After hearing the Italian's analysis, Elrond finally understood why there was such a huge difference in price, and it seemed that he had to take advantage of the large capitalists to start entering the market on a large scale before he could complete his capital accumulation.
"Man, will I come over next time and bring the goods directly to you here? I know that the next time I come over I'll have the goods in my hands and won't have to worry at all about whether I can sell them or not, but since you're the one who reminded me of this path to wealth, I won't leave you behind to get rich on my own. Unless you damage my interests. Do you understand?" Elrond didn't know if this Italian would already be on the battlefield the next time he came over, although it wasn't necessary to sell him the cigarettes, but since he was the one who had shown him this path to wealth, it wasn't Elrond's style to leave him behind, so it was better to ask for clarification.
"Brother, you're good enough. You're right, I might move with the troops the next time you come over, but it's okay, I'll take you to meet my uncle now, and the next time you come over to Italy, just go directly to my uncle. Trust me, no matter how much goods you bring, we'll definitely be able to eat it." After saying that, he started packing his stall.
Elrond saw this Italian wind and fire style of doing things also can not help but a little admiration up, looked at the watch in hand, although found the big business of selling cigarettes, but this watch Elrond also do not want to give up, not as generous as a high price, let the other side earn a little bit, after the cigarette business in the talk will not feel that they have a shortfall, a yard to a yard, and then opened his mouth! So he opened his mouth and said: "Buddy, I'll buy this watch! You open a price, I do not return the price."
"Haha ..... Brothers, I will first bring you to know my uncle, if our business can be negotiated, then this watch will be my gift for making a new friend." The Italian was obviously more interested in the cigarette business now, so he didn't care about the value of this tiny watch, if he could use this watch to make a channel that could provide cigarettes for a long period of time, it would definitely be worth every penny.
"It's an honor to visit your uncle, my name is Elrond, I don't know how to call my buddy." Seeing that the other party was not willing to dwell too much on the matter of the watch, Elrond did not say any more. Since he had already decided to go and meet with his uncle to maintain a long-term cooperation, Elrond still decided to inform the other party of his real name.
"Carlo Gambino, you can call me Carlo, I'm sure we'll all be brothers soon, I wonder if I can call you Elrond." Elrond wanted very much to tell Carlo that Chinese names should be called Wave, but thinking about how frivolous it seemed to feel if he was called Wave, he let it go.
"Of course, Carlo, I'm sure we'll be good buddies soon. I don't know what would be the appropriate gift for me to give when visiting your uncle." Elrond knew that Italians like to give each other gifts when they meet, and since he was visiting an elder, basic manners Elrond had to have.
"Elrond, it seems you know Italians well, my uncle likes wine, we'll just bring a bottle of wine." Italians never mind the size of the value for gifts, it often depends on preferences and needs, and Carlo's uncle obviously didn't lack gifts, so Carlo directly suggested.
Soon Elrond follows Carlo to his uncle's apartment and the door is opened by a young man in a suit who sees Carlo arriving and enthusiastically shakes Carlo's hand in a hug and touches cheeks with him.
"Haha ..... Carlo, why is my good brother free to visit the house today."
"Hey! Nino, long time no see, today is mainly to bring a friend over to introduce to uncle." He said pulling Elrond behind him and introducing him:
"This is my brother Elrond who I met today, you can call him Elrond, we want to introduce a big deal to our uncle, I don't know if he's around."
Nino looked over to Elrond and saw him holding a bottle of wine in his hand and extended his right hand enthusiastically, "Hello Elrond, I'm Nino Gambino, Carlo's cousin, nice to meet you."
Elrond extends his right hand to shake Nino's as well, "Nice to meet you, Nino. First visit to the house, brought a little gift, hope you like it." Saying so, he handed over the wine in his hand.
"Haha ..... Elrond, I like your gift very much, I'm sure my father will like it too, come on in." Saying that, he welcomed Elrond into the room, Italians like to open their gifts in person and express their gratitude, they feel that this is a sign of respect to their guests. This etiquette was also something Elrond had learned in the modern world, and could not imagine that he would have the opportunity to use it today.
Soon everyone entered the room and exchanged pleasantries with the family one by one, finally leaving only Uncle Carlo's father and son and Elrond to sit in the living room with Carlo's four, Carlo's uncle, Bojan Gambino, was obviously very attached to the business after hearing Carlo's presentation.
"Elrond, I wonder how many cigarettes you can provide." Bojan Gambino got straight to the point.
"Mr. Gambino, right now I have a limited amount of money on hand, so the first time I may not trade a large amount, which is about $10,000 worth of goods. But two months from now I'll be able to provide several million dollars worth of goods. I don't know if you guys can take it." Elrond was very confident that he would become the captain of a Brazilian Navy transport ship when he came back from the United States, and the amount of cigarettes that he would bring back from a trip to Brazil by then would definitely be quite impressive.
Several people were shocked when they heard Elrond's answer, they couldn't imagine that he could provide such a large quantity of goods, several people knew that cigarettes were very profitable, but expressed their surprise that Elrond could ship such a large quantity of cigarettes.
Elrond didn't want to make too much of himself, and just gave a few people a confident smile. But such a large amount was obviously more than they could eat.
"Mr. Elrond, please don't worry, we can completely eat the first two times by ourselves, and if there really is such a large amount behind us, please also don't worry, sir, we'll use the power of our entire family, and we definitely won't let our partner down." Bojan Gambino assured Elrond firmly.
"Mr. Gambino, I wonder what your family is?" Elrond, from the time he entered the room, realized that several people's style of action obviously did not look like serious businessmen, but instead had a strong gangster temperament, but according to Elrond's understanding of the Italian mafia during the World War II period was cleaned up by Mussolini, which made Elrond not quite sure, so he tried to test the waters.
Looking at Elrond's expression, several people knew what was going through Elrond's mind, because everyone on Earth knew that Italy's most familiar specialty, aside from its surrender-loving army, was the mafia.
Several eyes were focused on the old man, Bojan Gambino, and it was clear that Nino and Carlo were asking if they were going to reveal it to Elrond to know, while Elrond was waiting for his answer.
Only to see the old man's gaze look straight into Elrond's eyes nodding softly, "We're going to be real brothers, aren't we?"
Elrond knew that the Mafia might still be the target of the Italian government, so when he saw the old man nodding his head instead of opening his mouth to admit it, he understood what he meant.Elrond didn't mind what the other party's identity was, and there was nothing to be afraid of with the Mafia's identity, his own identity was a soldier, so I believe that they wouldn't dare to do anything too much to him, and in the future, he could support a Chinese gang as well. As for the future, he can also support a Chinese gang! Thinking of this, Elrond did not say much, stood up and stretched out his right hand:
"Of course I'm sure we'll become very close brothers, and I'm honored to know you Mr. Gambino."
The old man was also happy to hear Elrond's answer and stood up, reaching out to shake Elrond's hand in a hug and performed a face-to-face salute and laughed, "Haha ..... We are already the closest of brothers aren't we?"
Carlo and Nino, both of them, watched as the two embraced, their tense bodies finally relaxing. Standing up as well, they shake Elrond's hand again.