Moscow in January 1992 was still surrounded by the chilling and withering winter. There was a heavy snowfall just yesterday. There was thick snow everywhere on the streets, on the street lamps, and on the roofs, but there was nothing visible.

The traces of sanitation workers can only be trampled by hurried pedestrians at will, and then the more they trample, the more they will be trampled.

Fang Chen, Gaidar, and Chubais were walking casually on the street, their faces a little heavy. Wu Maocai, Huiming, and Gaidar's security guards followed far behind, not daring to disturb the three big bosses.

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"I don't know why these two went crazy today. They came to see Master Jiu all morning and had to go out for a walk. Isn't this sick?" Wu Maocai complained to Huiming.

Huiming glanced at Wu Maocai with a strange expression, and then said with a smile: "Some of them can understand Chinese dialect."

After hearing this, Wu Maocai's face froze, and when he turned around, he saw that some of the security personnel under Gaidar and Chubais looked embarrassed, and there was not just one, but two.

They smiled at Wu Maocai, with a hint of flattery in their smiles.

What they heard was what they heard, and they did not dare to report it to Heidar and Chubais. You must know that Wu Maocai openly fired four rockets at the Yakovlev Design Bureau, but he was still safe and carefree.

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It can even be said that the impact of that incident has slowly dissipated, but people like him still remember it.

Moreover, the two top leaders, Gaidar and Chubais, still have something to ask Mr. Fang for help. Even if they make small reports, it will probably be useless.

The boots of Fang Chen and the others stepped on the snow, making a squeaking sound, which was particularly harsh on the empty and silent street.

Gaidar and Chubais looked extremely serious and remained silent.

After a long time, Gaidar suddenly stopped in front of a grain store and said to Fang Chen: "Fang, how do you feel?"

Fang Chen closed his lips tightly, and after dozens of breaths, he said quietly: "Empty."

Gaidar and Chubais nodded helplessly.

"Empty, everything is empty, the streets are empty, the food stores are empty, people's stomachs are empty." Gaidar said in a deep voice.

Chubais looked at the food store not far away with some horror. He felt that the food store at this time was the most frightening and sad sight he had ever seen. This scene would probably be something he would never forget in his life.

People lined up in front of food stores in long lines, two to three hundred meters long.

But that's not what's strange. What's strange is that even the usual noise is gone, because the grain stores are almost empty.

The women still did not give up. They walked to the grain store one by one. When they received the reply that there was not a grain of grain, they shook their heads and left quietly, or they squatted on the ground after taking only two steps, holding their heads and crying.

, they cannot face their children who are waiting for food.

They knew that there was no food in the grain store, and even ten days ago there was no food in the grain store, but they had no place to go except to wait in line here numbly.

This is the place with the greatest hope. If there is no hope here, then other places will be surrounded by despair.

"Now the whole of Moscow and even Russia are in paralysis. People have no intention of working. All they think about all day long is how to get food, clothing and clothing."

"Obviously, everything was changing for the better before. Fang, you know, the workers were protesting against the store not purchasing milk. The store was filled with a dazzling array of products. How could it suddenly become like this!" Gaidar said in pain!

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Fang Chen sighed helplessly again. To be honest, he had foreseen such a scene. He knew it as early as the first day he came to Moscow when he saw the truck workers going on strike.

As he had told Berezovsky before, a glut of goods did not mean prosperity but the beginning of an economic crisis.

Obviously, Russia's economic crisis has now broken out.

What makes him feel dumbfounded is that the two people next to him, if not the initiators of this economic crisis, are also the igniters of the fuse.

It was they who inspired the hidden dangers and contradictions hidden under Russia for countless years.

"Fang, we need your help now." Gaidar suddenly looked at Fang Chen, his eyes flashing with dazzling light, like a small sun, so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at him.

Chubais also looked at Fang Chen nervously.

Fang Chen nodded lightly, "Gaidar, Chubais, we are friends, and it is my natural duty to help you. I am just saying how do you want me to help you? Mobilize more goods to be shipped to Moscow.

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Hearing this, Gaidar and Chubais immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Their eyes looked at Fang Chen with gratitude, feeling that they had not made Fang Chen their friend and confidant in vain.

