The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

? Of course Zhang Nan will not be an internet celebrity in the future, nor will he use these photos to promote it everywhere: he is now a billionaire, completely different from the people who need to hype himself, it’s just a feeling. It was really fun to meet Lao Pu by chance!

As for Lao Pu's visit to Berlin with his wife, it seems normal to Zhang Nan, because Lao Pu is also a person with a wife and children, and this will make the KGB's income high!

Just save money without traveling?

It's worth it!

Others don't know the income status of this mysterious KGB personnel, Zhang Nan knows it all!

According to the provisions of the Soviet Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Finance in 1985: Soviet KGB staff stationed in East Germany can receive two salaries. One is the official job salary (including basic salary and allowances), which is paid in rubles for domestic expenses in the Soviet Union.

The other is a foreign salary allowance paid in East Germany in equivalent marks. The amount is 249% of the domestic ruble salary, plus a monthly allowance of 85 East German marks.

In addition, if there are non-working family members, they can also enjoy a certain amount of subsidy: a monthly subsidy of 400 marks for one non-working family member, and 650 marks for two.

This is a very good income!

Some people say that in the later period of the Soviet Union, living supplies were in short supply and everything had to be lined up, but if you really understand the actual situation of Soviet prices, it is estimated that most people would like to live in the Soviet Union! It doesn't matter if you have to queue up, not to mention that the supply of materials for this meeting in 1987 is not particularly tight.

Because the cost of pork production in the Soviet Union around 1985 was about 3.25 rubles per kilogram, the retail price was about 1.85 to 2 rubles per kilogram!

From 1985 to 8-9, prices remained basically unchanged.

Yes, the retail price is lower than the cost!

Because the Soviet Union has a lot of price subsidies, the buying power of the ruble is extremely strong, although this will require queuing to buy.

The basic salary of a Soviet lieutenant colonel in 1985 was about 250 rubles, and there was a job allowance equivalent to 20% of the basic salary, totaling 300 rubles.

The monthly income of this club should be 300 rubles of domestic salary, 85 marks of food allowance, 747 rubles of overseas allowance, and two non-working children allowance of 650 marks (the exchange rate of rubles and East German marks in 87 will be approximately 1:2 or so), a total of 1415 rubles.

This is a high income in the Soviet Union, and the monthly salary of a Soviet minister at that time was only 900 rubles. Old Pu's income was more than the apparent income of a minister!

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At 9:30 a.m. on September 8, an Airbus a320 medium-sized passenger plane took off from West Berlin Airport.

The three of Zhang Nan finally checked their belongings last night and sent all the photos taken in the previous period to New York, eliminating all potential factors that may cause problems.

There are about 150 seats on the plane, but it’s not full at all, only half the people at most. There are still two Asian faces. They speak Russian. Zhang Nan knows that they should be from the Soviet Union: a country with more than one hundred ethnic groups, it is not surprising that there are any faces.

There is no minor in the passenger composition. From this point, you can discover the particularity of the passengers!

After getting on the plane, Xiang Weirong said to Zhang Nan: "There are probably more than ten special characters among the seventy people, and all spies have gathered together for a meeting!"

Of course, even the top spies cannot be seen by their peers, but some people who do this kind of work are actually semi-public, so they are relatively easy to recognize.

The entire voyage was about two hours, and there were not many people chatting in the cabin. Among the people who listened, most spoke Russian, and many of them spoke German.

When the plane landed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, the three took their suitcases to the customs checkpoint.

The uniforms of customs officers in the Soviet Union are similar to military uniforms, and the inspections are also very careful: even the back cover of the camera must be opened for inspection.

Because of the thorough procedures, the customs did not embarrass this strange combination, and it went smoothly.

However, the passage through the customs reminded Zhang Nan of a scene in the movie "Firefox": Clint Eastwood, an American pilot who entered the Soviet Union as a businessman, entered the Soviet Union as a businessman. Customs officers checked his carry-on luggage and turned out a The semiconductor radio comes.

"Do you still want to use this to listen to your ridiculous programs when we are here?"-These are the words of the customs officer.

The radio in the plot seems to have something special in it, but the inspector in the movie didn't see it, and in the end it was given back to the "fake businessman" played by Eastwood.

Yesterday Zhang Nan wanted to build a radio to try this section to see if the Soviet customs would embarrass himself.

However, the film was shot by the Americans, and I would never say anything good about the Soviets, so forget it after thinking about it.

After leaving the airport customs and changing the ruble at a special window, you have to plan to go to Moscow city.

There are more than 20 kilometers from here to Moscow, and you have to take a taxi.

"Brother Guan, let's go to the taxi stand later. When you find a parked car, don't ask where you can go first. Just sit in and talk about it!"

"Why?"

Zhang Nan smiled and said, "Because I don't want you to think about killing!"

Now Xiaguan Xingquan and Xiang Weirong are feeling strange, how can they get in touch with the murder in a car?

