Chapter 428: Big Profits, Black Market is Bustling
Chapter 428: Making a Fortune, the Black Market is Bustling with People
After buying pork with Zhang Fen and Lu Wenjiang, they left together.
As for food, the three of them didn't buy any for the time being because they still had some stored at home. Even if they wanted to buy some, they couldn't because they had all been sold out.
"Let's go, there's nothing left to sell."
The three of them went back together.
After separating from Zhang Fen, Li Kailang returned to the black market again.
Even after all the things were sold, some people still stayed, thinking that when there were fewer people, the boss would be able to take out some things to sell.
But the reality is completely different from what they thought.
After waiting so long for such an opportunity to make a fortune, the boss naturally chooses hungry consumption, limiting supply, and striving to maximize profits.
Seeing this, Li Kailang murmured to himself: "It seems that there are still many people who are short of food. This is a good opportunity for me to make some money."
"I need to sell the food and make money. I want both." Li Kailang clenched his fists. "I just don't know how much I can make."
"I can just be the man behind the scenes and sell the grain to them. Otherwise, with so much grain, it will take a long time for one person to sell it all."
"If I let someone else sell it, I can prevent them from being traced back. Others will do the dangerous work, and I will do the profitable work."
Thinking of this, Li Kailang made a decision. He put on a nightgown and a dark cloak, covering his whole body tightly, and then changed his voice.
"Okay, that's it. I don't believe you can find me."
After that, go to the locations of the grain bosses. There is no need to scout out the places in advance, just find them directly.
"boss."
A boss was startled when he saw Li Kailang suddenly appear, but when he saw Li Kailang's clothes, he was no longer afraid.
"Comrade, we have run out of food. It is no use looking for me. Come back tomorrow. If you come early, you may be able to buy some."
Li Kailang waved his hand: "Boss, I'm not here to buy food."
Hearing this, the boss sneered: "Aren't you here to buy food? What, are you here to sell food?"
Li Kailang was surprised. "How did you know? I just happened to have some grain to sell."
The boss stared at Li Kailang, but his expression could not be seen because of the black clothes.
"You're not kidding?" the boss asked tentatively.
"Do you think I'm kidding?"
"Please come in, please come in!" The boss suddenly became very enthusiastic. He didn't expect that it was just a joke, but someone really was selling food. It was like a timely help.
He was just worrying that his food was almost gone and he had no way to restock, but then there was someone who still had food and came to him.
Now was the time for him to make a fortune, but the grain was about to be sold out. He was even more worried than the people who bought the grain.
The boss asked tentatively: "Comrade, how much food do you have?"
Hearing this, Li Kailang thought about it. If he sold less, it would not be enough to make up for the food shortage before the New Year.
But if he sells too much, he will start to worry about his safety and worry about being investigated.
However, if it is only done this once, it doesn’t matter how much he sells, because it won’t be traced back to him anyway.
Li Kailang's thoughts raced, and he soon figured it out, then stretched out five fingers.
"Five thousand jin."
"Five thousand kilograms?" The boss exclaimed and quickly covered his mouth, staring at Li Kailang in surprise, wondering how he managed to store so much food.
"Comrade, how come you have so much food?"
Li Kailang said calmly: "Don't worry about this, I have my own way. I just want to ask you, do you want it?"
The boss laughed and shouted: "Yes, yes, yes! Of course, why do we have to go against the grain?"
Li Kailang: "Okay, let's talk about the price. These are all coarse grains. According to your current price, coarse grains are 4 yuan per catty. I want to sell them for 2 yuan per catty."
"As for how much you want to pay, I don't care. I only take the money I deserve."
The boss agreed without even thinking: "Okay, that's the price."
The market is so hot now, and he still has so much grain, the price can still go up, it’s just 1 yuan.
He now earns at least a few thousand yuan by selling food at 4 yuan per pound.
He can't eat so much by himself, but that's okay, he has a lot of partners, and it will definitely be enough if they all contribute.
By then, we can all work together and sell them bit by bit. It is only a matter of time before we make back our investment, and the money we make will definitely be much more than we do now.
Li Kailang added: "Let me make it clear first, the coarse grains I have are all old grains, not new grains, and you have to pay a deposit of 1 yuan first."
"Oh, this." When it came to paying, the boss hesitated. He hadn't seen the food yet, and yet he was asked to pay so much money at once.
He is not stupid, so of course he doesn't want to do that.
Li Kailang smiled and said, "Don't worry. I dare to make a deal with you because I am sure of it. I am afraid that you will cheat me and steal my food."
"But, to be honest, even if you want to steal my food, you have to ask the guy in my hand if he agrees."
