money player

“Three people, Nagisa, Sulaya, and Madhubala.” Narcissus chided, “You sent three women from Mumbai to Singapore without a single man accompanying them?”

"Airfares are too expensive, we don't have the budget, and the branch office in India hasn't even started making money yet, but we've already spent over $100,000."

"You spent so much money to buy a company?"

"No, they bought out Marabala's contract from another company. This woman is quite pitiful. Her father sold her to the film company and controlled most of her income. She has heart disease and wants to fly to England for treatment but can't afford it. She can only rely on morphine for pain relief. The film company is also quite bastard. They knew she was having an attack, but they still made her film rain scenes. She couldn't refuse. The producer threatened her with the contract, saying that if she didn't film, she would have to pay 50 rupees."

"50 rupees, that's about 10.5 US dollars, right? You bought her contract for that price?"

"It wasn't that much. I paid in US dollars, calculated at the black market exchange rate. After some haggling, it came to $7.2, but we charged her $10.5. She'll help the company earn that money back in the future."

Narcissus asked with a half-smile, "Do we still need to pay for her medical treatment?"

"That's for sure, how can you film a movie when you're half-dead?"

"The master has taken a liking to her?"

“Paying for her medical treatment has nothing to do with whether I like her or not,” Sin Yiu-man added. “As for whether I like her or not, it’s hard to say now. We’ll see when we have the chance to meet her in person.”

"Where are the other two?"

"I used to have some feelings for Nagis, but now I've lost interest. I have no feelings for Sulaya either. She's from a branch office, so I signed her because I thought it was a good deal."

"Why doesn't the master have any interest in Suleya? I think Suleya is the prettiest of the three."

“Women see women differently than men see women.” Sin Yiu-man patted Narcissus’s arm. “Alright, let’s not talk about this. Has Tunku Katjiga come by these past few days?”

“She stayed here last night and didn’t leave until noon today.” Narcissus paused and said, “Sir, I consider Katya a true friend.”

Sin Yiu-man nodded. “You can continue to have a sincere relationship with her. I’ll handle the mercenary part. I just need a suitable opportunity to meet her father. Investing in the future ruler of a country can yield a rich return.”

"How can you be so sure that you can win the bet, sir?"

Xian Yaowen smiled faintly and said, "No one can guarantee that an investment will be profitable. Investments always have gains and losses. If you lose, you lose. Don't worry about failure. If you lose here, you can make it back from other places."

For projects with such high returns, what does it matter if you lose two or three million? The most important thing is to know how to stop losses. For example, if the budget is 300 million, stop the loss at 300 million. Don't invest a single cent more, even if you see signs that you will make a profit if you invest another few hundred thousand.

There's a saying that goes, "He who travels a hundred miles is only halfway there at ninety." This is true when applied to life, but not so much when applied to investing. If you gamble all your energy and time on a single project, that's gambling on luck, and even if you win, it doesn't mean much.

Take Standard Oil of New Jersey for example. It is currently the world's most valuable company, valued at approximately $79 billion. If I had the chance to go back several decades and had a sum of money to invest, even if I was certain that Standard Oil of New Jersey would be worth $79 billion today, I would not put all my money into it.

$79 billion is a lot, but it's still a long way from my goal. I want to invest my limited funds in unlimited possibilities.

"Sir, what's your target price?"

Sin Yiu-man waved his hand, "I'm not really interested in money itself anymore. If we put our assets together, as long as we don't spend them recklessly, three generations won't be able to spend them all. I'm still working hard to make money, not to improve my quality of life, but to achieve certain goals through money."

"What goal?"

"The most realistic goal is to gain a voice. I need to mobilize massive resources to do one thing." Sin Yiu-man pointed to the sky and said, "Fly out of Earth and go see places very, very far away."

Narcissus looked up at the sky, "What are you going to see?"

"unknown."

"unknown?"

"Things we don't know."

"Alien?"

"It should be said to be an alien creature. On alien planets, humanoid animals are not necessarily the highest level of life. It could be a fly, a mosquito, anything is possible."

Narcissus glanced at Sin Yiu-man's face twice. "So what if you see alien creatures?"

"Nothing can happen. Earthlings might be like ants or dust in front of extraterrestrial beings. An extraterrestrial being could kill all of Earthlings with a single sneeze. Even so, I still want to go and see. I want to die knowing why."

