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Chapter 333 Beihai: Development and Hua Yuanbao

Beihai Province, Ice City...

(Sapporo, Hokkaido)

Ever since the former governor Hao Maocai proposed developing the entertainment industry in addition to animal husbandry, the entire Beihai region has entered an almost crazy state.

The main reason why it is said to be madness is that there has been "chaos" in the local area for a long time.

When Ice City announced the opening of tourism and gaming, the construction industry was often the first to arrive due to local infrastructure constraints.

After all, tall buildings rise from the ground, and without houses, nothing works.

For this reason, Hao Maocai and Governor Hao at that time set the construction of so-called shopping malls, high-rise buildings, and ski resorts as their primary goals.

Even because of this, most of the coal resources are used as mortgage for various local infrastructure construction.

You must know that this is extremely "risky". If you are not careful, your hat will fall to the ground and you will cry behind bars.

Fortunately, the bet was right, with the help of the large amount of idle funds generated after the China War and the development of Japanese industry.

These funds were trapped in the narrow investment market in Japan. For a long time, they could only flow to real estate in big cities such as Edo. This pushed the current land price in Japan to very high. Even the land price in Edo is comparable to the current price. The price of land in Jinshan, Han Dynasty.

Although it is an exaggeration, it is indeed the case. When a late-industrial country initially completes industrialization, it not only faces market squeeze, but also squeezes the direction of capital use.

The country of Han is the main culprit behind the soaring real estate industry in Japan.

After all, from the perspective of the entire industry composition, Japan's most profitable industries are "textile", "light industry" and "foreign trade", which are all by-products of Han industry, or can best be described as downstream suppliers.

But this does not mean that Japan has no money. On the contrary, Japan has indeed accumulated a large amount of funds in the past two decades of development.

According to statistics from the Han State Bureau of Investigation, this amount of money should be no less than 400 million yuan, and may even be more.

But this money is all in the hands of those big families, and they basically don't use this money because there is no industry in the entire market that can be invested.

Until the emergence of Ice City mode! !

Bingcheng has opened up multiple projects including finance, entertainment, commerce, and even the so-called "hometown" of Bingcheng.

Among them, the best-developed entertainment service industry in Bingcheng is mainly the gaming industry.

This industry accounts for half of the entire Ice City industry and is a veritable "backbone", generating an annual income of 20 million yuan.

Although he was "scorned" by some local people in Han Dynasty, some members of Congress even impeached such behavior as "immoral" and "insulting the ancestors", and denounced it as "crazy" and "harming future generations".

(Gambling is prohibited in Han China)

Although Liu Peng "kept him back", it did affect a large number of people's impressions of Bingcheng and Beihai.

In addition, there is finance. This part of the industry is the most "sensitive" and the biggest obstacle in the entire Beihai.

In the words of Hao Maocai and Governor Hao at the time: "I asked for the opening of the stock market, but the cabinet did not allow it, and then asked again. Everyone in the government and the public came to talk about my faults, and my sins were overwhelming, so I asked for sin again!!"

This is a passage he wrote in his diary. The words are brief, but it can be seen that the original request to open a stock market in Beihai indeed caused a lot of noise.

In the end, Liu Peng made the final decision and agreed to open the second stock market in Han Dynasty in Bingcheng, which is now the Bingcheng Stock Market.

It is also nicknamed "ice stock" by the world.

Also known as "Far East shares".

But in Han China, there is a different attitude. Most people refer to the Xijing stock market as "internal stocks" and the Bingcheng stock market as "foreign stocks."

The inside and outside are clear, with no gaps to speak of.

Although the Bingcheng stock market was disliked in every possible way, it was also under such opposition that Bingcheng formed its own independent ecology.

As the only stock market in the Far East, the Bingcheng stock market can be regarded as a barometer and a "demon mirror" for the Far East economy.

(The other is the Edo Stock Market)

Compared with the "cumbersome" Edo stock market, the Bingcheng stock market has faster entry and exit of funds and lower requirements for companies, attracting many Japanese companies to list here.

