Since Zhao Xia and Cao Haiyan have not had summer vacation yet and Qin Zi wants to take care of their children at home, this time Jing Jian went to Europe, it is a rare solo trip. It is actually not the most accurate to say that it is a solo person. Andrew and Irzyev are still guarding Jing Jian's side as bodyguards.

After arriving in Hamburg, he first visited Baron Jung and Hoffman, father and son. Not only did he visit politely, but he also had the consideration of strengthening cooperation. With the development in recent years, especially the support of companies such as White Lotus and Skeleton Sea, Jung Shipping not only turned losses into profits, but also prepared to expand a bulk terminal in Hamburg Port.

Jing Jian readily agreed to additional investment and still maintained a 5% stake in Jung Shipping. It basically did not affect the Jung family's absolute controlling stake in the dock, and also expressed supportive attitude, so the host and guests were happy and immediately signed a new cooperation agreement.

After Baron Jung's family dinner, Jing Jian and William returned to the hotel where he stayed.

"Sir, I have a question, why do we need to cooperate fully with Jung Shipping? We should introduce some other partners, which will benefit the company's development and better profits." William still seemed a little restrained in front of Jing Jian. However, he finally walked out of the "novice village" and was confident to make his own judgment.

"An employee who does not have the courage to make suggestions to his boss has no future." Jing Jian praised with a smile, and then explained, "William, I still need the Jung family's energy in Europe at present, at least a few years. During this period, I don't want to distract White Lotus."

Actually, William is right. In addition to a major partner, such shipping agents need to divide a share of 1 or 20% and introduce one or two shipping agents. This is actually the role of a "spare tire" to prevent risks and also the price reduction caused by competition. The role of a spare tire is not only known by men and women who are in love.

Seeing that William seemed to understand, Jing Jian asked with a smile: "How much is the monthly sales of White Lotus now?"

"It has been $14 million, and it is still increasing every month, and it should be more than 20 million by the end of the year. Among them, the ones in the west have basically stabilized, about tens of millions per month. In the east, the growth rate is very fast." William said this data. In these data, the products of Skeleton Sea are not included in the European manufacturer OEMs.

"What about profit?" Jing Jian continued to ask.

"So far this year, the profit is 270,000 US dollars." William was a little ashamed. Compared with the profit-making period of "nuclear radiation commodities", the profit of the Hamburg branch has plummeted. So William hurriedly explained, "Sir, as you told me, all accounts that cannot be transferred from Eastern Europe are exchanged for East Demark and are not included in the company's accounts. In fact, we have East Demark now more than 40 million."

"Well." Jing Jian nodded with a smile, "Did you read the news? Do you know what happened in Poland? We are businessmen and will not care about political changes. But seizing every opportunity of turbulence and striving to open up the market is the most urgently needed. So William, my expectation for you is that sales to Eastern Europe will increase by more than ten times in the next few years."

"How could this be true?"

"Maybe. I hope that like dominoes, the countries in the east will collapse one by one. However, even if we make a mistake, we did not lose money and made a profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars? As for East Demark...? Continue to exchange!"

"That……?"

"William, it's still early, let's have a cup of coffee and have a detailed chat."

At this time, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe had already become more and more turbulent. In the early 1980s, in order to get rid of economic difficulties, the Polish government greatly increased the prices of daily necessities such as meat, which triggered workers' strikes in many cities. The Solidarity Trade Union, led by Leh Walesa, was established, which was the first independent trade union in Eastern European countries. Subsequently, the Polish government declared that the country had entered a "wartime state" and banned the Solidarity Trade Union. However, although the situation stabilized, the economy did not improve at all, the situation continued to turmoil, and the prestige of the Polish Unified Workers' Party was greatly reduced.

Just when Jing Jian arrived in Europe this time, in May 1988, a large-scale labor tide broke out again in Poland, and this time it did not end so well. Then, after more than half a year of turmoil, the Polish government finally reached an agreement with the Solidarity Trade Union, and in the subsequent general election, the Solidarity Trade Union won, and the Polish Unified Workers' Party stepped down and disbanded. This was actually the beginning of the drastic changes in the Soviet Union.

Of course, at this moment, even the boldest prophets dare not imagine that the scale of the drastic changes in the Su-East East would be so large.

After entering the cafe at the bottom of the hotel and ordering coffee, Jing Jian smiled and said, "I need you to try your best to enter the market in the east and let go of your hands and feet. You don't have to force yourself to ask for hard currency or hard currency. As long as you can get something valuable, we need it. Even if they take out Sudong's currency, we want it! As usual, exchange it all for East Demark."

William was stunned. Actually, it is not a problem of sales. Since the Soviet-East market has suffered a serious economic difficulties, the demand for Western goods is a bottomless pit. It is just an old problem - no money! Without hard currencies such as the US dollar, who would have to ask for the waste paper issued by Eastern European countries? So Jing Jian opened the "East Demark" opening. It is conceivable how the sales will soar in the future?

"Sir, are you not afraid, will East Demark depreciate significantly?" William asked cautiously.

"In fact, it is divided into two aspects." Jing Jian explained, "The foundation of the Soviet-East market is actually the Economic Meeting, and the core is the Soviet Union's oil and other raw material economy. First of all, we need high-quality assets in the Eastern Soviet countries, which can be discussed later. Anyway, those high-quality assets sold at low prices are rare. Secondly, we need raw materials, a large number of raw materials, especially non-ferrous metals such as aluminum and copper. Of course, it is best to find a relationship. If we pay the price of scrap copper and rotten iron, it would be best."

"Ah? Will this happen?" William was surprised and thought to himself, no one would do such a loss-making business, right?

Jing Jian smiled: "Hope is so, just hope, and there is no need to force it." But he was also thinking in his heart that the unlimited limits of the officials of Sudong could be said to be beyond imagination.

"Uh-huh."

Jing Jian continued to explain: "It is a bit important to note here: the RMB in mainland China is not a hard currency, and the currencies of the Eastern Su countries are also not hard currency. The raw materials we take from Eastern Su to China are sold to China; then a large number of cheap daily necessities purchased from China and then to various countries in Eastern Su. In fact, this is a variant of barter trade."
Chapter completed!