Chapter 101: Investigating the Seized Goods

  After the celebration meeting, Su Cheng drove a Citroen Cx with Wang Ting and had a good time for a few laps.

  His driving skills have improved, although still bumpy and turbulent. But in Wang Ting's words: "It is a level that can participate in racing, but it is not suitable for carrying people."

  Then, Wang Ting took the driver's seat without hesitation and drove slowly like an old lady, enjoying the scenery while driving.

  Su Cheng firmly believed that this was an excuse he had adopted in order to drive.

  For someone who can drive, sitting in the passenger seat is the most uncomfortable time. The next day, he couldn't bear it anymore and suggested: "Let's go hiking or swimming instead."

  Wang Ting shook his head and said, "What's so special about hiking and swimming? It's rare to drive a Citroen. Do you know how many high-ranking officials' sons in Beijing have smashed their family's porcelain just for this car?"

  "Because Gaogan likes logos and crowns, does Gaogan's son like this car?"

  "This car is a bit young, ah, foreigners really enjoy it." Wang Ting lightly stepped on the accelerator and said casually: "I heard that the Planning Commission allocated 100 Citroens to Beijing as taxis, which is this one. It costs 8 cents per kilometer, exactly like the Crown, I've only seen it a few times, but didn't dare take it."

  Wang Ting worked as a secretary for the Minister of Public Security, with a monthly salary of only about 60 yuan. He was also very self-disciplined and refused to accept gifts, thus becoming a "moonlight clan" in the 1980s.

  Of course, someone like him, a moonlight clan member, can accumulate personal connections and prestige.

  Su Cheng glanced at Wang Ting and smiled half-heartedly: "If you really like it, I'll lend you this Citroen for a year."

  "Really?" Wang Ting said, turning the steering wheel, then reacted and said: "No way, you're using sugar-coated cannonballs to corrupt me."

  "It's lent to you, not given to you. It's just like the nature of your current driving, it's just a bit longer. No violation, no law-breaking." Su Cheng said very lightly. This kind of car-lending method is commonly used by large and small companies in the future, and now it's naturally safer.

  Wang Ting thought for a moment, and it made sense. The two were university classmates, borrowing cars, bicycles, or toys was all the same principle. In fact, nothing violated any laws. He took a deep breath, chuckled and said: "Not bad, I think Dahua Enterprise has some of the flavor of a southern township enterprise, rushing forward recklessly. However, I've had enough, my secretary doesn't have free time."

  "Analyze it with your professionalism, isn't it illegal?"

  "My professional level is just at the level of writing manuscripts." Wang Ting glanced at him and said, "However, if you have extra money on hand, I recommend a good place to you."

  "Oh?"

  "Customs." Wang Ting looked at the road ahead and said, "A while ago, a friend of mine told me that they were going to clear out all the electronics, motorcycles, cars and whatnot that customs had confiscated before Spring Festival, and he asked me to go take a look when I have time..."

  Su Cheng was thrilled to hear that. The story of customs seizing goods, he had heard it so many times that his ears were numb. He had never been involved in anything like this before. If there was any good fortune to be found in the world, it would be buying goods from customs. Everywhere was selling imported goods, not to mention the prices could be 30% cheaper. And if he was lucky enough to find one with damaged packaging, he could bring it home at a discount, and there was no reason to complain.

  If oil fields are small beef cattle in a herd, customs is the black-and-white spotted dairy cow. Not only do they eat well and plenty, but also safely and worry-free.

  Of course, black-and-white spotted cows also have their time to be slaughtered, and that has nothing to do with Su Cheng.

  "How many can I buy? Are there good cars?"

  Domestically, the management of imported cars is very strict, and the only way to get them in is through customs. The seized imported cars can't be destroyed, so it's normal for them to be re-released onto the road with a stamp after being checked.

  Wang Ting glanced at him and smiled, "You really are prepared to get a box of sugar-coated cannonballs. Whoever gets the cash wins. Checks might also work, I didn't ask."

  "How much cash is okay?" Su Cheng's eyes shone with a golden light in front of him.

  "That's okay too. How many do you want to buy?"

  "Alright, let's head home and rush to the customs in the afternoon. Where is that friend of yours?"

  "Of course it's Tianjin Haiguan." Wang Ting suddenly became a bit worried and asked: "How much money are you planning to bring?"

  Su Cheng thought for a moment, raised one finger, and Wang Ting thought it was 100,000 yuan, feeling a bit relieved.

  Even if it's a household with 100,000 yuan, it's impossible to convert all family property into cash for consumption.

  Wang Ting secretly admired the money earned in Suzhou and didn't think deeply about it.

  In the afternoon, Su Cheng called Xiaopang to use two deposit books to exchange tens of thousands of cash from Dahua Industrial's financial department, plus the cash brought back from the bank, totaling 1 million. They were packed into four tightly sealed burlap bags and placed in the rear seat of the Citroen. The originally small space was instantly filled with money.

  Xiao Pang worriedly said: "Where am I supposed to sit?"

  Su Cheng didn't expect 1 million to be so much, shrugged and said: "You take the train, when we arrive in Tianjin, we'll buy a car and drive back."

  Xiao Pang is fine with anything.

  Afternoon.

