"We have indeed received a big deal!" Boss Qian said with a smile after hearing the price quoted by Boss Qiu.
"Just make some hard-earned money!" Boss Qiu also responded with a smile. He talked about the situation of the customers, mainly complaining about how they could bargain at low prices and so on.
"Would you like to exchange the ones here?" Boss Qian asked Boss Qiu with a smile after watching the negotiating man count and pay the money.
"...Then I'll bother Boss Qian..." Boss Qiu nodded with a smile. After carefully counting and confirming, he pushed the thread back to the suitcase.
"Which one should I change?" After putting the money back in the grid and covering it, Boss Qian spoke.
"...Do you have any foreign currency?" Boss Qiu rubbed his hands and asked cautiously with some anxiety.
"Forget about pounds and US dollars. They are in short supply. I can't even get them here. I guess you won't be willing to take the yen. Well, I was recently given a batch of Hong Kong dollars. Do you want to take them?"
After hearing this, Boss Qiu hesitated for a while and then cautiously asked: "Boss Qian, can you let me see the coin book?"
Boss Qian didn't say much, he took out a brochure and handed it over. Boss Qiu quickly took it with both hands and turned it over carefully.
The currency book is also called the money book. It contains a large number of currency categories, corresponding methods for distinguishing authenticity, and corresponding spaces to record recent and current exchange methods and price comparisons.
It only appeared recently and was published after being endorsed by several big money dealers and exchange dealers in the black market. The main reason is that the domestic coins are complex and the recent changes in silver prices have greatly affected the currency and foreign exchange markets.
In particular, Shanghai is at the forefront of silver price changes, and currencies from all over the world are pouring into Shanghai. After these collections are published, it will be convenient for the banks, money shops, and money dealers to carry out their business.
In addition, various foreign currencies have flooded into the market recently, and currencies are closely related to everyone's life. Many citizens are also willing to exchange some foreign currencies to avoid risks.
Mainly domestic currencies such as copper auxiliary coins are used to fill the gap. The currency value is not stable, and the quality is uneven. It is barely acceptable for daily transactions, but it is not suitable for savings.
However, most of the foreign currencies are banknotes, and Chinese people are often deceived by banknotes, so those people added methods to distinguish authenticity, making the book accessible to ordinary citizens.
It is said that when this was published, those few people were not very happy. After all, it broke the information gap and would affect their money making. However, they couldn't stop afterward.
Because it sold so well, it was reprinted and reprinted, with a larger print volume than many famous books and magazines. Some people even sold it to other places, and it also received a lot of response.
The most important thing is that after a week or two, some content can be revised and updated before publication. Even if most people will not continue to repurchase, the sales volume will still remain at a high level, and it can be said that the profits are endless.
Is the money and goods business profitable? It is definitely profitable! But there are a lot of downlines who want to share the benefits, and there are all kinds of ghosts and snakes above who have to serve filial piety, and they have to bear all kinds of risks.
And what about this? The income is almost exclusive, and printing and selling do require costs, but there is basically no need to worry about the people below making money and running away, and giving out a lot of benefits to win them over. After all, the profits that really fall into their pockets are not necessarily as high as
Money and goods business is low.
Coming back to this, Boss Qian calculated the amount to be cashed out, opened a small compartment in the box, and counted a small stack of banknotes. Except for a few pieces of change, the others were also small-denomination banknotes. These people like this, and they prefer large-denomination banknotes.
Not very reassured.
After Boss Qiu turned it over and checked it carefully, he did the math in front of him and counted them one by one. Boss Qiu also followed the instructions in the book and checked and confirmed that the transaction was completed.
"Boss Qiu, don't forget to register when they check in! These checks are very strict now."
"...It must be..." When the transaction was over, Boss Qian reminded him with a smile. Boss Qiu hurriedly agreed and immediately took out the booklet and asked the negotiating man to prepare relevant things for everyone.
Everyone present didn't say anything. They hurriedly rummaged around and took out their IDs and the like. They would definitely bring these things with them when entering the city, but they wouldn't necessarily check them. But it would be troublesome if they were not found.
This is not a problem! As sailors, they will encounter countless inspections along the way. It has become a habit engraved in their bones to bring their documents.
Not only formal identity documents, but also all kinds of other things that can prove identity are basically used to carry them. However, these documents are in poor condition, with rough edges, and many of them are in tatters and even almost split in half.
The negotiating man completed the registration first, and then maintained order on one side, while on the other side, he was half-lying on the counter, chatting with Boss Qiu all the time, and Boss Qian had no idea of leaving.
"You guys have quite a mixed background, right? You have people from all over the world."
Boss Qian was chatting away while chatting, his eyes glancing at the certificates and registration books from time to time. He suddenly said this, and then turned to look at everyone with a smile.
The young man who was being registered was confused when he heard this. He seemed a little at a loss and didn't know how to respond. He turned his head this way and that, and finally looked between the store owner and the man negotiating for help.
The negotiating man was also a little confused. After scratching his head, he told the truth that there were people from all over the world on the fleet.
When Boss Qian saw this, he smiled and said that he was just a little curious, and then made a few jokes and changed the topic to something else.
