Chapter 23 Tenfold Profits (Third update, please recommend and collect)
After the plane from New York landed at Havana Airport, there was a special car provided by the hotel waiting at the runway in the airport. Passengers As soon as we got off the plane, a driver came to greet us and help passengers carry their luggage. What is certain is that a hotel that can drive a car into the airport will definitely not be cheap.
However, Li Yian doesn't care about the price of the hotel, but one thing is for sure, when you are unfamiliar with the place, it is definitely right to stay in a high-end hotel.
At least you don’t have to worry about safety.
When the car arrived at the National Hotel, Li Yian found that he didn't have to worry anymore - the hotel was located in the downtown area of the city center, and it was a typical luxury hotel.
In fact, this is true. The National Hotel in Havana is not only luxurious, but most of its shareholders are Cuban dignitaries and American wealthy people. It is for this reason that its special car can drive to the airport runway. But this had little to do with Li Yian. After all, he came to Havana this time to open up trade routes. After staying at the National Hotel, Li Yian took a car to the embassy.
The so-called embassy is actually a small building. In fact, this house and the house were donated by local overseas Chinese. In fact, before the Anti-Japanese War, the Cuban Minister was always a part-time minister to the United States. After the Anti-Japanese War, the Cuban Minister , in order to raise donations from overseas Chinese, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dispatched a full-time minister. As the plenipotentiary minister Li Dijun, since he took office in Cuba, his daily task has been to raise donations. After all, for a country with financial collapse, after Nanyang was occupied by the Japanese army, it has With hundreds of thousands of overseas Chinese, Cuba has become the most important source of remittances and donations.
As usual, when I was racking my brains to figure out how to raise donations, there were guests over there. The person who came was none other than Li Yian.
"Junior has met Minister Li."
Because of Li Guoren's relationship, he will naturally bow to Li Dijun as a junior when he sees him.
"Zhiyuan, you don't have to be polite. Guoren sent a telegram before you came. I didn't expect you to come so quickly. Did you come by plane?"
People who can afford a ticket of several hundred dollars now, Definitely a rich man.
Do you want to beg alms on him?
But he is his nephew’s friend after all, and he can’t persuade him to donate right away.
“Yes, after all, there is a war on the sea right now, so it is more convenient to fly.”
"You are Guoren's friend. When you get here, I will definitely help you if you can help me, but my nephew..."
After a pause, he said.
“Although Cuba’s trade is promising now, it is no better than usual during wartime. If you want to do trade in Cuba now, you must have a ship. Although Cuba’s shipping routes are not cut off, the merchant ships are very nervous. Those ships Either they are controlled by American companies, or they are..."
Li Yian said before Li Dijun finished speaking.
"To be honest, Uncle Li, there is someone I know who can help me solve some transportation problems. Well, although it is not much, it is still possible to transport 10,000 tons per month."
"What! Ten thousand tons!"
Li Dijun stood up suddenly and looked at Li Yian and said excitedly.
"Seriously!"
"Well, at least four to five thousand tons is still okay."
"That's good, that's good..."
Rubbing his hands back and forth excitedly, Li Dijun asked directly.
"I wonder if my nephew is interested in trafficking sucrose?"
"Sucrose...this, this..."
Seeing that Li Yian seemed a little embarrassed, Li Dijun said.
“My dear nephew may not know something, but the most profitable thing in Cuba right now is cane sugar.”
After that, he continued to explain.
"My nephew should know that cane sugar is the mainstay of Cuba's economy. Nine out of ten Cuban agriculture is dominated by cane sugar cultivation. Since the outbreak of the war, cane sugar has been cut off in places such as Hawaii and the Philippines, and the price of sugar has soared to 20 per kilogram. Cents, so sucrose production continues to increase, and the current annual output is no less than 7.3 million tons!"
"Wait, what is the current price of sugar?" Li Yian asked in surprise.
“20 cents per kilogram, maybe a little less.”
Li Dijun continued.
“In the past, the Cuban sugar industry was almost entirely controlled by the Americans, and it was difficult for outsiders to enter. Since the outbreak of the war, because sugar prices have skyrocketed, in order to stimulate Cuban officials to encourage the development of the sugar industry, some Chinese businessmen have begun to get involved in the sugar industry. But I never thought that American companies would use their monopoly in the shipping industry to ask Chinese businessmen to sell sugar to them at a low price. All Chinese businessmen who are investing in the sugar industry are suffering from this. If my nephew has a ship, it will be a relief to our compatriots. "
Of course, if he, the minister, can help his compatriots solve this matter, he can also openly encourage donations. After all, the domestic war is raging and donations from all walks of life are urgently needed.
20 cents per kilogram!
One kilogram equals 2.2 pounds, which is about 10 cents per pound.
How much does a pound cost in the United States?
55 cents!
Can reach $1 on the black market!
Isn’t this 10 times the profit!
How do you say this? 100% profit, capitalists will risk going to the gallows.
And this is 1000%!
Because Li Yian was only thinking about the profits from sugar, seeing that he didn't speak, Li Dijun said quickly.
"What is the embarrassment for my nephew?"
"The embarrassment..."
After thinking about it, Li Yian said.
"For the sake of our compatriots, there is nothing to be embarrassed about!"
In one sentence, Li Dijun was excited and said again and again.
"The good nephew has high righteousness, the good nephew has high righteousness, I don’t know where the good nephew lives now. Tomorrow I will take a few overseas businessmen to visit the good nephew."
After that, Li Dijun I asked him where he lived again, and after learning that he lived in the National Hotel, my eyes changed again. As we all know, the biggest feature of the National Hotel is... expensive!
Expensive!
It is indeed very expensive. A steak costs 5 US dollars. The US dollars in these days are not paper, but US dollars!
However, compared to the 698 fried rice served in some places, I can only say that Cubans are not black enough.
Although the price is not cheap, the service is really good.
Unlike the various controls in the United States, there are no controls in Havana. As long as you have money, you can enjoy everything. Even when the Americans are scrimping for the cause of their allies, American beef is still being shipped in ships. When transporting it to Cuba, there is no other way. Cubans have to eat meat, and of course they have to drink alcohol.
Beef from the United States, red wine from France, and unfortunately there are no British waiters, otherwise the three major countries would be serving us at the same time.
After spending more than ten dollars on a meal, Li Yi'an, who had nothing to do, glanced at the beautiful Cuban girls sitting at the bar and left the restaurant, not heading towards the casino like many others. Walked over.
Instead, he returned to the room. After all, people will always be tired after a long journey. Even those enthusiastic Cuban girls turned a blind eye. The future is long...
(End of this chapter)