1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 477: There is no such thing as worth or not, only whether or not you should do it

Perhaps it was because the sunlight in Southeast Asia was stronger, in less than two months, Song Wenxuan actually became a little darker and looked much more mature.

"Old Song, good job!"

Yang Mo shook hands with Song Wenxuan who had just entered the room, praised him with a smile, then slapped him on the shoulder. Then, with a half-pushing and half-embracing gesture, he invited this guy to the tea table, and then started to fiddle with the new set of tea sets as if to show off.

After all, this guy graduated from Henley Business School.

To be honest, the business studies at Henry Business School are still top-notch, so Song Wenxuan's performance in short-term gold futures operations some time ago was also quite impressive.

在10月中旬COMEX黄金期货价格剧烈震荡下调的时候，这货竟然直接出手看多11月15日、11月16日、11月17日这三天的金价，并且卡在365.8美元~366.1美元这价格区间重仓，然后一口气砸下了超过800万美金进去。

You know, when this bullish sentiment came, the gold price just started to fluctuate to a low of $364 per ounce. Although it had not yet fluctuated to the bottom of $361 per ounce, anyone could see the trend. Therefore, it was very bold to go long on the gold price for next month when it just started to fluctuate and decline, and to position all funds heavily at the public psychological peak of $366 per ounce.

However, the benefits of this approach are also obvious. If it fails, it will certainly lead to countless ridicules; but if it succeeds, it will definitely impress a large number of people.

It turns out that in addition to learning some real skills at Henry College, Song Wenxuan also has very good luck.

还没等到11月15日，安理会就出台了678号决议，言辞强硬地要求伊拉克在1月15日之前撤出科威特。

As soon as the news came out, dark clouds began to gather, and the international gold price, which was already in a big cycle, rebounded immediately. It not only easily broke through the price of 366 US dollars per ounce, but even reached a high of 390 US dollars... Although it began to fall after reaching 390 US dollars, from November 11 to November 15, the price still fluctuated in the range of 11 US dollars per ounce. Therefore, Song Wenxuan made a lot of money this time. If this operation was not more for the purpose of making achievements and the principal was not much, otherwise this sum alone would be enough to allow the Lin family to reach a higher level.

Of course, how much profit is not the most important thing. What is important is that Song Wenxuan's insightful investment vision and precise and decisive actions have really impressed the financial investment department of the national pharmaceutical company in the archipelago...Outsiders watch the excitement, while insiders watch the doorway. It is not important how much profit this short-term operation has created. What is important is the timing of Song Wenxuan's action and the golden price point that he has stuck.

But more importantly, unlike those traditional trading methods, Song Wenxuan adopted the "entity + finance" operating method. After he was bullish on the gold price in mid-November, he immediately used the tentacles of Moyazhai to organize and lure Mrs. Watanabe to travel to Southeast Asia, and then directly pushed up the gold price through terminal demand through tourism shopping... Putting aside other things, just from the perspective of trading ideas, there is a dimensional gap between the two.

Therefore, after a ten-day struggle that was very Japanese-style tug-of-war, but not particularly fierce, Song Wenxuan got his wish and became the head of the "Special Operation Studio for Cross-border Investment and Financing Erosion of Tax Base" of the China-Japan Economic Promotion Council, and placed some backbone members of the Lin and Chen families in it.

This was a major victory, so even Yang Mo gave Song Wenxuan a big compliment without hesitation.

The little money earned on gold futures is not important;

The special operation studio for cross-border investment and financing erosion of tax base is not that important in itself;
However, it is very important to gradually connect and attract a sufficient number of Mrs. Watanabe groups through this special studio.

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Looking at Yang Mo in a dark Zhongshan suit, Song Wenxuan smiled with complicated eyes: "This is what I should do. Speaking of which, the one I should thank the most is you, Boss Yang. If you hadn't fought for it with all your strength, the Lin family and the Chen family would never agree to let an outsider like me use their funds and names to operate the business."

Some things cannot be seen in one's own small world, but only when he was outside, in that jungle environment where everything was judged by performance, did he truly feel the real gap between him and Yang Mo... Compared to someone who even the presidents of large pharmaceutical companies took the initiative to come and seek a meeting with, he, the second generation who was highly valued by his family, had absolutely no weight at all abroad. If it weren't for Yang Mo's face, who would even look at him twice?

