Chu Qianqian nodded, "The spot price of wheat futures in Canada this year is almost 0.14 Hong Kong dollars a catty. The United States side is 0.147 a catty.

These two places are considered to be the lowest places for wheat.

The 240 tons of rice that Luzon sold to me before cost 0.416 Hong Kong dollars a catty. But in Odisha, India, it only costs 0.22 Hong Kong dollars a catty.

The price difference is too large, and if you want to transport the grain back, the money used to buy key people will inevitably be indispensable.

There is also the cost of transshipment to avoid supervision, which is not low. I can't explain this part of the expenditure clearly. ”

Qian Guotai thought about it seriously and knew that what Chu Xiangqian said was right.

"I'll report back to the top and talk about the results when I have them!"

Chu Xiangqian was relieved at this time, and then saw Chu Xiangqian return the check.

"U.S. dollars are even more difficult to get for the Celestial Empire, and I still want gold."

To be honest, although there is not much gold in the country, if Chu Xiangqian remembers correctly, in order to purchase grain during the difficult period, the Celestial Empire seems to have used gold to offset part of the grain purchase.

Qian Guotai knew that the boss would definitely agree to Chu Xiangqian's proposal to replace the US dollar payment method with gold.

However, this gold must not be stored in Standard Chartered, the magic capital, and then transferred to Hong Kong Island.

In the matter of purchasing grain, it is necessary to avoid any outsiders knowing about the plans of the Celestial Empire, so as to avoid being taken the initiative in future negotiations.

And 2 million US dollars is equal to 500,000 pounds, which translates to 1.212 tons of gold.

Converted to Hong Kong dollars, it is 8 million, and if all this money is used to buy 8 cents a pound of dried sweet potatoes, you can buy 50,000 tons.

If you buy corn kernels, it shouldn't be much worse.

After Chu Xiangqian and Qian Guotai separated, they immediately called Bai Fanyu.

About to meet at the Causeway Bay Cinema, Chu Xiangqian, who was very close, only took 5 minutes to get to the place.

Then I saw Hong Sanbao taking Aki and a few other senior brothers, and Zhang Rongfei, who was slightly pale and a little panicked, walked out of the second office area of the cinema building.

followed Zhang Rongfei through the file, and a few younger brothers who worked in this cinema persuaded them with a bitter face, but they didn't dare to snatch Zhang Rongfei's back, and followed behind Hong Fatzi and nagged that they were not in a hurry to practice, and let them be psychologically prepared first.

When a group of people saw Chu Xiangqian smiling at the corner of their mouths, they immediately let Zhang Rongfei go and ran up to say hello.

Chu Xiangqian, Hong Sanbao and the others nodded in response, and then said to Zhang Rongfei with a smile, "Liang Zaifei, are you not going to play the main role?" ”

Zhang Rongfei hurriedly shook his head, if he dared to say that he would not shoot today, he would have to lie at home for ten days and half a month tomorrow.

Besides, the script written by the big guy himself, and he also praised himself as the protagonist of the new movie, if he didn't agree, not only would he feel like a fool.

There will definitely be a lot of people out there who will scold themselves for being ungrateful.

"Big guy, I not only have to go to the night market to sing songs these days, but also have to practice the new songs that the company bought for me, and strive to get out of vinyl as soon as possible, I really don't have time to practice.

Give me three days, and I promise to report to Master Hong's martial arts hall early the day after tomorrow. ”

Chu Xiangqian nodded indifferently, after all, it was because of work, not because he was unwilling to practice.

"While you are here, I will tell you about the plot, and by the way, see if Ah Rong is really suitable for making kung fu movies, so as not to waste a month or two of your time on special training, but the final shooting effect will not meet my requirements."

Hong Sanbao and Zhang Rongfei nodded hurriedly, and Aki and a few other senior brothers on the side were both expectant and unconfident.

In case Rongfei is really not suitable, it means that others will have a chance.

But Aki and the others have little confidence in being the protagonist themselves, and they don't feel that their appearance is suitable for the protagonist.

entered the large conference room, although Zhang Rongfei had fought a lot since he was a child, and he learned how to put on a posture, but the more Chu Xiangqian looked at it, the more he felt that he was too delicate.

Then I kept thinking of the images of Ning Caichen, Song Zijie and other characters, and then looked at Zhang Rongfei's play, the more I felt that it was a play.

Chu Xiangqian knew that his matter was affected by memory, and he always felt that Zhang Rongfei was not suitable for making kung fu movies.

But people in this era, after seeing Zhang Rongfei's screen appearance for the first time, they will not have the feeling of being in a drama like themselves.

Everyone frowned more and more when they saw Chu Qianqian, and finally simply fell silent, feeling nervous in their hearts.

Zhang Rongfei arrived at this time, and he was still a little unwilling in his heart, after all, this is the protagonist of the movie, and no one is willing to give up.

"Big guy, why don't I change my clothes and find a makeup artist to put on makeup?"