After saying that, there was a "bang" sound, and Li Kailang took out his gun and put it on the table.
The boss was so scared by the glittering money that he almost peed himself.
"Hey, hey, hey, comrade, if you have something to say, please talk to me nicely. It's not that serious."
Looking at the gun, he still had no doubts, "I'll get you the money right away."
After taking out 1 yuan, Li Kailang told the meeting time and codeword tomorrow night, then turned and left.
Of course, the specific transaction location cannot be disclosed now, otherwise it would be difficult to explain how he could conjure up food out of thin air.
If you prepare food in advance, you still have to worry about it being stolen.
Li Kailang just asked the boss to prepare a cart to load the grain.
"Done, let's find someone else next."
When it comes to making money, Li Kailang naturally wouldn't find someone to do it by himself.
Moreover, if one sells alone, he will have to worry about the boss raising the price dramatically, and then everyone will have no food.
Next, Li Kailang went to several black markets and found a few bosses in each black market to sell the goods.
"Everyone has food to sell, so there is no need to worry too much about skyrocketing food prices." Li Kailang murmured.
It was still the same excuse, 2 yuan per pound of aged coarse grains, 1 yuan deposit, and different meeting times and codes.
The bosses after that were all very easy to talk to and directly took out the deposit. When they saw that so many people had made reservations, they naturally would not miss this opportunity.
"Get the job done!"
After finding more than a dozen black market bosses in total, Li Kailang returned to the yard contentedly, looking at the money in his hand.
"I didn't expect to make nearly 2 yuan in just one night, and I'll have more than yuan to collect tomorrow."
"With so much money, let alone buying one courtyard house, even eight or ten would be enough."
At that time, a courtyard house cost less than 10,000 yuan, but it was not easy to buy it.
The houses in the courtyards have been allocated. Even if someone buys a house, you cannot drive the owner away. They still have to use it and the landlords even have to clean up the mess for the residents.
There's so much shit going on, it's better not to buy it.
"I'd better wait a dozen years before buying it. During this time, I can save more money and buy a whole courtyard house. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
Li Kailang fell asleep with beautiful fantasies in his mind.
The next night.
Li Kailang put on his nightgown once again, with a sturdy mold on his head, which directly increased his height to 2 meters.
This time he had to travel to more than a dozen places, so Li Kailang directly took out the "Jinggangshan" military motorcycle.
"Bang bang~" Li Kailang patted the seat of the motorcycle. "It has been collecting dust in the planting space for so long, and it can finally be put to use."
Li Kailang rode his motorcycle to the place, exchanged secret signals with the contact person, told the specific location, and left in a hurry.
After that, he arrived at the place, put down 5 kilograms of grain, and waited for people to arrive.
5 kilograms of grain is not a lot. Assuming that one bag weighs 1 kilograms, that would be 100 bags.
A cart was loaded with 17 bags, and there were only three carts, which was not conspicuous. Not long after, the first boss came with a few carts.
The boss looked at the dozens of neatly arranged bags of grain and wiped his eyes again.
"Is this really 5 kilograms of food?"
"It's honest and genuine. If you don't believe me, check it yourself."
The boss took out a pair of scissors, cut a hole in the bag, and looked at the grain in the bag. He said it was stale grain, but it was not very stale.
He thought it was three or four years old grain, but he didn't expect it was only one year old at most.
"We've made a lot of money, we've made a lot of money. This is new food, and we're losing money if we sell it for only 4 yuan. We have to sell it for at least or yuan."
The boss was very excited.
Li Kailang did not expect that the boss was so greedy that he directly doubled the current price.
"Have you seen it?" Li Kailang said lightly.
"Look, look." The boss nodded repeatedly and took out the money without waiting for Li Kailang to ask for it.
"Take 1 yuan and count it to see if it's enough."
Li Kailang took it directly and put down his waist bag: "No need to order, I believe in the boss's character, it will definitely not be less."
There are actually 1000 big black tens in total. No matter how long you try to count them, they are all fake. It doesn’t matter. It’s a no-cost business anyway.
"Comrade, you are so generous and open-minded." The boss gave a thumbs up and said, "Comrade, do you have any more food? I want all of it."
"It's gone for now. I'll find you when it's available."
Having produced so much food, Li Kailang was naturally worried that he would be discovered, so he had to hide for a while and wait until the storm had passed.
The boss was a little disappointed and said, "Okay, okay, we can negotiate the price then."
"Okay, I'll leave first. You guys can carry the food back."
After saying that, Li Kailang got on his motorcycle and left, heading for the next place.
Seeing Li Kailang leaving, the boss looked at the people he brought with him and waved his hand: "Hurry up and load the truck. We are going to make a lot of money today."
