Chapter 105: We can talk about procurement

A shout from the door startled several people in the café. Everyone subconsciously looked towards the door, where they saw two people being stopped at the entrance. They desperately tried to get in, but were stopped, so they could only wave from the inside.

These two people were both Chinese. Neither Li Chengtong nor Ma Taidie knew this person at all. Only Zhou Ming and Du Peng felt that they looked familiar. After a moment of reaction, they immediately remembered that they were the two brothers, Xia Lang and Xia Kun, whom they had helped in Nanjiang!

The two brothers were stopped by the bodyguards brought by Du Peng. After all, with the fall of the Tan family and the success of the Nanjiang Special Economic Zone, the Du family's voice in the central government has become increasingly influential. Although it is unlikely to surpass Old Yang, it can also be regarded as truly one person below ten thousand people.

With such an important figure in the family, Du Peng naturally cannot be like before. He can still be a little indulgent in the country, because the situation in the country is relatively stable. But now Du Peng is going abroad, or to a country with a volatile situation like Northern Russia, he must be protected.

In addition, Jinpeng Company, a partnership between Du Peng and Zhou Ming, has also grown quite large. Judging from the stock market alone, it is already on par with Nanjiang Yunan Development Bank. As the chairman of the company, it is reasonable and sensible to take care of such a figure when he goes abroad.

Of course, generally speaking, it is enough to send a bodyguard or a regular security guard. Those who are more spoilt will send their own family security guards. Due to the selfishness of the old master of the Du family, he has now also taken the position of the second-in-command, so the bodyguards assigned to Du Peng are all Zhongnanhai bodyguards. This is how the scene at the Siberian airport came about. No matter how much money the nouveau riche Yugens spent on hiring a bodyguard, it would never be a match for these central security guards.

Now it was Du Peng's bodyguard guarding the door, blocking the two brothers Xia Lang and Xia Kun.

In fact, this coffee shop is open to the public, but since Zhou Ming and Li Chengtong are here and need to talk to someone like Mr. Meta, what can they do by paying to reserve the entire coffee shop? This is why the bodyguards are cooperating with the coffee shop staff to stop people at the door.

Zhou Ming waved to let them in. Xia Lang ran happily up to Zhou Ming with his younger brother, excitedly saying, 'Hello, Mr. Zhou Ming, I'm so happy that I've finally found you!'

'Hello. If you're looking for me, please make it quick, I have guests here,' Zhou Ming said to him.

Xia Lang then saw Maeta and David William sitting across from Zhou Ming. Of course, he didn't know who these people were, but he could tell that they were discussing something very important. So Xialang, while secretly praising Mr. Zhou Ming in his heart for being so impressive as to actually do business with foreigners, said to Zhou Ming, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, it's like this, I have transported several hundred tons of daily necessities, and I hope to sell them at your Chelf Market.'

This answer took Zhou Ming by surprise, and he exclaimed, 'Xialang, you say you have transported several hundred tons of daily necessities? What are these things, and where are they now?'

Facing Zhou Ming's questioning, Xialang said a little embarrassed, 'I only brought the most common daily necessities such as clothes, shoes and socks. The train carrying the goods has already arrived at Krisco Station and is waiting to be unloaded at any time. That's why I'm in such a hurry to find you, Mr. Zhou Ming, and hope to get your permission as soon as possible to enter your Chelf Market.'

'Great!' Tong Gang said happily as soon as Xialang finished speaking, "This Mr Xialang, right? Are you serious? You really have several hundred tons of daily necessities that have already arrived in Krisco?'

Xialang was taken aback by Tong Gang's sudden words. Xialang didn't know Tong Gang, but from the situation on the scene, he could tell that he was a friend of Mr Zhou Ming, so he nodded and replied, "It's absolutely true. If you don't believe me, you can call the train station and ask.'

In fact, Zhou Ming had already asked Katerina to call the station to inquire, without having to be told by Xialang. Soon, the results were obtained: there was indeed a train from China, full of clothes, shoes, socks and other daily necessities, parked at the Křižík freight station.

Forrest Gump said that life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next one is. Now Zhou Ming felt that this saying truly reflected the situation.

In fact, at first Zhou Ming would have asked Xialang to come over, but it was just a subconscious move. Because going abroad in those days was not as easy as in later generations, Xialang must have come a long way to find him in Krisco for something important. So Zhou Ming wanted to hear it out, and if it wasn't anything urgent, he would let him go first. But he never imagined that he would bring such an unexpected piece of good news.

After confirming with Kalelina at the train station, Zhou Ming took a deep breath. Although this was very sudden, as long as he confirmed that the goods had arrived and understood that Xialang wanted to fill the Chelf market with this batch of goods, that would be enough.

