Chapter 251: State-Owned Supermarket
The climate of the Maoxi country is notoriously bad. Although it is only mid-December, it is far from the cold winter months that the Dragon people say. Reading
However, the outdoor temperature in the entire Maozi side is nearly minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius!
Fortunately, most of the Maozi people work in factories, and few people stay outdoors for a long time.
Although the temperature inside the factory is also very low, the workers here are strong and have a certain immunity to the weather.
However, the stronger the body, the more problems there are... that is food!
Growing strong, naturally eating more, but food has become the biggest problem facing the Maozi side at present, no one else.
Walking on the snowy street, Li Yi frowned and observed the scene around the street!
There were not many people on the dilapidated street. From time to time, someone would open the curtains and look at Li Yi and Wang Xia walking on the street, and then pull the curtains and fall silent again.
The scene that caught my eye was only depression and desolation.
A city that was bustling with people five years ago and was the most prosperous commercial city south of Moscow has now become a small city with a population of only more than 300,000 and an economy that is not even comparable to Jiangcheng. The Russian high-level officials can be said to have played a good hand badly!
But it is precisely because of this that Li Yi and others have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
"Brother Yi, if we really want to talk to the people in the state-owned store, will they talk to us?"
Li Yi adjusted his hat and said in a deep voice: "Why not?"
"They are state-owned stores, and their status is not ordinary."
"Stop, no matter how extraordinary it is, it is in the past! The problem now is that they don't have goods, but we do, so we are the boss now!" Li Yi said confidently.
Wang Xia took Li Yi into an alley and continued to ask: "Can they buy our products? If the price is too low, I think we might as well sell them ourselves!"
Li Yi smiled and said: "Don't worry about this, we set the price of our products ourselves!"
"Take canned food for example. A canned food in our place costs more than one yuan, but here, we say it's 10 rubles each, or even 20 rubles each, and we can sell it! There are many people who want to buy canned food!"
Wang Xia nodded slowly. Now 1 ruble is about 3 yuan. If you add 10 rubles per can, the value is 30 yuan of Longguo currency.
Throwing out various expenses and costs, if you calculate it this way, you have to make at least 25 yuan per can!
Damn, huge profits!
"Brother Yi, this can make a lot of money! But if we do this, will it make them unable to afford it?"
Li Yi shrugged his shoulders and said in a deep voice: "Are they short of money now?"
"No?"
"Of course not, what they are short of now is materials, and the printing machine for rubles has never stopped for a day!"
Indeed, the popular rubles on the market are almost countless.
And NATO is playing shorting the ruble again. The value of the ruble is still good now, but it will depreciate rapidly in the later period!
At present, one US dollar can still be exchanged for 1.6 rubles, but by February or March next year, it can be exchanged for more than 400 rubles, and by the end of next year, it can reach more than 2,000.
By 1999, one US dollar can even be exchanged for more than 6,000 rubles.
In other words, in just a few years, the value of the ruble is only one six thousandth of the original.
So, the ruble is depreciating day by day, and now a can of canned food may be worth 10 rubles.
But by next year, it may be a few hundred rubles!
And all this was sown by the Steel Alliance itself. Now it is just a concrete manifestation of their shortcomings of only focusing on heavy industry and neglecting agriculture, animal husbandry and the food industry.
The two walked and talked, and they had already arrived at the door of the state-owned supermarket!
At this time, the state-owned supermarket was already empty, with only labels and bread residues left on the shelves.
In Li Yi's impression, no supermarket has ever been so clean.
The salesperson at the door of the supermarket shouted in Maozi: "Friend, there is no stock here, wait until tomorrow!"
Li Yi smiled and asked: "How often do you deliver the goods?"
The salesperson was a fairly iconic girl, with big blue eyes, golden curly hair, a standard European white beauty.
The saleswoman said helplessly: "It used to be once a day, but now it's once every three days. It's not just Desoko, but also Mosk (Ko, transliteration, can't use the real place name, forgive me) is out of stock, they have to supply Mosk first!"
Li Yi nodded, then stroked his chin and asked curiously: "Who is the manager of this supermarket? We want to talk to him, I think we can solve the problem of goods."
The white girl was stunned for a moment, then said: "I can't make the decision on this issue, wait, I'll call the manager!"
Li Yi smiled and nodded, watching the saleswoman go upstairs.
There is no goods on the second floor of this supermarket, obviously it is a place to live.
Not long after, a heavy footsteps came from upstairs, and then Li Yi and Wang Xia's eyes became a little sluggish at the same time!
I saw a man with a body like a brown bear, walking down the stairs step by step!
Li Yi smacked his lips, it seems that this Maozi still has some racial advantages!
This guy must weigh at least 200 pounds, right?
And looking at his height, he looks like a city wall! No wonder we go swimming in glaciers and take hot baths in winter...
Wang Xia on the side also had the same expression as Li Yi, and then he whispered to Li Yi: "Brother Yi, if this idiot does something, it will be very difficult for both of us to do it together!"
Li Yi glared at Wang Xia and said in a deep voice: "What are you talking about? We are here to discuss business! If we do something... then run away!"
While talking, this brown bear-like furry man came to Li Yi!
After looking at the faces of Li Yi and Wang Xia, he asked curiously: "Are you from the Dragon Kingdom?"
Li Yi nodded, coughed slightly, and then said: "Yes, we are businessmen from Longguo. Let me introduce myself. I am the chairman of Beihua Foreign Trade Company. My name is Li Yi! This is the director of the sales department, his name is Wang Xia.”
The sturdy Maozi nodded slowly, but the expression on his face didn't change much!
Li Yi knew without guessing that this old man probably didn't believe in his and Wang Xia's identities. What were the people from the Dragon Kingdom here doing? They were all treacherous!
Mao Zi said in a deep voice: "My name is Peter, what do you want from me?"
Li Yi said with a smile: "The state-owned supermarkets are all out of stock. It seems that the situation in Soko is more tense than I imagined!"
Peter frowned and said in a deep voice, "What do you want to say?"
"Now the phone numbers of suppliers are almost bombarded, and there are only so many goods we can get, not only from Desoko, but also from Mosk!"
Li Yi smiled and said: "I have goods in hand! Canned food! Wine! And ham sausage, we can cooperate!"
Peter's face suddenly became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "You can cooperate with me, no one will have trouble with money and food! But I want to know what you do!"
Li Yi took out his postcard from his arms, which clearly read: "Beihua Foreign Trade Company!"
Peter said solemnly: "If you have enough goods, then cooperation is not a problem! But what is your price? Can you guarantee a stable supply?"
Li Yi smiled and replied in a deep voice: "There is no problem with this. At least canned food and ham sausages, I can guarantee that they will be provided long-term within three years!"
"real?"
"Yeah, but we need to talk in detail about how to cooperate!"
"Please follow me, friend!"