Red Moscow

Although Victoria repeatedly told Sokov not to worry and just wait for the police's news. But among the missing people, there are several friends of Sokov, so it is impossible not to worry.

After arriving at the market, Sokov put his mobile phone on the table and turned up the ringtone volume to the maximum, so that as long as there is a call, he can hear it at the first time, so as not to miss an important call.

The pony opposite may be too bored and came to the store to chat with Sokov, but Lena, who was instructed in advance, sent him away on the grounds that Sokov had important things to do. After sending him away three or four times in a row, Lena was a little impatient and ran to the back room to say to Sokov: "Misha, the young man opposite is here again. I sent him away several times, but he still doesn't know how to be aware of it. It's so annoying."

Sokof couldn't help but smile bitterly. After yesterday's scene, he realized that the other party might be an ungrateful wolf, so it was safest to keep a distance from him.

Seeing Sokov's eyes, Lena kept glancing at the phone on the table, and asked with concern: "By the way, did the police call?"

"No, so far, no call."

"Do you think the people trapped underground are Baharov and his friends?"

"It's hard to say." Although the police heard the sound from the ground, it is still unknown whether the people trapped below are Khabarov and his friends. Therefore, facing Lena's question, Sokov could only say in an uncertain tone: "At present, we only know that someone is trapped underground, but who is trapped? So far, no one knows. After all, no one has X-ray eyes and can see the situation underground clearly."

"I hope it's them." Lena sighed and said: "I think Baharov is a good person. He has helped you a lot in the past few years. If something really happens, you will lose a real good friend."

Sokov agreed with Lena's statement. Since he met Khabarov, he has indeed helped him a lot and solved some problems that he could not solve with his own identity. That's why he was so worried when Khabarov disappeared.

As the two chatted, the phone on the table rang.

Hearing the ringing, Lena seemed very excited: "Misha, is it a call from the police station?"

After seeing the caller ID, Sokov shook his head slowly and said, "It's a call from the owner of the goods."

He answered the phone and said politely, "Hello, Sister Gao! Why did you think of calling me today?"

"Xiao Lin, are you in the store?"

"Yes!" Sokov knew very well that if there was nothing important, Sister Gao, who supplied him with goods, would not call him easily, so he asked tentatively, "What do you want?"

"Xiao Lin, it's like this, I called I will go back to China tomorrow." Sister Gao said, "There are still some goods left in the store. Can I leave them with you first? I will pick them up when I come here in August?" Perhaps worried that Sokov would not agree, she also added, "If these goods can be sold, they will be sold. If they cannot be sold, they will be kept with you."

The off-season for fur sales usually faces two problems: one is that there are few customers entering the store to buy goods; the other is that there is a serious shortage of goods. The manufacturer stops production before New Year's Day every year and has to wait until June of the following year to start production. For as long as half a year, almost all fur stores will have insufficient supply and serious clothing shortages. Now Sister Gao wants to hand over all the goods in her store to herself, which is equivalent to helping herself replenish the supply. There is no reason not to agree to such a timely help.

"No problem." Sokov said with a smile: "I'm in the store, you can send the goods over."

Although Lena didn't understand what Sokov said on the phone, she knew there was good news when she saw the other party smiling, so she asked quickly: "Misha, is there any good news?"

"Yes." Sokov nodded and said to Lena: "A manufacturer is going back to her country and plans to put her remaining goods in my store and take them away when she comes in August."

"Great, this is really great." Hearing this news, Lena was overjoyed: "With this batch of goods, our store will not be so empty. You see, there are only more than 100 pieces of clothing in a store of nearly 100 square meters. It looks sparse. Some customers walked in and saw that there were too few clothes and turned around and left. By the way, how many clothes does she have?"

"Oh, I'm not sure about this, there should be quite a lot."

Half an hour later, Sister Gao appeared at the door of the store with a porter pulling a trailer. After greeting Sokov, he asked him to move several woven bags from the trailer into the store one by one. Looking at the bulging woven bags, Sokov knew that Sister Gao had sent quite a lot of goods.