Therefore, if it were half a year ago, when he saw Yang Mo wearing the Zhongshan suit he had always dreamed of, he might have felt jealous, but now, apart from lamenting the bizarre situation of this guy and the exaggerated speed of his progress, he actually had no other thoughts.

Yang Mo seemed not to notice the expression on Song Wenxuan's face. He just took out a newly bought Pu'er pine cake, unpacked the tea leaves, and then threw them into the purple clay pot one by one. "Everyone knows who pushed for the Security Council's Resolution 678. If things go as expected, America will get serious after January 1th... In fact, with America's current domestic and international economic situation, even if Iraq wants to give in, they will find other reasons to take heavy measures. So according to common sense, the price of gold will rise further by then."

Song Wenxuan understood the meaning of the song and nodded immediately: "This judgment is similar to our view. In fact, at the first working meeting of the special operation studio on cross-border investment and financing erosion of tax base the day before yesterday, everyone agreed to continue to go long on gold prices on COMEX."

Yang Mo smiled: "Oh?"

Seeing this, Song Wenxuan smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, I knew I couldn't hide it from you. My real idea is to go long on the gold price first, and then wait until the two sides fight each other. Then I will make a comprehensive analysis and find a suitable time to go short."

At this point, Song Wenxuan glanced at Zhuo Mali, who was looking surprised, and explained a little: "International capital has always been greedy and will eat people without spitting out bones. The control over their own policies is far beyond what we Chinese can imagine. Since everyone knows the truth about gold in troubled times, they will definitely try every possible way to short the gold price, and then use people's thinking inertia to make a lot of money... So every time there is a big cycle, there are many shocking and strange things. It is right to take the opportunity to turn long to short."

Yang Mo nodded approvingly: "That's right, when everyone thinks that things will develop in a certain direction, that's actually when things are most likely to go wrong... So when to turn from long to short is the key."

Song Wenxuan nodded slightly solemnly: "There are countless people who understand the truth, but the key is the timing... If you are not the banker, it is really difficult for you to make an accurate judgment."

At a time when companies in the island nation are scrambling to move their funds abroad, the special operation studio for cross-border investment and financing erosion of tax bases, which was established by personnel from several large pharmaceutical companies and more than a dozen chambers of commerce in the island nation, naturally controls a lot of funds. It is conceivable that Song Wenxuan, who has accepted such a big project for the first time, is under a lot of pressure.

Yang Mo smiled and said, "When playing this kind of game, the key is whether you can control your greed after you have a certain amount of cards in your hand... Since you, Old Song, have said that the longer the cycle, the more likely it is that some major changes beyond everyone's expectations will occur, so no matter what, it's better to get out of it as soon as possible."

After pointing meaningfully, Yang Mo pondered for a moment, then picked up the boiling water and started to brew it: "Since America has been deploying troops for half a year without making any moves, and there are exciting dramas every day at the United Nations General Assembly, and in the end the Security Council issued Resolution 678 with a tough attitude, then from all indications, America is planning to launch a lightning strike this time."

Sighing softly, Yang Mo poured out the water used to wash the tea, then sniffed the incense in the cup: "Although America's record since World War II has been quite poor, which makes people doubt their actual combat power... Facing Iraq, which is known as the world's third most powerful military country, most people probably thought that this would be another stalemate, so the price of gold also soared rapidly;"

"But I have a different opinion. With the development of science and technology over the past few decades, the situation has changed. It is no longer the era where just having more people and more equipment is enough. The generation gap in weapons and tactics is enough to form a dimensionality reduction attack... Therefore, America's lightning strike after accumulating enough power may be more effective than anyone expected."

At this point, Yang Mo passed a cup of tea to him and said, "So, my advice is... take January 1 as the dividing line, you'd better deal with the orders in your hands, and then use $15/ounce as the benchmark point and go all out to short the gold price!"

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Hearing Yang Mo's words, Song Wenxuan's brows furrowed.

Since the word "advice" was used, Yang Mo's words were no different from an order.

Zhuo Junyue looked at the two of them with some concern.

Although Yang Mo always gives people a feeling of being autocratic, in fact, once he hands a project over to you, he will only ask about the results, not the process.

Therefore, such a situation of directly "guiding" Song Wenxuan's work is really rare.

You have to know that the special operation studio for cross-border investment and financing erosion of tax base is a department under the "China-Japan Economic Exchange Promotion Association". Although Dahua Company is the chairman company, it has to maintain the minimum decency. It is an excessive thing to directly intervene in this business that concerns the foreign exchange balance of various companies before convening a general meeting of member companies.

