"'Holy Light' has begun to explode its production capacity again."
Ilham stood at the hotel window in the port area of Odessa, overlooking the busy port terminal from a height of more than a dozen floors. Several container ships are loading and unloading, and port cranes are slowly transferring cargo.
The freighter belongs to a European shipping company, and the crew is probably a group of Filipinos. The manifest may be fake. But it doesn't matter, Ilham knows exactly what this ship is carrying.
As an Iranian black market businessman, Ilham was the first to go around in Kiev for some contraband. But after the arrival of the'Holy Light', all underground transactions were made public, market demand was fully satisfied, and transactions were extremely frequent.
Ilham used the Il-76 fleet of the "Holy Light" to transport contraband, and incidentally transported a large number of civilian appliances to Tehran, earning a lot of money and getting the first pot of gold in his life.
But this good day did not last long.
Due to the uneven distribution of the spoils, Tehran's dignitaries quickly drove Ilham away on the crime of smuggling. If he dared to go back now, he would be hanged. But he was prepared for this, and the market in Tehran couldn't eat it, so he went to other places.
Thanks to the overseas settlement system built by the "Holy Light Bank", Ilham kept his property. Black market merchants all know that'Holy Light' and the CIA are rivals, and they are very relieved to hand the money to'Holy Light' for safekeeping.
Ilham left Boryspil and came to Odessa on the northern shore of the Black Sea. 'Holy Light' is operating a second merchandise sales base here, radiating the entire Black Sea surrounding area.
'Shengguang' has a full-time investigation department, which will send people to collect information on the market to determine what products are competitive. As long as it ships the goods, even if you buy it blindly with your eyes closed, you will definitely make money.
As a member of the market, Ilham, every time a freighter arrives at the port, someone will send him a catalog of goods. He has the right of first refusal, and this right alone is very valuable.
Basically, new products are added every time the product catalog is updated. Every black market merchant will combine his own advantages to buy goods. When Ilham opened the catalog, he knew that another product was explosively produced by the'Holy Light'.
"Tsk tusk tusk... Feminine hygiene products,'Holy Light' sells everything."
Is there a market for this product? Yes, and it's huge. There are tens of millions of women's needs in Ukraine alone, and Eastern European society is relatively advanced, and the market prospects are very huge.
However, the neighboring countries of the Black Sea can't talk about any developed light industry. Many commodities need to be imported.
Contrary to the intuition of many people, native chickens are instead an important producer of light industrial commodities. It mainly supplies Europe, and also exports to Eastern Europe and the Middle East. These are its traditional markets.
'Shengguang' entered the sanitary products market at the beginning of the year, and began desperately increasing production lines to explode production capacity. It builds factories in various provinces and almost doubles its production capacity every month to meet the needs of one billion people in China.
The domestic demand has not yet been met, but the president will come to engage in local chickens, and by the way, he will bring in a lot of goods to grab the market. In terms of quality and price,'Holy Light' has never been afraid of anyone.
After all, in the low-end industry chain, as long as the'World Factory' has a firm foothold, it will be scum on everyone.
"Holy Light" opened a commodity exchange in Odessa, in the port area. Ilham called and asked, and was shocked to find that the sanitary products shipped this time had been ordered out.
"When did this thing become a hot commodity? It sells so well."
Ilham thought about the black cloth-wrapped "walking furniture" in his own country, and couldn't think of what would happen if this thing had been sold in the past? He flipped through the catalog and saw a satellite TV receiver.
"Ah, this thing is good, there should be a market."
There is a satellite TV receiver in the hotel, which is erected on the height of the building and looks like a big pot on the outside. With this gadget, you can watch many TV programs, and the price is very high.
Ilham called again to the Commodity Exchange, reported his membership number and asked to order a container. He was lucky, and there were only three thousand standard cabinets left when he called.
The transaction must be completed within two hours, otherwise the ordered goods will be restored to the state of sale again. After hanging up the phone, he hurriedly left the hotel and headed to the exchange.
As it is a new product, someone in the exchange is responsible for the demonstration and use. According to the instructions, the receiving'pot' antenna is pointed at a certain fixed area in the sky, and it can be watched with a TV.
This is too convenient for the average family.
Ilham believes that this thing is definitely easy to sell, and it must be popular. For areas lacking broadcasting and communication infrastructure, it will become the standard for TV.
After paying the money to get the goods, Ilham rushed to the port area. He couldn't do business in Tehran, so he turned to the local chicken. In contrast, the economic level of native chickens is better, the residents' consumption ability is stronger, and they are more secular.
A container is not much, and it can be transported away by hiring a small cargo ship at the port. 'Holy Light' even provides a full set of logistics services, so you can arrange everything as long as you pay.
Ilham took a few of his men and escorted them by boat, and it took two days to cross the Black Sea to the northern part of the chicken. During this period, the local chicken coast patrol officers caught them, paid a fine of one thousand dollars, and arrived at a local chicken port without incident.
This is not the first time a similar transaction. Before going ashore, Ilham used radio to communicate with the native chicken merchants in the port to inform the type and price of the goods and prepare to stop for unloading.
As it is a small port, there is only one trestle bridge. When Ilham got off the boat, a fat guy came up and gave him a close hug.
"Ilham, my friend. I heard that you brought me a satellite TV receiver? Hahaha..., this thing is now in demand."
A sample was carried on the cargo ship. The native chicken merchant looked at the packaging, nodded in satisfaction, and said: "'Shengguang' goods are always made very delicately. This packaging is easy to understand at a glance.
I have bought a batch of French goods before, and I still keep French in the printing, even the instructions are like this. The machine has to be equipped with a transfer interface, which is not easy to use at all. Ask the French guys, they are still unwilling to provide after-sales service. "
TV sets are also divided into different standards, and the signal interface is even more strange. Large European manufacturers seldom care about the opinions of the bottom customers. Basically, what they sell, users have to use.
It's so arrogant.
Until the "World Factory" began to grab business-they did not change.
Ilham also nodded and said: "The'Holy Light' things are really considered more elaborate, and their instructions are also equipped with different words. There are different instructions for different regions. It is more comfortable to sell their goods."
"Let's go. Go to my house and try." The native chicken merchant waved his hand, "I will arrange for someone to unload the goods, don't worry."
The small port belongs to a town, and the news of the arrival of satellite receivers soon spread by word of mouth, making everyone know. Many children in the town rushed to the merchant's house, and even the adults were curious.
Everyone wants to know, is this thing easy to use? !