Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 427 425 Give enough face, everything is easy to discuss
Chu nodded forward, "The spot price of wheat futures in Canada this year is almost 0.14 Hong Kong dollars per catty. In the United States, it is 0.147 per catty."

These two places are considered to be the lowest places for wheat.

The unit price of the 240 tons of rice Luzon Island sold me before was 0.416 Hong Kong dollars per pound.But in Odisha, India, it only costs 0.22 Hong Kong dollars per pound.

The price difference here is really too big, and if you want to transport the food back, there will definitely be a lot of money used to bribe key people.

The cost of transshipment to avoid supervision is also not low.I can't explain this part of the expenditure clearly at all. "

Qian Guotai thought about it carefully and knew that Chu Xiangqian was right.

"I'd better report it to my superiors and let's talk about the results later!"

Chu Xiangqian felt relieved, and then saw Chu Xiangqian return the check.

"U.S. dollars are harder for China to get, so I'll just get gold."

To be honest, although there is not much gold in the country, if Chu Xiangqian remembers correctly, in order to purchase food during difficult times, the Celestial Empire seems to have used gold to offset part of the food purchase.

Qian Guotai knew that the superiors would definitely agree to Chu Xiangqian's proposal of using gold instead of US dollars as a payment method.

However, this gold must not be stored in the magical city of Standard Chartered and then transferred to Hong Kong Island.

When it comes to purchasing grain, it is important to avoid letting any outsiders know about the Celestial Empire's plans, so that others can avoid taking the initiative in future negotiations.

And 200 million US dollars is equal to 50 pounds, which is 1.212 tons of gold.

Converted to Hong Kong dollars, it is 800 million. If all this money is used to buy dried sweet potatoes that cost 8 cents a pound, it can buy exactly 5 tons.

If you buy corn kernels, it shouldn’t be much different.

After Chu Xiangqian and Qian Guotai separated, he immediately called Baifanyu.

We made an appointment to meet at the Causeway Bay Cinema. Chu Qianqian, who was very close, only took 5 minutes to get there.

Then I saw Hong Sanbao taking Aji and several other senior brothers with him. Zhang Rongfei, who looked slightly pale and panicked, walked out of the office area on the second floor of the cinema.

After Zhang Rongfei passed the stall, several boys who worked in this movie theater tried to persuade him, but they didn't dare to take Zhang Rongfei's back. They followed Fatty Hong and babbled about not being in a rush to practice, but letting him go first. Their boss needs to be mentally prepared.

When a group of people saw Chu Qianqian with a smile on his face, they immediately released Zhang Rongfei and ran up to say hello.

Chu Qianqian, Hong Sanbao and others nodded in response, then smiled and said to Zhang Rongfei, "Pretty boy, are you not planning to play the leading role?"

Zhang Rongfei shook his head hastily. If he dared to say not to take pictures today, he would have to stay at home for ten days and a half to keep it safe tomorrow.

Besides, the big boss wrote the script himself and even promoted himself to be the protagonist of the new movie. If he didn't agree to it, not only would he feel like a fool.

There will definitely be many people out there calling themselves ungrateful.

"Boss, not only do I have to go to nightclubs to sing songs these days, but I also have to practice the new songs that the company bought for me, and try to get the vinyl out as soon as possible. I really don't have time to practice.

Give me three days, and I promise to report to Master Hong's martial arts gym early the day after tomorrow. "

Chu Qianqian nodded indifferently. After all, it was because of work, not unwillingness to practice.

"While you are all here, let me tell you about the plot, and by the way, see if Arong is really suitable for making a kung fu movie, so as not to waste a month or two of your time on special training, and the final result will not be as good as mine. requirements.”

Hong Sanbao and Zhang Rongfei nodded hurriedly, while Aji and other senior brothers beside them were looking forward to but not confident.

If Zhang Rongfei is really not suitable, others will have a chance.

But Aji and others didn't have much confidence in being the protagonist, and they didn't feel that their looks were suitable for being the protagonist.

Entering the large conference room, although Zhang Rongfei had a lot of fights since he was a child, so he was well-trained in his postures, the more Chu Qianqian looked at him, the more he felt that he was too delicate.

Then the images of Ning Caichen, Song Zijie and other characters kept coming to mind, and when I saw Zhang Rongfei's fighting scenes, I felt more and more weird.

Chu Xiangqian knew that his incident was affected by his memory, and he always felt that Zhang Rongfei was not suitable for making Kung Fu movies.

But people of this generation, after seeing Zhang Rongfei's screen appearance for the first time, will not feel like they are in a drama.

Everyone saw Chu Qianqian looking more and more frowning, and finally fell silent, feeling nervous in their hearts.

At this point, Zhang Rongfei was still a little unwilling. After all, he was the protagonist of the movie and no one was willing to give up.

"Boss, how about I change my clothes and find a makeup artist to do my makeup?"

