Real world.

  "There are only 4,250 Mobicoins in the bank card now, this can only hold on for a while." Niu Bi sat on the sofa in the living room, his hands clasped together, his joints cracking.

  Niu Jie just found an audio company called Focus Culture online, after some inquiries, he learned that VHS tapes and old projectors are almost extinct.

  It takes a week to make it, and you need to pay 5,000 yuan as a deposit in advance, otherwise they won't make it for you.

  "What's the point of bringing up old things?"

  The VHS player slowed down, and Niu Bi thought about what would be more suitable for resale.

  "Get the market situation clear first!"

  Niu Bi decided to go and understand what was in short supply on S Beach in this world, but cheaper in the real world.

  Just graduated, there's not much money in the card, can only operate a wave of small investment first, and then earn some gold.

  This understanding is just three days old.

  Niu Bi discovered that during the MG period, the vast majority of things could not be produced by themselves and relied on imports: foreign matches, foreign oil, foreign cloth, foreign wine, foreign cigarettes, foreign guns, foreign cannons, foreign cars...

  Foreign goods are always in great demand.

  "In the real world, any item is a foreign product for the MG era!" Niu Bi's eyes sparkled brightly, as if he saw countless gold bars and oceans flying in.

  With the flashlight projection door entering S Beach World, Niu Bi decided to set a small goal and earn 100,000 people's Mobi coins first.

  The most profitable profession is naturally flour.

  This thing was very common during the MG era, also known as "big smoke", much cheaper than reality. If it were to be brought into the real world, the profit would be huge, however, he wouldn't do something that harms his compatriots.

  It's said that if you exceed 50 grams, you'll be rewarded with a peanut. Niu Bi directly vetoed it.

  Of course, if I could shuttle to an island country, I would be willing to cause some trouble.

  Antique?

  At that time, warlords were in power, and gold was the hard currency. Antiques weren't worth much money, but they could be sold for a huge profit in modern times. However, unless it's an heirloom, it's said that you have to hand it over and receive a 500-yuan subsidy.

  If you force me to smuggle a large quantity of private goods, I'll have to sing in an iron window tearfully.

  This won't work either.

  Take fake jade and jewelry made from real materials to S Beach World to sell?

  Niu Bi directly rejected it, first there is no source of goods, second there is no high imitation door road, low imitation jade can't deceive those industry insiders.

  "Foreign fire?"

  Matches were necessities in the Republic of China.

  Niu Bi observed for several days and found that ordinary civilians used matches to start fires and smoke, but those things cost only a few cents per box, not making much profit.

  It's actually the lighters that are more reliable, Niu Bi has seen several high-society individuals sitting in Buick cars and some bankers wearing suits, elegantly lighting their cigarettes with lighters, making others envious.

  Moreover, in a shop called "Kunji", Niu Bi saw an old-fashioned kerosene lighter that was actually priced at 4 dollars!

  Lighters originated from overseas during the Republic of China era, belonged to luxury goods, only rich merchants and dignitaries could use them. If you bring some old-fashioned lighters back, they will definitely become trendy items and can make a big profit!

  Niu Bi decided to first get a lighter and test the waters.

  On Taobao, Niu Bi saw a ZORRO brand copper-plated old-fashioned sand wheel lighter DIY customized engraving, 27 yuan each for 50 pieces or more, free shipping, made in Wuyi.

  He spent 2,700 yuan to customize 100 lighters and another 500 yuan for 100 sets of cotton thread and kerosene accessories, asking the merchant to engrave the English logo "ZORRO" on them.

  This kind of logo is used because it makes lighters look more like foreign goods.

  .....．

  "Not bad, for now, this lighter's appearance is a bit outdated, but in the Shanghai world, it's a big step better than that Kun's lighter!"

  Three days later, Niu Bi received the ordered lighters and accessories such as cotton thread and kerosene.

  The exterior is copper-plated, with "ZORRO" engraved on the front in English as required by Niu Bi, giving off a strong foreign flavor.

  Niu Bi took another two days off, dismantled all the fire machines, shouldered a canvas bag with fire machines inside, opened the flashlight and projected it onto the door, and arrived at S Beach World.

  Kunji Commercial House has over 1,000 square meters and is the largest department store on Dongchang Road.

  There were many customers in the store, and the waiters were busy running back and forth.

  As soon as Niu Bi entered the store, a clever shop assistant came up to greet him.

  Shivering for a moment, he explained his intention and soon saw Yan Zhuangui, an old man with glasses and wearing a long gown.

  "Mr. Niu, it's not convenient to discuss in detail here, please follow me."

  Seeing Niu Bi take out the lighter to demonstrate, it ignited with a single touch, and the flame was concentrated. Yan Zhuang's eyes flashed with light, and he respectfully welcomed Niu Bi into the inner chamber of the store.

  Lighters are a new thing, passed down from the West, and Manager Yan also got the first batch of goods just a month ago, which is now sold out.

