After Jia Lei sent Shen Ning back to China on this day, he looked at the calendar on the wall and began to be stunned, whether he wanted to or not, the time had come to the most critical month of the year.

"Jia Lei, what are you looking at?" Mo Bei walked over and asked.

"Time flies so fast, it's August 1st today!" Jia Lei sighed, sometimes the more you are afraid that it will come, the faster the time will go.

In previous years, at this time of the year, our troops would hold a party, and even the retired soldiers would have tea parties organized by governments at all levels to get in touch with each other. Mo Bei nodded and said.

"I know this, my dad also has this activity every year in their factory, and there will be some teacups, towels, socks and other benefits, and my dad used to bring ......me back the fruits and melon seeds from the tea party in his pocket every time," Jia Lei recalled.

How poor he was in the 80s, whether it was oranges, apples or sunflower seeds, they were rare snacks, and Jia Lei looked forward to this day every year when he was a child.

"Bell, bell!" A knock on the door interrupted Jia Lei's memories, and Jia Lei asked the door to be opened.

"Jia Lei, it's great that you're at home, I specially made braised pork ribs for you today, come and try it." Ma Li raised the thermos bucket in her hand and said.

"You have a difficult thing, you brought it from China!" Jia Lei walked over and asked.

"yes, there's not even a hot water bottle here, and it's impossible to have an insulated lunch box. Mary nodded and said,

Then she opened the lid and took out braised pork ribs, sauce elbow and white rice from it, Ma Li was afraid that Jia Lei would feel too greasy, and even stewed a cucumber and egg soup for Jia Lei.

"Well~~, this smell is fragrant, I haven't eaten braised pork ribs since I went abroad, although the Chinese restaurants here also have this dish, but their dishes are full of seasoning flavor and monosodium glutamate, and the ribs are also skinny. It doesn't taste fragrant at all!" Jia Lei finished speaking, and filled himself with a big bowl of rice, and happily picked up a piece of pork ribs and gnawed it.

By the way, it's hard to eat white rice in Moscow!

"Of course, although my skills are not as good as the chef in the restaurant, this braised pork ribs is my specialty dish. Ma Li said proudly.

"Oh, tell me quickly, what kind of knowledge is there here?" Jia Lei asked curiously.

"This braised pork ribs want to be delicious, when you buy pork ribs, you can't pick the kind of pork that are all lean, it's best to bring some fat, so that the ribs won't be too dry and too firewood." Ma Li said.

"Hmph! Nothing to do, either a traitor or a thief!" Mo Bei muttered quietly on the side, and Jia Lei and Ma Li both paused when they heard this.

"Sister Ma Li is my guest, you shouldn't be so rude to her. Jia Lei said with a frown.

"I'm rude, I'm telling the truth. Mo Bei retorted.

"Mo Bei, you apologize to Sister Ma Li quickly!" Jia Lei was furious, but Ma Li opened his mouth to speak for Mo Bei.

"Jia Lei, don't quarrel with Mo Bei for me, he is right, I do have something to ask you this time!" Ma Li said with a wry smile.

"Everyone knows each other so well, just say what you have to do, you don't need to say words. Jia Lei said.

"Then I'll be blunt, I'd like to exchange some dollars with you!"

"I remember that you didn't ask me to change it a few days ago? Why do you want to change it again after only a few days?" Jia Lei asked with a frown.

"I did exchange my own dollars with you, I came this time to do a favor to a few friends, and you know how tight the supply of dollars is in Moscow right now. They waited in line for days without getting dollars. Since you helped Shen Ning last time, the news that you can write dollar checks has spread in the Chinese community. A few of my friends heard that I knew you and wanted to drag me to help them exchange some dollars with you. Of course, it would be better if you could write them a cash check!"

After all, a cash check would be safer than a dollar that would be confiscated by Russian customs.

"So that's what you want me to help with?" How many dollars do you want to exchange this time?" Jia Lei put down his chopsticks after hearing this, and he felt that the delicious braised pork ribs in his mouth had become a little bitter now.

"It's not much, just 100,000 dollars!" said Mary.

"It's only $100,000, that's fine, I'll write you a check. Jia Lei said, and then he took out his checkbook and signed a cash check.

"Jia Lei is so grateful to you this time!" Ma Li said happily as she looked at the check, and then she reached for the check.

"Don't thank me yet, there's something I have to tell you first!" Jia Lei said as he pulled the check back a little with his hand and stared into Ma Li's eyes.

"Jia Lei, why are you so serious, can you tell me anything?" Ma Li said, she had a bad feeling.

