Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 820 Selling shares! Selling shares!
Fang Minghua briefly described the background of writing his book "Up and Down the Mountain".
“I really appreciate what the German artist Anselm Kiefer said: ‘I am not nostalgic, I want to remember.’ And the new realist novel is to record this history through novels.

There was warm applause in the meeting hall.

Fang Minghua's lecture lasted one hour longer than the scheduled time, but achieved very good results.

It not only systematically expounds on the trend of personalized writing that has been very popular in the past two years, but also gives a clear answer to another type of novel - neo-realism:

“I’m not nostalgic, I’m just remembering.”

Soon, the content of this lecture appeared in Tianya magazine.

It was already early June when Fang Minghua returned from Lanzhou. He continued writing and finally finished Up and Down the Mountain at the end of July.

The book has about 20 words and is the first novel describing third-line enterprises.

Naturally, it was handed over to Shengshi Publishing for publication, and the English version was translated by Li Li and published by Ashley press.

Finally I can take a break.

The city of Xijing has entered midsummer, which is not conducive to writing.

Besides, it’s less than half a year away from the 21st century. Why should you make yourself so nervous every day?
Li Li also told him a good news.

"The Road Spike has won the French Jules Bartaillon Foreign Literature Prize!"

What is this?
Li Lishuo is the Jules Bataillon Prize for Foreign Literature, a famous French translation literature award founded in 1986 by French literary critic Laure Guille-Bataillon. It is awarded to foreign literary works with French translations. The prize money is 1 euros.

"Minghua, your book is actually worthy of winning the Prix Goncourt, but the Prix Goncourt is only given to original French novels, which does not meet the requirements," Li Li added.

In fact, Fang Minghua also knew this.

Many countries' important literary awards require that the work be written in the native language. In addition to the Prix Goncourt, this is also true for the UK's Booker Prize, the US's National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

"Minghua, are you going to receive the award? It will be around October, and it's a romantic trip to France." Li Li's tone was a little seductive.

Fang Minghua's heart warmed: "Then will you accompany me?"

"I have a lot of classes next semester, so I probably won't have time."

"Forget it." Fang Minghua suddenly lost interest.

"Let Demi take it. She is the president of the publishing house that published this book."

He really didn't want to run away, and besides, this award was not an important one.

"One more thing. Are you sure you don't want to buy stocks? The U.S. stock market is doing very well right now. You already have 6000 million U.S. dollars in your account. Are you just going to leave it there?" Li Li finally reminded on the phone.

WTF, WTF, WTF
Fang Minghua said "fuck" several times in his mind.

I almost forgot about this!
"Lili, you can't buy it, and I have to clear all my stocks! You notify Phillips on my behalf to operate my stock account and make sure to clear all the stocks in the account before the end of this year! I will also send him an email to explain this matter immediately."

Phillips is Fang Minghua's personal financial advisor in the United States, and can operate his stock account with his authorization.

After hearing the news, Li Li on the other end of the phone was surprised and asked a question:
"Ah? Are you going to sell out your Amazon shares too?"

this.
亚马逊自1997年上市以来，已经进行了两次拆股，分别是1998年6月2日、1999年5月1日。

The first time, one share was split into two, and the second time, one share was split into three. In this way, Fang Minghua owned 3480 million shares, firmly establishing himself as the second largest shareholder.

Fang Minghua still has feelings for Amazon and wants to be a shareholder.

"So, keep one-tenth, which is 300 million shares, and sell the rest! I will also explain it clearly to Phillips in the email."

"Well, okay. Minghua, you don't want to withdraw funds from the United States, do you?" Li Li's tone was filled with a hint of worry.

Although the book "Railroad Spike" sold very well in the United States and Europe, it was also hotly debated.

It is said that some federal congressmen have proposed to ban the book and demanded an investigation into Fang Minghua himself, including restricting his entry into the country. This cannot but cause Li Li's concern.

Of course, there was another worry. If Fang Minghua withdrew his funds, he would rarely come to the United States. What would happen to him and his daughter?
Fang Minghua understood Li Li's thoughts and said gently, "I don't have such an idea for now, but the hot U.S. stock market makes me a little scared. I'm worried that it will collapse. Don't worry, if I really withdraw the funds, how can I leave you and Xinxin in the United States? You can go back to China or to Hong Kong."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

After comforting Li Li, Fang Minghua hung up the phone and drank his tea thinking about the matter.

Although he did not withdraw all the funds, it is not safe to keep them in the United States.

Part of it was withdrawn back to the country, and more was placed in Hong Kong accounts. Hong Kong is a free port, and the flow of funds is very convenient.

But sell the stocks now!

Fang Minghua did not hesitate and immediately went upstairs, turned on his computer and sent an email to Phillips, detailing his request that Li Li act as his full-time representative to handle all financial matters.

USA, Chicago.

It is now 1:10 p.m. Chicago Daylight Time. The Nasdaq stock market is closed briefly at noon. Phillips is reviewing the market while wolfing down a hamburger.

The stock market has been extremely hot this year, with a large number of investors pouring into the stock market. As a trader, he has been extremely busy.

Just now, an American came to the stock market with 500 million US dollars to open an account and entrusted him to operate the account.

If he had invested 500 million US dollars in stocks a few years ago, he would have been a big client who would have been allowed to enter the VIP room, but now he is just an ordinary client.

Just take it over reluctantly.

After preparing for a while and signing the entrusted transaction contract, he can operate the other party's account.

At this moment, a mailbox icon in the lower left corner of the screen suddenly flashed, prompting me that I had new emails.

Phillips opened Hotmail and saw a new email. He clicked on it and found out that the mysterious Chinese writer had come.

Required to clear all stocks in the account before the end of the year, leaving only 300 million shares of Amazon!
God
Almost cleared out all stocks, is this Chinese going to withdraw his investment? !

Soon, a woman named Li Li called and claimed to be Fang Minghua's full-power agent, asking him to rush to San Francisco as soon as possible to sign the agency contract.

Phillips knew that when Li Li and Fang Minghua were not in the United States, his stock account had always been operated by this woman.

lover?

Probably.

But this is the customer's privacy and he has no right to interfere.

He decided to rush to San Francisco right away, so he picked up the phone on his desk and called the airline to book a ticket to San Francisco.

Coincidentally, there was a United Airlines flight to San Francisco at 2:30 p.m.

Half past two.
Phillips looked at his watch. There was still time.

He immediately picked up his briefcase and hurried out of the office, almost bumping into a bloated man.

"Mr. Phillips, where are you going? We haven't signed the contract yet." The man asked puzzledly.

Oh, it turns out to be the man with 500 million US dollars.

"I'm sorry, I have to get to San Francisco on time and I don't have time now." Phillips spoke bluntly.

"What?! Your attitude makes me very angry! I will complain to your manager!" the man shouted angrily.

Phillips ignored him, locked the door and refused to leave.

Love to vote or not
If I take Fang Minghua's order, the commission should be at least one or two hundred thousand, right? Do you still care about your complaint?! I don't want to work here anymore!"

(End of this chapter)