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Chapter 68 Dollars and Pesos

"Since Carlos, you have decided to follow me, we can upgrade the exam just now. You just said that if I buy some corn now, then on John's anniversary, you can make a big profit, right?"

Faced with Zhou Ming's problem, Carlos nodded without hesitation and said yes, but then Zhou Ming said: "Then now I will leave this business to you to take responsibility. How much money do you think I should give you? Can you complete this transaction and make me more money on John's anniversary?"

Carlos was stunned at that time, and he stared at Zhou Ming with an incredible look on his face.

Zhou Ming smiled: "From your expression, it seems that you have never thought that I would hand over this business to you to do the right thing?"

Carlos nodded blankly and said, "Yes, sir, although I thought that if my suggestions were excellent enough, you might really do this business as I suggested, but I didn't expect you would let me do it, which would be at least thousands or tens of thousands of dollars!"

"So it's only a few thousand or tens of thousands of dollars? If Carlos, you've been listening to it from the window just now, you should know that the medicine I paid Miguel just now would be 10,000 dollars." Zhou Ming said.

Carlos immediately exclaimed: "What medicine costs ten thousand dollars? Even ten thousand pesos is too exaggerated. I have never heard of it in Molia. That guy Miguel must have deceived you. He is like an angel, and he is a big liar who is very good at lying!"

Zhou Ming waved his hand and said, "Of course I know there must be a problem with the price he quoted to me, because my medicines may be very scarce in Molia, but they are all very common medicines. But this is not important. What is important is that I need these medicines now. Do you understand what I mean? This is the same as I will let Carlos, you are responsible for this business. Compared to the money I invested, I hope to see your success!"

Zhou Ming reached out and patted Carlos on the shoulder and then said to him: "So you can help me complete this corn transaction first. As for Miguel, I have a way to teach him a lesson! How much fund budget does your transaction require?"

Although Carlos didn't understand why Zhou Ming said that, since Zhou Ming had made the decision, he could not say anything anymore.

Then Carlos thought for a while and said to Zhou Ming: "Sir, for this corn transaction, my budget is 30,000 pesos, because Molia only needs so much corn, no matter how much it is, it cannot be sold, and if it is less, it will not be able to make the most money."

This answer made Zhou Ming very satisfied, which proved that Carlos had carefully calculated it, and of course it also surprised Zhou Ming: "You mean you need pesos instead of dollars, right?"

Carlos nodded and replied: "Yes, sir, you heard it completely. All I want is the pesos, because buying through pesos and selling through the US dollar can make another income from the difference between the US dollar and the pesos!"

Zhou Ming nodded suddenly and asked him again: "So even Molia's people will trust US dollars more than pesos. Do you always think that pesos will become less valuable, right?"

It is not groundless for Zhou Ming to ask this question. After all, Mexico is now very rare in circulating two currencies at the same time, but this is also due to Mexico's valuable and poor economic situation.

Due to the economic crisis in Mexico ten years ago, the soaring prices made many Mexicans no longer trust the Mexican peso and instead trust the dollar that can retain value. In addition, the Mexican government forced the exchange rate between the Mexican peso and the dollar was also an inducement. Originally, the Mexican government did this to restore the reputation of the peso, but it made people more willing to use the dollar.

As long as there are two currencies, the exchange rate problem will affect a lot of value, just like Carlos' corn transaction this time, but to be honest, the exchange rate problem in Carlos's transaction this time is very abnormal.

This time, the peso is constantly depreciating, but the exchange rate of peso against the US dollar is determined to be dead. In this way, the price increase of peso means that the US dollar has also risen. In this way, the total amount of goods remains unchanged during this exchange rate change, but the price sold is higher, so you will naturally make more money. Instead of predicting future exchange rate declines, you need to make a profit in trading.

"Actually, since the previous year, pesos have become less and less valuable. I don't know why people are always optimistic, but I feel this way no matter what I buy. The price of a bottle of Coke was one pesos the year before, but now it has risen to three pesos. But if it is exchanged for US dollars, twelve bottles can be bought in three dollars." Carlos told Zhou Ming.

Listening to Carlos's words, Zhou Ming suddenly remained silent. After a while, he waved to Carlos to leave, but forgot to give him money. It was not until Carlos' reminder that Zhou Ming remembered to give him the money, and Carlos actually left.

After Carlos left, Liu Qiangguo from the Desert Team asked Zhou Ming if there was anything wrong, while Hyena said more directly that Zhou Ming was worried about the 30,000 pesos.

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "These 30,000 pesos are all trivial matters, but I seem to have been ignoring a lot of things. It was not until Carlos's words just now that he really reminded me."

