Siheyuan starts to eat the old man

Chapter 441: Purchase goods with zero yuan and continue to collect the wool of your small life

After the colleagues in the inspection team heard about this, they looked at Li Ping'an with gratitude, and all of them wanted to come up and shake Li Qingfeng's hand.

Many of them persuaded Li Ping'an not to sell it. In the eyes of these people, a watch, especially a watch from decades ago, would definitely not fetch a lot of money. It would only cost [-] to [-] yen at most, which might not be enough to go to a pawn shop. As for the travel expenses, I took it with my heart, but I still forgot about selling the watch.

Li Ping'an didn't show anything on his face, but in his heart he couldn't help complaining about what they, a bunch of rubbish, know. Rare things are more valuable. Kamikaze watches were produced in small quantities at that time and were only used by the kamikaze death squads. , their entire small country may not have much left in the world.

In particular, this kind of watch is of great significance to Xiaotian. In addition, people in Xiaotian now have money. Maybe they can buy it at a huge price like the animal heads from the Old Summer Palace in later generations.

The embassy sent an interpreter to follow Li Ping'an to the pawn shop. Maybe the embassy was not optimistic about the price of the watch and thought it might not even be enough to pay for gas for the round trip, so it didn't send a car. It just gave two bicycles and sent them away. The two hit the road.

"Comrade Li Ping'an, this watch is from more than 30 years ago. It probably won't be of much value. You have to be mentally prepared," the translator kindly reminded me on the way to the pawn shop.

Knowing that the other party had good intentions, Li Ping'an didn't say much and nodded to show that he understood.

There was a pawn shop not far outside the embassy area. Not long after riding their bicycles, they arrived at a pawn shop outside the embassy area. They put their bicycles away and walked into the pawn shop together.

At this time, there was only an elderly shopkeeper sitting on the sofa reading a book in the pawn shop, and there were no customers in the room.

The wind chimes above the store rang. When the boss saw someone coming in, he put down the book in his hand and stepped forward to entertain the customers.

I have to say that the Japanese service industry is really good, a hundred and eighty times better than Kouchi. They bow first when they come up and speak very politely. Li Pingan has lived in China for so many years, and suddenly faced with this kind of service. I really don’t get used to the time.

Anyway, the other party couldn't understand what he was talking to. Without exchanging too much greetings with the shopkeeper, Li Ping'an took the watch out of his pocket and asked the shopkeeper to estimate it.

After carefully confirming the authenticity of the watch, the shop owner solemnly put the watch down and gave his own estimate.

After the translator heard the price given by the shop owner, everyone was dumbfounded. He checked with the shop owner several times, and then turned to Li Ping An and said in surprise: "Comrade Ping An, you are rich. The shop owner is offering 50 yuan for this watch." High price of yen”

Hearing this price, Li Ping'an converted it in his mind according to the current exchange rate between Japanese yen and US dollars. This is about two thousand US dollars, which is said to be a lot, but thinking about the pursuit of outsourced antiques by later generations, Japan is now in an economic crisis. During the period of rapid growth, the mentality of Chinese people should be similar to that of later generations. Li Ping'an was going to give a high price and see what the other party said.

"That Hu translator, tell him that my psychological price is 100 million yen, and then see what he says."

"What? How could it be sold for 100 million yen?" The surprise on Hu's translator's face had not yet faded, and was filled with shock from Li Ping'an's words.

Li Ping'an patted Translator Hu on the arm and said with a smile: "You can sign up and give us a try. If you have jujubes or no jujubes, try it. If this old boy bullies us because we don't know the ropes, he can give us a low price."

Translator Hu thought that what Li Pingan said made sense. There is an old saying in China that you should ask for a high price and pay back when you get there, so he gave Li Pingan's translation to the shop owner.

When he heard the price of 100 million, the store owner shook his head repeatedly and insisted that he would only give 50 yuan, not a cent more.

Translator Hu bargained with the store owner, but the owner still refused to give in and only gave 50 yuan.Finally running out of options, Hu Translator looked at Li Ping'an and asked him to make his own decision.

Li Ping'an thought for a moment, then immediately picked up the watch from the table without any ink, winked at Translator Hu, and led Translator Hu out.

The moment the two of them were about to walk out of the door, the store owner behind them quickly called out to them.

Hearing the boss's voice, both of them had a smile on their faces. After returning, this time Hu Yiyi was confident enough to insist on a price of 100 million and refused to let go. He threatened that the minimum price would be 100 million, and he would sell it elsewhere if he didn't pay.