"Hey, there's so much food, and it's still so fresh. We have to calculate it carefully. It's not good to sell too much at once."
The boss is still thinking about waiting for a good price and the idea of hungry consumption will soon fail.
After visiting more than a dozen places, Li Kailang also earned tens of thousands of yuan, firmly becoming a millionaire.
After getting the food, the boss hurriedly took the food back before the black market opened.
black market.
When the black market opened again, the boss, relying on the abundance of grain, doubled the price to 8 yuan per catty.
"No, boss, why are your food so expensive? It was only 4 yuan per pound yesterday."
"Expensive? How can it be expensive? Don't make such nonsense. Yesterday's price was yesterday's price, and today's price is today's price. Ask around and see which households still have food."
"Look at the food today. It's all new food. Where can you buy new food?"
"It's new, but the price shouldn't have increased so much. How can we afford it if it's so expensive?"
"Yeah, 8 bucks for a meal, isn't that forcing us not to eat?"
The boss doesn't care about these people's complaints, he only cares about his own business.
"Get out of here, if you don't want to buy, get out of here. It's up to you to buy or not. If you don't buy, don't think of it as a delay in my business."
"Hey, boss, you..." A man glared at the boss with a fierce look in his eyes, as if he wanted to steal the food.
"What? You want to steal my food, right? I'm telling you, I'm not a vegetarian!"
As soon as he finished speaking, people stood up behind the boss, all of them were burly men with fierce faces.
Seeing this, he admitted his mistake and said, "If you don't want to buy it, then don't buy it."
When the others saw the price, they gave up the idea of buying food and planned to leave in despair.
"Hey, everyone, there's some cheap food here, come and buy some!"
Suddenly, a roar came from somewhere.
"Where, where?" Everyone ran over to look.
"Come and have a look, coarse grains are 5 yuan a pound." The boss shouted.
"It's really cheap here, boss, give me 5 kilograms!"
"Boss, give me twenty pounds!"
The boss said, "Each person is limited to 5 kilograms. If you want more, you can't have it. Everyone should take care of others."
"5 jin is 5 jin, it's better than nothing."
Li Kailang did not expect that among the sellers he chose, there was actually a conscientious merchant who only raised the price by one dollar.
But it was this one dollar that broke the balance of the black market.
The boss who sold at a high price hurried over and asked aggressively, "I remember you were out of food, right? Where did you get the food to sell?"
They are all selling food on the black market, and everyone knows each other well. They obviously have no food, so why are they suddenly selling food?
He was sure that others had no food, so he dared to sell at a high price.
"Hey, don't worry about it. I have my own way." The boss smiled and then asked everyone to buy food.
"Tell me! Where did you get the food?" The boss' face turned red with anger, and he called on his younger brothers behind him to take action.
Seeing that they were about to fight, one person stood up and said, "Hey, what do you want to do? You see that they are selling it cheaply, and you are dissatisfied? If you are dissatisfied, do you want to ask us if we agree?"
As soon as this was said, others immediately echoed: "Yes, what's the matter, you want to hit someone! Ask our Dahuo first if he agrees!"
Everyone gathered together in an instant, preventing the boss from acting rashly.
"You, can do it!" The boss was indignant, but helpless. He looked down at the food, which was the same as his.
He immediately guessed that this was Li Kailang's food. He never expected that Li Kailang actually had so much food to sell to other people.
"Hmph!" With a cold snort, the boss turned and left.
"Yo!" Seeing him retreat, everyone cheered.
"Come on, come on, hurry up and buy some food!" the boss called out, and everyone lined up quickly to buy food.
Seeing the surging crowd on the other side, we just asked a price and left, without a single person on our side.
"Brother, what should we do now?"
"What else can I do? Sell at a lower price!" I had originally thought of making some money before the New Year, but unexpectedly something went wrong.
"How much does it cost?"
"5 yuan."
"No, that won't work. The other side is selling it for 4 yuan. We can't sell it at this price."
"Damn it, I'll sell it for 4 bucks!"
After the price dropped to 4 yuan, people flocked to it.
After buying food, everyone went back to tell their families and the people in the yard.
For a time, news broke out about the large amount of food on the black market.
In an instant, the streets were crowded with people, and the lights were bright as if it was dawn, and everyone rushed to the black market.
Regardless of whether there is a shortage of food or not, everyone goes to buy some.
Whether ordinary people or leading cadres, they all disguised themselves and flocked to the black market.
For a time, the black market was extremely popular, but it also brought trouble.
As for the culprit, he is now lying at home and sleeping soundly.
(End of this chapter)