We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Vladivostok, also known as Vladivostok.

The central square of Vladivostok is the city center of this important Far Eastern city and polar bear military town.

There are huge building complexes nearby, including the government offices of Vladivostok and the entire Primorsky Krai.

"Vladimir, welcome, welcome. I'm hosting a cocktail party tonight and I'll introduce you to people from all walks of life in Vladivostok and its surrounding areas."

At the Primorsky Krai Committee Building, the newly appointed Secretary of the Primorsky Krai welcomed a visit from guests.

"Then I'm going to have a good drink tonight, but I don't know if the wine is good or not."

"Haha, don't worry, the drinks are provided by Ivankov, and he will come in the evening to congratulate you on your taking office."

"Then I would like to thank Lieutenant General Xie Bulie."

Shebrey Nozhilov has the rank of lieutenant general, and the most important thing is the troops he leads, the famous Polar Bear Pacific Fleet.

"We are all one family. There is no need to thank or not thank anyone. If you have any difficulties here, you can speak up. We have the final say in the Far East."

They are a family. Ever since the emperor agreed to cooperate, they have, to some extent, become a community of interests.

The person who brought this community of interests together was actually a businessman, Ivankov.

“Why has our country become like this?

I know you want to change this situation, and so do I.

But before we have enough power, we must choose to go along with them.

The Far East is very poor, but it definitely has huge potential for development."

Recalling Ivankov's words that touched his heart, the emperor didn't know whether he was happy or sad about his current position.

What made him happy was that he was promoted, and was promoted several levels at a time, which brought him one step closer to his goal.

Secretary of the Primorsky Territory Committee, Minister of Construction of the Russian Far East and Trans-Baikal Region.

The former meant that he became the nominal highest administrative chief of the Primorsky Krai, and the latter was even more powerful. It could be said that the construction of the entire Far East and Trans-Baikal region was under his control.

The minister, even though he is a minister that no one in the upper class cares about, he is still one of the 72 ministers of the Polar Bear, and he has truly stepped into the decision-making level.

He should be delighted to get this official position, but it also shows that the image of a polar bear in his mind has been shattered.

This was a minister and the highest commander of a border region, but he was taken down so easily, or rather, he was taken down with Ivankov's money.

Standing in front of the office window, looking outside at the land that would be ruled by him in the future, the emperor's expression suddenly became firm.

"Although I don't know who you are, if you dare to have any improper thoughts about this land, I will never let you go."

……

At four o'clock in the afternoon, in a villa area on the outskirts of Vladivostok, where Shebuli's villa is located.

Not only him, but all the powerful people in Vladivostok live here. This is one of the privileges.

Don’t think these villas of four or five hundred square meters are luxurious. Compared with Moscow, they are like slums.

Comrade Lao Ye once said in his autobiography that when he was transferred to Moscow in 1985, he was shocked when he saw the villa assigned to him.

“I don’t know how many rooms there are, I haven’t counted them.

I only knew that the dining table was ten meters long and the kitchen was as big as a food processing factory, and I had never been to many places when I left."

"Hey, Vladimir, you're the only one missing, everyone else is here."

As soon as Vladimir's car stopped, Sheble came out to greet him.

Even though he was one of the local emperors in the Far East, he still had some intention of trying to please the boy in front of him who was a youngster to him.

Because he knew that this boy was the representative chosen by their team. If that day really came, his family would still have to rely on his support.

"Thank you for coming out to pick me up in person. Are the others here?"

The "others" here are not the guests at tonight's banquet, but the top decision-makers in the entire Far East region. It is no exaggeration to say that they control the fate of the Far East region.

This is the purpose of today's banquet. They are going to hold a small meeting here, led by their link Ivankov.

"You're the only one missing, let's go in."

When I arrived at the living room, there were already several people sitting inside, smoking and chatting happily.

On the table were authentic Cuban cigars, alongside Latour red wine, Spanish ham and other ingredients. The scene did not resemble the current economic downturn of the polar bears at all.

"Ha, congratulations Vladimir, you're the only one missing."

The head of the KGB in the Far East and his former subordinate, Andrei Virginia Malozov.

Mikil Ivan Novakov, a close confidant of the highest commander of the Far Eastern Military District.