After half an hour of grinding, the watch was finally sold for 100 million yen under the helpless expression of the shop owner.

Li Ping'an proudly held a wad of brand-new [-]-yuan bills, followed Translator Hu and his two colleagues on their bicycles and rushed towards the embassy.

When people at the embassy learned that a watch had been sold for 100 million yen, the entire embassy was shocked and came to inquire about the details.

Deputy Director Zhou and Teacher Wang, who led the team, also hurried over and asked Li Pingan about the situation. After briefly understanding the situation, Deputy Director Zhou said three good words in a row.

Then he rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "Well, Comrade Ping An, you also know that the country is in difficulty now and there is a serious lack of foreign exchange. Look at this and this."

"Don't worry, I understand what you mean. Except for a small part of this money, which will be used to exchange currency with colleagues, the rest will be converted into US dollars and taken back home."

Li Ping'an understood everything that Deputy Director Zhou didn't explain clearly. He just wanted Li Ping'an to save some money, not to buy too many things, and then exchange them for US dollars to take back home.

Even if Deputy Director Zhou hadn't mentioned this, Li Pingan would not have spent all the money here in Xiaori. If he really spent all the 100 million here in Xiaori, he would have waited to be criticized when he returned to China. Besides, Li Pingan is now in the warehouse. There are a lot of things, including all kinds of cars and home appliances from my childhood, so I don’t know what else I need to buy.

Speaking of which, when I was at the port last night, I really wanted to move all the things in the warehouse, but considering that the goods of twenty or thirty large warehouses disappeared silently overnight, it would definitely attract the attention of the world. , the whole world will make great efforts to investigate this matter.

By then, this batch of lost materials will definitely be closely monitored around the world. Maybe once they appear on the market, they will be quickly locked up and they can be found based on this batch of materials.

In order to avoid possible trouble, Li Pingan did not do that. He just moved one-fifth of his goods to a warehouse, so that even if he was discovered afterwards, he would only be investigated for theft.

Soon the currency exchange was carried out under the auspices of Deputy Director Zhou. Under Deputy Director Zhou's eager gaze, each person did not dare to exchange more, and only exchanged 35 yen, which was about [-] yuan.

This amount of money is enough to go shopping in a department store in China, but in a country where monthly wages are as high as tens of thousands, this amount of money can't do anything. Even taking a taxi to a slightly farther place is not enough.

Since the money was obtained by Li Pingan by selling his own watch, Deputy Director Zhou generously gave Li Pingan a special approval, and the amount he could use at his discretion was as high as 90 yen.The remaining [-] yen was exchanged into US dollars by the embassy, ​​and then brought back to the country by Li Ping'an.

This is the case in work units these days. What matters is selfless dedication. Anyone who has relatives who have transferred some foreign exchange from abroad must first hand it over to the work unit and exchange it for domestic currency.

After the exchange, everyone went to the largest wholesale market in the area, led by Translator Hu. This amount of money was not enough even in ordinary shopping malls, let alone Ginza, so the wholesale market could only buy one or two small items.

After arriving at the place, Li Ping'an did not act with the others. He greeted Translator Hu and acted alone.

In order to be able to act alone, Li Ping'an also said a few English words in a stumbling manner. If he didn't know the other words, he would be easy to scold "qie", "play Khandroid", "pain sweeping", etc. These are commonly used English words for asking prices. .

These few words, coupled with gestures and guessing, are completely sufficient in this wholesale market. Don't underestimate the wisdom of the people in the small days.

I found the clothing area on the second floor and found a slightly higher-end women's clothing store. Li Ping'an bought Ding Qiunan some women's clothing, including clothes, pants, shoes and socks, all wrapped up with signs and guesses.

After walking around the clothing area, I have to admit that there were many designs in women's clothing in the late 70s that would not be out of date at all even in later generations.

After buying some specialties for Lele and Yi Zhonghai, they started looking for the main force.

Everyone in the inspection team saw the two large packages Li Pingan was carrying, and everyone looked envious in their eyes. They couldn't take out the small shopping bag in their hands. This was because Li Pingan put some of Ding Qiunan's clothes into it. If all the results in the warehouse space were taken out, these people would be so envious that their saliva would flow to the ground.

After the shopping trip to the wholesale market, the group got back on the bus and returned to the embassy.

