Reborn as the richest man in India

"Sarah, your hair?" At this time, Sara came back, and Ketu suddenly shouted.

At this time, Qiao Ge noticed that Sarah's waist-length hair was indeed missing. She had wrapped her head with gauze and didn't notice it for a while.

"I went to the temple yesterday to donate my hair to the gods." Sarah smiled, "I pray for the blessings of the gods, for Master Qiaogo, for Master, Madam, and for everyone."

"Donate it to God, okay, okay." Luke smiled.

Qiao Ge's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered something, the news he saw online in his previous life.

That's the hair outlet.

Hair can be sold and is very valuable, known as 'black gold'.

India is a major exporter of hair. In the previous life, it could export more than a thousand tons of hair a year, and most of the hair was exported to China, earning billions from China every year.

In fact, in China a few decades ago, there were some people riding bicycles and shouting on loudspeakers to buy hair in the streets and alleys or in the countryside.

Generally, the longer the hair, the more expensive it is. For example, a pound of hair over 45 centimeters can cost thousands of dollars.

Hair has several uses, the cheapest is men's short hair, which is mainly used to fill mattresses, make oil filters or extract amino acids, etc.

Some people may have heard of people who make soy sauce for their hair, but this is probably not very reliable.

Women's long hair can be used for hair extensions, wigs, model wigs, etc.

It is now 1986, and China's wig factories have not yet been established, but India still exports hair, most of which are exported to Europe, the United States, South Korea, etc.

Europeans and Americans suffer from severe hair loss, and wigs made of human hair are very popular in Europe and the United States.

Moreover, Indian women have not cut their hair since birth, and most of them have never used artificial dyes and pigments. Therefore, their hair is of high quality and is very popular in the wig market.

Qiao Ge knows that many temples in India accept hair donations from believers, and there may be hundreds, or even thousands, of people every day.

The most famous one is the Tirumala Vishnu Temple, which provides haircuts to 20,000 people on average every day. There are more than 600 barbers in the temple, and more staff are needed during holidays, because up to 100,000 people can get haircuts in a day.

Selling hair has made the Vishnu Temple the richest temple in India.

There are many such temples in Mumbai, and you can directly buy hair from women among the people, just like the situation in China decades ago, door-to-door purchases.

India's hair export volume at this time is definitely not as large as it was in the previous life, and it cannot reach a scale of several billion yuan. After all, money is still valuable now, and inflation is not that severe. The total export of hair every year is several million US dollars. about.

The U.S. dollar in this era is much more valuable than in previous generations.

Maybe I can get a piece of the pie too?

As soon as this idea came out, Qiao Ge couldn't help but be very excited, but then he calmed down.

Even if you buy hair yourself, how do you sell it?

The foreign acquirers themselves don’t know them.

After thinking about it, Qiao Ge felt that he could ask Zhao Rui and the others about this matter. If they said they didn't want it, he could also check the source of the hair first. If it didn't work, the worst he could do would be to make his own wig.

Without further ado, Qiaogo did not stay in the slums for long and immediately went to investigate several temples in Mumbai.

Banjiv Temple is about three kilometers away from Dharavi. When Chogo came here, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and he saw many believers coming in and out of the temple.

It’s not that all of these people come to donate hair, but even if a small number of them donate, the number of people is quite large.

Qiao Ge walked around the temple for a while and found a place where hair was shaved. After staying here for about an hour, he saw 10 women donating their hair.

Looking at the long hair, which was basically over 50 centimeters, Qiao Ge's eyes shone. These were all rupees.

"The warehouse is almost full of space. Hasn't the guy who received the goods arrived yet?"

"No, I heard from the elder that he may not come until next month."

When no believers were shaving their hair, the two barbers were chatting while cleaning the hair on the floor.

After hearing what the two said, Qiaogo went up to communicate with them. The two were a little wary at first. When Qiaogo gave them 10 rupees, the other party became talkative. 10 rupees was equivalent to one day's wages for each of him.

From their mouths, Qiao Ge finally figured out the temple’s hair business.

The amount of donated hair in Banjiv is only average in the local area. It can receive more than 30 kilograms a day and 1,000 kilograms a month.

Assuming that the hair of a woman with shoulder-length hair weighs about 100 grams, that is to say, if 10 women have one kilogram of hair, about 300 women come to the temple to donate hair every day.

The temple used to have a dealer who specialized in buying hair, and they usually came once a week to collect hair.

