Chapter 94 Creative Smuggling
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, textile quotas were a very frequent vocabulary on the Republic's CCTV. It was accompanied by textile quotas often appearing in TV news, as well as the negotiations of the General Agreement on Trade and the Uruguay Round and other familiar words in the economic circles of later Republics.
As early as 1986, the Republic relied on to complete its original accumulation and later swept the world's light industry and textile industry had already exposed its bloody fangs. It was limited to the quota restrictions in the European and American markets, and its production capacity was not effectively released. Even so, the textile industry's foreign exchange capacity still accounts for more than one-third of the Republic's total export revenue every year.
Liang Yuan basically multiplied the price of Berlin United Supermarket products by about 15 times the domestic purchase price. A half-large down jacket costing 40 yuan in China, Liang Yuan directly priced at 600 East Deutsche Mark in Berlin United Supermarket. According to the official exchange rate in 1988, if it was exchanged for the Federal Deutsche Mark, it would be 150 West Deutsche Mark.
Because the East Demmark is not very purchasing power, if it is exchanged on the private black market, it can be exchanged for up to 100 Sidmarks to 600 East Demmarks. In the Federal Germany, a down jacket of the same style will be sold for at least 200 to 300 Sidmarks. The profit here can be described as against the will of heaven.
Due to historic reasons, in order to show its superiority and prompt the people of democratic Germany to lose confidence, the Federal Republic of Germany always emphasized with a righteous attitude to demolish the Berlin Wall and promote free and unrestricted flow of population, resources, commodities, etc. between Germany.
Generally speaking, the Federal German people living in West Berlin are not subject to any restrictions when they go to East Berlin, which is under the jurisdiction of Democratic Germany. As long as they pay 50 West Dermarks, they can enter the country at the official exchange rate. In the late 1980s, the Democratic German government had regarded the entry of Federal German people as a necessary means to earn foreign exchange.
It can be said that at Berlin, a special frontier of the Cold War, all the so-called textile quotas and other economic factors do not exist. All policies revolve around the highest theme of the Cold War. The reason why Liang Yuan built such a cool supermarket in East Berlin was simply to avoid the textile quota barrier that the Federal Republic of Germany targeted non-Traffic Trade Member States.
Of course, after the scale of smuggling is huge to a certain extent, Liang Yuan cannot guess what reaction will the Federal German government make, but Liang Yuan, who is familiar with the historical process, is not afraid of this channel being blocked. Anyway, when the two Germans merge, the Federal German government will be responsible for paying the order. For Liang Yuan, it is just a matter of how much money it makes and how long it takes.
If Liang Yuan could force the Federal German government to slap himself in the face and create new tricks such as tariffs on the other side of the Berlin Wall, it would be even more pleasant to watch the two camps launch a war of words.
Liang Yuan was more than ten years in advance, in this extremely strange way, kicked open the door of the later generations, which was renamed the World Trade Organization. What kind of chemical reaction would happen to history have made Liang Yuan look forward to it and was very curious.
"It seems that the supermarket that my uncle has opened is very good." Liang Yuan said as if he didn't know anything.
"Of course, everyone likes good and cheap things, but I really don't understand why your production costs are so low." Angelina said in confusion.
Angelina's father Jurgen Christopher stayed in the Republic for nearly a year and praised the low prices in the Republic, so Angelina could guess the cost of some of the goods in the supermarket.
Thanks to the hardworking and persevering Chinese nation and the hard-working compatriots in the motherland, after listening to Angelina's words, Liang Yuan held his right hand and waved it gently.
As early as the 1960s and 1970s, the working class in Democratic Germany could launch a strike and riot with 8.75 hours of working hours. Even when the concept of human rights was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and the information was extremely developed, there were still many people in the Republic who worked more than 9 hours a day.
As the saying goes, the way of heaven rewards hard work. China's rise is definitely not something that some countries and some people can stop it. In fact, it is not difficult for a certain country to stop it. First, it will be as hard-working as the people of the Republic. At least half of the success will be achieved.
"Xiaoyuan, there are so many cars over there." Ning Wanjia said, pulling Liang Yuan's arm.
Standing at the top of the Berlin TV Tower hundreds of meters high, most of the Berlin city was within sight. Following the direction of Ning Wanjia's finger, Liang Yuanji looked at a group of Soviet Gas cars with red pennant flags that emerged from the distance of Bodhi Street.
It seems that staff from the Soviet Red Army headquarters in Europe, the Ministry of Commerce of the Democratic Germany and the Embassy of the Republic in Democratic Germany came to participate in the supermarket opening ceremony.
"Xiaoyuan, it will take at least 2 hours to finish their conversation. Let's eat something. The pig's feet at the top of the Berlin TV Tower are famous delicacies in Germany." Angelina pointed to the Gas convoy in the distance and said with a smile.
