Mixed in 1980

Chapter 390 2011
After returning from Hong Kong, Chen Fan had a complete break.

After a few days of rest, the children are on summer vacation again. As in previous years, Xu Jinqiu is going out for an inspection and will take the elderly and children on a trip.

It wasn't until October that I returned to Hong Kong to witness Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan receive the Grand Bauhinia Medal, a medal representing the highest honor in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong property market is also beginning to change.

One after another, foreign-invested real estate companies went bankrupt and were liquidated, or their collateral was auctioned off, and a newly established company called "Xiangjiang United Real Estate" took them all over.

But the housing market remains stagnant and lifeless.

Chen Fan came here to deal with another matter: whether through threats or inducements, he demanded that the Hong Kong media stop reporting on his affairs.

The goal is to move from the forefront to behind the scenes.

As the Spring Festival approached, Chen Fan took his whole family back to his hometown in southern Fujian to celebrate the New Year. Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan, unusually, showed off their wealth by talking to their relatives about the Grand Bauhinia Medal.

The family in my hometown took this matter very seriously. The elders held a ceremony in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors and even added a page to the family genealogy to record the deeds of Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan.

After the Spring Festival, Chen Fan became lazy and completely lost his enthusiasm for starting a business. He declined several invitations from his superiors to join some projects.

There are too many businesses, we can't keep up!
Well... even though he's not busy, he's lost the will to enter other industries. Since 1998, Chen Fan has only focused on two things.

The first thing to do is to hoard gold. Gold prices have bottomed out at around $250 per ounce and are unlikely to rise for the next two or three years. With unlimited future potential, now is the time to buy aggressively.

The second is investing in internet companies.

Based on memory, I have invested in many companies both domestically and internationally. Some are suitable for long-term holding, while others are suitable for selling after increasing their market value.

Aside from that, life was quite leisurely; the only truly busy periods were around two specific points in time.

The first turning point was in 2001 when a plane crashed into a building belonging to the giant Midea Group, causing a stock market crash in the United States, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting 14.1% in a week.

Chen Fan personally orchestrated a short-selling attack on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The second turning point was in 2007, when the subprime mortgage crisis broke out. Chen Fan once again raised his sickle and reaped huge profits, focusing on reaping the profits of powerful women.

Incidentally, let's include Britain as well.

Chen Fan is vengeful. In 97, he was tricked by the British and encountered robbers for the second time. He said he would take revenge then and waited for ten years.

After that, Chen Fan rarely went out. His parents were getting older, and he spent most of his time at home with them, watching his children grow up.

It wasn't until the news of the J-20's maiden flight was released that Chen Fan realized it was already 2011.

Watching the news on TV, Chen Fan remained relatively calm. He had already experienced it once, but his three wives were quite different, shouting and yelling excitedly.

"We finally have our own powerful sword in the sky!"

Xu Jinqiu hugged her husband and kissed him deeply, her mind involuntarily recalling the news of her family's plane being hit ten years ago.

I even cried for a while at the time.

Feeling aggrieved, the three sisters took their bank cards and went to the Space Foundation to donate, each contributing $10 billion.

Ten years have passed, and finally, with his own sharp sword, Xu Jinqiu laughed loudly: "This plane looks so domineering. I have ridden the wind and transformed into a mighty dragon. Who else but me is the overlord of the skies?"

Holding his wife in his arms, Chen Fan smiled slightly. It was indeed different now. Beijing was no longer dilapidated; high-rise buildings were everywhere.

Teacher Xu, on the other hand, hasn't changed much.

She's 49 years old, but looks like she's 30. She still has a hot figure. When she goes out shopping with her daughter, people think they're sisters.

Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan are the same; they pay great attention to their health and adhere to traditional Chinese medicine for wellness, thus maintaining excellent condition.

The children have all grown up.

Now that they've all moved to the west courtyard and have their own rooms, Chen Yanjin sneakily approached his younger sister: "Fourth brother, where's what I asked for?"

Chen Yanyin took out a small box from the drawer: "I carefully selected this from a huge pile of materials. Second brother, you can't just take it for free, can you?"

"Say it, what do you want?" Chen Yanjin said with a smile.

Chen Yanyin chuckled and stepped forward to hug her second brother's arm: "Take me with you, and I'll give you the stuff. This piece of material is hard to find."

Chen Yanjin pushed his sister away with disdain: "Are you kidding me? Do you want to cause trouble? I'll find you some fabric later to pay you back."

