The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 265: Confessing the Domestic Situation
An impromptu meeting lasted until after four o'clock, after all, there were many directions and contents that needed to be adjusted.

Hong Kong’s high wages were bound to cause the manufacturing industry to move out. The manufacturing industry gradually took off in the early 1970s, but wages also took off.

It can still hold up for now, but traditional industries are already struggling. Not only are labor costs increasing in Hong Kong, but land and rent are also rising.

This is also the reason why so many manufacturing industries in Hong Kong moved there once China opened up. Doesn't the Hong Kong government want to keep them and collect more taxes?

In the mainland, the cost of building a house may not be enough to pay a few years of rent in Hong Kong, and the labor cost is even more ridiculous.

The cost of a Hong Kong worker is not as exaggerated as it sounds. Even if calculated according to the official domestic exchange rate, it is only about one twentieth.

What does this mean? For example, in Hong Kong, a factory with a few hundred people is considered large. It pays out at least hundreds of thousands or millions of Hong Kong dollars in wages a month. In mainland China, 50,000 Hong Kong dollars can be exchanged for 10,000 RMB, and 50,000 Hong Kong dollars can recruit 100 workers in mainland China.

A few months' salary can earn back all the costs of investing in and building a factory in the country, not to mention the loan policies there.

Jiang Cheng also chose to take out loans, taking as much as he could. He had sufficient funds, and when investing in Hong Kong, he tried not to take out loans. Jiang Cheng did not like to owe money, even to the bank.

The reason why Jiang Cheng chose to borrow money in China was not because he knew that the country would implement a dual exchange rate policy in a year. At that time, the domestic RMB exchange rate would directly depreciate by half.

Now, 1.5 yuan is exchanged for one US dollar, and after a year, it will be nearly 3 yuan for one US dollar. As a result, for overseas businessmen with US dollars or other currencies, if they originally borrowed 3 million US dollars, they would need to pay back 2 million US dollars, but after a year, they only need 1 million US dollars.

Jiang Cheng chose to take out a loan, but he had no idea that the domestic currency would depreciate by half in exchange for the US dollar a year later. In his impression, the domestic currency was exchanged for one US dollar at a certain time, and this ratio lasted for a long time.

If we take into account later generations, it is even more cost-effective to hold US dollars than domestic currency. In later generations, the exchange rate reached more than seven dollars to one US dollar.

Not only the US dollar, but also the Hong Kong dollar, although the current exchange rate is 5:1, it will be close to 1:1 in the future. In this case, as long as you keep borrowing and repaying the money, you will find that you can save about four times the cost in currency in a few decades.

After leaving the company, Jiang Cheng drove Shen Li and his daughter to the mall.

"Jiang Cheng, why did you buy these silver jewelry? Aren't there gold ones over there?" Shen Li asked curiously in a jewelry store in the mall.

"Buy some and take them to the mainland to give to some relatives." Jiang Cheng said.

In the jewelry store, Jiang Cheng also saw silver jewelry with the twelve zodiac animals, as well as gold jewelry. The gold jewelry was more lifelike and the style was also exquisite.

The silver zodiac ornaments are relatively simple and should have been pressed directly out of the mold.

Jiang Cheng was calculating the ages and zodiac signs of his nephews and nieces, as well as his daughter. Then he bought one for each of them, including Jiang Fei and Jiang Yue.

In Shen Li's opinion, they were so rich, why did they still buy things made of silver? When she heard Jiang Cheng say that he brought it for his relatives in the mainland, it was the first time that Shen Li heard Jiang Cheng talk about his relatives on his own initiative after so many years.

In the past, Shen Li always asked Jiang Cheng who his first wife was, where she was, and what her family was like. Jiang Cheng didn't say much. In the first two years of their relationship, Shen Li hadn't given birth to a daughter yet, and her status as a concubine was not stable. Later, he got used to it and didn't mention it much.

Now that Jiang Cheng mentioned that his relatives were in the mainland, Shen Li suddenly felt a little shocked, wondering if she was too confused.

Shen Li always believed that Jiang Cheng's first wife and family should be in Hong Kong, and she didn't see Jiang Cheng's family because Jiang Cheng didn't let her see his "sister" for fear of problems in their marriage. In other words, Jiang Cheng was just cheating on her.

But now Jiang Cheng said that it was for relatives in the mainland, Shen Li felt that she had been in a misunderstanding. If Jiang Cheng was just afraid that she would be discovered by her family, he would only spend a few days with her in a month.

