Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 42: At least I came back alive (please read on!)
"Stock subscription certificate? What is a stock subscription certificate? ... Are you investing in stocks?"

It was already noon the next day when I saw Huang Jiaying again.

Cao Yukun invited her to dinner and didn't even invite Huang Jiapeng, just to explain things to Huang Jiaying first.

He needs a helper like Huang Jiaying.

You need to be bold, careful, reliable and trustworthy. It would be even better if you have an accounting background.

Huang Jiaying meets almost every requirement perfectly.

"Yeah, I'm trading stocks."

"You know how to trade stocks? Have you made a fortune?"

"Soon, I'm going to be rich! So I need an accountant!"

"Being your accountant? I won't go! I have a stable job. I'd be crazy to follow you to Shanghai to be an accountant! Do you know how much loan you have now? Last time you personally borrowed 90, and this time your factory borrowed another 140 million. I'm going crazy. Do you know how much interest this month alone is?"

Cao Yukun spread his hands, "Two months, three months at most, just consider it a favor!"

However, she shook her head directly, "No! If I help you, if people find out, I'm afraid the bank will come after me and ask me to help you pay it back!"

Cao Yukun couldn't help but laugh when he heard that, but before he could say anything else, Huang Jiaying looked around and suddenly pulled out a bulging envelope from her already bulging chest and slammed it on the table, "Look, all my savings, including the bonus from your loan before the New Year, are here, five thousand five!"

Looking at the envelope, Cao Yukun looked up at her again, "What are you doing?"

She sighed, couldn't eat anymore, put down her chopsticks, and said, "I don't know what you are doing, but I know you must be doing something. Considering that you and Jiapeng are brothers, I think you are actually a good person. Take it. I can't help you with anything big, but I can help you with these!"

"I... don't need money!"

"Nonsense! You don't need the money, why are you taking out a loan? I tell you, no matter what you are doing, just stop it. The worst that can happen is that you will owe it a few hundred thousand. You are still young, you can pay it back slowly. If you put in another 1.4 million, just think about it, it will be more than 2 million, and you will have to pay it back until you die!"

"..."

For a moment, Cao Yukun felt quite speechless.

After thinking for a while, he slowly spoke, lowering his voice, and said, "It's like this, Sister Jiaying..."

"I got the 30 yuan loan before, and I didn't do anything else. I went to Shanghai and bought stock subscription certificates. Only with them can I participate in the subscription of new shares this year. At that time, I thought that buying stocks would definitely make me rich, but now the problem is that this thing sells for yuan a piece, which is too expensive. No one bought it at the time, and then the sales ended, and everyone thought this thing was good..."

Huang Jiaying's chopsticks gradually stopped moving again, her eyes lit up, and she stared at Cao Yukun with a sharp gaze, "So? Is the thing in your hand more valuable?"

Cao Yukun said: "When I bought it, it was 30 yuan per copy. If I were to sell it now, the market price would be about 1200 yuan per copy! It has doubled... about 40 times!"

Huang Jiaying was stunned for a long time, and when she came to her senses, she subconsciously looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her table, she suddenly leaned forward with her chest pressed against the table, "Did you sell it?"

"not yet."

"Can it be sold? Is it easy to sell?"

"It's easy to sell, but I need someone to help me count the money and do the accounting."

She suddenly stood up, as if she was about to say something, but couldn't help but lie down again and move closer, "You are not kidding me, are you? Really?"

"Really! Come and do accounting for a few days!" She slammed her chopsticks on the rice bowl and laughed. At first, she was holding back her laughter, and then she started to laugh so hard that her body shook. Seeing that Cao Yukun looked puzzled and didn't seem to have any intention of cooperating, she finally felt bored and stopped. She waved her hand and rolled her eyes at Cao Yukun, then picked up her chopsticks and called Cao Yukun, "Okay, eat! Only when you are full will you have the strength to continue blowing!"

But soon, she found that Cao Yukun didn't move, but stared at her with his bright eyes. Finally, she couldn't eat the meal anymore. She picked up the envelope on the table and stuffed it back into her pocket. "Forget it! I'm not happy to give it to you!"

"Alright, alright, what do you want me to do? The Demon City? Okay, I'll go with you and see what you're doing!"

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I saw the van in my yard from a distance.

Cao Weiguo suddenly felt relieved and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously, but the next moment, he didn't know what he thought of, and his expression became tense again.

Fortunately, my son is safe and sound and looks in good spirits.

During dinner, Cao Weiguo took the initiative to ask him, which was rare, "What have you been busy with recently?"

Cao Yukun replied: "I went out for a walk and looked at the market."

Cao Weiguo then asked, "When you bought the factory before the Lunar New Year, I remember you said you only wanted the factory for half a year. Calculating the time, there are still two months left, and you should return it to the owner at the end of May. Have you done what you were supposed to do? Have you succeeded?"

"It will be soon. The progress is very good. By the end of May, all these things will be finished."

"Well, you just need to know the answer. Also, I just heard you pick up the cell phone. You asked that Huang... Jiapeng, right? You asked him to help you find your old classmate?"

"Well, I... need to bring a few more people with me."

Cao Weiguo suddenly looked up, "Is there any danger?"

Cao Yukun quickly explained, "No, no, it's a precaution."

He looked at his son deeply and asked no more questions.

However, after dinner, my mother went to the kitchen to wash up, and he sat alone in the main room and smoked a cigarette. Suddenly he stood up and rode his motorcycle. Then, without waiting for anyone to come out and ask him what, he had already ridden the motorcycle out of the yard and soon rode away.

It was late at night when Cao Yukun had fallen asleep, but was suddenly awakened by the sound of a motorcycle in the yard. When he sat up and looked out the window, he saw two men turning off the engine and getting off the motorcycle in the darkness. Cao Yukun was stunned for a few seconds, but quickly put on his clothes and went out to turn on the light in the main room.

Cao Weiguo limped in first.

Behind him followed a thin and weak man, who looked to be in his thirties or forties, about 1.7 meters tall, a little dark, and looked clumsy and stupid, like a farmer working in the fields.

Cao Weiguo looked at his son and said, "This is your uncle Du, Du Xuehong."

So Cao Yukun obediently called out, "Uncle Du."

The man nodded stupidly and responded, "Yeah, yeah!"

Dad Cao Weiguo added, "I took care of him for three years when I was in the army! Now he has been retired for many years and is farming at home! Wherever you go, take him with you! I left 300 yuan for his family. You will provide food and accommodation in the future, and give him 150 yuan a month."

After a pause, he said, "With him here, you can at least come back alive."

(End of this chapter)