"I won't cause you any trouble, I'll be right here."

"Are you sure?" Chen Yanjin asked doubtfully.

Seeing her younger sister nod in agreement, Chen Yanjin finally spoke: "It's settled then, you'll just watch from the side. If you dare to cause trouble, I'll have my older sister deal with you later."

"It's more like the eldest sister is going to punish you." Chen Yanyin chuckled and handed the small box to her second brother: "Look at this, it's such a waste to use this kind of material to make a ring. It could have been made into a large cabochon."

Chen Yanjin opened the box, inside was a jade ring, made of imperial green glass-type jade, shimmering with a unique steely and fluorescent quality.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Chen Yanyin said with heartache.

If it were made into a large cabochon, this material could easily fetch tens of millions. Making it into a ring would be a waste. Fortunately, a small cabochon was hollowed out in the middle of the ring, which salvaged some of the loss.

Chen Yanjin accepted it with satisfaction: "It's really good. I haven't spoiled you for nothing. Let's go."

The brother and sister quickly went out to an ordinary coffee shop next to Peking University. Chen Yanjin found a place to sit down and asked his sister to sit down next to him.

"How rare!" Chen Yanyin rolled her eyes.

I found a seat nearby, ordered a coffee, and took out my phone to play with it. It was the latest model of the Feixing smartphone.

Launched at the end of last year, it is equipped with the StarNet system.

Feixing Mobile launched its first smartphone in 09, even earlier than Apple's iPhone, and it was equipped with a self-developed system. It became a bestseller as soon as it was released.

In fact, Feixing has always been a best-selling product.

From the early pagers to the later mobile phones... all the way to now, it has always been the leader in the domestic communications field and has consistently ranked among the top three internationally.

After playing on my phone for a while, a girl walked in. She had a very delicate appearance, a gentle temperament, and a fragile look.

Seeing the girl sit down at the table next to her second brother, Chen Yanyin stuck out her tongue and admitted her mistake. "This isn't it. This one would be nice too. She has a similar temperament to my second mother."

Fortunately, the person in question arrived shortly afterward.

A tall, slender woman in a dress, with delicate features and trendy wavy hair, exuded the image of a sophisticated urban woman.

Chen Yanyin secretly turned on the camera to film.

My second brother has been dating this girl for over a year. She's been very secretive about it, and this is the first time I've met her. She's quite good-looking, but there seems to be some inner conflict between her brows.

By eavesdropping on their conversation, Chen Yanyin finally learned the girl's name: Xiao Ya.

Soon after, I heard my second brother say, "Xiao Ya, you'll be graduating in a few months. I'd like to find some time to take you back to meet my parents."

The girl frowned slightly: "Isn't it too fast?"

Chen Yanjin smiled slightly: "We've been together for over a year, which isn't very fast. As you know, I'm aiming for marriage."

The girl touched her nose: "Is it appropriate to get married right after graduation without preparing anything?"

Chen Yanjin paused, then frowned: "Xiao Ya, I've already prepared everything. Or are you saying you're unwilling?"

"I……"

The girl opened her mouth, then closed it again, and after a long while said, "I've told my family about us, and my mom said..."

"What did your aunt say?"

“My mom said that if we get married, we need to have a house in Beijing, which must be bought outright and have my name on the property deed.”

As soon as she said it, the girl breathed a sigh of relief: "Also, in my hometown, people always give a bride price when they get married. My mom said it has to be 88 yuan."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yanyin was stunned.

Why does this sound so strange? Apparently, the second brother was pretending to be poor at school, and his girlfriend had no idea about their family situation.

Chen Yanjin was also stunned, and it took him a while to speak: "Xiao Ya, if it weren't for these things, you wouldn't have married me, right?"

The girl paused for a moment, then said, "I'll listen to my mom."

"Heh..." Chen Yanjin gave a bitter smile.

The girl continued, "Yan Jin, society is very realistic these days. The cost of living is high and the pressure is great in Beijing. My mom just hopes that my future is secure."

"A house and a bride price are guarantees?"

Looking at the woman in front of him, Chen Yanjin suddenly felt a sense of estrangement: "Do you really think we won't be able to afford a house in the future?"

The girl paused for a moment: "Who can say for sure what the future holds? Besides, my mom said that a house and a dowry are both necessary."

"You know, in our family, everyone listens to my mother on everything, big or small."

PS: Second update!
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