Chapter 419 2 Mao in Trouble

At the same time that the research and development of the turbofan 10 project led by Chang Haonan was in full swing.

In the Ivchenko-Progress Design Bureau located in Zaporozhye, a "unique" ceremony is taking place.

Pay wages.

Although it sounds very ordinary, for the employees of this old design bureau, the last time they were paid a real "salary" is indeed a long time ago.

"Everyone lines up in three teams according to their positions. Engineers are on the far left, operators are in the middle, and logistics staff are on the far right. Take your work certificates and ID cards. Everyone in the design bureau has them. Don't mess around..."

Two employees from the finance department held loudspeakers in their hands and shouted at the top of their lungs to maintain order in the huge workshop.

Although this design bureau completed its privatization and restructuring a few years ago, its name has not changed, so everyone habitually continues to use the previous name.

Except that the once prosperous factories, schools and streets have become depressed and deserted, and almost everyone has no enough to eat, nothing seems to have changed much from ten years ago.

Fortunately, queuing is something that old Soviets are familiar with.

Besides, after the alliance disintegrated, they haven’t even had a team to line up for a long time——

In the past, I had money in my pocket but couldn't buy anything, but now I don't even have any money in my pocket.

It's a problem for everyone to eat, so there is no shortage of goods.

At least there is no shortage on the shelves.

So everyone has no complaints about being able to experience the feeling of queuing again, or even queuing to receive wages.

The crowd quickly divided into three lines as instructed and lined up quietly waiting to be handed out money.

"Uncle Ivanov, have you heard anything?"

A young man in the middle queue looked left and right, and then whispered to the gray-haired old man in front of him:

"How come the bureau suddenly has money to pay wages? Did it receive any new orders?"

China's basic industrial system is inherited from the Soviet Union. Therefore, the Ivchenko-Progressive Design Bureau is similar to the 606 Institute. It is a relatively simple design unit. The products designed by it will be handed over to another factory under the same system - usually It is the Motor Sich Manufacturing Factory that is responsible for production.

Now after the completion of corporatization, the two have even been merged directly into the same group in name.

However, they all have considerable independent authority in terms of operations.

Theoretically speaking, with what Ermao is still holding in his hands, even if he sells off his assets, his life will not be so miserable.

However, after 1991, compared to San Mao, who almost continued the alliance system, and Da Mao, who had a large business and at least maintained the most basic order of production and life, the situation on Er Mao's side can be described as a complete collapse.

The collapse is such that even if these privatized companies want to sell Soviet heritage like Sukhoi or Ilyushin, they don’t know what they can sell.

And the inheritance in their hands is indeed a bit embarrassing.

In most cases, what Da Mao needs to resume production is to check for deficiencies and fill in the gaps, while Er Mao optimistically says that it is Nuwa who can mend the sky.

In other words, although many key links in the industrial chain are on the latter side, if you really want to create the most downstream and most profitable "products", you can almost only go back and compete with the already divided ones. The eldest brother who has lived at home is connected.

However, now the eldest brother seems to have found a new love from the south, and his attention to the second brother has become less and less...

Therefore, being able to pay wages is both a surprise and an surprise for the employees of Ivchenko-Progressive Design Bureau.

And like this young man, a quick-thinking person who has not experienced life in the league for too long has realized from these years of troubled life that opportunities cannot come by just waiting. You have to find a way to do it yourself. Just grasp it.

To seize opportunities, the most important thing is of course information.

The old man named Ivanov turned around and looked behind him. He quickly recognized the young man's identity and couldn't help but show a slightly surprised expression:

"Oh, it turns out to be little Sashurya. I thought you had left with Aleonushka and the others."

Unlike these old people who have feelings for the design bureau, many young people choose to leave the factory and find another way to make a living after experiencing a life without wages for several years. Some people choose to go abroad through various channels, while others choose to engage in other Work or just join the gang.

"No, Uncle Ivanov, I am different from Alyona and the others. The Design Bureau raised me and I will not leave here."