Chu Qian moved forward, and then realized that Zhang Rongfei was now wearing trousers and a white shirt, and he really didn't look like a person dressed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

And if you think about it carefully, Yuan Biao's kung fu foundation has nothing to say, but the feeling of acting as a gangster on the street is not as flavorful as Zhang Rongfei's real gangster.

After nodding in agreement, he simply picked up the phone himself, called two makeup artists from Baofeng Building, and then said to Zhang Rongfei, "I remember that there is a tailor shop not far away, Republic of China shirts, cloth shoes and horse coats, let the master hurry." ”

After speaking, he took out a few banknotes from his pocket at random, and while handing them to Zhang Rongfei, he remembered that Bai Fanyu was dressed in a short shirt and a horse coat all day long, "just like what Boss Bai usually wears."

Zhang Rongfei immediately had a specific image in his mind, but he refused to accept the money, and was busy saying that he had money.

Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "Hit the street, I need you to save me money?" Besides, I'm your boss, I'll take it for you. I don't have a lot of free time. ”

Zhang Rongfei took the money and took Hong Sanbao to give his advice.

Chu Xiangqian was listening to the manager of the cinema in Causeway Bay and reporting on the affairs of the cinema company, when Bai Fanyu also arrived at the cinema.

Seeing this, the others hurried out of the conference room.

"Achu, I asked for you, corn kernels cost 9 cents a pound. Dry corn cobs that are not threshed are 7 cents a pound. ”

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but feel relieved, 9 cents of Hong Kong dollars was almost equal to 10.5 cents of Celestial Dynasty coins.

The official domestic cornmeal is 1 cent, and the price does not exceed its bottom line, and it is even lower than I thought.

"Is there any possibility of lowering the price?"

Bai Fanyu was silent for a few seconds, and actually nodded, "The price can definitely be suppressed, but if my friend has no profit, he will recover the loss from the iron ore you said." ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled and shook his head, Bai Rice Fish is indeed not wrong in what he said, if people are completely unprofitable, they will naturally get it back from other aspects.

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly moved, "By the way, what did the other party think of the tiger bone wine that I gave to your friend last time?" ”

After hearing this, Bai Fanyu gave Chu a thumbs up, "Ah Chu, if you are willing to offset some of the money with tiger bone wine, you will give him another big tiger."

After giving enough face, keep my friend and give you a lower price. ”

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help laughing, "10 boxes of tiger bone wine, 2 big tigers and 2 bears are blind enough, right?" ”

Bai Rice Fish silently calculated in his heart, he couldn't buy a bottle of tiger bone wine for 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, and it was no problem to say 3,000 to the outside world.

10 boxes, 100 bottles of tartar, 300,000, tigers, bears, blind people, or something, it's really just a gift.

"With this gift, 8 points and 5 pounds of dried corn kernels should be fine."

Chu Xiangqian calculated it in an instant, 2 million US dollars, that is, 8 million Hong Kong dollars, to buy 50,000 tons, 500,000 Hong Kong dollars less.

and 9 cents 50,000 tons, it is 9 million Hong Kong dollars.

"How about sending another 10 boxes, 8 cents a pound?"

Bai Fanyu pointed at Chu Xiangqian and smiled helplessly, but 200 bottles are equal to 600,000 Hong Kong dollars, that is to say, his friend only earned 400,000 yuan less.

"Okay, I agreed to this, if my friend didn't agree, Uncle flew to Luzon and lived in his house for three or five months."

After talking about the matter, the topic couldn't help but talk about the sweaty horse, and Bai Fanyu said in a low voice, "Ah Chu, you know about me and A Luo, the 4 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the horse, can you give you cash as before?" ”

Chu Xiangqian nodded indifferently, he was not a public official, and the taxes of merchants on Hong Kong Island had not been strictly investigated in recent years.

The 50 million Hong Kong dollars deposited into Standard Chartered is just that according to Mr. Huang's method, it has been deposited in the bank for so long, and no one has come to talk about tax issues.

It's just that if you do business internationally, the Hong Kong dollar is not so useful.

Merchants in some countries do not accept Hong Kong dollars at all.

Fortunately, this time it was iron ore trading.

After Chu Xiangqian agreed, Bai Fanyu made a phone call, and not long after, his henchman Daguang personally knocked on the door with two large boxes and walked in.

Chu Xiangqian counted the money in front of the rice fish, and then called the Happy Valley Jockey Club.

Then he said to Bai Fanyu, "Uncle, you go to the Jockey Club now, and the secretary of the executive director over there, Bridge, will personally bring you to register the owner's information for that horse." ”

Bai Fanyu nodded hurriedly, the horse was given to Bai Yuechang by him and Lei Luo, and the things he gave to his daughter naturally had to be positive, so as not to be nagged after meeting.

Before leaving, he said to Chu Xiangqian, "After completing the registration in a while, I will contact Luzon." If there is no accident, someone will send a batch of corn kernel samples in the next two days.

