Mixed in 1980

Chapter 417 Proposal
"If it won't fall, then let it fall!"

Hearing Chen Yanjin's words, Gao Lu's eyes widened, and she said irritably, "Second brother, are you treating me like a fool? The market isn't something our family can control."

Chen Yanjin smiled and did not refute.

Chen Yancheng pulled his wife back to the room: "Pack your luggage, we're going to Hangzhou tomorrow. Have you prepared the gifts for your parents?"

Gao Lu hummed in agreement and then asked, "Second Brother is being so mysterious. I feel like he really thinks that even if the market doesn't change, he has the ability to drive down the price of gold."

Chen Yancheng touched his nose: "He's really capable!"

"Really?" Gao Lu asked in surprise.

Chen Yancheng nodded and said, "1999-2001 were the three years with the lowest gold prices. At that time, the price was only $250-$400 per ounce, with little fluctuation."

"How many times has it increased now? Six to seven times."

“Starting in 96, my dad established multiple channels for purchasing gold, and in 99 he began to purchase and hoard gold on a large scale.”

“I don’t know exactly how much they’ve hoarded, but my second brother definitely does. He said he can bring down the price of gold, and he definitely can.”

How much would that be?

Gao Lu was confused. The whole world uses gold, so how much would it take to affect the price of gold?
In fact, there are a lot!

For three whole years, Chen Fan’s biggest activity was purchasing gold. Gold prices were very stable during those three years, generally around $250 per ounce.

Chen Fan's large-scale purchases artificially inflated the price of gold, from $250 per ounce in 99 to $300 in 2000, and then to over $400 in 2001.

These gold reserves are now stored separately: some are held by Dadi Bank, some by Hang Seng Bank, and some by Xinghuo Investment's safe deposit boxes.

In addition, they have properties in Beijing and Hong Kong, and some are even held in banks in Europe, America, and Southeast Asia.

These fall under the category of family asset allocation.

Unless absolutely necessary, neither Chen Fan nor Chen Yanjin should use this gold.

The family has a vast amount of capital and businesses, and storing gold is to prevent the family from declining in the future and to leave more options for future generations.

Take Wang Wanda as an example. Later, his company began to decline and he was heavily in debt, but he would rather sell his assets than sell the large number of famous paintings he had hoarded.

The next day, the three brothers set off.

Chen Yancheng and Gao Lu flew to Hangzhou. As they got off the plane, Chen Laosan couldn't help but mutter, "Will your dad beat me up?"

"not sure!"

Gao Lu chuckled and slapped her boyfriend: "You fooled my dad last time, so I definitely won't let you get away with this so easily."

Chen Yancheng made a face and forced a joke: "No way, a son-in-law is like half a son. I'm planning to inherit your father's fortune."

Gao Lu said disdainfully, "Have you no shame?"

Outraged, she kicked him: "I'll tell my dad later that our family won't give a dowry, just three quilts and two kettles."

Chen Yancheng smiled and said, "As long as we get the person, that's fine."

Gao Lu gave him a flirtatious wink: "Chen Yancheng, why didn't you have this awareness when you were in school?"

Chen Yancheng coughed lightly: "You said it was during school, so school is school. How can you put the cart before the horse and think about dating all day long?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Lu was furious and grabbed his arm, only letting go when he screamed in pain.

After leaving the airport, I took a taxi to the West Lake Golf Villa area. It's a villa area built in the style of American villas, and the environment is indeed quite nice.

When Chen Yancheng came over and took a look, he seemed somewhat disgusted.

It is completely open.

Without a wall around it, it doesn't feel like it's his own. In comparison, he still prefers the courtyard house type of house.

While thinking this to myself, I wouldn't be foolish enough to say it aloud: "The environment is really nice, especially the greenery. It feels quite tranquil, and the artificial lake is also very well designed."

“In Hangzhou, this is considered a top-tier luxury residence.”

Gao Lu took his arm and walked inside: "We bought it early. At the time, it only cost a few thousand yuan per square meter. We got a bargain."

Soon they arrived at a villa. Gao Lu took out her key and opened the door, startling her parents inside, who then looked on with delight.

Upon seeing Chen Yancheng, Gao Yalou's face darkened.

Little Sith is here too!
"Kid, why aren't you pretending anymore?"

Chen Yancheng awkwardly touched his nose, and Gao Lu quickly hugged her father's arm and said coquettishly, "Dad, I'm so thirsty, quickly make me some tea."