After the registration was complete, Boss Qian said goodbye and walked away with the cash box. Before going out, he politely said to everyone that he could go to the street corner to find someone to exchange money later, and he would give them a discount.
The negotiating man quickly agreed. Of course, he didn't take it seriously. Others were just saying it in a polite way.
Boss Qiu took him, and the negotiating man called a few people to follow him with backpacks. Boss Qiu followed Boss Qiu to see the canteen and kitchen, and at the same time he also saw the cleaning staff in the hotel.
They were all young men no older than fifteen or sixteen. They probably had not found serious jobs and were sent to do some odd jobs to keep their mouths shut. However, they all seemed quite cheerful and active, so they probably did not receive any harsh treatment.
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Yes, the boss said that as long as you don't mess around, you can use it.
The negotiating man naturally agreed with a pat on his chest. Apart from the table and cutting board, there were several large kitchen cabinets standing by the wall in the kitchen. After looking at it, he found that except for one where some bowls, chopsticks and vegetables were placed, the others were still empty.
The negotiating man hurriedly asked the brothers who were following him to put down the backpacks he brought in first, and then move in the others as well.
According to the boss, he started out as a food and accommodation operator, but what a pity! The place was a bit small, and he couldn't do both. Instead, he couldn't do anything well, so he later switched to specializing in accommodation, kitchens, etc.
The facilities are what were left from that time.
After a brief chat with the boss, the negotiating man began to take out the things from the backpack and put them into the kitchen cabinet. Seeing this, the boss came over to help.
I helped move two sacks, which seemed to be made of rice. Seeing that the remaining half of the sack was unsealed, the boss opened it out of curiosity and grabbed a small handful to check.
"...Ouch...what a good thing! Where did you get this thing?" The boss rubbed it with his hands, looked at it carefully with a surprised look on his face, and finally pinched a few pills and put them in his mouth, and then he couldn't help but open it.
mouth.
Hearing this, the negotiating man laughed and said: "Once I went to the production area and exchanged the goods with the farmer for half a tank of rice. The conditions on the ship meant that the good things would be ruined, so I took this opportunity to find a place to make them.
Got eaten.
Of course, this thing is also bluffing. The so-called tribute rice on the market, including this one, is not produced in the highest-quality plots of tribute, but from surrounding sub-regions, which are quite different!
In the past, tribute was given to the emperor, and even if there was any leftover, it was sent to the homes of princes and nobles. Now we don't pay much attention to this, but it is basically sold to the old and young in the north. Even if it is not good enough, it is sent to the homes of wealthy families.
Those on the market are, to put it bluntly, deceptive. Although this piece of land is better, it’s not that good, and it’s last year’s old rice, so I don’t know what it tastes like.”
"It's probably tastier than ordinary rice." The shop owner nodded, looked at several bags of rice, and started rubbing it with his little hands again.
"Then let's cook it at night! Anyway, that's all we have. It's probably only enough for us people to eat one meal. We'll leave some for the people behind to cook some porridge to taste. The boss will join us when he arrives!"
Boss Qiu didn't refuse, but he still didn't give up. He asked what kind of rice those sealed bags under the kitchen cabinet were.
"This is ordinary rice, but it's not from here, it's from the two lakes. Every time we run a boat and encounter cheap food, we will prepare more. Mainly because in some places, the price of rice is too expensive and it is really hard to eat.
rise.
In places like Shanghai, the price of rice is enough for us to buy several times the amount there, so we carry the rice ourselves. To be honest, the price is worth what we paid to buy the so-called tribute rice."
"...Hiss..." Although he knew that food prices vary greatly from place to place, Boss Qiu couldn't help but gasp when he heard these real figures.
"Then why don't you sell these?"
Boss Qiu couldn't accept this fact, so he spoke, but he regretted it after he said it. Isn't this nonsense?
"...Hehe..." The negotiating man also smiled and said: "We bought it for the same price to eat ourselves, but if we sell it and we are not familiar with it, we will probably have to pay compensation if we sell it here and sell it at the market price."
"...Understand, understand..." Boss Qiu had a clear look on his face, and quickly dropped the topic and helped him put things on the kitchen cabinet.
In addition to the staple food of rice, there are other items such as dry rice noodles, dry vermicelli, dry corn noodles, large ballast, sorghum rice, multi-grain noodles, etc., and even a small bag of sweet potatoes.
"You guys really bring a lot of things on board?" Looking at all this miscellaneous stuff, Boss Qiu was eye-opening and couldn't help but sigh.
After hearing this, the negotiating man felt a little helpless and said with a wry smile: "There is no way, there are dozens of people in the entire fleet! If we don't bring these with us, if there is a natural disaster or something during the shipment, the price of food can be enough
Let’s keep our pants on.”
Boss Qiu also nodded with emotion. Even in a big city like Shanghai with convenient transportation, if some disaster or something happens, the price of food will skyrocket, leaving them who are small businessmen just to eat.
Will it take a lot of energy, and even make some people's lives unsustainable, not to mention those disaster areas where hunger and death are everywhere?
He has experienced and witnessed more, not too far away, just around him. Those scenes still frighten him! Thinking about it this way, he doesn't think there is anything strange about these entangled behaviors.