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Chapter 23 Ten times huge profits (Third update, please recommend and collect)
  After the plane from New York landed at Havana Airport, a special car provided by the hotel was waiting beside the runway at the airport. As soon as the passengers got off the plane, a driver came forward to greet them and help them carry their luggage. What is certain is that a hotel that can drive a car into the airport will definitely not be cheap.

However, Li Yi'an doesn't care about the price of the hotel, but one thing is for sure, when you are unfamiliar with the place, you can definitely stay in a high-end hotel.

At least you don't have to worry about safety.

When the car arrived at the National Hotel, Li Yi'an found that he didn't have to worry anymore - the hotel was located in the downtown area of ​​​​the city center, and it was also a typical luxury hotel in terms of luxurious style.

In fact, this is true. The National Hotel in Havana is not only luxurious, but most of its shareholders are Cuban dignitaries and American wealthy people. It is for this reason that its special car can drive to the airport runway. But this had little to do with Li Yian. After all, he came to Havana this time to open up trade routes. After staying at the National Hotel, Li Yian took a car to the embassy.

The so-called embassy is actually a small building. In fact, this house and the house were donated by local overseas Chinese. In fact, before the Anti-Japanese War, the Cuban Minister was always a part-time minister to the United States. After the Anti-Japanese War, in order to raise donations from overseas Chinese, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs only dispatched a full-time minister, and as the plenipotentiary minister Li Dijun, since he went to Cuba to take office, his daily task has been to raise donations. After all, for a country with financial collapse, after Nanyang was occupied by the Japanese army, Cuba, which has hundreds of thousands of overseas Chinese, , has become the most important source of overseas remittances and donations.

As usual, when I was racking my brains to figure out how to raise donations, there were guests over there. The person who came was none other than Li Yian.

"Junior has met Minister Li."

Because of Li Guoren's relationship, he would naturally bow to Li Dijun as a junior.

"Zhiyuan, you don't have to be polite. Guoren sent a telegram before you came. I didn't expect you to come so quickly. Did you come by plane?"

Nowadays, people who can afford a plane ticket worth several hundred dollars are definitely rich people.

Do you want to beg alms on him?

But he is his nephew's friend after all, and he can't persuade him to donate right away.

"Yes, after all, there is a war going on at sea right now, so it is more convenient to fly."

"You are Guoren's friend. When you get here, I will definitely help you if you can help me, but my nephew..."

After a pause, he said.

"Although Cuba's trade is promising at the moment, it is no better than usual during the war. If you want to do trade in Cuba now, you must have ships. Although Cuba's shipping routes are not cut off, the merchant ships are very nervous. Those ships are not controlled by American companies. Just by..."

Before Li Dijun finished speaking, Li Yian said.

"To be honest, Uncle Li, I know someone who can help me solve some transportation problems. Well, although it's not much, I can still transport [-] tons per month."

"What! Ten thousand tons!"

Li Dijun stood up suddenly, looked at Li Yian and said excitedly.

"It's true!"

"Well, at least four to five thousand tons is still okay."

"That's fine, that's fine..."

Rubbing his hands back and forth excitedly, Li Dijun asked directly.

"I wonder if my nephew is interested in trafficking in cane sugar?"

"Sucrose...this, this..."

Seeing that Li Yian seemed a little embarrassed, Li Dijun said.

"My dear nephew, I'm afraid I don't know something. The most profitable thing in Cuba right now is cane sugar."

After that, he continued to explain.

"My nephew should know that cane sugar is the mainstay of Cuba's economy. Ninety-nine percent of Cuba's agriculture is dominated by cane sugar cultivation. Since the outbreak of the war, cane sugar has been cut off in places such as Hawaii and the Philippines, and the price of sugar has soared to 20 cents per kilogram. Therefore, cane sugar production has It continues to increase, and the current annual output is no less than 730 million tons!"

"Wait a minute, what is the current price of sugar?" Li Yian asked in surprise.

"20 cents per kilogram, maybe a little less."

Li Dijun continued.

"In the past, the Cuban sugar industry was almost entirely controlled by the Americans, and it was difficult for outsiders to enter. Since the outbreak of the war, because sugar prices have skyrocketed, in order to stimulate Cuban officials to encourage the development of the sugar industry, some Chinese businessmen have begun to get involved in the sugar industry, but they never thought that American companies However, it used its monopoly on the shipping industry to require Chinese businessmen to sell sugar to them at a low price. All Chinese businessmen investing in the sugar industry are suffering from this. If my nephew has a ship, it will just solve the urgent need of our compatriots!"

Of course, if he, the minister, can help his compatriots solve this matter, he can also openly encourage donations. After all, the domestic war is raging and donations from all walks of life are urgently needed.

20 cents per kilogram!

One kilogram equals 2.2 pounds, which is about 10 cents per pound.

How much does a pound cost in the United States?

55 cents!

It can reach $1 on the black market!

Isn’t this 10 times the profit!

How do you say this? 100% profit, capitalists will risk going to the gallows.

And this is 1000%!

Because Li Yian was only thinking about the profits from sugar, seeing that he didn't speak, Li Dijun said quickly.

"What's wrong with my good nephew?"

"Embarrassed..."

After thinking about it, Li Yian said.

"For the sake of our compatriots, there is nothing to be embarrassed about!"

In one sentence, Li Dijun was excited and said again and again.

"A good nephew has high righteousness, a good nephew has high righteousness. I don't know where my good nephew lives now. Tomorrow I will take some overseas Chinese businessmen to visit my good nephew."

After that, Li Dijun asked where he lived again. After learning that he lived in the National Hotel, his eyes changed slightly. As we all know, the biggest feature of the National Hotel is... expensive!

expensive!
  It is indeed very expensive. A steak costs 5 US dollars. The US dollars in these days are not paper, but US dollars!

However, compared to the fried rice that costs 698 a portion in some places, it can only be said that Cubans are not black enough.

Although the price is not cheap, the service is really good.

Unlike various controls in the United States, there are no controls in Havana. As long as you have money, you can enjoy everything. Even when the Americans are frugally working for the cause of their allies, American beef is still being shipped to Cuba in ships. The solution is that Cubans eat meat, and of course they also drink alcohol.

American beef, French red wine, and unfortunately there are no British waiters, otherwise the three major countries will be waiting on you at the same time.

After spending more than ten dollars on a meal, Li Yi'an, who had nothing to do, glanced at the beautiful Cuban girls sitting at the bar and left the restaurant, not heading towards the casino like many others. Walked over.

Instead, he returned to the room. After all, people will always be tired after a long journey. Even those enthusiastic Cuban girls turned a blind eye. The future is long...

(End of this chapter)