USSR. Blagoveshchensk.

The city is only separated from the Heihe River on the Chinese border, although it is only one river away. However, in the 80s, the development was very different. Heihe City, on this side of China, has only dilapidated and low-rise buildings, and the urban area is like a big rural village.

Next door to Blagoveshchensk, you can see the towering TV tower, a dozen high-rise buildings, neat and wide streets. To put it simply, the Soviet Union is particularly modern, while the border cities in China are a bit short and poor.

Of course, this is the period when the Soviet Union was at the peak of its national strength, and it was able to have money and resources to continuously build the city's appearance. Even the Sino-Soviet border cities deliberately invested a lot of money in the construction of a window city, so as to show the Chinese side the superiority of the Soviet big brother's system.

In the early stage of reform and opening up, China's economic level could not be compared with that of the Soviet Union. Naturally, they will not be vindictive, invest a lot of capital on the border, and compete with the Soviet Union to build a modern metropolis.

Of course, at present, the cities on the Soviet side, although they still maintain a superficial level of decency. But there is not only a large amount of unemployment in the cities, but also wages that are in arrears even if there is work. To make matters worse, even Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, was short of supplies, not to mention the border cities.

Due to the lack of consumer goods in the Soviet Union, Blagoveshchensk has also become a distribution center for the sale of Chinese goods. Whether it is down jackets, socks, hot water bottles, or toothpaste, cigarettes, and liquor, they are all very popular with the Soviet side.

Of course, at present, most of China's fallen masters are petty fights, on the one hand, because many of those who go to the sea to become fallen masters are not big capital. In addition, it is the connections in the USSR, and it will take a long time to see results. Many Chinese masters, that is, ordinary petty officers and grassroots officials who knew the Soviet border, bribed them to make people turn a blind eye. However, because the pattern is too small, it is difficult for the business to grow bigger. At the same time, even black marketeers are strictly not protected by Soviet law, and they deserve to be hacked. Therefore, this kind of smuggling and black market trade also has a lot of filth and shady inside.

However, Liu Cuifang's business has been extremely successful. On the one hand, she played the hometown card on the side of the Chinese, and on the side of the Soviets, she also had the background of the family of officers, and pulled some soldiers to stand on the platform and use her as an umbrella. Moreover, some Chinese and Soviets were hired to set up stalls in the distribution market, and soon the goods were out of stock, 800,000 goods, which soon became more than 1.2 million. Subsequently, the funds were exchanged for pesticides, fertilizers, steel, and trucks from the gunmen on the Chinese side, and 1.2 million grew rapidly to 1.5 million. After about two weeks, Liu Cuifang has become the boss worth 5 million. The speed of its rise has made some black market vendors on the border look sideways.

Of course, soon Liu Cuifang's business model was learned by many businessmen, Soviet border soldiers and officials, and was quickly corrupted by China. The influx of Chinese goods into the Soviet Union was noticeably faster than before.

As a result, Liu Cuifang found that the price of many goods had actually dropped in price, and the turnover efficiency was not as good as at the beginning. So, she made up her mind to make something that was not easy to come by, and that would not be marketable in the Soviet Union.

"It's not simple, wine! The Soviets are the most fond people in the world to drink!" Lin Qi said with a smile, "And Chinese liquor, although the taste is different from that of the Soviet liquor, I believe that as long as you drink it a few times, you can get used to it!"

Liu Cuifang heard the Chinese liquor, and immediately came to the spirit, although the vodka can be heated, but the taste is still too exciting, and the Chinese liquor is thick and mellow, quite a foreign taste. The brewing process is different, resulting in a deeper entry point for baijiu in China than for liquor in other countries. However, after the old drunkard is used to drinking Chinese liquor, he will feel that foreign liquor is rubbish!

This is why it is difficult for the Chinese liquor market to be subverted by foreign liquor. The various categories of Chinese liquor with strong aroma, light fragrance and sauce flavor are mainly divided into senior old drunkards, and it is difficult to get started, but once you get started, you will become a hardcore fan. People who are not used to drinking it find it difficult to drink, but once they are used to it, they can understand that Chinese liquor is completely different from overseas spirits.

Overseas liquor looks similar to Chinese liquor, and it is easier for people who are trying to drink spirits at first, but the stickiness of novice users is not very high.

Chinese baijiu has a high entry threshold, and many people block the first step at the beginning, feeling spicy and exciting. You may even feel that the imported taste of foreign sake is better. But in fact, when you really get started, you will realize that Chinese liquor is called liquor, and what are the spirits in other countries around the world?

Of course, it is a bit difficult to do alcohol business - in 1985, President Gotu of the Soviet Union stupidly introduced the "Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on Anti-Alcoholism"!

However...... After the ban on alcohol, it led to a great loss of morale among the people of Gotu. This is one of the stupid things he does, he thinks he is very powerful, but in fact, he is not grounded, he believes in public knowledge and foreigners all day long, and he doesn't know about the policies that have lost the hearts of the people!

Later generations also put forward a strange analysis -- the ban on alcohol led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union! It can be seen from this that alcohol cannot be banned for the Soviet people. Whoever wants to be stupid to mention the prohibition of alcohol will inevitably lose the trust of the vast majority of people!

And the alcohol trade, although illegal, is worse than other smuggled goods. But on the territory of the USSR you could do without rubles, but not without spirits!

Spirits in the folk can even act as a hard currency!

"Okay, just do it, support the bold and starve the cowardly, if you don't have the courage at all, what kind of smuggling!" Liu Cuifang was still carried away by the interests, and felt that she should be more courageous.

Since he agreed to the other party, Lin Qi naturally did what he said, and transferred a cart of leather to Liu Cuifang.

Cheap liquors such as Beijing Erguotou and Niulanshan Erguotou naturally feel a little worse for China's old drunkards. But in fact, compared with the Soviet vodka, it is not necessarily bad. Moreover, now the Soviet Union is suppressing winemaking, and any alcohol product can make Maozi scream excitedly.

Naturally, there is no marketing problem for the second pot head!

The market retail price of Erguotou is currently 1.7 yuan per bottle. The price of Lin Qi's goods is only 1 yuan per bottle, and the logistics and transportation costs are not more than 1.3 yuan per square meter. The price given to Liu Cuifang is 2 yuan per bottle.

This price is not very expensive, after all, it is not possible for anyone to mobilize liquor to the Sino-Soviet border on a large scale. As for Liu Cuifang, who purchased goods at a price higher than the retail price in the Chinese market and shipped them to the territory of the Soviet Union, it is conservatively estimated that she can earn five times as much!

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PS: The recent update is obviously very diligent, but the average subscription has declined, and I have to be cheeky to ask for a wave of subscriptions.