But Shen Li had investigated before, but she had never been able to find out where Jiang Cheng went after he left. Of course, she only made simple inquiries and did not spend money to find a professional to investigate.

In the past, Shen Li went to the factory and company to inquire, but she couldn't find any trace of Jiang Cheng. But sometimes, it's just a simple matter that we don't think too deeply about. If Jiang Cheng was just in Hong Kong to accompany his family, it's normal for him to avoid her. But there's no reason for him to avoid the company and the factory.

Shen Li looked at Jiang Cheng in shock, as if she had discovered a new world. The "sister" she had always thought of might be in the mainland. And in recent years, Jiang Cheng might have his own channels to travel safely between the mainland and Hong Kong.

But if this is the case, Shen Li doesn't know whether it is good or bad. Because she also came from the mainland with her parents when she was young, even though she has been in Hong Kong for many years, she still has the most basic information.

In the mainland, it is not as simple as monogamy. After all, Hong Kong is also monogamous. But there are too many red-light districts in Hong Kong now. Even if it is monogamous, many women can forgive men if they go to their girlfriends. Some rich people even openly support women.

Nowadays in Hong Kong there is no such thing as being kicked out of the house with nothing due to extramarital affair. Rich people will give a lot of alimony when they divorce.

But women in the mainland are different. They will mind the infidelity of their spouses very much, and they may even go to extremes. The mainland is conservative, but it is not about that aspect. If you like that aspect, a couple can do it many times a day.

Even if there are some special ways of playing, the couple can accept it, but they can't accept that the other party has an affair with other people. Once such a thing happens, many women will feel that the sky has fallen.

If this is the case, it might be better if Jiang Cheng's first wife is from Hong Kong. Because no one dares to bet on what kind of personality a mainland woman has.

"Lily, why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?" Jiang Cheng asked Shen Li.

"Brother Cheng, is my sister from the mainland?" Shen Li asked nervously.

"Well~, let's talk about it after we get home. Let's buy things first." Jiang Cheng responded.

Shen Li nodded when she heard Jiang Cheng's reply, which meant that Jiang Cheng was going to tell her about her sister's affairs. This has always been a knot in her heart. After all, as a mistress, even if it is not allowed in public, she still wants to know who her man's first wife is and what kind of person she is.

Even in Hong Kong, many concubines want to be promoted, hoping that the first wife will be sick, old, and not live long. Shen Li was not without selfish motives, but she did not even have any information about her "sister".

Shen Li was originally in a good mood for shopping, as it was rare for Jiang Cheng to accompany her and the children out shopping. But now that Jiang Cheng wanted to tell her about his first wife, she no longer had the heart to shop.

Jiang Cheng bought a lot of silver zodiac items, and also bought a piece of gold jewelry for Shen Li. He also bought an exquisite gold necklace to take back for Zhou Lingying.

They didn't spend much time in the mall, because Shen Li didn't want to go anywhere else, so she took the children out to eat some snacks and then returned to the villa. In the villa, Jiang Cheng didn't directly talk about the mainland, but he did plan to tell her about his domestic affairs tonight. After all, Shen Li gave birth to two daughters for him, and they went to Shenzhen in the future, so it would be bad to hide some things.

Because Jiang Cheng asked Shen Li to go to Shenzhen with him, he planned to invest in her name. Jiang Cheng himself did not want to get entangled with people from all walks of life there, otherwise, in a few years, his identity might be exposed in front of his family.

After a hearty dinner, Jiang Cheng planned to let his daughter sleep with him today. He planned to hold his daughter in his arms while talking to Shen Li about things happening in China.

At night, Jiang Cheng touched Jiang Yue's belly, which was very soft and nice to touch. The eldest daughter Jiang Fei lay on Shen Li, and one of her legs was playfully hooking around Jiang Cheng's body.

"Daddy, do you also want to lie on Mommy?" Jiang Fei said to Jiang Cheng with an innocent face.

The question was obviously asked by a child who didn't know much. Otherwise, a man lying on top of a woman like that wasn't a question of love at all. The key point was that Jiang Fei asked, why did her butt move twice inside the quilt.

"Fei Fei, I told you that children can't do such actions." Shen Li pulled Jiang Fei off her body at once. This was not the first time she had said this to her.

In fact, Jiang Fei didn't want to do that, because Mommy had told her that before. But Daddy was here today, and she learned it from him. She had accidentally seen Daddy and Mommy doing that before when she woke up from sleep.

