After spending a few sweet days with Qiu Yue in the new house, Qin Tian finally started his money-making plan.
There is a special black market on the main road in the commercial port. This so-called black market is not a market hidden somewhere, but the entire main road business district.
All the people doing business here are black market traders. They are doing their own serious business in the open, but they are running shady business secretly.
No matter when, no matter what you want, as long as you have enough money in your pocket, you will be able to buy what you want.
Of course, this thing is not just as simple as goods, it contains a range that is unimaginable to ordinary people.
Just like the two maids Qin Tian found for Qiu Yue who were fifteen or sixteen years old, they did not come from ordinary ordinary families, but were "invited" in the black market.
Due to the arrival of the Japanese, the business on the main road became a little bleak, but the business on the black market was many times more prosperous than before.
The reason is actually very simple. When you can make a lot of money from the national crisis, who would have the heart to do serious business.
If the grain is sold openly, so what if the price increases tenfold? The profits are nothing compared to large transactions in the black market.
Although after this period of stability, the lives of ordinary people and the entire commercial market have been relatively stable, and many shops that did not want to open their doors have reopened under the pressure of the Japanese, but the transactions on the surface have still not improved much.
At this time, only those who have resources hidden in their hands and their heads are caught in the door can restore the market economy in accordance with the wishes of the Japanese.
It is against this background that many people have made a lot of money because of the arrival of the Japanese. The profits they have made may be more than the total business in the past ten years.
Qin Tian, who has become familiar with the black market, has already figured out the ropes and has tried various transactions. Among them, the simplest and fastest way to make money, money exchange is the most crazy business. one type.
There are no less than ten types of coins currently circulating in the market. The oceans alone are divided into old oceans, new oceans, big head oceans, small head oceans, British station oceans, Mexican Eagle oceans, Japanese dragon oceans, etc., and there are even more banknotes. Guanjin coupons issued by the Central Bank, bank coupons issued by various Chinese-funded foreign banks, and even copper plates issued by some large banks are widely circulated.
Nowadays, some smart people or people who know some insider information are doing money exchange business. After all, the Japanese will establish the puppet Manchukuo after the new year. The economic system and banking system will definitely have new changes. There are only these few opportunities to make money. months time.
The core of the money exchange business is actually very simple. Currently, all currencies are calculated based on the silver standard, that is, one yuan is equal to 23.91 grams of pure silver.
Therefore, the purchasing power of various currencies at that time was also linked to the silver standard. However, due to the turbulent current situation, precarious situation, and unclear future, the exchange prices of various currencies fluctuated extremely strongly.
However, everything remains unchanged, and ultimately the price is determined at the international price of pure silver and pure gold.
But ordinary people don't know what the silver standard is, what the international silver price and international gold price are, let alone what the exchange rate is. The information gap is naturally very large. With the information gap, there will be profits. Whether you earn more or less depends on your ability and courage.
In addition, Qin Tian knew that the Japanese would soon establish the Central Bank of the Puppet Manchukuo and issue unified banknotes. At that time, the current money could only be exchanged for new coins according to the exchange ratio of the central bank. There are also huge problems in this. price difference.
Qin Tian happened to know these information gaps, and the money he earned was also a dividend brought to him by this unpredictable information gap.
Coupled with the special clairvoyance ability of Qin Tian's eyes, he can very well distinguish the silver content of various oceans. The silver content of a silver dollar is insufficient, and he can know how much money to spend in his pocket at a glance.
Therefore, what Qin Tian does in the black market is to help exchange money from various channels, earn the premium part of it, and then exchange it for bank notes and gold of foreign banks at a unified exchange, and then exchange it He took it to the black market and exchanged it for various kinds of money and oceans. Repeatedly, the difference in price and handling fees were his income.
To put it simply, it means speculating on money, taking advantage of information differences to buy low and sell high, and by making a move, you can keep part of the money out.
Some time ago, Qin Tian was trying out the waters in a small way, mainly to master all the key points and channels. Now that he has a clear understanding of both the path and the key people, and with Xiao Li as his backer, he can naturally invest heavily in it. Fish hard for a while.