Looking at the appearance of the two of them, Fang Chen secretly smiled in his heart. Although the two of them were now shaking hands and holding the power, they were still essentially young men in their early thirties, let alone those who were still in university and research institutes a few months ago.

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"Fang, how much cargo can you transport? One hundred railroad cars?" Chubais asked anxiously.

Although an additional 40 train wagons are equivalent to an increase of 2,400 tons of goods, for a country with a population of more than 100 million, 2,400 tons of goods are not even a drop of water.

It couldn't even be stirred up, so it was swallowed up by Russia as dry as a desert.

But he knew very well how difficult it would be to add 24 million tons of cargo, because he searched all over Russia and could not find even one hundred tons of additional cargo.

Now that the Soviets have turned into dust, and their newly established regime has not yet completely taken over Russia, the command and control from Moscow to distant states has almost failed, and Russia's chaos has become worse than before.

Even the military and security organizations are in a state of shock. They don't know who to listen to or who to support, and the participating countries are doing their own thing.

However, as the huge and orderly planned economy was disrupted by them and the factory directors were obstructed, Russia's entire production situation came to a standstill.

The factory cannot get raw materials and cannot produce. Even if the goods are produced, there are no trucks to transport them, so the stores are empty.

Because they have never been able to buy enough daily necessities, ordinary people have actively or been forced to focus on how to obtain food, clothing, and daily necessities.

These have further aggravated the severity of the economic crisis, and the entire Russia has been trapped in an endless loop.

"It's a little more than this, at least two hundred railroad cars." Fang Chen said in a deep voice.

Since he had known that Russia would fall into this situation, and that he would take over the market vacancy left by Liu Mazi and Jian Tou Meng, he ordered Ma Yun as early as November to tell all those who supplied him

Enterprises, speed up production progress.

Two days ago, Ma Yun just told him that the company's warehouse can no longer be stacked, so 200 railroad cars and 12,000 tons of goods are probably not a big problem, and it can be considered as a life for the people of the three northeastern provinces.

Yes, have a prosperous and good year.

Gaidar and Chubais' eyes suddenly lit up. Gaidar held Fang Chen's hand and shook it violently, "Fang, this is the best news I have heard in recent times. How did you think of it in advance?"

Prepare so many goods?"

You know, they expect Fang Chen to be able to transfer a hundred trains of goods now, so they already need to thank God.

After all, this is a light industrial product, not bulky and heavy coal and ore. A carriage with a load of 60 tons is enough for the production company to produce for a long time.

But now Fang Chen actually said that he could pull 200 railroad cars in one go, so he had obviously prepared them in advance.

Fang Chen pretended to be a little embarrassed and said: "I originally thought that with the formulation of your economic policies, Russia would become better and would need more goods, so I ordered them to speed up production. Unexpectedly...

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Hearing this, Gaidar and Chubais suddenly became a little embarrassed. In this scene of depression, it is really a slap in the face to say that Russia will become better and need more goods.

"However, this can be considered, Fang, you missed the mark." Gaidar said bitterly.

But who knew, Fang Chen's expression changed, and he waved his hand seriously, "No, Gaidar, you are wrong. I have confidence in Russia and the Russian market. As long as this market exists, no matter what happens,

The situation is that as long as I have goods in my hands, I can make money."

After hearing this, the two of them were stunned.

After a few breaths, the two of them suddenly understood. Gaidar gave a bitter smile and said, "Fang, no wonder everyone says that your vision and knowledge are the best. As you said now, Russia has become better and more prosperous.

If market demand increases, you can make money, and if Russia becomes this horrible state, you can also make money."

Fang Chen smiled and said nothing.

"It's all those damn bureaucrats and factory directors' fault!" Chubais couldn't help but cursed loudly.

In his opinion, if it were not for the remnants left by the Soviets, Russia would not be in this horrible state.

The government departments left behind by the dozens of Soviets dominate various industrial divisions. Among them, the bureaucrats want to retain their bastion of power. In the factories, the powerful factory directors insist on not giving up their superior positions and lazy workers.

Empire, they all wanted to stop radical reforms.

Others have already begun to enjoy the feast, and their assets have been stolen, taken, and taken away by some conservatives and factory managers who take advantage of the chaos in the country.
Chapter completed!