Live again: the pig who is the outlet

Chapter 42 The First Mistake

After running around the market for several days, Meng Qingshan realized that rebirth is not a panacea.

Although he knew the direction of some major events, he still took many things for granted.

For example, the baijiu he thought would sell well, after a few days of research on Soviet baijiu, he realized that he was wrong in thinking that domestic grain wine would be very popular here.

It's good that the Soviets love to drink, but most of them prefer sweet wines, and domestic liquor is not very popular here.

It seems that Erguotou will be exchanged for leather clothes in a few years. The high probability should be that after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, many people in the former Soviet Union are in confusion and hesitation.

Many people don't know what their fate will be in the future, and they are addicted to drinking to relieve their worries all day long. Many of their domestic enterprises, including wineries, have been messed up. This is why domestic liquor has the opportunity to enter the liquor market here.

Meng Qingshan suddenly felt very depressed. He was still too arrogant. Before he came, he hurriedly asked his brother to buy the winery and buy loose wine and other brands of wine.

I thought I could make a fortune with those baijiu, but unfortunately this time not only could I not make any money, I even lost the winery and wine I invested in for the time being.

Fortunately, white sugar is still very popular here. Knowing that his international trading company can get white sugar, many surrounding businessmen who heard the news came to contact him, hoping to order a large amount of white sugar from him.

This result made Meng Qingshan feel a lot more at ease. At least the money he bought wineries and wine in the country before was supported by the money he earned from sugar, so he couldn't lose anything.

After several days of negotiations with several large distributors here, the two parties signed a white sugar sales contract.

The reason why it took a few days is because both parties need to understand each other, whether they really have the strength to provide (sell) these white sugars.

The two parties got to know each other very quickly. The Soviet Union's business model was similar to that in China, mainly state-owned sales companies.

The situation of Meng Qingshan's company can be found out very clearly by calling the consulate general in Shanghai.

Of course, Meng Qingshan, who has been a man for two generations, would not think that this is as simple as the cooperation between two companies.

He met privately with the people in charge of these companies and promised them that every time the payment for the goods arrived in his company's account, he would immediately transfer money to their account according to a certain percentage.

Their accounts could be either within the Soviet Union or abroad.

Meng Qingshan also had to do this. According to the contract between the two parties, there will be no problems, but it is normal for people to delay you for a year or so without saying that they will not give you money.

I also hope that the money can be transferred quickly so that I can accumulate a lot of money in a short period of time.

More importantly, this behemoth will collapse immediately!

He will be terrified if he returns the payment 1 minute late.

Fortunately, at this time, white sugar has gradually become a commodity in short supply in the Soviet Union. Didn’t I say that people here like to drink with sweetness.

Even the most famous spirit vodka here, when they are brewing, in addition to wheat, rye, and potatoes, vegetable syrup is added to the raw materials to add a little sweetness.

So here sugar is as important as food, but although the land here is vast, they are too far to the north, and the climate is too cold to grow sugar cane.

The sugar beet thing has a very low sugar output and cannot meet their needs at all, so they have been importing large amounts of white sugar.

In order to get the money back quickly, Meng Qingshan specially gave some so-called dry shares to the small bureaucrats in power in the cooperative departments.

This was a pleasant surprise for those little bureaucrats. Sugar is a commodity that is in short supply. Not only can they get sugar, but they can also get a lot of benefits. Of course, they are very cooperative.

They even got together to negotiate a very good price and signed a purchase contract with Meng Qingshan.

Of course, this is what Meng Qingshan wants to see the most. These people want to get more points for themselves, and it will be beneficial for everyone to set the price higher.

Meng Qingshan also called his elder brother and told him to send several shipments of high-quality sugar over there as soon as the sugar factory was contacted.

Unfortunately, I learned over the phone that my elder brother has already bought the liquor factory in his hometown of Linshi, and he has also contacted a lot of other liquor manufacturers for loose liquor.

Forget it, let's just leave it at that, anyway, when the market opens after a while, the prices of these wines will rise a lot.

After talking on the phone with my elder brother, I greeted several responsible persons and told them that the first batch of white sugar was going to open the market, and the price of high-quality white sugar was too expensive.

Of course, in order to show his sincerity and keep the cuts for these small bureaucrats unchanged, Meng Qingshan said that he does not need to make money this time.