Including the gold bars Xiao Li gave him, Qin Tian took out a total of fifty gold bars and fifty thousand US dollars as capital, and threw them directly into the money exchange transaction.
The money collected from Xu Qingsong, except for leaving five gold bars and hundreds of cash for Qiuyue to keep for daily expenses, all other calligraphy, painting, jade and jewelry were replaced with gold bars, which is why this big deal was made.
He has a huge sum of money and is doing things related to money. Qin Tian specially brought Tieniu and Li Mingyi with him to help. These two guys treat him like his own brothers. They will do whatever he is told and will not do anything to him. Qin Tian has many questions about his business, Tieniu is responsible for ensuring safety, and Li Mingyi is responsible for doing odd jobs for Qin Tian.
The three of them worked like this until the end of December. Qin Tian's income has more than doubled. With more capital, the speed of making money has been qualitatively improved. It seems that it has only doubled, but the actual profit is not counted. Small.
On the last day of December, Qin Tian exchanged a large amount of various coins in his hand from the trading center for Citibank cashier's checks, totaling more than 520,000.
From the current perspective, this amount of money is definitely a huge amount of money. Qin Tian changed it to a cashier's check from Citibank. The reason is very simple. Compared with a cashier's check worth 500,000 yuan compared with several hundred gold bars, Obviously the safety factor of the former is much greater.
What's more, no matter how domineering the Japanese people are in the Northeast, it will have no impact at all on financial institutions with foreign backgrounds like Citibank. Today's Japanese people don't dare to touch the troubles of Americans.
After exchanging the cashier's check and bank certificate, Qin Tian gave Tieniu and Li Mingyi 500 yuan each, which was considered as payment for their hard work these days.
When Tieniu and Li Mingyi got the bank notes, they were so excited that they didn't know what to say. With their salary levels, they wouldn't be able to earn so much money if they didn't work for five years.
However, to be able to earn five years' wages after working together with Qin Tian for such a short period of time was as incredible to them as pie in the sky.
Even if Tieniu had been a gangster before, he was just a little guy that no one cared about. No one cared about his life or death, and he was not worth much.
It may not be appropriate to say that a scholar dies for his confidant, or at least it is a messed up mentality.
Li Mingyi was even more excited. He had never received so much money in his life. Now he could finally go back and feel proud. His family would no longer look down upon his incompetence.
Seeing that the two of them were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, Qin Tian patted them on the shoulders and said: "Tieniu, Mingyi, now you know the benefits of following me. As long as you are loyal to me, you will be the most popular drinker in the future." By the way, both of you can become a master that others can't reach. But if you have second thoughts about me, don't blame my brother for turning my back on you. What I hate most in my life is a traitor. Let's go our separate ways. Well, tomorrow is New Year's Day, take a good rest, you will only be busier next time."
Tieniu and Li Mingyi bowed gratefully to Qin Tian, and then left Citibank side by side. Li Mingyi deliberately luxuriously took a rickshaw ride, and he knew without guessing that he was going home.
Tieniu left along the street, probably looking for a place to indulge himself for the night.
Watching the two people disappear from sight, Qin Cai Cai walked on the street, thinking about buying some jewelry to give to Qiuyue. After all, all the stolen goods collected from Xu Qingsong were sold, and Qiuyue didn't have any gold or silver jewelry when she walked in. According to the You still have to have the traditional three golds.
I picked out a set of jewelry from Longfeng Chengxiang, the largest gold store in Changchun. I felt that it suited Qiuyue's temperament very well, so I paid for it regardless of whether it was expensive or not.
Qin Tian, who was in a good mood, came out of the gold shop and saw a rickshaw waiting at the door. He didn't notice anything unusual at the time and got on the bus.
Unexpectedly, the coachman went astray while pulling him. When Qin Tian reacted and was about to jump out of the car, he realized that there were five or six empty cars following him. It seemed that it was a secret that had been planned long ago. action.
Qin Tian, who did not dare to act rashly, had no choice but to sit back and carefully sense the voices of these people.
