Byshev, a military and industrial town on the Volga River Basin of the Soviet Union, where the Samara River merges into the quiet and open Volga River, the confluence of the two rivers brings abundant water to this area. Based on this, The Soviet government built a large-scale hydropower station on the river channel in the outer suburbs of Kuibyshev City, and constructed the largest reservoir in the Soviet Union, the Kuibyshev Reservoir.

To talk about the existence of the city of Kuibyshev, it has a history of more than 400 years. As early as the fourteenth century, in order to resist the invasion of nomads, and at the same time protect from Kazan to Astrakhan For the safety of waterway transportation along the Volga River, the first Tsar Ivan IV in Russian history ordered the construction of the earliest Kuibyshev city (Samara). However, in the following hundreds of years, due to the step-by-step expansion of Tsarist Russia, the military importance of Samara City was gradually weakened. By the time of World War II, with the rapid advance of the German army on the eastern front, some enterprises in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities were evacuated to Kuibyshev, and by the end of 1941, the Kremlin had even more important government departments and diplomatic missions. The capital was moved here. Therefore, Kuibyshev at that time could definitely be called the capital of the rear of the Soviet Union, and the real rise of this city started from that period.

Of course, Guo Shouyun, a businessman, is not very interested in the history of the city of Kuibyshev. What he is interested in is the large hospital that is about to fall into his hands. After the acquisition, he will be among the ranks of industrial businessmen. In order to make a living on Lao Maozi's site, a businessman like him, Guo Shouyun, who is not very clean, must be careful everywhere and be on guard at all times. Before the danger does not appear, it is the most necessary to do all kinds of preventive work.

A businessman wants to avoid political risk as much as possible. Guo Shouyun believes that at least four points should be paid attention to: a clear direction, a strong industry, sufficient prestige and a huge network of interests. Among these four points, there is no need to mention the clear direction. If an official and businessman cannot see the general trend, and does not understand what it means to be aware of current affairs, what kind of confusion will there be? As for the powerful industry, it is a kind of capital in itself, and it is directly related to the status of businessmen in this country, so it is also indispensable. Guo Shouyun can be said to be well-capitalized now, in the entire Far East. He is the No. 1 wealthy merchant of the Son of Heaven, so he wants to move from pure trade to finance and industry. In Guo Shouyun's view, as a businessman, if there is no solid industrial foundation. Then it cannot establish enough prestige in this society, at least, it cannot form enough influence among the people. Compared with a pure trading company or a financial company. Industrial companies need to recruit a large number of employees and are highly dependent on regions. In this way, they can solve some employment problems in a certain area to a certain extent, and promote the development of the local economy. Obviously, it is precisely because of such factors that the interests of industrial businessmen are often implicated in the interests of all aspects of a region, and when this network of interests develops to a certain extent, even the power class has to deal with this type of businessman. Start. It also needs to be carefully considered, after all, it will touch the interests of many people.

Guo Shouyun is very courageous, but he is also very cautious. In every step of the process, he tried his best to expand his network of interests. Do everything possible to pull more people into his economic chariot. Now, he has come to Kuibyshev, which can be said to be the hinterland of the Soviet Union, and Guo Shouyun's first step towards industry will start from here.

After arriving in Kuibyshev, Guo Shouyun and Yakov chose the Victory Red Star Hotel in the city center as their accommodation. This hotel is the most luxurious and high-end state-run hotel in Kuibyshev City. According to Yakov, Now that everyone is rich, it is natural to choose the best place to live. Of course, in addition to enjoyment, Yakov chose this hotel for another reason, that is, several of his club members will also come from Moscow on the same day, facing these already swaying Man, it's obviously very necessary to be ostentatious.

Just like that, Guo Shouyun followed Yakov and his entourage, and moved into the Victory Red Star Hotel in the center of Kuibyshev, and the room they booked was still the fifth on the top floor of the hotel. luxury suite.

