Soon all of them were drunk too much to even move from their seats adding another head ache onto Arjun's head Vladmir literally bear hugged him the entire time saying how much he was lucky to have a partner like Arjun and would make sure to get him a proper gift on his next trip as he felt quite embarrassed this time around by Arjun's gift which although he did not like at the start due to it's smell he soon came around after getting a taste of it after all he alone had finished the entire bottle making him tipsy which was quite a rare occurrence according to him which Arjun had his doubts about.
After making sure everyone had returned to their rooms after availing the help of the hotel crew Arjun finally returned to his room and went to sleep, tomorrow was going to be a busy day as he had to take Vladimir and his crew around to collect their preorders for the items and Arjun wanted to be prepared for it. He wondered how Vladimir would react if he got to know about the Chili mix he had done previously and had already informed Vasu to do so again he was a bit apprehensive but whatever he would cross the issue if it arrisses.
Arjun woke up the next day feeling a bit gaudy so he went ahead to have some butter milk and ordered some extra for Vladimir and his crew and made the hotel crew deliver them to their rooms, even though he only had a couple cups of the wine it hit him pretty hard too he realized after remembering the stuff he had done last night along with those grown adults.
By the time he got refreshed and came back down again Vladimir was the only one in the hotel lobby while others were slowly joining them one by one. Vladimir who was mostly jovial with Arjun became serious once Balram had joined them at the dinner table.
He had already enquired Arjun about the bulky guy yesterday and came to know that he was his bodyguard which caught him off guard. He did not know why a ten year old kid would need a body guard but since Arjun had hired one he should have his own reasons. But whenever he looked into those eyes he could feel the bloodthirst within them which he had only seen in his uncle and nobody else in his entire life. He wondered if Arjun knew about this and was still undecided on whether to inform him about this or not, after all he was only and acquaintance to him and not really so close to speak about this matters without considering the consequences seriously.
Once everyone had assembled Vladimir sent a couple men from his crew to rent some warehouses for a week or two to store the goods as he was considering to stay around for a while but stuff like sweats which spoiled very quickly had to be sent home as soon as possible.
They were also handed the task of exchanging Ruble to Rupees in black market as the government rates quite frankly speaking were terrible and down right a loss and they also would need to take care of permission procedures which he did not want to deal with right now. Arjun saw the bag of Ruble and wanted to handle the task too but stay put after seeing Vladimir hand them to one of the crew and not him. perhaps he wanted to see about the current exchange rates and if Arjun had cheated him the last time. Arjun meanwhile was sure that they were not going to get the best rates anyway and so there was nothing to worry about.
After they left on their way Arjun proceeded to take Vladimir and the crew to the Vasu chili mill in Guntur, in the one hour journey to the next town Vladimir enquired Arjun about the factory issues and if he had any problems to which Arjun responded negatively since there were no issues but he told Vladimir that the machine operators he had sent from Russia although were getting used to the place they were having troubles dealing with the heat.
Vladimir remarked they could simply buy a air cooler as he was already paying them almost double the operator wages in Russia and they just wanted to find some excuse to find faults and perhaps even have some extra time lazing around using heat as an excuse. Arjun felt this had some truth to it but still felt bad for the workers who were going to be around for another three months at least and the heat was only going to go up in the upcoming months.
Vasu who was in the office as Arjun had already informed him on call that they would be visiting to collect their delivery greeted them all and made his assistant accompany a couple of food experts from the crew who were experienced in India to the ware house where their new shipments were stored while he offered seats for Arjun and Vladimir and enquired how their sales went in the previous shipment and if there was need for any improvements Vladimir wanted.
Vladmir replied they were pretty satisfactory sales as most people back home treated color equal to spice so the redder the product the more spicy they considered and Arjun had already made sure the Chili powder was up to those standards.
Once the experts returned they wanted to say something to Vladimir but seeing the stares from Arjun and Vasu so they asked Vladimir out for a couple minutes while Arjun sat there fiddling his thumbs. It was the time for judgement he understood and only hoped these people would not really understand difference between good chili mix and cheap chili mix.
Vladimir returned back with a stern look on his face and exclaimed Arjun!
Yes anna?
My people tell me the current quality is even better than the previous one? Are you trying to pay me back for the investment using this as excuse?