Chapter 9 Ways to Make Money (Second update, please recommend, please collect)
He is actually a rookie!
Anderson, who has been wandering the streets for more than 20 years, understood everything from the blank expression on the other party's face.
At that moment, Anderson wanted to slap himself in the mouth.
Gold watch, you have to get a damn gold watch.
Gold watches are very valuable!
Because of this, things like gold watches can buy everything in the market, including extremely tight "gas coupons".
Looking at this guy's changing expression, although he didn't understand what was going on with this guy, Li Yian still took the initiative to send out the invitation.
“Can I buy you a drink?”
“A drink? There’s not a lot of wine quota.”
Anderson said in an uncertain tone.
"Even if you are a diplomat, it is the same."
"Is there a bar near here?"
Why do you want to invite this guy to drink?
Of course Li Yian has his plan. The existence of the black market means profit and wealth. Anyone who has bought vegetable bags knows this. For him who is thinking about how to make a fortune, this is equivalent to discovering a new world. ah.
However, the New World also needs to find someone to inquire about. The second-tier dealer in front of them is the best candidate. There is nothing wrong with knowing some market conditions.
"...Gasline coupons. Among all coupons, the most precious ones are gasoline coupons, because almost everyone needs gasoline. It was even controlled earlier than food. Because of the control, fuel, Controlled items such as food appear on the black market, and the trade is very active. After all, everyone needs it, and "gas coupons" are "hard currency". You can use it to exchange for everything, food, luxury watches, gold coins..."
After two long-lost glasses of whiskey, Anderson knew everything and told Li Yian about the black market transactions in London.
It also gave him a basic understanding of all this. For some "flexible" people, material scarcity and rationing are also great opportunities for illegal profit-making. Shop owners can often obtain scarce goods and sell them privately at a higher price. Black marketeers sell whatever is in short supply on certain streets, and buyers know the goods come from shady sources.
"...Meat, at the port, hundreds of tons of meat are lost every day. The lost meat naturally goes to the black market, and is sold to people in need at several times the price, sir. ”
Anderson said in a serious tone.
“I know that the quota for your diplomats is much higher than that of ordinary people. You even have a ration of 10 packs of cigarettes every week, but in many cases, you don’t need these because they do it every week. I will send you food, cigarettes, and wine cards to the embassy. If we cooperate, I guarantee that you can earn at least ten pounds a week."
In Anderson's view, this person stands in front of you. Mr. Queuing may be just a small person in the embassy. For such a small person, a dozen pounds must be tempting to him.
"Just like your bag of food, you spent about 2 pounds, but I can sell it for 4 or even 5 pounds."
"So what is the best-selling item?"
"Cigarettes, and sugar."
Anderson said directly.
“Cigarettes must first be supplied to the army, so there are always not enough cigarettes on the market, and they need to be purchased with cigarette coupons, and those cigarette coupons can only buy a few packs, I mean a month, so cigarettes , best-selling, as for sugar, who doesn’t need sugar?”
As he spoke, Anderson shouted directly to the person behind the counter. "Billy, does your wife need some candy?"
"Do you have any?"
"Look, right? Every kitchen needs sugar. Although we have sugar coupons, we can't buy enough sugar."
"Why?"
"According to the newspaper, it was because of the German submarines, which kept sinking merchant ships, but in fact? It was because for Downing Street, sugar, milk, and meat included Tobacco is not as important as tanks, airplanes, and artillery. They will not spend their precious foreign exchange on these things, so they blame everything on the Germans and let ordinary people overcome the so-called difficulties. "< br>
Anderson took a sip of whiskey and then said.
"So, everyone cannot do without the black market. Everyone needs the black market. Even the guys who drive postal flights at the airport will put boxes of cigarettes on the plane in the United States. In the United States, a pack of Lucky Strike or Camel cigarettes only cost a dozen or twenty cents, but they can be sold for at least one pound here. "The profit is so high, don't they make a lot of money from one trip?"
Anderson finally figured it out. The guy in front of him knew nothing about the black market.
“Sir, look at you, you don’t understand the market at all! The United States also controls Britain’s regulations, but the degree of control is not as strict as here, but there are also quotas for those who fly postal planes. Although the pilots can carry some, it's just a few. They can't buy more. Otherwise, not to mention the pilots, even the crew at the port will carry boxes of them. You know, the ships are comparable to Planes are much more spacious, and even if pilots want to carry them, they may not have that much room, but ships are different. They can certainly carry a lot if they want, but the problem is not that they can buy as many as they want."
Quota.
It turns out there are quotas for buying cigarettes in the United States! It’s not something you can just buy if you want. No wonder the price is so strong.
Li Yian, who has been popularized about market information, also got a piece of information from this black marketeer,
“Are you saying that there are planes flying from the UK to the United States?”
"Mail plane."
Anderson explained.
"Long before the war, there were postal planes traveling between the UK and the United States. They were planes specially used to transport postal parcels. They flew large planes and could even fly directly from the UK to the United States. However, at that time, who could have imagined , a pack of cigarettes can make ten times the profit? It’s a pity that they can’t buy enough cigarettes, otherwise, they will definitely fill the entire plane.”
Anderson’s sigh made Li Yian. His eyes lit up, and he immediately realized that this might be his chance, and it was even very possible that this was the New World.
After thinking about it in his mind, Li Yian took the initiative to refill a glass of whiskey for him, spending a total of 7 ration coupons. He didn't ask until the wine was served.
"So do you know where these mail planes land?"
"Right at the seaplane dock on the Thames, who knows? The big guys prefer it to those guys When buying things from the ship crew, you can never imagine what the crew will bring with them, cigarettes, sugar, coffee, etc., everything, but..."
Anderson, who took advantage of others' soft words and drank another glass of whiskey, continued to popularize science.
“They don’t want pounds, because pounds can’t buy anything in the United States, they want dollars, which of course they don’t have, but watches, cameras and even antique furniture are their favorites, everywhere in the port They are all stores like this. Those things can be sold for a good price in the United States, especially watches and cameras. You know, those country bumpkins in the United States can't make good watches and cameras at all. German and Swiss products have always been They are all their favorites, but now because of the war, of course they can't buy those things."
Finally, after finishing two glasses of whiskey, Anderson asked about the business again.
"Sir, do you have any gas coupons? I can offer a high price..."
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