Chapter 1 The First Day of the Ruble Depreciation!

Su Renfeng and Jia Lei squeezed out the crowd and walked to the counter where few people went, and carefully looked at the goods inside, and found that they were actually watches, cameras and other items made in the Soviet Union.

Compared with the imported food and clothing that the Soviets bought on the side because of the depreciation of the ruble, this kind of thing that is enough for the average family as long as they have one has been neglected, because the appearance design is not exquisite enough, even if someone rushes to buy a camera, most of them buy the same price of country M and rotten domestic goods.

"The watch is okay, there is a market for taking it back! Although the Soviet stuff is a little worse in shape, at least the materials used are really real money!" Jia Lei said, pointing to the watch he had just bought yesterday.

"Cameras are also OK, domestic cameras also need foreign exchange coupons to buy, we ship these things back without foreign exchange rolls can be sold at a good price. Su Renfeng looked at the camera and said.

"Don't buy the camera for the time being, this thing occupies too much space to carry! Jia Lei said that the caviar was what he saw when he was squeezed onto the counter just now.

"What caviar? I've bought these things before, and few Chinese people can't eat them and can't sell them at all. Su Renfeng objected.

"Of course, ordinary caviar can't be sold, but I'm talking about what the tsar once praised and liked by American presidents and European aristocrats, which is the most expensive in Russia! The most famous black caviar! You don't know that because the price is too expensive, these things are too expensive for the poor to buy and the rich people come to the store to buy them, and no one buys the black caviar on the counter over there! I have seen this kind of black caviar in New York, and a small can can can cost three or four hundred dollars. Jia Lei couldn't help but drool and said.

Thanks to Prince Waleed for teaching him how to become a billionaire, especially the top ingredients like black caviar, which are the favorite of royals and wealthy people, His Royal Highness the Prince even took Jia Lei to eat thirty or forty kinds! Otherwise, Jia Lei was a poor dick and fat house in his previous life, how could he recognize at a glance what was inside the small box with simple packaging and ordinary packaging on the counter.

"Black caviar! I've heard that this kind of thing is very expensive and costs several rubles a box, how can there be one here?" Su Renfeng said in surprise.

"Of course, this shop sells high-end goods, let's buy caviar while those Soviets are only interested in grabbing foreign imported food!" Jia Lei said.

The moon in foreign countries is round, and both the Chinese and the Soviets feel that foreign imports are better than their own ones!

Black caviar was not a foreign product in the Soviet Union, but it was an authentic foreign product in China!

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"Hello, how do you sell the best black caviar here?" asked Su Renfeng.

"Black caviar? 2.5 rubles a can. The salesman replied.

"How much is a can of red caviar?" asked Su Renfeng again.

"3.5 rubles a can! 100 grams per can. The salesman replied that the large grain of high-quality red caviar from salmon was one of the best delicacy in the Soviet Union.

"The caviar here is so expensive, regular black caviar costs only 40 kopecks a box. Why don't we go down and buy ordinary black caviar?" Su Renfeng said.

"No, we have to choose only the expensive ones and not the right ones! The more expensive things are, the higher the profits, so choose this most expensive black caviar! Red caviar too!" Jia Lei gritted his teeth and said, Su Renfeng frowned and disagreed.

Jia Lei saw him take out rubles directly from his bag to pay the bill, and Su Renfeng had no choice but to go with him.

"You exchange the rubles in your hand for 10,000 for me, and I'll give you dollars. Jia Lei exchanged rubles with Su Renfeng in line with the principle that fertilizer and water do not flow into outsiders' fields.

"Since you don't like caviar, go buy something else, I'll wait for you here. Jia Lei said, Su Renfeng nodded, took the remaining more than 10,000 rubles and ran to the watch counter to buy watches and cameras.

"How much caviar is left here, I bought it all?" Jia Lei asked in English, proficient in English seems to be a necessary skill for luxury counter clerks in various countries! The Soviet Union is no exception!

"Do you want black caviar and salmon?" the salesperson asked.

"Yes, yes, are these things restricted?" Jia Lei suddenly remembered.

You must know that this is the Soviet Union in 1990, and the shortage of various materials has imposed a policy of restricting the purchase of most goods.

"The regular black caviar and red caviar below are indeed restricted, but this top-of-the-line caviar is not restricted! The salesman said.

Then Jia Lei bought 180 boxes of black caviar and 190 cans of red caviar here...... It was the era of the planned economy, and the salesman told Jia Lei that there were only 200 copies of these two items per month in each store.

Jia Lei feels that he has caught up with a good time, today is the 1st, and it is the first day of every month!

Since he has found a high-profit product, how can Jia Lei easily let it go, the first day of every month is the first day when the planned goods are on the shelves of Soviet stores, Jia Lei struck while the iron was hot and Su Renfeng bought all the top unrestricted caviar and gem-inlaid diamond-encrusted watches in several largest stores in Vladivostok.

"I've already called Natasha's brother, we won't go back to the hotel, we'll go back to Shuangchengzi immediately! Su Renfeng said worriedly, and then he directly stopped a taxi on the road.

"Then let's go to the train station and buy tickets. Jia Lei carried the cash box and said that he had already put the rest of his luggage in the taxi.

"Now the train ticket doesn't leave right away, let's take a taxi back!" Su Renfeng said, and then he told the taxi driver the destination.

"I'm afraid not! When I get to Ussuriysk (Twin Cities) I have to return empty, and very few guests take a taxi back to Vladivostok (Vladivostok) from there. I'll lose money if I only charge a one-way fare!" the taxi refused.

"Then I'll pay double the travel fee, don't worry that you won't lose your money! I'm in a hurry to go back to accompany my pregnant wife, can you please leave the train right away?" Su Renfeng directly took out a hundred ruble bill and handed it over.

"Of course, sir, but I need to remind you that the price of taxis has increased to 25 kopecks a kilometre since this morning. The driver said.

"It's okay, I already know. Su Renfeng said.

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"Why? I just got up and my money depreciated?" said the captain angrily, kicking his chair.

Because he made a lot of money yesterday, he took all his brothers to the bar to celebrate!

The commander of the regiment and his soldiers were all drunk, and when they woke up from the gentle village at noon today, they found that the exchange rate of the dollar against the ruble had become 1.8 dollars overnight: 1 ruble, and the 800,000 rubles in his hand had depreciated by nearly 100,000 dollars overnight!

"By the way, I remember that the little Chinese rabbit cub seemed to have exchanged dollars for dollars yesterday? Why didn't you remember to exchange the rubles in our hands for dollars at that time? Did you say that the Chinese people knew in advance that the rubles were going to be depreciated?" The head of the regiment looked at the staff officer and asked.

"This is impossible! You and your family don't even know about this matter, and it is impossible for a few ordinary Chinese people to know about it at all! The most important thing now is to exchange the rubles in your hands for dollars as soon as possible. The staff officer proposed.

"Of course I know this, but there are people queuing at the gates of all the banks, and many of them have no dollars!

"We can go to the black market and exchange dollars!" said the staff officer.

"No! 0.8 rubles on the black market can only be exchanged for one dollar, and we will lose even more!" said the head of the regiment.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to find someone to help, hoping to go to the foreign exchange window tomorrow and exchange the rubles in my hand for dollars! In this way, we will only lose 100,000 US dollars, and I will lose at least 150,000 US dollars when I exchange them on the black market!" After the head of the regiment finished speaking, he hurriedly put on his clothes and went out to find someone.

"Damn! Why is that little Chinese cub so good at life! He was able to exchange all the money in his hand for dollars the day before the depreciation of the ruble!" said the head of the regiment, sitting in the jeep, indignantly.