American Manga Dimensional Trader

These things are the first batch of goods you are going to sell! In a warehouse in the suburban factory district of Chicago, Josie said to Lyndon Schneider and Dix, pointing to the wooden cargo boxes in the surrounding warehouse, and then Pointing to a box beside him Dix, open it.

Dix stepped forward and opened the box.

Dix's eyes lit up when he saw what was inside, and Lyndon Schneider's eyes widened.

High-quality tobacco! Lyndon Schneider exclaimed, Is this warehouse all tobacco?

Yes, all of them are rough processed dry tobacco. Your task is to find a way to sell them. As for whether to sell tobacco leaves directly or make cigarettes and sell them again, I don't care. The profit after selling is all of you. 10%, the rest will be divided into 10%, the rest will be handed over to me, and the other handed over to me can also be some other things I need, such as arms, steel, cloth, food, etc. If you can find a comparison If you have a good deal, you can inform me in advance. How is it? Is there any problem? Josh looked at Lyndon Schneider and asked.

In later generations, when it comes to the illegal profiteering industry, most of the people's immediate reactions are the two evils of gambling fans, or arms.

Especially for fans, it is hundreds of times more profitable.

But what many people don't know is that in the United States, fans have never been the most profitable illegal industry.

In the 21st century, don't look at this harmful thing. The average annual sales in the United States exceeds 100 billion yuan, and the scale of the industry is huge. , its net profit margin is actually not high, less than 20%, but because of the spread layer by layer during the period, there are many intermediate links, which are diluted geometrically, which gives people a feeling that this thing seems to be very profitable ,

In fact, by comparison, this thing is actually not as good as making money from health care products.

For example, sugar water bird's nest, 0.001% of the bird's nest ingredients, the rest is actually sugar water, a small bottle of up to 3 yuan to sell 30... direct 1000% income.

As for arms, what really makes money is always the legal transactions of those big arms dealers. Illegal transactions can only be considered piecemeal. Even the so-called king of arms earns more than one billion dollars a year.

So in the United States, what illegal industry is the most profitable?

From 1919 to the 1950s, the highest profit margin was alcohol, because of Prohibition.

After 1950, it was cigarettes, illicit cigarettes.

Yes, legal cigarettes are a profiteering industry in the first place, while illegal illicit cigarettes are even more profiteering within profiteering.

Taking New York in 2021 as an example, because of the highest tobacco tax in the country, the average retail price of a pack of legal cigarettes is $13, the wholesale price is $12.50, and the profit per pack is only 50 cents.

And what about illicit cigarettes? The smuggler's cost of getting the goods, the price of a package is less than 1 US dollar, and the intermediate transportation link will not exceed 3 US dollars, and it will be sold to the downline sellers for 5-6 US dollars, with a profit margin of at least 200%.

Downline sellers can also make 5-6 dollars by selling at $12 at a lower than market price, and the profit margin is still more than 100%.

Cigarettes in other areas are not as expensive, but the average retail price is also over $7…

(In many places in the United States, domestic cigarettes that are cheaper than domestic ones can be bought because of preferential tariffs, and the price of domestic cigarettes is not cheap.)

It is also this huge profit that has led to the share of illicit cigarettes/fake cigarettes in the US market exceeding 60%.

The key is how high is the risk of powder and how high is the risk of smoke?

In addition to the horse grass that has been gradually legalized in later generations, other fans who sell fans and attract fans are still relatively heavy in sentencing. The most important thing is that the legal treatment of most citizens will be cancelled, and the sentencing in the early years is even heavier.

But what about selling cigarettes? Unless you are caught by the IRS, under normal circumstances, the intersection fine can come out.

The risk level is not a hierarchy at all.

Therefore, since the 1950s, the Mafia, which has a tight organization structure, high operational efficiency, and a high degree of informatization and advanced supply chain management, has actually begun to shift its industrial focus to selling cigarettes.

Fans, let's leave it to the bumpkins in Mexico and Colombia to play.

In addition, since the 1990s, illicit cigarettes in the US market have been 90% Made in prc.

The only problem is that the upstream of illicit cigarettes will have high requirements for managers.

This is why Josie values ​​Lyndon Schneider so much. This guy is called a crime expert, not only because he has a high IQ, but also because he has done smuggling. The key point is that this guy is a real Ph.D., School of National Economics, University of Munich PhD student of...

Ghosts don't know why such a person would be reduced to stealing things.

But think about what happened to Germany during World War I... It doesn't seem to be too strange.

How many goods are there in total? Lyndon Schneider asked solemnly, looking at the full warehouse.

40 tons! Josie said with a smile.

40 tons? ? ? ? Linden Schneider couldn't help taking a deep breath when he heard the words, and his hands were shaking a little.

The price of cigarettes in this era is also different because of the different purchasing power of money.

A cigarette is about $10.