Although it is regarded as "money laundering" and "blood sucking" by a certain Japanese conscience, it has actually developed the entire Far East's financial industry to a world-leading level.

If the Edo stock market is a rigorous old man, then the Bingcheng stock market is a "jumping" young man.

You must know that in order to ensure the stability of Japan's economy, the Kingdom of Japan has restrictions on the Edo stock market. After all, if the same thing happened in the eighth year of Longwu, Japan would have been in vain for so many years.

(The stock market crash in the eighth year of Longwu was even listed as the darkest moment of the 19th century)

But the Bingcheng stock market is different. This place is just like Liu Peng said:

“All things are divided into yin and yang, and the economy is also divided into black and white!!”

And Hao Maocai even said that famous saying:

“We can do what Xijing can’t do, and we can do what Xijing can do!!”

The entire Bingcheng stock market is like a huge "casino".

Here, "speculation" is nothing, and "short selling" is nothing.

Even all kinds of disgusting "looting" were done here.

Ren Changfeng, the former stock god in Bingcheng who is currently in prison, said something before his arrest:

"This is hell, this is heaven. Here, everyone is playing a game. They say we are playing with money, but I say, we are playing with people!!"

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"Three sides, three sides..."

"Oh shit!!"

"Quick, save people!!"

When the card in his hand did not show "A", the whole person fell to the ground, and the people around him were not surprised to pull people. When the pull was over, the account was over.

Young Hua Yuanbao looked at everything on the gambling table, the toothpick in his mouth kept "beating", and finally uttered:

"My dear mother!!"

"little six!!"

"I'm coming……"

When Hua Yuanbao heard the familiar words "Zhongyuan", he immediately got back into the kitchen.

The back kitchen is full of dialects from the Central Plains region, and "What are you doing?" has become the mantra here.

Click, click, click! !

Hua Yuanbao was chopping cabbage very quickly, as if he had been doing it for many years.

"Look, look, does Xiao Liu's knife skills look like a chef? Does he look like a chef??"

"Xiao Liu, where did you and Xie's parents do it? It's good to chop vegetables!!"

Hua Yuanbao listened to the words of his helper Old Dengtou, grinned and showed his slightly yellowed teeth, and replied with a smile:

"Uncle, I cut grass and feed pigs at home..."

"Ha ha……"

There were bursts of "laughing" all around.

"Go, go, go, go, you know how to make fun of people, and you guys don't even look at it. Xiao Liu, if you chop the vegetables well, you might become a chef, but you are still a helper, and you will never make a difference in your life. !!”

Lao Dengtou cursed people without any politeness and "punched hard" at the sore spot.

"Uncle, I don't want to be a chef. I will work hard with you from now on. Whatever you ask me to do, I will do it!!"

Hua Yuanbao grinned and looked at Old Dengtou with a "simple" smile. Old Dengtou was so moved that he wanted to accept him as his apprentice on the spot.

From that day on, whatever Lao Dengtou did, Hua Yuanbao followed behind him and learned a lot about the rules of the casino.

For example, if a customer wants to exchange chips, he cannot exchange too many chips at once. If there are too many, if he loses, he will not come again at once, and he must be pocketed little by little.

For another example, if a person loses all his money, you can't drive him away immediately. You have to "invite" him. If he is hungry, go to the kitchen to get some food. It's not worth anything anyway. Why don't you let him go away crying? Deng Tou said:

"Facade!!"

As for what "facade" is, Hua Yuanbao doesn't know, but he knows one thing, and that is "morality."

This was what his father said before he died, and he vowed to remember it for the rest of his life.

(Died during the Taiping Rebellion’s Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. He was captured by the Qing army as a young man. Later, he ran back secretly. The village chief leaked the secret and arrested him at night. Those who were not humiliated were knocked to the ground.)

Hua Yuanbao was still young at the time and didn't understand. Later, when he immigrated and came to the colorful world of Beihai, especially after coming to the casino, he understood how important morality is.

"Fresh sea fish, fresh sea fish...sold cheaply, sold cheaply!!"

“Turtle meat is a great supplement!!”

"Lobster, five pounds of big lobster..."

