Chapter 137: Line 361 of the Nineties (Addition to the Helmsman Chen Ashui)
The unpacking process of imported cars after entering the customs may be the moment when these cars are treated most roughly, and Jia Lei, a layman, led people to the port, and only figured out what to do under the guidance of professional workers near the port.
First of all, Jia Lei's car was loaded in a container and pulled to a place called a transfer station, which is where the imported vehicles are unpacked.
Jia Lei's imported car is transported in a container, which is a 45-foot large container, and one box can hold several vehicles. The so-called unpacking is to open the container and drive the car out, which is the first step after unloading the ship at the port.
The trucks in the container are nailed to the tires and then fastened to the wheels with straps, so that the trucks do not move in the container, so that even if the container is on a crane or swaying at sea.
Unpacking means removing the wooden blocks and removing the straps, which is the main work that Jia Lei invited workers to do.
I saw that the staff of several ports first checked the lead seal on the container, and after checking that it was correct, they used a large iron pliers to cut the lead seal and open the door of the box.
"You two go in and check to see if there's any smuggled goods on it!" said a small head of customs security, and two of his men immediately went up and began to scrutinize it.
"No problem here!", "No problem here!".
said that it was an inspection, but these two people were very heavy, whether it was closing the door or checking the trunk, they were very hard, and even inadvertently scratched the body.
"Jia Lei, what are they doing here?" Master Zhou asked worriedly.
"What else can you do, look for trouble!" Jia Lei said with a roll of his eyes.
Since the Wen family can transport thousands of cars of princes in exchange for tanuki cats, then the port must have their accomplices!
And more than one!
"What are you doing? How can you do that to your customers' goods. Director Ning walked over and scolded.
Jia Lei nodded at him slightly and said hello, Director Ning glanced at Jia Lei, and walked over quietly, as if the two of them were strangers who didn't know each other at all.
"There are instructions on this batch of goods, it is exempt from inspection! You don't have to be busy. Director Ning waved his hand and said, the little leader could only take people away unwillingly.
The word exemption is easy to understand, which means exemption from inspection!
Jia Lei's quota for this batch of goods was specially approved by the above, and he contributed a batch of urgently needed coal to the country.
Without the security check steps, Jia Lei's unpacking progress is much faster, and after the staff in the park demonstratively dismantle the wooden strips, Jia Lei can let people drive the car out.
Under normal circumstances, the keys of imported cars are not accompanied by the car, and they are brought separately to the owner of the goods. So most of the time, there is a window in the car that is not closed or the back door is not locked, so that the person who is unpacking the box can climb in.
Generally, shipping companies require oil-free power cut-off for this type of mechanical goods, otherwise they will be implemented according to dangerous goods, but in fact, there will be a small amount of oil in the car, after all, it must be enough to drive in and out of the container.
However, Jia Lei didn't care much about these second-hand cars, so the keys were glued to the steering wheel with tape in Germany in advance, and I saw a transport team climb into the car through the window, use the key to light the car and slowly reverse the car.
As soon as the rear wheels of the first car landed, Jia Lei put down the heart that had been hanging, the vehicle has not yet been declared, and it is still under the supervision of the customs broker, and the driver reverses very carefully and almost rubs it off.
"Uncle Sun, you don't have to be so careful, we are all second-hand cars and not new cars, even if you scratch a few lines, it's no problem. Jia Lei said.
"That's not good, who will buy this car paint if it costs it!" said Master Sun.
Jia Lei was silent, in order to sell at a good price, he repainted all the cars, in fact, the previous appearance of these second-hand cars was really miserable!
"It doesn't matter, our cars are sold cheaply, even if they are a little bit uncomfortable, others will buy them. Jia Lei said.
"Jia Lei, you are too impatient, how can you not care about this kind of thing worth hundreds of thousands because you are too slow!" Master Zhou criticized Jia Lei.
"It's not that I don't care, I just think these cars are really cheap! Jia Lei looked at the workers who were going to use the car as an ancestral offering.
At this rate, 300 containers will be dismantled for a few days!
"Jia Lei, you always tell us that this car is cheap, so how cheap is this car?" Zhou Wen's father, Zhou Feng, finally couldn't help asking.
"This car is really cheap, and I plan to sell it for 40,000 yuan per car. Jia Lei said.
"Bang dang!" Master Sun, who even drove the car smoothly in the small container, listened to Jia Lei's words, and in excitement, he kicked the accelerator and hit the car on the nearby steps.
"Shhh
"Jia Lei is sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to, I will pay for it. Master Sun hurriedly apologized.
"It's okay! I just blamed me for not thinking it through before I spoke, and you were also frightened by my words. No need to pay!" Jia Lei said matter-of-factly.
Not only was Master Sun frightened, but many workers nearby were also frightened by Jia Lei's words.
"No, I did it, I have to pay for it! If it doesn't work, I'll buy the car myself." Master Sun gritted his teeth and said.
As a long-distance driver, Master Sun leaned on the cab to carry some goods from Mingzhu City out to sell, and he has also saved tens of thousands of yuan in recent years.
"You really don't need this, it's just a broken taillight, and it won't cost much to replace one! It's a big deal, I'll just cut the price by 5,000 yuan." Jia Lei said.
As for repairing the taillights before making a move, Jia Lei may not have the American time to do this kind of thing.
"I don't need to reduce the price, I'll buy it at the original price! Master Sun hurriedly said.
"Uncle Sun, you really don't need to do this, I'm not short of these dollars! 5,000 yuan is your salary for two years. You only earn 200 yuan for working for me, how can I be embarrassed to charge you so much money!" Jia Lei said.
