Chapter 24 Little Bai Hua and the Treasury - "In the beginning of the 1970s, I made a fortune by buying for zero yuan"
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When Wang Jianxin came out of GUM Department Store, it was still dark.He stood in the darkness on the street for a while and looked around. No one noticed him.He released the GAZ 69 from space and drove around the streets of Moscow, trying to find a place to hide and observe the situation.
It was very cold in the morning in Moscow, more than 20 degrees below zero. Pedestrians on the street were wrapped in thick clothes and walked with their necks curled up.The bakery on the roadside is already open for business, and the smell of baking bread wafts out.Wang Jianxin drove slowly through several streets.
Turning a corner, he saw a shop on the side of the road.The front door is not big, it can even be said to be very low-key, with gray and white walls, no eye-catching signboard, and only a small sign hanging above the door.But there were two policemen standing at the door, wearing gray coats and carrying guns, standing straight on both sides of the door.It's unusual at first glance.
Wang Jianxin parked his car not far away and looked at the sign carefully.The sign says in Russian - "Берёзка", small white birch.
"Little Baihua Store." Wang Jianxin read it again, and his heart moved.
He had heard of such stores.The Little White Birch Store in the Soviet Union specializes in serving foreigners, diplomats, senior officials and the privileged class, and has the same nature as the Friendship Store in the capital.The things inside cannot be bought with rubles, you need to use foreign exchange coupons or hard currency.Ordinary people can't even touch the door, let alone go in.
"I am a foreigner myself, so I can go and have a look." Wang Jianxin smiled.
He drove the car into an alley, put the car into the space when no one was looking, and then quickly came to the store.He went around to the back of the store and hid in a corner to observe for a while.The backyard of the store is not big. There is an iron gate, which is locked, and there are no windows on the wall.He used his spiritual sense to check it out - no one was inside, it was safe.
After a few teleports and a few clicks, Wang Jianxin entered the store.I have become more and more proficient in using the space movement on the third level of Qi Refining. Ignore any obstacles within ten meters, and walking through walls is as easy as drinking water.
The store isn't big inside, but it can't be said to be small, about two to three hundred square meters.The decoration is much more exquisite than the ordinary stores outside, with carpets on the floor and oil paintings on the walls. It doesn't look like a store, but more like a private club.There are various products on the shelves, but the quantity is not large, and they are high-quality products.
Wang Jianxin stood at the entrance and looked around.
Directly visible is the food and wine area.All kinds of caviar - Russian, Iranian, red caviar, black caviar, packed in exquisite glass jars.Vodka is not the ordinary product sold outside, but a high-end product specially designed for export. The bottle is beautifully designed and has a golden label.Martell Cognac, lying bottle by bottle in wooden boxes, looks expensive.
Western tobacco, alcohol and candies.Marlboro, Triple Five, boxes after boxes.Lindt chocolate, colorful packaging.British fruit candy, French toffee.Imported canned meat – Spam luncheon meat, Danish ham, Hungarian salami.Salmon, trout, smoked, salted, vacuum packed.Various cheeses, including French Brie, Swiss Emmental, and Italian Parma, are sealed with wax and placed in a thermostatic cabinet.
"Take them all away." Wang Jian waved his hand, and the shelves and things disappeared out of thin air.
Next to it is the clothing and accessories section.Shoes and hats - Italian leather shoes, Austrian leather boots, British felt hats, are placed on the shelves in pairs.Italian ties, silk, in many colors.British woolen cloth, in pieces, dark, plaid, thick and crisp.What surprised Wang Jianxin the most was jeans.
"Is anyone wearing jeans at this time?" Wang Jianxin picked up a pair of jeans and looked at them.Blue, with copper buttons, similar to jeans of later generations.In this era, jeans are a fashion among young people in the West, but they are definitely a rarity in the Soviet Union, and ordinary people have never seen them.
Take them all away.
Then there is the cosmetics and perfume section.French perfumes, Chanel, Dior, Guerlain, are displayed in glass cabinets bottle by bottle. The bottles are as exquisite as works of art.French cosmetics, foundation, lipstick, eye shadow, various colors and styles.Wang Jianxin didn't recognize the brand, but it looked high-end.
"Take them all away for my mother, sister, and sister-in-law." Wang Jianxin swept away the shelves in the cosmetics section.
Next is the electronic products area.Japanese recorders and cassette recorders, Sony and Panasonic, with silver panels and shiny knobs.Toshiba TV, color, is not big, but it is definitely a luxury product in this era.There are piles of audio equipment, including amplifiers, speakers, and record players, from Germany and Japan.German transistor radio.
"You can get whatever you want." Wang Jianxin put all these electronic products into the space.
Finally, there is the cultural products area.Various art books, picture albums, sculpture collections, architectural albums, hardcover, coated paper, beautifully printed.The exquisite matryoshka dolls are nested one inside another. The largest one is half a person's height and the smallest one is only the size of a fingernail. The paintings are exquisite and the colors are bright.There are also a variety of books and magazines, in Russian, English, French, literature, science and technology, and art, filling the bookshelves.
"No matter, take it away first and put it in your study. You can read it later."
Wang Jianxin found a stack of car albums at the end of the cultural products area.It's not an ordinary photo album, but a product catalog - you can choose a car through the photo album, fill in the order, and then go to the designated location to pick up the car.He flipped through it, and there were various models in it, including Soviet, Eastern European, and Western European models.The last few pages of the album printed the address of the place where the car was picked up, which should be a warehouse.
"This store is so low-key, but the things it sells are really good." Wang Jianxin put away the car brochure, preparing to visit the car pick-up area when he has the opportunity in the future.
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