Mikhail Mirovich Madrov, Chief of Staff of the Far Eastern Military District.

Together with himself, Ivankov and Shebulei next to him, they formed the real power masters in the Far East.

After watching Vladimir greet everyone and sit down, Ivankov, who had called everyone to a meeting, put the wine glass on the table.

When the others saw this, they knew the main topic had come and stopped talking, all turning their eyes to him.

"Today's meeting has two points, which is to set up factories and crack down on smuggling."

Seeing everyone frowning, Ivankov explained it to them in detail.

“It’s needless to say that we need to set up a factory. Now Vladimir is the Minister of Construction of the Far East and Trans-Baikal Region. He manages a large amount of funds. As for how and where to use the money, it is up to him to decide.

We will use this money to build our factory when the time is right..."

“Ivankov, I don’t quite understand why we need to build new factories.

Even if it is true as you said, we can take over the current factory at that time, which will save a lot of trouble and effort. In my opinion, this money is a pure waste."

Some people refuted Ivankov's decision. As for what Ivankov said, the polar bears would disband and embark on the capitalist road.

When this matter was first mentioned, no one believed it, but now, more and more people have confirmed Ivankov's idea.

They had no choice but to believe it, because the privileged and corrupt classes in Moscow were pushing it forward, including them at the scene.

Since you, Comrade Qiao Fu, want to carry out major reforms and touch everyone's cake, then you should transform the power and money brought by the existing official positions into private property, that is, embark on the capitalist road.

"Mikkiel, the factories I'm talking about are not just the existing factories like the lumberyards in the Far East, but high-tech factories.

Such as chips, machine tools, and other semiconductor-related industries."

At this point Ivankov paused, glanced at everyone and said, "I also got the technology of Toshiba CNC machine tools."

Silence, the entire hall was deserted.

"Ivankov, what does the person behind you want to do? We still don't know who the person behind you is, which is unfair to us."

Not to mention high-end chips, now Ivankov has even obtained the technology of Toshiba CNC machine tools, which shows that the power behind him is so great that people cannot help but be wary.

You have to know that the Toshiba incident was caused by them, the polar bears. If they could get the technology, would they still need to buy it?

But now Ivankov has got such an important thing, and they really want to know who is the force behind him.

Toshiba's technology is certainly good, but it is not to the point where they have to ignore it, because Polar Bear's machine tool capabilities are not bad either.

Because of the Toshiba incident, everyone is talking about how great Toshiba's CNC machine tools are, but this is just to attract attention.

Even the United States did not seem to attach much importance to Toshiba's technology. It was just used as a fuse for the attack. Otherwise, Luo Nianzhong would not have been able to get it.

Another point is that before Toshiba CNC machine tools, Polar Bear had introduced machine tools from Sweden's Sajow, France's Reine, West Germany's Delij, Italy's Nocenti, and Britain's KTM.

Coincidentally, Toshiba's machine tools and Reene's machine tools were used for propeller processing in the same factory of Polar Bear. Toshiba's machine tools were purchased from Kongsberg Maritime in Norway.

What happened in the end? Wasn't Toshiba the only company sanctioned?

Don’t think that Toshiba’s CNC machine tools are so powerful, and don’t be naive to think that polar bears cannot build high-end machine tools.

There are many types of machine tools, and even after forty years, no country has been able to master all of them. It can be said that every country has strengths and weaknesses.

For example, the machine tool used by Polar Bear to produce the Tu-160 bomber weighs 700 tons, has a bed length of 40 meters, and is equipped with a double movable gantry.

This machine tool can simultaneously process and assemble the wings and fuselage of the Tu-160, which has attracted the attention of many Western countries.

For example, the special heavy-duty lathe made by Polar Bear in 1970 was the most advanced machine tool at that time.

This machine tool is mainly used for hot processing and finishing of large rotors of turbines in thermal power plants and nuclear power plants.

In 1970, the island country also purchased a complex large-scale special vertical lathe manufactured by the Polar Bear Kolomna Heavy Machine Tool Plant. When Luo Nianzhong came here, this machine tool was still in use at Kobe Steel.

It is also because Polar Bear has such a foundation and talents that Luo Nianzhong brought the technology obtained from Toshiba here for research.