"The taxi drivers in Moscow are actually public servants of the state. Normally, there is no big difference between running more and less. If you ask him outside the car, some may not pay attention to you at all. Ask whatever you want! If you say too much, you will even curse. In particular, it is said that the attitude towards Huaxia people is very unfriendly. There is no way. The sequelae of propaganda for more than two decades is difficult to correct, and it will be difficult to listen to curse!

This is one of the reasons. It is said that people in different countries have a different set of cursing methods. Many people have suffered this loss!

It is hard for Zhang Nan to imagine, if there is an old man who dares to scold Guan, and the words are still awkward, what will happen in the end!

"But as long as we sit in without saying hello, it's different. Because we became passengers at that time, the driver was obliged to get into work immediately, and their attitudes would become completely different at this time."

Very weird, isn't it?

This is the Soviet Union.

Sure enough, at the taxi stand, I saw all the passengers getting into the car without saying a word, and none of them asked questions first.

The three Zhang Nan also sat in and talked about it!

"Go to the Moscow Hotel on Manesh Square." As soon as he got in the car and sat down, Guan Xingquan said briefly to the driver.

The driver put away the newspaper he was reading just now, glanced at the three Asian passengers, and set off by pressing the taximeter.

Moscow in the 1980s was actually similar to East Berlin, but more prosperous. And it's still early September, although the weather is already cool, but it's still not cold, and it's one of the most suitable seasons to come here.

There are many cars and trams on the street, and the Soviets look very confident! Zhang Nan really saw the last glory of this red empire with his own eyes!

I remember returning from a business trip in my previous life, my colleague said to myself: "The Soviet Union was gone yesterday!"

It's hard to describe the taste of that moment!

"The Soviet Union is gone? Why is it gone?" This was probably how many Chinese people felt at that time.

Can't tell the taste of the unknown, the taste of that moment Zhang Nan remembers the whole life!

The people who can stay in the Moscow Hotel on Manesh Square are not simple, either a high-ranking Soviet official or a rich guy, the driver did not ask questions.

That hotel was the first large-scale hotel in the Soviet Union. It was built in the late 1930s, and its design is very different from other general hotels: its left and right sides are asymmetrical!

It looks weird.

Legend has it that the final design of the hotel was personally approved by Stalin: the designer originally provided Stalin with two different facade designs, the drawings were separated by a line, and the two sides were different renderings.

Stalin agreed, but his signature was actually on this line!

That would be the era of suppression of counter-revolutionaries, and no one would dare to ask Stalin's specific opinions! So the architect used the two designs on the same building.

Just like this building in front of Zhang Nan's eyes: the style on the right side is relatively simple, while the left side has a variety of decorative elements. The two sides are completely asymmetrical and weird!

No reservation, luck is good, Zhang Nan still needs the three suites, but the price is very high: it is estimated that the prices for domestic and foreign tourists are different.

Zhang Nan has stayed in a room for ten thousand dollars a day, so he doesn't care.

Check in. When I walked into the room, I saw that it was very luxurious and full of the splendid taste of important Russian architecture.

However, not long after Zhang Nan entered the room and was still storing his luggage, Xiang Weirong and Guan Xingquan rushed to find him.

"Don't talk nonsense inside, listen in."

Pulling Zhang Nan out of the room, Xiang Weirong reminded him in the aisle.

He was worried about Zhang Nan talking nonsense when he called, because as the best hotel in the Soviet Union, international long-distance calls can still be made, at least through the United States.

"Is there a camera?" Zhang Nan asked: I don't want to take pictures of myself taking a shower.

"I haven't found it yet, but it's absolutely true that the phone is monitored. There is also a monitoring microphone in the chandelier. Later, Xingquan and I will check it out in your room."

After the explanation, the three returned to Zhang Nan's room, and finally found six hidden microphones in the entire suite. It really made people wonder what to say!

There is no way. There are three people and two nationalities. Needless to say, the United States needless to say. In the past few years, the relationship between the Soviet Union and China was strained to death!

Think about the Soviet-made Makarov micro-sonic pistol that Guan Xingquan took out in Shanghai at the beginning~www.readwn.com~, but it is the equipment of the Soviet special forces, it can't be given to Comrade Lao Guan at all. What a friendly gift!

Such a trio went to the best Moscow hotel in the whole Soviet Union. The staff wouldn't arrange such a special room for you to be called a ghost!

"Forget it, don't change the hotel. I guess the KGB will have to keep up with the change, so I'll report the family's peace."

It is estimated that the phone has also been tapped, and the phone call is simple and clear. After the fight, Nicole and the others are still sleeping: "Honey, we just arrived in Moscow..."

I didn’t say much on the other end, only that the express arrived, and didn’t say any secrets—I reminded you that all calls from the Soviet Union to the United States might be tapped, and vice versa.

As for Huaxia, Nicole will contact to report safety.

After the phone call and looking at the chandelier with a bug above his head, Zhang Nan said to himself in dialect: "I am not a spy, can I be guilty of giving me such a high treatment?" (To be continued.)