Chapter 93

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After returning to Qinghe, Li Weidong didn't rest. He went home and got the cashier's check, and then got on the bus going south to Shanghai without stopping.

After more than ten hours of bumpy travel, Li Weidong finally arrived in Shanghai.

As the central city of China's finance and trade, Shanghai has many specialized foreign trade companies.

These foreign trade companies are also state-owned enterprises. Some of them are special state-owned enterprises, which have certain autonomy in foreign trade and foreign exchange. Such enterprises will set up specialized foreign trade subsidiaries, both for their own convenience and through foreign trade business. Make a fortune. For example, petroleum systems, mining systems, aviation systems, shipping systems, and military systems all have their own foreign trade companies.

Another type is companies specializing in foreign trade. These companies are not large in scale, and they are not the vests of heavyweight state-owned enterprises, but they have an amazing network of connections and a strong background. They can do some business that others cannot do. Sometimes foreign trade. Departments can buy small things, but these foreign trade companies can buy them.

For foreign trade companies with this ability, the fathers of the people at the helm are often the kind of big men who can be called famous. To put it another way, without a strong background, how could it be possible to engage in foreign trade in China in the 1980s.

What Li Weidong was looking for was, of course, the second type of foreign trade company.

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In front of the Mintai Foreign Trade Company, a large group of people were crowding around, and there was some confusion.

Seeing this scene, Li Weidong couldn't help but think of the scene when he went to the Red Star Factory to return the goods. At that time, a large group of people gathered around the door of the Red Star Factory sales office.

Li Weidong observed for a while and found a more talkative elder brother, so he leaned up, took out two cigarettes, handed one to the other party, and said at the same time: Comrade, borrow a fire.

Seeing that someone was so particular, the talkative brother handed him a cigarette, took the cigarette with a smile on his face, took out the lighter from his arms, and lit it for Li Weidong himself.

Li Weidong took a puff of cigarette and asked, Comrade, what are you doing with so many people around here?

This little comrade, your accent sounds like a foreigner! The talkative elder brother asked in a Shanghai accent.

Yes, Han Dong is here. Li Weidong nodded.

Oh, no wonder he looks so tall! The talkative elder brother nodded, and then said, We are all here to sign the list.

What form to sign? Li Weidong asked.

Of course it's a list of imported goods. This is a foreign trade company. We have imported goods in our hands. After signing the list here, we can go to the dock to pick up the goods and bring back a few boxes of imported goods, but I make a lot of money. Enough to eat for half a lifetime. The talkative elder brother said.

Li Weidong looked at the talkative brother, and then asked: Comrade, you don't look like a self-employed person in your dress.

Who is self-employed! I have a unit! The talkative elder brother said.

Is everyone else like you? Li Weidong asked.

The talkative brother nodded: Basically, there should be no individuals here.

At this time, Li Weidong has understood that these people are official.

In the early days of reform and opening up, a large number of bad guys were born in China. At that time, the country implemented a two-track price system. The prices in the plan and outside the plan were different. The bad guys took advantage of this and made profits from it.

Later, the domestic crackdown on speculation was over, and the dumper suffered a major blow in the country, so he turned his attention to foreign countries. The famous canned food for the plane is a classic case of the international dumper.

There are also public and private divisions in this line of daoye. The folk daoye is called private dao, and the official daoye is called guandao. Of course, the latter is more powerful. Officials are often powerful and powerful, and they can obtain more resources and profit from them by looking for relationships, approving notes, and going through backdoors.

Li Weidong's consignment sales by transportation is actually a behavior of official downfall. The transportation company went to Yankuang,

One mouth is 5,000 tons of coal a month. If it is not enough, we have to add more. This is actually a back door.

If you change it to private, even if you are willing to offer the back door, Yankuang will not pay attention to you!

Among all trades, import and export trade is obviously the most profitable.

In China in the 1980s, as long as any imported goods could be transported to the territory, it would definitely make money with one hand. How could such a lucrative thing not be tempted!

This Mintai foreign trade company probably just arrived with a batch of imported goods. The group of people in front of them are holding various approval slips, hoping to get a batch of goods and then reselling them to make money.

As the talkative elder brother said, he obtained a few boxes of imported goods that were in short supply, and after such a change of hands by the old man, he made enough money for ordinary people to spend half their lives.

The door of Mintai Foreign Trade Company was blocked by too many people, and everyone was queuing up. Li Weidong couldn't get in for a while, so he just stood at the door and waited.

After a while, the door of the foreign trade company opened, and someone walked out with a look of frustration.

What's in store this time? Is there a refrigerator and a TV?

Televisions don't make money anymore, and now what's popular are palm-sized tape recorders, and one sells for hundreds.

What tape recorder, you call me slow! It's in English, do you understand?

Why can you be slow, I can be fast!

Pharaoh, it's not a good thing to be too fast! You have to eat some kidneys to make up for it.

This unexpected kick of the accelerator made everyone laugh, and even Li Weidong laughed along with him.

