Chapter 278

When the news that the cargo ship shipped from India to Hong Kong was jointly detained and stopped by the medical and health department, customs and marine police before it entered the port reached xiahari, xiahari just hung up the phone call from his brother xiageorgi who went to Japan to buy the second-hand clothing truck replaced by Japanese factories.

After receiving the news, Xia Harry hurried to the wharf. Standing beside the wharf, he saw the cargo ship loaded with 200000 braids of the Xia family. It was parked far off the coast and ordered not to dock. Several anti smuggling boats and ordinary sampans of the marine police were surrounding the cargo ship, and several sampans were transporting the workers on board to the wharf.

"Sir, what's the matter? Is there someone smuggling?" Xia Harry, regardless of others, jumped into a sampan, was supported by the boatman near the cargo ship, and shouted to the customs and marine police cruising next to the cargo ship.

A member of the wharf customs who had dealt with Xia Zuo Zhi raised his tin horn and responded to the anxious Xia Harry: "boss Xia, don't worry. Routine inspection is not related to the customs and the marine police. Cholera and plague broke out in India, so the people of the medical and Health Department asked our customs and the marine police to assist in quarantine investigation. It will be OK in three or five days at most."

Xia Harley was afraid that song TIANYAO would do anything to bribe the customs and marine police to frame the cargo ship for smuggling and detain all the goods on board. After all, once smuggling was arrested, it would take at least two or three months to get the goods back from the customs through normal channels.

At this time, when he heard that it was because of the cholera and plague in India that the medical and health department carried out the investigation, Xia Harley was very relieved, but he also had some doubts. The cholera and plague in India have been occurring in recent years, and the Hong Kong Medical and health department had not stopped and detained every cargo ship from India for inspection before.

Suspecting, he ordered the sampan to jump up in front of an anti smuggling boat, took out some change notes from his pocket, directed the customs officers and marine police on the boat, lowered his voice and asked the familiar opponent, "there was also cholera plague in India before. Why didn't the medical and Health Department check it?"

The customs member who received the benefits of Xia Harley looked around and said in a low voice: "there is no cholera plague. I received the above news. There are a batch of cashmere from India on board, which is of high quality. Therefore, a Hong Kong boss took the way of the medical and Health Department and is ready to detain and destroy this batch of cashmere in the name of bacteria. Then..."

The last sentence did not finish, but handed a look you know to shahari:

"So, boss Xia, don't worry. Your goods will be put back when the inspection is completed in three or five days at most."

"Please take care of me a lot. Let me know if you have any news. I'll invite you to dinner in a few days." Xia Harry got the inside news. He was more than half relieved. He took the sampan and returned to the shore of the wharf. Just after jumping from the sampan to the trestle, in the midst of a group of coolies watching the excitement on the trestle, he heard a voice that stopped him:

"Pu youAm! We've worked hard to transport our hair from Thailand, and won't we also be detained by these customs? It's said that song is cruel. Will he deceive us to bring our hair to Hong Kong and deliberately find the customs to copy our goods?"

"No... song..."

Hair?

Xia Harry raised his head to look for the source of the sound. Among the coolies who looked away from the trestle, three obviously looked clean and tidy. They were very different from other coolies. Compared with other coolies who had nothing to do with themselves, they all had some sad faces.

Xia Harry's eyes lit up, and then he walked to the three with a heavy expression and opened his mouth low: "three brothers, how about we talk?"

The three turned to look at shahari, an Indian, and then looked at each other. The coolie who first spoke said coldly, "you're the wrong person? We don't know you. What's there to talk about?"

"I have 200000 braids on that ship, which are now detained by song TIANYAO's customs and marine police." Xia Harry mentioned song TIANYAO, and his words were full of depression and resentment.

The three people were stunned when they heard song TIANYAO's name, and then exchanged eyes with each other. Then they asked Xia Harry uncertainly, "really?"

"Can you go to my warehouse and talk now?" Xia Harry took the three people out of the trestle.

When he got into his warehouse, Xia Harry helped the three people hand over cigarettes and asked each other to sit down. Then he carefully observed the three people in front of him. They were all in their twenties. They might be used to doing business on the sea. Their skin was much rougher than ordinary people, and their hands with cigarettes also had a thick layer of cocoons.

"What do you call them? How many?" Xia Harry lit a cigarette himself and asked the three.

The first of the three didn't answer truthfully according to Xia Harry's questions, but asked, "if you're not very familiar, don't ask your name? We just want to know if it's true that you just told the marine police to detain your goods on the dock?"

"The ship stopped just outside the dock, and you all saw the marine police and the customs detain the ship. My name is Xia Harry, and my brother's name is Xia George. The hair in Hong Kong is supplied by our two brothers. Do you think I would lie? Of course it's true." Xia Harry frowned slightly because the other party didn't even say his name, but then he was relieved. The three people were very nervous at this time, It's normal to be careful.

"Pu you am! Brother, song is really not kind-hearted. Fortunately, you took us to explore the limelight first. If you really drove into the wharf foolishly, the goods must be detained! Ten dollars a braid, you shouldn't believe his nonsense!" the man next to him who complained that song TIANYAO would eat their raw materials with the marine police on the trestle immediately shouted to the leader.

