Sun Xianjin had left in a hurry. There were no direct flights from the capital to Soviet Russia, so he had to transfer through Japan to reach Moscow.
After the plane passed through Japan, Sun Xianjin was surprised to find that the vast majority of the passengers were Japanese, and dozens of them were clearly part of the same organized group.
Sun Xianjin recalled Li Ye's words: "When a whale falls, all things are nourished." He could not help but sigh inwardly.
When a colossal beast fell, everyone would feast their fill, then forge the jungle's order anew.
And in this new order that was about to be forged, what position would the Land of Flowers occupy?
The Japan Airlines plane was advanced, steady, and quiet. The flight attendants were gentle and considerate as well. Yet Sun Xianjin had not rested well throughout the journey; his mind was full of the unit leaders' words: "One hundred million U.S. dollars."
The Land of Flowers' foreign exchange reserves in 1992 stood at 19.4 billion U.S. dollars. A one-hundred-million-dollar project—who knew how many people would be watching it?
But before he left, the unit leaders had assured Sun Xianjin—if you secure it, you will be the one in charge.
So, if that one hundred million dollars was real, and if he, Sun Xianjin, could be responsible for putting this project into place, then the day the project was completed would be the day of his promotion. And that bold stroke on his résumé would shine brilliantly for the rest of his life.
Therefore, as soon as the plane landed in Moscow, Sun Xianjin impatiently rushed ahead, wishing he could see Li Ye and Jin Peng at once and ask them in person whether that one hundred million dollars was real.
But when Sun