Mixed in 1980

Chapter 305 Chasing Chen Fan
"Hua San, Da Liu, why did you come back from the Soviet Union?"

They've known each other for quite some time, especially in the last three years, they've had a lot of contact and become quite familiar with each other, so Chen Fan has changed how he addresses them.

Our relationship has become much closer than before.

The three wives had strong opinions about this, mainly because the two wives were too improper and they were afraid that their husbands would be led astray by them.

"Just finished a big deal, came back to rest, and brought you some good news."

Hua Sanshao took out a cigarette, lit it, and chuckled, "Old Chen, you have to treat us to a nightclub tonight."

Chen Fan said irritably, "Haven't you had enough fun in the Soviet Union? Be careful in the mainland. Even though it's consensual and not illegal, it doesn't leave a good impression on the higher-ups."

Hua Sanshao curled his lip and complained, "Do we still have a good image now?"

Liu Jianxiong said dejectedly, "Based on what we did in the former Soviet Union, we practically had the words 'bad guy' written on our faces. Everyone we traveled with was wary of us."

puff...

Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh. Xinghuo Investment had also sent quite a few people over there, and when they returned, they talked at length about the two men's glorious deeds.

They've taken giving money and women to an extreme.

These two men played a crucial role in enabling everyone to successfully seize the opportunity after the collapse of the Soviet Union; in short, they were excellent agents of the people.

But Chen Fan didn't think the two of them were wronged. They were enjoying themselves and called the girls over there "Mao Mei" (毛妹), which were further divided into "Da Mao" (大毛), "Er Mao" (二毛), and "Hei Mao" (黑毛).

The Russians were pure-blooded Slavs, the Russians were descendants of other races and the Russians, and the Black Russians were mainly Central Asians.

In their words, each has its own merits.

Over the years, the two have slept with at least eighty or a hundred Russian women, including all sorts of celebrities, models, and socialites.

The two of them didn't stay in the Soviet Union all the time; they basically shuttled between Hong Kong and the Soviet Union, trying all sorts of different tastes. For a man to live to their level, there's only one word to describe it: amazing!

"Didn't you just say there was good news?"

After laughing, Chen Fan changed the subject. As for taking the two of them to a nightclub, Chen Fan didn't have the courage. He'd be ruined by his three wives when he got back.

In the words of the three wives, it's okay to go to nightclubs, but you can't go with them.

“You’ve been asking for land all along. We’ve already taken over a lot of farms and forests in Russia and Ukraine, enough for us to play around with.”

Liu Jianxiong rubbed his hands together, almost shouting with excitement: "It's practically free, and we can even buy more later."

"How much did you buy?" Chen Fan asked curiously.

"The farms bought in Uzbekistan, in western Ukraine, total 30 hectares; the farms bought in Russia are even more, 50 hectares, and there are also 500 million hectares of forest."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fan exclaimed, "Holy crap!"

Sure enough, as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed, the Russians went crazy, with financial fraud and oligarchs running rampant, all scrambling to seize state-owned assets.

Millions of hectares of land were sold off just like that.

Upon closer reflection, it all makes perfect sense. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the original farms and forest farms began to undergo privatization reforms, and many farmers were able to receive more than ten hectares of land.

However, farmers generally lack agricultural machinery and loans, so many abandon their land and go to the city to work.

This is just the beginning. Every year there will be a large number of farmers selling off their land, giving financial companies and oligarchs the opportunity to acquire even more land.

Banker Potanin, for example, set his sights on the Siberian woodlands and once controlled 4500 million hectares of forest, equivalent to the land area of ​​a Persian cat.

Liu Jianxiong continued, "The most important thing is the price. We made a huge profit this time. The ruble is depreciating too fast."

The key to this harvest lies in the devaluation of the ruble.

In 1991, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, one US dollar could only be exchanged for 0.9 rubles. Now, one US dollar can be exchanged for 170 rubles, a difference of nearly two hundred times.

Previously, if you borrowed 1 rubles, you would have to repay 11111 US dollars; now you only need to repay 58 US dollars.

Liu Jianxiong was almost bursting with excitement.

They set up more than a dozen shell banks and packaged dozens of empty companies to repeatedly borrow from Soviet state-owned banks and absorb a large amount of private savings.

I originally thought paying interest would be painful, but after the ruble depreciated, I realized that interest was nothing.
Just take the money and spend it!

Now, their forces, Chen Fan's forces, and the government's forces are all frantically snapping up businesses, equipment, technology, talent, minerals, resources, and land.

I won't stop until I've spent all the money!

Moreover, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, with the devaluation of the ruble, all the initial investments have been recouped.

The process is simple: exchange rubles for US dollars.

In the early stages of devaluation, I used the borrowed rubles to exchange for US dollars, recouping my previous investment and making a considerable profit.

This was Liu Jianxiong's first experience of winning at mahjong.

Just like Chen Fan said, Hong Kong is a small place. No matter how much it is manipulated, it's just small-scale. Harvesting a whole country is the real thrill.

I could brag about this for the rest of my life!

"I reckon the ruble will keep falling and become worthless." Hua Sanshao said, smoking a cigarette, his hands trembling slightly. He found the thought exciting.

He has seen the world.

The family's shipping group once faced a major crisis, with debts of HK$67 billion. In order to pay off the debts, he sold his own company to help the family through the crisis.

Later, he founded a real estate company, winning many battles and weathering many storms along the way.

But I've never seen such a big storm.

The profits this time are enormous. The land I just mentioned is actually the least valuable asset; what's truly valuable are the companies' securities, minerals, and resources.

