The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 239: Big Fishing Nets and Hong Kong Inflation
Some people say that if there is a 50% profit, many people will take risks.

This is indeed true, but we also have to consider the ratio of input and return.

After all, the investment is not big, and 50% is nothing. Just like what the workers said, buying a pair of gloves to do a day's work can earn dozens or hundreds of times the profit of the gloves, so it makes sense.

But when you invest tens of thousands and are expected to get a 50% profit in a short period of time, or even just 30%, some people will take the risk.

Therefore, smuggling has existed for a long time between Hong Kong and the mainland.

But there are many methods, and what the BF troops detect during patrols are actually a small number of things, and even among these few things, most of them have to be reported.

Zhang Jincai knew that simply using the things he found during patrols to exchange with Jiang Cheng would eventually come to an end. Not only was there not much stuff, but many things could not be exchanged with Jiang Cheng.

That's why Zhang Jin planned to have some stable cooperation with Jiang Cheng, that is to exchange seafood with Jiang Cheng.

It is real seafood, but it is still in the sea.

After Zhang Jincai heard the report, he immediately went to the component department to find Jiang Cheng. When he saw Jiang Cheng, he was actually eating noodles.

"You kid, you are becoming more and more capable here. Where did you get the noodles?" Captain Zhang sat down opposite Jiang Cheng and asked with a smile.

"It was squad leader Liu from the cafeteria who arranged for someone to cook for me. This saves you the trouble of arranging it yourself." Jiang Cheng responded with a smile.

"Have you thought about what you want this time?"

"I'm going to take a stroll for two days this time, and we'll talk about it when I come back."

"Where are we going to stroll again?"

"Let's go look for wood. It's hard to cut down trees in winter because they have no leaves."

Facing Captain Zhang's question, Jiang Cheng also replied casually. Now Jiang Cheng doesn't stay here every time. Last time, the car stopped in the county town. When he came here to exchange things after returning from Hong Kong, he deliberately pretended to bring some wood in the car.

And last time they just exchanged things and left, so Captain Zhang and his men wouldn't have to be guessed why they always parked their cars here in the army and disappeared for two days before coming back.

"Jiang Cheng, didn't you say before that you wanted seafood products? Do you still want them now?" Captain Zhang changed the subject of Jiang Cheng wanting them immediately in two days and asked the question he wanted to ask this time.

"Yes, of course. But live fish and shrimp die quickly. It's not so bad this season. The temperature in Changcheng is still very cold. If they run fast on the road, even if they die, they will be quite fresh." Jiang Cheng responded.

In fact, Jiang Cheng didn't want it anymore. As long as he did a good job in business in Hong Kong, things that could be bought with money in the future would not be a big deal.

"How about I arrange for someone to prepare the caught fish and shrimps for you?" Captain Zhang asked.

"Of course you can, but your fishing nets won't catch much."

Jiang Cheng responded again, if it turns out to be solid stuff, he could do a lot of favors by bringing it back to Changcheng. Many favors may not be used now, after all, it is now a planned economy era. But in a few years, many companies will implement independent profit and loss, and at that time Jiang Cheng will need a lot of help to bring "Jiangdonglai" to the mainland.

"Just keep it. Hurry up and finish your noodles. I'll take you to see something."

"It's so mysterious. I want to take a look."

When Jiang Cheng heard that Captain Zhang had something to show him, he finished the noodles in a few mouthfuls, not even letting go of the noodle soup. This was seafood noodles, with shrimp in the noodles. The people in the army might be tired of eating seafood, but Jiang Cheng still liked it.

After eating noodles, Jiang Cheng followed Captain Zhang and left. After walking behind him for more than ten minutes, he was unexpectedly taken to the small dock built by the patrol boat. There was also a storage room at the dock, with police equipment and maintenance equipment, anyway, there were all kinds of things. This time, Captain Zhang brought Jiang Cheng here to see a net, a large fishing net.