  The next batch of goods is expected to arrive in three months, and he's getting anxious.

  Unexpectedly, drowsiness arrived with the pillow!

  "Yan Zhanggui, this lighter is the latest trendy gadget I brought back from America. Few people in S City have seen it before. If the price is right, we can make a deal." Niu Bi said calmly after seeing Yan Zhanggui play with it for a while and then put it away.

  "A lighter for 4 bucks!"

  Yan Zhāngguì was a connoisseur, and he reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the backpack.

  The goods in the hands of this young man are beautiful, atmospheric and much higher-end than the previous batch. Yesterday, Chen Traveling and Zhang County Magistrate even sent someone to ask if the lighters had arrived.

  In this era, lighters, watches and cars are the favorites of respectable people.

  Western-style clothing has become a symbol of high-ranking individuals.

  In his opinion, these lighters cost 4 yuan each and can be sold for 10-11 yuan, which is absolutely no problem, or even higher.

  After the last batch of lighters was sold out, many people came to ask about it and didn't worry about selling at a high price.

  Yan Zhāngguì really wanted these lighters, but in business, it's essential to drastically lower the purchase price.

  "Yan Zhanggui, I won't just pay 4 dollars, tell me a realistic price."

  The faint sound of a cow's lowing.

  He remembered that a few days ago, Kun's store sold lighters for 4 yuan, while his own goods were of much higher quality than Kun's and couldn't be priced at just 4 yuan.

  "Mr. Niu..."

  Yan's face showed a difficult expression, as if it was extremely painful for him. "How about this, 6 dollars per piece?"

  "I've brought these goods back from across the sea with great difficulty, each one costing 10 big ocean dollars. If it's a success, then it's a success; if not, I'll go find another customer." Niu Bi turned around and left.

  He looked around and saw that on this street alone, there were more than a dozen shops smaller than Kun's store, so he wasn't worried about selling.

  "Mr. Niu, 9 dollars for one, this is my bottom line, you have to let me make some profit! " Yan Zhuang shouted from behind, there are more than a dozen shops on this street, if he doesn't collect it, Mr. Niu will definitely go to other shops.

  In this way, the goods on this street are the largest and most commercial, but the name is not justified.

  Besides, Zhang County Magistrate and Chen Travel Magistrate have sent people to ask several times already. If there are no more lighters in stock, it would be hard to explain.

  "Alright, 9 yuan then!"

  Niu Bi thought for a moment and said it would be about 9 yuan each.

  "It's settled then."

  Yan Zhuanggui's face lit up with joy, he picked up the abacus and rattled it off quickly. "One hundred lighters, 9 taels each, totaling 900 taels, which is equivalent to 25 small gold bars, plus an additional 25 taels."

  "Good."

  Niu Di nodded, before coming, he had specifically searched Baidu, in the 1920s-1930s, a gold bar was worth about 30-40 yuan, this exchange rate is still reasonable.

  Don't mention the 25 yuan, just the 25 gold bars alone, each bar is equivalent to 31.25 grams according to the old national standard, totaling 781.25 grams, and at today's market price of 276.75 yuan per gram, isn't that one or two hundred thousand?

  "Right, Manager Yan, can we use gold bars for the transaction?"

  Making money is to improve one's real-life living standards. The ocean cannot be used in reality, but gold bars are always hard currency and can be exchanged for RMB at a gold shop.

  "Okay, but just wait for a moment."

  Yan Zhanggui finished speaking and called for the accountant, telling him to go fetch the gold bars.

  During the time of waiting for the shopkeeper, Niu Bi and Yan Zhuang talked about everything under the sun.

  Suddenly, he had an idea and said, "Yan Zhuangui, I travel back and forth between the Western world and China doing this business. If you want, next time I'll bring more directly to your place."

  He said this with a purpose.

  Heaven knows whether this shopkeeper will harbor evil intentions or not?

  After all, this is the era of MG's separatist regime, and it's not peaceful at all.

  Of course, Niu Bi said that after finishing this task, he will definitely not come again.

  "Great, great, too good!"

  Yan Zhuangui was overjoyed and said, "I look forward to Mr. Niu's next visit!"

  Although it's less profitable, long-term cooperation is not bad either.

  "Shopkeeper, I'm ready."

  In less than a moment, the accountant came in with a small bag and handed it to Niuzi. "Mr. Niu, please check."

  "With a wormhole, it's awesome, this smuggling business is simply lucrative!"

  Niu Bi took over the heavy bag, excitedly his heart beating rapidly, opened it and saw a piece of golden light dazzling his eyes.

  "Gold bars, he's grown up so big, never seen before."

  The cow took out two small gold bars and rubbed them against each other, saw the imprint, and put them away at ease.

  "It was a pleasure working with you!"

  Niu Bi shook hands with Yan Zhuangui, then slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked out of Kunji. "Yan Zhuangui, when the next batch of goods arrives, I'll come directly to you!"

  "Good!"

