mesbooks Chapter 306: The Currency Unit Was Wrong
Chapter 306: The Currency Unit Was Wrong
Cola Novels: turn the page and you're in another world.
The next afternoon, Huang Xiaochuan and Chen Zhe were walking on campus when Ding Yi caught up with them and hugged them from behind.
"Please treat me to dinner tonight."
Huang Xiaochuan slapped Ding Yi's hand off his neck.
"Eat my ass! All you ever think about is food. Look at you, you have mumps, and you're still eating?"
Ding Yi is getting fatter and fatter; his face is noticeably bigger. His eyes weren't big to begin with, and now that the proportions are off, they look even smaller.
"Tch! Life is all about eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping. Eating comes first. Besides, I made you guys over seven million this morning, so treating me to a meal isn't too much to ask, is it?"
Before Huang Xiaochuan could speak, Chen Zhe agreed.
"It's my treat tonight, Lao Ding. What would you like to eat?"
Ding Yi looked at Huang Xiaochuan with disdain: "Big shot, why have you become so stingy? Look at Old Chen."
Huang Xiaochuan ignored him and gave him a pair of mothballs to figure it out himself.
During dinner that evening, Huang Xiaochuan handed Ding Yi an envelope containing some photos sent by the Transportation Corps to Yu Wei, who then gave it to Huang Xiaochuan to deliver to Ding Yi.
Because this road was actually a private project undertaken by the traffic police, there is no completion and acceptance report from the relevant department. However, there aren't many requirements for roads in the mountains; as long as they are sturdy and durable, it's fine, as long as it makes it convenient for children in the mountains to go to school.
Ding took it and looked at it. This was the mountain road in southeastern Sichuan. It was now open, and people in the mountains could travel smoothly to the county town. Moreover, the number of Hope Primary Schools built with donations had reached eleven, and the number was gradually increasing.
Upon seeing this road, Ding Yi was incredibly excited, even more so than if he had earned ten million from the stock market.
Huang Xiaochuan, however, poured cold water on the situation, saying, "Hey, hey, hey! That's enough. This is nothing! As Lu Xun said, it's easy to do good deeds, but it's rare to do good deeds for a lifetime. You've only donated half a road and you're already so smug? Is it really necessary?"
Ding Yi scratched his head and thought for a long time: "Did Mr. Lu Xun say that? How come I didn't know?"
"Alright, it's not too late to know now. Shame is the best teacher! Has the money for building a Hope Primary School in the second half of the year been transferred yet?"
"One million, that was already transferred to the Youth Development Foundation, and they even specified the school's location. Why did what you just said sound so awkward? What shameful thing did I do? Why should I feel ashamed?"
"That's a compliment, encouraging you to keep up the good work. I seriously suspect you got into university through connections; your Chinese is just too terrible!"
"Damn it, you're the one who got in through connections! Your whole family got in through connections!" Ding Yi was so angry at Huang Xiaochuan that he jumped three feet high.
"Hehe! You guessed it too? You could become a fortune teller." Huang Xiaochuan didn't take it seriously and even mocked Ding Yi.
Faced with someone as shameless as Huang Xiaochuan, Ding Yi could only say resentfully, "When a person is shameless, they are invincible. Your skin is thicker than a city wall."
Chen Zhe didn't participate in the argument at all; he was used to it, and the two of them would naturally stop arguing when they got tired of it.
In late September 1993, due to the failure to bid for the 2000 Olympic Games, the market lost momentum and the Hang Seng Index fell back to around 7300 points. Huang Xiaochuan immediately instructed Min Huifen to enter the market and continue to go long. Min Huifen has now become a loyal follower of Huang Xiaochuan and carried out his instructions without hesitation. She wanted to see what heights this god-like man could reach.
In October, many US funds were optimistic about China's future economic prospects and the long-term positive stimulus it would provide to Hong Kong's economy. Moreover, with European and American stock prices generally high and little room for profit, Hong Kong stocks had a price-to-earnings ratio of only twelve. As a result, these funds actively invested in Hong Kong stocks.
Morgan Stanley, a well-known American investment bank, announced three times that it would increase its investment in Hong Kong stocks. Major funds around the world followed suit, and the Hang Seng Index surged from 7300 to 8000 points.