Narcissus shook her head. "I don't understand."

Sin Yiu-man hugged Narcissus and said, “It’s okay if you don’t understand. This goal is very far away. I may not see the beginning of hope until the day I die. Let’s make more money while we’re young and hand over the preparation work to others. After we turn thirty-five, let’s take a few months each year to travel around the world and spend twenty or thirty years seeing the whole world.”

Narcissus, filled with longing, wondered, "Is thirty years enough?"

"If that's not enough, add another thirty years. Money makes the world go round, and money can really prolong life. Your lifespan is at least eighty, ninety is nothing to worry about, one hundred is passable, one hundred and ten will be a pleasant surprise, and by one hundred and nineteen, that's about it. You've eaten what you should eat, played what you should play, and gone where you should go. There's not much left to live. Celebrate your birthday in a big way and wait to die peacefully."

Narcissus smiled gently, "To live that long?"

"I can definitely do it, but I need to stay healthy. If I'm half-dead, there's no point in living. When I get old, if I'm bedridden and can't move, you must give me a quick death."

Narcissus covered Xian Yaowen's mouth, "Pah, pah, pah, sir, don't talk nonsense."

Xian Yaowen chuckled, "I'm serious, but I won't let you or them be in charge of carrying it out. I'm afraid you won't be able to bring yourself to do it. Someone else will be in charge of carrying it out, so just don't stop me."

Narcissus pouted, "Master exercises every day, he will surely live to be a hundred years old... ptooey, ptooey, he will live to be two hundred years old."

Sin Yiu-man thought to himself, "Eighty years old is enough."

The old topic was left behind. A few minutes later, the two took bamboo poles, wire, and gauze, made a tool for catching cicadas, and went into the woods to work hard for dinner.

Singapore has a lot of cicadas. A dozen or so black cicadas can be on a single tree. The cicadas at Narcissus Manor were probably seeing themselves being caught for the first time. The nets caught them one by one, and their companions, which were only half a step away, were caught. Their chirping never stopped.

Narcissus reached into the net, caught some cicadas, and put them into another net. Then, looking up at the treetops, she excitedly said, "Sir, did you know that cicadas can call out their time?"

How do we report the location?

"If the cicadas chirp 'chirp-chirp-', it's between 4:30 and 5:00 PM. If they chirp 'zz ...

If it sounds like "Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...", it's 6:30. If it sounds like "Ya-ya ...

At 8:30, there was a series of beeps—beep—beep—beep—!—!—beep, then late into the night, only a few cicadas chirped lonely, like cooing.

"What about during the hottest part of the afternoon?"

“‘Zzzlalalalalalalal—!!!’ It’s so noisy. You have to shout it out even if you’re just a few steps away.”

"Anyone who dares to harass my daffodils will be caught and deep-fried!" Xian Yaowen shouted as he caught another cicada in the net.

"Don't deep-fry it, I prefer it stir-fried with chili."

"Half fried, half stir-fried."

"Uh-huh."

Catching cicadas, washing cicadas, frying cicadas, stir-frying cicadas, eating cicadas—the two of them were inseparable, like conjoined twins.

We arrived at the Great World at 8 o'clock to watch a free open-air Chaozhou opera. We only bought one skewer of satay, and the two of us fought over it.

At 8:30, I sat on the rotating swing, mingled with the couples, and swung to the highest point amidst screams. The wheel turned, and each swing took turns pausing at the highest point for a minute and a half.

When it was their turn, the two embraced and kissed.

Three and a half minutes later, the two were still inseparable, with couples around them whispering and laughing.

After getting off the swing, they strolled hand in hand through the stalls. Narcissus was curious about everything, picking up this to look at it, picking up that to play with, and then showing it to Xian Yaowen as if it were a precious treasure.

Passing through a dark corner, she grabbed Sin Yiu-man's hand and slipped inside, pouting and begging for a kiss.

At ten o'clock, at the ruins of Fort Canning Hill, Sin Yiu Man leaned against a nine-pound cannon, while Narcissus rode on the cannon barrel. The two had no time to pay attention to the lights of Singapore below the hill, and continued to kiss until it was dark and Narcissus was hissing and gasping for breath, her upper lip swollen like a sausage.