Chu was stunned, and then realized that Zhang Rongfei was now wearing trousers and a white shirt. He really didn't look like someone who dressed up in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

And if you think about it carefully, Yuan Biao's kung fu skills are not bad, but the feeling of playing a street gangster is not as good as the real gangster Zhang Rongfei.

After nodding in agreement, he simply picked up the phone and called two makeup artists from Baofeng Building. Then he said to Zhang Rongfei, "I remember there was a tailor shop not far away. I asked the master to buy short shirts from the Republic of China and cloth shoes and mandarin jackets." Expedited.”

After saying that, he randomly took out a few banknotes from his pocket and handed them to Zhang Rongfei. At the same time, he remembered that Bai Fanyu was dressed in short shirts and mandarin jackets all day long, "similar to what Mr. Bai usually wears."

Zhang Rongfei immediately had a specific image in his mind, but he refused to accept the money and hurriedly said that he had money.

Chu Xiangqian smiled and said, "Street boy, do I need you to save money for me? Besides, I'm your boss, so just take it. I don't have much free time."

Zhang Rongfei then took the money and took Hong Sanbao with him to give him advice.

While Chu Xiangqian was listening to the manager of the cinema in Causeway Bay, reporting on the affairs of the cinema company, Baifanyu also arrived at the cinema.

Seeing this, the others hurriedly left the conference room.

"Achu, I asked for you. Corn kernels cost 9 cents per catty. Unthreshed dry corn cobs cost 7 cents per catty."

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but feel relieved. 9 cents of Hong Kong dollars were almost equal to 10.5 cents of Chinese coins.

The official price of cornmeal in China is 1 cent. This price does not exceed my bottom line, and is even lower than I thought.

"Is there any possibility of lowering the price?"

Bai Fanyu was silent for a few seconds, and actually nodded, "I can definitely lower the price, but if my friend doesn't make a profit, he will recover his losses from the iron ore you mentioned."

Chu Qianqian smiled and shook his head. What Baifanyu said was indeed correct. If he had no profit at all, he would naturally find it in other ways.

Thinking of this, my heart suddenly moved, "By the way, what did your friend think of the tiger bone wine I gave you last time?"

After hearing this, Bai Fanyu gave Chu Qianqian a thumbs up, "A Chu, if you are willing to use tiger bone wine to offset part of the money, give him a big tiger as a gift.

After giving you enough face, my friend will give you a lower price. "

Chu Qianqian couldn't help but laugh, "10 boxes of tiger bone wine, 2 big tigers, and 2 blind bears are enough, right?"

Baifanyu calculated in his mind that he couldn't even buy a bottle of tiger bone wine for 2 Hong Kong dollars, so he said it would be fine for 3 Hong Kong dollars.

10 boxes, 100 bottles of wine and stone, 30 yuan, tiger, bear, blind man and so on are really just gifts.

“有这礼物，8分5豪一斤干玉米粒应该没问题。”楚向前瞬间就算了出来，200万美金也就是800万港币购买5万吨的话，少了50万港币。

And 9 cents for 5 tons is 900 million Hong Kong dollars.

"How about 10 more boxes for 8 cents a pound?"

Baifanyu pointed at Chu Qianqian and smiled helplessly, but 200 bottles equaled 60 Hong Kong dollars, which meant that his friend only made 40 less.

"Okay, I agree to this. If my friend doesn't agree, uncle will fly to Luzon Island and live in his house for three to five months."

After talking about the business, the subject couldn't help but talk about the bloody horse. Baifanyu said in a low voice, "Achu, you know what happened between Aluo and I. The 400 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the horse will be given to you in cash as before. no?"

Chu Qianqian nodded indifferently. He was not a public official, and Hong Kong Island's tax checks on businessmen were not strict these days.

The 5000 million Hong Kong dollars deposited into Standard Chartered was just kept in the bank according to Barrister Huang's method for so long, and no one came to talk about tax issues.

For cross-border business, the Hong Kong dollar is not so easy to use.

Businessmen in some countries do not accept Hong Kong dollars at all.

Fortunately, this time I used iron ore trading.

After Chu Xiangqian agreed, Baifanyu made a call. Not long after, his confidant Daguang knocked on the door and walked in with two large boxes.

Chu Xiangqian counted the money in front of Baifanyu and then called the Happy Valley Jockey Club.

Then he said to Bai Fanyu, "Uncle, you go to the Jockey Club now. The secretary of Bridge, the executive director there, will personally take you to register the owner information of that horse."

Bai Fanyu nodded hurriedly. He and Lei Luo gave the horse to Bai Yuechang together. Naturally, he had to be positive when giving his daughter something to avoid being nagged again after they met.

Before leaving, he said to Chu Qianqian, "I will contact Luzon Island as soon as the registration is completed. If there are no accidents, someone will send a batch of corn kernel samples in the next two days.

You also have iron ore prepared here, and you need to take someone to see it. "

Chu nodded forward, sent Baifanyu away, and put the 400 million Hong Kong dollars into the Novice Village warehouse.

