Cross-border trade

"More than all of them? Can you tell me how much?"

Faced with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zhu Yihai certainly wanted to seize it. While he was overjoyed, he also knew that whether he could seize this opportunity depended on whether he could introduce a reliable supplier.

There were many reliable suppliers, but the question was how many he needed?

"About 20 boxes!..."

If he went to find a seller by himself without knowing the place, the cucumbers would probably be cold by the time he found one. Besides, he had limited time at the moment and didn't have time to waste on this.

"What!"

Zhu Yihai said with his eyes wide open in astonishment.

"What, 20, 20 boxes..."

Looking at Zhu Yihai, who was dumbfounded, George asked.

"What, is there a problem?"

"Yes, there must be a problem, sir, do you know how many cigarettes that is? A box of cigarettes has 250 cartons, not 250 packs. Now cigarettes in the United States also need to be purchased at rationing points! So many cigarettes, so many..."

Looking at Zhu Yihai who was a little excited, George said lightly.

"What is the problem?"

"Yes, there must be a problem..."

Zhu Yihai said.

"So many cigarettes, you can only collect them if you collect all the cigarettes in Chinatown..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Yihai looked outside Chinatown again, and then lowered his voice and said.

"However, I know there is a person who must have enough goods, but he is not Chinese!"

"Not Chinese?"

"Yes."

"Is it reliable?"

"Many goods in Chinatown are also taken from him. In the era of prohibition, his family was engaged in the illegal sale of liquor, and now they are also engaged in illegal cigarettes..."

Under normal circumstances, Zhu Yihai would definitely not mention that guy, but now, seeing his amazing commission, he certainly would not hide anything.

"But if you trade with him, you must pay cash. However, before going there, you can sell the things you bring."

"Okay, you help find a buyer first. I brought mainly watches this time. I am talking about high-end watches."

"Thank you for your trust. I will take you there now. Please follow me."

As Zhu Yihai said, he led the way out of Chinatown.

"Mr. Coville, this is George who came from Europe. You can call him Joe."

Take Li Yian to a luxury watch shop outside Chinatown and find Mr. Philip Coville in front of him.

"Hello, Joe."

Coville greeted the two people enthusiastically. From the watches placed in Coville's watch shop, it can be seen that his place is indeed a suitable place.

"Joe, you can call me Philip."

Coville extended his hand enthusiastically and shook hands with George. Compared with his enthusiasm, George now just wanted to quickly end the transaction and seize the time to start his subsequent plans.

So George got straight to the point. He took out a watch from his backpack, put it on the counter and said:

"Mr. Philip, hello, nice to meet you. This is the watch I brought, please appreciate it!"

Almost at the moment George took out his hand, Coville's eyes had already been attracted by the watch on the table. He picked up one of the watches and said in surprise.

"Longines flyback chronograph, using 13zn movement..."

Coville, who was checking the watch, seemed very careful. He even opened the cover of the watch, and then, with the help of a magnifying glass and a small desk lamp, he carefully checked it. George and Zhu Yihai sat quietly aside, waiting for him to inspect the goods.

After inspecting the watch, Coville had an estimate of the price of the watch in his mind. Although the war had an impact on the luxury goods market, the war affected the supply of luxury goods. After all, the outbreak of the war made it difficult for Swiss watches to enter the United States.

But even during the war, the rich had their needs for luxury goods, and even the demand was higher than in the past, because the war... made many people rich.

"Do you want to sell it?"

Coville asked.

"If you want, I can offer $200. Before the war, a new watch was also this price. Although your watch is a 38-year-old watch, it is well maintained."

The war made many luxury goods increase in price.

"$200?"

Hearing the other party's offer, George said directly.

"250 dollars. If you can, I have 5 watches of the same model here. Their quality is about the same."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ke Weier and Zhu Yihai looked at him with surprise. The former agreed after a little thought.

Five watches for $1,250!

In fact, this is just the beginning. When he was in London, because he knew that pounds could not be used in the United States and could not be exchanged for dollars, George went to second-hand goods to buy some watches and cameras. In London, I don't know how many people sold their family collections, watches, cameras, and even antiques and famous paintings in their homes to make a living. In London, these things have long been stale. Like this Fimai chronograph from Longines, it is a common product. It is not expensive, but it is not cheap. It is almost a common product among famous watches. It only costs a dozen pounds. He also has a few Patek Philippe watches in his bag. The really valuable one is a Patek Philippe 96 "Quantiemelune" watch.

When he took it out, Coville's eyes lit up immediately. This kind of watch was discontinued as soon as the war broke out, and it was impossible to buy it even if you had money.

"How much is Mr. Coville willing to pay for this watch?"

The reason why he took the initiative to ask without waiting for the other party to make an offer was because he was impressed by this Patek Philippe. Before crossing, he had read a report that there were only seven known watches of the same model before, and the watch auctioned in that report was the eighth one, which had never appeared on the market.

And that watch was sold at a high price of 48.85 million Hong Kong dollars at the auction!

If it weren't for raising funds for purchasing, he even planned to treat this watch as a family heirloom.

After thinking for a while, Coville spoke.

"1,800 US dollars! Mr. Joe, this is definitely the highest price in the market. No one should be able to offer a higher price than me."

"2,500 US dollars."

George gave the price straightforwardly.

"Deal!"

When Coville agreed readily, George said with regret.

"Okay, the heirloom is yours!"

At the moment the words fell, time froze and the light screen reappeared.

[Completed the first cross-border trade, sold eleven second-hand watches, obtained funds of $5,460, profit of $4,835, and rewarded experience points of 2,412 points!

Okay, the system reward is here again!