"Sister Ma Li, you're my friend, so I'm fine with helping you exchange some dollars, but your friend and I have nothing to do with it. You know, now Russia and China are very strict on the control of dollar foreign exchange, and I don't have many dollars in my bank account in these two countries. Especially now that the ruble is depreciating every day, I am also worried about how to exchange the ruble in my hand for dollars! So if your friend asks you to exchange dollars with me in the future, I may not be able to help you. Jia Lei said very seriously.

Jia Lei is kind to help this group of friends, but he doesn't want to be treated as a wronged leader!

Although it is indeed difficult to exchange dollars in the banks of Moscow now, there are ruble exchange points everywhere on the streets, and you can buy dollars at any time on the black market, but the handling fee for exchanging dollars in the black market is a bit high.

"Oh, I see, but are we all friends, and I can't refuse them. Mary replied with a red face.

"Actually, even if you are not friends, I think they should do a favor in the face of their compatriots. But I really don't have a lot of dollars in my hand, and I can't help everyone. If they want to exchange rubles for renminbi, I can help them exchange as much as they want! But not dollars! Sister Ma Li, remember to help me explain to everyone when I go back, I don't want my compatriots to think that I am too stingy and don't even help everyone with such a little help!" Jia Lei explained.

He didn't want to leave the name of a stingy ghost in the Huaxia Dump Circle because of this little thing.

"Huh...... You're right! Now that the foreign exchange control is so strict, everyone has a number of dollars in their hands!" Ma Li nodded and said.

"Since you don't blame me, I'm going to leave for Cheliyabin City this afternoon, I'm afraid it won't be back until a few days, remember to call me if you have something to do these days." Jia Lei said.

"Okay! I remember. Mary nodded.

"You can put this thermos bucket here with me first, and when I finish eating, someone will send it back to you." Jia Lei said.

"It's okay, just leave it here, I'll pick it up next time." By the way, Jia Lei, is what you just said true?" Ma Li walked to the door and couldn't help but look back and ask.

"That's what you're asking?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.

"That's what you said, if we want to exchange rubles for yuan, how many can you help us change?" asked Ma Li with her eyes lit up.

"I'm sorry, this sentence is false! I also have a lot of money in my hand, of course, it is impossible to exchange as much as I want. But it's no problem to change 18 million yuan!" Jia Lei replied.

"Oh! Sure enough, rich people think differently from us, and in my eyes, 10 million yuan is no different from how much you exchange for how much. Ma Li finally smiled after hearing Jia Lei's reply.

She felt as if she had found a way to make a fortune......

****

"Boss, you say so, what if Ma Li asks you to help exchange RMB in the future?" Mo Bei said with special disapproval while sitting on the train.

She wants to exchange dollars for me a little troublesome, but it doesn't matter if you change yuan. I make a lot of money every month in several factories in China, and I haven't paid attention to this 1.8 million yuan! This money is not as much as the money I made by selling oral liquid for a month. Jia Lei said indifferently.

"How much money can you make by selling oral liquid?" can such a small thing make a million a month?" asked Xiang Xi curiously.

"Of course you can! Haven't you heard the advertisement for that oral liquid on TV? The Ning Academician brand oral liquid produced in our factory is a well-known brand in China, and more than one million boxes were sold last year, and the bottles can circle the earth half a way when they are connected. Jia Lei said.

"Oh my God, is that the Chinese Academy of Sciences brand soothing and brain tonifying oral liquid that eats white tablets during the day and is in good spirits, and drinks black bottles at night and sleeps soundly, is it produced by your family?" asked Xiang Xi in surprise.

"Huh, you can even memorize my advertising words, can't you have bought them?" Jia Lei asked.

"Of course I did, but now there are candidates who don't buy this oral liquid! Last month, my family asked me to send 2,000 yuan home to buy oral liquid for my sister. Refuse to say that candidates can get high scores after drinking this thing!" Xiang Xi said with the corners of his mouth twitching.

"Who did you listen to, I can't help people with exams!" Jia Lei quickly shook his head and said.

"Everyone says that the grades of the children who drank your oral liquid have improved last year! This difference is even more obvious among the candidates, and the children who drank the oral liquid will have better grades than the children who did not drink the oral liquid. Xiang Xi said.

"Hmm...... This is really exaggerated publicity! Candidates are under pressure, and my oral liquid contains ingredients to help them sleep, and their scores will naturally improve after resting!" Jia Lei said speechlessly.

"What about the white piece during the day? I've eaten that thing, and eating a head will indeed become refreshed, and my thinking will become clearer!" Xiang Xi asked again.

"Don't you know that the mint leaves are refreshing? That white flake has mint in it, and of course you will be more energetic after eating it. Jia Lei said speechlessly.