After returning all the suits at the embassy and putting on his Chinese tunic suit, Li Ping'an took the more than 600 US dollars that he had just exchanged at the embassy, ​​joined other inspection groups, and everyone went to the airport and boarded the plane home. .

There are still 2000 million yen in his warehouse. Li Ping'an did not convert this money into US dollars in Japan. The Japanese yen still has a high status in the world and can be exchanged for US dollars anywhere.

Besides, the Japanese yen will appreciate crazily next year. If you keep this money until the end of next year and then convert it into U.S. dollars, you can still exchange it for more than 1 U.S. dollars.

After setting foot on the land of his own country, Li Ping'an felt in his heart that a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as his own doghouse. When he returned to his hometown, he smelled a hint of sweetness in the air.

As soon as they got off the plane and before they returned home, Deputy Director Zhou took Li Pingan back to the Finance Section of the Materials Bureau and exchanged all the U.S. dollars in Li Pingan's hands into domestic currency in proportion.

Foreign exchange coupons, which only existed in the 80s, have not yet appeared. Even if the bureau wanted to give Li Ping'an foreign exchange coupons, there was no way to do so.

This incident caused a sensation in the bureau. Even the chief director was alarmed. He came over to shake hands with Li Ping An and threatened to hold a special commendation meeting to commend Li Ping An when Li Ping An went to work the day after tomorrow. Ping An’s contribution to the country.

After getting rid of the leaders in the bureau and returning to their home, Ding Qiunan and Daya were reviewing at home. When they saw Li Ping'an coming back with large and small bags, Daya said a few simple greetings in a sensible and interesting way, and then left.

Li Ping'an was very satisfied with such a knowledgeable Da Ya. Before Da Ya left, Li Pingan took out a bottle of Coke from his luggage and gave it to Da Ya.

"Thank you Uncle Li"

After Daya thanked Li Ping'an, she happily jumped on her bicycle and left with a Coke filled with foreign characters. This was imported foreign-flavored water and was not allowed to be shown off to her friends.

After Daya left, Li Ping'an took out the clothes he bought for Ding Qiunan in Xiaoli one by one from his luggage.

These days, the clothes in China are only in the colors of black, blue, gray and green. The styles are very simple and have no sense of fashion. These autumn and winter clothes, which are popular in the small days, instantly occupy Ding Qiunan's attention.

Excitedly, he looked through the clothes that Li Ping'an had brought back in large and small bags, and made gestures with them on his body.

While Ding Qiunan was looking through clothes and shoes, Li Ping'an looked around the room for his daughter. He hadn't seen his good daughter for a week and still missed her a little.

"Qiunan, where is my daughter? Why aren't you at home?" After looking through the two rooms, no daughter was found. Li Pingan looked curiously at Ding Qiunan, who was trying on new clothes in the mirror.

Ding Qiunan, who was excitedly trying on new clothes, said without looking back: "My aunt came just now, and she is going for a walk with the child in her arms. She will be back soon."

Hearing what was going on, Li Ping'an didn't rush out to find anyone. Instead, he sorted out the things he brought back from abroad at home, while thinking about how to deal with these large items purchased for zero yuan.

It is definitely not possible to process it domestically. The purchasing power of the Chinese people has not yet reached the level. This batch of goods worth tens of millions of dollars may not be sold domestically until the end of the year of the monkey.

Besides, why does Li Pingan want so much unity? US dollars are the hard currency.

It's okay to buy home appliances and other things for zero yuan. Nowadays, Xiaoli's products are very popular around the world. It's not difficult to get rid of them. You can eat all these goods directly in Hong Kong and collect a lot of Hong Kong dollars.

But the more than 200 cars inside gave Li Ping'an a headache. The cars had engine numbers, which were the cars' ID cards. It would be easy to sell these cars, but he was worried about getting himself into trouble.

The plan for the next few years was already figured out on the plane back to China. Instead of making small fuss in the country, he would stay in the workplace for a few years after the relocation and let Ding Qiunan invest in buying land to open a restaurant or something.

Secretly, he was speculating in foreign exchange in Hong Kong, using goods brought from Japan for zero dollars as capital. After converting them all into US dollars, he focused on the Japanese yen. After the Plaza Accord, he added a leverage of several times to go long on the Japanese yen. From the exchange rate Make a lot of profits.

By then the Materials and Materials Bureau will probably be restructured. When you leave the Materials and Materials Bureau at that time, the business environment will have stabilized. You need connections and money. What can you do to avoid becoming a big boss?
(End of this chapter)