On the third day, Tommy Hawk received a call from Tony from Yarmouth, Canada, which was similar to Tommy's judgment, there was a complete cigarette sales network, but Tony's mood was a little unhappy, and he was very unwilling.

Because according to Tommy's confession, Tony first arrived in Portland, across the bay from Yarmouth, Canada, but the day after revealing the information that his home was in Missouri, the next day after the local Italian tour guide who received him for a fee, some Italians in Portland who opened grocery stores took the initiative to talk to him about the cigarette business that is very common between the United States and Canada.

Quite simply, Missouri is a major tobacco-growing province and has the lowest tobacco tax in the entire United States, and Tony said that his family lives in Missouri, which in the eyes of these Italians can already indicate that his family is likely to be engaged in cigarette-related business, either growing tobacco leaves or processing tobacco leaves.

If it is true, then the two parties can cooperate and sell cigarettes to Canada.

This kind of cigarette business is so common that even the Canadian government has become numb, after all, even the US government can resist its own strong indignation every year, and cheekily turn a blind eye to the American tobacco company's processing ship to come to the high seas near Canada to produce cigarettes for several months, how can they have the luxury of asking the Yankees under such a powerful government to respect the laws of Canada.

Taking Marlboro cigarettes as an example, nearly one-third of the Marlboros smoked by Canadian smokers today are not purchased through formal channels approved by the Canadian government.

In other words, Canada approves the import of 5 million boxes of Marlboro every year, but the statistics show that the country sells 6.5 million boxes, and it is obvious where the extra 1.5 million boxes without paying taxes come from.

And Canadian smokers are also keen to buy this kind of imported cigarettes from unknown sources, not that Canadian smokers are unpatriotic, but that the money in their pockets is not worthy of their love for Canada.

Canada's tobacco tax is too high, and New Yorkers in the United States smoke a pack of Marlboro for less than four dollars, which has already made smokers can't help but greet the mayor with foul language, while a pack of Marlboro sold in Canada now sells through formal channels for five dollars.

If you feel that the price of American products is too high, you can only buy Belmont and other Canadian cigarette brands that taste the same as Shit.

And in order to prevent more smokers from supporting domestic products, the American tobacco company has planned an operation to make the Canadian government rude, and a Canadian medical organization does not know how much public relations fees it charges, and came up with an investigation report that I don't know where it came from, and publicized it to the Canadian people, saying that after the investigation and comparison, it was found that smoking Belmont cigarettes often causes irreversible serious damage to the heart.

The whole investigation report almost directly states that you cherish your own life, please buy American brand cigarettes.

Tony was happy that his fellow Italians in Portland were thinking of him as a visitor from Missouri, because he thought they were going to negotiate business with him at the Marlboro price, which was legally sold in Missouri.

For this reason, he is not good at math, so he deliberately calculated the income, the normal price of a pack of Marlboro in Missouri is $2.6 a pack, and they only get 40 cents from the factory, which means that if the business is finalized, a box will earn nearly two dollars, a box will earn nearly twenty dollars, a box will earn nearly a thousand dollars, and two hundred boxes will be 180,000 yuan.

But he soon found out that it was not the Italians who were the idiots, but himself, and the local Italians had long been accustomed to this kind of business, knowing the ex-factory prices of tobacco factories, and they just decided that Tony had a stable supply, and was not prepared to buy as much as he wanted, like a fool who rushed into the supermarket on Black Friday, hearing the price of two dollars and four per box.

Especially after listening to Tony's supply method of only being willing to trade near the high seas of Yarmouth, and even refusing to sail into the territorial waters, the other party directly quoted the ultra-low price of $275 per box that Tony almost couldn't control and wanted to run away on the spot.

"Tommy, a box of Marlboro in Canada costs five dollars, but they only pay us fifty-five cents per box." When he heard that Tommy agreed to cooperate at this price, Tony on the other side of the phone said very unwillingly: "All the profits are made by those profiteers." ”

"Tony, you can't go to Canada to sell box by box, cigarette dealers also need profits, and since we have decided to trade in the safest and safest way, we must be prepared to give more profits to those who take risks." Tommy Hawk said in a calm tone: "I don't find it strange to trade at this price. ”

"I asked, if we could get to the city they designated......" Tony began.

Before Tony could finish speaking, Tommy decisively interrupted him: "No, it's on the high seas, don't step into it for more than a kilometer." ”

"And then watch them make hundreds of thousands or more with our goods?" Tony's breathing on the other side of the phone was a little heavy: "Tommy, just ......"

Tommy Hawk interrupted Tony's words again, and said slowly in a slow tone: "Tony, take a deep breath, calm down, think about it differently, just drive a fishing boat to the sea and earn 15,000 yuan, after deducting bank interest and expenses, we can get 14,000 yuan, and before that, you only earn 80 yuan a week, I only earn 3 yuan a day and a part-time job every hour, we use a day and a night to earn money that many people may not be able to earn in a year, this is already a lot, never be too greedy, you have to control money, Instead of being dominated by money, don't lose your mind to those numbers. ”

"That's right, it's already a lot, don't be greedy." Tony took a few deep breaths on the other end of the phone, then asked, somewhat uncertainly.

Tommy said, "Think of what you told me not to do anything stupid. We're going to come back with the money and bring Bessia home instead of sending ourselves to prison in Canada for doing something stupid, think of Ashley, think of her. ”

"OK, you're right, brother." Tommy calmed down: "I can't control myself when I hear those numbers, oh my God, you're right, OK, remember the communication radio and intercom channel of the other fishing boat, I'll be waiting for you on the fishing boat then, when are you going to leave?" ”

Tommy Hawk glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, and the hour hand pointed to eleven o'clock in the afternoon: "Go out to sea at three o'clock in the afternoon, and about two or three o'clock in the morning to the Gulf of Maine, you can go and get a good night's sleep now, and you will sail the boat on the way back." ”

"Let those bastards make more money, I'm going to ...... Shit！ I forgot one more thing, see Tommy then! Tony suddenly remembered something and hurriedly hung up.

Putting the phone receiver back in place, putting away the contact records just made, Tommy Hawk got up and picked up the suitcase that had been prepared long ago, full of clothes and tools for late night to keep warm, and before he could take a step, the door to the master bedroom had already opened, and Melonie actually carried a life jacket in her left hand and dragged a large trolley case out with her right hand.

"First of all, you should know that Tony and I knew how to sail a fishing boat at the age of fourteen, and we were more skilled at driving a fishing boat than driving, right?" Tommy glanced at the life jacket in the other party's hand: "Secondly, in the sea area we are driving, there are more offshore fishing boats than fish, and you are afraid that you will be killed by countless lifebuoys thrown by passing fishing boats in less than thirty seconds, and your current appearance is very hurtful." ”

Melonie opened the door to the apartment, stepped out of the house first, and said without looking back, "This is a mockery, Tommy, you are so clever that you can't see that this is a riposte to you for not trusting me last time." ”