It starts with a certificate, and the content is all compiled.

If you have a teaching certificate from a university, you are a born "good person"

He can even say that he is an overseas Chinese and a foreign teacher, and go to the Friendship Store to pretend to be a foreigner.

The location of the Beijing Friendship Store has also been clearly determined. It is located on Jianguomenwai Street, with extremely convenient transportation.

Unfortunately, the slogan on their door is not very friendly: This store accepts foreign guests, and unauthorized persons are not allowed to enter.

Standing at the entrance of the store, Shen Guanglin was thinking about something to say in his mind, when a young man who managed Beijing Movies next to him came over and said, "Brother, do you want to change the coupon?"

What kind of business is this?

cattle?

"How did you change it?" Shen Guanglin decided to find out first.

"You come with me."

The young man sneaked Shen Guanglin to the shady area of ​​the street. This location was good and not easy for outsiders to see, so it would be easier to escape.

"Exchange RMB for 2 coupons for 1, exchange RMB for 1 coupon for 1.5."

This is the price difference that people make, and it is indeed a good business.

"Then help me exchange some RMB. You know the current exchange rate of US dollars to RMB, right? I have some US dollars here that I haven't had time to exchange for foreign exchange coupons."

As Shen Guanglin spoke, he took out a few hundred-dollar bills from his pocket, pretending that he was an expert at this.

U.S. dollars can be exchanged for foreign exchange coupons at the official face price. However, in the embassy area, there are also many people who want to exchange RMB directly for foreign exchange, because these people have the convenience of going abroad, and buying color TVs with foreign currency is much cheaper than at Friendship Stores. .

Of course, the scalper guy was happy for Shen Guanglin to exchange foreign currency for money directly.

“Will everything be exchanged for RMB?”

"No, I have to go to the Friendship Store to buy things. I definitely can't exchange them all for you." Shen Guanglin didn't come to exchange RMB, he came to buy things.

"Brother, I have both foreign exchange coupons and RMB here. You can exchange them directly here. The current exchange rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar is 1.49. I will calculate 1.5 for you. The exchange rate of foreign exchange coupons into RMB is also 1.5. If you calculate it this way, the U.S. dollar will be directly converted into RMB. Converted into RMB, it is 2.25, I will give you 2 yuan and 3 directly."

"Good math, deal done!" It turns out this is a black market transaction.

It turns out that this is how the exchange rate difference arises.

The official US dollar to RMB exchange rate is 1:1.49, while in private transactions it is 1:2.3. As more and more people are able to go abroad, domestic people's demand for foreign exchange is increasing, and the private exchange rate is getting higher and higher.

After many twists and turns, the scalper boy went back many times to withdraw money, and Shen Guanglin's $1,000 was finally exchanged for 750 yuan in foreign exchange coupons and 1,150 yuan in RMB.

Win-win!

Next, it’s time to go shopping and test your acting skills.

Shen Guanglin tidied up his clothes and walked into the Friendship Store with a swagger.

Sure enough, I was stopped at the door, "Sir, this is a friendship store, you are not allowed to break in."

"Why,Why did my colleague tell me that I can shop here? Just use this."

Shen Guanglin said as he took out the foreign exchange coupons, a thick stack, including 100, 50, 10 yuan, and 5 yuan.

Rich man!

As expected, the clerk no longer stopped him. Judging from the young man's temperament and appearance, he must be an overseas Chinese or a foreigner. "Please come in!"

In this day and age, those who do reception work here must speak English or Japanese.

He was allowed in, but Shen Guanglin committed an occupational disease: "NO, NO, NO, You should say: Come in, Please, 'Please' mean an order..."

No one cares about him.

I'm giving you face, right? I still want to be polite.

There were no foreigners shopping today, so Shen Guanglin was specially greeted by a waitress who knew English.

After some small talk, the other person turned out to be a graduate of the Second Foreign Language School, and he was also very capable.

The waiter was also very satisfied.

This customer is so handsome!

I don’t know if they are overseas Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Southeast Asian. It would be better if I could go abroad with him.

Unable to keep up with the other party's back-and-forth, Shen Guanglin briefly revealed a little information about himself. He said that he was a foreign language teacher at Beijing University, and didn't reveal much else.

The waiter was so enthusiastic that his intentions were written all over his face.

There are indeed many types of supplies in the Friendship Store.

However, looking at these things from the perspective of the age of material explosion, Shen Guanglin felt that there was nothing surprising until he arrived at the cultural relics and antiques section.

Shen Guanglin was surprised. Are these things also for sale?

Yes.

Nowadays, foreign exchange is in short supply, and the state stipulates that items dating from the Qianlong period can be put on the shelves for sale.

The most commonly displayed items in the cultural relics counter are porcelain, calligraphy, paintings and furniture.

The price is not cheap, usually 20 to 30 yuan. The most expensive ones are ivory products, which cost 100 to 200 yuan.

But there is also a benefit here, all antiques are authentic.

Shen Guanglin still has some family background and knows that these are indeed good things.

What can be sold for twenty or thirty yuan now may not be bought by two or three hundred thousand in future generations.

If Lao Shen saw so many good things, he would definitely laugh and bend over.

Shen Guanglin even regretted not converting all the money into foreign exchange coupons.

But he thought about it and decided not to rescue these cultural relics yet, because sister Li Li needed to be rescued more, and love was more important than collection.

This may be related to the future of the country and nation.

When they give birth to a son, they will call him Shen Shicong.

Soon, the goods Shen Guanglin needed were selected: a Phoenix A-18 bicycle, priced at 168.50 yuan;

A 12-inch Panda black and white TV and radio all-in-one, priced at 540 yuan.

There is still 41.5 yuan of spare funds to use to rescue cultural relics.

Shen Guanglin bought two more Thermos glass thermos cups for 40 yuan, leaving only 1.5 yuan in spare funds.
Chapter completed!