MTL - Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat-Chapter 4 Famous watch
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Major Raquel Cross, the captain of the transport ship Charles Joss, is a **** man with a bald head and a beard. He is about forty years old.
In the impression of the original body, this is the first black American officer that Fang Lang knows. Black people in this era will be discriminated against in the American army, so Fang Lang is surprised that a black man can serve as the captain of the United States, but there are so many in Brazil. It's black, and Fang Lang knows how to deal with black people.
After seeing the order delivered by the orderling, Fang Lang stood at attention and saluted, and was interrupted by Major Cross's outstretched right hand just as he was about to speak. Seeing the other party's outstretched right hand, Fang Lang quickly reached out and held it .
"Hello, Lieutenant Fang Lang, you don't have to be too restrained on the ship. You are welcome to board the Charles Jose." After speaking, he patted Fang Lang's right arm with his left hand, very enthusiastically.
"Hello, Major Cross, I am Fang Lang of the Brazilian Expeditionary Army. It is an honor to be able to study on your ship."
Cross could see Fang Lang's embarrassment from Fang Lang's expression, but no other white soldiers saw his strangeness, and obviously he would not express dissatisfaction because he was black.
Since it was Commodore Jackson who directly arranged for him to board the ship so that he could assess the other party's sailing skills, and he was a young man who looked less than twenty years old, Cross felt that this person should be a related family no matter what he thought. Therefore, in terms of attitude, he did not show the airs of an officer at all.
"Okay, young man, since everyone is going to live on the same boat, we are brothers. I will ask the first officer to arrange a bed for you first, and then I suggest you take the time to make a big purchase today, because our return journey on the boat There are a lot of empty positions, maybe you can make a fortune when you arrive in the United States." Hearing Major Cross's direct words made Fang Lang's heart beat wildly, isn't this a free transport ship? Need to think carefully about what can be sold from Italy to the US to make money.
"Captain, won't we be punished for using the warship to transport personal items like this?" Fang Lang was still a little worried about whether he would be punished.
"Haha. Young man, we just bring some of our own personal belongings, and we don't want to fill the boat full. What's the problem? There's nothing to pull on the boat on the return trip! Who cares what you bring. This But the welfare of the crew! In the future, you will also bring some personal items to the crew on your ship, won’t you?” Major Cross said meaningfully.
Fang Lang listened to what Major Cross said, and he also recalled that he also allowed the crew to bring some personal belongings on ocean-going freighters in modern society. Why couldn't he react when he arrived in the army?
"I see, thank you for the reminder, sir!" I couldn't help thinking, what things can be sold in Italy to the United States to make money directly? Think about it, many of the most famous Italian products in later generations seem to be luxury goods, chocolates, and sports cars, but at this time, these seem to have not grown up yet!
In this way, Fang Lang, under the leadership of the chief mate, settled down, and soon came to the streets of Naples, Italy, and began to look for goods that could make him rich. Because it was still early, Fang Lang was not in a hurry, while admiring the streets of Italy , while sighing in my heart, these Italians are not good at fighting, but they are really good at cooking food. After shopping for so long, it seems that the most shops on the street are restaurants.
This made Fang Lang very helpless, he couldn't take the pasta to sell in the United States! How could it be possible to make a fortune, let alone pizza, and there were no famous Italian industrial products in this era. It seems almost impossible to get rich.
In fact, none of the above was the reason why Fang Lang couldn't get rich. He touched his five hundred dollars of capital in his pocket, and sighed helplessly. Capital is the fundamental reason that restricts Fang Lang's fortune! Of course, everyone should not think that five hundred dollars is small money. The dollars in this era are much more valuable than the dollars in modern society. This money is the military salary that Fang Lang has saved for a long time.
Fang Lang wandered around and came to an alley behind the Naval Hospital. Fang Lang found that most of the people gathered here were soldiers, including American soldiers, Italian soldiers, and British soldiers. Although everyone had different military uniforms, they all gathered in this small alley. There was conversation on both sides of the alley.
Fang Lang, who thought there was something exciting to watch, couldn't hold back his instinct to join in the fun, so he went over. I saw a few soldiers placing all kinds of trophies on the ground, including German watches, medals, pistols, water bottles, helmets, rifles, etc., and even a BMW 750 motorcycle. Fang Lang understood that this was a black market where some soldiers exchanged trophies.
Strolling around with great interest, because I have been on the battlefield for a short time, although I have killed a few Germans, judging from the situation when Fang Lang woke up, there must be no spoils around him, and he touched the five hundred in his pocket. U.S. dollars, after thinking about it, since there is no chance to make a fortune, then buy some souvenirs and keep them for later appreciation!
The first thing Fang Lang wanted to buy was a watch, because he didn't have a watch in his hand now, so he went through the entire black market from beginning to end. To be honest, there are no watches in this era that particularly suit Fang Lang's aesthetics. When Fang Lang found a watch that suits him, just when Fang Lang was about to give up and choose one at random, a hoarse voice said in not-so-fluent English: "Brother, do you want to change a watch?"
Fang Lang looked for his reputation, and saw a short, black-haired and brown-eyed man in an Italian military uniform looking at him. There was no military rank or logo on the military uniform. It was impossible to tell whether it was a real Italian soldier or a black market businessman. Fang Lang didn't realize until now that most people would actually take off the obvious troop logo on their bodies. There are also a large number of people who don't mind being identified at all.
Seeing the cobra logo with a pipe dangling from his arm, he didn't pay much attention to it, and replied casually in Italian: "Yes, buddy, but where did you look, I didn't see anything I like, so, sorry. "
This person obviously relaxed when he heard that Fang Lang could communicate in Italian. Obviously, English was still a language he had just learned, and it was not easy to use. also replied in Italian:
"Haha. Brother, I didn't expect you to speak Italian. That's really great. If you want to change your watch, I think you have to look at my collection." As he spoke, he lifted his left arm directly, revealing Seven or eight watches with a full arm.
Looking at the man's wristwatch full of arms, he couldn't help being taken aback, and couldn't help being interested, so he stepped forward and looked at it. One of the watches with a stainless steel case caught Fang Lang's attention.
The man obviously noticed Fang Lang's gaze, took off the watch with a stainless steel case, and handed it to Fang Lang, saying: "Brother, this is a high-end watch taken from a German general. How about you?" have a look."
Fang Lang took the watch in his hand and observed it carefully, and recognized at a glance that the watch was a Patek Philippe 15.18 perpetual calendar watch, and it was made of stainless steel. This is a rare item.
"Sorry, I don't know much about the brand of the watch. May I know what brand it is? He is really beautiful." Fang Lang asked pretending not to know the brand of this watch.
In this era, advertisements can only be advertised in newspapers and radio, so the transmission of information is far from developed, and the current Patek Philippe is far from becoming the top luxury brand of later generations, but only circulated among some top aristocratic royal families.
"Uh! I don't know this either, but believe me this watch was really taken from a German general." Fang Lang's question poured cold water on the man's idea of raising the price .
"Okay then, may I know how much you are going to sell me?" Seeing that the Italian didn't even know the brand, Fang Lang was overjoyed, knowing that he might miss something today, and said calmly .
"How much? No, I don't want money!" The Italian was very happy to hear that Fang Lang wanted this watch, but when he heard that he wanted to spend money to buy it, he directly refused.
(end of this chapter)