On the way down the mountain, Shui Xian, perched on Xian Yaowen's back, playfully yelled at a couple on a bench. But instead of startling them, a wooden clog flew out of the grass behind them and hit Shui Xian on the back. She cried out in pain, followed by a series of cheerful, silvery laughs. She patted Xian Yaowen's shoulder and urged him to run faster.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, they saw several bicycles parked together. Shui Xian jumped off Xian Yaowen's back and checked the rear tire valve of each bicycle, letting out half the air and leaving the other half.

"Smash me, I'll shake you to death, your butts will be shaken in two."

Sin Yiu Man let Narcissus do as she pleased, simply stuffing two Malaysian Ringgit into the round holes in the springs of each bicycle seat. This amount was enough to hire a rickshaw for an hour in the middle of the night, with him paying an extra 0.5 cents, or enough to pay for a double room with a private shower at the Niu Che Shui Ping Min Inn, allowing the couple to continue their romance or bloom as brilliantly as summer flowers.

As night deepened, the two returned to Narcissus Manor and, with their heads hanging from the rafters and their thighs pricking with awls, diligently practiced their English pronunciation, repeating it over and over, filling the room with the echoes of "FBI Warning!"
The next day.

In the morning, Sin Yiu Man visited Lee Kong Chian at the Lee residence and explained that Bankman Bank was an investment bank and would not compete with OCBC Bank, either now or in the future. He also asked for help in introducing him to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Fujian Association to increase the flow of remittances from overseas Chinese.

Before lunchtime, I went to Li Jue and met with Wang Changhui and Cai Guangyao at the law firm of Lawyer Wang to ask them about matters related to the rubber futures betting contract.

Lunch was at the Raffles Hotel, where I dined with three Indian actresses.

The release date for "The Vagabond" has been roughly set. In mid-December, he arranged for Nagisa and Sulaya to fly to Hong Kong for filming.

He spoke privately with Madubala, instructing her on precautions for going to London for treatment, such as who would be in charge of receiving her and who to contact if she encountered any problems. He explained everything in detail.

Mara Bala fits his aesthetic, and her scent suits his nose. He'll leave her for now and try to seduce her later.

As for Nagis, one could only admire her from afar, not touch her. During the meal, he noticed that her hands were stiff and white from being soaked in water for a long time, her hair was wet, and she exuded a faint scent of rose and sandalwood. It was not her natural body fragrance, but rather a mixture of Yardley rose perfume, rose essential oil, and sandalwood essential oil.

If you smell it carefully, under the cover of the fragrance, there is a fainter cumin and onion mixed scent, which is the smell of mild body odor. This invigorated his ambition and made him focus on persuading the other party to leave the Laz family's circle of interests and join the old black cat's arms.

It's better to encourage than to directly buy out the contract. Nagish is different from Marabara. Marabara subjectively wanted to break free from the old company and her father's control, and the two sides hit it off immediately. Nagish, on the other hand, disregarded religious differences and her mother's opposition to have an affair with the married Raz. If you rashly propose to buy out the contract, she might pounce on you and tear you apart.

Of course, his lack of radicalism also stems from his lack of ambition to win over Najib. Indian films rely on a combination of male gods and top female stars to carry the box office. Although Najib is a top female star, she has not left other actresses far behind. Madhubala is very close to her, and if we exclude the influence of Rajib, she would be even closer.

On the contrary, the male gods – Razif, Dilip Kumar, and Dave Annan – occupied nine of the top ten spots at the Indian box office, leaving only one film for other male actors to compete for. If any one of them gets a spot, Old Black Cat's career in India is basically secured.

However, Little Raz has his own company, and "The Vagabond" is about to be a success, so it is almost impossible to get him to work with the company unless the copies of "The Vagabond" are destroyed. This is something that Sin Yiu-man would never do, so he can only pass on Little Raz and target the other two.

The task of winning over the two men was assigned by Sin Yiu-man to Nasir Hussein, the manager of Old Black Cat, and his deputy manager, Mir Khan.

Nasir Hussein is a Bollywood screenwriter and producer who has only recently begun to make a name for himself. The reason for choosing such a newcomer is twofold: firstly, because of his own abilities, and secondly, because the Hussein family has a naming tradition similar to generational names, and Nasir's sons or nephews will inevitably be named Muhammad ×××·Hussein Khan.

Moreover, as a distant descendant of the Prince of Hyderabad Nizam, the next generation would inevitably have a male whose name is the classical Persian word for "prince," namely "Amir."

Nasir Hussein is either Aamir Khan's uncle or father.

