1979: Literary Master, Starting from the Return of Educated Youth

Chapter 143 Sister-in-law: Don’t get your stockings snagged
"You can't say that. There are so many self-employed people in the market now. Where can they get a share of housing?"

"Don't you still have to buy it?"

The old overseas Chinese said with some excitement.

This small courtyard with two entrances is the result of the hard work of his family’s ancestors.

If he had not been in a hurry to sell the property and cash in to buy a house in the United States, he would have kicked Xu Yuexin out when he made his first offer.

When Xu Yuexin saw the old overseas Chinese's appearance, he just found it funny.

Be anxious, be anxious. The more anxious the other party is, the more advantageous it will be for him.

At this time, Shen Qingru, who had been sitting quietly beside them, spoke.

"Mr. Liu, please don't be in a hurry."

Shen Qingru smiled politely and said, "As far as I know, few self-employed people have ever considered buying a house."

Xu Yuexin also nodded: "To put it bluntly, people generally don't have the awareness to buy a house."

"If you don't lower the price, I'm afraid it will take forever to sell it."

He and Shen Qingru were telling the truth.

The issue of buying a house did not come into the public eye until 1998, and even then, not many people were willing to spend money to buy commercial housing.

Especially for a courtyard with a separate entrance and exit like this, few people can afford it because the total price is too high.

The old overseas Chinese looked tense after hearing what Xu Yuexin and Shen Qingru said, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

"Think about it. We still have to go look at the next house."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xu Yuexin stood up and said.

Friends from nothing series·Room from nothing.

Shen Qingru understood and stood up, saying goodbye to the old overseas Chinese.

"Oh, go and see."

The old overseas Chinese spoke coldly without even getting up to see them off.

Xu Yuexin and Shen Qingru walked towards the gate of the yard together without any hesitation.

He had made up his mind that if the old overseas Chinese did not stay, then they would really leave.

As a result, just as Xu Yuexin and Shen Qingru stepped out of the yard, the old overseas Chinese spoke.

"Young man, it's not right for you to do this."

"You told me you wanted to buy a house, and I booked a plane ticket all the way back, and now you're playing this on me?"

The old overseas Chinese accused him in an angry voice, "I'm almost 60 years old, do you have the nerve to do this?"

Xu Yuexin was neither anxious nor impatient. He slowly turned around and spread his hands with a smile.

"Old man, not just you, everyone's time is precious."

"We don't have time to entertain you."

"The main reason is that the price you offered was too outrageous, and you even offered a discount. No one can stand this."

Across the yard, the old overseas Chinese was left speechless by what Xu Yuexin said.

He was indeed in the wrong regarding the refund.

"Then let's do as we agreed last time."

After a long while, he awkwardly held up two fingers and said, "Two hundred and two."

"No, two hundred and twenty is the price you mentioned, and I haven't agreed to it yet."

Xu Yuexin decisively refused, "How much did I bid? Oh, two hundred."

"Two hundred, no deal."

When the old overseas Chinese heard what he said, he waved his hand impatiently.

Young man, there is no way to bargain.

This is a single-family courtyard that has undergone proper water and electricity renovations, not a slum!

Xu Yuexin was actually happy to hear the old overseas Chinese's refusal.

200 for the interview, does that mean just add a little bit more?

Thinking of this, Xu Yuexin winked at Shen Qingru and walked back to the main room with her.

It's not very appropriate to negotiate the price from a distance.

In the main room, the old overseas Chinese still had a bad look on his face.

"You said 200 is not enough, then name your price."

Xu Yuexin and the old overseas Chinese said.

"I said 220, this is the lowest."

"Then you still haven't lowered the price by a penny. In this case, our discussion today would have been in vain."

"Is that so? Then I'll reduce it by 219 cents to 5 yuan."

Xu Yuexin smiled: The old man is just sulking.

"Okay, no matter how much you reduce it, it's still a reduction. I'll add two dollars per square meter, 202."

"You are no different from not adding it."

"You only reduced the price by fifty cents."

Xu Yuexin reminded.

The old overseas Chinese was speechless again.

He closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and finally stretched out five trembling fingers.

"215, this is my bottom line, I can't go even a point less."

"What a coincidence, I'm almost at the bottom line too, 205, I can't add a single point."

At this point, Xu Yuexin and the old overseas Chinese stared at each other, as if they were in a tug-of-war.

Shen Qingru smiled gracefully.

"Mr. Liu, I advise you to reconsider. Your round-trip airfare from the United States will cost tens of thousands of yuan."

"When you look at the housing prices, it's equivalent to a drop of more than 10 yuan per square meter."

"If you miss us today, you may not meet any new buyers in the next few days."

