Mixed in 1980

Chapter 364 Xiaoxi's College Entrance Examination

Holding his little daughter and hearing her say, "Daddy, I missed you so much," Chen Fan's face immediately lit up with a smile, relieving him of the pressure of scheming and intrigue outside.

He gave his daughter a big kiss: "Daddy misses you too, my little darling. I'll stay home and keep you company every day for a while, okay?"

The little girl nodded and gave her dad a kiss.

After putting the little girl down, Chen Fan went over to hug his wife and kissed Teacher Xu on the lips, making Teacher Xu blush and take a few steps back: "Stop it, we're at the airport."

Chen Fan chuckled, took his wife's hand with one hand and his little daughter's hand with the other, and walked out. As for the luggage, the bodyguard would deliver it to their home.

A whole bunch of antiques would require calling several taxis.

Xu Jinqiu was driving, and Chen Fan carried his little daughter to the back seat. As soon as they got in the car, the little girl couldn't wait to share the stones she had bought with her father.

Sometimes when I can't explain it clearly, I'll say, "Second Aunt, can you tell Dad for me?"

Xu Jinqiu smiled and occasionally helped explain, "Your daughter seems to have become obsessed with stones. You'll have to set up a jewelry company for her in the future."

Upon hearing this, the little girl shook her head vigorously: "Second Aunt is a big bad person. I don't want a company. Going to work is too tiring. I'll stay home with Dad."

Xu Jinqiu was speechless. Another Zhao Yuanyuan!

Chen Fan chuckled, pinched his daughter's nose, and realized he had no choice but to wait until she was older.

Not long after, the car returned to Ya'er Hutong.

Yan Xi was sitting by the door. When the car stopped, she immediately ran over and hugged her father: "Dad, what about the antique you promised me?"

"The bodyguards from the house will bring it over later."

Pinching his eldest daughter's cheek, Chen Fan said irritably, "All you think about are antiques, not your dad?"

Yan Xi chuckled and said, "Of course I miss Dad. I've already asked Aunt Xiao Fang to boil some water. Dad, I'll make you some tea."

Chen Fan nodded and said, "That's more like it."

Upon entering the house, Chen Fan noticed his eldest daughter brewing a pot of Da Hong Pao tea with great skill. He couldn't help but sigh, "My daughter is so thoughtful." Meanwhile, the boys were playing in the neighboring yard.

Before long, the bodyguards brought the antiques over. Yan Xi jumped up with joy, opened the boxes one by one, and grinned from ear to ear.

Zeng Ali came over from the other side of the courtyard and saw her daughter's attitude. She sighed in frustration. Her daughter was completely obsessed with antiques and calligraphy and would most likely work in the future.

Zeng Ali has no objection to her daughter studying antique appraisal and restoration, but she is afraid that her daughter might suddenly decide to study archaeology and end up doing grave digging.

"Do I know you? I'm so fascinated by you."

Zeng Ali teased her daughter on purpose, wanting to put her down, but was met with a glare from her daughter, who then picked up a large bottle and said, "Yellow-ground green dragon patterned slag bucket."

Next, turn to the bottom: "Made in the Zhengde period, brought back from the auction, it must be genuine. Did you think your daughter had studied for so long for nothing?"

Zeng Ali gritted her teeth secretly, really wanting to punch her!

Chen Fan teased, "Comrade Ali, see? Our daughter was born for this. She knows about antiques at such a young age, much better than you were at that age. Take a break."

Zeng Ali was furious. She couldn't bear to hit her daughter, but how could she not bear to hit her husband? She put her hand on her husband's waist and twisted it hard.

Chen Fan screamed in pain; this woman was being unreasonable.

After resting at home for two days, the Ministry of Commerce called to invite Chen Fan to a meeting. All the shareholders of Hang Seng Bank were already present.

It's the same old routine.

They invested and took out loans under various pretexts in the past, but the difference this time is that more funds have been invested, and many of the investments are genuine.

Especially those companies in the mining and resource sectors; everyone present was envious.

Just as Chen Fan said before, land, minerals, resources, ports, farms, forest farms, orchards, rubber plantations... are all high-quality assets.

But this time the approach is a little different.

Previously, people would make money and run, not caring about their reputation at all. But long-term investment is different; once your reputation is ruined, you'll find it very difficult to move around in the local area.

This time, nobody stepped forward!
Soros and his Wall Street tycoons also have their eyes on these countries, letting them take the lead while everyone else keeps a low profile and makes money in the background.

They even went so far as to help Soros gain fame and solidify his reputation for profiting in Southeast Asia. After several days of meetings, a plan was finalized, with each company responsible for monitoring one country and jointly sending a large number of personnel to invest in various countries.