You also have iron ore ready here, you have to take someone to see it. ”

Chu nodded forward, sent away the rice fish, and casually put 4 million Hong Kong dollars into the warehouse of the novice village.

After carefully going through it, I thought about how to embody the 182,000 tons of iron ore, and made sure that there would be no accidents and mistakes.

Call the manager of the cinema, listen to his report, and check the accounts of the cinema during this time.

Probably because his reputation is too fierce, there is no problem in the accounts.

took the manager to check around again, Chu Xiangqian felt that this person was a talent, and almost wanted to give him a bonus.

looked at his watch, saw that it was almost noon, and said to the manager, when Zhang Rongfei and they came back, they would wait for themselves in the cinema.

After driving to the cinemas in Jordan and Ho Man Tin to check the accounts, it was already past 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

When I returned to the Causeway Bay Cinema, I saw Zhang Rongfei wearing a horse coat and robe, combing a big back, and holding an ivory cigarette holder in his hand.

The handsome face looked like a little ruffian, which instantly made Chu Xiangqian feel that this appearance could beat Yuan Biao for a few streets.

Now the question is back, whether Zhang Rongfei can endure hardships in the end.

Chu Xiangqian thought about it, but still felt that it was difficult not to be too strong, and looked at Zhang Rongfei, who was looking forward to it, and said, "In this way, you and Sanbao's movie will be delayed, and the ghost fight starring Sanbao will be filmed first."

Ah Rong, you follow the group in this movie, play a role by the way, praise the experience, and then practice the basic skills. Waiting for the film to be filmed, edited, waiting for release and release date, almost 2 months.

Then we'll see the effect of your special training. ”

When Zhang Rongfei heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Two months is better than a month, and as for practicing, Zhang Rongfei doesn't feel that he can't endure hardship.

Hong Sanbao naturally has no opinion now, Aki and other senior brothers are even more happy, the better the master's own nephews mix, and his own junior brothers will naturally benefit.

If you can't keep it, you can mix up a role with a lot of scenes in the movie.

Chu Xiangqian didn't mind this at all, and even intentionally or unintentionally picked supporting roles among Hong Zhennan and the disciples of other gym masters.

As long as he is still the president of the martial arts association, this group of people is born to be his own team, and the better he mixes, the more he supports himself.

"Tomorrow, I'll go to Baofeng Mansion to give you the script, and by the way, see how Guo Zhenhua's drunken boxing is filmed."

Hong Sanbao and Zhang Rongfei nodded hurriedly, saying that they would notify Wrinkle Huai in a while.

Chu Qianqian patted Hong Sanbao on the shoulder, "Sanbao, this movie is good to shoot, if you don't understand, you can also come and ask me." If I have time, I'll go to the set and stare at it.

Strive to make you popular, and I have the confidence to brag in front of your uncle. ”

Hong Sanbao was suddenly overjoyed, and he only knew that he kept smirking and thanking him.

Chu Qianqian looked at Aki and the others again, "There are many characters in this movie, and there are many brilliant ones, call all your brothers and sisters to Baofeng Mansion tomorrow."

If it's suitable, the supporting characters will try to choose from among you. ”

Aki and the others were also overjoyed, and they all clasped their fists and saluted and shouted thank the boss.

Chu Xiangqian finished winning over people's hearts, and he didn't forget to let Comrade Sanbao Camel go to the audition tomorrow, so he left the cinema and drove to Kwai Chung Wharf.

Although the wharf has not stopped, many warehouse areas have been idle due to adjustment and replanning.

However, Chu Xiangqian did not put the iron ore in the warehouse area because of this.

Instead, based on what the had seen from the air, they spent money to rent more than a dozen loading and unloading areas in the timber loading yard, and a section of walled open-air storage closest to the hills behind the wharf.

Very few people come here, and most of the wood is wood that needs to be dried for a year or two.

The 1,600 pieces of wood collected in the past two days were taken out and stacked on the periphery of the warehouse, and the large open space near the warehouse was stacked with 390,000 tons of iron ore that had been stored in the warehouse of Xinti Village for more than two months.

After putting the things away, Chu Xiangqian simply sat in the car and waited until 12 o'clock in the evening, and immediately entered the novice village.

Riding a red rabbit and running out of the novice village, the large area of the collected woods in the north of the village was really refreshed again.

Chu Xiangqian was overjoyed, 800 pieces of wood per day were worth one month's logging in the forest farm.

It's a pity that these years don't pay much attention to the rules of supplementing while cutting, and the forest coverage rate is really high, only when a large area of barren mountains really appears, will they make up for the mistakes of the past.

Fortunately, if the Celestial Empire has made up its mind, there is nothing that cannot be done.

After brushing all the wild monsters and trees today, Chu Xiangqian piled 800 pieces of wood in the open warehouse before driving back to Kowloon.

Went to Linda and Alyssa's.

The two sisters didn't mind Chu Xiangqian coming over so late, and pulled Chu Xiangqian to a friendly match.

(End of chapter)