"So, why not lower it a little bit?"

The old overseas Chinese was upset by what Shen Qingru said.

What Shen Qingru pointed out was a fact. If he missed today's buyer, he wouldn't know when his house could be sold, and by then he would have to spend money on the plane ticket.

"Let's take the middle, 210 yuan, and don't bargain any more."

The old overseas Chinese looked at Xu Yuexin reluctantly.

"Let's pick a lucky number, 208, let's get rich together."

Xu Yuexin suggested with a smile.

He could see that the old overseas Chinese had become calm at this moment.

Maybe he accepted his fate, or maybe he had been angry for a long time and now all his anger was gone.

"208..."

The old overseas Chinese closed his eyes and began to think.

Seeing this, Xu Yuexin and Shen Qingru exchanged glances and said: Judging from the situation, it should be done.

As expected, the old overseas Chinese quickly opened his eyes and nodded: "208 is no problem, let's go sign the contract and get the house title now."

Xu Yuexin and Shen Qingru both laughed.

It’s urgent indeed.

"Let's go. The property title is now processed at the street office."

Xu Yuexin stood up and said.

The three of them went to the street office together with the information they had prepared.

Sign the contract, apply for the property certificate...

Two days later, the old overseas Chinese completed the evacuation as agreed, and Xu Yuexin helped Shen Qingru move in the furniture.

"After I take care of it, it should be quite unique."

After finishing the moving meal, Shen Qingru strolled in the yard and talked to Xu Yuexin beside her.

"I have to come back to take care of it."

"Yeah, let me think about it."

Shen Qingru crossed her arms and said thoughtfully.

To stay in the United States or to come back? This is a major question.

After taking a walk, Xu Yuexin and Shen Qingru returned to the bedroom and lay next to each other on the bed to relax their muscles and bones that were tired from moving.

“Do you have enough money in America?”

Xu Yuexin placed his big hand on Aunt Shen's soft forehead and said, "If it's not enough, I'll go to Hong Kong in a couple of days to send you some."

It’s true that the Shen family is a prominent family, but that doesn’t mean they are well-off.

Many large families that move to a foreign country will face the problem of financial constraints, just like the Jia family in Dream of the Red Chamber.

People eat and horses eat, and after going abroad, they lose their foundation. All these things add up, it's really deadly. "You said money... Enough."

Shen Qingru paused for a moment and said, then changed the subject, "You are really good at bargaining, very good."

“If you can completely let go of your personal business, you will definitely become a business genius.”

"Of course I have to do my best when doing things for you."

Xu Yuexin let go of Aunt Shen's hand, put his arm under her willow waist and said, "Aunt, since you are grateful, please reward me."

Aunt Shen understood what he meant by reward and her face turned red.

"You're already one year older, but you're still not in shape."

Aunt Shen touched her feverish face and moved aside to try to keep some distance.

How could Xu Yuexin give Aunt Shen this opportunity?

He reached inward with his arms and held Aunt Shen in his arms as she cried out softly.

Not long after, Aunt Shen's continuous panting could be heard from the bedroom...

……

It was not until the evening that Xu Yuexin left Aunt Shen's house.

Before leaving, Aunt Shen gave him two bottles of Huoxiang Zhengqi water.

"Hong Kong is going south, it's very stuffy."

"You can drink a little if you feel sick."

"Okay, thank you Aunt Shen."

Xu Yuexin took the Huoxiang Zhengqi water from Aunt Shen and felt that she was really gentle and considerate to him.

Two days later, Xu Yuexin took his already packed luggage, met his sister-in-law at Tuanjie Lake, and went to the station together.

At the end of February, the weather is still cold.

My sister-in-law was wearing a white waisted coat with a high-necked sweater of the same color, velvet flesh-colored tights and beige boots, making her stand out in the crowd.

"Hong Kong is over 20 degrees now, have you packed your clothes?"

After meeting, Xu Yuexin asked his sister-in-law.

"I've got it ready. What time are we leaving?"

"Go to the window and buy the earliest one."

Xu Yuexin said, walking to the window and buying two tickets for himself and his sister-in-law.

After the train arrived, the two got on and set off to start a journey of more than two days.

Guangzhou, Kowloon, Central...

The two of them stayed at the same Ritz-Carlton hotel as last time. The difference was that when Xu Yuexin suggested booking a suite to live together, Chen Yixiu finally agreed after a long hesitation.

After entering the room, Xu Yuexin and Chen Yixiu took a shower and changed into cool clothes.

Chen Yixiu changed into a sky blue midi skirt, paired with flesh-colored stockings that were much thinner than the previous one, and a pair of white high heels.

