"Young man, do you really want to buy a car?" The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and looked at Yuan Fangguo with suspicion.
Yuan Fangguo nodded and said without disguising, "I came here specifically to buy a car."
"Then why don't you buy it locally?"
"It's profitable." Yuan Fangguo said bluntly.
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded. After a while, he said, "I happen to have a friend who does this business. If you're interested, I can introduce you to it."
"Of course I want it. So when are we going?" Yuan Fangguo asked.
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you have dinner first, I'll contact him, and you come here in an hour."
Yuan Fangguo nodded and looked at the time. It was seven o'clock. An hour later it would be eight o'clock. It would be dark by then, which was a good time for these guys who were wandering in the gray area to do business.
He didn't go back to the room immediately, but wandered around outside.
Not only is smuggling of cars rampant in Weishan City, but other things are also quite rampant. Especially at night, the night market is flooded with vendors selling pirated and smuggled goods.
Pirated tapes here are very cheap, you can buy one for one dollar, and they are albums of the Four Heavenly Kings.
This time when he came from Guangzhou, in order to kill the boring time on the journey, he not only brought a Walkman, but also a radio. He listened to the two devices in turn, which helped him kill a lot of free time.
Yuan Fangguo picked up a pirated tape and put it into his Walkman.
To be honest, apart from the fact that the tape casing is made a little poorly, the sound quality is no worse than those from genuine channels.
After listening for a few minutes, Yuan Fangguo decided to buy a few more discs.
Just when the peddler was looking for something for him, he accidentally saw the phone number of the pirated tape factory.
Unable to help but take a few more glances, Yuan Fangguo immediately memorized the factory's phone number in his mind.
After hanging out outside for a while, Yuan Fangguo returned to the hotel on time at 7:55.
When the hotel owner saw Yuan Fangguo arrive as promised, he drove his new car and took Yuan Fangguo straight to the destination.
After many twists and turns, they arrived at a village after more than an hour.
Compared to the smuggling village in Yangcheng last time, this village is backed by the sea and the surrounding terrain is very dangerous. Except for the road leading into the village, there are almost no other roads to take.
According to the boss, the smugglers here installed high-power engines on their fishing boats. Once there is any disturbance, they can escape so fast that the border police cannot catch up with them.
At a factory that mainly repairs cars, the hotel owner took Yuan Fangguo to see the smuggled cars there.
A new Crown costs 180,000 yuan, a used one costs 120,000 yuan; a new Mercedes-Benz costs 300,000 yuan, a used one costs 200,000 yuan
Thinking about what his second brother had said before, that their company commander sometimes borrowed cars from friends, Yuan Fangguo thought about it and turned his attention to the Crown.
The Crown was made by the Japanese. Although I hate the Japanese in my heart, I have to admit that their cars are indeed better.
After a test drive, Yuan Fangguo was very satisfied with the Crown. He told the boss here that he would pay for it and deliver the car tomorrow morning. The delivery location would be the hotel where he was staying.
However, in order to prevent these people from doing anything, Yuan Fangguo wrote down the engine number and chassis number of the Crown on the pretext of a comprehensive inspection of the vehicle's condition.
When the smugglers saw his professional appearance, they gave up the idea of cheating.
"Do you need a license plate?" the boss asked before leaving.
"Yes." Yuan Fangguo knew what his boss meant. He definitely needed to drive the car back to Chengdu. A license plate could solve a lot of problems.
"Okay, the full package will cost you 500 yuan more. As long as you don't violate any rules, I guarantee you'll get home safely."
500 yuan is a small amount compared to 180,000 yuan, and Yuan Fangguo nodded in agreement without hesitation.
After inspecting the goods, he did not stay in this place for too long. He got into the hotel owner's car and the two of them headed straight to the city.
To thank the boss, Yuan Fangguo specially invited him to have a barbecue meal at the food stall.
The two of them held up their wine glasses, like old friends who had known each other for many years.
"Brother, come to us next time if you need anything." The hotel owner spoke the truth after drinking, and his words exposed his true face.
In fact, Yuan Fangguo had known that he was the big boss behind the scenes a long time ago, but the reason he didn't admit it was probably because he was more vigilant.
Yuan Fangguo smiled and nodded, then started chatting with the boss about other things. He even told him what happened in Guangzhou last time.
"Yangcheng is a big city, and the police there are very strict and have specific tasks. It's different here. We have people protecting us. Not to mention Crowns and Mercedes-Benzes, we can even get you a Rolls-Royce as long as you pay. But then again, brother, the market has been pretty good in the past two years. As long as you find some connections in the local area and spend some money to get a license plate, there will be no problem at all."
Yuan Fangguo nodded. At present, the country's control over smuggled cars is not strict. As long as you spend money, you can make the devil push the mill. However, in a few years, with the development of the Internet, it will not be easy for smuggled cars to get license plates. In many cases, smuggled cars use fake license plates.
"Okay, then I'll call you directly if I need anything in the future." Yuan Fangguo said with a smile.
"No problem, not just cars, motorcycles can be used as well."
As soon as the hotel owner finished speaking, they heard a huge roar of engines, and several motorcycles painted red, green, and blue sped past them. The huge Yamaha logos on the bodies of the motorcycles were very conspicuous.
"That's the kind of thing. Many young people in Guangdong Province like to play it now."
"It's better for you to live along the coast."
"The coast is good, you can come here to develop, brother. Now we are surrounding Shantou City and there are many of you Bashu people."
They sat with the hotel owner under the moonlight, drinking beer and eating barbecue, and left at around eleven o'clock.
Early the next morning, the brand new Crown with a fake license plate arrived at the backyard of the hotel on time.
Yuan Fangguo checked again and confirmed that the other party had not tampered with the goods. He then happily handed over the money and the goods.
The other party was still a little wary of whether the banknotes were fake, so he found a banknote detector.
He randomly pulled out dozens of banknotes and put them into the money detector. After a while of verification, the other party nodded involuntarily.
"There are only 20 liters of gasoline. There is a gas station ahead." The hotel owner patted him on the shoulder.
Yuan Fangguo took the car keys with a smile and got into the Crown again.
This time, his destination was Guangzhou.
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