The aquatic products market in Bingcheng has everything, and Hua Yuanbao who came out to purchase was immediately spoiled for choice.

Although those "fish-selling beauties" are tempting, Hua Yuanbao still abides by the "bottom line." "Boss, I am the purchaser of Jinshan Entertainment. My name is Hua Yuanbao. Our company has ordered two bluefin tuna from you. Look..."

Hua Yuanbao was wearing a black suit, and the bow tie around his neck had been taken off. Because he was too young, he was a little "stumbling" when he spoke.

"Little brother, you came just in time. A few came from the sea just now. Take a look to see if they are what you want."

The boss is a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a deerskin coat, and he looks very "sleek".

The moment he saw Hua Yuanbao, he was as enthusiastic as seeing his own son.

Looking at the huge sea fish wrapped in ice, Hua Yuanbao was speechless, and then said:

"Boss, I can't tell which two are better. Please give me a choice."

When the boss heard this, he became even more enthusiastic, and finally picked two tuna that were not that big but looked very attractive and gave them to Hua Yuanbao.

After loading the car, the boss stuffed a pack of cigarettes into Hua Yuanbao's pocket and euphemistically called it "the old rule."

Hua Yuanbao was noncommittal. After all, there were many such things in the kitchen, so he didn't take it seriously.

Only after getting in the car and opening the cigarette did I realize that what was inside was not cigarettes, but money. A large sum of money, equivalent to a month's salary of Shanghua Yuanbao.

Hua Yuanbao rubbed the Hua Yuan banknotes in his hand and finally shouted:

"My dear mother!!"

Since that day, Hua Yuanbao's income from purchasing this job was even higher than his annual salary. So much so that he sometimes asked Old Dengtou why he was given such a good job, but he only got the sentence "You are My apprentice".

Although he felt very happy, Hua Yuanbao was still worried about holding the money. After all, it was money from unknown sources, and he always felt uneasy when he got it.

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"The little sister sent her lover to Damendong, but it was raining and windy..."

At night, listening to the "Spring Song" of those bachelors, Hua Yuanbao couldn't fall asleep. Finally, he opened the door and went out to a vegetable field.

He cultivated this vegetable plot and planted it in an open space behind the kitchen. Because of this, he was nicknamed a "vegetable treasure" by those people.

"Bang bang!!"

As soon as I walked into the vegetable field, I heard the sound of hoeing, followed by a song:

"Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but they can never forget their fame."

"Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but only gold and jade can never be forgotten!!"

Under the moonlight, Old Deng was wearing a shirt, trousers, and cloth shoes. He was hoeing the ground over and over again with very skillful movements. He looked like an "old farmer" as he said.

But judging from the fact that he only plows but does not plant, he is far from being a farmer.

"Ah, Xiaoliu!!"

"If you don't sleep at night, what are you doing here?"

Old Dengtou was very "nervous" when he saw Hua Yuanbao walking in, but he quickly recovered, as if he was completely different from when he was singing just now.

Hua Yuanbao didn't say anything, he just took the hoe and helped Old Deng to make the "sparse" land suitable, which made Old Deng very embarrassed.

Before Lao Dengtou could speak, Hua Yuanbao said:

"My father said, farming is like being a human being, you should do your duty, don't take too much, don't take too little, work more and work less, God knows..."

When Old Dengtou heard this, he stopped taking out his cigarette and finally asked:

"This is a casino, do you still believe in the way of heaven??"

"do not know……"

Hua Yuanbao shook his head, and then continued: "The casino here feels like a devil's cave. I hear people crying and laughing every day, but I don't see anyone loving me. It seems that everyone is here to experience joy, but there are How many people can be truly happy??”

"Aren't you happy? You go shopping every day and you don't receive less money!!"

Lao Deng leaned his head against the corner, lit the cigarette he rolled, and looked back at the young man hoeing the ground.

"I plan to save that money for studying in the future."

"Bang bang!!"

Hua Yuanbao hoeed down and the land turned over.

"What's wrong, it's not good to stay in the kitchen. You have to know that you don't necessarily make that much money by studying."