After the movers moved all the goods into the store, Sokov paid the freight and sent them away, then looked at Sister Gao and asked, "Sister, how many goods are there here?"

"A total of 85 pieces." Sister Gao said, "All high-end goods made of imported leather."

Sokov called Lena over, took out the clothes in the bag, hung them on the rack one by one, and prepared to count and hand over.

When all the clothes were hung up, Sokov couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He thought it would be great if the other party could give him twenty or thirty items, but he didn't expect that there were more than eighty items, and they were basically made of sapphire blue, The high-end products are mainly in champagne, yellow, camel, and coffee colors. I can't help but say with emotion: "Sister, I really didn't expect that you still have so many good products in the store."

"All the goods in my store have been sold out a few days ago." Sister Gao said, "I took this back from Lao Maozi's store." Seeing Sokov's confused look, she continued, "I have to go back to China for two months. If I leave it with them, I won't feel at ease. It's better to leave it to me and I won't feel at ease."

Seeing that the furs that had just been taken out of the woven bags were a little deformed due to squeezing, Anna quickly pulled out the clothes ironing machine from the back room and prepared to iron the furs again.

Sokov and Sister Gao each took out their account books and went to the back room to do the handover work.

When he saw the price of the clothes, Sokov couldn't help but be secretly surprised. The cheapest one was three thousand US dollars, and the expensive one was close to five thousand US dollars. He couldn't help but murmur to himself, how could it be sold at such a high price? Need to go out?

Sister Gao saw Sokov's worry and comforted him and said: "Xiao Lin, it's expensive for a reason. These are high-end goods I gave you. I would sell them for 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars each in the store." If you really can’t sell it, it doesn’t matter, just put it there as a sample.”

After sending Sister Gao away, Liena came over to ask about the price. After hearing the cost price clearly, she couldn't help but gasped: "Oh my god, how can we sell it at such a high price?"

Sokov thought for a while and then said to Lena: "Don't you know two store owners? Ask them if they are going to hang some good products in the store to increase their appearance."

"I'll call Zhenya now and ask." Lena took out her cell phone and said, "I'll ask him if he wants the goods."

While Lena was on the phone, the pony from across the door ran over again, licking his face and asked Sokov: "Brother, where did you get this stuff from? It looks like a lot."

"Yeah." Sokov said perfunctorily: "A cargo owner sent it here."

"Brother, see if you can introduce me to your cargo owner." When Xiao Ma said this, he turned and glanced at the empty shop opposite, and continued: "I am helping my uncle now. But it won’t be long before I go out on my own and get to know some cargo owners in advance, so I can be prepared.”

Sister Gao's furs are mainly mid-to-high-end, and she has even registered a trademark. It was through many relationships that Sokov got to know her and started buying goods from her. Although the prices of her products are more expensive than those offered by other cargo owners, they can often be sold at a good price due to their novel and unique styles. Sokov was trying every means to maintain such a high-quality cargo owner, for fear of being pried away by his counterpart. It's really whimsical for a kid like Xiao Ma who doesn't understand anything to want to make friends with each other when they meet.

But due to Lao Wu's face, Sokov couldn't say harsh words to Xiao Ma. Otherwise, if he instigated a few words in front of Lao Wu, he and Lao Wu might turn against each other. He said casually: "This is A domestic manufacturer has her own sales window in Moscow. Now she is going back to China, and I will help with some of the remaining goods. After she leaves this time, she may not come back again, so even if I introduce you, It’s of no use.”

After hearing Sokov's words, Xiao Ma couldn't say anything else and left the store in disbelief.

After making the call, Lena said to Sokov: "Misha, I just asked Zhenya. He said that he is going to Sochi for vacation next month and the store is going to be closed for a month, so he doesn't need to get it from us for the time being. Consignment goods.”

"Then you ask another shop to see if they want the goods."

While Lina was still on the phone, Lao Wu came to his store and asked Xiao Ma casually: "Is there any business today?"

"No." Xiao Ma shook his head and said, "Not a single customer."

