Dong Shiyue and Liu Xueyi were really dumbfounded this time.
I've seen weird things, but I've never seen anything this weird. It's okay that you didn't bring anything, but you don't even know what to buy?
If they didn't know that the man in front of them was the big boss of the Hong Kong Four Seasons Trading Company and that he was accompanied by so many bodyguards, they would have really thought they had met some kind of scammer, or that he was using them as tour guides for fun.
Seeing the two "tour guides"' faces turn from red to black, Chen Xia quickly explained a few words.
"What I mean is, if you can introduce me to anything that's valuable, I can negotiate whether they want money or goods. Oh, and if there are any raw materials from pharmaceutical companies, I'd also like to take them."
"Boss Chen, could you please be more specific?"
Chen Xia scratched his head, thinking that these two people were a bit stubborn. Why didn't they look like cunning scalpers at all?
"First, tell me, what is the most abundant thing in the Polar Bear Country right now? What is the most in short supply in the country?"
Dong Shiyue replied, "Apart from heavy industry, they lack everything else: food, clothing, small appliances, liquor, medicine, sugar, and so on."
Chen Xia asked again, "Then what can we get back home and sell immediately to make money?"
This time it was Liu Xueyi's turn to answer:
"Timber, steel, fertilizers—the country wants as much as it can get. And the Polar Bear Country's most famous products, caviar, mink fur, ginseng, etc., are also in high demand. And..."
Chen Xia knew that he had come to the point. "Anything else?"
"And if you're willing to pay, you can buy anything you want in Polar Bear Country. For example, the client I brought last time bought 50 heavy trucks in one go, and they were all loaded with auto parts."
After all, Shen Chengxing grew up under the red flag in China, and he found this blatant thing incredible.
"Is this true? So many large trucks have gone missing from the factory, and the higher-ups aren't investigating? A lot of people will be punished, right?"
Dong Shiyue and Liu Xueyi laughed heartily. "Who's checking? No one's checking. Everyone gets a share of the money."
Chen Xia was also secretly surprised. All the information he knew was from reading it online in his previous life, and its authenticity was still questionable. He never thought that after his rebirth, he would personally visit the "Polar Bear Country" and realize that those rumors were actually true.
He wants to test it out.
"Old Dong, Old Liu, can you help me get some lathes? Also, we need steel, especially various engineering plastics used in the production of small appliances. Can you get them?"
Dong Shiyue and Liu Xueyi took out some notebooks, discussed the contents on them, exchanged some information, and then said:
"Boss Chen, there are different types of lathes, including boring machines, grinders, milling machines, planers, etc. Which ones do you need? And how many do you need?"
Chen Xia leaned over and saw many factory names densely written on it, as well as what equipment, materials, and products they had for sale.
"Oh my god, this notebook of yours says, 'There are so many factories, can you just pick whatever you want? Buy whatever you want?'"
In order to make money, Dong Shiyue also flattered:
"As long as you, Mr. Chen, like it, you can buy it. If we can't find it, you can entrust other agents to help you buy it. As long as you have money, everything will be fine."
Chen Xia shook his head and felt sad for this country. It was really hard for him not to make money.
"I don't know exactly what model of machine tool I need, but I'll take whatever's the most advanced in the factory, and whatever raw materials the factory has."
Due to the sharp increase in Walmart's orders, the branches under the "small department store" are now eager to expand production, which requires a lot of machines and production lines, many of which cannot be produced domestically and are too expensive to import from abroad.
Now, buying second-hand machine tools from the "Polar Bear Country" will be more cost-effective.
There are still three of the "five-axis machine tools" given by Japanese friends in Chen Xia Space Hospital. They are invincible and cannot be taken out.
Chen Xia was very interested in this "a la carte" service and said with a smile:
"Also, I heard that the Polar Bear Country has caviar, fur, ginseng, and so on. Anyway, if you have anything valuable, please help me contact them. I will buy any quantity you can."
Chen Xia brought $300 million in cash to the Space Hospital, as well as a large amount of light industry, textiles, and medicines, which was enough for him to make a big move.
In the following days, Chen Xia and his team traveled eastward in the "Polar Bear Country". With the help of local "agents", they inspected many factories and signed many orders.
I have to say that the smugglers are really considerate. As long as you pay enough money, they can help you transport to any border.
So Chen Xia and his men split into two groups.
Chen Xia, Shen Chengxing and Dong Shiyue stayed in Habaro City to negotiate deals with the directors and managers of various factories.
Hu Jianfeng and Liu Xueyi, along with a few brothers, went to Vladivostok, rented several large cargo ships, loaded the goods onto the ships, and sent them directly to Hong Kong.
Chen Xia's space hospital is far from enough to transport such a large amount of commodities, and can only rely on sea transportation. Otherwise, what is the point of Liu Xueyi?
On the Hong Kong side, Shi Beihua took charge of the entire process.
For example, the caviar I just mentioned is not very popular in China, but it is known as "soft gold" in Europe and the United States and is very popular.
There are also those precious furs. These days, the trends of environmental protection and animal protection have not yet started to blow, so they are very popular luxury goods among wealthy circles in Europe and the United States.
Chen Xia bought caviar and fur at a bargain price in the "Polar Bear Country", and Shi Beihua directly sold them to European and American countries at a 10-fold markup, making a profit of $200 million from this transaction alone.
All other goods, except those needed for Chen Xia’s own factory, were also sold.
In short, over the past few months, I don’t know how many ships of goods were shipped back and forth, spending a total of $100 million and earning $400 million.
This money becomes the legitimate income of "Four Seasons Trading Company" and does not even need to be laundered.
Of course, those who make the most money in the "Polar Bear Country" are those who play with financial capital.
For example, they borrowed money from banks in the "Polar Bear Country" through connections, then exchanged it for goods or US dollars, and then waited for the ruble to depreciate sharply, with the maximum depreciation being 20,000 times.
In the mid-1980s, 100 US dollars could be exchanged for 90 rubles. By 1990, 100 US dollars could be exchanged for more than 100 rubles. By 1995, 100 US dollars could be exchanged for more than 100 rubles.
Is that an exaggeration?
Then you can repay the loan in rubles according to the amount stated in the contract.
Such currency devaluation is simply catastrophic and is no different from robbing money.
Back and forth, those who played with capital speculation made a fortune.
Chen Xia only made $400 million, while others, by playing with financial capital, almost wiped out the entire country's foreign exchange reserves and gold, which were worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
Unfortunately, Chen Xia knew nothing about finance, and with his current strength, he had no way of joining the "robber gang" headed by Wall Street, so he could only watch others get rich.
This is how people who work in industry lose money.
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