Jiang Cheng was also a little embarrassed at this time. He didn't know when Jiang Fei had seen it. But sometimes he thought the child was young and didn't deliberately avoid it.

"Mommy, I want to lie next to Daddy." Jiang Fei said when she was pulled aside.

"Okay, come to Daddy." Jiang Cheng said happily. He was very happy that his daughter was close to him.

In this way, both daughters slept on the same side of Jiang Cheng and watched TV.

Shen Li also hugged Jiang Cheng, waiting for him to talk about the situation in the country.

Jiang Cheng did not hide it from her this time, saying that his wife had indeed always been in China, and had given birth to four daughters for him, living in Changcheng, and was only three years older than her.

Zhou Lingying followed Jiang Cheng when she was eighteen years old, and Shen Li was fifteen years old.

Although Jiang Cheng's living conditions in China cannot be compared with those in Hong Kong, he has no worries about food and clothing and lives a comfortable life.

Jiang Cheng didn't want to change the situation too quickly, nor did he want Zhou Lingying to know that Jiangdonglai was his property. Even if he let them know, it would be after his daughter grew up.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng will only be a driver when he returns to Shenzhen this time. Shen Li's title as the wife of the chairman of Jiangdonglai will not change. Shen Li will be fully responsible for any cooperation and contract negotiations there.

"Brother Cheng, my sister lives in China, so does that mean your and my identity should not be made public?" Shen Li asked.

"It's better if you don't have any contact with each other. I will not treat you and our daughter unfairly. Besides, you, Xiaofei and Xiaoyue have always lived a better life than them. Please don't fight over status or anything like that." Jiang Cheng said.

Jiang Cheng admitted that the current situation was actually his fault, because he couldn't control himself. It was normal for women to be obsessed with status, but Jiang Cheng didn't dare to gamble.

Zhou Lingying listened to Jiang Cheng on many matters, and even if there were disagreements, she would not argue too much with Jiang Cheng. Since their marriage, they would argue about some things at most, but not quarrel.

But Jiang Cheng didn't dare to reveal the fact that he had a woman and a daughter somewhere else, even in front of Zhou Lingying.

As the night deepened, the child fell asleep.

"Brother Cheng, have you ever thought about the time when my sister and I served you together?" Shen Li said while lying on Jiang Cheng's body.

Shen Li has given up a little now. At least in the future, when the two kings meet, she will be the one to retreat immediately. She also doesn't want to make Jiang Cheng unhappy just to fight for a status that can be seen in public.

In fact, she had accepted her fate of not being able to see the light of day a few years ago. Now it was actually better, at least in Hong Kong it was her territory. In Hong Kong she could directly say that she was Jiang Cheng's wife, and she didn't have to worry about the scene where the real wife caught her as a mistress.

"Your thinking is unhealthy." Jiang Cheng kissed Shen Li and said.

"How many men don't have dirty thoughts? Some of my actions were taught by you, and I also have some shameless ideas." Shen Li said.

At this time, Jiang Cheng's two arms could not move at all. His left arm was supported by Shen Li, and his right arm was holding Jiang Yue, and his palm was also touching Jiang Yue's belly.

"I have a lot of ideas, but I already have several daughters. I don't want my daughters to know that I am a promiscuous man. This is not a good role model," said Jiang Cheng.

"What if you don't have a daughter? Would you just mess around?" Shen Li asked curiously.

"When you first got together with me, if everything except the last step had not been done like that, I might not have stayed with you after our first daughter was born." Jiang Cheng said seriously.

What Jiang Cheng meant was that after Jiang Zhaozhao was born, he really regretted provoking Shen Li and hated himself for not controlling his own heart.

In fact, Jiang Chengdu controlled himself and did not complete the last step with Shen Li at that time, but it was also at that time that he completely understood that it was not a problem of the last step at all.

It's normal for two people to lie on the same bed without clothes, and it's okay to touch each other's inappropriate places. They even really did it in a situation where they just rubbed but couldn't get inside.

They both did that, and after Jiang Zhaozhao was born, Jiang Chengcai realized that he couldn't break up with Shen Li. As a man, after doing that to Shen Li, he would never allow other men to have her. This is a man's normal possessiveness.

So he became more straightforward later on, which is why Jiang Fei and Jiang Yue appeared later. But after Shen Li, even though Jiang Cheng still had all kinds of unhealthy thoughts, he was able to control them.

And with two young and pretty women accompanying him, Jiang Cheng was satisfied. There were so many bad movies in the island country that even if Jiang Cheng had money, he couldn't really make it.

(End of this chapter)