The popular walkman at that time, also known as the Walkman in later generations, became a topic of driving when it came to the mouths of these people.

The person who came out of the foreign trade company didn't have the heart to pay attention to everyone's jokes. He opened his mouth and said: It said inside, not to accept RMB notes.

What? Not accepting RMB?

How can this be! Foreign exchange is money, and RMB is not money?

These are all RMB notes in my hand, what can I do!

The crowd immediately became a mess.

These uncles are all carrying notes in their hands, but there are various kinds of notes. Many of them are taking RMB notes to pick up the goods, that is, they plan to use RMB to buy imported goods.

Mintai Foreign Trade, a company engaged in import and export business, basically does not do original foreign trade orders. To put it bluntly, it is a big purchasing agent who earns the difference. Others give you RMB, buy imported goods from you, and let you earn a price difference. This is the profit model of foreign trade companies.

Nowadays, Mintai Foreign Trade says that it does not accept notes in RMB, which is the same as purchasing foreign exchange from you.

This behavior of foreign trade companies is also very normal. In the 1980s, when domestic foreign exchange was tight, and the supply of imported products was in short supply, so many poor people took notes to pick up the goods, which obviously became a seller's market. It is also normal for foreign trade companies not to accept RMB.

Mintai Foreign Trade did not accept RMB notes, and two-thirds of the foreigners outside were instantly cold, and the remaining one-third were very fortunate that they did not have RMB notes in their hands.

After a while, someone came out of the foreign trade company, and everyone immediately surrounded them and asked what goods they could get this time.

There is good news, and there is bad news, which one do you want to hear first? the man asked.

Good news! someone shouted immediately.

The good news is that the goods imported by Mintai's foreign trade this time include cameras, stereos, record players and walkmans! the man replied.

Everyone immediately looked happy, and those holding RMB slips in their hands were full of frustrated expressions, as if they had lost 100 million after rounding up.

Although imported cameras, stereos, record players and walkmans are not as popular as TVs, washing machines and other household appliances, they are all scarce commodities with high profits.

Household appliances such as televisions, refrigerators, and washing machines can already be produced in China. Although the quality is not as good as imported products, they can be used in a short time.

But for things like cameras, stereos, and record players, the gap between domestic and foreign countries is relatively large.

Although the seagull camera is very famous, compared with foreign brands, it is still much worse, and the effect of domestic audio is far inferior to that of foreign audio. As for the most popular walkman among young people, it can only be produced abroad.

This type of product is considered a luxury product in China, and its profit is several times higher than that of traditional home appliances such as televisions and refrigerators.

However, at this time, someone asked loudly, What's the bad news?

The bad news is that people don't want a list of foreign exchange coupons, they only want foreign exchange!

Of the one-third of the originally happy faces, two-thirds of the people's expressions changed from sunny to overcast. Obviously, they were all holding foreign exchange vouchers, and they had just lost 100 million in four colors and five incomes.

For the Chinese people, foreign exchange vouchers are more precious than RMB, but for foreign trade companies, they are dispensable.

The biggest role of foreign exchange vouchers is that they can go to the Friendship Store to buy imported goods, and foreign trade companies can buy imported goods without going to the Friendship Store, so the foreign exchange vouchers are naturally useless.

Of the original large group of people, only one-ninth remained eligible to receive goods from Mintai Foreign Trade.

After a while, another person came out.

The people inside said that if you want cash foreign exchange, that kind of note that will take a long time to settle, they will not accept it if it takes too long!

The difficulty has increased a lot in an instant. Where can I find a large amount of cash in these years!

After a while, the fourth person came out and the first sentence was:

They don't even want rubles!

Foreign exchange is also divided into three, six and nine grades. The ruble of the Soviet Union is obviously not a high-level foreign exchange in the eyes of foreign trade companies.

In the crowd, a few people's expressions became quite ugly in an instant. They were people holding ruble foreign exchange notes, and several people who held other foreign exchange immediately asked: Besides rubles, what foreign exchange do you want?

Korean won, Iranian rial, Indian rupee, none! the man replied.

Mark or? German Mark? Someone immediately asked.

Mark in West Germany wants it, but not in East Germany!

It's all Marks, why do you want West Germany instead of East Germany! the man shouted excitedly, it was obvious that the foreign exchange in his hand was East German Mark.

After eliminating all the conditions, few people are still qualified to enter the gate of Mintai Foreign Trade Company.

The talkative elder brother had a disappointed expression on his face: I didn't expect that there would be so many rules and regulations. It seems that I came here in vain. Let's all leave! Little comrade, hurry up and leave, there is no lively here to watch. .

You go first! Li Weidong said with a smile.

What, are you planning to watch it again? It's foreign exchange, and it's cash exchange. I'm afraid that there are not many people here who can meet the conditions. The talkative brother continued to persuade.

I'm not here to see the fun! Li Weidong said, snuffing out the cigarette in his hand, and then said, I really meet those conditions!

After Li Weidong finished speaking, he walked into the door of the foreign trade company facing a look of envy, jealousy and hatred.