Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

"No money?" Fang Lang couldn't help but be startled by the seller's statement. What do you want for selling something without money? He quickly asked: "Then what do you want?"

"Cigarettes, is this your first time here? Today's lira in Italy is the same as waste paper, so I don't accept lira." The Italian looked at Fang Lang and said with a serious look on his face.

"Why cigarettes? Can't we use US dollars?" Fang Lang was very confused. He never thought that he would use cigarettes to shop.

"The U.S. dollar is not bad, but in our army, cigarettes are stronger than the U.S. dollar. If you give me U.S. dollars and I want to buy cigarettes, it will be difficult to buy them." The Italian's statement took Fang Lang a while to react.

It turns out there is still such a way to play.

"Aren't cigarettes distributed directly? Why do you still need to buy them?" As far as Fang Lang knows, the US military's logistics supplies are sufficient. Each soldier has a fixed quota of cigarettes every month. Normally, there should be no shortage of cigarettes.

That’s right! How come cigarettes on the black market have now become a hard currency stronger than the US dollar?

"Yes, cigarettes are all distributed, but a one-month quota will be used up in three days on a high-intensity battlefield. If you want to smoke again, you have to wait for next month's quota or exchange for one. So, you know!

"The words spoken by the Italian were like parting the fog and allowing Fang Lang to see thousands of golden lights.

Cigarettes spread from the Indians, and Brazil happens to be the main tobacco growing area. Although Brazilian cigarettes do not have a big brand now, there are many small-scale cigarette factories, such as Fang Lang's uncle Yang

Zong's family runs a small workshop-style cigarette factory.

Fang Lang, who was originally thinking about how to purchase goods and sell them in the United States to make money, suddenly discovered the New World. He quickly asked again: "Brother, are you Italians the only ones who trade with cigarettes, or do everyone trade with cigarettes?"

.Look at the brand?”

Because Fang Lang doesn't smoke, he never thought that cigarettes had become a hard currency in the army. So, were the cigarettes he had been allocated in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force directly embezzled by his superiors? It felt like he had lost 100 million.

Heart hurts.

"Of course, everyone uses cigarettes to trade! Including the Germans. As for the brand, it is not very important. Of course, the most popular cigarettes on the market now are American Haochai cigarettes. It seems that you don't understand the market at all! You don't have any cigarettes on hand.

Right? Then how much US dollars are you willing to pay for this watch?" The Italian obviously felt that Fang Lang had strayed too far from the topic, and wanted to bring the topic back to watch trading.

Seeing that the Italian did not want to continue to promote market information to Fang Lang, Fang Lang was not angry. Instead, he whispered in his ear: "Brother, I am a crew member on a U.S. Navy transport ship. I just arrived in Italy, so I don't know much about it."

I understand the market, but I will frequently travel between the United States and Italy in the future. Do you understand what I mean?"

When the Italian heard Fang Lang's words, a bright golden light burst out from his eyes. He glanced around at the people around him, and after seeing that no one noticed the two of them, he lowered his voice, pointed to Fang Lang's armband and said: "

Brother, this is not the symbol of the U.S. Navy."

"Hehe... Yes, I am the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Navy, but we are under the command of the US Navy's Fourth Fleet, and I happen to be an officer in the Naval Logistics Department, so..." Fang Lang wanted to make this Italian

Believing in his ability to obtain enough cigarettes, the man had to reveal a little bit of his identity.

The Italian's eyes began to glow green, and he whispered to the other party: "Brother, how about we change places to talk?"

Fang Lang knew the Italian's thoughts very well. He was not willing to let him feel that he could have his own channel exclusively. He had to put enough pressure on him in order to obtain more benefits.

"Brother, let's continue talking about the price of this watch! I really don't have any cigarettes on hand right now. I don't know how many dollars you want to sell them to me." The deliberate emphasis on the word "now" made the Italian

I clearly understood what Fang Lang wanted to express.

"Brother, the watch is a small problem. If you can bring a lot of cigarettes, what does it matter if this watch is given to you?" Italians are very polite and are obviously big business people.

"You'd better tell me how many cigarettes this watch is worth!" Fang Lang was also a man who would not let go of the rabbit before he saw the rabbit, and continued to tease the Italian.

"Brother, you want to know how much a pack of cigarettes is worth in US dollars, right? No need to test, I want to be a long-term business partner with you, and I will never deceive you on this kind of thing!" the Italian said directly and honestly.

Fang Lang didn't react at all. He was used to the Chinese character in his previous life, and he wanted to test the bottom line repeatedly with this Italian, but he didn't expect that he would not go around the bush with you at all.

"Okay! Brother, let's all be honest. I will definitely have to confirm it with others. So can you tell me how much a pack of cigarettes is worth in your place?" Now that others have opened the skylight and revealed what they have said,

Fang Lang also stopped beating around the bush.

"Brother, if you have cigarettes to sell to me, I will buy them at the price of five dollars a pack. Of course, this price will also depend on the market, but I believe that the price will definitely become more and more expensive. I believe that the whole of Naples will not

Someone can offer a higher price than me." The Italian said with determination and confidence.

This price indeed exceeded Fang Lang's expectations. You must know that the U.S. dollar in this era has not been depreciated in later generations, and its purchasing power is quite strong. One U.S. dollar today can definitely be regarded as the currency value of one thousand yuan in two thousand years.

, because one dollar today is approximately equal to one gram of gold.

If Fang Lang remembered correctly, the price of a pack of cigarettes in the United States is almost twenty cents, so if the cigarettes are shipped from the United States to Europe, the price will directly increase by twenty-five times. There are higher profits than this.

Business? Fang Lang didn't dare to calculate how many times the profit would be if he purchased it from Brazil's own cigarette factory.

"Brother, your quotation is really attractive to me. I think I will know what products to bring when I come back from the United States. I don't know how much you can eat." Fang Lang calculated the capital on hand and found that five hundred US dollars would be enough.

Buying 2,500 packs of cigarettes and selling them to him at a price of 5 US dollars a pack can turn into 12,500 US dollars. With this money, you can buy 62,500 packs of cigarettes worth 30 US dollars in the United States.

Twelve thousand five hundred yuan. This business is definitely worth Fang Lang's life. You must know that in the United States now, a car only costs about one thousand US dollars, and if Fang Lang makes two trips, he can save the money to buy one.

The money for the car has turned into a price that can buy more than 300 cars. Logically speaking, such a good business should not be discovered by him!

"I don't have many US dollars on hand, but my uncle has absolutely enough funds. It's absolutely no problem to scrape together tens of thousands of dollars." In this era, tens of thousands of dollars is really a big deal, so tens of thousands of dollars from Italians,

There is definitely confidence that the funds are sufficient.

"To be honest, the profits in this business are huge. Are there no other businessmen doing it?" Fang Lang didn't believe that no one else had discovered such a good business opportunity.

"Of course someone has already started to do it, otherwise how could the price be set? Are you wondering why no one has just shipped the entire ship here?" the Italian asked with a smile on his face.

question.

Before Fang Lang could answer, he answered by himself: "Do you think the German submarines at sea are vegetarians now? Except for the fleets protected by escort fleets, the risks borne by other civilian merchant ships are not worth this price.

Who would be willing to make profits! Those who are protected by the escort fleet are transporting strategic materials, so they will not do business with you! In fact, the time when cigarettes can be used as cash only started when the Yankees landed and counterattacked.

It only takes more than four months. It also takes time for large merchants to prepare their fleets. As far as I know, some merchants took the risk and never came back. This caused the price of cigarettes to become even stronger."