Chapter 155 Camus Automobile Factory
Qin Tao smiled and sent Smirnov away. The two parties had agreed to deliver the goods in the evening three days later. In the past few days, Smirnov went back to make preparations.
Looking at the other party's back, Zhao Ling spoke hesitantly.
“Fortunately, he agreed, Brother Tao, what if he didn’t agree?”
If people don’t agree, won’t all the $50,000 be wasted?
Hearing what Zhao Ling said, Qin Tao smiled: "He has no choice. This fifty thousand dollars can allow his daughter to finish college or send him to hell."
Isn’t it just a phone call? All he had to do was call and report, and Smirnov would be finished.
Zhao Ling felt a chill in her heart.
“Hello, my friend, did things go well?” At this moment, Alexander came over with Irina in his arms.
“Well, it went smoothly.” Qin Tao said, “Alexander, my friend, thank you for your help.”
Alexander smiled: "You saved my life, these small favors are all deserved. By the way, what do you want to do today?"
Qin Tao thought for a while: "I have a transportation company in China that needs a large number of vehicles. My friend, do you have any idea? We can exchange daily necessities."
Hearing Qin Tao's words, the smile on Alexander's face became even brighter: "You can ask Irina to help with this. Her uncle is the deputy director of the Kamaz Automobile Factory."
What a coincidence?
Qin Tao looked at Irina. At this time, Irina showed the same smile: "I can take you there."
So, the beautiful Mercedes-Benz drove onto the highway and headed south. In the afternoon, you can already see the frozen Volga River.
The Volga River, with a total length of 3,692 kilometers, is the longest river in Europe and the longest inland river in the world. It rolls south and flows into the Caspian Sea. This river is very important to Lao Maozi, and can even be said to be the cradle of Russian history. Therefore, the Volga River is also Lao Maozi's mother river.
For most people in the East, the first time they came into contact with the Volga River was probably the text titled Trackers on the Volga River.
“I spent my childhood in Kams. When I was young, I used to play on the ice. Later, a figure skating coach who was passing by saw me and thought I had excellent skating talent, so I was taken to Moscow. "Irina's big blue eyes looked at the rushing Volga River, her eyes blurred, as if she was recalling the past.
"Irina, I have to thank that figure skating coach. If he hadn't brought you to Moscow, I wouldn't have met you." Alexander said, holding Irina's hand with his right hand.
A smile appeared on Irina's face: "Yes, Alexander, he is our matchmaker."
Qin Tao sighed for a while afterwards, this Alexander, a rich second-generation playboy, wonders how long it will take for this Irina to be abandoned?
With emotion, the car has already driven into the Camus Automobile Factory.
In the 1960s, the existing trucks in the Soviet Union could no longer meet the needs of economic development. Therefore, in 1968, Likhachev Automobile Factory successfully developed the ZIL170 heavy-duty truck, preparing to fill the gap in domestic trucks. However, Lao Maozi's senior management believed that the production capacity of the Likhachev factory was insufficient, so this medium-sized truck production plant concentrated on The production of medium-duty trucks is complete, and as for the heavy-duty trucks they have successfully developed, they should be handed over to a newly built factory for production.
If this happened in the Western world, it would be unimaginable. However, in a communist country, this kind of thing is too normal. It is also the case in the East. FAW is the boss. If the country wants to build a second automobile, FAW will immediately send people and technology. , got the Second Automobile Company out.
According to Lao Maozi's high-level decision, a new truck manufacturing plant was established in the small town of Cherny on the Volga River. Therefore, on December 13, 1969, the Kams Truck Factory started construction. On February 16, 1976, the factory produced The first truck rolled off the production line, named Kamaz 5320.
This car also became the most important product of Kamus Automobile Factory and was produced until two thousand years ago.
Because it is a newly built factory, the entire factory looks very new. Even the workers in the factory, most of them have young faces. They are wearing blue work clothes and are busy and prosperous in the factory area. scene.
"Uncle, let me introduce you. This is Alexander. His father is the head of the Moscow International Commercial Bank." Irina led everyone to the office building of the automobile factory with familiarity, found her uncle, and introduced stand up.