Unexpectedly, facing Yang Mo's unreasonableness, Song Wenxuan did not get angry, nor did he refuse politely. He just frowned and thought for a long time, then sighed softly: "Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your advice... I understand."

What he meant now was that he had accepted Yang Mo's "guidance".

This time, even Yang Mo was surprised. He originally thought that this guy would have an emotional argument with him.

Glancing at Song Wenxuan's expression, Yang Mo felt that things were getting complicated, and immediately looked at him intently: "Old Song, don't you want to... ask something?"

Song Wenxuan shook his head: "I understood a truth very early on. If I want to improve myself quickly, I still have to sort out some things on my own... Since more than one person suggested that I get out early, and they are all people who are much better than me, then I naturally can't be so stubborn."

More than one person?

And they are all people that Song Wenxuan thinks are stronger than him?

Yang Mo suddenly became surprised: "Who else gave you this advice?"

Song Wenxuan smiled bitterly: "Do you still remember Wang Yinuo, the former general manager of your Drilling Company 1?"

Yang Mo's eyes widened: "Lao Wang? This is impossible! That guy doesn't understand finance or futures. How can he give you this advice?"

Song Wenxuan laughed, "It wasn't Deputy Director Wang, but the old man from the Lin family... He asked Deputy Director Wang to advise me... Although Old Man Lin is not involved in finance, he started out in the gambling industry. Gambling and finance are similar in nature. In addition, the old man's life is legendary, and he has seen countless dangerous storms. I will naturally think seriously about the advice he gives me."

Yang Mo was a little confused.

The old man of the Lin family?
The old man who started traveling around before the founding of the People's Republic of China?
After a pause, Yang Mo's tone became more curious: "But how come Mr. Lin is involved with Lao Wang, and he even asked him to bring a message to you... This is unscientific!"

Although Wang Yinuo was already a deputy bureau-level cadre of the United Front Work Department and the Third Bureau, he would not have the opportunity to meet a figure like Grandpa Lin... The reason was simple. At that time, the country attached great importance to patriotic overseas Chinese. For patriotic overseas Chinese like Grandpa Lin, who had been donating money to the motherland since the Anti-Japanese War and had such a long experience that few people could match, out of respect, even if it was just an ordinary visit, the country would at least send a bureau-level cadre, and a full-time bureau-level cadre, to say hello to the old man.

A deputy like Wang Yinuo, even if they met, could only follow his leader and sit aside obediently listening to his leader asking about Mr. Lin's well-being, without any room for interruption.

Song Wenxuan's expression became strange when he heard this: "Boss Yang, don't you know that Deputy Director Wang once worked in a production team in southern Yunnan?" Yang Mo was stunned: "I know, but what is the connection between the two?"

Not only do I know that this guy was one of the first people to go to the countryside to work in the fields, I also know that he has an illegitimate daughter!

Song Wenxuan's eyelids twitched: "Deputy Director Wang's place of joining the team is in DH State, and it is in the Overseas Chinese Farm in DH State... So, Mr. Yang, now you know why Mr. Lin can chat with Deputy Director Wang, right?"

Dehong...Overseas Chinese Farm?
Yang Mo's face changed, and he immediately understood the connection. His mouth moved a little, but in the end he did not ask any further questions.

Some things should be left alone after they have passed. Asking too many questions may only make you more likely to be pinched by the crab claws.

Seeing that Yang Mo finally understood the reason, Song Wenxuan sighed: "In fact, logically speaking, even if Deputy Director Wang can rely on his experience of working in the Dehong Overseas Chinese Farm to get in touch with Mr. Lin in a roundabout way, there are too many similar situations. Even if we take a step back, the old man shouldn't do Deputy Director Wang such a favor and let him pass on the message."

Yang Mo hummed softly, then looked at Song Wenxuan as expected: "So...?"

Song Wenxuan sighed again: "So, this is the main reason why I have to return to China immediately even though I still have a lot of work to sort out."

Yang Mo's expression became a little serious: "Tell me about the situation."

Song Wenxuan smiled bitterly: "I think you have guessed it, Mr. Yang, this matter is related to the Lin family."