"It's impossible! That's the oral liquid researched by the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the ingredient so simple? Such a simple formula can be matched by the Jianghu Langzhong on the street!" Xiang Xi asked in disbelief.

"This is indeed an oral liquid researched by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, because you buy the ordinary version of the ingredients. You must know that there is indeed a high-tech, very complex version of the oral liquid in my house, and theoretically the aristocratic version can prolong life! It's just too expensive for you to afford or have ever seen it. Jia Lei forcibly said.

"Boss, I'm not curious about the formula and raw materials of your oral liquid, I'm only curious about how much money can you earn a year with your oral liquid?" Luo Nan asked with interest.

"I think I have to have tens of millions, right? I bought the advanced version of oral liquid for my elders during the Chinese New Year, and a box costs 888 yuan. Mo Bei said distressedly.

"I really don't know how much money I can make in a year, the factory was just built last year. The product has been on the market for less than a year now, and the advanced version has only been on the market for half a year. It only earned more than 50 million yuan in 91 years, but this year's sales have increased several times, and the accountant in my factory estimates that the profit will exceed 100 million by the end of the year. Jia Lei said.

"Poof!" Xiang Xi squirted out all the water in his mouth when he heard this.

"A box of ordinary oral liquid only sells for a hundred yuan, and you make 50 million yuan for more than a million boxes, so the cost of oral liquid is not even half?" Luo Nan asked, his mental arithmetic was really fast.

"Hmm...... This is a trade secret, I can't say it!" Jia Lei immediately shut up.

In the health care products industry, a person like Jia Lei, whose production cost can account for one-third of the price of goods, is already a conscientious seller!

Other people's publicity expenses are more than one-third of the selling price, and half of the profit is still taken, and the cost is almost none.

"No wonder boss, you dare to boast about Haikou and say that you can exchange as much yuan as you want!" Mo Bei sighed.

"Of course, I'm rarely bragging!" Jia Lei said angrily.

"Boss, I have a question, what are you going to do with so many rubles?" Luo Nan asked puzzled.

****

Everyone must think it is strange, what to do with so many rubles in Jia Lei's hands, the depreciation of the ruble is very fast.

Jia Lei has only one way to deal with these rubles, which is to buy, buy, buy!

"We have two main goals for going to Chelyabin this time, one is the Chelyabin Iron and Steel Plant, and the other is the tractor manufacturing plant. We're here to do a field trip, let's see which one is easier. Of course, if other factories are cheaper, I can also consider buying them. Jia Lei said to the people of the advisory group after getting out of the car.

"Judging from the data, the steel plant is fine, but the tractor factory may have a problem! Now the tractor factory here is still in the list of bans. Pitt handed the investigation report to Jia Lei and said.

"Why is it banned?" Jia Lei asked.

"Although the name of this factory is written on the tractor factory, it is the main production place of two tanks in country E, and in the war in the past few years, this factory has stopped the production of tractors and switched to the production of T series tanks. So it's a semi-military enterprise!" said Dahl's father.

"Oh my God! All the enterprises in the Soviet Union used to be militarized, are there many enterprises like this kind of mixed military and civilian enterprises?" Jia Lei asked with a frown.

"A lot! Except for companies that make things like fertilizer, most of the other companies have produced military materials!" Kerr said.

"The most critical question now is how to get into those two factories, which are big companies that prohibit outsiders from entering the production area. Daddy Farr said with a frown.

"We're not outsiders, of course we can go in! You see, the people who came to pick us up are here. Jia Lei looked at the people on the platform and said.

Sure enough, a few people ran over in a panic with big signs, and these people scrambled with each other halfway, and in the end, it was the people from the steel plant who took the lead and ran in front of Jia Lei first.

"May I ask you are Young Master Jia Lei who came to investigate, right? The factory received your call and specially sent me to pick you up. The people of Cheliyabin Iron and Steel Plant said enthusiastically.

And the people in the factories that fell behind him were so angry when they saw this, that they were afraid that this rare big customer would be snatched away by the steel plant.

"Didn't you just ask me what I was doing with so many rubles? I'm telling you now, I'm going to use them to buy steel plates and steel bars!" Jia Lei said with a smile.

"I'm very curious about the process of producing steel plates in your factory, can you let me visit your factory? After all, I am going to buy hundreds of tons of steel products this time, and I am very concerned about the quality of these steel plates?" Jia Lei asked.

"Yes, of course, you can visit as much as you want, I guarantee that the quality of the steel plates produced by our steel mill is the best in country E." The person from the Chelyabin Iron and Steel Plant immediately nodded and said.