Chapter 68: The Dollar and the Peso
"Since Carlos you have decided to follow me, then we can upgrade the exam just now, you just said that if I buy some corn now, then by the time it comes to John's Day, I can make a lot of money, right?"
Faced with Zhou Ming's question, Carlos nodded yes without hesitation, but then Zhou Ming said: "Then now I will hand over this business to you to be in charge, how much money do you think I should give you, and you can complete this transaction and let me make more money on John's Day?"
Carlos was stunned at that time, and he looked at Zhou Ming with wide eyes and an incredulous face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhou Ming smiled: "From your expression, it seems that you didn't think that I would hand over this business to you, right?"
Carlos nodded stunned and said, "Yes sir, although I also thought that if my suggestion was good enough, sir, you might really follow my suggestion to do this business, but I didn't expect you to let me do it, it would be at least tens of thousands of dollars!"
"If Carlos had been listening to the window all the time, you should know that the medicine I just paid Miguel was $10,000. Zhou Ming said.
Carlos immediately exclaimed: "What kind of medicine actually costs 10,000 pesos? Even 10,000 pesos is too exaggerated, I have never heard of it in Moria, that guy Miguel must have deceived you, sir, he is just like the Angels, he is a big liar who is very good at lying!"
Zhou Ming waved his hand and said: "Of course I know that there must be something wrong with the price he quoted me, because my medicines may be scarce in Moria, but they are all very common medicines, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that I need these medicines now, do you understand what I mean? This is the same as I will let Carlos you take charge of this business, compared to the money I invested, I want to see your success!"
Zhou Ming stretched out his hand and patted Carlos on the shoulder, and then said to him: "So you help me finish this corn deal first, as for Miguel's side, I have a way to teach him a lesson!
Although Carlos didn't understand why Zhou Ming said this, now that Zhou Ming had made a decision, he couldn't say anything more.
Then Carlos thought for a while and said to Zhou Ming: "Sir, for this corn transaction, my budget is 30,000 pesos, because Moria only needs so much corn, no matter how much it is, it can't be sold, and if it is less, it won't make the most money." ”
This answer made Zhou Ming very satisfied, which proved that Carlos had been carefully calculated, and of course, it also made Zhou Ming feel a little surprised: "You mean you need pesos instead of dollars, right?"
Carlos nodded and replied: "Yes, sir, you heard me right, I want pesos, because by buying in pesos and selling them in dollars, you can earn another income from the difference between dollars and pesos!"
Zhou Ming nodded suddenly, and then asked him again: "So even Moria's people will trust the dollar more than the peso, you always think that the peso will become less and less valuable, right?"
It is not groundless for Zhou Ming to ask such a question, after all, Mexico is very rare to have two currencies in circulation at the same time, but this is also due to Mexico's poor economic situation.
As a result of Mexico's economic crisis a decade ago, soaring prices have caused many Mexicans to trust the Mexican peso in favor of the dollar, which is more preservable. In addition, the Mexican government's imposition of a fixed exchange rate between the Mexican peso and the US dollar is also an incentive for the Mexican government to restore the peso's credibility but to make people more willing to use the dollar.
As long as there are two currencies, the exchange rate problem will affect a lot of value, just like Carlos's corn transaction, but in fact, to really talk about it, the exchange rate problem in Carlos's transaction is very abnormal.
This time it is due to the fact that the peso is constantly depreciating, but the exchange rate of the peso against the dollar is set to death, so that the increase in the price of the peso also means that the price of the dollar has also increased, and in this exchange rate change, the total amount of goods remains unchanged, but the price of selling is high, and naturally more money is made. Instead of predicting a future decline in the exchange rate in order to make a profit in trading, as is the usual in the exchange rate market.
"Actually, since the year before, the peso has become less and less valuable, I don't know why people are always optimistic, but I feel that way no matter what I buy. The year before last I bought a bottle of Coke for one peso, but now it has risen to three pesos, but if you convert it to dollars, three dollars can buy twelve bottles. Carlos told Zhou Ming.
Listening to Carlos's words, Zhou Ming was suddenly silent for a while, and after a while he waved his hand to let Carlos leave, but he forgot to give him the money, and it wasn't until Carlos's reminder that Zhou Ming remembered to give him the money, and Carlos really left.
After Carlos left, Liu Qiangguo of the desert team asked Zhou Ming with some concern if there was anything wrong, and the hyena said more directly that Zhou Ming was worried about the 30,000 pesos.
Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "These 30,000 pesos are trivial, but I seem to have been ignoring a lot of things, and it wasn't until Carlos's words just now that I really reminded me." ”
Liu Qiangguo and the soldiers of the desert squad did not react to this, but the hyena jumped up in surprise, and he shouted in disbelief: "God! How can a poor man like Carlos still have something to remind you?"
"Is there anything that can't be reminded? On the contrary, I've been thinking too highly, and I've forgotten some of the most basic things. Zhou Ming said.
Zhou Ming's words made the hyena very confused, but it was easy to understand that since Zhou Ming was reborn, he relied too much on the memories of his previous life in many things, and ignored some of the most basic situations. Although there has been no problem, this does not mean that such behavior is right, if you want to truly become a world giant, it is far from enough to rely on those memories, and improving yourself is the king!
Thinking of this, Zhou Ming said to them: "It's still early, let's go out and walk around here in Moria!"
Zhou Ming casually threw the newspaper aside as he spoke, and took the lead downstairs, Liu Qiangguo patted the hyena on the shoulder and followed, although the hyena was still confused at this time, but also followed.
Zhou Ming led them to the street downstairs, this street was still full of people, Zhou Ming and they stopped a few children first, Zhou Ming asked the hyena to ask them if they usually use US dollars or Mexican pesos.
"Dollars? No kidding, do you think we're like people who can afford dollars? At most, we can get a few pesos at the carnival, but a few pesos, you know, if we don't spend it right away, God knows what we can buy the next day! You know I've always had a wish? to be able to buy things with dollars, that's going to be a cool thing!"
This is the child's original words to answer Zhou Ming, after getting this answer, Zhou Ming took out a few dollars from his pocket and handed them to them, and told them that he had fulfilled their wish, and the children ran away happily.
Zhou Ming and the others continued to walk, and then he came to a store next door, which was just a grocery store, and Zhou Ming still asked the question he had just asked the child: Is it in dollars or pesos? The owner of the grocery store gave the same answer as the child.
"Pesos? If my customers can afford to pay dollars, I'll ask them to pay in dollars, at least that's what my suppliers ask me for, but you know, this is Mexico, not the United States, so people here have more pesos that I don't want, but as long as somebody shows dollars, he's going to be a god-like customer!"
Zhou Ming also took out a dollar and gave it to him and said, "Then it seems that I am the God in your mouth." ”
Walking out of the grocery store, Zhou Ming saw that there were a few people who had just returned from coolies, and the same hyena went up to help Zhou Ming ask the question of dollars or pesos.
Faced with this question, their reaction was unanimous: "Dollars, please, don't be joking, okay? Do you think we have access to that kind of money for people of our status? All we can get is a damn peso, even if it's just a peso, and our head will often deduct our remuneration in various names, and he really deserves hell!"
"But once in a while I had the chance to get some dollars, I hid them all because they were very useful, and if the end of the world one day came and all that damn peso was a piece of paper, at least I would have dollars to work with. ”
"Maybe there will be a chance to see more dollars in Mexico City, but in Moria, it is very rare, and you can usually hold dollars, and that is a very powerful person in Moria!"
Zhou Ming still gave them a dollar by himself: "Then it seems that I am the messenger sent by the end of the world." ”
Then Zhou Ming took Liu Qiangguo and hyena around Moria, and they asked a lot of people, of course, they all asked the same question about dollars and pesos, and they didn't go back until it was dark.
After going back, Zhou Ming dialed Caitlin's phone, which was quickly connected, and Caitlin's nervous voice came: "Is Zhou Ming you? Why did you just call me now, is there something going on in Mexico?" I read the news that there was a series of car accidents near the airport, are you okay?"
Zhou Ming was stunned at first, but he didn't expect the Mexican official to cover up Jefferson's mobilization of private troops to intercept him.
"Did that terrible thing happen? But luckily I wasn't involved. ”
Zhou Ming replied, of course he said this on purpose, because Zhou Ming should have called Caitlin back after settling down in Mexico, but it was also because of Jefferson's trouble that he was delayed until now, but this matter has passed, so there is no need to tell Caitlin again, which can only increase her worries about herself.
So Zhou Ming said: "None of this is important to Caitlin, but I found that I made the right choice to come to Mexico, because the situation here is simply shocking." ”
Zhou Ming then told Caitlin the answer he got on the street: "I can't believe that I am still in Mexico, especially in their largest city and capital, maybe Moria is just a slum, but because of this, these people's speeches are more representative!"
"Even the Mexicans themselves have abandoned their currency, and to be honest, I can't imagine how this currency can remain stable," Zhou Ming thought for a while and said, "Or it can be said that in the past, I just wanted to short the peso, but now, I think I have a new idea, if the peso is a gamble we are going to make, I think this bet can be even bigger!"