"To put it simply, as the island nation's economic bubble burst, its various chain reactions have spread to Southeast Asia... The most direct manifestation is that the prices of bulk commodities and primary agricultural products in Southeast Asia have begun to fluctuate significantly. The major currencies in the region have had to start directly pegging to the US dollar. Inflation in many regions has also soared at a fairly fast rate;"

“Although Southeast Asia has taken over some European and American manufacturing industries, and some regions have even been touted as the Four Asian Tigers, in fact, the main economic pillars there are still various resource-based commodities… The prices of these commodities fluctuated violently at the beginning, and once inflation started to rise, the people’s livelihood economy naturally became visibly stagnant.”

He sighed with a complicated expression: "I believe everyone knows what the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia have experienced over the past few hundred years. The things that happened in the 1950s and 1960s were even more heartbreaking... After all, Mr. Lin has experienced three dynasties and has experienced some things personally. Therefore, when he saw that the economic situation in Southeast Asia was gradually beginning to fluctuate again, he naturally became very alert."

"In theory, although Southeast Asia's livelihood economy has fluctuated, we all know that even if we put aside the positive changes that have taken place externally, it will take a relatively long time for such fluctuations to deteriorate. Mr. Lin is worried, but he is not on guard right now."

"But the unfortunate thing is that some time ago, in order to cooperate with the gold futures operation, I relied on Mo Yaxuan as a platform to organize and mobilize several groups of middle-class housewives from island countries to travel to Malaysia, the Philippines and other places in the form of [domestic loans + overseas shopping + exchange rate cashing], and then bought a lot of gold products... and a very important transit point in the itinerary was the cruise ships and tourist attractions built by the Lin family."

"In short, the purchasing power of these middle-class housewives in the island countries far exceeded our previous imagination. In just over a month, there were only seven or eight groups, about 1 people, and they directly generated more than 2.5 million US dollars in consumption in terms of food, accommodation, cruise gambling, gold product purchases, and specialty purchases... On average, each person spent US dollars. Not to mention others, even we were shocked when we saw this!"

When Yang Mo heard this, he couldn't help but smile softly.

If it is just a simple tour, with the current purchasing power of the US dollar, 2.5 US dollars per person is certainly a terrifying number. But these people are not ordinary people. They are the Japanese who are known as the "world's richest people" at this time, and they are the Watanabe wives who have strong economic strength among the Japanese. Moreover, their consumption includes precious metals, luxury goods, and artworks for value preservation and investment, accounting for more than 60%. Therefore, if you only look at the book data, it is naturally exaggerated.

Song Wenxuan sighed with some regret: "If you go to Southeast Asia, especially some areas in Southeast Asia, you will understand what a truly bad place is... In short, the sudden appearance of such a large piece of fat meat naturally attracted the attention of officials in certain regions, and then they came straight to us, wanting to forcefully buy more than half of the shares of these tourist attractions at a low price."

"Faced with such an impolite request, the Lin family naturally could not agree. So after several unpleasant encounters, the Lin family's business naturally encountered a series of difficulties, including surprise inspections."

"Although the Lin family is not a large and influential family like the Guo family, they have been around for decades and are not soft persimmons that can be easily manipulated. Therefore, when faced with various difficulties, they have always responded to them, so they did not cause much damage."

"However, the increasingly frequent and excessive harassment has undoubtedly sounded a wake-up call to Mr. Lin, who was already on guard, and made him feel that the reincarnation that the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia encounter every few decades is very likely to be imminent."

"So, there are three options before the Lin family:"

"1. Sacrifice a lot of interests, hold a banquet to ward off disaster, and then continue to live in Nanyang, hoping that there will not be too much repercussions in the future."

"2. Adopt the strategy of having three burrows and shifting some important industries to island countries and Taiwan, in order to have enough room for maneuver and bargaining chips;"

"3. The strategy of "three burrows" is still adopted, but the funds and industries are transferred to the island countries and the mainland."

"There are actually many different opinions in the Lin family regarding these three options, but overall, most people agree with the latter two, especially the second one... After all, an objective fact is that in the minds of many overseas Chinese, although Taiwan and the mainland are of the same origin, Taiwan is more easily accepted. In addition, some of the experiences of overseas Chinese who returned to China in the 60s did indeed reduce our scores."

"But Mr. Lin prefers the third option, which is to transfer important industries, especially the tourism and investment industries that are undergoing transformation, to the island countries and the mainland, especially to the mainland."

"The reason is very simple. The country's attitude towards patriotic overseas Chinese like him over the years has made him feel the country's sincerity... As the saying goes, a son will never dislike his mother's ugliness. As a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, even if the domestic economic foundation is not good now, he is willing to trust the country once and bet more than half of his family's wealth!"