  Su Cheng rushed out of the door and happened to run into Shu Lan who was coming over.

  She still held a box of food in her hand and smiled: "Want to go out? I fried some dried fish, try some."

  Su Cheng picked one up with his hand and carefully took two bites, saying: "We're preparing to go on a trip out of town, want to come?"

  Shulan carefully looked back and asked: "Where are we going?"

  "Tianjin is going to be fun, there's dog-not-licking-baozi, mahua, and ice sugar gourd...". Su Cheng felt like an eagle abducting a little girl.

  Shulan's face turned pink as she said: "Don't dogs have baozi, mahua and ice sugar gourd? Don't we have oil fields too?"

  "It should be somewhat different." Su Cheng said with great uncertainty.

  Shulan wrinkled her nose in disbelief, picked up the basin and said: "Then bring two back, try it and you'll know. I'll take the carp back first, wait for you to come back, and we'll exchange."

  Su Cheng's silly smile.

  When the agreed time arrived, Wang Ting changed into a brand new suit. After getting in the car, the first thing he did was to ask for the keys, and the second thing was to look at the sack in the rearview mirror and ask: "What's inside?"

  "Money." Su Cheng replied succinctly.

  Wang Ting frowned and said: "Why change everything into small bills."

  The Citroen made a soft "hum" sound and moved forward smoothly.

  After driving for several kilometers, Wang suddenly realized something and slammed on the brakes, saying: "Su Cheng, the banknotes on the back seat aren't fake, are they?"

  "Look how you define small change now, basically all 10-yuan bills."

  His mouth was numb and he quickly asked: "How much is there?"

  "One million."

  "You want to smuggle through customs?" Wang Ting licked his lips and didn't calm down for a long time.

  Onto the provincial highway, the road surface is quite spacious.

  In 1988, the highway was mainly used by trucks and secondly by buses. It's quite normal not to see anyone for 20 kilometers while driving on the road.

  Wang Ting Shu relaxed his mood and asked, "Is the oil field that profitable? You've only been here for less than a year, and this is 1 million in cash. I really didn't expect to see 1 million in cash for the first time at your place."

  Su Cheng shrugged and said, "Making money from oil fields depends on how you look at it. If you're interested, I can help you find an oil well that's sure to make a profit."

  Wang sighed and said, "You want to corrupt me again."

  The car drove all the way and talked all the way.

  It was already dawn when I arrived in Tianjin.

  The two of them first found a place to sleep and then headed towards the seaside the next day.

  He arrived at the place and didn't need anyone to introduce him, Wang Ting went to get a sign by himself and came over with several hundred dollars, saying: "I asked them for you, the confiscated items are divided into two types, one is for private sale and the other is for collective sale. The price of private sales is low, each person is limited to buying three items, collective purchases have no quantity limit, but they need to be marked secretly, with a large quantity."

  "How much cheaper?"

  "2 to 3 percent." Wang Ting added, "The highest discount for private purchases is 60% off, and the lowest is just 10% off. Much cheaper than collective ones."

  "You go to your private room, I'll go to the communal room."

  "Together, they are not opening at the same time." Wang Ting said with a smile, "I guess no one will put such sales together."

  Su Cheng hummed twice and went into the conference room inside to sit down.

  Soon, a young waiter came over with paper slips, each person had one, and wrote numbers according to the number on it.

  Everyone writes a number and submits it, which is a secret mark. The host opens the bid and selects the highest price as the winner.

  Although this process does not have a marked stimulus, it often presents high price phenomena. In addition, because it is a one-time fill-in, each person has enough thinking time, and the prices given tend to be rational, which is a good way to avoid offending people.

  Su Cheng flipped through the small notebook and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "How is there no electronic equipment? I thought at most there would be radios or something..."

  "Cameras, TVs, refrigerators are all hard goods, where can they be sold in bulk?" Wang Ting pointed and said: "Red wine, foreign wine, cigars, these are also available only at the end of the year. The most are still those behind."

  What he said afterwards was "clothing", "fabric", "bags", "belts", "ties", "sunshade cloth", "minerals", "ferrosilicon", "metal ingots"...... What surprised Su Cheng the most was that there was even a "reducer".

  In terms of price, the reducer set is the cheapest, with a starting price of around 20-30% off, maybe even lower than the cost price. If there was no Jinan Power Machinery Factory at that time, Suzhou might have been interested too.

  Most of the goods are belts, bags, ties and so on. Although imported goods are rare in the country and very welcome, it's still difficult to deal with them after buying a lot at once. After all, they are only 30% to 40% off the original price of imported goods, which is not lower than the selling price of domestic products. It's hard to make money from this.

  Wang Ting flipped through it boredly and asked, "Have you thought of what to buy yet? It's starting now."

  "Take another look."

  "Either go to the private side to take a look. Cars, motorcycles, and electrical appliances are all there."

  Su Cheng hesitated for a moment, then asked: "If I were to give you New Year's goods, which one of these would you want the most?"

  "Clothes, belt and bag."

  "Clothes won't work, it's a hassle. Then let's go with belts and bags." Su Cheng said as he started writing on the label.

  Wang Ting looked at the numbers and prices he wrote and couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "You bought so much, can you use it all up?"

  "I have two factories, New Year's goods." Su Cheng didn't even lift his head.

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