For two gangsters, it is impossible to spend and save money as much as they earn. It is already very difficult for them to buy two tickets to go abroad.
After the two guys arrived in Kinshasa, they were already empty. They didn't even dare to leave the airport, so they waited inside for Lin Yi's call.
At noon, the two of them pooled their money to buy a pizza.
"Okay, I'll go to the airport now and buy you two tickets to come here. I'll call you after I've purchased them."
Air tickets can be purchased on behalf of the passenger, and the information belongs to the passenger.
Lin Yi talked to Marty, and then left the hotel and asked the taxi driver where to find a ticket agency. The driver took Lin Yi to a large shopping mall, where there was a ticket agency. Lin Yi gave Tommy and the others
Bought two tickets and called Tommy to tell him.
"When you get here, I will pick you up at the airport." Lin Yi said.
"Great, I really hope to see you soon." The main reason is that these two guys are really out of money. If they don't find Lin Yi, they will starve to death in Africa.
Lin Yi originally wanted to go back to the hotel, but he looked up and saw the large shopping mall next to it, with a sign saying "Gold Exchange" written next to it.
He suddenly became interested.
I plan to go to the market for an on-site inspection.
South Africa is the world's largest gold producer and the largest gold exporter. Gold trading is very prosperous. Lin Yi walked into the market and found that the gold jewelry here was not placed in cupboards at all, but hung on the walls or hanging on the wall like a free market.
It is placed in a cabinet on the table.
Gold rings come in boxes.
The gold bracelets are in strings.
The gold necklace is in pieces.
Moreover, such stalls are everywhere, making Lin Yi feel like he is in Alibaba's treasure house.
He picked up a gold bracelet and asked, "How much does this cost?"
There are 11 official languages in South Africa, with English ranking first, so most businessmen in this market speak English.
The other party looked at the number of grams, took out a calculator and did some calculations, then put it in front of Lin Yi, 2840 rand.
Rand is the currency of South Africa.
Lin Yi quickly calculated in his mind.
Now 1 US dollar can be exchanged for 6.44 rand. This bracelet is 28 grams. R2840 is equivalent to 100 rand per gram, which is equivalent to US$440 per ounce. The current international gold price is US$460 per ounce.
Lin Yixin said it was cheap.
"What is the purity of this?" Lin Yi asked again.
"22K."
The boss replied.
Lin Yi's heart suddenly dropped. The international gold price is calculated based on 24K gold. 24K is 'au999', commonly known as the three nines, which is pure gold. 18K is 'au750', and 22K gold is 'au916', with a gold content of 91.652%.
Based on this calculation, the price of gold equivalent to this bracelet is US$488 per ounce.
That is to say,
When Lin Yi bought it and put it into the system, he lost $28 per ounce, which is almost $1 per gram.
certainly,
There are also processing prices here. If you are buying and selling gold bricks, the price will definitely be much cheaper.
However, Lin Yi still bought the bracelet and paid in cash in US dollars. The other party was very happy to see Lin Yi paying US dollars, so he calculated a more favorable price for Lin Yi, saving him a few dollars.
The dollar is very strong in African countries.
After walking around the market twice more, Lin Yi bought two more pieces of gold jewelry, a necklace and a gold ring, spending several hundred dollars more.
He took off the sign and walked around to the gold recycling company on the side of the gold store. Gold trading and gold recycling are always golden partners.
Lin Yi took out the bracelet and said, "I want to sell this bracelet."
The other party did not ask for any formalities from Lin Yi. They just weighed and tested it, and then quoted a price. After hearing this, Lin Yi found that there was no difference between the price of 24K gold and today's gold price in South Africa.
He calculated it.
After entering and exiting, Lin Yi had an intuitive understanding of the price.
He took out his American bank card and asked them to transfer the money to his bank card. The other party did not hesitate and processed the transfer for Lin Yi.
In fact, this is also one of the ways of laundering money.
