Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 375: Big Red Envelope_1

Chapter 375: Chapter 375: Big Red Envelope_1

Standing outside the stall is none other than the short and fat Big Head Kong.

He was wearing a fur coat with several gun-toting security guards following him.

It was the end of December, and the weather in Moscow was particularly cold, plus the buildings around New Sun Supermarket were not sealed.

The icy wind howled down the large wide corridors; most people could hardly bear the temperature plummeting to more than twenty degrees below zero.

Boss Liu and the others all knew Big Head Kong. After all, he was the vice president of the New Sun Market, regularly interacting with Chinese businessmen.

"Ah, what has President Kong been busy with lately? It seems like I haven’t seen you for several days."

"By the way, President Kong, are there any vacant stalls in the market? I want to open a couple more. I also have some friends back home who want to come over and do business, they’re interested in our New Sun Market."

"President Kong, President Kong, do we Chinese businessmen only do business in the New Sun Market? Isn’t ACT Market next door allowing us to do business there anymore? What is the situation in Lyublino? Why aren’t they accepting businesses anymore?"...

A few bosses eagerly greeted Big Head Kong and took the opportunity to ask him a few things.

Their questions were quite representative of the current situation.

New Sun Market was now in high demand with countless people queuing in line for vacant stalls to appear.

Additionally, the preferential policy granted upon the market’s opening, including half a year’s exemption on rent and management fees, had now expired. The New Sun Market was fully charging fees.

Considering the popularity and monopolistic nature of the New Sun Market, the rent and management fees per stall per month were not cheap at all!

Take the shoe section, for example, just the rent was as high as two thousand US dollars a month!

There’s also an additional one thousand US dollars in management fees, adding up to a total of three thousand US dollars.

Moreover, there were plenty of people eagerly in line to rent stalls, no matter the cost...

Especially after the New Sun Group obtained the import franchise, Chinese businessmen were now fully legalized in terms of doing business, which attracted quite a number of bosses from home.

The reason why many powerful factories haven’t come to Russia to do business in the past is because they felt the business here was too informal, carrying significant risks.

However, Wang Ye has solved this problem.

Since Moscow serves as a major international city radiating throughout Eastern Europe, the reputation of the New Sun Market within the foreign trade industry has been rapidly on the rise!

Almost every manufacturer is now seriously considering sending people to survey the market here, planning to formally enter the Eastern European market.

Obviously, the New Sun Market is the best, even the only choice for them to do business here...

What’s more, considering the throughput of such a wholesale and distribution market, a cost of three thousand US dollars per stall per month is not at all expensive.

Each stall’s daily sales revenue far exceeds this amount!

Now, there are supposedly private transfers and joint rentals of stalls in operation, and the fees are quite exorbitant!

The New Sun Group only charges three thousand US dollars per stall per month, with no other fees.

However, those stalls being privately transferred might start at five thousand US dollars per month, with stalls in good locations even asking for tens of thousands of dollars!

Despite this, they’re still in high demand!

So a few days ago, there was an internal discussion in the New Sun Group about whether they should speed up the construction of the second phase of the market. Given the current trend, even if the second phase of the market were to be built immediately, it would be rented out quickly...

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However, Big Head Kong was not here today to discuss matters about the market with everyone. He had more important matters at hand.

He cheerfully said: "The expansion of the market is already under discussion by the Group. We will soon give you all a satisfactory answer. Please be patient.

Today, I come bearing a big red packet for everyone."

A red packet?

Boss Liu and the others were taken aback.

"What, President Kong, are you going to exempt us from paying rent and management fees again?" Boss Liu blurted out.

Big Head Kong retorted with a laugh: "Old Liu, it’s not even dark yet and you’re already dreaming! We’ve invested so much in building the market, we just started charging fees, how could we be free again? You’re just not satisfied with the benefits we’ve given you."

The crowd burst into laughter. There was no wrong in what Big Head Kong had said.

The New Sun Market has been open for quite a while now and just began charging fees and considering how bustling it is currently, with stalls in high demand, there’s naturally no need for any more policies to exempt rents and management fees, it’s completely unnecessary!

Without elongating the suspense, Big Head Kong quickly explained: "So here’s the thing, a large entertainment center in the city is about to open, owned by a friend of mine. So, I got some opening red packets for all of you. Here’s the invitation, Boss Liu, you’re among the famous and respected people that will be there on the first day. We surely expect your presence."

Saying this, Big Head Kong waved his hand and one of his followers stepped forward, handing him a large red gold-stamped envelope.

Big Head Kong personally handed it to Boss Liu.

"Alright, you guys get back to your business. I still have a lot of invitations to deliver. I’ll leave now."

Having said that, Big Head Kong, along with the others, promptly left.

...

Boss Liu and a few others stayed in the stall, huddling together, curious to see what was inside this large envelope.

It surely couldn’t be just an invitation. After all, Big Head Kong had just mentioned that it was a decent-sized red packet!

Upon opening the gold-stamped envelope, they found a shimmering golden invitation.

From this alone, it was apparent that this so-called entertainment center must be involved in gambling, otherwise it wouldn’t ooze the smell of money from the inside out...

The invitation wasn’t the key, the essential part was the card sandwiched within!

On the front was a large "$5000"!

The back was printed with a few lines of Chinese instructions, meaning that this card was worth five thousand US dollars. It could be exchanged for five thousand US dollar worth of chips at the Xiao Ying Entertainment Center on opening day! The chips could be used throughout the center!

Equivalent to cash...

Although, five thousand US dollars wasn’t much to Boss Liu, they were still quite amazed.

Because it was for free!

Moreover, it was not only given to Boss Liu; based on what Big Head Kong had said earlier, it seemed to be given to quite a few other people as well.

Five thousand US dollars per person, and if invitations were sent out to two hundred people, that would amount to one million US dollars!

After all, for such a large entertainment center opening, they couldn’t just invite two hundred people, it might be even more...

Indeed, they guessed right.

This time, the plan was to invite not just one to two hundred people, but a total of one thousand people!

Not just the New Sun Market, even the more powerful bosses from the neighboring ACT Market also received invitations.

Among the tens of thousands of bosses across both markets, grabbing a thousand bosses was quite simple.

As invitations were distributed by the likes of Big Head Kong, news that Xiao Ying Entertainment Center was about to open soon spread throughout the entire supermarket...