At this point, Song Wenxuan sighed for the fifth time: "According to what he said, when people get old, they always want to return to their roots. Being buried in the land where he was born and worshipped with his ancestors has always been his dream."

Yang Mo nodded: "I can understand the obsession of the old Chinese people...but you still didn't get to the point. Mr. Lin is from Fujian, and we are from the Qilu in the north."

Before Song Wenxuan could speak, Zhuo Mali looked at Yang Mo with dissatisfaction: "Boss Yang, some things are meaningless if you talk about them in detail! Mr. Lin has already said that he wants to transfer the tourism and investment industries to the motherland... Apart from those traditional tourist attractions, where else can be more attractive than Texas?"

Zhuo Mali straightened her neck with a little pride. "Besides, you know that the Lin family, which started out in the gambling industry, is not good at constructing natural scenic spots. Instead, they are better at man-made commercial and cultural attractions... After screening, Dezhou, which has achieved dazzling results with its commercial demonstration area, is their best choice!"

Song Wenxuan nodded: "Sister Zhuo is right, that's what Mr. Lin meant, and Dezhou has another advantage, that is, after half a year of rectification, the social security and business environment here can be regarded as one of the best regions in the country, even comparable to Shanghai and Qingdao... But the investment cost in big cities like Shanghai and Qingdao is undoubtedly much higher than in Dezhou."

At the end, Song Wenxuan said as if to remind him, "Also, when Mr. Yang was in the island country, he sincerely invited the Lin family and the Chen family to invest in Texas. This was also an important consideration for Mr. Lin to let Deputy Director Wang pass on the message to express his position... After all, it is undoubtedly much more convenient to have a reliable friend in the local area."

Zhuo Mali seemed to be very concerned about this matter. Before Yang Mo could reply, she interrupted again: "Yes, Mr. Yang, don't forget that DZ City has just been promoted to a prefecture-level city, and there are a lot of urban infrastructure projects that need to be added. The investment and projects from the Lin family are not given to us out of thin air..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yang Mo.

"Old Song, Sister Zhuo, no need to say more. I will communicate with the city in a moment, and then, in the name of the DZ city authority, Dahua Company, and Dezhou Chengchan Fund, invite the Lin family to settle in Dezhou. I will also invite Mr. Lin to inspect the economic and cultural achievements we have made in recent years."

"Of course, since the main business that the Lin family wants to transfer is not just tourism, but also investment business, then needless to say, the project libraries of Dahua Company, Momo Baitou, and Dezhou Chengchan Fund are all open to the Lin family. If you have any projects in mind, just tell me directly and I will arrange it!"

Yang Mo had a calm face, but his tone was without any hesitation: "Of course, it is not convenient to say this directly in the invitation letter. When the time comes, Old Song, please help me explain it to the old man... If necessary, when you go back, you might as well print out the list of projects here and let him take a look. But please keep it confidential, and only Old Master Lin can take a look."

!!!

Open all project libraries?
Song Wenxuan and Zhuo Mali looked at each other and almost screamed out loud on the spot.

As members of Yang Mo's faction, they certainly knew how many projects Yang Mo had in his hands. Many of them were extremely important or had super system projects with staggering long-term benefits... Even they were not qualified to see the full picture.

And now, Yang Mo, who always liked to eat alone and was extremely domineering, actually opened all the projects in the project library to the Lin family unconditionally and without any threshold. He could even print out the list directly and let Song Wenxuan take it to the old man to review and select...

This, this, this...

If they were not in the general manager's office of the fund company, Zhuo Mali almost wanted to expose Yang Mo's face to see if he was an outsider pretending to be him.

"Mr. Yang, is this...appropriate?"

Song Wenxuan swallowed with some difficulty, and even his tongue was a little tied.

No wonder he looked so out of control, he was one of the few people who knew the weight of this gift.

It can be said that if you are a little sharp and check two or three important items on this list, within two years, you will definitely become a powerful figure in Texas, or even in Qi and Lu!
The value of many projects cannot be measured by simple money!

Yang Mo glanced at him calmly: "There is nothing inappropriate... You guys go out first, I'll call the city and get a consensus."

Under the cause and effect of history,
There is really no such thing as appropriate or inappropriate in some things.
Not even worth it.

only,

Should I...

(End of this chapter)