Purchase with cash and refund by bank card, so that the money becomes legal money as soon as it is withdrawn or withdrawn.
Some money laundering companies use this ant-moving method, but for truly large amounts of money laundering, this method is too slow.
But there is also an advantage, that is, it is very troublesome to trace. There may be thousands or even tens of thousands of accounts offline. They are controlled by computer software. When they are collected in the middle, they will go through many banks in many countries and regions, and the entire network will be investigated.
It may involve tens of thousands of accounts and tens of thousands of transactions. If the tracing unit wants to sort it out one by one, it will tire you to death.
And most of them can't figure it out at all. No country can ask all the banks in the world to cooperate with your investigation, not even the United States.
Leave the gold store.
Lin Yi let the system absorb the gold rings and necklaces left in the space directly.
Lin Yi did experiments in the last world. The gold space can absorb various valuable currencies, gold and silver, but it can only spit out the currency anchored in the world at that time.
In the previous world, it was RMB,
The world is dollars.
Gold can be exchanged for money if eaten, but gold can no longer be spit out.
After the gold is absorbed, some impurities remain. Lin Yixin said that the system wallet is really picky and only consumes 24K gold.
As for the price,
Also based on the current international price of 24K gold, his wallet has grown by several hundred dollars.
Do the math before and after.
It’s almost the same as selling to a recycler,
The loss is more than 20 US dollars for 1 ounce.
The international gold price is uniform and transparent, and there are no differences between countries. South African gold is also controlled by the state and handed over to several companies for operation, including domestic operations and exports, and all must follow formal procedures.
The gold Lin Yi bought in the market must have followed the international gold price, plus processing fees, which is no different from other countries.
The so-called cheap gold in Africa means that underground gold is cheap.
Many privately mined black mines are illegal mining without the permission of the state and are cracked down by the government. If you want to sell them, you can only trade them underground. The price of gold will naturally be much cheaper.
In fact, money can be laundered by depositing cash in the bank, but only in small amounts, such as a few thousand dollars each time. However, all banks have supervision. If the amount is too large, or the number of times is too high, the source of the funds will be investigated.
Money laundering is a delicate business.
Looking at the time, it was still early. He went around several banks in the city and applied for a few bank cards.
Naturally, it is in the name of Captain Jack Sparrow.
There are cards from local banks and cards from international banks. Johannesburg is an international metropolis and one of the largest markets for gold trading. Many big banks have opened branches here.
He went to the street where communication equipment was sold and bought dozens of new mobile phones and new phone cards in more than a dozen mobile phone stores.
Most of the mobile phones I bought before were made into bombs.
Now he still has a lot of bombs in his hand for spare use.
It is impossible for the drug lord to have the powerful tracing capabilities of the FBI and to find Lin Yi and others through the phone. However, he still needs to be cautious and prepares to change all the contact information of several people.
.....
When the plane from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo to Johannesburg landed at the airport, Tommy and Kent walked out of the aisle. They only took the simplest small package in their hands. It didn't look like they had come from afar. Domestic travelers had more greetings than they did.
As soon as the two came out, they saw Lin Yi. Tommy ran towards Lin Yi happily: "Jack, I finally see you again."
As he spoke, he wanted to give Lin Yi a hug.
But as soon as he reached Lin Yi, he thought of something, his face changed and he said angrily: "We were harmed by you this time. Do you know, those drug dealers really went and searched for us all over the world, and Senna is also dead.
"How did you know?" Lin Yi asked.
"A friend of mine on the road called me before Kent and I got on the plane and told me that a group of vicious guys are looking for you all over the world, and they also went to where we live. The people in the Senna parking lot were killed by them.
They captured Senna and tortured you to ask about your whereabouts, but in the end they couldn't find you and you were killed by them."
After Senna died, Lin Yi felt in a good mood.
"I went on this job because Senna introduced me to it. He should have known it would be very dangerous and still let me go. Maybe this guy didn't have good intentions in the first place." Lin Yi said.