At the same time, don't forget to keep an eye on the Hong Kong property market.

After the last round of price increases, the housing market has become more rational, and prices have been stable until July when they broke through the 7000 mark.

The increase of 200 over several months was in line with Chen Fan's expectations.

The premise of price control is that Xinghuo Real Estate sells a large number of houses, some through normal sales and others by the building or by the building itself to foreign investors.

Foreign capital is vying with Chen Fan!
If Chen Fan dares to sell, they dare to sell too. Anyway, the price isn't high. As long as they can drive up the price later, they can make a lot of money back.

As for Chen Fan, as long as the price doesn't rise too much, he doesn't bother to care. It's already July, and Xiaoxi is about to take the 95 college entrance examination.

Fearing it would affect Xiaoxi's studies, Chen Fan took all the children to play in the neighboring yard, because nothing was more important than his eldest niece's college entrance exam.

June 7th!
Chen Fan got up early, made breakfast for his eldest niece, and personally delivered it to the examination site. After arriving, he didn't leave but, like other parents, found a place to squat.

"Hey bro, wanna have one?"

Cigarettes form a bridge, liquor paves the way, everyone squats together, and a parent next to him naturally takes out a cigarette and offers it to Chen Fan: "Dude, you look pretty young, your kid is already taking the college entrance exam?"

Chen Fan took the cigarette: "I brought my niece here. My eldest son is still in elementary school."

"I knew it, you look so young."

The passerby lit a cigarette and handed over a lighter, saying to himself, "I'm here to send my second child. I sent my eldest child here last year, hoping that another college student would come out of the family."

Chen Fan took the lighter and lit the cigarette: "Wow, you're quite something. These days, a family that can raise two college students is quite prestigious in Beijing."

The passerby chuckled and took a drag of his cigarette: "I don't know much, I'm just a roughneck. It's mainly because the kids are so hardworking. I'm not bragging, but my third son is really amazing. He's always first in his grade in every exam, and he might even get into Peking University next year."

Chen Fan took a drag of his cigarette and teased, "Brother, you have good genes. Your generation's college entrance exams were suspended, otherwise you could have gone to university too."

The passerby exclaimed, "I can't do that. Back in my school days, I never passed any exams. My life is just meant to be working in a factory, screwing in screws."

Taking a drag of his cigarette, the passerby asked, "How are your niece's grades? Why didn't her parents bring her over?"

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback. "I've been smoking you a cigarette and listening to you brag for ages, and now you're getting into gossip? You want to hear about a child's strained relationship with their parents?"
An uncle may tolerate this, but a maternal uncle will not!
“This child has been close to me since she was little. I was the one who insisted on sending her here. Her parents and grandparents all wanted to send her, but I sent them all back.”

Taking a drag of his cigarette, Chen Fan continued, "The child's grades are alright. He said he wants to apply to Peking University for accounting, but I don't know if he'll be able to get in."

The passerby was slightly taken aback: "Wow, your child is amazing! But Peking University is not easy to get into. They only admit a small number of students each year, so the competition is fierce."

Chen Fan nodded and said, "That's right. It's considered good now. Peking University admits more than 20,000 students a year. When I was admitted to Peking University, there were only more than 4,000 students in my entire grade."

The passerby was stunned: "Are you from Peking University?"

Chen Fan nodded slightly: "The class of '80. Back then, our department only had two classes, with just over forty people, which was less than a single class now."

"You're really amazing."

The passerby stubbed out his cigarette and stood up: "Please rest. I forgot to eat breakfast, so I'll grab something at a nearby restaurant."

"You're busy!" Chen Fan waved his hand.

The passerby turned and walked away, secretly spitting out his drink. He was extremely annoyed; he just wanted to find someone to brag to, but he ended up bragging about the person in question.

Most of the Peking University students from the class of 1980 were quite remarkable; many held positions of power in large organizations.

Chen Fan slightly raised the corners of his mouth. This guy is quite interesting, but it's a pity he's bragging to the wrong person. If it were someone else bragging, people would give him a thumbs up.

A college student born in 1995, that's pretty impressive.

However, starting next year, college graduates will begin to lose their value, the system of guaranteed job placement after graduation will be gradually abolished, and highly educated talents will begin to flow into the market.

Starting next year, our own companies will begin poaching talent.

Feixing Company, in particular, is in dire need of a large number of talents. In recent years, Feixing has invested in almost the entire industry chain around mobile phone manufacturing.

P.S.: Second update! Thanks for your support!

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