Chapter 357 Jiang Shangyu congratulates Xiao Yu for being a helmsman here
In fact, Hu Cheng knew that what Jiang Shangyu wanted to ask most was not the cost of the transaction, but how much the benefit would be.
He was doing this business, and it was understandable to want to know the actual income. But Jiang Shangyu also understood that Hu Cheng would not tell him.
As the saying goes, "Let's communicate in a simple way and speak in a profound way".
Seeing Jiang Shangyu fidgeting with claws scratching his heart, but never asking, Hu Cheng was very satisfied with this, which shows that Jiang Shangyu has a good sense of proportion in doing things.
In fact, the profit from this transaction was not very high. The goods finally exchanged were worth about more than 10 million yuan based on the domestic internal allocation price, which was just over ten times the profit.
Although the profit is much higher than that of Jiang Shangyu, it is still much lower than other businesses of Huanyu Trading Company.
Universal Trading Company made a lot of money by taking advantage of the 1980s when East and West were in conflict and trade was not smooth.
Especially since Russia banned alcohol last year, domestic wineries just started brewing in large quantities. The timing was just right, and it can be said that they made huge profits.
In this comparison, the profit from this barter transaction seems insufficient. However, Sun Dahai said privately that the era of huge profits for trading companies will be five to eight years at most, and by then Huanyu Trading Company's profit margins will definitely decline.
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After thinking about it, Hu Cheng suddenly laughed. Jiang Shangyu quickly asked him, what did he think of that makes him so happy?
Hu Cheng said: "Do you still remember our expression when we were in Andre's office and he asked us what goods we wanted to sell and I handed him a bag of sugar?"
"Remember, he was stunned for a moment, as if he was surprised, and it should be more than just surprise. Anyway, his reaction was a bit weird. What on earth is going on?"
Hu Cheng smiled. It was not easy for him to answer this question.
Hu Cheng remembered that when Andre asked him, he did not answer, but handed him a bag of sugar. Andre's eyes widened immediately.
He didn't say anything else, he just took a deep look at Hu Cheng, then nodded, and both parties understood each other tacitly.
Hu Cheng smiled bitterly, this is what Sun Dahai often said at home, showing off, it felt really good.
It's just a pity that the person who is showing off, or the person who has a tacit understanding with Andre, is not himself, but the little boss at home who is like a half-grown child.
When in the capital, Hu Cheng asked Sun Dahai, we want Russian construction steel and high-grade cement, so what should we sell? Su Bian, canned lunch meat or newly developed ham?
Sun Dahai shook his head and said: "None of them. Russia now prohibits alcohol, and the only way to sell alcohol is through smuggling. Let's not get involved in this kind of business for now.
Canned luncheon meat and ham are sold to Europe and the United States to earn foreign exchange, and the profit margin is not very high. Just wait a moment."
After saying that, Sun Dahai ran to the storeroom at home, found a bag of unopened sugar, and said to Hu Cheng: "Let's sell this! One wagon should be able to hold fifty tons, so just sell one wagon's worth of sugar to him."
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There is a local beet sugar pressing factory in Long Province. You can just buy the goods from the nearest place in Long Province. It seems that there is a sugar pressing factory in the factory under the General Administration of Agricultural Reclamation. I will ask my cousin to inquire about it tomorrow.
By the way, you have to ask Landa Garment Factory tomorrow. They have some inventory that is not easy to sell. They also bought a whole truckload of goods to Russia, where the demand for pure cotton knitwear is also quite high."
"I can understand selling knitwear, sugar? Why do they need a lot of sugar over there?"
Hu Cheng still did some research, and he found out that there seemed to be no sugar among the hot-selling goods in Russia.
"You don't understand this. Let me ask you, Russia banned alcohol last year. Do you think it can be banned?"
"Of course I can't help it. Huanyu Trading Company has been selling wine like crazy during this period. Especially in the direction of Russia, there are no official channels, and now they are all engaged in smuggling."
As Sun Dahai's assistant, Hu Cheng still knows a lot about the situation of the company below.
"Haha, let me tell you, you can make wine with white sugar, and it's faster than brewing with pure grains. The taste may be a little worse, but as a low-end wine, it's still okay to sell it to Russian drinkers who don't have much money.
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The person Wu Dawei introduced this time is said to be very powerful in the black market. If he doesn’t understand the uses of sugar, then he’d better not be involved in the black market.”
Sun Dahai looked confident and had the pearls of wisdom in his hands. He was so proud that he almost wagged his tail.
"Xiao Hu, do you think I can join your company?" Jiang Shangyu asked hesitantly.
"Lao Jiang, I definitely welcome you to join us, but are you no longer ready to work alone? Once you join a company, you will be constrained by the company, and your income may not be more than when you work by yourself."
Hu Cheng saw that Jiang Shangyu envied him, but he did not expect that he would surrender so quickly.
"Hey, Xiao Hu, you don't know what people in our profession have to endure. We are not afraid of hardships and hardships. It is cold in Russia. I have many frostbites on my body. I even had one of my toes amputated. I can accept this.
But sometimes we really have no choice. When we meet the police, we have to pay; when we meet the anti-smuggling team, we have to pay; when we meet the gangsters, we still have to pay.
It's okay to just pay, but at worst it's a loss. But sometimes, it's useless to just take the money. How many people in our industry have never been hacked, robbed, or deceived?
I even know that there are no less than ten people. When they go there, there is no news. If the person is caught, it is easy to say that they will be released one day. But I am afraid that the person is gone, and the family is still worried.
Yeah, I don’t know anything.”
"Lao Jiang, have you ever encountered such a thing?" Hu Cheng asked curiously.
"Of course. When I joined a single gang for the second time, I encountered counterfeit money. Later, I also encountered people who robbed things and used lazy rabbit skins and weasel skins as mink skins. I was also forced to collect protection fees by the local underworld.
I'm lucky. I've been in trouble a few times, but I'm fine and my roots are not hurt. However, if I keep running like this, sooner or later I'll run into problems that I can't handle."
Jiang Shangyu patted his bag under his berth and continued: "This time thanks to you, Durza helped me change my sports clothes into a mink coat. Otherwise, I would have to stay in Russia at least again.
After a few months, I'm not sure what will happen.
I finally figured it out, money is something you have a life to earn, and you also have a life to spend it.
After I go back this time and sell these two mink coats, it would be best for me to go to your company. If that doesn't work, I will use the money to open a small business in the county.
In short, I no longer think about the life of working as a gangster in Russia."
"Haha, Lao Jiang, you finally understand. We are destined, and you took me to Russia to negotiate this business.
If you want to join the company, I will help you when I get back to the capital. I can’t guarantee that it will happen, but I will try my best.”
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In May, at the listing ceremony of Daqingshan Development and Management Company, Jiang Shangyu attended as the Far East Market Commercial Specialist of Huanyu Trading Company.