Chapter 19

Popov quietly sat in the back seat of his luxury imported Mercedes Benz, looking at his address book page by page. Although he has gone through this period of time countless times recently, Popov still hopes to find the missing. It is recorded in the address book that numerous officials in Gorky city have more or less accepted Popov's advantages. Some of them have become close to Popov and made a fortune in the black market. Some of them just accepted Popov's kindness and helped him a little. No matter which one of them, Popov's status today is absolutely inseparable from the help of these officials. Popov and these officials depend on each other. Officials give Popov a green light for his business, while Popov provides them with everything they need, money, beautiful women, legal status abroad, and expenses for their children to study abroad. In the final analysis, all this comes from the power in the hands of the officials. Otherwise, how can a gangster leader of a smuggling group take root in Gorky and grow healthily. But the recent explosion changed everything, and the officials refused to give a green light to Popov's business. A familiar official told Popov that someone had already targeted him, that is, Chernenko, the new deputy director of the Interior Department of Gorky automobile factory. He climbed to the position of deputy director in half a year like a rocket. Naturally, the background is very deep. These stupid and greedy bureaucrats regard Popov as their boss when they are good, and leave Popov behind when they are not. They don't want to think about how they can satisfy these corrupt bureaucrats if they don't do more business and earn more money.

Recently, Popov lost the goods of the Italians because of the explosion in the warehouse. The goods of the Italians are only the first transaction between Popov and the Italians. If it goes well, there will be a second transaction and a third transaction. As a result, something like this will happen. This made Popov lose a fortune for no reason, so Popov decided to pay for this batch of goods for his reputation. The goods came from the mountains of distant Southeast Asian countries, and then they were transported to Pakistan by sea, and then they were smuggled to Afghanistan. The brave red army of the Soviet Union is fighting for Peter the Great's will and the Soviet dream of having a sea port in the Indian Ocean. So the officials of Gorky can reach out to that barren country, and Popov can use their influence to smuggle the goods back to the Soviet Union, and then just find a way to transport them to the Democratic Republic of Germany, The governments of those Eastern European countries are puppets of the Soviet Union. Of course, they will not offend an official from the red empire.

Another thing that bothered Popov was the dirty, bloody, disgusting email. No one wants to see two bloody fingers at breakfast. Although Popov is a big brother of the underworld, he never does it himself. He works with his brain. After so many years of ups and downs, Popov has experienced all kinds of tribulations and has been living a precarious life in Auschwitz concentration camp since he was a child. Later, although they came to the Soviet Union, the Slavs were the masters of the land. The Jewish identity made it difficult for the Popov family to integrate into the mainstream class of the red empire. However, relying on their own talents, the Popov family has survived the war and the purge, and gradually thrived. So people like Popov would never be frightened by two fingers. What worries him is that he doesn't know who his opponent is. The ghost hiding in the dark stares at himself, and then sees the chance to give himself a fatal blow. Popov would never allow this to happen. Therefore, he has increased the number of his bodyguards these days, and he will never go out alone. Now he has two cars following him.

Popov dropped his address book on his seat and rubbed his sore eyes. It's really bad to look at things in the car. Popov looked out of the window. The rolling Volga River flows by his side, and the beautiful sunset is reflected on the sparkling river. It's so beautiful. Popov just looks at the beautiful scenery in front of him and remembers some things in his mind. He thinks of his father, the stubborn Jewish old man, the prisoner who can always find food in the cruel concentration camp, The man who brought the Popov family step by step from the abyss to the present great man. He was always so nice to himself that even in Auschwitz, he could eat cream cake. Time with his father is always so happy, Popov's face involuntarily revealed a smile. He remembered how Popov and his son founded their own business when they first came to Golgi. They defeated countless competitors and became the only king here.

The car stopped slowly, and the traffic lights stopped Popov's motorcade. Popov was a little bored, so he took out a bottle of good wine from the wine cabinet of the car, poured himself a cup, sipped it gently, then took out a bottle of caviar, filled it with a spoon made of shell, and spread it evenly on a small salt free biscuit, A mouthful into the mouth, the mouth is full of breath from the sea, Popov can feel the fish seeds in the mouth of the feeling of rupture. Just as Popov was enjoying this precious delicacy, a loud roar of machines came from outside the car. Popov turned to see a heavy bulldozer parked next to his Mercedes. The bulldozer was covered with soil and rust. Popov frowned and said nothing.

The traffic lights turned green at last, Popov's motorcade started slowly, and the bulldozer seemed to be on the same road with them, also following them. The car drove a few hundred meters ahead, there was another red light, and the motorcade stopped again. Suddenly, a huge roar of machines and a few loud noises shocked Popov who was tasting wine. The bulldozer crashed into the last car full of bodyguards. With its huge shovel, the bulldozer lifted the car and threw it into the Volga River.

Great panic fell on Popov. He knew that the ghost was looking for him. He ordered the driver to leave quickly. The driver started the car in a hurry, but accidentally made a mistake and hit the side of the road. The bodyguard of the car in front of him got out of the car, took out his pistol and shot at the bulldozer crazily, but he couldn't hurt the driver inside the bulldozer. The bulldozer didn't take care of the bodyguards. It rushed directly into Popov's car. The bulldozer's bucket teeth shoved into Popov's car, and then the other side of the car hit the riverbank on the side of the road, and the door couldn't be opened. Popov can feel the car being slowly lifted up, Popov's body bumping in the air, although he took two cars of bodyguards, but can't deal with the steel giant, the Benz was thrown into the rolling Volga River.