Nevertheless, after he quit ATL, the company rapidly declined. Employees were laid off, payments were delayed, and two managers even committed suicide. The purchase went through with remarkable ease. First, the minister of justice whispered a word to his brother about the financially strapped firm in Brestovac. The remaining funds came from Kundak's old political liaisons at the Republican Labor Market Center on the pretext that the funds would be spent to develop agricultural production.
Similar examples abound.
Other participants had offered between 50 and 70 dinars per square meter or even more. Exploiting his excellent political ties, Todorovic managed to involve himself in other profitable import-export transactions as well. For example, he traded in Chinese silk, copper from a mine in Bor, and polyester textiles from South Korea. In the meantime, when he founded the political party UYL in 1995, Todorovic became its general secretary and its second most important officer. UYL was not popular, but it was financially powerful.