Chapter 10 Rubin Duck
After leaving his aunt's house, no one gave Ye Dongqing free food, and only a few dozen dollars were left in his pocket, forcing him to find a way to make money.
Speaking of ways to make money, there is a saying that the difficulty does not matter, but the ability does not matter. He is not too worried. He is still in the mood to take a nap until it is almost four o'clock, and he does not pack up his things and go out lazyly.
I originally planned to talk to the old man who had cancer, but unfortunately the other party was not there. Ye Dongqing went out again with her schoolbag on her back and squeezed into the subway to find someone in the Upper East District.
In Manhattan, the price of commodities in the bustling areas of SC is slightly higher than that in the XC area, which is mainly due to the increase in operating costs, which is understandable. In order not to affect the future, gloves, masks, hats, etc., must be brought with you. After all, you are preparing for crimes and you will not be remembered by others.
Ye Dongqing went to Walmart supermarket and bought what he wanted. He was very familiar with the road here. After he went out, he put on a hat and sneaked into the crowd and walked eastward.
The entire New York City is divided into five parts in terms of administrative division, namely the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, and the East River, Hudson River, etc., with huge differences between districts.
There are also small islands such as Roosevelt Island and Wudan Island around. The famous Statue of Liberty is also located on a small island. Except for the stupid tourists, locals will hardly go there because there is no fun on it.
Among these districts, Manhattan is the richest and most famous. The entire Manhattan is divided into upper city, mid city, and lower city, with the smallest area and the densest population.
As the economic and cultural center of the entire United States, it has the world's most concentrated high-rise buildings, which brings together the headquarters of most companies on the Fortune 500 list and is also the location of the United Nations headquarters. Last year, the World Trade Center Twin Towers were just blown up, causing a slight drop in housing prices and has recently begun to rise again.
If you want to live in Manhattan, you won’t be able to have no money. Ye Dongqing used to have a big house in the Upper East Side, but now she is gone.
Now in his area, any good house worth more than one million dollars, and the rent is not cheap. It takes about fifteen to twenty years to make a profit when people buy a house and rent it out. Considering the rental-to-sale ratio and the average salary of 50,000 or 60,000 in New York, the land price is quite reasonable, and if you want to live in this most prosperous area in the world, you will inevitably pay some price.
Manhattan has high housing prices, while the Upper East Side is in Manhattan, which is a wealthy area among the rich areas. The environment is much better than where he currently lives. A long distance away, I saw an art shop across the street. The signboard looks a bit old, and that is his destination for this long trip...
There were a lot of traffic on the road, and I walked more than 200 meters forward, mixing among the crowd and passing through the zebra crossing.
The pedestrians are rushing and taking quick and big steps. As soon as the time comes to get off work, many white-collar workers have to squeeze in subways and buses. Faced with the huge pressure brought by living in this city, it is already difficult for most people to simply live.
Ye Dongqing carried a black backpack, and pedestrians passed by him one by one, and came to the door of the store called "Prometheus Crafts" without any haste, and pushed open the door and walked in.
The store is filled with porcelain, armor, jade, watches and other messy things. Most of them are modern handicrafts, filling a whole small shop with high prices, and it seems that customers are regarded as suckers who don’t know anything.
There is no "shocking" in the United States. You can get invoices when buying antiques from stores. If the product is different from the store description, you can get compensation. So this leads to the labels such as "modern crafts" and "imitation products". The authentic products are also marked with the age and price information.
The boss is about forty years old, short and a bit vulgar. He carefully wipes a Rolex in his hand, and his eyes are on Ye Dongqing.
Seeing this little guy who covered his face with a hat and mask and wearing gloves in his hands walking in, he felt a little alert. It was purely a professional habit. He quietly walked two steps to the side and came to the place where the gun was fired.
Ye Dongqing had no doubt at all. As long as he showed even a little threatening behavior, the middle-aged boss nicknamed "Rubin Duck" in front of him would point a gun at his head. This is not the first time he has come to this store.
Selling handicrafts is a cover, and this store is very famous in the underground world of Manhattan.
Rubin Duck does all kinds of business, all of which are shameful industries, such as forging passports, personal information, selling unnumbered firearms, contacting the scavengers for help, and even spending money to buy evil and launder money, he can find a way.
To get straight to the point, Ye Dongqing raised her hand to indicate that she had no idea of being an enemy, and said in a relaxed tone: "Rubin Duck, I want to do a business with you, don't be so nervous, this is just a disguise, I don't want you to remember my face."
When he found out that he knew his nickname, Rubin Duck was still alert and shook his head and said, "Sorry, I was about to close the door when the hospital called and told my wife that she had given birth."
When we met for the first time, we had no acquaintances to recommend it. For safety reasons, he did not want to do business with unknown origins.
"Your wife? Those who are hundreds of dollars a night are not your wife. I know a lot about you, don't lie in front of me."
Ye Dongqing is not a young boy. After his business grew, he worked with Rubin Duck a lot and spent money to let him handle some things. He had six passports hidden in his hand, and five were from the hands of a vulgar middle-aged man in front of him. All of them were able to pass the entry and exit security check and drink several times together.
Put your backpack directly on the glass cabinet and continues to say: "The bag contains some questions about the end-of-month ACT and SAT test. If it works well, you can easily earn a hundred thousand dollars through it. A large group of rich children need them. Give me 30,000 dollars in cash, and these test questions are yours."
The time is too short and there is no ready-made sales channel. Ye Dongqing conservatively estimated the number of $100,000.
He understood that Rubin Duck would definitely have a way to exchange the test questions for money. He heard this guy boast about his previous life, saying that he even helped a desperate unlucky guy sell a kidney and a cornea on the black market. His hands were so powerful that there was always a way to turn the popular test questions into wealth.
"Thirty thousand dollars? Hahaha! Don't mess with me, or I'll call the police." The reason why Rubin Duck got such a nickname is that his voice is like Donald Duck, who is naturally hoarse than ordinary people. He has never seen a person doing business like this and is already impatient.
After finally rushing from XC to Upper East Side, Ye Dongqing could not return empty-handed. He smiled and said, "Okay, I happened to talk to them about your betrayal of the members of the Gambino family. I think those mafia members will come here to thank you specifically.
Chapter completed!