: "You are here again. What do you want to buy if you are hesitant?"
The weather was cold and the ground was freezing, and his breath turned into mist. God knows why this "big bearded" Mao drank so early in the morning.
Zhou Qingfeng glanced in the direction of the hangar and asked: "What do you hope to sell?"
The ‘big beard’ laughed strangely. His clothes were greasy, his face was haggard, and his eyes were swollen, as if he hadn’t woken up. In response to Zhou Qingfeng’s question, he sneered:
"We were abandoned, everything here was abandoned. Suddenly everyone left, everyone said 'Cherish' to me, and we could no longer be contacted.
You foreigners don't understand the pain in our hearts, and you don't care. You just want to buy some bargains.
There are four Czech-made L-39 Albatross trainer aircraft parked in the L1 to L3 hangars behind the runway. For only $100,000, you can fly them.
All spare parts including spare engines are given away for free. You can get as much as you want. How about it? Why are you hesitating? Just one hundred thousand is enough."
The ‘big beard’ stumbled around carrying a bottle of wine. Behind him were a few other non-commissioned officers who stayed behind. They had cold faces and had no objections to the offer.
During the Cold War, the Czech Republic was in the Warsaw Pact camp, and the military equipment it produced was widely used by member states within the alliance system. The L-39 Albatross is an excellent junior training aircraft and is very popular.
Zhou Qingfeng turned around and saw that Ma Qianshan seemed to be constipated - the 'Albatross' was good, but it would be useless to have a few of them in China.
But buying four Albatross for $100,000 is too cheap, including spare engines and spare parts.
"No problem." Zhou Qingfeng reached out and patted the bearded man on the shoulder, "I bought it for one hundred thousand dollars."
Ula..., hahaha, I finally see someone who can make the decision!
The 'Big Bearded' and his companions suddenly lost all their sadness and cheered with their hands raised high. He rushed forward and gave Zhou Qingfeng a hug, then turned around to hug the others.
Zhou Qingfeng and Ma Qianshan were both half-killed by each other's alcohol. Director Ma even muttered: "Mr. Zhou, what do you want four 'Albatross' for? Those are training aircraft."
"Enhance mutual friendship and make our partners happy." Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the happy group of bearded men, "If they are happy, they can save some money later."
Once a business was done, both parties became friends. 'Big Beard' took Zhou Qingfeng to see the goods. There were indeed four 'Albatross' parked in the hangar. They were all active equipment and ready to take off at any time.
Although I didn’t know why I bought it, the spare engine just lying on the ground is worth a lot of money. Any one of them can cost more than 100,000 US dollars.
European industry developed early, and all countries, big or small, have some unique skills in manufacturing. Even Belgium and the Netherlands are quite strong, and the Eastern European camp is not bad either.
The Czech military industry is even more excellent. It was once among the top ten in the world in terms of arms sales. Skoda Arsenal was once the largest defense group in Europe.
Although the Czechs are not very good at fighting wars, their artillery, tanks, fighter planes, and small arms are all very good except for the lack of naval equipment.
If the flower growers had the military capabilities of the Czech Republic during World War II, they could have pushed the Japanese to the ground and pooped them out.
However, after the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the Czech Republic turned to "pursuing peace" and voluntarily withdrew from the arms sales market and stopped exporting weapons and equipment, winning widespread praise from the West.
What else happened in the Czech Republic later? It was probably the "Loft" and "Woodpecker". The situation was better than that of Ermao's family - well... why do I always know this? No wonder I couldn't get into Tsinghua University and Peking University.
The 'Albatross' trainer aircraft is very small and can be easily dismantled and stuffed into the cabin of a large transport aircraft for transport. Zhou Qingfeng walked to one of his goals this time, the three IL-76s parked outside the hangar.
Three large planes were parked in the open space without any obstruction, and their wheels were taller than half a person. Zhou Qingfeng passed under the fuselage and climbed into the cockpit.
"What? Do you want to buy these IL-76s?" 'Big Bearded' followed Zhou Qingfeng into the cockpit and watched the young man sitting in the driver's seat, facing a bunch of old instrument panels.
"Yes. I really want to buy it." Zhou Qingfeng did not shy away from it.
'Big Beard' shook his head now, "It's not easy to buy this. You have to get government approval. I can't help you. Even if I let you drive it, you can't fly across the border."
Zhou Qingfeng nodded, silent in thought.
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