Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

In the next two days, Wang Ye and everyone were busy going through various procedures.

I went to the bank to pay for renewal fees, medical insurance, accommodation fees, etc., and got familiar with the surroundings of the school.

In fact, he doesn't need it, because he is too familiar with this place!

Exit the gate of the dormitory area and walk about 500 meters north along the street. There is a large supermarket. If you need to buy anything, just come here.

Of course, items in such large supermarkets are relatively expensive. If you want to get cheaper, you need to take the bus two stops south along the street to get to the subway station, where there is a quite large market.

Just like domestic markets, there are small vendors, and things there are cheaper.

Having just arrived abroad, everyone was new to everything. A few people formed a team and, under the leadership of the enthusiastic squad leader Zhou Yuan, ran around to see the surrounding area.

Wang Ye also followed everyone and did not show anything strange.

But on the afternoon of January 4th, he took the time to leave the dormitory alone and planned to go to a supermarket to buy something.

This highlights his advantage of being good at Russian. Other students from the same batch would not have dared to go shopping alone.

Because of the language barrier, if something happens, I will be numb and unable to communicate with others.

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Walk north along Mikluha Street.

It’s snowing again today, or it’s been snowing for the past few days!

Goose-feather snowflakes slowly fell from the gray sky, and the snow on the roadside had reached Wang Ye's waist.

The snow on the sidewalk was compacted, making it a bit slippery to walk on.

Wang Ye wrapped his down coat tightly, wrapped his ears and face with a woolen scarf, wore a thick, fluffy cotton hat on his head, and put on a pair of leather gloves with fur inside. He was fully armed. !

This kind of dress is also the standard "equipment" for going out here...

After all, the weather is more than 20 degrees below zero. If you don't wear this, you can really freeze to death. It's no joke.

There are not many pedestrians on the road. Occasionally I meet one, and they basically look like students. They should also be students of Youda University.

Cars drive very fast on the street, and from time to time you can see someone standing on the side of the road, stretching out a hand and giving a thumbs up.

This is taking a taxi.

There are very few taxis here in Moscow, and you can almost only see regular taxis at the airport or in front of high-end hotels.

Usually when taking a taxi, everyone stands on the roadside like this, extending a hand and giving a thumbs up to indicate that they need to take a taxi.

Soon a bus will stop and the driver will open the window and ask you where you want to go. If you are on the way, he will give you a ride.

Of course, it's usually not free. As for how much it costs, just discuss it directly...

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When I arrived at the entrance of the supermarket, I rubbed the snow on my soles on the snow removal mat at the door, opened the cotton curtain and walked in.

This supermarket is quite large and has everything you need, but the prices are a bit expensive.

Wang Ye came here to buy a mobile phone.

Ordinarily, he does not need a mobile phone now, and the price of a mobile phone is not cheap, so he cannot afford it.

But Wang Ye must spend this money, because his "money-making plan" is about to start, and the mobile phone is a necessary work tool!

Other students may buy mobile phones to show off or to communicate with their families.

But when Wang Ye buys a mobile phone, it is an investment and is used to make money!

Opposite the supermarket cashier, there is a row of shops, one of which is a mobile phone store.

Not only sells various mobile phones, but also handles phone numbers.

Wang Ye was familiar with the road and walked straight into the store.

An aunty salesperson inside looked up at him and said nothing.

Speaking of which, this foreigner is not good at doing business, and at least his service attitude is completely unqualified. Wang Ye, who has lived here for many years, is deeply aware of this.

Whether you are going to buy groceries, or go to a high-end restaurant or luxury store, the salesperson always has the same moral character and an expression of whether he wants to buy something or not.

This is not only true for foreigners like Wang Ye, but also for their own people...

Wang Ye didn't pay much attention and walked into the glass counter on his own and picked up his mobile phone.

It’s easy for him to buy a mobile phone, as long as it’s durable and durable!

As for the price, of course the cheaper the better. Although he wanted to buy a phone that cost seven to eight hundred or even thousands of dollars, his wallet didn't allow it.

After just a few glances, Wang Ye chose his phone, Nokia 3310!

This phone is very classic, it’s cheap, it’s not ugly in appearance, it doesn’t have a short antenna like other phones, and it has a round, compact body.

Now is the time when Nokia is at its most glorious, so there is no need to worry about the quality of mobile phones.

All the jokes about "smashing walnuts" and "throwing mobile phones on the tenth floor" were all about Nokia phones!

"Please get me a mobile phone, just this one, and another phone number, just MEKAFON." Wang Ye said to the salesperson with a smile.

The salesperson Auntie got up lazily, walked over to take a look, opened the counter, and found an unopened Nokia 3310 mobile phone from underneath.

Obviously, this phone should be relatively popular.

He took out a phone card that looked like a small envelope and said, "Fill out the form and take out your passport."

When applying for a mobile phone number here, you need to register your identity.

Wang Ye skillfully filled out the registration form, then took out his passport and handed it to the salesperson.

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Nokia 3310 is a very cheap mobile phone.

Buying a mobile phone and applying for a card cost him a little over three hundred dollars in total.

Wang Ye came here this time with a total of 7,000 US dollars. Because he came late and was studying in the accelerated preparatory class, he did not plan to go back this summer.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that round-trip air tickets are too expensive...

When he returns to China, he will have to wait until summer vacation next year, which will be a year and a half later.

So his family brought him this year's preparatory tuition, next year's tuition, and one and a half years' living expenses all at once.

These days, it is very troublesome to send money here from home.

Due to domestic foreign exchange controls and cumbersome international remittance procedures, everyone prefers to bring cash.

A small part of this money was exchanged at the bank with Wang Ye's visa. The official exchange rate was about 8.7 to one.

But it can only be exchanged for two thousand US dollars a year, which is not enough.

So the remaining five thousand US dollars were exchanged by my father on the "black market". The exchange rate was very high, one to ten!

The preparatory fee is about US$1,800, and the renewal fee for the first year of college is about US$2,220. This part is US$4,000.

The remaining three thousand US dollars will be Wang Ye's living expenses for the next year and a half, including the round-trip air tickets to return to China next year...