Riding the wind of rebirth

Zhou Zhi said, "Those who provide foreign debt are nominally just lending money to these countries so that they can use it to develop their economies, and then get their principal back and receive interest income."

"That's how it should be normally done."

"Now that I have this opportunity, can I become a borrower? I just need to enter into a bunch of forward contracts for this country's currency or international futures to get huge wealth from this country and then convert that wealth into foreign currency."

"Because I hold a large amount of government bonds of these countries, I can then trigger a bank run by selling them off. Once the country's foreign exchange reserves are depleted, its currency can be overwhelmed, causing it to depreciate wildly."

"After that, I only needed to use a small amount of foreign currency to exchange for enough local currency to repay those forward contracts. Through this operation, the wealth that should have belonged to the country's economic development over the past few years or decades was snatched away by me."

"If we discover these problems, should we inform these countries?"

"Tell them? How can we tell them? Would they even listen?" Zhou Zhi laughed. "Just like you said, do you think their entire country can't find any smart people who can see the problems we can all see? So why do these things still happen?"

"It might not happen again." Mai Xiaomiao remained optimistic: "Our model hasn't even started running yet."

Li Laosan's attitude was completely opposite to Mai Xiaomiao's. Zhou Zhigang had just let it slip when he could sense Li Laosan's quick thinking on the other end of the phone: "Damn, export-oriented Asian countries, including financial ports like Hong Kong, should all have this problem!"

"It can't be that exaggerated, can it?" Zhou Zhi was startled by Li Laosan's words: "All of them? All of them are radical factions?"

"It's mainly due to changes in the situation." Li Laosan seemed very anxious: "You've hit a key point. In the past, this was done because no financial force in the world had the ability to leverage the economic power of one or even several countries. But now such a force has emerged."

"you sure?"

"Damn it, I need to confirm this! Isn't this the kind of power An Sheng is?!" Li Laosan practically roared, "If we can do it, why can't others?! I'm hanging up now!"

"Tch! You dare yell at me!" Zhou Zhi said to Mai Xiaomiao, holding the phone that had just hung up, "Don't you even think about who discovered this problem first!"

“These questions will only give Third Brother a headache,” Mai Xiaomiao laughed. “Let’s think about seeing Sister Xueshan tomorrow instead.”

The most important thing for Zhou Zhi to do when he came back this time was to be there for Feng Xueshan to give birth. Feng Xueshan's due date was in the next few days, and Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao both felt that as the child's godparents, they couldn't miss such a day.

"I need to call Xue Shan. I can't let her surprise me like last time." Zhou Zhi started dialing again, then thought for a moment and switched to Yang He's number: "The expectant mother is probably resting, so I'll call the expectant father first."

When Yang He received a call from Zhou Zhi, he learned that Zhou Zhi had returned to Chengdu. His tone was noticeably more relaxed. Although his sister-in-law had come to oversee things personally, Zhou Zhi's return made Yang He feel more at ease.

"Has everything been arranged at the hospital?"

"It's all arranged. I'll be staying in the company's welfare ward," Yang He said. "The conditions are excellent. Thank you."

"Why thank me? This is a company benefit, and Xue Shan got it herself." Zhou Zhi laughed, "All the future mothers in the company should thank her."

Huaxi is now part of Shuda University, and the Clover Group has also helped Huaxi achieve information management. The relationship between the two parties is already very close.

Because Feng Xueshan was pregnant, Zhou Zhi had an idea: providing medical benefits to employees is a way to care for them and increase team cohesion. So he contacted Huaxi Hospital to discuss some cooperative projects, such as hospitalization facilities, maternity leave and childbirth for employees and their families, and annual routine physical examinations, all funded by the group.

In addition, the company has purchased maternity insurance, critical illness insurance, hospitalization insurance, and outpatient insurance for all employees to address their concerns in these areas. Currently, employees who give birth receive over 8,000 yuan in insurance benefits, which they habitually refer to as "milk powder money." This amount is more than enough to cover hospital expenses and raise the child until weaning.

Zhou Zhi hadn't considered this aspect before; if Feng Xueshan hadn't been pregnant, he didn't know when he would have thought of it.

These measures have earned the group's leadership high praise among employees, a rare benefit among private enterprises today, and Clover Group can be considered a pioneer in Sichuan.

"How about Xiao Miao and I bring Xue Shan to Suihuaxuan tomorrow? Anyway, we can do our jobs anywhere and stay with her."

"But she still has to go to work."

"What?!" Zhou Zhi immediately objected: "Don't be ridiculous! She's about to give birth, why is she going to work?!"

"She said she had a lot of work to do..."

"The group can function without me, but it can't function without her?" Zhou Zhi immediately put on his CEO airs: "Tell her to take leave starting tomorrow. Just say it was approved by the chairman. Anyone who has a problem with it can come to me!"

After saying that, she softened her tone: "Go and persuade Xue Shan, tell her that if she has to go to work with a big belly three days before giving birth, how does that show our group's care for its employees? How does that show the superiority of working in our company? Tell her not to be a reactionary, okay?"

"If that's the case, then there's probably a chance," Yang He laughed. "You're really good at thinking and talking; I just couldn't come up with that idea."

"Has Xiao Dong gone back yet? He's on holiday." Zhou Zhi asked Yang He's nephew with concern.

"No, I enrolled him in tutoring," Yang He said. "Holidays are still important."

“You two should be more considerate,” Zhou Zhi sighed. “Then let your sister-in-law move in with him. She won’t have to cook here, and someone will do all the housework, so it will be easier for her. We’ll take care of anything she needs.”

"Alright, I think it would be even better if Xue Shan agreed." Yang He is actually quite an interesting person. When they were in a poorer situation, he was usually quite considerate when he was with Zhou Zhi. Now that they are in a better situation, he is no longer so polite.

Actually, Yang He hasn't changed; he's just become more confident.

Zhou Zhi believed that this was thanks to Feng Xueshan, or rather, thanks to Yang He marrying Feng Xueshan. But regardless, he liked Yang He quite a bit as he was now.

Early the next morning, Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao knocked on the door of Feng Xueshan and Yang He's house.

The eldest sister-in-law opened the door and was very happy to see Zhou Zhi: "Zhouzi, it's been a long time! This must be Xiao Miao, right? Come in, come in."

"Hello, sister-in-law, Xiao Miao, call her sister-in-law."

"Hello, sister-in-law."

"Alright, alright! Little Miao is such a good girl." The older sister-in-law brought slippers for the two of them: "Yang He, Zhouzi and the others are here!" (End of Chapter)