Chen Qi didn’t care about Professor Dewey’s unintentional gaffe, but smiled:

"It's okay. It's a fact that our country is still relatively poor, so I want to purchase some medical equipment that can still be used. However, this is temporary. Sooner or later, I will purchase brand-new machines."

Dewey breathed a long sigh of relief, then nodded and said:

"There is no need to recommend second-hand dealers. There is the largest second-hand trading market on the West Coast in Port Eureka. You can find everything there. You can go and take a look."

Second-hand goods are not a taboo or shameful thing in China.

For example, second-hand cars are the first choice for young people. When they have no money, or when they earn their first money from working, they will choose to buy a second-hand car of their choice.

Similarly, second-hand clothes are also very popular in the country, and there is no need to dislike them just because others have worn them.

Therefore, flea markets first emerged in moldy countries.

There is also a "warehouse auction" or "container auction" that treasure appraisal novels like to write about. In fact, most of the goods sold are second-hand goods, but everyone still enjoys it.

Similarly, every year major hospitals in the country eliminate a large number of medical equipment and testing instruments and are resold by middlemen to the second-hand market.

Some machines have reached the age when they should be eliminated and have to be replaced.

If you sell these iron lumps as scrap in China, you can still make a lot of money. Scrap collectors like these instruments because they can refine various precious metals.

But in a bad country, if you have to deal with these big things, the hospital will not only receive no money, but also pay an extra fee for garbage cleaning, otherwise the cleaning company will not come to collect it.

Therefore, in order to save costs, many hospitals will choose some intermediaries to let others take it away in the name of resale. As for the intermediaries, whether to sell or refine it is their own business.

This is similar to how in some residential areas, for example, if you don't want an old refrigerator, you have to pay a garbage removal company to throw it away. Then the residents will put the refrigerator on the roadside with a label on it, and whoever needs it can pick it up.

Go.

In the same scene, large household appliances and large furniture are all treated in this way. If they are good-looking, they can be sold at community flea markets. If they are not good-looking and the models are too old, they can only be given away, and it is not certain whether passers-by will want them.

When China was poor, we often heard a rumor that you could buy a big color TV or a big refrigerator for free abroad without spending a penny.

At that time, everyone was poor, and they thought that foreign countries were really a paradise, and they didn’t even have to spend money on such precious home appliances?

This situation will continue until domestic home appliance prices are so low that no one wants to go abroad to pick up foreign garbage...

The second-hand medical equipment flowing out of major hospitals in the country are not purely junk. In fact, there are still many good products in it.

Some gray areas or unspoken rules are actually very popular in bad countries. After all, who doesn’t love money?

For example, if a purchasing staff wants to receive a kickback, then they have to purchase brand-new medical equipment. The problem is that your hospital already has an old-fashioned machine with the same function. What should you do?

Then we can only scrap all the machines that can still be used and sell them as scrap.

Because these second-hand instruments are fully functional, most of them are refurbished and sold to other countries. Even if they are disassembled and sold as parts, the market is huge.

In Chen Qi's space, there is equipment from a hospital that he just stole. He is not going to sell it. If he sells it at this critical moment, he is looking for death. The police in the country are not stupid. They must have sent people to keep an eye on the second-hand market secretly.

He wants to buy it.

Chen Qi has now stolen so much medical equipment and testing instruments from the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. He will definitely have to use some of the commercial equipment in the future.

Otherwise, we will starve to death while guarding the golden mountain, thanks? Domestic hospitals are in dire need of food and are in urgent need of these medical equipment.

Then we need to find a good excuse for the source of this part of the machine.

There are no formal sales records in the second-hand market, and you can also use cash transactions, which can avoid the supervision of relevant departments.

Then it will be transported to China or Sierra Leone as "foreign garbage".

When Chen Qi takes out some B-ultrasound machine or some CT parts, he will have a reasonable reason and excuse.

Even if the police in the United States have a tight connection, they must check the source of Chen Qi's medical equipment. Now there is a complete, closed-loop evidence chain, showing that he purchased it from the second-hand market, and the doubts can be eliminated.

In order to ensure that his plan was foolproof, Chen Qi sneaked away in the middle of the plenary meeting, borrowed Professor Dewey's car, and quickly went to the San Francisco Branch of Sumitomo Bank to withdraw 200,000 yuan in cash.

Now the chain of evidence is complete. The source of funds has been clearly explained. Are there any flaws?

When Chen Qi appeared in Yuri Port District near San Francisco, he was shocked by the huge second-hand trading market in front of him.

He originally thought that this market was just like a domestic vegetable market, with a few business offices, a few warehouses, and a group of bored shopkeepers gathering in twos and threes to eat melon seeds.

As a result, the Yuri Port second-hand market in front of us can only be described as huge.

Let's put it this way, Chen Qi drove his car around the entire market trading area. The car kept driving and was always in the market.

There are daily necessities area, automobile area, household appliances area, electronic products area, furniture area, clothing area, and even agricultural products area. This shows how huge the scale is.

Originally, Chen Qi was planning to go straight to the second-hand medical equipment area, just to go through the motions and make a quick decision.

Now that he saw the market was so bustling with cars and people, he suddenly became interested and prepared to have a good stroll.