However, they are required to pay back the money quickly, and in the future, they hope to pay half of the purchase price for the sugar in the future. After the sugar is shipped to the Far East port, they will immediately settle the remaining payment.

The small bosses here definitely have no objections. They also hope to ensure that the payment for the goods is settled as soon as possible after the goods are delivered, because after the payment is settled, they can receive their own extra income.

After discussing the matter of sugar, Meng Qingshan didn't stay in the Soviet Union for long, and took the clothes he bought for his brother and sister-in-law to return to China by chance.

Although the baijiu incident made him bump his head, he also saw another way to make money in the Soviet Union.

That is clothing.

In the past few days, he visited many shopping malls, and he found that the clothes here are generally expensive.

Especially jackets and sneakers are several times the price of ordinary clothes.

This gave him the idea to design a few jackets by himself, go to Guangdong Province to find a garment factory with good workmanship, place an order for them to produce, and then spend his own time here.

There is no other way for sports shoes. There is no decent sports shoe production line in China, so let’s not consider this for now.

The flight back this time was a direct flight to the capital, because he had asked someone to help him find a courtyard house in the capital before.

The last time I talked to my brother on the phone in the Soviet Union, my brother told him that there was news of a courtyard house here.

After getting off the plane without taking a break, Meng Qingshan called the client here and made an appointment to see the house the next day.

Not to mention, there are quite a lot of news about buying courtyard houses here.

The next day, he saw five courtyard houses. Three courtyards were crossed out because they were too dilapidated and belonged to private courtyards with no value for renovation.

The remaining two yards belong to two individuals. One family has completed the formalities for going abroad, and one person is left in the family waiting to sell the house and leave directly.

Another family is preparing to go abroad, and the main purpose of selling the house is to raise part of the expenses for going abroad.

The person who has already completed the formalities for the whole family to go abroad and only has one person left to buy a house may be in a hurry to sell the house and leave.

He spoke very simply, and directly told him the low price. If you can buy it in RMB, it will be [-] yuan, and if you can use it in rice yuan, it will be [-] yuan.

Nowadays, it is popular to go abroad in China. Although the exchange rate is more than five points to one, you can only exchange thousands of dollars in the bank after going abroad. If you want to get more rice dollars, you can only go to the black market to exchange them.

The exchange on the black market is scary, and one to eight is kind-hearted.

Meng Qingshan looked at the courtyard with two entrances. It was quite large and well preserved.

Once in the courtyard, there are three rooms on the east and west sides of the screen wall, and two rooms next to the gate on the south side, probably used to be porters.

Going into the inner courtyard, there are three spacious rooms in the north room, two rooms in the east and west rooms, and two rooms in the south room.

The kitchen in the southeast seems to have been remodeled later, and the toilet is in the southwest corner. All these things seem to be in this direction. Meng Qingshan doesn't understand what the old ancestor said anyway.

There are many flowers and plants planted in the yard, all of which have lost their leaves in winter. The owner specially built these flowers and plants for the winter. It seems that the owner of this house is a particular owner.

This courtyard is different from other small courtyard houses at first glance. Not only is the courtyard larger, but the rooms are also much larger than other courtyard houses.

The man who stays here to sell the house is surnamed Liu. He wears glasses in his 40s. Although his clothes are not famous brands, they are clean and fit. He pays attention to the quality of life.

He introduced to Meng Qingshan that this house was bought by his grandfather and old father during the Republic of China, and it used to be some kind of Baylor mansion.

The house was confiscated during the tumultuous years, and it was only returned to their family a few years ago. Unfortunately, the old man is no longer here.

As soon as the house should be completed, it's not because I have to sell it more expensive than others, but because the yard is incomparable to other small courtyards.

In the original Baylor Mansion, the site selection was very particular. Under the high-lying house, there was a drainage channel, which is now the sewer, so that it would be fine if it rained heavily and other places would be flooded here.

Listening to this old Liu's introduction, Meng Qingshan could also hear the reluctance in his heart, but everyone has gone abroad, so if you don't give up, you must give up.

After looking around, Meng Qingshan asked directly: "I like this yard very much, and I really want it. How about [-] yuan in rice?"

Everyone knows that [-] yuan for rice in the black market is definitely more than [-] RMB. This old Liu hesitated for a long time:
"To be honest, if I hadn't been anxious for a family reunion, I wouldn't have given you this house at this price.

Well, as long as your money is cleared, let's go through the formalities as soon as possible. "

(End of this chapter)