These things cannot be taken away. Within a few years, Russia will likely be unable to react. Once a strongman comes to power, he will inevitably crack down on financial fraud and oligarchs. What cannot be taken away will be left behind.

Once the asset values ​​stabilize, these will be sold to oligarchs and Western capital; cashing out and leaving is the best option.

Hua Sanshao is estimated to receive several billion US dollars.

Having billions of dollars in cash on hand is a completely different concept from having billions of dollars in net worth. In any case, the Zhao family could never come up with that much cash.

Lau's total net worth was only over two billion Hong Kong dollars. After spending several years in the Soviet Union, his net worth increased several times over, making him more profitable than in the real estate industry.

As for Chen Fan, his profits are in the tens of billions.

Needless to say, the government made a lot of money, focusing on technology, equipment, and talent. The two only helped with procurement and didn't inquire about anything else.

They discussed in detail the recently acquired assets and future goals, until finally Hua Sanshao asked, "When would be a suitable time to repay the money?"

High-interest deposit-taking and high-interest loans both need to be repaid. Chen Fan thought for a moment and said, "I'm not in a hurry to repay them. I'll wait two years until the ruble drops to 3000 before I repay them."

"How much?" Young Master Hua's eyes widened.

"One US dollar can be exchanged for 3000 rubles!"

"Damn, you're so greedy! I borrowed 3000 rubles and had to pay back over 3000 US dollars. Now that the value has dropped to 3000, I only have to pay back one US dollar? It's practically worthless!"

"It's not that I'm being greedy, it's that the Westerners are being greedy. We don't even need to lift a finger; they'll drive down the price of the ruble," Chen Fan said with a smile.

Are most Russians idiots?

"Russia during this period was truly remarkable!"

How could someone be so stupid as to be exploited like this? The wealth accumulated by the Soviet Union over 70 years was swept away by others for a few hundred million US dollars after the ruble was devalued.

Indians are smarter than them.

When Soros later tried to exploit India, the Indians simply detained both the man and his money. It might seem like they were playing dirty tricks and would lose credibility, but at least they preserved their wealth and weren't completely exploited.

After thinking about it carefully, Hua Sanshao realized it was true!
After leaving Chen Fan's house and getting into the car, Hua Sanshao lit another cigarette: "Big Liu, let's go to a nightclub and relax for the night?"

"Let's go!" Liu Jianxiong replied.

Although life in the Soviet Union was exciting, it was also filled with anxiety, as we were afraid that the Soviets would realize what was happening and wipe them out. We dared not relax for a moment.

After a two-day rest, they set off again. The acquisition was not yet fully completed, and they expected to be busy in Russia and Ukraine for the next year or so.

We set off on a weekend.

Chen Fan personally drove them to the airport, and when they parted, he only said one sentence: "Don't be too reckless over there, be careful, there will be a big operation in the second half of the year, count you in."

Their eyes lit up; a major operation?
Are they going to take over other countries again?

Wanting to find out the details, Chen Fan turned and left, citing confidentiality as the reason. When he returned home, his children were playing in the Central Plains.

Yan Jin, Yan Cheng, and Yan Yin are all three years old and have become adorable little dumplings.

Yan Xi was seven years old and had started elementary school. His obsession with hitting his younger brother finally came true. Seeing Yan Cheng push Yan Yin, he went over and gave her two slaps on the buttocks.

Yan Cheng burst into tears.

"Don't cry!"

Yan Xi glared at him, and Yan Cheng immediately shut up, only daring to sob softly. He wiped away his tears and looked at his sister with a pitiful expression.

My sister is a devil; she hit me many times.

Chen Fan watched from the side and shook his head. It was strange, Yan Cheng and Yan Yin were twins, but they just couldn't get along. They were always bickering or fighting.

On the contrary, Yan Jin and Yan Yin get along well.

"The eldest sister is like a mother. Being your older sister is really tiring and worries me to death. Everyone, quickly line up and let's go to Grandma's house."

Yan Xi lined up the three little ones, with Yan Xi at the front, and they set off for the neighboring yard.

Seeing her daughter acting like a little adult, Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh. She really did have the air of a "big sister," which she inherited from Zeng Ali.

Chen Fan followed behind, escorting the children across.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw Zeng Tuqiang sitting at the entrance of courtyard number 15, holding a stick and a can of rice, his eyes wide open, seemingly angry at someone.

Upon seeing a group of toddlers approaching, Zeng Tuqiang immediately smiled, patted each of them on the head, and then let them go into the yard to play.

Only when Chen Fan got close did he stop smiling, glare at him, and say, "Chen Fan, wait!"

"Call me brother-in-law, do you need a beating?"

Chen Fan was annoyed. This was no longer the little kid he used to be. He was already twenty-one years old, a sophomore in college, and would be a junior in the fall. He was as tall as Chen Fan when he stood up.

Zeng Tuqiang chuckled and handed the document in his hand to Chen Fan: "Take a look at this first?"

Chen Fan was puzzled. He took it and saw that it was a paternity test certificate from Zeng Hongwen and Zeng Tuqiang, confirming that they were indeed biological children.

"You still doubt this? Haha... I was just teasing you when you were little, and you actually took it seriously? Please, you're in college now, and you still haven't grown up?"

"You've lied to me for ten years, Chen Fan. Today I'm going to kill you."

Seeing that Chen Fan still dared to laugh, Zeng Tuqiang finally couldn't hold back any longer, and swung the stick, scaring Chen Fan into taking several steps back: "Are you crazy?"

Zeng Tuqiang didn't say anything, but started hitting her with a stick.

Seeing this, Chen Fan dared not delay and ran away, with Zeng Tuqiang chasing after him desperately with a stick in his hand.

PS: The first update is here~
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