Mir Khan was a relative of others. His cousin, Shah Khan, had served in the British Indian Army, was captured by the Japanese in Singapore, and then joined the Indian National Army supported by the Japanese. He rose to the rank of major general. When World War II ended, he was tried and his punishment was only to be discharged from the military. He then transformed into a member of the Indian National Congress and a staunch supporter of Mahatma Gandhi.

Needless to say, Shah Khan is a heavyweight figure in India. His cousin, Mir Khan, came from his hometown of Peshawar to Delhi to study law, but before he graduated, he found that the political landscape had changed and Peshawar had become Pakistan's Peshawar. He was forced to stay in Delhi.

Jamshid Jahangir Baba of Victor's Mumbai office used networking and networking to sway Shah Khan to the Old Black Cat.

From God's perspective, Shah Khan might have a son named Shah Rukh Khan in the future. Of course, no one but God knows.

In the afternoon, I accompanied Li Yueru and briefly discussed Itman's work.

……

10 month 8 day.

Sin Yiu-man sat in the pavilion of the Sin Residence in Taipei, listening to the pattering rain.

Jiang Yiying sat opposite him, peeling a pomelo from Douliu in her hand. She peeled a segment and placed it in front of him, saying, "I found a guy named Qian Luming to help out at the booth. I asked him to rent a shop on Dihua Street. The signboard hasn't been decided yet."

Xian Yaowen took a bite of pomelo and said, "Are you confident you can control Qian Luming?"

Jiang Yiying nodded. "I'm confident."

"Think carefully before you answer. If you say you're confident, it means I don't know Qian Luming or Jiang Yiying. If something goes wrong, you'll have to take the blame. I'll just stay in the shadows and try to help you get out of trouble."

Jiang Yiying hesitated for a moment, but nodded firmly, "I'm confident."

"Since the owner's surname is Qian, let's call it Qianji Ticket Shop."

"I will immediately notify Qian Luming to make the signboard."

"No rush." ​​Sin Yiu-man raised his hand and gestured downwards. "What's the exchange rate of the US dollar today?"

"It was 26 yuan at 8 o'clock, but I don't know now."

Sin Yiu-man chuckled and said, "The stock market changes every minute."

"The US dollar exchange rate has been fluctuating a lot recently, changing four or five times a day is quite normal."

Sin Yiu-man remarked, "I remember the last time I heard the price was NT$16.5 to US$1, and not long after, it has actually increased by NT$8.5."

"With the start of the school season and the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, there is a high demand for foreign exchange for immigrants. In addition, the Bank of Taiwan announced a limit on foreign exchange the day before yesterday, causing the price to rise by two dollars at once."

Sin Yiu-man tapped his fingers lightly on the stone table a few times, pondered for a moment, and said, "As you said, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. It's time for responsible people to send money to their families on the mainland. Since the two sides of the strait are completely separated, the money needs to be transferred through Hong Kong or overseas."

I run a remittance business in Singapore. If a customer is exchanging currency to send money, Qianji Draft Bank can directly ask the customer to leave their address and the recipient's name. The New Taiwan Dollars will be converted into RMB and sent to the recipient. The handling fee is 10%, and it will take five days to arrive.

You only need to pay 8% in commission; 2% is yours. Of course, you will also be responsible for any minor costs incurred during the process.

"Ok."

"As for the profit sharing of the ticket shop, it will be carried out as we agreed before. After deducting all costs, you will take 5%."

"5% minus $2 is what I should get."

Sin Yiu-man chuckled and said, “The $2 is the price I paid to recruit you. It doesn’t need to be deducted from your income. You should be thinking about helping me earn back hundreds or thousands of $2s.”

Jiang Yiying shook her head, "I dare not even think about a hundred or a thousand."

“You can think about that.” Xian Yaowen patted Jiang Yiying’s hand. “There’s a brown paper bag in the second drawer on the left side of the desk. There’s $5 in it. Take it and test the waters. Once you’ve readjusted to the pace of Dadaocheng, I’ll give you another sum of dollars.”

Jiang Yiying nodded.

"Go."

After Jiang Yiying left, Quan Danru took her place and took over the task of peeling pomelos.

"Danru, did you go out for fun the other day?"

"I haven't gone out much, just occasionally strolling around the nearby streets." Quan Danru is more meticulous than Jiang Yiying, picking out any overly old or bad buds from the fruit.

