188 Purchasing Power
If there is any currency recognized by the whole world now, it will be the currency of No. 1 City.
There is a currency exchange point at the immigration office, but No. 1 City only recognizes gold. If other cities want to do business with No. 1 City, they must first exchange gold for currency and then purchase No. 1 City's industrial products. However, the reason why No. 1 City's currency is strong is that in No. 1 City, you can also convert the currency into gold at any time.
The currency linked to gold is naturally strong. Since this is the case, Gaoqi will definitely be willing to exchange the gold it brings for banknotes. Not to mention other benefits, the key is that banknotes are much lighter than gold.
"Hello, exchange for 20,000 grams of gold."
Gao Qi pulled the box to the window of the exchange point. He opened the box and placed the gold bricks weighing one kilogram on the counter. After he placed twenty small gold bricks in a regular manner, the staff began to weigh the gold bricks and shine the gold bricks with something that could glow.
"This is the standard gold brick issued by the Bounty Hunter Guild. It has the right weight. According to the current exchange price, the price of 200,000 grams of gold is 200,000 yuan in cash. Do you want cash or apply for a card? We can apply for the first bank's bearer savings card, which only requires a management fee of 200 yuan per year. You can withdraw cash and consume with your password in City No. 1."
"Apply for a card?"
Gao Qi was stunned for a moment. Although he had never used a bank card, he naturally understood this kind of thing.
But I didn't think about the day when I could use my bank card. Gao Qi thought about it and finally looked at Qi Feifei and said, "Sister-in-law, I still need cash to apply for the card."
Qi Feifei smiled and said, "A small amount of cash, about 10,000 yuan, the remaining deposit card."
Gao Qi happily agreed, set his password and confirmed his signature, and then he added a silver-white bank card and a stack of red banknotes.
After taking the banknotes, Gao Qi took a penny from the middle, and then handed over almost half of the money to Niu Lidong, saying, "Here, take it."
Niu Lidong swallowed, but he didn't take the money, but said with a confused look on his face: "Why give it to me?"
"Because... you can't lose money."
Niu Lidong still said with a confused look on his face: "But what do I want money?"
Gao Qi was speechless, and he didn't know how to answer.
Huang Fei said impatiently, "You silly boy, if you have money, buy whatever you like."
Niu Lidong frowned and took the money with a bitter and revengeful look on his face. Then, after a long time of struggling, he finally said, "How to buy it?"
It seemed that only Huang Fei felt that Niu Lidong's reaction was normal, but Qi Feifei said in a shocked look: "Just buy it with money. You can give it as much as you sell it. Otherwise, how else can you buy it? Have you never bought anything?"
Niu Lidong said seriously: "We only make what we need, or exchange, steal, and rob, but we don't know how to buy it. This money... is paper, what's the use? Why can people buy things with paper?"
Qi Feifei is a bit like why not eat meat. Although she is smart, she knows nothing about the lives of the deserted people. Huang Fei is different. Huang Fei is familiar with the deserted people. He knows that the deserted people only have the concept and habit of bartering things, and it is really impossible to use it on the wasteland for paper money.
"You just treat this as food, and one hundred yuan is equivalent to..."
One gram of gold costs ten yuan, but how much food can a gram of gold be exchanged for is different in different places.
During famine, ten grams of gold may not be able to exchange for a kilogram of rice, but in a city where food is abundant, one gram of gold can buy 100 kilograms of rice.
Huang Fei thought for a while and said to Niu Lidong: "The money you have in your hands can buy at least 500 kilograms of rice."
Niu Lidong is not stupid. He just lacks concepts about money, but is very sensitive to purchasing power.
Niu Lidong's eyes widened. He flipped over a stack of banknotes in his hand, and then stuffed them directly into his pocket without hesitation.
He put the money in his pocket, but Niu Lidong felt that it was not safe, so he put his hands in his pocket and refused to take them out again.
"One piece of five hundred kilograms, one piece of five hundred kilograms..."
Gao Qi couldn't help but want to laugh. He patted Niu Lidong on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, don't be foolish."
Huang Fei was still walking in the front. Qi Feifei took two steps and held his arm. Huang Fei raised his arm impatiently and tried to get rid of Qi Feifei, Qi Feifei held Huang Fei's arm again without any hesitation.
"Where to go?"
Qi Feifei said sweetly: "Go to the hotel. I have booked a room. Let's go to the hotel to rest first, and then we go to have a meal. I want you to try the roast duck here, which is delicious. We will eat mutton hotpot in the evening, and then braised and cooked..."
Huang Fei said impatiently: "Eat and eat, you know how to eat. If you come more, you will lead the way. How can we go?"
Qi Feifei made a move, and at the exit of the entry office, a large-scale concierge car parked in front of Gao Qi and others. Then, the driver in a black uniform got out of the car, opened the trunk, and began to put Gao Qi and Niu Lidong's luggage into the trunk.
Qi Feifei brought a small bag, but Huang Fei didn't bring anything. Gaoqiu's luggage was now left with two gun boxes and a bag of clothes. Niu Lidong, his luggage was gone and confiscated.
Qi Feifei smiled at the driver and said, "Master, go to Dongfang Huaying Hotel."
The driver drove, Gao Qi and Niu Lidong sat in the third row, and then they occupied a car window each and looked out the window in large quantities.
"It's so good...it's much better than Mist City."
There are many pedestrians on the street. Although most of them look hurried, everyone exudes an uplifting temperament, and there are also many people in Wucheng, but everyone exudes a sense of haze and sorrow. Therefore, the first feeling is that No. 1 City is much better than Wucheng.
"That's right, where is our No. 1 City? What kind of broken place is Wucheng? Can you compare it? Let me tell you, before, Wucheng was indeed an international metropolis, but now, it's not possible. Hey, this is called feng shui rotation, do you think it's?"
The driver was answered. Gao Qi was stunned for a while, and then he kept saying, "Yes, yes, Feng Shui takes turns."
At this time, Niu Lidong suddenly pulled up with his hands. After waiting for the height, he turned his head, but saw Niu Lidong's expression very nervous.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Niu Lidong looked serious and said seriously: "Why are there so many people? Look over there, what is that?"
He glanced high and said, "Uh, bus? Oh no, that's a tram!"
Niu Lidong swallowed and whispered: "Then there must be thousands of people?"
"Yeah, there should be."
Niu Lidong said with a serious look on his face again: "You said that so many people are crowded, and a directional thunder will kill many people?"
Gao Qi was stunned, and Huang Fei couldn't help but turn his head and take a look. The driver couldn't help looking at Niu Lidong in the rearview mirror, and said with a vigilant look: "This... little brother, you are not going to cause trouble when you come to City No. 1, right?"
Chapter completed!