Reborn as the richest man in India

Qiao Ge came up with the idea of ​​​​being a traitor, not on a whim, but because he had just tried his best to scrape away the memories of his previous life. He felt that although this matter was risky, the profit was very considerable.

Is there any business that can make money quickly without taking risks?

As long as the risk is controllable, Qiao Ge thinks it can still be done.

Because he sells some daily necessities, such as cotton and so on, the prices will not be too high, and the amount of the first transaction will not be too large. Even if he is cheated, he can still afford it with his current funds.

The situation in the Soviet Union is a bit special. Domestic commodity prices are actually a dual-track system. How should I put it, it is actually similar to the period when China used food stamps.

The prices of various commodities were very problematic in the Soviet Union. Some commodities were sold at prices far below cost. However, the Soviet Union was a planned economy and a state-owned enterprise, so it had to produce even at a loss.

So some people in the Soviet Union saw business opportunities and secretly smuggled these goods abroad, where the prices increased several times or dozens of times.

After all, within the Soviet Union, these goods could not reflect their true prices.

Qiao Ge's target is these commodities.

The Soviet Union's industrial products were well developed and very cheap at home, but if they went to India, the price would be many times higher.

Sen'ao was of course opposed to it. He didn't want Qiaogo to get involved. He felt the risk was too great.

However, Qiao Ge still convinced Sen'ao, and Sen'ao reluctantly agreed to let Qiao Ge talk to the other party.

After returning, Sen'ao told Mahesh that Jogo was interested. He was a little surprised at first because he was still a teenager.

But when they learned that Qiao Ge was the young man who was very popular in the news recently, they calmed down a lot.

At least they know that Qiao Ge does have a fund, so there will be no problem.

"What? If we don't have US dollars, why should we ship the goods first?" Sen'ao's eyes widened when he heard Mahesh's words.

If the target is Mahesh, Senao will not hesitate. After so many years of friendship, he is worthy of trust.

But now these things were to be given to the Soviets, and even if Mahesh introduced them, he would find it difficult to agree.

Jogo thought for a moment.

Just now Ivanov listed some of the products he needs. In fact, there are no specific products, such as clothes, cotton, food, soap, etc.

Qiaogo knew that these were in short supply in the Soviet Union, so it was not surprising that Ivanov imported them.

Because he would also make huge profits by shipping these goods back.

"Mr. Ivanov, I don't need the US dollars." Chogo said.

"Oh? Do you want rupees?" Ivanov was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm really ashamed. I bought a large amount of goods some time ago and almost all the US dollars in my hands were used. Recently, the country has increased supervision on foreign exchange. It is difficult to And then convert it to US dollars, so the rupees are not much. Please also believe that Mr. Mahesh and I have the credibility of the business for many years. I will definitely make up the payment afterwards, and the interest can be included."

Jogo smiled.

Now that they are ready to do business with the other party, Qiao Ge still believes in them.

The worst-case scenario is that the goods are defrauded. In terms of the total price of the goods, Qiao Ge must control it. The amount cannot be too large. After all, it is the first time.

It is true that the Soviet Union increased its supervision of foreign exchange. Energy export prices plummeted and foreign exchange income decreased, so it could only save in other ways.

"No, I want to exchange goods for goods." Qiaogo replied.

This statement surprised Ivanov.

"I think this shouldn't be a problem. Mr. Ivanov, if you can transport the goods back, there must be a way to get the goods from your country out. Wouldn't it be better if we all exchange goods at sea?" Qiaogo continued. .

If he is capable in this business, Qiaogo can be sure that Ivanov is very capable. He should have deep government relations and background in the Soviet Union.

Compared with denominating prices directly in US dollars, Qiao Ge feels that this can make him more profitable.

After all, industrial products in the Soviet Union are cheap, but in India they are several times or even dozens of times more expensive. If you really use US dollars to trade, you can do legitimate foreign trade. Why should you take this risk to do business with him?

"That's a good idea." Mahesh said with a smile.

To be honest, he was still a little embarrassed when he just asked Qiao Ge to supply the goods first.

I feel like I'm trying to trick Senao.

Although he believed in Ivanov, there was a layer of separation between Qiaogo and Ivanov after all, and their relationship was different.

So when Qiao Ge proposed this idea, he agreed very much. It was more fair to both parties and no one would suffer.

"So what do you want to change?" Ivanov asked.

"Of course it's what India lacks, such as watches, bicycles, motorcycles, cameras, televisions, etc." Qiao Ge said with a smile, "Oh, no color TV, just black and white."

Hearing Qiaogo's words, Ivanov's eyes flashed slightly.

"Boss Gupta, you seem to know a lot about the Soviet Union?" Ivanov asked.

"I don't know much about it. India and the Soviet Union have such a good relationship, so I pay more attention to it." Qiaogo replied.

The relationship between the Soviet Union and India is indeed very good. It can be said that India's industry was basically established with the support of the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union’s total aid investment in India exceeded its aid to China.

You must know that the Soviet Union was China's big brother and they were both socialist countries, but India was not. It can barely be called a capitalist socialist country.

During Nehru’s period, he also imitated the Soviet Union’s Five-Year Plan. After all, the Soviet Union’s great success at that time was imitated by many countries.

A country like India, which is not a pure socialist country, received more aid from the Soviet Union than China. One can imagine how close the relationship between the two countries is.

India provided the Soviet Union with some raw materials, such as cotton, tea and other agricultural products or minerals, while the Soviet Union exported industrial products or military equipment to India.

The two countries generally settle by exchanging goods for goods.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, India used the depreciated ruble to pay off its debts and severely cheated Russia. Although Russia later cheated Russia by selling aircraft carriers, the relationship between the two countries is still close.

Many people believe that India has too many people and too much money in the aircraft carrier incident, and that it was cheated by Russia. It can build new aircraft carriers if the price of second-hand aircraft carriers continues to increase.

There must be some inside story that we don't know about. There must be kickbacks from high-level officials of the Indian army.

In addition, India’s repeated overpayments are also due to national-level considerations.

In the previous life, India's weapons and equipment came from all over the world, and it was said that it could hold a weapons expo from all over the world, but Russia's military equipment still accounted for the majority, so this relationship must be maintained. Paying more money is a kind of protection fee.

Otherwise, Russia will make a fuss about military equipment, such as after-sales maintenance is delayed, or some parts are no longer sold, and you will be stuck. Can you bear it?

India is not stupid. Its international environment is much better than China's. It can have both sides of the world and take advantage of the United States and the Soviet Union.

As for Qiaogo specifically mentioning color TVs, there is a reason.

The Soviet Union's industry was developed. In this era, basically every household in the Soviet Union had a TV. At the same time, the TV penetration rate in China was only about 15%.

It can be seen how powerful the Soviet Union was at that time and how high the people's quality of life was.

However, Soviet color TVs were very problematic. Due to imperfect production technology, color TVs often exploded when left on.

In the five years from 1980 to 1985, explosions of color TV sets caused nearly 20,000 fires in the Soviet Union, resulting in nearly 2,000 deaths and injuries.

Of course, Qiao Ge didn't know the specific damage caused by the explosion, but in his previous life, he had heard about the Soviet Union's color TV sets on the Internet, which were called small bombs.

Black and white TVs don't have this problem, so it's impossible for Qiaogo to import color TVs.

Besides, for India, black and white TVs are luxury goods and that’s enough.

That's why when Qiaogo specifically asked not to have a color TV, Ivanov said that Qiaogo knew a lot about the Soviet Union, because most Indians didn't know this at all, especially a teenager like Qiaogo.