Chapter Seventy-Four: Years Later
The method of making money mentioned in Angelo's family book is actually very simple.
He was eyeing the difference between the gold of the Republic and the gold of the United States.
Ever since the resumption of sales of gold and silver jewelry in the Republic last year, Angelo has discovered that there are lucrative profits hidden in it.
First, the republic is made of 99 percent high-purity gold, which is an extremely difficult jewelry raw material to buy in the United States.
Second, this year's gold price is in the stage of gradual increase, and there is a serious time lag between the price of gold products in the Republic and the international gold price.
Third, the dollar is a hard currency in the republic, so that you can eat profits at both ends.
Anyway, judging from the current price, as long as one ounce of gold is brought into the United States from the Republic of China without declaration, and then the dollars exchanged for the gold sold are remitted to the Republic, at least 15 to 200 yuan of net profit can be made from it.
And the specific operation method is also very simple.
When he got gold from China, he burned it in plaster and painted it to make all kinds of dolls.
Then put it in a box with some candy and handicrafts, pretend to be a gift for the child, and send it directly to Los Angeles by airmail.
This is the common method that has always been used within the "family".
Not only is he a good doll maker, but his wife is also a treasure hunter.
When the goods are delivered, they naturally know how to take out the gold, and then sell it through special channels.
As for security, don't worry too much.
In those years when there were no electronic screening equipment at the airport and customs, and the focus of inspections was only on bombs, it was really difficult to detect.
Moreover, most of the gold smuggling cases dealt with by the police of the Republic were of the type of direct transactions within and outside the country, and they had no experience in such covert methods.
Finally, coupled with Angelo's status as an American, even if something happens, there will not be too heavy a punishment.
So there's almost no risk, and it's a pretty good thing.
And Angelo needs the help of the "little daughter-in-law", mainly for a few things.
One is to come forward to help buy gold.
The second is to eat the US dollars in his hand at the market price and exchange them for RMB and then use them to buy gold.
The third is that he also proposed that he needed the help of the "little daughter-in-law" to find someone to come forward to send the air mail package.
Because the bigger the volume, the more profitable it is, and it is too troublesome and eye-catching for him to do this kind of thing as an old man.
Being able to have a "scapegoat" come forward, this is also Angelo's "family tradition", which can protect himself to the greatest extent.
However, what Angelo didn't expect was that after the "little daughter-in-law" insisted on reporting to Hong Yanwu, Hong Yanwu saw through the risks at a glance.
coincided with an eventful autumn, and Hong Yanwu himself neither wanted to share the profits, nor did he want to get involved. also specially instructed the "little daughter-in-law" to only let him intervene in the matter of buying gold and exchanging dollars.
Hong Yanwu meant that the gold was bought on the open market, there were invoices, and the state did not say that foreigners were not allowed to sell it.
Once something happens, as long as you bite to death and don't know anything else, you can't actually be charged with anything.
As for the US dollar, it is more convenient, they eat it by themselves, and there must be no leakage.
But finding someone to send a parcel is different.
No matter whose name is written on paper, as soon as the "little daughter-in-law" builds this bridge, it can be linked to smuggling, and there is empirical evidence.
When the time comes, if something happens, you won't know if you don't know, and the police won't believe it.
In this way, the "little daughter-in-law" listened to the persuasion and decisively postponed the last errand.
Angelo was rejected and knew that he would not come, so he had to think about it again and harm the foreign devils he knew.
In the matter of buying gold and exchanging dollars, although the "little daughter-in-law" accounts for a small profit and can't share much benefit, it can't stand the sand into a tower.
He sold an ounce of gold and sold a "beautiful knife", and in the end he was able to lose almost 40 yuan in his hand, and he made a profit of thousands for a kilogram of goods.
It's a risk-free money that's naturally beautiful.
However, in a big difference from the desire of his subordinates to seek wealth, Hong Yanwu came up with an inspiration to use a whole new set of renminbi as a tourist commodity and exchange foreign exchange coupons for foreigners.
After the holiday, in terms of making money, he really didn't have any thoughts, and basically settled down to live an ordinary life.
This is because on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve this year, the "Erwang" case happened as scheduled.
The news of the second offender's flight from the north to the south caused a nationwide shock and panic for a while, and there was already a faint momentum of mountain rain coming and the wind filling the building.
The second is because of the direction of the wind within the public security system.
At the party on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xing Zhengyi, who was about to become a criminal policeman, together with Zhao Zhenmin and Zhang Baocheng, solemnly strengthened a legal education for Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan, for fear that they would cause trouble.
Third, after this Spring Festival, "Zhang Dascoop" couldn't help but have some true feelings for Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan, two apprentices who were not apprentices.
Then the most direct reward for the old man is to give them more weight and be strict in learning and art.
From then on, in addition to doing a lot of work every day, "Zhang Dascoo" would personally take them to the street to buy vegetables early in the morning and teach them to identify the ingredients and seasonings.
Then let them practice knife work all day long.
First cut hard, then soft, and then chop the onion and then the garlic, anyway, each person has to cut two baskets of raw materials every day.
I can't cut it during the day, and I have to cut it when I go home at night.
As for when is the head?
In the words of "Zhang Dascoo", "If you are a cook, you can't cut two taels of meat in your hands, and it is difficult to do knife work."
Where do they have time to spare?
So throughout February, in addition to drinking Shou Zhen and Lin Su's wedding wine, I almost cried with the cutting board, whetstone and kitchen knife every day.
The family and neighbors have no worries about cooking, and there are endless shredded cabbage, shredded potatoes, shredded green onions, shredded ginger, shredded chili peppers, and sometimes a lot of shredded meat.
So Hong Laosan and Chen Xiaosi in front of people, and Hong Waste and Chen Jijian in the back, mixed up a good reputation in the east and west courtyards.
In addition, Yang Weifan, as the saying goes, frustrated in love, proud in the workplace.
After the Spring Festival Gala, he and Gu Yi undoubtedly took advantage of the east wind to become popular again.
The Pacific Audiovisual Company in Huacheng specially produced a tape of "Spring Festival Gala Singing" for the two of them, and tens of millions of copies were sold this year, creating a new historical record.
And Yang Weifan is also an ambitious person, and he always feels that he can't rely on Hong Yanwu forever in the future. I plan to rely on real skills to eat in the future.
In addition, in order to solve the depression in my heart and pass the time, I applied with the group and proposed to further my knowledge of music theory.
Then he has the support of his mother, and he has a teacher of "General Politics", and he has such a big reputation, isn't it a matter of course?
Without passing the exam, he took the path of public study and went to the "People's Liberation Army Art Academy" to learn systematic music knowledge.
For a while, it was set up as a good example of tireless and hard work.
But one day in early March, he had to take a temporary leave of absence from the academy for a few days.
And he was ordered to take Hong Yanwu to the Xinqiao Hotel for a banquet.
This is because Ye Xuan is leaving and leaving Beijing to work in Shanghai.
The second group has been opened, group number: 608640021
(End of chapter)