Shcherbakov reached out his hand enthusiastically: "Alexander, I have met your father. He is a very capable man."
“These two are our Eastern friends, Qin and Zhao.” Irina continued to introduce.
“Hello, two friends from the East, what’s the matter with coming here?” Sherbakov certainly knew that the two Easterners, Qin Tao and Zhao Ling, must have come here for a purpose.
"We are businessmen from the East." Qin Tao said: "We want to come here to do business with you. We have a lot of canned food, pork, flour, ham on hand..."
Shcherbakov’s eyes immediately lit up: “Okay, we can make a deal.”
“So, can we go to your production line now?” Qin Tao said: “We are not very familiar with Kamaz cars yet.”
“Of course, no problem, I will take you there myself!”
In fact, Qin Tao is very familiar with Kamaz cars. When he was in the Far East, Qin Tao had already exchanged a batch of Kamaz cars from Nikola. That batch of Kamaz cars is still in Mingzhou City. Running on the street.
As for Qin Tao’s intention to inspect the production line here, on the one hand he wanted to satisfy his eyes, on the other hand...
Qin Tao and others walked into the production workshop and looked at the trucks being assembled.
In fact, the senior management of Lao Maozi still had foresight. Although the Likhachev Automobile Factory designed this heavy-duty truck, it did not have the ability to produce it. The production line here purchased a large number of production equipment from Europe and then established Get up.
You can see that the nameplates of some equipment are written in English letters.
"Our Kamaz 5320 has an empty weight of 7 tons and a load of 8 tons. It uses a 10.857-liter V8 diesel engine with a maximum output of 210 horsepower." Sherbakov introduced to Qin Tao as he walked: "You guys If you buy it for transportation, you can just use the rear-wheel drive version for civilian use, with a top speed of 80 kilometers per hour and a fuel consumption of 34 liters per 100 kilometers."
Qin Tao looked at the rough-looking cab and the V8 engine hoisted inside. He also sighed in his heart that the technology of this kind of car has fallen behind. Domestic Steyr uses L6 engines. It can already output the same power.
Well, domestic Steyr cannot be exchanged for food. If Qin Tao, a bad guy, exchanges it like this, it will be much cheaper than domestic Steyr.
Parts are a problem. After all, the cars brought to China by Qin Tao's method do not have any manufacturer's warranty. If the parts are broken, you have to repair them yourself.
With this thought, a group of people passed through the car's final assembly line and went out through another door of the factory. Then, Qin Tao saw a large area of ready-to-go Kamaz in front of his eyes, with an orange-red front end and a dark green body. , the paint is smooth and shiny, and the overall craftsmanship can be considered to have reached the comprehensive level of the West in the past 70 years.
“You can choose any of the cars here,” Sherbakov said.
As for the exchange ratio, we will talk about it next, after selling the car first.
In the Red Empire, everything was originally executed according to the planned economy, but since Ma Ma came to power, he began to carry out reforms and even learned successful experience from the East. Therefore, their car factories also have a certain degree of autonomy and can control some trucks themselves. .
Even if they are more courageous, they can steal the car and sell it directly. Anyway, they have the final say on the output.
Qin Tao looked at the trucks full of trucks and was not too anxious. He continued to walk and look at them.
At this time, the sunset has already set in the west, and the whole earth is a fiery red.
Suddenly, Qin Tao pointed his finger into the distance: "What's over there?"
Looking in the direction of Qin Tao's finger, Sherbakov said, "Those are scrapped trucks."
Qin Tao took a deep breath and said: "Mr. Sherbakov, I have changed my mind. I want all those scrapped trucks. How about selling them to me at the scrap price?"
Hearing what Qin Tao said, Alexander on the side opened his eyes wide: "Qin, do you want to repair those scrapped trucks and reuse them?"
Alexander's eyes were full of surprise, how stingy are you, right? You should be able to save a lot of money by exchanging daily necessities, but now you still want to buy scrapped ones?