Alexander Chulsky shook his head and replied righteously:

"Besides, as I grow up, I can't do anything else except carpentry. Even if I go out, I may not be able to find any job. I might as well stick with you."

Hearing the other party's words, Ivanov's eyes were even more moved:

"Okay, but the bureau didn't receive any new orders. I heard that they cooperated with Tupolev and exported the technical data of the D334 engine along with the Tu436 passenger plane in exchange for a large sum of money. "

As a senior engineer in the design bureau, Ivanov is naturally much better informed than a small ordinary carpenter.

While chatting along the way, two people had already taken their turn in the queue to receive the money.

For engineers, the fee is US$40 plus 600 hryvnia per person, and for ordinary employees, it is US$20 plus 400 hryvnia per person.

"Why are they mostly hryvnias?"

Ivanov complained to the financial staff in front of him with some dissatisfaction:

"Chinese people will never pay in our currency. What they give must be US dollars."

The hryvnia was a currency issued by Ermao in 1996 to replace the Kubon bonds that were issued in 1991 but were almost useless paper at that time.

Although inflation has not been too serious in the past year, the experience of the past few years still makes everyone uneasy about the new currency.

In such an environment, the U.S. dollar is naturally the well-deserved hard currency.

"How much and how the money will be paid are all determined by the above. Mr. Ivanov, we are only responsible for the operation. I haven't received enough money myself..."

The person being asked also had an angry look on his face.

It is naturally impossible for the Chinese to pay hryvnia. They will either barter or pay US dollars.

The financial employees sitting here distributing money have the same standard as the "logistics staff" in the row on the far right, which is 10 US dollars and 300 hryvnia.

This amount of money is barely enough for one person, but it still cannot guarantee enough food for a family of four or five.

Apparently, someone poured a hand in the middle.

However, for Chulsky, who had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry, it was quite satisfying to receive a salary with US dollars in it.

And he was concerned about something else now.

Chulsky was indeed an orphan raised in an orphanage affiliated with the Design Bureau, but this was only the least important reason why he chose to stay in the Design Bureau.

There is indeed a local smuggler responsible for smuggling people. It is said that they have a way to take people to France or the United States, and promise to help people who have passed by find a job.

But being naturally calm, he did not sell off his little property in exchange for travel expenses when his brain got hot. Instead, he first spent about a year and a half learning English.

Although he is not fluent enough, he can at least speak a few words without making his eyes black.

And he also took advantage of this period of time to carefully observe the operating modes of those snakeheads.

It turned out that most of the targets that the other party finally sent away were young and beautiful girls.

Among them is Alyona Melnikova, whom Ivanov just mentioned.

Then the so-called "a job" seems more suspicious.

After all, most serious industries seem to need more young and powerful men.

More importantly, although he is just a carpenter responsible for making wooden models, Chulsky's intuition tells him that the design bureau he works for should be a real gold mine, but he has not yet found the right way to dig it. .

And everything that happened today undoubtedly verified his guess.

Although each person can only receive hard currency ranging from 10 to 40 US dollars, considering that the entire design bureau still has thousands of employees, the total amount is quite large.

"Uncle Ivanov, I will invite you to eat at Aunt Bestemianova's restaurant outside at noon, but you have to tell me what happened recently and what happened to those Chinese people you just mentioned. .”

Zulsky pulled Ivanov out of the crowd and said to the latter.

"This……"

Ivanov hesitated.

After all, things are not easy for everyone these days. The price of a meal at a restaurant outside is often enough to cover two to three days of food expenses.

"I don't have any other family members to support, so I can save enough money for two months."

"Okay, but it has to be vodka."

In the end, he couldn't resist the temptation of good food (and wine).

"certainly……"

People's names in Russian or similar languages ​​have a very complex nickname system. There may be more than a dozen names used to refer to the same person. Sashulia is one of Alexander/Alexandra's nicknames. Compared with the commonly used ones Sasha needs to be closer