"If you stay in the casino, I guarantee that you will definitely be able to get to the top within five years. Manager Wang knows, he will get at least this amount in a month. You are smart, and with my reminder, you will be able to get up sooner or later..." "

Lao Deng held out five fingers to Hua Yuanbao, who had just stopped to rest.

Hua Yuanbao took a look, thought for a while, but finally shook his head.

“What’s wrong, you really want to study??”

Old Dengtou looked at this young man from the Central Plains in surprise. He heard that he lost his father early and could not go back to his hometown in the Central Plains. Why should he study at this time? Shouldn't normal people use money to enjoy themselves? ?

Hua Yuanbao nodded vigorously, picked up the hoe again, hoeed, and asked curiously: "Master, what song did you just sing? Why haven't I heard it?"

"Completely different from the ones sung in the casino??"

"Hmph, they sing spring songs every day, and each one of them is like a perverted ghost who was reincarnated and knows what the right path is!!"

Hearing Hua Yuanbao comparing what he just sang to those "Eighteen Touches" and "Le Xiaoyao", Lao Dengtou became furious.

"Remember, this song is called a song. It is a section from Dream of Red Mansions, and it is also the best section I think I have written."

When Old Dengtou said this, he seemed to realize that Hua Yuanbao had only learned some writing in the literacy class, and he specifically asked:

"I have some books in my room. I'll bring them to you tomorrow."

When Hua Yuanbao heard this, his face lit up with joy. Just as he was about to say thank you, he heard Old Dengtou say:

"Don't you want to study? Starting from tomorrow, I will teach you how to read!!"

"You can??"

Hua Yuanbao looked at Old Dengtou suspiciously.

"Bullshit, I am a Jinshi in the 10th year of Daoguang, and I can't read!!"

Lao Deng's first sentence exposed his old background, but he didn't expect that Hua Yuanbao's next sentence would make him "stupid."

"Master, do you know anything about electromagnetism or physics?"

Old Dengtou didn't say anything, he just snatched away the hoe and continued to hoe the land he didn't know how to do.

At the end of the hoeing, he said:

"Those who have learned it can govern the world, but they cannot govern people. If you want to learn, you can go to any school. What I teach you is to govern people!!"

"You need to know that those who work hard are governed by others, and those who work hard are controlled by others!!"

"Do you understand?"

Hua Yuanbao didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod to himself.

But he was thinking about one thing in his heart, that is, why do these scholars have to "govern people"? Why do people have to "govern".

Why "treat people" is like a huge question sweeping through Hua Yuanbao's brain.

He asked Old Dengtou, but Old Dengtou hesitated and just said:

"Everyone in the world wants to be a master!!"

Yes, everyone should be a "superior person"! !

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In the Ice City in March, the cold atmosphere has completely disappeared, and the entertainment street is still the same, "crackling" every day.

Money and the ups and downs are like a piece of stinky tofu. It tastes good when you eat it, but smells bad when you smell it.

But this stinky tofu is the other way around.

Bingcheng's stock market is still in "turbulence".

The total value of the stock market is not high, less than 300 million in total, less than one-fifth of the Xijing stock market, but it is extremely active.

Exciting fights are staged every day, just like what a local in Bingcheng said:

"The ice city is not big, but it creates a myth!!"

Although it is a joke, it is really creating a myth. According to incomplete statistics, the entire Ice City has received hundreds of millions of funds from China, Japan, and even North Korea, Vietnam, Southeast Asia and other countries in these years.

The entire Bingcheng stock market is said to be the Han stock market, but many of it are foreign funds. The Han people are controlling it, but the boss behind the scenes is a foreigner.

Here, only the casinos and shopping buildings are Han Chinese, and there are even more foreigners than locals.

Hua Yuanbao receives more foreign guests every day, even more than local guests. When asked why, Old Dengtou was calm and replied: "You cheat foreigners, but not our own people!!"

As for what a foreigner is, sometimes Hua Yuanbao can't tell.

But he knew that he wanted to study, and after he finished his studies, he wanted to see this world, this wonderful world, this world full of "cruelty"! !

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