With this in mind, Zhou Ming first asked Du Peng to take the two Xia brothers to the other side to rest, and then turned to Meta and said, 'I'm sorry, Mr. Meta, that was my friends from back home. I didn't expect them to come here to find me, so I was delayed a little. I hope Mr. Meta doesn't mind.'

Meta waved his hand to indicate that it was fine, 'This shows that Mr. Zhou Ming has a wide range of friends, but let's continue talking about the Chelf market.'

'That is indeed something we need to talk about, but I think the Chelf Market is still in a very healthy state, and I don't need to sell any shares in the market,' said Zhou Ming, before abruptly changing the subject and saying, 'But I do know that Mr. Maita has also been shopping at my Chelf Market recently?'

Maita frowned, as if he was resistant to this question, but still answered Zhou Ming, 'I did have someone do this for me. It's because I saw that the people's lives in Northern Russia are really hard, so I decided to do a little charity work within my abilities.'

'I see, Mr. Maita is really a very kind person,' Zhou Ming smiled, 'then since Mr. Maita is so caring, I can talk to Mr. Maita about purchasing daily necessities in large quantities. I wonder what you think, Mr. Maita?'

Mata's eyes widened at that moment, thinking he had heard wrong: 'Purchasing daily necessities? Mr. Zhou Ming, are you sure you are not joking with me?'

'Of course I'm not joking, because today is not April Fools' Day,' Zhou Ming said with a touch of Western humour, 'but I have to emphasise one point. Although Mr. Mata has also invested in buying shares in the market, according to the regulations, for such a large-scale purchase, Mr. Mata still has to pay in US dollars. I hope Mr. Mata can understand.'

Maita stared at Zhou Ming with wide eyes. He was completely speechless. He couldn't understand why Zhou Ming had said that. Was his dignity really that important that he wouldn't accept that path? You need to know that your warehouse is already empty, and you're still talking to people about this kind of large-scale purchase. Aren't you speeding up your own death by doing this?

However, Mr. Maita also knew very well that although Zhou Ming looked very young, he would never do something like that out of hotheadedness, which meant that there must be another reason!

With this thought in mind, his eyes looked into the distance, where Xia Lang and Xia Kun were sitting, led by Du Peng. Since they had just communicated with Zhou Ming in Chinese, and there was no translator, Mr. Meta had no idea who they were or what they were doing here. However, now, Mr. Meta suspected that Zhou Ming's change in attitude was related to those two people.

Could it be that they have already delivered the goods for Zhou Ming? But isn't Eugene still holding the Trans-Siberian Railway? Without getting past him, there is no way the train can get to Krisco! Or is Zhou Ming well prepared and just putting on an act?

That would be terrible!

Maita let out a gasp, and his opinion of Zhou Ming immediately rose. He sighed and said, 'It seems that Mr. Zhou Ming has taught us another lesson. Forget about bulk purchasing. Although I want to do charity, I don't spend money like this. Since Mr. Zhou Ming is unwilling to sell his shares in the Chelf market, I won't insist.'

With that, Maita stood up and bid Zhou Ming farewell. Zhou Ming didn't intend to keep Maita for dinner either, as the two brothers, Xialang and Xiakun, were still in the café.

On the other side, Maita and Davier left the café. On the way downstairs, William couldn't help but ask, 'Mr. Maita, are we just going to leave like this? Although those two... Chinese people came very suddenly, I don't think they really brought the goods to Zhou Ming. And how could Zhou Ming have predicted today's situation? Could it be that Zhou Ming was just putting on a show for us?'

Meta shook his head slightly and said, 'He has no need to act at all. If it's true, then needless to say, even if it's a lie, he deceived us today, but the problems he faces still remain. Perhaps they will erupt in a few days. There is no point in him deceiving us for a day. I don't think this Zhou Ming would be so stupid.'

William was silent, because what Meta said was also what he was thinking in his heart, but he just couldn't accept it. How could Zhou Ming get the goods? This is unbelievable!

Compared to William's dilemma, Davie was more open-minded. He thought for a moment and asked, 'Mr. Mata, should we do that next?'

Mata nodded and said, 'This Chinese Zhou Ming is indeed very resourceful. To be honest, I don't want to do this if I can help it. After all, this method of using the Cherf market to gain control of the new ruble is also very good in my opinion.'

'But there's nothing we can do about it. Who could have imagined that this Chinese Zhou Ming would be so ungrateful and refuse Mr. Mata's kind offer? He's only himself to blame. If Mr. Mata doesn't do something about it, he'll think we really can't do anything about it,' said Davier.