  Yan Zhanggui waved his hand from behind. "Mr. Niu, if you have other foreign goods, such as bicycles or watches... as long as they're foreign, I'll buy them!"

  "Definitely!"

  Niu Bi's heart moved slightly, and he thought: a bicycle, a watch, these are all possible.

  Of course, I won't look for this shopkeeper next time.

  He still knows even if he changes his place after one shot.

  "Shopkeeper, are you going to eat away Mr. Niu?" said the accountant beside him, watching as Niu Bei walked away.

  "Now foreign goods are in short supply and hard to find, this Mr. Niu has a channel for foreign goods, so let's keep him cooperating for a while!" Yan Zhuangju looked in the direction of Niu Bi leaving, hesitated slightly, and shook his head.

  25 taels of gold is no small amount, normally he would have been satisfied with this, but this time for the sake of long-term cooperation, it's enough to just figure out Mr. Niu's background.

  "Yes, boss!"

  ......

  The ox-headed seventh curved eight bends, he didn't know, someone stared at him.

  Zhang Wangcai pulled a rickshaw on Dongchang Road, but he rarely took passengers. The rickshaw was just a cover.

  Because he was clever, he specialized in lurking at the doors of large shops and tailing wealthy customers before robbing them.

  After more than a decade, he has gained a lot and also cultivated an extraordinary eye power and tracking skills.

  He never lost his hand with his absolute living skills.

  Today, he happened to be squatting at a short distance from Kun's place. Niu Bi came out with a package and he discovered it; the package was very heavy.

  "There's a strip of raised patterns on the outside of the package, it can't be the Ocean! Could it be the Little Yellow Fish!" Zhang Wangcai's eyes lit up, his professional vision making his heart thump with excitement, and he hastily followed up discreetly.

  ......

  More than twenty minutes later, Niu Bi stood under the garden wall where the shuttle gate was located, just as he was about to climb over the wall, he saw a patched yellow rickshaw slowly passing by out of the corner of his eye.

  "What the heck, who's following me?"

  The cow tightened its whole body and had some impression of this patch, as if it had stopped not far from the entrance of Kunji before.

  "Could it be Yan's shopkeeper?"

  Niu Bi's mind flashed with the kindly face of Yan Zhuangui, shook his head and said it was him or not, he wouldn't go again.

  "Now that someone is following, I absolutely can't go back to reality. If the portal is exposed, what's the point of playing anymore!" Niu Bi thought this and quickly tightened his backpack, quickening his pace as he left the area and entered a crowded street.

  Niu Bi's occasional observation saw that yellow taxi turn a corner from which street and hang behind.

  After walking through several streets, Niu Bi came unknowingly to the Mei Hua Theater.

  "Ah ha! Got it!"

  He immediately brightened up in front of his eyes, paid for the copper plate and entered the theater, didn't watch the movie, and left directly from the back door.

  "Damn it, finally got rid of it!"

  The cow ran through twelve streets and felt that there should be no one following behind, only then did it feel at ease and rush to the location of the Chuan Suo Gate.

  .....．

  "This person is actually so cautious!"

  Zhang Wangcai looked at the figure in front of him with a backpack and showed a surprised expression.

  He followed all the way, saw Niu Bi enter the cinema, and he also bought a ticket to follow in. Niu Bi left directly from the back door, and he also came out from the back door, more carefully following behind Niu Bi.

  "Haha, no matter how cautious you are, you've still run into me, Zhang Wangcai!"

  All along the way, seeing Niu Bi turning left and right, Zhang Wangcai sneered.

  Although he was very confident in his tracking skills, he didn't dare to be careless and hid far away with caution. As long as he caught the opportunity when no one was around, he could steal the belongings of the person in front of him.

  When Niu Bi climbed over the wall and entered, Zhang Wangcai was stunned.

  "Back here again, and it's actually Ha Tung's mansion?"

  The great name of Ha Tong is known by everyone in Shanghai.

  He was originally a Jew and brought 6 silver dollars to become the largest real estate developer in S Sea in a short time in a foreign land, which is legendary.

  "This person climbed over the wall to get in, probably isn't a friend or relative of Ha Tung's, could it be someone from the same trade?"

  Zhang Wangcai thought of this and felt it was very likely.

  This person stole things and sold them at Kun's store, it must be like that!

  The thieves of the world are one family; what's the difference if they share a pot of soup?

  Thinking of this, Zhang Wangcai hastily followed and climbed over the wall.

  "Where's he? Why hasn't he appeared?"

  Zhang Wangcai jumped over the wall and saw a desolate open space of more than ten meters square, with an old locust tree in it. Where was anyone?

  "Could it be that I've run into a ghost?"

  Zhang Wangcai looked at the large pagoda tree in front of him, thinking that the pagoda tree belonged to yin and was prone to attracting ghosts. He subconsciously took a few steps back and pulled out the Mauser pistol from his waist.

  This gun was obtained by Zhang Wangcai from an unlucky devil three years ago and has no bullets left.

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