By then, the Heilongjiang Province area connected to this side will be the base for the Luo family to deploy machine tools.

He is not afraid that the machine tool company will not be able to develop in the future due to lack of orders, as both the Far East and Rabbit are the largest customers.

“In five years, at most five years, you will be able to meet the boss behind me.

There is one thing you should be clear about. No matter what you suspect, at least what I or my boss do is good for our country and you, right? At least that's the case now."

Luo Nianzhong also knew that it was impossible to let Ivankov take the lead alone. It was okay in the Far East now, but if he really entered the Moscow circle, why would others trust him 100%.

So Luo Nianzhong asked Liang Yong to convey the message that he could meet with them after 1991, and only then did Ivankov make the five-year agreement.

When everyone heard Ivankov's words, they looked at each other, and finally the emperor spoke first.

"I have no objection. I agree with Ivankov's last sentence."

When the others heard the emperor's words, they all nodded, but in the end, Mikhail changed the subject.

"Ivankov, based on our cooperation over the past few years, we believe in you. Now let's talk about the second point."

"What was Vladivostok's import and export trade volume last year?"

Vladimir knew that Ivankov was asking him, so he answered frankly, "950 million US dollars."

Ivankov nodded, satisfied with the answer.

"Do you know how much money is smuggled in Vladivostok every year?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. It was definitely smuggling, and they were the vested interests here and the biggest protector.

"Although my data may not be accurate, it is most likely that the amount of smuggling in Vladivostok is at least over 15 million US dollars a year."

"Bang." A loud slapping sound was heard on the table.

"I'm going to shoot all these bastards."

The voice came from Xie Bulie. Without his nod, these smuggling ships wanted to go to sea? Not to say that there was no hope at all, but there were also many difficulties.

Obviously, Xie Bulie felt that he received too little filial respect. It cannot be said that he received too little, but rather that he was being played as a fool.

"Thank you, would you mind telling us how much money you can make from this in a year?"

Shebulie looked at Ivankov unhappily, snorted and said indifferently, "One hundred thousand dollars a year, and the bulk of it still comes from you."

This is why Shebley glared at Ivankov, which made Ivankov burst into laughter.

How did Ivankov get his data? Liang Yong gave it to him.

The Far Eastern Bank behind Liang Yong was able to estimate this data because Ivankov was the largest smuggler, with an annual smuggling amount of more than 5 million US dollars.

“Don’t be angry, smuggling also has costs.

Except for you, who among the people here doesn't want to be smoothed over?"

Seeing that Shebulie and the others looked much better, Ivankov continued.

"But now it's different, because Vladimir has obtained the right to raise funds on his own, which means that we can export goods in large quantities openly."

"You mean we do business together and export timber, fish and other products?"

Everyone was happy to make a lot of money together, but Ivankov shook his head.

"No, I don't plan to take you into these businesses, or you can only be a small shareholder here."

Several people frowned as they listened, and they all knew that Ivankov had not finished speaking.

Regarding Ivankov's action of raising the red wine to toast everyone, Shebuli suppressed his curiosity, drank the red wine in the glass, and then asked anxiously.

"Ivankov, there's no need to beat around the bush between us, let's just be straightforward."

"I said, these businesses are legitimate, otherwise where would Vladivostok's finances come from? Where would the money for building the Primorsky Krai come from?

Don't just focus on import and export trade. When that time really comes, will the current state-owned enterprises in the surrounding areas still have orders?

Workers who want to eat flock to Primorsky Krai because there is a lot of work for them.

By then, these people will need houses, food, shelter, and transportation, right? Electricity and gas, which one can't make money?

As long as we can find a way to expand our population, we will have an endless supply of business and endless money to make."

Everyone was attracted by the future described by Ivankov, except the Emperor.

Ivankov looked at him and raised his eyebrows. "As for you, Vladimir, when the time comes, you can use the achievements of the Primorsky Krai to demand the establishment of the Far Eastern Federal District, and take the opportunity to control the economic development of the entire Far East.

The economy of the Far East has been effective, and when you take that step in the election, all you have to do is raise your arm.

A large number of people who hope that the economy will improve will vote for you with great anticipation."