Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 44: Purchase News (Help! Please read on!)

Huang Jiaying followed him into the sales department in a daze.

She was not unfamiliar with the concept of stocks. She had learned about this concept when she was studying "History of Western Economy" at school. The year before graduation, the Shanghai Stock Exchange was officially established. Stocks suddenly became the hottest word in the entire Shanghai, and stock trading also became the most popular and hottest thing. Even though she was in school, she had heard a lot about it.

However, I know little about the specific process of stock trading, and this was certainly my first time visiting the branch of a brokerage firm like Shenyin Securities - it was a bit like a bank counter.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw someone took the initiative to greet Cao Yukun. The two shook hands and greeted each other. The man seemed particularly excited and kept glancing at her group of people.

Then, it seemed that the entire sales department was alarmed.

The director of the sales department came out quickly. At this time, Cao Yukun called his so-called "Uncle Du" and put the box on the counter. At that moment, Huang Jiaying clearly saw that everyone in the sales department, from their director to the sales clerks below, and even to a few people who were also handling business nearby, all stared with their eyes wide open - bundles of subscription certificates were taken out and placed on the counter. Everyone was stunned.

At that moment, Huang Jiaying suddenly realized that there must be something that was beyond her understanding.

However, she had no time to think about it carefully because her work was about to begin.

In fact, it is very simple. When you open the package of subscription certificates, you will find that there are actually books inside. Each book contains exactly 100 certificates with numbers on them. All of the subscription certificates are numbered one by one!

So, the sales department immediately took out one of their notebooks for verification.

This one got 41 correct tickets, that one got 32 correct tickets, and that one got 37 correct tickets...

After the verification was completed, a salesperson took a small blue round stamp and began to stamp the subscription certificates that had been verified to be winning - the first bundle was quickly counted, and 1146 certificates were winning!
Give money, get stocks.

Put the subscription certificate back into the box and take down another bundle.

And after the shock of the first bundle, the director of the sales department quickly called for people to start making three bundles at the same time. At the same time, he took the initiative to greet Cao Yukun and handed him a cigarette. They both lit up and didn't know what they were talking about - Cao Yukun seemed a little different from the one he knew in the past.

He seemed to be a man of few words, nodding from time to time, with a faint smile always on his face.

He really is... not like the bad boy who fought with Huang Jiapeng before.

The money in the suitcase that he was responsible for safekeeping was gradually becoming less and less. At the same time, stacks of stocks, some with a face value of ten and some with a face value of one, were put back into the suitcase.

Huang Jiaying knew clearly that the money she spent should have been in the treasury two or three days ago.

This was a loan from the Agricultural Bank of China, where his father was the president, to the Shimen Beverage Factory to expand its sales business.

But now, they are being quickly exchanged for stocks.

The name of the stock is Shanghai Light Industry Machinery.

Bundle after bundle, bundle after bundle...

One stack, one stack, and another stack...

This time, Cao Yukun recruited three of his cronies, each of whom was assigned to keep an eye on one salesperson.

The sales department was filled with the sounds of counting and the clicking of stamps.

What was the sales director talking to him about?
I couldn't seem to hear anything clearly.

And what about the person who just came straight towards me, what was he shouting about Cao Yukun?
Call him...Mr. Kun?
In a daze, Huang Jiaying carefully checked the accounts. Each bundle of small notes that had been marked in advance clearly stated the number of winning stocks and the amount of money to be paid.

You should check the number before buying stocks and also check the number of money before selling.

Fortunately, this is professional, even if she would be distracted for a few seconds between calculations and couldn't help turning her head to see what Cao Yukun was doing, she didn't make mistakes. But the whole person was actually in a trance.

Until one moment, almost subconsciously, she suddenly realized that something was wrong. She felt as if her hair had exploded and turned back suddenly - at that moment, she was startled.

I don’t know when, but the entrance of this securities firm’s business department was already surrounded by people!
Several staff members were trying hard to maintain order, shouting things like "Please come in if you need to handle business!", "Please don't push!", "Please don't interfere with our normal work!" and so on.

But although those people didn't come in, they didn't want to leave either. They just gathered at the door, as if there was something exciting to see. Someone was even shouting excitedly, "That's right, I was there when that boss brought his people in! I heard it with my own ears, 30,000 tickets! It was definitely 30,000!"

Others followed suit and said, "Wow! These subscription certificates alone are worth more than 30 million!"

"No one will sell it for 1100 million! Now it's 1200 yuan a piece, but no one will buy it just because the price is there! Let me tell you, it starts at yuan! It's still a blank sheet, and there are consecutive numbers! At least million!"

"Wow! Thirty thousand consecutive numbers? That's really eye-opening!"

"This boss is rich!"

"Who says it's not true? And they can't possibly sell it! With these subscription certificates, they can just buy stocks directly! They can earn more! They are so rich, why would they sell it!"

"..."

Suddenly, Huang Jiaying came back to her senses with a start.

All of a sudden I felt as if I was pulled out of the dazed state I was in just now. I became alert all of a sudden and no matter what I saw or heard, I no longer felt dazed.

Counting, counting money.

She moved swiftly, spoke clearly, and even her eyes became sharper. "1204 shares, that's right. I should give you 28896 yuan, right? Ten thousand, twenty thousand...Okay, eighty-nine, that's twenty-eight thousand, nine hundred yuan, give me four yuan in change!"

Click, click, click, stamp.

Hualalalal, counting money.

A dozen meters away, at the entrance of the business department, there was a lot of noise.

Huang Jiaying, who was in the middle of it, suddenly started to move around, helping those stupid guys to settle the bill with the salesperson. She was quick-witted and could quickly calculate ordinary figures in her head without even a calculator. After both parties had calculated, there was a burst of clicking of stamps and the sound of counting money.

Occasionally, she turned her head and saw that a few sofas had appeared in the corner of the sales department's hall. Cao Yukun was sitting on the sofa in the middle, and the two people sitting on his left and right said something funny, and they laughed out loud.

But he just smiled faintly.

Once when I turned my head, he was curled up on the sofa, a cigarette in his mouth, not saying a word, looking deeply at something. His whole body was shrouded in a cloud of light smoke, and suddenly he looked distant and mysterious.

"elder sister!"

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"I've done the math. The last bundle, 1205 strands, costs 28920 yuan!"

"Oh……"

Huang Jiaying took the stocks and quickly checked the amount. Then she opened the suitcase again and took out the last remaining money. Of course, there was no need to count the bundles, so she counted the rest and it was exactly 8920 yuan!
"Give!"

(End of this chapter)