Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 538 Oligarchs and Natural Gas
The Ice Bear originally had seven long-established oligarchs.

Entering the new century, four of them died one after another.

Today, only aerospace oligarch Brunovsky, oil industry oligarch Abramovich, and heavy oil industry oligarch Shamarov remain.

Minar, the banking and technology tycoon who invested in Eastern Internet, is just one of the new tycoons supported by the Ice Bear government. He is fundamentally different from the old tycoons who control the Ice Bear's politics, economy, and military.

Shamarov, who died in the plane crash, was one of the three remaining long-established oligarchs of the Ukrainian regime.

Its strength lies not in its apparent net worth of $260 billion, but in the resources it secretly controls.

During his time in Russia, he successively served as head of the Industrial Committee, head of the Parliamentary Committee, and deputy head of the Supreme Russian Chief Delegation.

If we were to rank them by their positions, even the leader of the Ice Bears would have to address him as "old leader," and by a significant difference in rank.

After the Soviet Union implemented shock therapy, Shamarov spearheaded state-owned enterprise reforms, installed his cronies in various places, and then, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, successfully controlled the Primorsky Krai, Amur Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Judah Oblast, and Yakut Federation. He also recruited a large number of KGB elites and indirectly controlled the Soviet Union's border defenses, 15 troops, and a large number of tanks.

He echoed the aerospace oligarch Brunovsky, who controlled Central and Western Siberia, and the oil industry oligarch Abramovich, who controlled Kamchatka, Chukotka, and Magadan.

This is the difference between oligarchs and capitalists.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the three brothers united, maintaining Moscow's rule over the federation and becoming the strongest supporters of the Soviet leader.

Therefore, they were never targeted by the leader of the Ice Bears.

However, in recent years, the international situation has changed dramatically, and the wavering of the leader of the Ice Bears has caused the aerospace oligarch Brunovsky to suffer repeated setbacks in the African S1 and S2 seasons. His position has now been replaced by the Ice Bears' C.

In order to survive, Brunovsky had to secretly sell aerospace technology to the three systems and transfer assets to Hong Kong through Far East trade.

This also led to the sanctions imposed on oil tycoon Abramovich in the Far East oil sector by the three systems, resulting in the bankruptcy of his oil exploration and refining companies and the loss of numerous orders from oil magnates, significantly diminishing his overall strength.

In order to survive, Abramovich had no choice but to acquire the English Chelsea team. Together with the Abu Dhabi consortium that acquired the English Manchester City team and the North American Judeo-Glazer family that acquired the English Manchester United team, they secretly transferred assets through matches, player transactions, betting, and other means.

The actions of these two individuals further aroused the suspicion and apprehension of the heavy industry oligarch, Shamarov, from the leader of the Ice Bear.

After all, as one of the three most senior oligarchs, if the other two have done it, and you are the strongest, you are most likely doing it too.

However, Shamarov's industries are heavy industries, which have no international advantage and are difficult to trade like crude oil and aerospace technology.

So Shamarov did nothing.

The sudden plane crash that struck Shamarov has not only shocked the other two oligarchs but also left global capital bewildered.

After all, no one believed that Shamarov would travel with not only his wife and three mistresses, but also his nine children and all the core executives of his company.

Therefore, it is highly likely that a powerful organization quietly captured Shamarov and his family and confidants, then put them on a flight and sent them away.

In Ice Bear, who else has such ability?

Ice Bear Leader?

What a joke! If he had that ability, he would have controlled the entire Ice Bear region long ago.

Ice Bear has C?

Currently, their overall strength is not as good as the Ice Bear leader, otherwise they would have already put their own people in the leader's position.

Ice Bear Mafia?
This is indeed possible.

As is widely known, the Ice Bear Blackhand was founded by George H.W. Bush twenty years ago with funding from the Freemasons. It has attracted a large number of Russian warriors, boasts tens of millions of members, and its influence extends across the globe.

Although he assassinated Yu Sanyuan (Old Chairman Yu) four years ago, he was nearly destroyed overnight by the angry fat man, who chopped up the former leader Vasily and fed him to the dogs, and crushed the backup leader Vasily to ashes.

But the third backup leader of the North American branch—Potato Digger… no, it’s Vatudou—unexpectedly received more sponsorship from federal capital after taking office.

After four years of recuperation, the strength of the Ice Bear Blackhand is no less than it was before they were attacked by the Black Fat Man.

Furthermore, it maintains close relationships with Bermuda pirate groups, Jamaican car theft gangs, Mexican mercenary groups, African savage tribes, as well as the CIA, MI6, the Five Eyes alliance, and Commissioner Smith, undertaking a large volume of maritime business worldwide.

Now that Russia has joined the WTO, Western capital is pouring into Russia. The first thing Western capital needs to do is to eliminate the Russian oligarchs.