"You can go out and have fun without worry when I don't have you with me anymore."

“Going out alone is no fun; I’d rather stay home and read.” Quan Danru placed a peeled pomelo slice next to Xian Yaowen. “Sir, could you give me something to do?”

"Aren't you doing something right now?"

Quan Danru lowered her head and picked at the grapefruit peel from under her fingernails. "I mean something more meaningful."

"Oh, I'll think about it for you, but for now, you should focus on being a good personal secretary. This time you'll be staying for a long time, and there'll be a lot of things to do, so your workload will be much heavier."

"I'm not afraid of being tired."

"Hmm." Xian Yaowen lowered his head, his gaze fixed on the newspaper. "After I finish reading the newspaper, come out with me."

"it is good."

An hour and a half later, Xian Yaowen took Quan Danru to Chen Jinxuan's place.

Chen Jinxuan sat on a low stool in the entrance hall, next to a slightly higher stool with a bowl of melon seeds on it. She leisurely hummed a tune and ate the melon seeds.

Suddenly she heard the sound of an engine, very close. A look of joy appeared on her face. She grabbed the umbrella beside her, stomped on her wooden clogs, rushed to the gate, opened it, and saw Xian Yaowen standing there, completely calm under the umbrella.

"You're back?"

Chen Jinxuan placed her umbrella over Quan Danru's umbrella so that Xian Yaowen could be protected from the rain when he changed umbrellas.

As she expected, Xian Yaowen stepped under her umbrella, put his arm around her waist, and asked, "Is he home?"

“I gave him the money three days ago. He will only come back to ask me for more money after he has spent it all.”

"Oh."

Following Chen Jinxuan to the entrance, Chen Jinxuan put away her umbrella, took a pair of wooden clogs from the shoe cabinet in the entryway, and naturally knelt down on one knee to help Xian Yaowen take off his leather shoes and put on the wooden clogs.

After changing his shoes, Sin Yiu-man sat down on a low stool. "Where's Zhiwei?"

“I took him to Xinyi Kindergarten.” Chen Jinxuan then took two low stools, one for Quan Danru and the other next to Xian Yaowen. She sat down and rested her head on Xian Yaowen’s arm.

"Run by Japanese?"

Chen Jinxuan nodded. "There are still Japanese teachers at the school who teach the children Japanese nursery rhymes, but I heard that they will be dismissed soon."

“Kindergarten teacher is a good job. It can’t be occupied by Japanese people forever. You can find a good one in advance and invite them back to teach Zhiwei Japanese when they lose their job.”

“I don’t think learning Japanese is very useful now. I want Zhiwei to learn English well.”

“It’s never a bad thing to know more languages. Zhiwei is still young and learns things quickly, so we can let him learn more.”

Chen Jinxuan said softly, "I'll listen to you."

As she spoke, she nestled her head into Sin Yiu-man's arms, slipped her right hand inside his suit jacket, and gently stroked his back. "There are fresh taro on the market. I'll knead the dough and let it rest there later, and we'll make taro cakes for breakfast tomorrow."

Sin Yiu-man chuckled, "Does the dough for taro cake need to rest for that long?"

Chen Jinxuan blushed and was too embarrassed to speak.

Xian Yaowen put his arm around her waist and whispered in her ear, "I'm not leaving tonight."

Chen Jinxuan let out a soft "hmm" through her nose, then buried her head deep into the embrace. She grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the bowl, picked one up with her fingernail, and peeled it, feeding the kernel to Xian Yaowen.

Sin Yiu-man comfortably enjoyed her service, eating melon seeds and listening to the rain.

When it was time for kindergarten to let out, Chen Jinxuan offered to have Xie Zhanran take her to pick up Lin Zhiwei. Xian Yaowen readily agreed and secretly instructed Xie Zhanran to cooperate with Chen Jinxuan's possible performance later.

At mealtime, Chen Jinxuan was in the kitchen, and Lin Zhiwei took over the low stool next to Xian Yaowen. Her small hands were covered in black sunflower seeds, and her fingers were wet with saliva.

A moment later, Sin Yiu-man took out the snacks he had prepared in advance, which made the little guy very happy. He grabbed a piece of chocolate and started to eat it.

The little guy was so focused on eating that Xian Yaowen didn't pay him any more attention and let him eat to his heart's content. (End of Chapter)