Qin Tao smiled: "Of course not. I bought them all so that I can import them back as scrap iron. Then, it should be no problem to mix twenty intact trucks into these scrap iron piles. of."
Shelbakov also understood.
On Lao Maozi's side, Sherbakov and Alexander can cooperate to transport the cars, but how will Qin Tao receive these cars? How to declare it to customs?
It is not easy for Qin Tao to take over the cars. Now, Qin Tao packs these scrapped cars and takes them away, so they can be imported in the name of solid waste. Anyway, Qin Tao has imported scrap iron more than once. This operation can still be done perfectly.
“Qin, you only plan to purchase twenty Kamaz cars from us?” Sherbakov asked Qin Tao.
"Mr. Sherbakov, this is just the first business. We will purchase more trucks from here in the future." Qin Tao said: "Maybe, in a few months, I will come here again and place more trucks." order."
“Uncle, Qin and Zhao are engaged in big business, and they have a military background.” Irina also said at the side.
Shcherbakov's eyes flashed: "Okay, Qin, I wish us a happy cooperation."
Qin Tao nodded and glanced at the scrapped cars again. Lao Maozi is really extravagant!
There is a serious lack of light industrial products here, but when it comes to heavy industry, it is highly developed.
In 1976, the production of Kamaz 5320, the first batch of cars, started here. It has been fifteen years now.
If in China, there are three years of new and three years of old, and another three of repairs, nine-year-old cars are still the main force. In fact, some cars running on the road are already thirty or forty years old.
What about here? Thousands of Kamaz 5320s have been eliminated!
Ordinarily, obsolete cars should be thrown directly into the compound of the local army, but for some reason, there are actually a large number of obsolete cars in the empty parking lot here. Is it because Lao Maozi is popular in exchanging old cars for new ones?
Qin Tao picked up the treasure again.
Those old cars can be used for organ donation. Once a new car breaks down, it can be replaced with parts from the old car. You can also assemble the old car. There are more than a thousand old cars, even if they can only be assembled to a quarter One, there were two to three hundred of them. As for the formalities, it was very simple to license a car in the 1990s.
In this way, the transportation company affiliated to the Shipbuilding Industry Group can own two to three hundred heavy-duty trucks, which is rare in the country.
This time I definitely found a treasure!
As the sun slowly set, Qin Tao happily walked into the bar next to the car factory with Alexander and others. While drinking, they determined the exchange ratio and transportation issues.
At the same time, Smirnov was also busy. He reported the procedures for approval and requested that the broken S-300PT be destroyed. However, during the destruction process, he used means to retain a complete set of intact systems, and then, in the trailer Weld the carport brackets and cover it with tarpaulin to disguise it as an ordinary trailer.
Three days later at night, several Kamaz vehicles drove over, hooked up to these trailers, and drove all the way to a certain port, where they were loaded onto a cargo ship.
The US$50,000 has been received, and the promised goods have been loaded onto an old cargo ship at Huating Port and are on their way. Everything is perfect.
“Alexander, my friend, thank you for your help. One of those goods is for you.” Qin Tao said with emotion as he watched the cargo ship full of cars leave.
“Qin, you are so polite.” Alexander said.
“Alexander, before I leave, I have something to say to you.”
"Speaking."
"I shouldn't have interfered with your private life, but I hope you will keep your eyes open when choosing a partner." Qin Tao's words came from the heart.
Alexander was obviously moved by Qin Tao's sincerity. He glanced at Zhao Ling and Irina not far away, and said: "I know that Irina's identity is not simple, she is probably Yanzi, but with her here By my side, I feel more at ease.”
What?
Even Qin Tao was shocked at this time. He just didn't want to see Alexander become Principal Wang. He didn't expect that Alexander would actually tell such shocking news.
Irina, is she actually a swallow? Alexander is not afraid of being pecked in the eyes by swallows? This guy is so bold!
etc! Qin Tao thought of something and felt a chill in his heart. Was this Alexander using him to test Irina to see if she would betray Alexander? Fortunately there was no accident, otherwise I would have been stuck here!
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