Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 718 Two Worries (1) _1

Chapter 718: Chapter 718 Two Worries (1) _1

President Liu’s thoughts also echo those of many Chinese businessmen.

Zhang Guangming felt strongly about this too. Let’s not forget that he also started from the grassroots of the market, previously doing some small business with others at New Sun.

He is all too familiar with the ins and outs of it, as well as the concerns and fears of Chinese businessmen.

Upon hearing what President Liu said, Zhang Guangming chuckled and said:

"Exactly, our New Sun Group doesn’t just provide a place for everyone to do business, but we also have to keep up with various subsequent services.

Our boss often tells us, including Chinese businessmen, that these wholesalers have provided Russians with goods of good quality and affordable prices, which benefits the country. Therefore, we can’t let them suffer any injustice.

So, when the boss first took over the New Sun Group, he started working on these issues.

Of course, it’s because our boss is capable enough. If someone else was in his shoes, even if they wanted to solve the problem, they wouldn’t be able to do it."

President Liu also nodded, "Exactly, for those of us running foreign trade businesses, when we come to a strange country, we have to consider two main issues. The first one is whether we can make money, and the second one is about safety.

This includes personal and property safety.

If even basic safety can’t be guaranteed, then no matter how much money we can make, we wouldn’t dare to come here."

While the two of them were chatting, other bosses sitting nearby were attracted and began to chime in with their opinions.

"President Liu is right! We have passed the stage where money is no object. We are doing legitimate business, we pay taxes when we should, and we spend money when necessary. The business environment here used to be unacceptable. Why should we be nervous and frightened like a rat crossing the street after spending money?"

"I agree, if I hadn’t heard that the environment here has improved a lot, I wouldn’t have come this time. I came to inspect five years ago, and before I could even enter the main market from the airport by car, a Russian cop stopped me and demanded 100 US dollars. Initially, I didn’t want to give him; as a result, I was almost locked up. This left a very bad impression of this place."

"Haha, speaking of this, being extorted by a cop is a small matter. I have a fellow villager who has been doing business here for many years and has been doing quite well. But when the market was shut down three years ago, he suffered a great loss and almost ended up in ruins. Because of this incident, I never considered doing business here. This time I heard things have significantly changed, so I decided to come."

"I hope the environment here has indeed improved as Manager Zhang said. Then our trip won’t be in vain."...

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While everyone was talking, the coach had already arrived at Lyublino Large Market.

It was just past six o’clock by then, and it was still dark outside, but the entire Lyublino Large Market was brightly lit.

Under the illumination, you could clearly see that the road at the main entrance was crowded with people, quite bustling.

Many hustling Russians, wrapped in thick coats, carrying a handbag or a large backpack, were heading towards the market.

These were people coming to stock up; they wanted to buy the products they needed as early as possible. If they were from Moscow or nearby cities, they would be able to return to their shops to open for business.

"There are a lot of people already, even at this hour!" exclaimed a boss.

This boss had never been here before. In his impression, Russia is a place where the land is vast but the population sparse, where he could drive hundreds of kilometers without seeing a single person.

Once he arrived at the Lyublino Large Market and saw how crowded it already was at just past six in the morning, he couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

"Haha, this is normal, after all, this is a wholesale market. But after two o’clock in the afternoon, there are significantly fewer people here." Zhang Guangming explained.

The coach did not stop outside the market, but drove directly to the management office inside the market.

The entire Lyublino Large Market is a huge integrated building, and the management office is not a separate building, but located at the southeastern corner of the market where there is relatively less footfall and hence quieter.

The sight of the management office took the Chinese business owners by surprise.

Because there were quite a few tall and burly security personnel in camouflage combat suits, cradling submachine guns in their arms.

They had never seen such a scene back in their home country. To be honest, most ordinary people in their home country might not see real guns even once in their lifetime!

Even the police in their country don’t carry guns when they’re on patrol, let alone submachine guns.

But here, just outside the management office of a wholesale market, the security measures were akin to those of a national treasury, which was pretty scary...

"Is... Is the public safety situation here so unruly that even security personnel need to be armed?" President Liu asked Zhang Guangming cautiously.

Zhang Guangming laughed and explained, "Don’t worry about that. Here, security companies are allowed to carry guns. By the way, you guys arrived at the hotel pretty late last night, so you might not have noticed it, but the security personnel at Xiao Ying Hotel are more numerous than here!

Also, the rent and other costs of the entire market here are paid in cash, and there’s quite a lot of cash in the management office. For security reasons, these security personnel are absolutely necessary."

This is actually a characteristic of the Russians.

Plus, there were indeed some chaotic events a few years ago, so you can see armed security personnel at financial institutions or more important units.

Not to forget that Wang Ye himself runs a security company, so when the New Sun Group needs security, they are "brother units", so they definitely need to consider their business.

Under the guidance of Zhang Guangming, the inspection group toured around Lyublino Large Market with great attention.

The market is indeed large; it took them more than two hours to go around.

But no one complained about being tired. After all, everyone knew that they had to be careful at this point. If they made any decisions without carefully inspecting the market, only they would regret it in the future.

After touring the market, they returned to the large meeting room in the management office for a discussion.

Zhang Guangming looked around the room with full confidence and asked with a grin, "So, how about it? Are everyone satisfied with the market after touring it? Although Lyublino Large Market is not as famous as Old ACT and New Sun, when it comes to infrastructure and location, it’s definitely the best among the three large markets. Its future development will only be better than those two markets, not worse."

He wasn’t just making things up; even within the New Sun Group, they have plans.

In the future, they plan to gradually move the strongest merchants and regular brands to Lyublino.

And both ACT and New Sun will retain smaller clients and lower-priced goods.