After going through it carefully and figuring out how to present the 18.2 tons of iron ore, and making sure that there would be no accidents or mistakes, I felt relieved.

He called the manager of the cinema and listened to his report while checking the cinema's accounts during this period.

Probably because his reputation is too bad, there is no problem in the accounts.

After taking the manager to look around, Chu Xiangqian felt that this person was a talent and almost wanted to give him a bonus.

He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost noon. He told the manager that when Zhang Rongfei and the others came back, they would wait for him in the cinema.

Then I drove to the movie theaters in Jordan and Ho Man Tin to check the accounts. It was already past 3 pm.

When I returned to the Causeway Bay Cinema, I saw Zhang Rongfei wearing a mandarin gown, with a slicked back hair, and an ivory cigarette holder in his hand.

The handsome face looked like a little ruffian, which instantly made Chu Xiangqian feel that this appearance could defeat Yuan Biao.

The question now returns to whether Zhang Rongfei can endure hardship.

Chu Qianqian thought for a while and decided not to push others too hard. He looked at Zhang Rongfei who looked expectant and said, "In this way, you and San Bao will delay the movie and shoot the ghost-fighting ghost starring San Bao first.

Ah Wing, you are with the team in this movie. You can play a role by the way to gain experience and practice your basic skills.It took almost 2 months to finish filming, edit, and wait for the release and release period of the movie.

Then we’ll see the results of your special training. "

Zhang Rongfei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Two months is better than one. As for practicing, Zhang Rongfei doesn’t think he can’t endure hardships.

Hong Sanbao naturally had no objection at this time, and Aji and other fellow apprentices were even more delighted. The better the master's nephew did, the more his fellow apprentices would naturally benefit.

If you don't keep enough, you can get a role with a lot of roles in the movie.

Chu Xiangqian didn't mind this at all, and even intentionally or unintentionally chose supporting roles among the disciples of Hong Zhennan and other boxing masters.

As long as he is still the president of the Wushu Association, this group of people will naturally be his team, and the better they get along, the more supportive they will be of themselves.

"Tomorrow I will go to Baofeng Building to give you the script and see how the filming of Guo Zhenhua's Drunken Master went."

Hong Sanbao and Zhang Rongfei nodded hurriedly and said they would notify Wrinkle Huai soon.

Chu stepped forward and patted Hong Sanbao on the shoulder, "Sanbao, this movie is a good one. If you don't understand, you can ask me. If I have time, I will also go to the set and watch.

I will strive to make you famous with one film, and I will have the confidence to brag in front of your uncle. "

Hong Sanbao was so happy that he just kept smiling and saying thanks.

Chu Xiangqian looked at Aji and others again, "There are many characters in this movie, and there are also many outstanding ones. I will call you brothers to Baofeng Building tomorrow.

If suitable, supporting roles will be chosen from among you. "

Aji and others were also overjoyed. They all clasped their fists in salute and shouted thank you to the boss.

Chu Xiangqiang won over everyone's hearts, and he didn't forget to ask Comrade Sanbao Luotuo to audition tomorrow. Then he left the cinema and drove to Kwai Chung Pier.

To facilitate the expansion of the towing dock, although the dock has not stopped, many warehouse areas have become idle due to adjustments and re-planning.

However, Chu Xiangqian did not put the iron ore in the warehouse area because of this.

Instead, based on the situation that Titmouse checked from the air, he spent money to rent more than a dozen loading and unloading areas in the lumber loading and unloading yard, and the walled open-air warehouse closest to the hills on the back of the dock.

Very few people come here usually, and most of the wood placed here is wood that needs to be dried for one or two years.

Take out the 1600 logs collected using the gathering technique in the past two days and stack them on the outside of the warehouse. In the large open space inside, there are 39 tons of iron ore that have been stored in the Xinshou Village warehouse for more than two months. .

After putting the things away, Chu Xiangqian simply sat in the car and waited until 12 o'clock in the evening, then immediately entered the Novice Village.

After riding the red rabbit and running out of Novice Village, the large tract of forest in the north of the village that had been collected was indeed refreshed again.

Chu Xiangqian was overjoyed. The 800 pieces of wood he produced every day were equivalent to the forestry's one-month logging volume.

It's a pity that these days we don't pay much attention to the rules of cutting and replenishing at the same time. In addition, the forest coverage rate is indeed very high. Only when large areas of barren mountains really appear will we make up for the mistakes of the past as if we are trying to make up for it.

Fortunately, as long as the higher-ups in China are determined, there is nothing that cannot be done.

Once again, after clearing out all the wild monsters and trees today, Chu Xiangqian piled 800 logs in the open-air warehouse before driving back to Kowloon.

Went to Linda and Alisa's place.

The two sisters didn't mind at all that Chu Xiangqian came over so late, and they took Chu Xiangqian to a friendly match.

(End of this chapter)