This price does not seem to be high, but if it is calculated according to the purchasing power of currency, it is actually more expensive than later generations. After all, according to the price of gold, the US dollar in 2021 has depreciated nearly 40 times.

40 tons of tobacco, if you have a good conscience, according to 1 gram of cut tobacco, that is 40 million cigarettes, 2 million packs, 200,000 cigarettes, and the total value is 4 million US dollars.

But what kind of conscience do you need for illicit cigarettes? Loose the roll, or add a little hay, and the output will double directly, that is, eight million.

Even if you deduct the profits from the downstream sales side, you can earn at least two million.

Even if they could only keep 20%, that would be 400,000.

Isn't that better than stealing gems?

After all, for a million jewels, they can earn 30% more.

And the risk of selling cigarettes is low.

Can do it! Of course it can! Lyndon Schneider's eyes were a little red.

Selling illicit cigarettes is not only high profit, but low risk.

In many cases, cigarettes can also be exchanged for some things that cannot be bought with money.

Especially in those chaotic regions like what is now Europe...

If you can get these tobaccos into Europe now, Lyndon Schneider can even get back a golden mountain!

But Mr. Kahn, if so much tobacco is to be sold smoothly, I need some start-up capital, and I also need more weapons and manpower! Lyndon Schneider said after calming down a bit.

Hands and weapons, Dix is ​​ready. In terms of money, here's fifty thousand. In addition, I'll introduce you to someone, come out, Lieutenant Dietrich! Josie clapped her hands.

Immediately, a man in plain clothes was transferred from the warehouse.

It was Sheriff Dietrich who had appeared several times before.

Mr. Kahn! Long time no see, Mr. Schneider! Sheriff Dietrich greeted Josie respectfully at first, and when he turned his head, he greeted Schneider arrogantly.

It turned out to be Sheriff Dietrich! Lyndon Schneider greeted the other party with a strange expression, and instantly understood why Josie introduced the sheriff.

The two-tier profit of tobacco is a carrot, and the existence of this sheriff is a big stick.

However, with the help of such a sheriff, tobacco sales will indeed save a lot of trouble.

Speaking of which, Schneider, you can come out so early, thanks to the sheriff. In addition, the profits from tobacco will also have a share of the sheriff and his colleagues. You will have to cooperate more in the future. Josh said with a smile. Everyone is smart and should understand the meaning of this business, and this is only the first batch of goods. As long as you work hard, I guarantee that everyone will be rich and rich, but if anyone wants to make other ideas, I will Persuade him to think more about the consequences in advance!

Several people quickly said yes.

Okay, I'll leave the rest to you. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first! After explaining the matter, Josie didn't stay too long and left here.

As for whether these batches of tobacco will be hacked by Lyndon Schneider, Josie is not worried at all.

He has prepared double guarantees.

Dix's staff are all cowboys he recruited from his hometown of Kentucky. They are all well-off people. Even Dix himself has Louis' widow.

Lyndon Schneider wants to hack this batch of tobacco, depending on whether these people agree.

Another heavy guarantee is Dietrich.

This guy is a real black policeman. When Josie was trying to help Lyndon Schneider and Dix get out of their crimes, he accidentally got a lot of information from the policeman, and as a policeman, this is also a prostitute. .

Therefore, under coercion and inducement, the black policeman easily took refuge with Josie.

In particular, the profits from the first floor of dozens of tons of tobacco are usually enough for Dietrich, a black policeman, to collect black money for more than ten years.

As for being bitten? Josh didn't care at all.

As I said before, the sale of illicit cigarettes is not a serious crime at all, and as long as Josie is willing to spend money, not to mention that the probability of losing a lawsuit is very low, even if you lose, as long as Margot is there, you can still come out with a little money.

But these people...hehe.

The only thing to worry about is that these people who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, and they work hard with themselves.

But this possibility is too low, knowing that as long as you work for Josie honestly, you can make money continuously, who would make a fuss and go for a hammer deal?

Unless they can bypass Josie and get the supply directly.

But where is Josie's supply?

Westeros!

Take it!

That's right, in addition to comparing the more legitimate trades before, tobacco is a new profiteering business that Josie and Daenerys found during their exchanges.

It’s just that in Westeros, tobacco is not used for smoking, but chewed like betel nut. This is actually the way tobacco was used when it was first discovered by humans. Because of its sour taste, it is called sour grass— The finished tobacco leaves are not sour and are alkaline because they are mainly flue-cured tobacco. Fresh tobacco leaves actually contain a large amount of organic acids such as citric acid and malic acid. White powder.

Because tobacco itself has great medicinal value and high addictive properties, it is very popular among the nobility, so it is cultivated in a large amount in Westeros.

Daenerys has more territory. After all, it is Slave Bay. The labor cost is not expensive, so the cost is very low.

But obviously, this thing is useless to Daenerys, the queen who is bent on hegemony.

So he sold it to Josie at a very low price, giving him another big surprise.