Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 419 Buying Information

"What intelligence information?" Brother Tian was a little unhappy. In his opinion, this deal was going to be a waste of time again.

"Information on production cuts and shutdowns, price changes, layoffs, and the like," Yan Hui said, then added, "We don't just talk the talk; we're willing to pay for information."

“That’s easy! Hmm, $2000!” Brother Tian said.

Yan Hui glanced at the boss, who immediately said to Brother Tian, ​​"Brother Tian, ​​this is my good brother! Can you lower your price a bit?"

"The main thing is that I don't just want this once. I'll need this kind of information in the future once I know that Brother Tian has this ability," Yan Hui said frankly.

“Since you’ve said that, I’ll give you a 40% discount, $1200!” Brother Tian immediately replied.

"Alright, it's settled then." Yan Hui nodded. "Pleasure doing business with you."

Brother Tian came with a friend. After talking with Yan Hui, he chatted with his friend for four or five minutes. Finally, he looked at Yan Hui with a troubled expression: "Mr. Yan, the labor cost is quite high. I just asked my brother over there, and he told me that this price is not possible. 1500 US dollars is the lowest I can offer."

“Okay. But, Brother Tian, ​​if this information is inaccurate, it will be difficult to cooperate in the future.” Yan Hui was in a foreign country and didn’t want to cause any more trouble, so he agreed to the quote.

"Of course! You can trust me to do things!"

The next meal was very simple; everyone chatted about trivial things, as if they were all good brothers.

After finishing their meal, Yan Hui and the boss saw the two off. The boss said to Yan Hui, "I think what he said earlier makes sense. If you want to see the iron ore mining area, we can rent a plane here and fly to the main mining area, which is 400 kilometers away from here. You can take a look from the air and then fly back. Consider it a trip for you."

"Is renting a plane very expensive?" Yan Hui also thought this plan was feasible. He was indeed very curious.

"It's not expensive, it's just a small fixed-wing aircraft, I'll take care of it!" The boss waved his hand.

"That won't do. I can't let you handle chartering a plane," Yan Hui disagreed.

"Alright, alright, stop with the nonsense! I still have a few trade orders to work out here. Just give me a hand when we get back." The boss shook his head.

Brazil's air traffic control is not very strict, and many tourist planes are allowed to fly over the Amazon rainforest and some special historical sites, which is a way of traveling for the wealthy.

"Alright then." Yan Hui nodded and didn't say anything more.

Among the brothers, the eldest brother always treated the most meals and was always very generous to his brothers, which Yan Hui was used to.

"Okay, I'll arrange it for the day after tomorrow. I'll show you around Rio these two days. You guys can rest for a bit now, and I'll arrange for you to have authentic Brazilian barbecue tonight. There are also four or five friends from Fujian here, so we can have a good get-together tonight. After you finish drinking tonight, you can get some sleep, and your jet lag will be fine," the leader suggested.

"You should drink less," Yan Hui said, a little hesitant. "But I have no objection if you say you want to rest for a while."

After saying goodbye to their boss, Yan Hui and Jiang Yutong returned to the hotel and discussed the day's events.

“Boss, he wasn’t telling you the truth. This order only requires paying the people in the mine $100, and it seems that person isn’t a key figure; the information they have is probably very limited,” Jiang Yutong said impatiently to Yan Hui after holding it in for so long.

"They weren't planning on ripping us off for anything else?" Yan Hui asked. "I didn't hear anything. But they did talk about it, mainly about who they got their information from. They said there was someone there in charge of data statistics who had some inside information. But it would only cost $100."

“Then what he told me was the truth.” Yan Hui felt relieved after hearing this.

Although the difference between $100 and $1500 is huge, and although the information is not core information, it is still valuable and can be used as a reference for him.

It costs about 1 RMB per item, but how much is a decision worth?

"Huh? 15 times the profit? Is that even true?" Jiang Yutong was somewhat surprised.

"You did very well today. I told you not to talk, and you didn't presume to tell me anything at the dinner table. If you had taken it upon yourself to pass on any information to me, and they found out you speak Portuguese, things would have been troublesome. My brother would have lost all his friendship with them." Yan Hui was in a good mood.

“The main reason is that I think $1500 isn’t a lot of money for you. If he wanted to scam you, I would have to tell you in advance,” Jiang Yutong explained.

"Hmm, a competent translator." Yan Hui felt that the translator he had found was quite good.

There's a saying: "Find professionals to do professional things." Clearly, the two translators brought along this time were very professional.

“But I feel like I haven’t played any role. We’re not going to this mining area anymore. Will we not need me anymore?” Jiang Yutong was a little worried.

“No, you were very useful today. To be honest, I was prepared for the information he provided to be worthless, but now it turns out it really is inside information from the mining area, so it has some value. Because I trust you.” Yan Hui checked the time. “You should rest today. Don’t come to dinner tonight. A group of people have drunk too much, and it’s not safe for you to be running around.”

“Okay, I’ll eat at the hotel.” Jiang Yutong nodded.

"Yes, all expenses at the hotel will be reimbursed with public funds. You can eat whatever you want. Just be careful and don't wander around."

After giving his instructions, Yan Hui returned to the hotel and rested on the bed for a while.

He wanted to call someone at the company, but he knew it was the middle of the night. Yan Hui hadn't felt this way in a long time—picking up the phone but having no one to talk to.

For the first time in a long time, Yan Hui found true peace in broad daylight. He lay quietly for a while, reviewing his arrangements and feeling that the current arrangements were indeed the best.

When he saw that vast expanse of slums from the plane, he felt a pang of unease and naturally became more vigilant. In all of Brazil, the only person he could truly trust was his boss. Of course, Jiang Yutong could be considered part of that, but Jiang Yutong was essentially an outsider.

After a comfortable two-hour sleep, Yan Hui got up and called a waiter for a massage. He felt much better. He called his boss and quickly got into his car.

“It’s 8 p.m., which is 9 a.m. in China. I have a conference call scheduled in advance. I’ll have to leave for 20 minutes, so don’t let me drink too much.” Yan Hui started talking about work as soon as he got in the car. “There’s been a little trouble with my steel trading business recently.”

"Don't worry, these are all my brothers. By the way, I've found you a plane. You can fly tomorrow after lunch. It's much better here than back home. With money, you can get anything done!" The boss had completely gotten used to it here.

Compared to China, wealthy people here are truly upper class, and the feeling is completely different.

(End of this chapter)