That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1337 They're not in a hurry at all

Li Ye and Sun Xianjin were arranged by Liang Furu to return to Moscow that afternoon to hand over supplies to the workers at the metal smelting plant. As a result, the four-hour drive there in a car was completed in three hours by following a line of large trucks.

By the time they arrived at the supply warehouse, it was already dark.

Sun Xianjin got out of the car, clutching his back, and grimaced as he complained, "What kind of people are these Russian drivers? My butt is practically bruised from all the jolting, don't they feel the bumps?"

Li Ye shook his neck and said helplessly, "You've been in Su'e for years and you didn't know, how would I know?"

However, Li Ye was indeed impressed. No wonder Kamaz was often the champion of the truck category in the Dakar Rally in later generations!
It turns out these people drive like madmen; if your truck isn't durable, it simply can't withstand the rough treatment of these Russian drivers.

Moreover, after a bumpy three-hour journey, each of them only ate one meal and carried two bottles of liquor, yet they could still load the truck while drinking, as if they didn't find it tiring at all.

Aren't these people supposed to be lazy? They don't seem lazy at all.

Sun Xianjin ran around looking at them, then returned to Li Ye and said, "Brother, do you think they'll run into trouble on their way back, being so half-drunk? Why don't we arrange for them to stay the night and leave tomorrow?"

Li Ye knew what Sun Xianjin meant, because on their way back, these smelter workers had argued with inspectors at a checkpoint because they were too arrogant.

If the truck was like this when it was empty, imagine what would happen on the return trip, when it was loaded with alcohol, meat, and supplies late at night. It would be strange if something didn't happen.

But after thinking about it, Li Ye shook his head and said, "Let them do as they please! The Su'e people have their own way of doing things, and if we interfere too much, it will only annoy them."

"Alright then! I'll ask them later, and they can do whatever they want!"

Sun Xianjin was from Heilongjiang Province and knew the dangers of driving at night in the dead of winter. Coupled with the chaotic environment in Su'e at that time, he was really kind-hearted.

But the two were only worried about how things would go on their return trip, never expecting that before they had even finished loading the truck, an unexpected change would occur!

Several cars roared in from a distance, then screeched to a halt at the warehouse entrance, and a dozen men rushed in menacingly.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Where are you taking this stuff?"

"Damn it, put those things down!!!"

Xiao Qi, who was in the warehouse, quickly pulled Li Ye and Sun Xianjin to the back and had her fellow veterans stand in front of them.

He knew how important Li Ye was; if anything went wrong, Jin Peng would skin him alive.

However, Li Ye waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it's just people from Kamaz Automobile Factory."

Upon hearing this, Sun Xianjin also stood on tiptoe to look over and indeed saw Zelyushinko, the worker representative of the Kamaz automobile factory.

"Why is he here?"

"Hmph, either someone tipped him off, or he left someone here to monitor him!"

Li Ye and Sun Xianjin pushed through the crowd and walked up to Zelyushinko, coldly asking, "Comrade Zelyushinko, what are you trying to do?"

Zelyushinko said angrily, "You're still asking me? You promised to give us these supplies, so why are you taking them away now?"

Li Ye said in surprise, "Since none of you are going to cooperate with us anymore, of course we have to look for other projects to cooperate with! Others gave us technical data, and we gave them living supplies in return. You didn't give us anything, so why should we keep it for you?"

Zelyushinko was taken aback and asked in surprise, "When did we say we wouldn't cooperate with you anymore?"

Li Ye asked in confusion, "Didn't you choose White Elephant? We Chinese don't like to compete with others. For the sake of our friendship, we are willing to withdraw."

Get out of here, you idiot!

Zelyushinko opened his mouth, but after a long pause, he said, "But we didn't say we wouldn't cooperate. We just haven't agreed on the terms yet, so these pre-ordered supplies can't be moved."

Li Ye shrugged and said helplessly, "I'm sorry, we have already signed a cooperation agreement with the Cossayagora Metal Smelter, so these materials now belong to them."

"The Kosayagora Metal Smelting Plant?" Zelyushchenko looked at the smelting plant workers, his anger rising.

The workers at the smelter now understood what was going on. They had initially thought there was something wrong with Li Ye's supplies, but now they realized that he was trying to steal their food.
"Damn it, our workers are waiting for these things, what right do you Tula people have to steal them?"

"You're the bastards! At least Moscow gives you rations, while our workers starve and nobody cares."

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Discrimination against outsiders exists in every country. Moscow is 180 kilometers away from Tula, enough to form a hierarchy of contempt. So the two sides argued more and more fiercely, and some of the drunks even picked up weapons, which scared Li Ye and Sun Xianjin quite a bit.

If they open fire in Moscow, wouldn't that attract a whole pack of greedy wolves?
Li Ye immediately squeezed into the middle and dragged Zelyushinko aside.

"Comrade Zeliu Shenko, I understand your concern for the workers, but business must be conducted with integrity. You chose Baixiang people, so you can't blame us."
However, if you are willing to cooperate with us, we will not be stingy. I can guarantee that we can gather another batch of supplies within three days. If you don't believe me, go ask your own people.”

After hearing Li Ye's words, Zelyushinko, who was furious, calmed down a little.

Jin Peng's warehouse has a partnership with local security personnel in Moscow, and there are uniformed staff on site. Asking questions won't take much time.

He took out a deflated pack of cigarettes and handed one to the security personnel.

"Hey bro, how many of these good stuff do you guys have left?"

The other person glanced at the brand of cigarettes in Zelyushinko's hand, smiled, took out his own pack, and handed one to Zelyushinko.

"As long as you return something, you can have as much as you want."

"really?"

"Of course, do you know Sopunov? He's just one of the clients here."

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Zelyuchenko's fingers trembled slightly, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Although flower growers are very calculating in business and don't offer high prices, they do have real capital.

The white elephants make nice promises, but several days have passed and they haven't seen any of the promised foreign exchange. They're also making all sorts of unreasonable demands on the Kamaz automobile factory.

The next sentence from the security personnel made Zelyushinko feel even more panicked.

"The cigarettes you're smoking cost forty rubles last week, but this week they've risen to seventy-five rubles. These scarce commodities are appreciating faster than foreign exchange rates."

Thank you, brother.

Zelyuchenko took a deep drag on his cigarette, then turned around and drove off with his men, pressing the accelerator even harder than when he arrived.

The workers at the metal smelter burst into excited laughter, as if celebrating a victory.

Sun Xianjin smiled at Li Ye and said, "Brother, maybe the White Elephant Man's interference halfway through will actually help you out!"

Li Ye was most interested in Kamaz cars, which is why Sun Xianjin said he had helped Li Ye.

"Hehe, let's see who's in a hurry."

Li Ye also felt that things had taken a turn for the better. If the cooperation between the White Elephant and Kamas went smoothly and pleasantly, Zelyushchenko would not have paid attention to Li Ye's warehouse, nor would he have been in such a hurry.

However, Li Ye was wrong this time. The other party was not in a hurry at all and did not contact the inspection team until the Spring Festival.

(End of this chapter)