That wasn't the end of it. Then, as the yen peaked and fell, Japanese funds began to seek new investment opportunities abroad. Japanese funds are experts at creating bull markets, and they specifically target real estate stocks. With this force joining in, the Hang Seng Index surged to 9650 points by the end of October.
Huang Xiaochuan has won big. Because of leverage, his futures account now holds over $834 million, whereas his initial capital was only $20 million. In the eyes of Min Huifen and a group of HSBC executives, Huang Xiaochuan is a god-like figure. His precise control over the Hang Seng Index trend is something even HSBC's investment analysis department admits they can't achieve. However, HSBC also made a fortune by riding the wave and going long with Huang Xiaochuan.
Huang Xiaochuan is now a veritable god of wealth. Whenever he calls, everyone at HSBC is on high alert, and all resources are mobilized to support him. Min Huifen waits every day for Huang Xiaochuan's call—not just a phone call, but the call to make a fortune.
At the end of October, my eldest sister Zeng Hong came to Shanghai. Her due date is next month, and to be on the safe side, she took leave from her work unit and came to Shanghai early to prepare for childbirth. This time, her brother-in-law Tang Jianhua brought her here.
However, Tang Jianhua will be returning to Suzhou tomorrow, as he still has to work. He will only take leave to come back when he is closer to giving birth.
During lunch, Huang Xiaochuan said to Tang Jianhua, "Brother-in-law, I'll take you somewhere this afternoon."
Tang Jianhua didn't take it seriously; he assumed Huang Xiaochuan was planning to take them shopping.
"There's no need to buy anything else. Your older sister and I have prepared almost everything. Besides, both sets of mothers have already bought everything, so there's nothing else we need to buy."
Tang Jianhua was telling the truth. With the strict implementation of family planning these days, each family can only have one child, so everyone is doing their best to provide the best conditions for their child! So, from diapers and pads to clothes and shoes, to rocking cars, walkers, cradles, strollers, remote-controlled cars, and all sorts of dolls, they bought a lot. The main reason was that they didn't know if it was a boy or a girl, so they simply bought both boys' and girls' toys. They were going to have two children in four months, so they needed to have at least one boy, right?
However, only Huang Xiaochuan knew that if nothing went wrong, the two nieces from his previous life would probably still be there, and there would definitely be no boy.
"You can come with me. Let your older sister sleep for a while after we eat, then we'll go. There's no rush."
Seeing that his brother-in-law insisted on taking them out, Tang Jianhua had no choice but to agree.
When they arrived at their destination, Tang Jianhua and Zeng Hong could hardly believe that the villa in front of them was actually theirs.
Huang Xiaochuan handed a file bag to Zeng Hong: "Sister, this is the invoice, contract, and key. I'll have someone accompany you to get the property ownership certificate and the blue-stamp household registration later."
Zeng Hong quickly refused: "No, no! We don't want to!"
Tang Jianhua was also shocked by his brother-in-law's generosity. It's normal for relatives to exchange gifts, but he had never heard of giving a house as a gift. Having a brother-in-law like this puts a lot of pressure on him!
"Young man, we really can't accept this. We have a house, really."
Huang Xiaochuan smiled and said, "I know you have a house, but not all houses are the same. With this house, you can get a blue-stamp household registration in Shanghai, and after three years you can convert it to a formal Shanghai household registration. Then my nephew will be a Shanghai resident. I'm not just thinking about you, I'm also thinking about my precious nephew, you know?"
Huang Xiaochuan even pointed to Zeng Hong's belly.
When it came to the future of their unborn child, the couple began to waver. In this era, household registration is a very important thing, and a Shanghai household registration is something that is truly hard to come by.
Seeing that the two were wavering, Huang Xiaochuan quickly pressed his advantage.
"My second sister also has one, it's just to the west of your building. When you all move to Shanghai, our whole family can still see each other often, wouldn't that be great!"
"Now you can't take the house back, the invoices and contracts are all in my sister's name, and it can't be changed back. Just consider it a loan to you, brother-in-law, you can work hard to make money and pay me back when you have the money."
The couple had just glanced at the invoice; the amount was over 400,000. They hadn't looked at the currency unit and mistakenly thought it was Japanese yen. Thinking that they could pay it back with some effort, they agreed to keep the villa.