"Oh." Lao Wu said as usual while making coffee: "It's the off-season now. It's normal to have no business. Only if you can endure loneliness can you have a chance to make money."

"Uncle," Xiao Ma pouted towards Sokov's store and said to Lao Wu: "The store opposite just brought in a batch of clothes, there are dozens of pieces. I just asked the elder brother to introduce me Even though I know the owner of the goods, he refuses.”

Hearing what his nephew said, Lao Wu stared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Weigh yourself when you have nothing to do. Not only do you know whether you have gained weight or lost weight, you also know how much you weigh and how much you weigh in the hearts of others." You have only been in Moscow for a few days, and you are not even familiar with Xiao Lin, so you rashly went to find someone to introduce you to the owner of the goods. In the eyes of others, your behavior is ignorant and will only make people hate you. ?”

Xiao Ma, who was criticized by his uncle, lowered his head and replied in an inaudible voice: "I know."

Lao Wu stood in front of his store and looked into Sokov's store. Sure enough, he saw a lot of colorful minks on the shelves, so he strolled over. However, when he reached the door of the store, he instinctively stopped and shouted inside: "Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin, are you in there?"

Sokov, who was sorting out the account books in the room, heard someone calling him outside. He quickly responded, ran out of the back room quickly, and greeted Lao Wu who was standing at the door of the store: "It's Lao Wu who's here, hurry up." Please come in."

"No, no." Lao Wu has been in Moscow for so many years, so he naturally understands many taboos in the fur industry. For example, when new goods arrive in a store, you cannot just go in and check them out, otherwise you will be suspected of piracy. He waved his hands and said, "I'll just stop at the door."

It is an unwritten rule for fur merchants in Moscow to buy new goods into the store and not allow colleagues to enter the store casually. This is to prevent others from coming in and seeing your new styles, and then contacting the country when you return to conduct research on this new style. Imitation. There have been many similar lessons in the past, so even friends who are relatively familiar with each other will consciously abide by this rule.

Seeing that Lao Wu didn't come in, Sokov walked out of the store and said with a smile: "Lao Wu, you are quite free now. You don't come here until noon every day. I really envy you."

"Hey, there's no way." Lao Wu shook his head and said: "Now we have entered the off-season. Coming early or coming late is the same concept, and basically we can't open anything. Although we know that we can't get rid of the fate of losing money in the off-season, we still can't. I dare to close the store and return to China. If I do this, when I come here at the end of August, I am afraid that I will not be able to find the current store, and I will have to sublet it from others at a high price, and I will spend more money."

The two were standing at the door talking. Lena, who was ironing clothes with a clothes iron, suddenly shouted to Sokov: "Misha, phone. I heard your phone ringing."

As soon as he heard the phone ringing, Sokov quickly stopped talking with Lao Wu, rushed directly into the back room, and grabbed the mobile phone on the table.

The caller ID was from Victoria. Sokov answered the call with slightly trembling hands and asked nervously: "Hey, Vika, is there any latest news?"

"I just received a call from the lieutenant. He said that their bureau has found several members of the geological survey team and are looking for the location of the trapped people inside Hoflin Hospital." Victoria said on the phone: "If everything goes well , members of the geological exploration team will dig at six o'clock."

Sokov took the phone away from his ear, looked at the time on it, and said in surprise: "What, we have to wait until six o'clock. Doesn't that mean we have to wait four hours? I'm worried that the people trapped underground won't be able to support it. Such a long time.”

"There is no way." Victoria said helplessly: "The geological exploration team was invited from other cities. It took them more than four hours just to come here. But I think they understand the truth that human life is at stake. When they find the Once the accurate location is determined, rescue will be carried out as quickly as possible.”

Sokov expressed doubts about Victoria's statement. In a place where large-scale excavation machinery cannot be used, it is no small project to rescue people trapped underground. Even if dozens of people carry out rescue operations at the same time, getting in touch with the people underground will not happen overnight. They are afraid that by the time the ground is dug, all the people trapped inside will have died due to lack of water and food.