“What beautiful legs.”

Xu Yuexin looked at his sister-in-law's beautiful legs and nodded.

"Don't look around."

Chen Yixue turned her face away and said speechlessly, "Think about what to do next."

"Let's eat first, then go to Dafu Securities."

Xu Yuexin made the arrangements, and then walked to his sister-in-law, pinched the stockings with his hands, and let go only after reaching the limit.

The elastic stockings hit my sister-in-law's legs, making a soft "bang" sound, which made her feel embarrassed and annoyed.

"What are you doing?"

The sister-in-law bent down to check the stockings and said, "Don't get them snagged."

"I bought it here last time, it was 100 Hong Kong dollars a piece, it's not that easy to get snagged."

Xu Yuexin didn't take it seriously.

My sister-in-law bent down and checked carefully. She was relieved only after confirming that there was no snag, but she was still not very happy.

"Then you can't do this either."

The sister-in-law looked at Xu Yuexin with contempt and said, "It's too rude."

"There are many more uncivilized things that happen between husband and wife."

"Bah, who is married to you?"

The sister-in-law rolled her eyes.

Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law took the elevator together and went down to the buffet restaurant to eat.

After dinner, Xu Yuexin took his sister-in-law to Dafu Securities in a taxi to learn about the exchange rate.

When he arrived at the sales department, he learned that his previous agent had been transferred to the headquarters due to excellent performance.

Well, I had to go to the headquarters anyway.

Xu Yuexin thought about it, and went outside with his sister-in-law and called another car.

The sales department is not far from the headquarters, and it only takes 10 minutes for the two of them to get there by car.

After arriving at the headquarters, Xu Yuexin quickly found the agent who had served him before.

When the agent saw Xu Yuexin, he was immediately as happy as if he had met the God of Wealth, and invited the two of them into the VIP room.

The headquarters VIP lounge is only available to customers with a net worth of more than 800 million.

And according to the broker, in order to facilitate transactions for big investors, the company recently equipped each VIP room with a computer.

The agent enthusiastically served tea to the two of them and then turned on the computer.

Xu Yuexin didn't drink tea, but walked to the computer.

"Boss Xu, you want to know the exchange rate of Japanese yen, right?"

The broker logged into the trading software and asked Xu Yuexin behind him.

"Yes."

"On the day you bought the currency, the exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars to Japanese yen was 1:52. Now the exchange rate is 1:57, which means the Japanese yen has depreciated... Let me do the math."

At this point, the agent picked up a calculator and started tinkering with it.

Although computing capabilities are available on computers, most people of this era are still not used to using them.

In fact, Xu Yuexin himself was not used to computers of that era because he was using the DOS system, and the usage method was very different from the later Windows.

"Boss Xu, congratulations! The Japanese yen has depreciated by 9.61% and you have added 20 times leverage, so your rate of return is 1922.1%."

"The current balance in your account is... 2922 Hong Kong dollars!"

"Congratulations, Boss Xu! Boss Xu is really making a fortune this time!"

The agent said in an excited tone.

He saw with his own eyes how Xu Yuexin started with 85 Hong Kong dollars and his wealth increased more than 30 times in less than a year!
Even the Midas Touch can’t be that fast!

On the sofa at the back, Chen Yixiu looked at Xu Yuexin's back and took a breath.

Nearly thirty million!

If Xu Yuexin hadn't been with her all the way, Chen Yixiu would never have believed that there was anyone in the world who could make money at such a rate.

Of course, at the same time she also felt a little worried!

Even when he was worth tens of millions, his brother-in-law was still so unfaithful.

Now that he has a bonus of 30 million, shouldn't he...

Thinking of this, Chen Yixiu's heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, Xu Yuexin was in a very happy mood.

But he remained calm on the surface.

“Transfer all the money in your foreign exchange account, exchange it for $100 million, and invest all of it in U.S. stocks of a company called Apple.”

Xu Yuexin instructed, "Transfer all the remaining money to the bank card."

"Boss Xu is planning to scale down?"

"Not necessarily. Let's see. If there is a good opportunity, it will still end."

Xu Yuexin answered vaguely.

In fact, Xu Yuexin had already arranged the destination of the remaining funds in his mind, and the target was not the stock market.

But there was no need to say it in front of the agent.

After this incident, he has certainly become the focus of many financial tycoons in Hong Kong and even the world.

Those people must be trying to find out his investment trends so that they can follow his investment or even target him.

After all, during the investment process, he must have acted as a counterparty to these big players, but he himself didn't know it.

So, keep it a secret and don't let others know what you will do next.

Including this familiar agent.

Because human nature cannot stand the test.

(End of this chapter)