This time it has been almost two months, and the purchaser has not come to receive the goods, and has been delaying.

According to the purchaser, the hair he purchased was sold to Europe, and Europe has stopped shipping in the past two months, and they are still waiting for news from there.

Qiao Ge naturally knew the reason. The Suez Canal was blocked.

This makes the temple a little depressed. Hair is produced every day, and now more than 2,000 kilograms of hair have accumulated.

The Banjiv Temple is located in urban Mumbai. It occupies a small area and has a small warehouse. Now the warehouse is almost overflowing.

From what they said, the hair from temples in Mumbai is basically sold to Europe, so major temples basically have hair piled in warehouses.

"We must win." Qiao Ge's blood surged, this opportunity was great.

The temple is eager to find someone to buy it. Isn't this an opportunity for itself?

Regardless of the length of the hair, the Banjiv Temple is packaged and sold to buyers as a whole at 10 rupees per kilogram, which is less than $1 per kilogram.

Although Qiao Ge is not sure about the current export price of hair, compared with the price in his previous life, it is a huge profit no matter what.

In his previous life, he had seen on the Internet that the best quality long hair over 45 centimeters could be sold for more than 1,000 US dollars per kilogram. The most demanded long hair was 20-40 centimeters, and the average price was about 300-500 US dollars per kilogram. , after being made into wigs, top-quality wigs can be sold for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, and one kilogram of wigs can be used to make 5 to 10 wigs depending on the length of the hair, and the profit can be a hundred times higher. Black Gold The name is worthy of its name.

In this era, whether it is China or India, it seems that foreign trade is profitable.

The information is poor. The purchaser will definitely not disclose the export price to others, so as to ensure its own profit.

With the development of information in his previous life, Qiao Ge knew that many large temples had established direct relationships with foreign purchasers, and prices had become much more transparent, making it less profitable for middlemen.

Of course, this is only compared to the current huge profits. In fact, the hair trade in the previous life was still very profitable. After all, the purchase price was still low.

It seems that not only do I have to investigate the source of hair, but I also have to find a way to find out the export price of hair.

Then Qiao Ge went to another nearby temple and found that the situation was similar to Benjiv. In the past two months, the purchasers had basically temporarily purchased hair.

"It seems this business is not that complicated." Qiao Ge was amused in his heart.

If it is curled, no matter what, you must pull your hair back first.

Probably those acquirers thought that no one else would intervene, so they didn't pull their hair back.

If you want to bring it back, you have to find a warehouse to store it. This is to save some storage costs. It's really a penny-pinching.

But in Qiao Ge's opinion, as long as the temple is given enough benefits, what's the difficulty in changing a business?

The most important thing is that Qiao Ge has already found out that they have not signed any contract at all, because after working together for a long time, it becomes natural, so there is no breach of contract.

Especially in this situation, the temple has complaints against them and is anxious to clear out the hair that cannot fit in the warehouse.

Qiao Ge couldn't hold back his excitement and didn't continue to visit other temples. The situation was almost clear. He was going to go to Singh's place to ask the foreign trade company if the procedures had been completed. It was already the third day.

Although he knew it couldn't be done in three days, he would ask every day. He was always uneasy and thinking about it, which was the key to whether he could turn over.

Qiao Ge came to Singh's office for routine business. After preparing to ask, he went to Zhao Rui and the others to ask if they were interested in buying hair. After all, China was a big wig manufacturing country in the previous life, and its products were exported to Europe and the United States. Maybe now There is a wig factory, so there must be a demand for hair.

"Ah, Qiao Ge, you came just in time, I was about to go find you." Singer said happily when he saw Qiao Ge knocking on the door and coming in.

"Uncle Singh, why are you so happy today?" Everyone could see that Singh was in a very good mood.

"Isn't it your business?" Singh laughed and said, "Gupta Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. has been established."

"Oh?" Qiao Ge responded smoothly, but he quickly froze and realized, "Uncle Singh, you said it was my company that took over the business?"

Qiaogo named his company Gupta Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., while his father's was Gupta Import and Export Co., Ltd. He didn't react for a moment.

After seeing Singer shaking his head to express his determination, Qiao Ge still felt a little unreal: "Uncle Singer, how is this possible? It's only been less than three days, right? When did they become so efficient? What are you looking for? A big shot?"