Liu Qiangguo and his soldiers in the desert squad did not respond much to this sentence, but the hyena jumped up in surprise. He shouted in disbelief: "God! Why can a poor man like Carlos have something to remind you?"

"Then what can't be reminded? On the contrary, I have always been too high and have forgotten some of the most basic things." Zhou Ming said.

Zhou Ming's words made the hyena confused, but it was easy to understand. Since Zhou Ming was reborn, he relied too much on his previous life memories in many things, and ignored some of the most basic situations. Although there has never been any problem, this does not mean that such behavior is right. If you want to truly become a wealthy family in the world, relying solely on those memories is far from enough. Improving yourself is the king!

Thinking of this, Zhou Ming said to them: "It's still early, let's go out and walk around in Molia!"

Zhou Ming said that, he threw the newspaper aside casually and walked downstairs first. Liu Qiangguo patted the hyena on the shoulder and followed. Although the hyena was still confused at this time, she also followed.

Zhou Ming took them to the street downstairs, where there were still people coming and going on it. Zhou Ming and the others stopped a few children first. Zhou Ming asked the hyena to ask them whether they usually use US dollars or Mexican peso.

"Dollars? Stop kidding. Do you think we are like people who can afford US dollars? At most, we can get a few pesos at Carnival, but you know how many pesos we have. If we don't spend them immediately, God knows what else can we buy the next day! Do you know I have always had a wish? It must be a cool thing to buy things with US dollars!"

This is what the child said to Zhou Ming. After getting the answer, Zhou Ming took out a few dollars from his pocket and handed it to them, and told them that he had fulfilled their wish. The children all ran away happily.

Zhou Ming and the others continued walking, and then he came to a store next door, which was just a grocery store. Zhou Ming still asked the question he asked the child just now: Dollars or pesos? The owner of the grocery store gave the same answer as the child.

"Pesos? If my customers are able to pay USD, I will ask them to pay USD. At least my suppliers ask me for this. But you know, this is Mexico and not the United States, so all the people here are pesos that I don't want. If anyone reveals the USD, he must be a customer like God!"

Zhou Ming also took out a dollar and said to him: "Then it seems that I am the God in your mouth."

After walking out of the grocery store, Zhou Ming saw a few people who had just returned from the coolie. It was also a hyena who went up to ask Zhou Ming about whether it was a US dollar or a pesos.

Faced with this problem, their reaction was consistent: "Dollar? Please don't joke, okay? Do you think that people with our status have the opportunity to get to that kind of money? All we can get is just a damn pesos. Even though it's just a pesos, our heads will often deduct our rewards in various names. He really deserves to go to hell!"

"But I once had an opportunity to exchange some dollars for a while, and I hid them all because the money was very useful. If one day the end of the world came and these damn pesos became a piece of waste paper, at least I still have dollars to use."

"Maybe there will be a chance to see more dollars in Mexico City, but in Molia, that is very rare. Generally, you can hold dollars. That's a very powerful person in Molia!"

Zhou Ming still gave them a dollar alone: ​​"It seems that I am the messenger sent by the end of the world."

Then Zhou Ming took Liu Qiangguo and Hyena around Molia, and they asked many people, of course they were asking the same question about the US dollar and peso, and they didn't go back until it was dark.

After returning, Zhou Ming called Caitlin's phone number, and it was quickly connected. Caitlin's nervous voice came: "Is Zhou Ming you? Why are you calling me now? Is something wrong with Mexico? I read the news and said that a series of car accidents occurred near the airport. Are you okay?"

Zhou Ming was stunned at first, but he didn't expect that the Mexican official was concealing Jefferson's mobilization of private troops to intercept him.

"So something so terrible happened? Fortunately, I was not involved."

Zhou Ming replied, of course he said this on purpose, because Zhou Ming should have called Caitlin back after settling in Mexico, but it was because of Jefferson's trouble that he delayed it to the present. However, this matter has passed, so there is no need to tell Caitlin again, as this will only increase her concern for herself in vain.

So Zhou Ming said: "Katelyn is not important, but it is really a perfect choice for me to come to Mexico, because the situation here is simply shocking."

Zhou Ming then told Caitlin the answer he got on the street: "I can't believe that I'm actually in Mexico, especially in their largest city, which is here. Maybe Moria is just a slum, but because of this, the words of these people are more representative!"

"Even the Mexicans themselves abandon their currency. To be honest, I can't imagine how this currency can remain stable," Zhou Ming thought about it and said, "Or it can be said that in the past I just wanted to short the peso, but now, I think I have a new idea. If peso is a bet we are going to make, I think this bet can be bigger!" 8
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