Chapter 158 New Trading Model
Switzerland, in an antique building by Lake Zurich, an international trading company named Romanov was quietly established here. Union Bank, Credit Suisse, and numerous private banks. Bayi Chinese?????≠=≥≠≈≤≈≤≠Many financial institutions have a history of nearly a hundred years, and among them Romanov is obviously an inconspicuous junior, but this junior has recently He didn't follow the rules, and unexpectedly hired experienced traders from major commodity trading companies around the world, especially wheat spot traders, with double the market price salary and high commissions higher than the industry average. All the trading companies in the country are itching to hate this humble junior who has just been established.
This company is Kalim's newly established commodity trading company, and the reason why he chose a place like Switzerland. That's because this is a permanent neutral country, and trade activities can be carried out freely without interference. Karim has just acquired Canada's largest integrated grain and oil company - Saskatchewan Wheat Consortium Group, which controls Canada's largest wheat growing area - most of the wheat acquisition, storage, storage, processing, and distribution processes. At the same time, Seryozha also established a similar trading company in Moscow, and the Romanov Company was the most critical node.
The ultimate goal of Seryozha is to sell Canadian wheat to the Soviet Union, but this business, which was very common more than ten years later, now seems like a fantasy. First of all, Canada and the Soviet Union belonged to different camps between East and West, and there were almost no international trade agreements between them. According to the current international trade rules, there is no way for Canada and the Soviet Union to carry out such a large-scale legal grain transaction. Even if it is possible, it will be operated by the Soviet state-owned Foreign Trade Bank, and it is simply out of Seryosha's turn. As for the foreign trade rights promised by Ryzhkov, the two of them are very clear to each other, and the scope of business is limited to Warsaw Pact countries, or non-aligned countries like Yugoslavia, or neutral countries like Switzerland, and others such as India. A class of countries. As for the United States, even if you want to trade with others, they may not agree.
However, after a series of political problems in Poland, the trade barrier between the two camps of the East and the West seems to have loosened a bit. As the Solidarity trade union movement intensified in Poland, the United States, and many countries in Western Europe, began to bet on them. Seryozha once represented an unknown donation to Solidarity. The change in the attitude of the Western camp gave Seryozha an opportunity to transport wheat to Poland without being obstructed by the Canadian government. Of course, this is not without risk. The Polish government may directly confiscate the flour as smuggled goods. But if there is Solidarity as the internal support, then everything will not be a problem.
Now the first shipment of flour from Canada is already at sea, and the negotiations between Yakov and Solidarity are gradually coming to an end. It is impossible for Solidarity to reject the plan proposed by Yakov, because the current shortage economy in Poland is getting worse, and the government and trade unions are fighting for more popular support. After all, whoever can provide bread will follow. Therefore, this batch of flour has more power than guns.
The final destination of the Canadian flour is the port of Gdansk in Poland on the Baltic coast. Gdansk used to be a city belonging to Germany and was formerly known as Danzig. Before World War II, this was a free city that was taken over by the League of Nations, but now it is the city with the most turbulent labor movement in Poland and the stronghold of the Solidarity trade union. It is the second largest political storm center in Poland after Warsaw.
The flour was nominally sold by the Saskatchewan Wheat Consortium to the Romanoff Company. At the same time, there is another batch of cotton that will be shipped from Uzbekistan in the Soviet Union to the Port of Gdansk. This batch of goods is exported to Poland by Seryozha's Moscow Trading Company through legal procedures.
The two batches of goods will be stored in the bonded area of the port, waiting for the next arrangement of the Romanov Trading Company.
As a Swiss company, Romanov does not have to abide by the trade ban issued by NATO countries. Two different commodities would be bartered directly in Poland without exchange for dollars, the Moscow trading company would get the flour it needed, and the Romanov trading company would take the cotton. During this process, the Solidarity union is responsible for protecting the safety of the goods, and they will get a part of the flour in return.
This process is completely a game between the companies controlled by Sergei Sha, and all members participating in this transaction can get what they want. Seryozha didn't need to use a penny of foreign exchange in the Soviet Union, nor did he need to use his overseas deposits to advance the transaction. The only flow of funds occurred between the United States and Switzerland, but according to Swiss law, neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could trace detailed transaction records, and Switzerland did not prohibit trade with the Soviet Union.
In this process, what Seryosha provided could be cotton, oil or other things. Seryosha's domestic customers who need money laundering can also participate through various channels, such as some bearer bonds of the National Residential Bank. This kind of thing is more hidden than cash, and it also has interest.
This set of careful plans was not conceived by Seryozha alone, and Karim played a very important role in it. During this period of time, she wandered between the nobles and the top wealthy class in Western Europe, and she also understood some business matters by her ears and eyes. In addition, Seryozha took some domestic foreign trade transactions from Sobchak's mouth. knowledge, finally nailed down this complex and vast plan.
The establishment of the Moscow Trading Company was in a hurry, and Seryozha sent his secretary, Nastia, to preside over the company's preparations and follow-up work, while another of his subordinates, General Goldman, was sent to the National Housing Company to be responsible for the establishment of the company. Engineering construction work. Now Seryozha's black business is even more hidden. Unless the United States and the Soviet Union jointly investigate, and Switzerland revises its own banking laws, no one can hold the handle in Seryozha's hands. Seryozha can finally hand over the work to his subordinates with ease and peace of mind, and he finally has the energy to think about what he is more interested in, which is to dig more Soviet black technology and go to Western countries to use this The country's huge scientific research strength is going to grab more wealth.