The two sides began to argue, one wanted to lose money in life and death, and the other did not let the other party lose money, and in the end, Master Zhou couldn't stand it.
"Jia Lei, you let Xiao Sun lose money! Anyway, he didn't lose 40,000 yuan to buy a car. Master Zhou said that Jia Lei accepted Master Sun's compensation.
However, the news that a car can be bought for only 40,000 yuan spread among the workers who came to work in an instant, and before Jia Lei's car was dismantled, 20 workers came to discuss it one after another, wanting to buy a car from Jia Lei.
"Do you really want to buy it? My car here is all old, although it looks like new! In fact, the old car has been sprayed with a new layer of paint and refurbished. Jia Lei said to the workers who came to buy a car.
"We know! We want to buy a car, just to save face, as long as it looks like a new car can be driven, we can buy a car for 40,000 yuan, and we have taken a big advantage. Everyone knows that you can't buy a new car at this price!" said the workers.
Jia Lei just vaguely remembered that there was a shortage of cars in China now, but he didn't expect that his car would be sold before he even drove out of the port!
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"Sir, let me ask you something, do you know who the family of these cars is?" a man in a suit and holding a briefcase but not wearing a tie approached Master Zhou and asked.
"What family? I don't understand what you're saying. Master Zhou said after taking the cigarette handed by the other party.
"This is the jargon of our industry of reversing, which refers to the actual owners of these cars, that is, the boss or the owner of the goods as ordinary people. I see that they all obey your command, you must know who the boss is?" said Ma Yue, a man in a suit, who came to ask when he saw that the workers working on the scene were all under the command of Master Zhou.
"This car belongs to one of my relatives, and I don't understand the jargon you speak, so why don't you tell me about it, and if I'm happy, I'll introduce my relative to you." Master Zhou looked at Jia Lei, who was eavesdropping on the side with his eyes shining and his ears pricked up.
Jia Lei secretly gave Master Zhou a thumbs up and praised him.
Ma Yue didn't know what he was looking for, so he hid aside and eavesdropped, so he told Master Zhou about the industry in order to get close to Master Zhou.
In the import car industry, all the companies are real import traders, that is, the agents of various brands in China. However, in the 90s, many imported car traders were worried about the trouble of retailing, so they sold their cars on the ship to trading companies that took cash at the port to collect the cars, so there were also some of them who were not imported car traders.
However, the real big capital family rarely does retail business, these people are usually representatives of foreign brands in China, and a large part of them are foreigners or senior executives of foreign companies.
They are very high-profile, and they basically rest in accordance with the rules of foreign companies on Saturdays and Sundays, and there are no people on duty!
At that time, the so-called "own family" that the domestic subordinates saw in the major stores were actually the people of these domestic trading companies! Although they kept saying that they were their own family, they were actually all patchwork!
"What does the patchwork mean?" Jia Lei couldn't help but come over and ask, Ma Yue didn't care when he saw that Jia Lei was still a child, and he was kind enough to explain the meaning of the patchwork to him.
"Stitching is jargon, which means to make the difference in the middle. As long as there is a price difference, there will be a gap! You can make money!" Ma Yue said excitedly, in fact, he is a patchwork.
Whether it is an individual or a company, the news is very well-informed, and it is basically based on retail business. In the early '90s, these people were scurrying around the docks and traders, trying to get information about the source of goods.
If the market price of a car is 420,000 yuan, they will use the price of 390,000 yuan to get the goods from the big dealers, and after getting the goods, they are driving the car back to their hometown to sell, which is almost another big industry in the nineties!
Reverse in addition to the inverted master!
In fact, in the 90s, there were people reversing cars in almost every city, and as long as a car drove back to the inland city from the port, it would earn as little as 100,000 or 20,000 or 108,000!
When encountering a top luxury car like Mercedes-Benz 600, it is possible to earn 1.8 million at a time with good luck!
"Then how did you find us here?" Jia Lei asked curiously, knowing that none of his cars had left the port.
"I wait at the door every day for the car to come in from overseas, and I am very familiar with the staff here, and they usually give me some gossip. I've heard that your car is cheap, and I want to ask before I can find a home. Ma Yue smiled very honestly and said.
He can see that this time the family may not know anything about the industry at all, seeing people and talking about people is a necessary skill for sales, and pretending to be honest is his specialty.
"I really ought to find a home to hear you say, and since you sent it yourself, it would be cheaper for you. Just say, you want hundreds of cars?" asked Jia Lei.
"Hundreds of cars, what do you mean by that?" Ma Yue asked as he looked at Jia Lei puzzled.
"Don't you want to buy a car?" why are you strange if I sold you the car?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.
"Kid, you're not joking, are you? You can't talk nonsense about such a big deal, you can't talk nonsense, I think you are so well dressed, you must be the son of your family, right? Why don't you call your adult to talk to me?" Ma Yue said, and then he put the cigarette in his mouth a little nervously and took a hard puff.
"You're wrong, I'm not the son of the boss's family!" Jia Lei shook his head and said, Ma Yue lowered his head in disappointment.
"I'm the boss of this shipment! No! According to your jargon, I'm the owner of this shipment!" Jia Lei patted his chest and said proudly.
"What did you say?" Ma Yue was so frightened that he couldn't close his mouth, and he didn't even know that the cigarette butt in his mouth fell on his pants.
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(The stupid author is a newcomer, and he doesn't often look at the starting point, and he didn't know how to tell people about the helmsman before!I'm really sorry!!From this time on, I will be the same as everyone else, and I will point out the gold owner clearly, so that everyone knows that their money is not spent in vain.) I want to talk about "Rebirth 1990: The Invisible Rich" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~