Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0493 Reversing
After strolling on the street for a while, Nan Yi felt that there had been significant changes on the streets of the capital.
Vans, which were once very rare, can now be seen everywhere on the streets. Just a moment ago, Nan Yi had seen several Toyota Hiaces, including H40 and H50.
From time to time, a Crown car would pass by.
Creak! A car stopped in front of Nan Yi and a huge head popped out of the car window.
"Why are you wandering around the streets in this hot weather? I was just about to come look for you."
"Why are you coming to me instead of going to work during working hours?" Nan Yi identified the head and found that it was Chen Feng.
Chen Feng pushed the door open and got out of the car. He walked to Nan Yi and said, "I'm going to Qiongdao on a business trip tomorrow. I was thinking of having lunch with you today."
Nan Yi put the spout of the purple clay teapot to his lips and took a sip, then glanced at Chen Feng's face and said disdainfully: "Let's stop. If you really want to invite me to dinner, it must be dinner or lunch. It's obvious that you have something to say. Okay, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so pretentious."
"Haha, Lao Nan, you really understand me. I really have something to talk to you about. Let's go to the side and talk." Chen Feng stepped forward, put his hand on Nan Yi's shoulder and pushed him to the side of the road. "Qiong Island is very lively now, you know?"
"Are you interested? Do you want to make money or buy a car?"
"Make money by selling cars."
"Some time ago, I just met a buddy who came from Mars and worked in the Mars Intelligence Agency. He told me that he was a senior agent, codenamed 008, lurking on Earth. Guess what, he said that the lights were on at the Mars Intelligence Agency for the past two days, working day and night.
Guess what?
It turned out that their space surveillance satellites had captured images of tens of thousands of interstellar tanks parked on our Qiong Island, most of which were painted white as camouflage.
You may not know this, but Martians are extremely sensitive to the color white. To them, white is like red to a bull's eyes.
Tens of thousands of interstellar tanks, white in color, how could the Martians not understand? They have to know what we are doing.
So, this guy secretly came to our place, and first came to Beijing. Unfortunately, he arrived at the time when people were rushing to get off work, and the streets were crowded with bicycles and people.
When the guy saw this, he was so scared that he trembled with fear. The Martians' mortal enemy, Jupiter, had a weapon that was specifically designed to restrain the Martians and it looked like a bicycle.
When he saw so many bicycles, he thought, aren't they surrounded?
Just when he was so scared that he was about to pee his pants, he remembered that he had a buddy like me, so he called me and I took him back and put him in a safe house.
What do you think? Do you want to make a contribution?
If you want the credit, I'll tell you the location of the safe house."
"Hahaha, Lao Nan, you are such a good talker. Why didn't you say that the Mercury people took the photo?"
"Ah?" Nan Yi took two steps back pretending to be frightened, and asked in surprise: " Who ? How do you know I'm from Mercury? Damn, I disguised myself so well, but you saw through me. I have to kill you to silence you."
"Damn you, is this fun?" Chen Feng looked at Nan Yi with a wry smile and said, "Did you guess that I came to borrow money from you and interrupted me on purpose?"
"Bullshit, buddy is just joking with you. Tell me, how many do you want?" Nan Yi put away the cynicism on his face and asked seriously.
"Lend me a hundred and let me use them for three months."
"Just three months?"
"Three months have passed. Cars imported to Qiongdao can only be used on the island. If Qiongdao dares to collect the 'fine', the cars will be forced to leave the island. This situation will not last long. The higher-ups will definitely send people to investigate."
"Hey, you're worthy of your family background and you're quite politically sensitive. Aren't you afraid that you'll be found out and punished?" Nan Yi teased.
"I'm afraid, so I have to get in and out quickly. I'll give myself three months. I can make as many trips as I want with one million. I can make nearly 20,000 per car. If I go faster, I can make a lot, right?"
After listening to Chen Feng's words, Nan Yi searched in his mind for the news and hundreds of millions he knew about the "imported car boom" in Qiongdao.
As far as he knew, in the first half of this year, there were only 2,000 imported cars in Qiongdao. But just a few days ago, the Qiongdao District Committee approved the import of 13,000 cars at once, which was 36 times higher than the monthly average figure in the first half of the year.
The foreign exchange "black market" of Qiongdao Island has become open. The so-called black market here is not the small amount of foreign exchange exchange at the door of the Overseas Personnel Service Center, where anyone with money can go to exchange; what is being talked about here is large amount of exchange, which has a certain threshold and not everyone can get in.
Foreign exchange is obtained by people with connections from channels that retain foreign exchange, so even though the black market exchange rate has skyrocketed, it has only reached a ratio of 1 to 6, which is still a long way from the sky-high prices of 11 or 12 at the exchange rate.
Precisely because this black market has a certain threshold and is not accessible to everyone, the small dealers who are envious of making money from Qiongdao's imported cars invite people they are familiar with to pool their money together. If they can't get more, four, five, or seven or eight people can pool their strength to get a car.
Those who have the means can get import approvals, while those who don’t can only get them from others. Some accept RMB, while others do not. Foreign currency is required, and Hong Kong dollars are also acceptable.
Therefore, since the beginning of this year, the business of exchanging Hong Kong dollars has been very hot in the Pearl River Delta area.
Currently, only a few special administrative regions have the authority to directly import household appliances, automobiles, motorcycles and spare parts. Other regions must obtain approval from higher authorities. Qiongdao has its own import privileges. In addition, the pace of reform and opening up by the people in charge here is very fast. Therefore, going to Qiongdao to sell cars has become the most attractive business opportunity this year.
An unprecedented automobile craze has officially started on this poor, isolated island.
The leader said it could be done, so of course we listened to him. All of a sudden, the whole Qiong Island was filled with the buying and selling of cars. Nearly a thousand companies popped up on the island all of a sudden, all heading for the cars.
You can imagine a scene: a trader in a suit, with shiny hair, holding a briefcase in his hand, standing on the curb and chatting with a sanitation worker.
"Sister, how many can you get here?"
The cleaning lady: "I'm just a cleaning lady, how many do you think I can get?"
"That's hard to say. Everyone has a few relatives and acquaintances. Sister, let's not be frivolous. Within 100 units, I'll take as many as you have."
The cleaning lady said: " Big boss, you are a big businessman, you asked for 100 units. I don't have such great ability. I can get 7 units with my acquaintances, 9,000 each."
"Big sister, your price is too high. Other places only charge half of it."
The cleaning lady said: "How can it be the same? I will take it out of the island. If you pay, the truck can transport it to the mainland."
"That's fine, 9,000? Can you lower it a bit?"
The cleaning lady said: "Just tell me whether you want it or not. If you don't want it, there are plenty of people vying for it. If you don't want it, just go away and don't delay me from cleaning the floor. I'd like to be named the advanced model worker of the month."
"Yes, yes, yes, why not? Let's trade here."
The cleaning lady said: "Where else could it be if not here? I can't see it. I'm at work."
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Similar scenes and conversations were often played out in every corner of Qiongdao. The import permits for 13,000 vehicles were scattered among countless people. Those who got the permits transported large numbers of Japanese cars to Qiongdao. As soon as the cars arrived, many people rushed to pick up the cars with money in hand.
After picking up their cars, the buyers went to a work station set up by the law enforcement department on a certain street, braving the scorching heat that could turn people into jerky, and paid the fines actively and proactively with bright smiles on their faces.
It’s not much, just four or five thousand, and you can get a red stamp on a piece of paper. With this stamp, you can step on the accelerator and drive home.
After Nan Yi finished thinking, he looked up and said to Chen Feng: "We have to think about this matter carefully..."
