All great deeds start from a simple thing. One fine day Vam was watching    a Portuguese TV interview with the Chinese billionaire Mr. Stanley Ho when he first focused on Macau. The man was telling his own true story, which was as thrilling as a Mario Puzo novel, but what interested Vam mostly was not the adventure story and the fancy car Mr. Ho was interviewed in, but rather the fabulous Land he was talking about  - Macau.

After doing some data mining Vam quickly came to understanding that Macau played a key role as a marketing tool of trade between mainland China and the rest of the world. Like neighboring Hong Kong it was a free economic zone, and an offshore heaven, but in the context of the sophisticated oriental political game was in some way an even better option for new Business Development projects in the region. So, before too long Vam realized that there was an enormous business development potential that had been overlooked in Russia and the pioneering mood was back in his head...

Using his vast connections in influential Portuguese business circles, Vam got together with local experts to win their support. And he did it right, the idea of forging business links between Macau and the Soviet Union was met with rousing welcome and the strategic alliance shaped up.

It was very opportune for a high ranking Macau Economic Services Department official Dr. Antonio Leca to be in Portugal at that time and going once into their first meeting they came out as old friends and partners. The consensus was reached: Antonio went back to promote the Initiative with the Macau business community while Vam returned to Moscow to do the follow up with the Russian  business authorities.

In those turbulent days Soviet high-ranking bureaucrats had something more to worry about than concentrating on tiny Macau and Vam was breaking his neck making them pay attention to the subject. The most common reaction was: all right it sounds good but where the hell is your M-a-c-a-u on the map!? So it took quite some effort to do the groundwork before things started to happen. But once it happened the Macau Business Project was a sure thing.

A representative delegation of top business leaders, headed by Macau Economics Minister Galhardo Simoes, came to Moscow and Vam personally arranged the program and took the delegates to all leading Soviet ministries and Foreign Trade Organizations. The reciprocal visit to Macau of a Soviet high level delegation, lead by the USSR CCI President Malkevich, quickly followed. Right after that a group of Russian exporters and importers rushed to establish their presence in Macau. The project culminated with formation of a specialized Trading House uniting top business leaders of Macau in a company specially set up for  trade with the Soviet Union and other East European countries. And so Vam had done it again...

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