Maybe Jia Lei's resentment was too deep, and God couldn't stand it to satisfy his wishes, and when Jia Lei opened his eyes the next day, the ruble really began to turn into waste paper little by little.

November 1, 1990 was just an ordinary day for the Chinese nation, but for the Soviets it was the beginning of suffering, and the exchange rate of the ruble against the dollar fell like a waterfall from this day on.

No one can stop it!

"Huh, why are so many people reading the newspaper in the restaurant today? Jia Lei sat in the hotel restaurant in Vladivostok and asked listlessly, this steak is a little hard and bloodshot inside, it is really unpalatable.

"It's like a big news in the newspapers that the Soviet government has launched a 500-day plan! It is going to be privatized by the whole people, and all state property will be divided among the Soviet people, and everyone will have a share! Everyone is talking about it. Su Renfeng said worriedly.

"Oh, it's a Soviet's business, and it has nothing to do with us, let's go back to Shuangcheng after dinner." Jia Lei said.

Early this morning, the Soviet government announced that the official exchange rate of the ruble against the US dollar had dropped from 06 rubles to 1 ruble: 18 US dollars, and the ruble depreciated against the US dollar by nearly 12 overnight! Fortunately, you exchanged all the rubles into US dollars yesterday, and if the 550,000 rubles dragged on to today, we would have to exchange at least more than 50,000 US dollars less!" Su Renfeng said a little scared, and Jia Lei was stunned when he heard this.

"I'm a little familiar with that 500-day plan, you take a newspaper and translate it for me carefully!" Jia Lei suddenly said with a serious face, he just felt familiar with this plan, but the depreciation of the ruble overnight made Jia Lei vigilant.

Although Jia Lei is not engaged in economics and finance, he also knows that the depreciation of the ruble began in 1990. When he first came a few days ago, he wondered why the ruble is still worth more than the dollar when there is no sign of depreciation at all!

Jia Lei realized at this time that it was because it had not yet reached the day when the ruble was devalued, and this so-called 500-day plan was the main culprit that caused the collapse of the Soviet economy and the depreciation of the ruble.

"Oh no! The ruble is going to depreciate, we have to leave quickly! You call Natasha right away and ask her to find a way to convert all the rubles in the house into dollars. After Jia Lei finished speaking, he began to gobble up the steak hastily, and then dragged Su Renfeng to the phone.

"What are you anxious about, isn't it just to exchange dollars? It's okay for the two of us to change after we go back, how can Natasha go to the bank and queue up with a big belly. Su Renfeng said.

"Natasha can't go by herself, then let her find someone to go in her place, anyway, we have to exchange all the rubles in our hands for dollars at once! Jia Lei said anxiously.

"Will the ruble fall twice in one day?" asked Su Renfeng worriedly.

"Yes! Believe me, I will!" Jia Lei said categorically.

"Okay, I'll call right away!" Su Renfeng was also infected by Jia Lei's emotions, and he became nervous inexplicably.

"How many rubles do we have in our hands?" Jia Lei asked suddenly after waiting for him to finish the call.

"28,765 rubles, because in the Soviet Union, it was too troublesome to buy things in rubles and dollars, so I didn't exchange the money for dollars. Su Renfeng said.

"Let's go, let's go exchange dollars right away!" Mr. Jia said.

"I don't think we need to exchange it, we all need rubles to buy things here, and the dollar is useless!" Su Renfeng said.

"How can the dollar be useless, the ruble may have to fall, you can exchange 10,000 rubles for 18,000 US dollars now, maybe this 18,000 US dollars can be exchanged for 20,000 rubles in a few days, and you can earn 10,000 rubles in a few days without doing anything! This is faster than robbing a bank!" Jia Lei said as he pulled Su Renfeng as he ran.

"Impossible, how can the ruble depreciate so much?" asked Su Renfeng in disbelief.

"Even if the ruble does not depreciate so much, according to the exchange rate this morning, prices will definitely rise immediately! East Germany and West Germany were unified overnight, and Russia and Lithuania became independent! What do you think is impossible to happen in the Soviet Union?" Jia Lei asked.

"Okay! I'll go and exchange dollars for dollars right away! If nothing happens, it's best, and when we want to use rubles, it's a big deal that we make an extra trip and then exchange them back, and if something happens, our losses will be minimized." Su Renfeng thought about it for a while and said.

Jia Lei and Su Renfeng ran to the nearby bus station with suitcases, wanting to take a bus to the nearest foreign exchange point, but after two buses in a row, there were all black heads on them, and the two of them couldn't squeeze in at all.

"There's no time, let's take a taxi!" Jia Lei looked at his watch and said, it's almost half past nine.

Although there are many taxis in Russia, there are very few available today. Jia Lei and Su Renfeng didn't easily stop a car and sat on, and as soon as they finished talking about the destination, the driver spoke.

"The fare has gone up, and now the fare is 25 kopecks per kilometer. The taxi driver said that if he was a local, he would not dare to raise the price, but he was not afraid of these two obviously foreigners.

"Yes, you can use as much money as you want! Go to the nearest foreign exchange office immediately!" Su Renfeng replied in Russian, seeing that the price of the rental car had increased by 25 overnight, Su Renfeng was also anxious.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Jia Lei kept urging the taxi driver.

"You can't go any faster, you're going to run a red light any faster!" the driver said as he pressed the accelerator all the way down.

The taxi finally stopped at the door of the foreign exchange point, and Jia Lei and Su Renfeng ran down with boxes.

"Oh my God, why are there so many people?" Su Renfeng said with wide eyes as he looked at the long queue of thousands of people at the door of the foreign exchange point.

"It's late, I guess even if we line up now and wait for our turn, there will be no dollars left in the bank!" Jia Lei said, glancing at the long line.

"Then what are we going to do?" Su Renfeng asked, he usually does things according to the rules, and he can't think of a way to do it like this for a while.

"Let's go to the store, and we'll exchange all the money for something before the price of goods has risen." Jia Lei thought for a while before saying, after all, he is also an ordinary person and can't think of any better way.

"That's a good idea, let's go right away!" Su Renfeng hurriedly said, and then the two of them took a taxi and drove to the largest department store nearby.

Buying things before prices go up is almost everyone's idea!

So when Jia Lei and Su Renfeng arrived in front of the department store building, there was already a sea of people in front of the department store building. Jia Lei squeezed in between the legs of the Soviets because he was small, and Su Renfeng also squeezed in because he had good skills as a soldier.

"I want ten pounds of white bread!", "I want three clothes!", "I want a hundred pounds of potatoes!" Countless Soviets around the store crowded in front of the store, shopping!

"Clothes and food were useless to us, there were too many people here and we changed places. Su Renfeng struggled and shouted.

"Go to the second floor, let's go to the luxury counter! The things there are expensive, and there must be fewer people to buy!" Jia Lei said, glancing at the crowd outside the grocery and clothing stores.

"Okay, you follow me, don't be squeezed down!" Su Renfeng stretched out his hand and pulled Jia Lei and said.

The two of them went through a lot of hardships and dangers before they squeezed out of the crowd on the first floor and ran to the second floor!

"Oh my God, why are there so many people on the second floor? You must know that the things here are ten times more expensive than those below!" Jia Lei said as he looked at the crowd in front of several windows.

"What do we buy? Can we still buy things?" asked Su Renfeng worriedly.

"Of course! Believe it or not, there's no one over there. Jia Lei said at a few counters in the corner of the store where no one went.