Chapter 23 Bank of Columbia
It was not until half a month after Sergey Sha was appointed as the assistant minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation that he stepped into the office of his new unit for the first time. On the first day when he came to the new unit, Seryozha would of course go to pay a visit to the pier. He asked Nastia to prepare some high-end cigarettes and alcohol for him as a gift. A copy was sent to each of the officials above the deputy ministerial level, including his immediate boss, Minister Zhuravlev. Taking this opportunity, Seryozha also had some brief contacts with them. Generally speaking, the feeling this time is much more pleasant than when I came to the Moscow Youth League Committee as the deputy secretary last time.
During the conversation with Minister Zhuravlev, Seriosha revealed that he hoped to promote automobiles as a key commodity abroad, so as to win more agricultural products and foreign exchange income for the country. Minister Zhuravlev didn't say anything at the time, but in his speech, he vaguely reminded Seryozha that the economies of all countries in the world are currently in recession, so don't set the goal too high, so as not to put too much pressure on yourself. Seryozha could hear Minister Zhuravlev's good intentions, he didn't refute his face, and reminded himself not to be greedy for success, although Seryozha didn't say much, but he was still grateful in his heart of.
On the way back to the office, Seryozha took the opportunity to use the public phone in the office building to call Churbanov, whom he had not seen for a long time. Let him quietly find an anti-tapping expert to check his office carefully. After all, many things will be discussed here in the future, and it will be dangerous if they are monitored by the KGB. On the phone, Churbanov asked Sergey to find a place to get together at night. Speaking of which, Sergey and Churbanov hadn’t met for more than half a year. Last year, Churbanov was arrested Andropov was targeted, and ended up being relegated and retained. Originally, Andropov still wanted to pursue it. As a result, after his sudden death, Chernenko asked the investigation department to suspend the case. Now Churbanov is waiting for when the news will pass. General Secretary Chernenko is restoring him to his previous position. Woolen cloth.
Seryozha naturally agreed, but he didn't want to be too ostentatious, so he specially chose an inconspicuous bar in Workers' New City as the meeting place. The two made an appointment on the phone to meet in the evening. After hanging up the phone, Seryozha left the unit. He was going to consult Sobchak about some business matters.
Sergey's full-time driver drove Sergey to the headquarters of the National Housing Bank. Seryozha told the driver to go home directly. He walked into the headquarters building of the National Housing Bank and took the elevator directly to Sobchak's office on the top floor.
Seryozha just opened the door and saw Sobchak having a meeting with his subordinates in the office, so Seryozha said sorry and left the room quickly. He waited at the door for a while, and Sobchak also came out, and said to Seryozha: "Give me five minutes, and I will come to you after I finish what I have to do. Go and sit in the next room!"
Seryozha nodded, and went into the next room by himself. Five minutes later, Sobchak came in. He smiled and said to Sergei Sha, "Why did you come running over without even saying hello? I was not prepared at all!"
"Hi! Why do you say hello when you're so close? Recently, I have an idea that I want you to help the staff, and I may need to recruit some people from you after a while!" Sergey Sha waited until the other party sat down. , said unhurriedly.
"Is there any good way to make money?" Sobchak asked curiously.
"I want to acquire a Colombian bank and focus on the consumer credit business. Help us export industrial products such as automobiles to Latin America!" Seryozha whispered.
"Acquisition of a bank? Does the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation mean?" Sobchak asked a little strangely.
"No! It's my own funds!" Xie Liaosha replied calmly.
"How do you have so much money?" Sobchak almost jumped up in surprise.
"Do you still remember my friend Grigory? He helped me make my first pot of gold,
The money has been floating abroad for so many years, I am lucky! Now it has doubled I don't know how many times! I paid for the start-up capital of Workers' New Village at the beginning, and I have not recovered this part of the capital until now! "Seryozha half-truthfully said that Sobchak is now half of himself, and he is familiar with the economy, the law, and the successful experience of managing large commercial banks. He is a rare management talent. But After all, he is a professor of economic law, and some things still cannot be fully told to him.
"It's incredible, tell me! Which bank do you want to buy? Do you have a target?" Sobchak didn't continue to ask about Seryozha's property, partly because of Sobchak's personal accomplishment He is not allowed to keep asking such questions face to face. Another reason is that Seryozha was kind to Sobchak. Because of Seryozha, Sobchak transformed from a university professor into the president of the country's largest housing loan bank.
"The Bank of Colombia, founded in 1945, is headquartered in Medellin. It is now one of the companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. I want to privatize this bank. Here are some information. Please help me to look at it!" Serio After finishing speaking, Sha took out a thick document from his briefcase and handed it to Sobchak.
"When do you plan to act?" Sobchak asked while flipping through the documents.
"There is no specific time, you can save it and watch it slowly!" After finishing speaking, Seryozha was about to get up and leave. He would go to see Churbanov at night, so he couldn't be empty-handed. He wanted to go to the appearance store to see if there were any luxury brand watches imported from Switzerland. It could be a gift for Churbanov! In addition, Seriosha has to communicate with Yuri and let him do the work of Pablo Escobar, the boss of the Medellin Group. Let him provide the necessary support for himself.
Seryozha's acquisition of the Colombian bank was not a financial investment, but to straighten out his business network on the American continent. Seryozha intends to export Soviet cars to the Colombian region, and then borrow the Colombian bank to carry out the car consumer loan business. In this way, the illegal funds of the Medellin Group can be dealt with cleanly in Colombia. This matter is very important to the Soviet Union. The export of automobiles is beneficial to the capital turnover of the Medellin Group, and even more beneficial to its own profits. It can be said that it is a plan that kills multiple birds with one stone. If this plan can be realized, Seryozha can greatly reduce the cost of money laundering, and the operation method will be safer, more concealed, and more technical.