Now that Shamarov is dead, it makes perfect sense.

As for why the Ice Bear Black Hand didn't take down the space oligarch Brunovsky and the oil oligarch Abramovich.

One brother transferred assets to Hong Kong, and the other to England. Once they completely flee, they will not only pose no threat to Western capital, but may even become an asset.

Therefore, apart from the instigator, the Ice Bear Communist Party, almost everyone suspects the Ice Bear Black Hand and the Western capital behind it.

However, the Ice Bear C faction was also a bit confused.

Am I really that strong?

They sent a few young people over, and they actually got it done!
But there's no time to think about this now; the immediate priority is to seize Shamarov's legacy and prevent other oligarchs from taking the opportunity to grow stronger.

Other forces vying for Shamarov's legacy include the leader of the Ice Bear, the two surviving veteran oligarchs of the Ice Bear, the newly emerging top ten oligarchs of the Ice Bear, Western capital pouring into the Ice Bear, and ruthless groups hoping to infiltrate the Ice Bear.

These factions, each pursuing their own interests, clashed violently on the night of Shamarov's plane crash.

According to information provided by Commissioner Smith, the leader of the Ice Bears has driven tanks into Mokos overnight to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control.

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Changqing High-speed Railway Station.

Yu Yang rested for the night at a nearby Sanyuan Pharmacy, then trudged through half a foot of snow to the station square and entered the waiting hall.

A new era, a new look.

The once low, crowded, old, and smelly train station has now been transformed into a bright, spacious, brand-new, modern digital hall with rest seats everywhere and a fresh air system running 24 hours a day, thanks to the three-dimensional steel structure technology.

There was no smell of urine, no smell of nicotine, no loud noise, and no sticky dampness.

Furthermore, inside the station, there are restaurants and convenience stores everywhere, and the prices of various goods are no different from those outside.

Yu Yang spent 5 yuan to buy a high-speed rail ticket and arrived at Dongshanfu West Bus Station in one hour.

"Too slow, which locomotive is it?"

The accompanying factory secretary said, "Dongshan Prefecture has no cooperation with Shili Camp. The EMU and ballastless track were both imported from Qingdao Sifang Locomotive. Sifang Locomotive did not obtain our authorization for the third-generation EMU and ballastless track. Dongshan Prefecture only introduced the second-generation on-site high-speed rail technology. There is no support from the Agriculture 3.0 big data system, let alone the AI ​​system. Even the planning is not linear. This has led to the scheduling and speed being far behind the third system."

"I heard that the cost is higher than our fourth generation?"

"2 million yuan per kilometer, which is 8000 million yuan more expensive per kilometer than our fourth-generation product's official price."

"80 million per kilometer, 90 kilometers, 72 billion, that's a small Dongyue-class 10,000-ton destroyer."

"After all, it's the administrative center of Dongshan, with many senior executives."

Yu Yang remained silent.

From the perspective of cost, anyone can see the clues, but it cannot be investigated. Whether it is the approval, construction, investment, allocation, or various expenditures, everything is definitely legal and compliant.

After a while.

Yu Yang, accompanied by his secretary Chang Fu and Chang Lu, arrived at the station square.

The blizzard had stopped, and many tents were set up side by side in the large open space.

The tent was painted with the logos of brands such as Golden Dragon Fish, Orchid Flower, and Fragrant Garden, and was filled inside and out with various cooking oils, seasonings, noodles, and flour.

As the Spring Festival approaches, Wilmar International, controlled by ADM, is holding a year-end promotion in the East under the name of Yihai Kerry. The intention is to take advantage of the Spring Festival in the East to expand the brand awareness of Yihai Kerry and lay the foundation for the battle for the grain and oil market in 06.

The promotion not only offered product discounts but also included a fun-filled challenge where participants were guaranteed to win various prizes.

Cars, refrigerators, color TVs, bicycles, down jackets, bedding sets…

So, the factory workers, who had been on annual leave for a month, all came to participate since they had nothing to do. When Yu Yang arrived at the event, he happened to see a farmer participating.

The other party, like an athlete, traversed mountains and rivers with superhuman speed and agility to reach the finish line, and then leisurely banged the gong to claim the prize.

The host, focused solely on hosting the program and unconcerned with promotions or brand building, excitedly asked during the interview, "Fellow villager, you seem to still have energy to spare. Why not go all out and break the record?"

"Leave a way out for others, so that you can meet again in the future. I always want to leave a chance for those who come after me."

"You're in such good physical condition, what kind of work did you do before?"

"I'm just a farmer, I know a little about farming."

After the interviews, several more farmers participated in the competition.

With the record-breaking grand prize gone, the group of brothers acted as if they were just sightseeing, only taking the ranking prize, and declared: "I'll be back tomorrow!"

