Chapter 70: The Ruler of Northern Russia

'Haha! Mr. Zhou Ming, you are truly amazing! I have been here for more than ten years, ever since the first Chinese shop opened here, and I have never seen it so busy!'

Zhou Ming and Katerina walked off the high platform, and a middle-aged man, beaming with joy, walked out of the market. He was very happy to see Zhou Ming here, and excitedly said to him,

Zhou Ming also understood where his g-spot was, and it was none other than the situation in front of him. However, the situation in the Chelf market was indeed so unbelievable that it was hard to believe. Because just in the short time that Zhou Ming was speaking from the high platform, he could see that the stalls of several of the biggest shops in the market, which had originally been full, were now completely sold out and being restocked. One could imagine just how many Northern Russians had rushed into the market to buy things.

Perhaps it doesn't feel that impressive when you say it like that. After all, in this huge city of 8 million people, when some big shopping malls have sales, there are also going to be situations like this.

But it is precisely because of this that it is even more exciting. The reason is simple: now the entire Kriesko is short of daily necessities, and only here are they sold. So if the next 8 million Krieskos all come here to buy things, even if each person only buys a bottle of Coke, that would be hundreds of millions of sales.

Of course, this calculation is not really how things work. It is not that all 8 million people in Krisko will really come here to shop, but that they will not just buy a bottle of Coke when they come here. This is very imaginative, especially for Chinese businessmen who have not had any status in Northern Russia in the past, so this is even more significant. That is why this middle-aged man is so excited.

Zhou Ming smiled at him and politely said that there would be even more exciting things in the future. Behind him, Li Cheng and Tong Gang and Tong Hua, father and son, also followed him out. They gave Zhou Ming a thumbs-up when they saw him: 'Zhou Ming, you are really amazing. I didn't believe you when you told us that there was a shortage of daily necessities here, but now it seems that this is really the case. It's unbelievable.'

'Chairman Tong, you're too kind. After all, the Soviet Union was a superpower, and it was always hard to accept that it lacked these most basic necessities of life,' Zhou Ming explained.

Tong Gang asked again, 'Just one thing, Zhou Ming, you require that all transactions be conducted in rubles. I still don't understand. The exchange rate of the ruble is very unstable right now. I've heard that it's likely that the ruble's exchange rate will plummet hundreds of times. If that's really the case, then we'll lose a lot of money.'

Zhou Ming said, 'Chairman Tong, in fact, I cannot guarantee that the ruble will not continue to plummet by several hundred times. But what I can say is that this matter cannot be viewed in isolation, but with a developmental perspective. Let's not say that I don't think the ruble will be so miserable. Even if the ruble really does plummet by several hundred times in the future, I will still insist on trading in rubles today.'

Faced with Zhou Ming's stubbornness, Tong Gang asked, 'Why is that?'

Zhou Ming replied with a smile, 'Because whether we sell daily necessities or insist on trading in rubles, that's not the ultimate goal. Our ultimate goal is to become the master of all of Northern Russia!'

...

In the presidential office of the Kremlin, the newly-installed President of Northern Russia, Nikolayevich, is slaving away at his desk, writing furiously. But from the style of the notebook, it's clear that it's not a document, but his diary.

The Soviet Union's criminal model has made the whole of North Russia terminally ill. To save the country from this miserable hell, extraordinary measures are required. A scalpel must be used to cut out the problems that have penetrated to the bone of North Russia, from top to bottom. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union alone cannot achieve this. Only by relying on itself and the new North Russians it leads can it do so!

Nikolaevich paused here before continuing: It was originally thought that only Western countries would participate in this shock therapy to transform Northern Russia, but it was unexpected that the Chinese would also get involved.

But one cannot help but admit that this Chinese person is very capable and has great ideas. He was able to convince Irbedov and the other emerging financial oligarchs to join him in his actions, and I heard that there is also the support of some Hong Kong city conglomerates behind the scenes. This is good, because with these people and the Western countries fighting against each other, it will also minimize the losses of Northern Russia in this matter.

Originally, he followed the Dota plan to make money together, which was a very good idea. Unfortunately, this idea could not continue forever, because no one would agree to share their own cake.

Since they cannot coexist, confrontation is only natural. What no one expected was that this Zhou Ming, for some reason, actually shipped in 10,000 tons of daily necessities. Did he think that these daily necessities would help him defeat the Western capitalists? It was a big joke, because in this world, no one but himself could save this country!