"Okay, I follow the local customs, Sister Anji has the final say." Liang Yuan said with a smile.
Liang Haiping sat in the Gas car at the Republic's Embassy in Democratic Germany, watching the East German citizens lined up with price special issues in their hands, waiting to enter the supermarket to shop.
"President Liang did make a big deal. If 20,000 special issues were published, the Berlin United Supermarket was a hit." Huang Jiaming, Ambassador of the Republic to Democratic Germany, sitting next to Liang Haiping, said happily.
"Amistant Huang is too famous. I am not the president. I am just a name in that supermarket." Liang Haiping said with a smile and shook his head.
In addition to the core management team responsible for finance and operations, the remaining staff of Berlin United Supermarket were dispatched by the Democratic German government, directly facing the supermarket employees, and the local indigenous people in Democratic Germany were also responsible for daily management.
Although Huang Jiaming is far away in Europe, his studies on domestic politics have never stopped. State cadres like Liang Haiping who are praised by the supreme leader can be said to be well-known to everyone as long as they are ambitious within the system.
Regarding Liang Haiping's potential person who is so popular that he is very likely to become a rocket cadre, Huang Jiaming's attitude is very low. After learning that Liang Haiping went to Germany to attend the Leipzig Industrial Exhibition, he visited him in person the day after Liang Haiping arrived in Leipzig, which was considered a good relationship.
In Huang Jiaming's opinion, the person in front of him was simply a foggy existence. Last year, he was the director of a domestic loss-making company who was unknown. As a result, just over a year has passed, not only was he named and praised by the supreme leader, but he also turned around gorgeously and became the president of the sole proprietorship of Hong Kong Yuanjia in a democratic Germany. The contrast between the front and the back is a bit too strong.
For Huang Jiaming, who is permanently stationed in Democratic Germany, he really understands the rights and functions of the Soviet Red Army's European Command. To put it bluntly, the Soviet Red Army's European Command is simply the Supreme Emperor of Democratic Germany. This company called Yuanjia can bring relations into the European Command, which is obviously not something that ordinary backgrounds can do.
Liang Haiping was casually appointed as the president of the Democratic Germany Yuanjia Enterprise by Liang Yuan was also nervous. It was not until he received the Soviet Red Army headquarters in Europe that he would send Major General Vladimir Ilyic Gregory to attend the opening ceremony of the Berlin United Supermarket.
After all, the Republic captured two Soviet voluntary pilots in the just-concluded 8.09 Nansha air battle, and the inextricable ties between Hong Kong Yuanjia and Hong Kong East Pacific Company, which donated F14 fighters, is not a top secret matter that is difficult to find out for the famous omnipotent KGB.
If the Soviets were angry and embarrassed, although there would be no problem with personal safety, the fate of the Berlin United Supermarket would be difficult to measure. Liang Yuan said heartlessly that Liang Haiping was a little worried, and even brought up the famous saying "The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit." to joke about Liang Haiping.
In Liang Yuan's words, if the Soviet Red Army's European Command saw that there was a chance to make money from West Demark, let alone defeating two Soviet pilots under the guise of voluntary guise, even if all the Soviet military advisers in Cam Ran Bay, Vietnam, would not change the Soviet Red Army's European Command's determination to make a fortune.
It’s not that the Third World War broke out, and Asian affairs are doing nothing, whoever pulls the shit will be wiped by himself. There is no time for the major Soviet military regions to be reunited.
Liang Haiping chatted with Huang Jiaming casually, but he was deeply impressed by Liang Yuan's judgment. Less than 12 hours after the special issue of the commodity marked with price was released, he received news that the Soviet Red Army's European Command attended the supermarket opening ceremony. Liang Yuan's evaluation of the European Command was exactly the same.
Democratic Germany attached great importance to the opening of the Berlin United Supermarket. It not only brought the military band to cheer up, but also released a large number of pigeons and balloons after firing the salute, which surprised West Berlin, which represented the corrupt bourgeoisie on the other side.
It was only after the extremely long speech of the Soviet Red Army Command in Europe, the Ministry of Commerce of the Democratic Germany, the Embassy of the Republic and Liang Haiping that the Berlin United Supermarket officially began.
With the shocking sound of the sky, the entrance to the supermarket slowly opened, and the long-awaited democratic German people quickly flocked to this modern shopping center full of science fiction.
Two little girls stood on the top of the Berlin TV Tower and watched the long queue begin to move slowly, pulling Liang Yuan's arm, which was concentrating on gnawing pig's feet.
"Pig heads, you have eaten three of them, and you will almost turn into pig's trotters when you eat them." Ning Wanjia took out a tissue, wiped Liang Yuan's oily left hand, and said delicately.
"Xiaoyuan, the shopping center has been opened. Let's go down quickly. That artificial lake looks so beautiful." Ning Wanfei directly grabbed the pig's feet in Liang Yuan's right hand.
Chapter completed!