"Don't want money?" The seller's statement made Fang Lang stunned, he didn't need money to sell things. Hurriedly asked, "Then what do you want?" ”

"Cigarettes, are you here for the first time? The current Italian lira is the same as waste paper, so I don't accept the lira. The Italian looked at Fang Lang and said with a serious face.

"Why cigarettes? Isn't it okay to use dollars? Fang Lang was puzzled, he didn't expect to use cigarettes to shop.

"The dollar is not impossible, but in our army, cigarettes are stronger than the dollar. If you give me dollars, it's hard to buy cigarettes if I want to. The Italian's statement made Fang Lang react for a while, it turned out that there was still this kind of play.

"Aren't cigarettes dispensed directly? Why buy it? "As far as Fang Lang knows, the logistics supply of the U.S. military is very sufficient, and each soldier has a fixed quota of cigarettes every month, so normally there should be no shortage of cigarettes! How is it that cigarettes have become a stronger currency than the dollar now on the black market?

"Yes, cigarettes are dispensed, but a one-month quota, in a high-intensity battlefield, will be smoked in three days, and if you want to smoke again, you have to wait for the next month's quota or exchange. So, you get the idea! The words spoken by the Italian were like clearing the fog and letting Fang Lang see ten thousand golden lights.

Cigarettes spread from the Indians, and Brazil happens to be the main tobacco growing area, although Brazil's local cigarettes have not formed a large brand, but there are many small-scale cigarette factories, such as Fang Lang's uncle Yang Zong's family runs a small workshop-style cigarette factory.

Fang Lang, who was still thinking about how to purchase goods and sell them in the United States to make money, suddenly discovered the New World. Hurriedly asked again: "Dude, is it only you Italians who trade cigarettes, or do everyone trade cigarettes?" Look at the brand? ”

Because Fang Lang doesn't smoke, he really didn't expect that cigarettes have become hard currency in the army. So did the cigarettes he used to ration in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force be directly embezzled by the commander? I feel like I've lost 100 million, and my heart hurts.

"Of course, everyone trades cigarettes! Including the Germans. As for the brand, it is not very important, of course, the most on the market now is the American good color cigarettes. Looks like you don't know anything about the market! You don't have a cigarette on your hand, do you? How many dollars are you willing to pay for this watch? The Italian clearly felt that Fang Lang had gone too far from the topic and wanted to bring the topic back to the watch trade.

Seeing that this Italian didn't want to continue to popularize market information for Fang Lang, Fang Lang was not annoyed, but whispered in his ear: "Dude, I am a crew member on a U.S. Navy transport ship, and I just arrived in Italy, so I don't know much about the market, but I will often travel between the United States and Italy in the future." Do you understand what I mean? ”

When the Italian heard Fang Lang's words, his eyes burst out with a dazzling golden light. After scanning the people around him left and right, and seeing that everyone hadn't noticed the two of them, he lowered his voice, pointed to Fang Lang's armband, and said, "Brother, this is not the symbol of the US Navy." ”

"Hey..... Yes, I am the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, but we are under the command of the Fourth Fleet of the United States Navy, and I happen to be an officer in the Naval Logistics Department, so ......" Fang Lang had to reveal his identity in order to convince the Italian that he was capable of getting enough cigarettes.

The Italian's eyes began to glow green, and he whispered to the other party: "Brother, how about we talk in another place?" ”

Fang Lang knew what the Italians were thinking, and he didn't want him to feel that he could have his own channels to himself, and he had to put enough pressure on him in exchange for more benefits.

"Dude, let's continue to talk about the price of this watch! I don't really have any cigarettes in my hand right now, and I don't know how many dollars you want to sell to me. The deliberately accentuated tone of the two words now made the Italians clearly understand what Fang Lang wanted to express.

"Brother, the watch is a minor issue, if you can bring a lot of cigarettes, what does it matter if this watch is given to you?" Italians are very good at it, and they are obviously big business people.

"Tell me how much cigarettes this watch is worth!" Fang Lang is also the master who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles, and continues to hang this Italian human.

"Brother, you want to know how much a pack of cigarettes is worth, right? No temptation, I want to be a long-term business partner with you, and I will never deceive you in this kind of thing! "Italians are straightforward and honest.

Fang Lang didn't react at once, he was used to the character of the Chinese in his previous life, and he wanted to test the bottom line repeatedly with this Italian, but he didn't think that people would not go around the bend with you at all.

"Alright! Dude, let's all be honest, I'm sure I'll have to check with the others. So can you tell me how much a pack of cigarettes is worth at your disposal? Now that others have opened the skylight, Fang Lang no longer beats around the bush.

"Brother, if you have cigarettes to sell me, I'll buy them for five dollars a pack, and of course that price will go with you, but I'm sure they'll get more and more expensive. I'm sure there won't be anyone in the whole of Naples who can pay a higher price than me. The Italian said in a firm and confident tone.

This price has indeed exceeded Fang Lang's expectations, you must know that the dollar in this era has not been depreciated and indiscriminately issued by later generations, and the purchasing power is quite strong, and the current dollar can definitely be regarded as the currency value of 1,000 yuan for 2,000 years, because the current dollar is about equal to one gram of gold.

And if Fang Lang is not mistaken, the price of a pack of cigarettes in the United States is almost twenty cents now, so if the cigarettes are shipped from the United States to Europe, the price will directly increase by twenty-five times. Is there a more lucrative business than this? Fang Lang didn't dare to calculate how many times the profit would be if it was purchased from Brazil's own cigarette factory.

"Dude, your offer is really appealing to me, I think I will know what to bring when I come back from the United States, I don't know how much you can eat." Fang Lang calculated the capital in his hand, 500 US dollars can buy 2,500 packs of cigarettes, and if you sell it to him at the price of 5 US dollars a pack, it can become 12,500 US dollars, and then use this money to buy 62,500 packs of cigarettes worth 312,500 yuan in the United States. This business is definitely worth Fang Lang's hard work, you must know that in the United States now, a car only costs about 1,000 US dollars, and if Fang Lang runs down twice, he can turn the money that is not enough to buy a car into a price that can buy more than 300 cars. It stands to reason that such a good business shouldn't be his turn to find out!

"I don't have a lot of dollars, but my uncle has absolutely enough money to scrape together tens of thousands of dollars." In this era, tens of thousands of dollars are really big bosses, so the tens of thousands of dollars of Italians definitely have the confidence to say that they have sufficient funds.

"To be honest, this middle is very profitable, isn't there any other businessman doing it?" Fang Lang didn't believe that no one else had discovered such a good business opportunity.

"Of course, someone has already started to do it, otherwise how would the price be set! You're wondering why no one is just going to ship the whole ship here, right? The Italian asked the question in Fang Lang's heart with a smile on his face.

Before Fang Lang could answer, he replied himself: "Do you think that the German submarines at sea now are vegetarians?" In addition to the convoy protected by the escort fleet, the risk of other civilian merchant ships running a trip, without the benefit of this price, who would want to! Those who have an escort fleet to protect are transporting strategic materials, so they won't do business with you! In fact, the time when this cigarette can be used as cash also started with the Yankees landing counteroffensive, and the time is only more than four months. It also takes time for the big merchants to prepare their fleets, and as far as I know, there are some merchants who have ventured out and never returned. This has resulted in a firmer price of cigarettes. ”