"How is it? Not bad, right? Let's get the net on the patrol boat at night, and we might be able to catch several hundred kilograms of stuff with one cast. I can catch a truckload of stuff in an hour." Captain Zhang said with a smile.

"Yes, it's a good stuff. This net should be able to easily catch cuttlefish, squid and the like. Let me do some calculations, and I'll be back the day after tomorrow night. Help me catch a truckload of fresh fish the day after tomorrow night, and I'll pull it back to Changcheng the day after tomorrow, how about that?" Jiang Cheng's eyes lit up when he saw the big net.

You can also buy lobsters, abalone, cuttlefish, squid and the like in Hong Kong. But the prices are not cheap, so you can only eat them yourself. If you bring them to the mainland to sell, you will lose money.

But if Captain Zhang can catch some, there are also various shrimps and the like. The space in the sea is much better than his.

Of course, even if Captain Zhang had a big net, it would only be a small one. After all, Jiang Cheng only came once a month, and it was better to hear that Jiang Cheng wanted fresher ones. As for the types of fish and shrimp, in Captain Zhang's eyes, they were basically the same.

After reaching a consensus on the deal, the two chatted for a while on the beach and then returned to the army. Captain Zhang was going to go back to sleep. Jiang Cheng also found a reason to "say goodbye".

The two separated after returning to the army, and Jiang Cheng also left.

In fact, he hid on the beach within the defense line when no one was paying attention.

It was time to go to Hong Kong again, and Jiang Cheng didn't know if his shrimp ball business had taken off. After all, the price of shrimp balls was about the same as the market price. Before the brand was established, the same price had no advantage, so he could only rely on people who came to buy fish balls to buy shrimp balls on the way.

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Even though Hong Kong has not yet been returned to China, all of them are Chinese compatriots. They celebrate the Chinese New Year just like in China. In fact, because the economy is good, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year is even stronger than in China.

At least many shops have red lanterns hanging, and children are not like in China, picking up unlit firecrackers to play with. Although there are lucky money to buy some toys, it is difficult to have fun with that little money.

Also because of the Chinese New Year, people in Hong Kong are reluctant to spend money on normal days, but they still have to spend during the Chinese New Year.

Prices have been rising, and with everyone's consumption stimulus, prices are changing every day. However, many people believe that the recent high prices are due to the Chinese New Year. For example, the price of a rickshaw may have doubled during the Chinese New Year, even though it used to be one yuan.

After all, it’s the Chinese New Year, and who doesn’t want to celebrate it at home? If you earn the same amount of money as usual, you might as well just take a few days off.

But some middle and upper class people felt something was wrong. It was normal for prices to rise when it came to New Year's goods or food.

The key point is that many dispensable things are also rising in price, which is a problem.

Inflation is still happening and prices are still rising, but because it is the New Year, ordinary people cannot notice it.

But it is a simple truth that many technical talents feel that the cost of living is too high and if their salary does not increase, they are ready to change jobs, or choose to leave Hong Kong.

Therefore, the wages of many people with special skills are also rising. The wages of the lower-class people are also rising, but their wages cannot keep up with the inflation of prices.

Jiang Cheng's 'Jiangdonglai' food factory's products have been selling like hot cakes within this month. Not only his food factory, but many food factories in Hong Kong are like this.

This is just like what people say later: if a person sits on the right spot, even a pig can make money.

Although prices in Hong Kong are inflated, the international currency exchange rate has not fluctuated much so many imported products have become cheap in Hong Kong.

For example, in Hong Kong, a normal car costs only about 10,000 yuan. In the past, people could only buy a car with a monthly salary of 700 yuan, even without food or drink, for a year or a half. Now, people's salary is approaching 1,000 yuan, and a year's salary is enough to buy a car.

Especially for some management talents and high-end talents, their salaries have increased even more, and buying a car is easier for them than buying a bicycle for people in China.

(End of this chapter)