In ancient agricultural society, the fruits of labor were extremely scarce from beginning to end. A grain of rice, a bowl, a piece of wood, and a nail were all extremely valuable.
But in the industrial age, for the first time, mankind discovered the extremely absurd thing of "overproduction". The fruits of labor are too much, milk will be poured into the river, crops will rot in the fields, and goods will pile up in warehouses.
But there will still be people who don’t have enough to eat and don’t have enough to wear.
In modern society, what invaders want is not territory and population, but the market. One reason why the United States is strong is that it has a large and unified consumer market and sufficient domestic demand to promote economic circulation.
For many developing countries, exporting goods to developed countries such as Europe and the United States is an important way, or even the only way, to obtain capital and technology and develop the economy.
It is as big as China, as small as Vietnam, and as chaotic as India. It is all like this. Economic development always follows a certain path. The country is close to Europe, and trade with Europe is its lifeline.
The textile industry is the lifeline of lifelines.
The earliest British Industrial Revolution started with the textile industry. Its technical content, capital requirements and labor quality requirements were relatively low, and it was an entry-level task for a developing country.
The development of the textile industry has now become a highly profitable part for developed countries such as mastering brands, designing and developing new materials and equipment. Developing countries just work hard and make a little money.
But even a small amount of money is of great importance to developing countries and cannot be lost.
To put it simply, foreign trade and remittance income are important sources of foreign exchange for Turkey, and textile exports account for a quarter of foreign trade.
In the 1990s, more than two million people were employed in the textile industry in Turkey. If its textile exports could be targeted accurately, its economy would be severely damaged and even cause social unrest.
Smugglers in a small town are aware of the hidden dangers involved, but not everyone can betray their own interests. You can worry about the country and the people, but you still have to continue to make money.
"Our textile industry should reflect on why other people's goods shipped by sea are better and cheaper than ours? Bureaucrats should investigate, improve production, and reduce costs."
Rich smugglers gave their thoughts.
Ilham found it quite ridiculous. It was probably because the other party only smuggled home appliances and not textiles. If it were the other way around, the wealthy man might not have similar ideas.
This situation attracted Ilham's attention. After completing the transaction of the satellite TV receiver, he returned to the commodity exchange in the port of Odessa by boat and asked other smugglers about the situation.
Merchants attach great importance to information. The exchange has specially arranged a gathering area, opened telephone lines to connect the world, and provided free office equipment to facilitate transactions.
The party area provides free tea and VIP lounges, and there are always people stopping here. Ilham asked several familiar black marketeers and quickly collected a lot of information.
"Textiles? It is said that the supplier of 'Holy Light' has made a breakthrough in dye fabrics and textile machinery, and can produce new fabrics such as 'Modal' or high-count cashmere fabrics.
In the past, these high-end fabrics could only be produced in Europe, and local textile mills processed them on their behalf. Now ‘Holy Light’ has come in, and most of the women’s underwear products arriving in Hong Kong recently are produced with ‘Modal’, which sells particularly well in Europe.”
"Model?" The news he learned shocked Ilham, because he had done a similar business before, buying high-end fabrics from Europe and selling them in Tehran, specifically for high-status women.
Even though women in Tehran all wear black robes, they are particularly willing to spend money on clothing under their black robes. Europe itself is a big textile market, and the profits for high-end products are particularly attractive.
Ordinary people can be satisfied with pure cotton, but wealthy people want higher-end fabrics. 'Modal' fabric is famous for its smoothness, softness, and moisture absorption, and has great advantages in manufacturing underwear.
Being able to manufacture 'Modal' is indeed an industrial upgrade and can make a lot of money.
"So, 'Holy Light' must have squeezed out a lot of the textile market?" Ilham asked his 'friends'.
The chatting black marketeers looked at each other in disbelief. The information they had was not enough to draw such a conclusion. But theoretically speaking, if the portion of cake is certain, if someone eats too much, someone will definitely be hungry.
Businessmen only care about making money, but Ilham suffered losses in Tehran and subconsciously was always very interested in the inside story behind the business. He took the time to collect some information at the exchange and was shocked to find that the profits from textiles were unexpected.
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The cost of shipping an ordinary T-shirt to Odessa is less than five dollars, but the purchase price of a black market merchant is at least ten dollars. When sold to the end user, the price will vary, but it will definitely be doubled again.
Nowadays, some people are so poor that their way of life is to buy a bag of clothing at the exchange in Odessa and sell it elsewhere.
There are about two to three hundred pieces of clothing in a scattered package, but the styles inside are different. At first glance, they are second-hand goods. The wholesale price of such second-hand goods is cheaper, but they are still very popular.
The countries around the Black Sea are not rich, and the poor at the bottom have nothing to fault, as long as they can wear it. A used piece of clothing only sells for 0.5 US dollars, which is affordable for them.
In addition, I heard that Holy Light is planning to build an exchange in Piraeus Port in Greece, which will also wholesale textiles. The sales target of second-hand textiles is the North African market.
African countries such as Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, and Ethiopia are even more poor. Their markets are extremely price-sensitive and they only pick the cheapest.
In the past, local chickens provided cheap and huge quantities of goods to these markets, but now the 'Holy Light' has come - a ship can easily transport thousands of tons of goods, and the prices are higher than before.
The dealer collapsed.
"But the profit is not low." Ilham always thought that electrical appliances were highly profitable, but after careful calculation, he found that even the cheapest second-hand clothing can actually be very profitable if it is expanded.
Zhou Qingfeng was a "garbage man" from the earliest days. He took the initiative to build modern waste material recycling plants along the country's coastal areas and used specialized equipment to solve the garbage problem. The waste paper category alone can create an average annual wealth of several billion yuan.
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When it comes to "picking up garbage", if Uncle Zhou is second, no one would dare to claim to be first. The reason why "Holy Light" has become so big is because he doesn't care about profits at all.
Others make money and want to go abroad to enjoy the sweet air, while he makes money and keeps building roads, schools, and businesses to create more jobs.
Two years ago, ‘Holy Light’ sold recycled products domestically. But now, except for raw materials, other second-hand goods are basically sold to backward areas abroad. This has directly blocked the money-making methods of many developing countries.
No matter how cheap it is, can it be cheaper than garbage?