In the history of the new North Russia, only Nikolayevich was the real master. As for that Chinese, at most he was just a knife that was being used, even though this knife was very disobedient.

...

After Nikolayevich had written these last words in his diary, the door to his office suddenly opened. Nikolayevich looked up instinctively and saw the director of the president's office, Kasyan, rushing in. He came to Nikolayevich's desk and reported to him without even catching his breath: 'Mr President, there's been another incident at the securities company...'

Before he could finish, Nikolajevich asked, 'What has happened at the securities company? Has someone released some information that caused the selling of the ruble and its continued depreciation? This is normal. With all the recent events, it is not surprising that the ruble will definitely experience a new round of depreciation.'

Kasia then said, 'Mr. President, that is not the case. The ruble has not depreciated but is instead appreciating. Someone is buying up the ruble on a large scale!'

Nikolaevich found this answer very funny: 'Is it that Chinese guy Zhou Ming who is buying up the rubles? At a time like this, I can only say that this Chinese guy is so stupid and naive. How could the ruble possibly appreciate so easily? If other people see someone buying up rubles, they will definitely sell in a much larger scale, and then this Chinese guy will be crying for sure.'

'But Mr President,' Kasia told him, "it's not Mr Zhou Ming or any other Northern Russian financial oligarch who is buying up the rubles, it's the people of Krisko!'

'What? It's the people of Krisko who are buying up the rubles? Zhou Ming and the others aren't involved? What's going on?" Nikolayevich asked, surprised.

'I heard that Zhou Ming shipped all 10,000 tons of daily necessities to the Chinese market in Chernivtsi and demanded that all Krisko citizens pay in rubles if they wanted to buy their goods!' said Kasia.

Nikolaevich frowned, thought for a moment, then slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and exclaimed, "This Zhou Ming is truly a financial genius!'

Nikolaevich paused, then asked Kasia, "Does Zhou Ming have any plans to ship more daily necessities and other necessities here?'

Although Kasia did not understand why Nikolajevich was asking him this question, he still answered honestly, 'According to the news from Petrograd, there should still be at least two cargo ships from Harbor City Shipping Group floating at sea, and they will arrive in the port in a week at most.'

Nikolajevich nodded silently and sighed, saying, 'It really is as expected. This Zhou Ming is really amazing. If he continues like this, I'm afraid he will become the most important ruler in Northern Russia.'

Facing Nikolic, who was sighing and lamenting, Kasia was completely stunned. He stared at Nikolic, completely unable to understand why he had such thoughts. How could Zhou Ming become the most important ruler in Northern Russia just because he bought some daily necessities at the Chelf market?

Kasia wanted to say that Nikolaevich's words were a bit exaggerated. The only economic masters in the country could only be those Western capitalists. But he never imagined that at this moment in Villa 8, after hearing the news, the head of the Dota Project, Davier, also revealed the same expression as Nikolaevich. He also shouted, 'This damned Chinese, we must stop him, otherwise this Northern Russia will become his world!'

In front of Davier was the same William who had no class manners. He also frowned at Davier and said, 'I think you're overreacting, Davier. I admit that the Chinese have played a very clever and unexpected move, but that's all they can do. Are you saying that if the people just buy up the rubles, they can completely turn the situation around?'

William's tone was still very disrespectful towards Davier, but this time Davier did not lecture him, but instead shook his head with a bitter smile and said, 'William, you are still young, so you don't see this matter clearly. This matter is not as simple as it seems to us. If that despicable Chinese really succeeds in manipulating the situation, it will be very difficult for us to have any say in northern Russia...'

Davier paused after saying this, and then sighed and said, 'However, it seems that there is nothing we can do to stop him now.'

After saying this, Davier ordered William, 'William, you go prepare the conference call right away. I demand that this conference not only be connected to the other people in charge of the Knife Tower project, but also to the United States to find Mr. Meta. Do you understand?'

'You want to connect to Mr. Mata as well? Isn't that a bit much?' William said in surprise, because in his mind, Mr. Mata was a very sacred person, and he didn't understand why just a little trouble stirred up by a Chinese person should alert Mr. Mata.

Davier didn't have time to explain to him at this time, and just ordered him, 'You go prepare the conference call, quickly, I hope it's not too late, otherwise we will all be sinners of the Tower Project!'

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