Beauty Comic Plane Trader

One afternoon in mid-July, Josie was enjoying afternoon tea in the garden while writing a letter to Margot.

After coming to the UK, Josie basically wrote a letter to Margot every week to say she was safe, and Margot would reply.

There are no transoceanic telephones these days, and the text that can be sent by telegraph is short, so the most common long-distance communication is actually letters. And because Qiao Xi's route is relatively wild, he can directly borrow the military's air transportation channels and logistics network, basically

In just a few days, this letter will be safely delivered to Margot's hands.

Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that most of the correspondence with Margot is chatty and homely, and the confidentiality is not high.

If it were a communication with Dix, it would be an encrypted telegram.

While Josie was writing the letter, Vito drove a jeep into the manor, asked the servant where Josie was, and then ran into the garden in a hurry.

"boss!"

"It seems that the matter has been settled?" Qiao Xi just finished writing the letter at this time, folded it and put it into the envelope, handed it to the waiter on the side, then picked up the empty cup on the table, poured a cup of iced black tea and pushed it to the table

On the other side, he motioned for Vito to sit down and said.

"It's done. The person doing the job is the younger brother of a high-ranking member of the Razor Party. He is a ground handler at the Royal Air Force Base in Brize Norton. After investigating for more than half a month, he identified the aircraft and found an opportunity for maintenance.

The things were put up and the wiring was connected as you requested." Vito was not polite, sat down and drank all the black tea in the cup, and then replied in a low voice.

"Well done! You've been working hard during this period. I'll give you two days off to relax!" Hearing Vito's answer, Josie smiled slightly, took out his wallet, and took out a white paper with a face value of one thousand.

The pound was handed over.

Before World War II, the United Kingdom, as the most economically developed country in the world, had a huge annual international trade volume. Therefore, even if the purchasing power of the pound was strong, it was not enough to only issue denominations of one hundred and fifty. Therefore, the largest denomination of the pound during this period was

One thousand - in fact, after World War II, a million pounds denomination was issued, but that thing was specially printed to cooperate with the Marshall Plan, and only nine copies were made in total, as shown in Mark Twain's Million Pound novel

That one million pound note is this thing.

However, by next year, these old-fashioned white pounds will be declared out of use, because in the past few years at the end of World War II, Germany printed a total of 1.4 billion in counterfeit pound notes, making the pound market extremely chaotic.

By that time, the new pound sterling, from 1945 to the late 1960s, had a maximum denomination of only five pounds. Because the original colonial system had collapsed, and coupled with the rise of the US dollar, the pound sterling had to guarantee its purchase.

, the demand for large denomination banknotes is very low.

But now that Josie is doing business in the UK, there are not that many US dollars in the British market. Coupled with factors such as foreign exchange controls, it is impossible for him to completely stop accepting pounds.

So when faced with the British dignitaries waving large sums of pounds and begging Josie to sell material goods to them, Josie could only reluctantly agree.

But this also has a prerequisite.

First of all, Qiao Xi does not accept pounds sterling in denominations of 5, 10, and 20, because these three denominations of pounds sterling have the largest amount in the market, and the counterfeit coins printed in Germany are also of this denomination.

Although the remaining denominations are charged, the price still has to be increased by 30%.

As for the pounds received, Qiao Xi will also find ways to spend them as soon as possible - such as buying British properties and daily consumption, all using pounds.

However, when buying those properties, there is no longer a 30% price increase, but at least a 30% price reduction.

With the current market conditions in the UK, many fixed assets cannot be sold at high prices, and few people are buying them, which gives Josh the opportunity to buy at the bottom.

So after doing this again and again, Qiao Xi has made at least 60% more profits.

Sure enough, war money is really fun to make, so it’s no wonder that low-level officials do it even at the risk of violating national prohibitions.

Well, Josie promised that he was not insinuating anyone, he was simply explaining the current situation in the UK.

It is precisely because Qiao Xi now has a lot of pounds in his hands that he is very generous in rewarding his subordinates. Basically, they start with one hundred pounds. For someone like Vito, who has been busy outside for more than a week, he can reward one thousand pounds.

Not much.

"Thank you, boss!" Vito happily took the money and thanked him.

Although American businessmen like Josie and many similar situations dislike the pound, Vito will not dislike it, because this thousand pounds is enough for him to call dozens of British girls every day - and it is also high-end goods, and he has several orgies in a row.

Oh my god.

Of course Vito wouldn't really do that, otherwise dozens of girls a day would be too much for even a tough guy.

"By the way, boss, I met some old friends from the 82nd Division when I came back. I heard from them that both the 82nd Division and the 101st Division have returned to England for repairs." After putting away the money, Vito told another piece of news he knew...

…He used to serve in the 82nd Division, so it’s normal for him to get to know people.

"Oh? Really?" Qiao Xi heard this and touched his chin, and then said, "That's just right. When you leave, go find Lyndon. He should have some fruits, beef and ale there. Let him count them and give them to him.

General Ridgway and General Taylor were sent there. In addition, I asked him to invite the two generals and other senior officers on my behalf to host a banquet at the Ritz Hotel tomorrow night to celebrate their triumph... By the way, send a separate copy to Lieutenant Winters of E Company.

invite."

As the war draws closer to its end, the Allies have now completely controlled the Atlantic route, and more and more materials are being shipped into the UK. Coupled with Qiao Xi's previous large-scale bulk cargo, the UK's conventional material supply has been greatly improved.

Although Qiaoxi's goods are still making money for him - after all, the cost is very low, it is no longer possible to make huge profits like when he first arrived in the UK.

Only fresh fruits, beef and other high-end goods are relatively popular in the market.

But Qiao Xi has basically made enough. Apart from tobacco, other businesses have begun to wind down. When the Allies regain Paris and put them on the European continent, these materials can be sold at a better price... After all, the cost of land transportation,

It’s much bigger than shipping.

As for some remaining materials in the external warehouse, Qiao Xi didn't bother to recycle them, so he simply gave them to the military as a favor.

Especially Ridgway and Taylor, these two generals are both promising figures.

It is absolutely right to make many friends at this time.

What a very coincidental thing was that the next day when Qiao Xi hosted a banquet for the senior regiments of the two divisions, a certain bombing squadron of the US Navy received a bombing mission. As a result, less than an hour after the squadron took off, one of the bombers flew into the air.

It exploded into a ball of fireworks in the sky, and pieces of the plane were scattered across the English Channel. Not even a fragment could be found.

Such accidents were actually not uncommon during World War II, so no one thought there was anything fishy here.

It’s just that there is an additional major named Joseph Kennedy on HNA’s death list.

"Boss, thank you!" Lyndon Schneider said when reporting to Josie a few days later.

"Thank me? Thank me for what? I should thank you. In the past two months or so, you have made so much profit for me, which is very good. This is your bonus!" Qiao Xi smiled slightly and said

A suitcase was pushed to the other party.

However, Lyndon Schneider did not accept the box happily as Josie imagined, but looked hesitant.

"What happened?" Upon seeing this, Qiao Xi couldn't help but restrain his smile. It was impossible for Lyndon not to know that the box contained a huge sum of money. With his character, he shouldn't behave like this.

So something must have happened.

"Boss, someone is coming from my hometown and wants to see you!" Linden hesitated for a long time, and finally said it through gritted teeth.

Hometown? Qiao Xi was a little confused when he heard this.

But then I came back to it.

If it were Qiao Xi himself, he would definitely consider Xia Guo his hometown.

But when it came out of Linden's mouth, it could only be another one.

"Bavaria or Austria?" Josie asked thoughtfully.

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