For example, in the second-hand car market, there are dozens or even hundreds of second-hand cars parked in the open space in front of each store, all of which are available in various models. As long as men are not attracted to them, there is no one they don’t like.

After Chen Qi got out of the car, he looked around among various models of cars, touching this one and looking at that one.

In fact, whether they are cars or off-road vehicles, for Chen Qi who comes from 2022, they can only be described as backward, and the models are also very old.

But when he was reborn in the 1980s, especially when he had been living in China and now working and living in Africa, they were all in backward areas, let alone those cars.

Now when he first saw so many of the most advanced cars from the 1980s placed there, Chen Qi couldn't help but feel itchy.

For example, the Lamborghini LMA002 in front of him was something he had seen in a magazine in his previous life.

This was originally a military vehicle manufactured for the US military, but after failing to compete with the Hummer military vehicle, Lamborghini decided to transform it into a civilian vehicle. For this purpose, it was replaced with another V8 engine and maintained the front four-wheel drive form.<

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It is definitely a tough guy car and can adapt to a variety of complex terrains.

Chen Qi thought to himself that driving such a cool car would be absolutely awesome in a ghost place like Africa, and it would also be practical. In case of any emergency, this "quasi-military vehicle" would be used to ram the opponent.

A heavy machine gun is installed on the roof, and it becomes a military vehicle.

In addition, the second-hand car market also has many pickup trucks that are favorites of Chinese people, ranging from Ford to Dodge, and even Japanese pickup trucks. It is simply a paradise for second-hand car fans.

It's a pity that Chen Qi doesn't know which cars have collectible value. Otherwise, if you pick and choose now, you will definitely make a lot of money in the future.

While Chen Qi was looking around, a salesperson came over and asked politely:

"Sir, what can I do for you?"

Chen Qi thought of a logistics problem and inquired:

"Hello, I am a foreigner who came to China for a meeting. If I want to buy these second-hand cars, is there any way to transport them to China?"

It was probably not the first time that the salesperson encountered this kind of question, so he answered with a smile:

"Don't worry, sir. We are a port here. If you really want to buy a car, you can find an agency and then resell it as scrap and transport it to the address you need by sea. However, you will have to pay a large amount of tax."

Fee, in addition..."

The salesman obviously wanted to facilitate this deal, so he whispered:

"In addition, there are some companies in Yuri Port that can help you avoid these taxes and fees, but they also charge a certain fee. They can also help you deliver the things you need to any corner of the world."

Chen Qi immediately understood that this was smuggling, secretly loading cars into containers, and as long as the customs inspector was one of his own, anything could be smuggled away.

It's said to be a company, but I'm afraid it's more people involved in gangs who are doing this kind of thing.

Chen Qi asked curiously:

"If I want to buy more second-hand cars or other second-hand products, and the quantity is large and cannot be purchased within one day, what should I do?"

"That's also very simple, sir. You just need to rent a warehouse in the warehouse area over there, and then store the purchased materials there every day. After you complete the purchase, you can transfer them all at once. Moreover, the warehouse can be used daily.

Renting is very convenient."

It’s no wonder that it’s an old capitalist country, with considerate service and everything you can think of.

This daily rental warehouse is tailor-made for Chen Qi, because the warehouse area is densely packed with large and small warehouses.

Chen Qi looked over and saw that there were at least hundreds of them, and there were cars coming and going in the warehouse area. It looked like the business was very busy.

This gave Chen Qi an opportunity to use his cheating skills to cheat. When the time came, he would put all the materials to be purchased into the warehouse, then secretly collect them into the space, and finally cancel the lease.

As for the removal of things in the warehouse, no one will pay attention to it, and the lessor will not care either. Anyway, as long as you rent a lot, it will be fine.

Chen Qi felt happy now, thinking that this salesperson had a good sales attitude, and he deserved to make a small fortune today.

"Well, then I want to buy some more cars from your store, such as pickup trucks, this Lamborghini off-road vehicle, and other classic cars. Recommend them to me, but the quality must be good, and I also need to be able to buy them.

You don’t need accessories for models that are not popular.”

When I heard about sales, my eyes lit up:

"Really? Sir, how many cars do you need to buy? Don't worry, I will definitely recommend the best quality cars in the store to you, and I can even apply for the biggest discount from the manager."

Chen Qi doesn’t know anything about cars. What kind of engineering knowledge do you expect a medical student to know?

He bought the car purely for transportation. The price of second-hand cars in another moldy country is really cheap.

For example, the Ford Raptor, the most famous "farmer's car" in China, is 80% new and only costs $1,200.

Chen Qi's favorite Lamborghini LMA002, because new car sales are not good, so second-hand cars are cheaper, costing Chen Qi only $2,500.

The most expensive one is the Mercedes-Benz W126, which is a classic S model from the early 1980s. It is almost brand new and costs US dollars.

In this way, Chen Qi bought 20 second-hand cars of various models, from trucks to cars, from low-end to high-end, and only spent more than 50,000 US dollars, the cost of a flying knife.

For Chen Qi, this business is a great deal. No matter whether he is in Africa or back home, his car problem will be solved.
To be continued...