"What should we do now? Those drug dealers will not let us go, and we will definitely not be able to go back to Miami." Tommy said distressedly.
Lin Yi smiled and patted Tommy on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I told you on the phone that I will definitely make you happy and drink spicy food. I have a good way to make a fortune."
"What way?"
"Let's go, let's talk about it at the hotel."
I brought Tommy and Kent to the hotel, introduced them to Marty, and now the foursome gathered together.
"Eat first, and I will arrange work for you when I come back." Lin Yi said.
In the barbecue restaurant downstairs, several people had a good meal. When they returned to the hotel room, Lin Yi said to the three of them: "To be honest with you, I belong to an organization. This money transport incident was done by that organization. Before I
It’s just the periphery, now it’s time to enter the elite level.”
Lin Yi started to make up a story.
"There are too many things I can't say. I can only say this much."
Marty, Tom, and Kent all looked at Lin Yi. From the beginning, they felt that this 'Jack' was a bit mysterious, not very good, but in short it was not simple.
As for Jack's driving skills, he would definitely be very good elsewhere, so why come to Miami to be a pony salesman.
As for Marty, he saw with his own eyes that Lin Yi came to him with a gun. When he went out, there were corpses on the ground. To say that he did it on his own, this was indeed a bit surprising. He would rather believe that the other party was organized.
"Next, I can form my own team. I want to ask you if you are willing to follow me?"
Lin Yi said and looked at the three of them.
Tommy was a little excited.
"Have you been conducting organizational trial tasks before? Just like a knight from a noble family, after completing the task and being named, you can form your own knighthood?"
"That's about it." Lin Yi nodded.
"Is there anyone famous in your organization?" Kent asked.
Lin Yi frowned, "I know a little bit, but I can't reveal too much to you. By the way, you should all know about this person. Do you know the 'Lin' who caused a sensation a few days ago?"
Several people nodded together.
"That 'Lin' is the elite of our organization. After he was framed, the organization was very angry, and then launched a series of actions, including court killings and the kidnapping of Turner Manor. Do you think that can be done by one person? They are all organized
Help behind the scenes.”
Several people opened their mouths in surprise.
It turns out that the organization Jack belongs to is so powerful.
"I'm willing to join." Marty already had nowhere to go, so he naturally joined.
"I am willing too." Tommy also nodded. After listening to Lin Yi's story, he was already a little excited, feeling that he had finally found his future.
"Me too." Kent said.
Several people expressed their willingness to become members of Jack's team.
Lin Yi nodded, "Next, everyone will have a job. As long as it is done, I guarantee that each of you will make enough money to enjoy life."
Lin Yi opened a box and took out two stacks of U.S. dollars from it, "Here are twenty thousand U.S. dollars, Tommy Kent. You can use the money to buy gold tomorrow. It doesn't have to look pretty. What we want most is gold. We will return the gold when we get it."
To melt away.”
This method is a bit rough, but in the entrepreneurial stage, everything is focused on achieving goals. Lin Yi's first goal is to launder a sum of money and let Marty complete the registration of 200 companies.
The real money comes later.
Seeing the money, Tommy's eyes lit up, he picked up two wads of money and put them under his nose and sniffed them vigorously.
the taste of money,
Tommy didn't care at all about money laundering. He used to sell fans and was not a good person. Now he just wanted to change his way of living. The thought of joining a large organization made him feel full of energy.
"Don't worry Jack, I promise to complete the mission."
Lin Yi looked at Marty, "Marty, tomorrow we will look for a suitable gold refining, processing and export company and buy it. You pretend to be my economist and lawyer."
"No problem." Marty nodded.
Another room was opened for Tommy and Kent, right opposite Lin Yi. Early the next morning, the four of them started to separate.
PS: Brothers, the network at home suddenly broke down, so I had to upload to another place, so it was a little late. Now is the period of double monthly tickets on the 11th. I originally planned to ask for monthly tickets for an extra update, but I didn't get it. Please help vote.