The host was overjoyed, fearing that no one would participate and the show would become dull.

The Yihai Kerry city manager in charge of the Dongshanfu event had a dark expression on his face.

Because these people don't buy anything, they just participate, essentially getting the prizes for free.

Fortunately, a group of college students arrived and bought up all the blended oil under the guise of wholesaling it to the school cafeteria.

Yu Yang watched for a long time before leaving the station square.

In 06, Dongshan Prefecture was no different from a rural town.

Although the West Railway Station was developed to keep up with the times, the surrounding area was still mostly villages.

Even the city center district is made up of villages.

Yu Yang walked around and stopped frequently, eventually arriving at Runhua Auto City.

Runhua is a company in Dongshan Prefecture and has no connection with China Resources, one of the four major conglomerates in the East.

Originally a state-owned enterprise, it became a private enterprise after reform, and its business involves automobile sales, repair, and parts supply.

Recently, Runhua Group, located in Dongshan Prefecture, successfully secured a natural gas supply and demand contract in Dongshan Prefecture after winning the West Siberian natural gas business from Bingxiong.

Once the West-to-East Gas Pipeline project is completed, the company will become a natural gas supplier for central Shandong and the Jiaozhou Peninsula.

In order to carry out its business, Dongshan Runhua Group put out public tenders and recruited hundreds of construction teams to work overtime to lay natural gas pipelines in various new and old communities in Dongshan.

These construction teams were basically established by Fan Tao himself when he was promoting the development of the private economy.

Some groups have forty or fifty members, while others have over a hundred. Most of the members are migrant workers.

With the Spring Festival approaching, the construction team is still working hard and has not taken a break.

Yu Yang arrived at the main pipeline construction site in the suburbs and found the gatekeeper. "Hello, do you need anyone here?"

The elderly security guard woke up from his doze. "What did you say?"

Do you need anyone else here?

"I don't know, you'll have to ask the boss."

"Shall I go in and ask?"

"No, during the operation period, unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter."

"How can I ask your boss if I don't go in?"

"You make the call."

Do you have the number?

"No."

In the midst of a struggle.

A thin, slightly graying old man wearing a safety helmet walked over. "What are you doing here?"

"look for a job."

What are your skills?

"I am a college student, a graduate of an architecture university. I can do surveying, exploration, safety inspection, reading blueprints, laying mortar lines, planning drainage, designing water and electricity systems, and laying pipes... I can also operate excavators, tower cranes, bulldozers, and repair various motor equipment."

"???"

"real."

Are all college students these days this awesome?

"If you don't believe me, I can demonstrate for you."

The thin, graying old man clearly didn't believe Yu Yang's words and immediately led him into the construction site.

This is a substation for a natural gas supply transfer station. Together with the transfer station, monitoring station, substation, and transformer station, there are approximately eight construction sites, each with a construction area of ​​500 square meters.

Four foundations have just been completed, while the foundations for the other four are being dug.

The thin, slightly gray-haired old man pointed to the excavator weighing about 3 tons in the distance and said, "Don't underestimate the small excavator just because it's small in tonnage. It's more difficult to operate than a large excavator."

"I understand, it requires precision, not just random digging."

Yu Yang got on the truck, started it, and followed the gray lines on the ground, lowering the bucket, raising the boom, lifting the bucket, and rotating the boom repeatedly until he dug out a two-meter-long, strip-shaped box girder foundation.

The thin, slightly gray-haired old man gave a thumbs up, "With hands like yours, 10 yuan an hour."

"Is it that low?"

“I only charge 5 yuan for those from Lanxiang Technical School, unless they bring their own excavator and pay for their own fuel, then I charge by the day.”

"Uncle, actually I know a lot more."

“We don’t need to look at blueprints here, and we don’t need excavators. Bulldozers would pay even less.”

"Uncle, do you know as much as I do?"

"What do you mean?"

“I feel that I am more suited to be a contractor than you.”

"Hey kid, looking for trouble?"

"No, I'm here to seize the construction site."

As Yu Yang spoke, Chang Fu and Chang Lu, who were on standby at any time, along with three spearmen who were secretly protecting him, stormed into the construction site.

The migrant workers who were on good terms with the skinny old man initially intended to confront him, but upon seeing this, they all abandoned their thoughts and buried themselves in their work.

"Young man, my construction team is affiliated with Sanyuan Construction Group, and we are actually contracting business from Runhua."

"To be honest, I just want to experience life on a construction site and maybe be a foreman for fun. Of course, you can continue to be a foreman and handle the business, while I'll take care of things on the construction site."

"make a deal!"

"You've already given in?"

"I'm an old man, I'm afraid of getting beaten up."

(End of this chapter)