The head man first motioned to his companion to shut up: "silence, how can this kind of thing be told in front of outsiders?"

Then he looked at the opposite Xia Harry: "so you're boss Xia? We went to Thailand to get our hair cut. We made up our mind when we saw you make money. I've heard a lot. Thank you for providing information and cigarettes. Let's go."

As they spoke, the other three stood up and prepared to leave. Xia Harry also stood up behind and said to the three who turned around: "Ten yuan for a braid is impossible. Song TIANYAO's factory uses less than 30000 braids a year, and now he has stocked 70000 braids. Do you think he might buy your hair at such a high price? My goods have been withheld by the customs. Why don't you consider transferring the goods to me? I'm anxious to supply the goods to ten factories, and you can get the money right away, killing two birds with one stone, which is convenient for everyone. As for the price, we can discuss it. "

"Thank you very much. I'm not interested." the leader paused obviously, but soon continued to walk out.

Xia Harry saw the man's hesitation, smiled confidently behind the three people and continued: "you also see the end of my batch of goods. If you want to sell your braids to ten yuan a piece, you might as well think about how much it will cost to redeem the detained hair from the customs."

"You... How much are you willing to pay?" the leader turned around and looked at Xia Harry: "if you pay eight yuan a piece, 200000 braids will be sold to you. Now the ship is parked near Putai island. My goods have the paperwork of going to sea at the Thai wharf. They are legitimate goods. Only those surnamed song don't play tricks. We're not afraid of other customs."

200000 braids? Shahari's heart beat violently for a few times, and then immediately asked, "how can you get so many braids in a short time?"

"My uncle collects taxes for the army in Thailand. In a province in southern Thailand, this batch of goods was raised by buying the local army and letting the army force the Thai people to cut off their braids." the man hesitated and gave the answer: "but it can only be done once. I'm afraid I'll have to wait a few more years if I want to go there to collect my hair next time. I've got all the long hair."

Xia Harry was shocked, but believed the other party's words, because Thailand is now in the state of dictatorship of the military junta. As long as the military is handled, not to mention forcing people in a region to cut their braids, it is not uncommon for civilians in the whole region to shave their heads, and there is no democracy and freedom.

"Eight yuan is impossible, not only eight yuan, but also five yuan." Xia Harry said frankly to the other party: "Song TIANYAO said that five yuan and ten yuan for a braid was a cruel remark when fighting with ten other factories, but he really bought 200000 braids with two million and one million? That's a joke. How could he buy raw materials at a high price? If he really gave such a high price, I can only cooperate with one of his factories. Why do I have to do ten other factories now Your business? "

"I don't understand these. How much would you give if you wanted to buy hair?" the other party was not interested in the gratitude and resentment of song TIANYAO and other factories, but asked Xia Harry how much he was going to bid.

Shahari raised a finger: "a dollar a piece."

"Pu you am!" the other party scolded a dirty word, and both eyebrows stood up because of anger: "these braids have cost more than one yuan a piece from the Thai Army!"

"How much do you want? In business, the price can be negotiated." shahari said calmly.

The other party raised five fingers: "five yuan a braid, you nod and pay, and the ship will immediately drive into the wharf designated by you from outside Putai island to unload."

"No way, five yuan a braid, you can't sell it all over Hong Kong." Xia Harry shook his head again: "two yuan a braid is the most."

"Two yuan is not enough to pay back! The other party is so popular that the corners of his mouth tremble and scold: "Pu youAm, you businessmen have a black heart. One surnamed song is going to use the customs to extort money. The other is that you are going to bargain and kill me. I borrowed expensive profits for this hair collection. I can't! Other things don't count. You must pay back your profits. You can't make money in the last business, but even the ship is taken away by debt! Three yuan a piece! If you do it well, you can't do it I'd rather drive into Hong Kong to gamble! See if song will eat me! "

He said with his head in his arms, and finally made up his mind to look at Xia Harry: "three yuan a piece! If it's lower, I can't afford to sell it, so it's better not to sell it!"

"Clinch a deal." Xia Harry looked at the unwilling party and agreed happily.

At this time, he had more than 100000 Hong Kong dollars in his hand, which was left to him for business turnover during the period before Xia zuozhi went to Japan. The loan of the Xia family had been calculated before Xia zuozhi went to Japan. 700000 was more than enough. The remaining 800000 was temporarily placed in the bank until the garment factory opened. If the garment business can be expanded, it will be used to buy land stores and prepare to use 80 yuan Invest HK $million to open clothing stores and expand sales channels.

Shahari thought that as long as the goods on the Indian cargo ship were sent to ten factories after the inspection, he could recover the cash. The original price was three yuan a piece.

It was nothing more than temporarily misappropriating from the bank's loans for a few days, and this batch of Thai goods first pretended to be sold to song TIANYAO at a high price to make a profit, and then the Indian goods were supplied to Tang Boqi and ten factories after the transaction with song TIANYAO was completed.

"Friend, what's your name? We can continue to cooperate in the future." after finishing the deal, Xia Harry asked the other party.

The tone of the other party was unwilling: "my name is Lei Guantai. Continue to cooperate in the future? Don't think about it. I only do this business once, Pu youAm! I don't want to deal with businessmen like you anymore!"