This group of people had just stayed in the hotel, and Yakov, who couldn't hold back his excitement, threw Guo Shouyun in the hotel impatiently and left on his own. According to him, that was the current Gubi. Shev is very lively. On the one hand, it is because it is officially the peak tourist season in the Volga River Basin. Officials who are eligible to enjoy government recuperation allowances are now

Looking for a place to travel and vacation, and Kuibyshev is a good one. The news that the Second National Special Hospital is about to start an auction seems to have spread, and those with strength and ambition are estimated to have rushed to Gubyshev. Byshev. So at this juncture, Yakov wants to go out to inquire about the news.

After sending Yakov away, Guo Shouyun originally planned to take this opportunity to go out for a walk. After all, it was also the first time for him to come to Kuibyshev. Being able to take this opportunity to appreciate the scenery along the Volga River is another gain of this trip. . However, Guo Shouyun's travel plan was eventually rejected by himself, because he was exhausted from rushing for five consecutive days and nights. After fighting with the Sandman, he was forced to replace the travel with boring sleep. plan of.

At night, Guo Shouyun woke up with a violent shaking. He opened his eyes in a daze, and suddenly there was a serious Yakov, sitting beside his bed without saying a word. Then I guessed that Yakov must have got some good news.

"What's the matter, bro," Guo Shouyun casually wiped his face, got up from the bed, and asked casually, "Why does it look like it's going to eat people? Who offended you?"

"Eating people? I want to kill now!" Yakov frowned. "Do you know what news I got this afternoon?"

"It doesn't look like good news," Guo Shouyun said absentmindedly, putting a blanket over Victor beside him, smiling.

"Of course it's not good news!" Yakov gave his prospective brother-in-law an angry look, and Yakov stood up from the bed, "***, something went wrong with our auction plan, someone in Moscow is prying at my corner!"

"Oh, what's going on? Let's hear it." Guo Shouyun didn't care about joking anymore, he climbed down from the bed, pulled on his slippers, reached out and patted Yakov's shoulder, and said.

"I can't tell for a while," Yakov waved his hand and said distractedly, "Let's go, let's go out and find a place to eat something and talk while we eat."

Guo Shouyun looked back at Victor. The little girl was sleeping and was dying, and she probably won't be able to wake up for a while. So he nodded to Yakov, and the two walked out the door one after the other.

In the restaurant of the Victory Red Star Hotel, the two found a remote corner to sit down, and asked for a few more meals delivered by the restaurant, and Yakov said: "Brother, you know this man Smolensky. ?"

"Smolensky?" Guo Shouyun's eyelids jumped, how could he not know this person, one of Russia's seven famous oligarchs, the president of Russia's "Dubai Savings Bank", during the "decade of turmoil" in Russia, he Let alone Russia's name, it is almost universally known even in the world. But facing Yakov, Guo Shouyun didn't say these things. He pretended to be confused and said, "What does he do?"

"A tyrant," Yakov said with contempt, "and he's a guy who has a few stinky money in his hand, and doesn't know how high the sky is."

"Oh?" Guo Shouyun was quite amused, "tyrant"? If this tyrant can be violent to the level of Smolensky, it is probably not easy. "Why, is the person who digs your corner you said just now, is this Smolensky?"

Nodding his head slightly, Yakov angrily said the news he had just obtained this afternoon.

As a high-ranking official of the Security Committee, coupled with his father being the head of a bureau at the headquarters, Yakov could easily get news of his interest from the Kuibyshev Security Committee department. Just this afternoon, he got the news that there was a change in the auction plan of the Kuibyshev Second National Hospital, which was originally scheduled to be "internally digested". Bank” people bought it, and as a result, the auction plan originally arranged by Yakov appeared empty, and Smolensky, as a strong competitor, suddenly entered the auction plan.

To be honest, although in Yakov's eyes, Smolensky is a downright tycoon, he has to admit that this tyrant is very powerful. After all, his "Dubai Savings Bank" is one of the best in the Soviet Union. As a private commercial bank, Guo Shouyun is obviously far from others if it is solely based on financial resources. It is conceivable that if such a powerful banker is involved in the auction plan, it will be unknown whether Guo Shouyun can win the competition.