It took three days to get it done. Qiao Ge felt that Singh must have spent a lot of time and money to find a local big-shot figure in Mumbai, otherwise it would not have been possible.

Thinking of this, Qiao Ge bowed to Singer and said, "Thank you, Uncle Singer."

"This matter really has nothing to do with me." Singer came over and patted Qiao Ge on the shoulder, and handed him his business license and other relevant documents.

After receiving this, Qiaogo truly confirmed that this was not a dream.

Seeing Qiao Ge looking at him with questioning eyes, Singer smiled slightly and said, "It's because of the administrator."

"Uncle Singh, have you found an administrator?" Qiao Ge was surprised.

Although he knew that Singh had a special position and many people would fawn over him, it was basically impossible for him, a branch credit manager, to get to know the Bombay administrator and be able to talk to him.

"I told you that it has nothing to do with me. How can I possibly know such big shots? I just met them a few times from a distance." Singer continued to explain, "This morning, the administrator was going to the industrial and commercial department to inspect. For this reason, yesterday In order to perform well and claim credit, the guys from the industrial and commercial department worked all night long to complete all the work and various approval procedures they had accumulated before. It's your luck that you caught up just in time."

Jogo's eyes widened, he was so lucky to have such a thing.

"But the administrator didn't go there this morning, because the administrator was busy dealing with the strike, and the trouble got bigger and bigger. More than a dozen people died last night. They waited and prepared in vain," Singer added.

Qiao Ge also smiled. It didn't matter to him whether the administrator went or not, because the business license had already been obtained.

As for the people who died in the strike, Qiao Ge had already expected it. He could only say that the people at the bottom below were easily exploited, which was sad.

"Uncle Singh, my company account also belongs to the State Bank of India. He won't transfer the money from my account because of my father's debt, right?" Qiao Ge also wanted to confirm.

Singer's face darkened: "Qiaogo, can you still not believe me on this? You and your father are two different things."

He had previously told Qiaogo that the money in the old Gupta's company account would not be moved this month, but he did not expect that Qiaogo would make such a big move, so his promise could not be guaranteed.

He can be sure that once $50,000 is credited to this account, the president will no longer give him face.

But now there are two companies, owned by two people respectively, and the president does not dare to do this. If he really wants to sue, he will not be able to live with it.

"Believe it, believe it." Qiao Ge said with a smile, "Without further delay, I will go to them to sign the contract right away."

"Well, I'll go with you. By the way, wait a minute, and I'll find a lawyer friend to check." After Singer finished speaking, he picked up the phone and contacted the lawyer without waiting for Qiao Ge to respond.

Qiao Ge did not refuse. Although he was 100% sure that Zhao Rui and the others were not liars and there would be no problems with the contract, Singer was not himself. He did not know this. If he found a lawyer to see if the contract was reasonable, he would be doing it for himself. For your own sake.

"Let's go, I made an appointment with him to meet directly at the hotel door." Singer said with a smile on his face.

This business is almost done. He calculated that for 1,000 bales of cotton, Qiaogo should be able to earn nearly 400,000 rupees. It had only been a few days, but it made him look forward to Qiaogo. Maybe this kid can really do it. Pay off the loan within one year.

Although he was helping Qiao Ge, it was still impossible for him to believe that Qiao Ge could pay off the loan within a year.

In his opinion, if it can delay the Qiaogo family for one day, it may not necessarily lead to any change.

Now he is naturally happy for Qiao Ge.

When they arrived at the door of the hotel, Qiao Ge saw a middle-aged man wearing a black suit, a white shirt, and gold-rimmed glasses coming towards them.

"Come on, let me introduce you to Barrister Kapil Yadra." Singh introduced Qiaogo very kindly.

"Kuna, stop talking nonsense, you are such a big lawyer." Adela obviously has a good relationship with Singh. They joked as soon as they met, "Is this the boy you are talking about, little Gupta?"

Adela works in a firm in Mumbai and is very skilled in business.

"Hello, just call me Qiaogo." Qiaogo said modestly.

"It's not easy. I started doing business with the Chinese at a young age. Do you know how many people in Mumbai are anxious to find buyers now? Unfortunately, they just don't dare to contact the Chinese and are hesitant. Those guys can only make a little money. Small money, no courage, no big picture." Adela looked at Qiao Ge and said.

"Stop praising him. The contract hasn't been signed yet. Maybe the Chinese will regret it?" Singer was very satisfied with Qiaogo's performance. "Go in."