Gao Yalou then let Chen Laosan go.

Cao Xiufeng was very enthusiastic and quickly invited her future son-in-law to sit down. She showered him with concern and care, just as the saying goes: a mother-in-law is always more satisfied with her son-in-law the more she looks at him.

……

Chen Yanjin and Ye Wan have already landed in Minxia, ​​accompanied by Chen Yanche. University has already started, so they should be back at school for classes.

He had planned to go to his sister-in-law's house with his second brother for a meal, but as soon as he got off the plane, Chen Lao Er told him without any politeness to take a taxi back to school by himself.

"What's the matter with you?"

“Behave yourself when you get back to school. If I hear any more news about you messing around, it won’t just be a beating; I’ll send you all the way back to Beijing.”

"You really are my second brother!" Chen Yanche rolled his eyes, picked up his suitcase, and left. Ye Wan patted her boyfriend and said irritably, "Don't always have such a bad attitude. Xiao Wu did a great job in Hong Kong and helped a lot."

"You can't spoil him, and you can't give him the cold shoulder. You have to keep reminding him from time to time." Chen Yanjin curled her lips in disgust, picked up her luggage and went to hail a taxi.

The Ye family lives outside the island.

It belongs to Haicang District. In Ye Wan's words, there are basically no job opportunities in this place, but the environment is excellent and very suitable for living.

Chen Yanjin wholeheartedly agreed; the environment was indeed quite nice.

When they arrived at the Ye family home, Chen Yanjin seemed very familiar with them. Ye's father and mother had already been to the capital and stayed in Ya'er Hutong for a few days.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Chen Yanjin finally got down to business: his marriage to Ye Wan. If the Ye family didn't object, the Chen family elders would come to propose marriage.

"I'll have someone calculate the auspicious date tomorrow."

Mr. Ye took this very seriously. According to the customs of southern Fujian, the auspicious dates for marriage proposals, engagements, and weddings must be chosen carefully, and nothing can be taken lightly.

Chen Yanjin also understands.

My hometown is also in southern Fujian. I come back every year to pay respects to my ancestors during the Qingming Festival, and I also occasionally spend the Lunar New Year there. I am very familiar with the local customs.

If I get married this year, I will also go back to my hometown for the Spring Festival. When the new bride enters the family, she will go to the ancestral hall to register and have Ye Wan's name entered into the family genealogy.

On the other side, Chen Yancheng was also bringing up the matter.

Gao Yalou's reaction was completely different; his face was as black as coal. "Little Sis, you offered to do it yourself last time, but you refused."

Now they're coming to us for help?
What goes around comes around; can things really be left unchecked?
Call the son back, and also call the child's second uncle. The new son-in-law has come to visit, so we should treat him well and start by preparing a meal at the dinner table.

Chen Yancheng wasn't afraid, but unfortunately, he couldn't hold his liquor and was forced to drink until he was passed out before the banquet was even halfway over.

Gao Lu rolled her eyes and quickly helped him to rest.

Gao Yalou couldn't help but laugh: "This kid doesn't pretend to drink, but his alcohol tolerance is terrible. He can't even handle three ounces of baijiu."

The younger brother, Gao Yamin, laughed and said, "She's a very honest child. Xiao Lu has good taste."

Gao Yalou slightly curled his lips: "How did you get the idea that he's honest? He's just a little Sith, his family is incredibly rich, but he pretended to be a poor student for four years at school."

"Really?" Gao Yamin asked in surprise.

I know my niece has someone she likes, and she even went to the capital to pursue him, but I've never heard my older brother mention any of this.

Gao Yalou snorted, "How could it be fake? Xiao Lu only found out when she went to Beijing. You work in the internet industry, you know Feixing mobile phones, right? They're their company."

Gao Yamin was stunned. The Crown Prince!

Did I just get the son of the telecommunications tycoon drunk, drinking one glass after another?
It took him a while to realize: "Brother, why didn't you say so earlier? I'll have to talk to Yan Cheng about which direction the internet industry should take in the future."

"We can talk about it tomorrow."

Gao Yalou called his daughter out and made her sit down: "You went to Beijing again and then to Hong Kong. What is their attitude?"

Gao Lu rolled her eyes: "How dare you say that? Chen Yancheng just mentioned the engagement, and you said to drink first, and then you got him drunk."

Gao Yalou said sullenly, "His drinking habits reflect his character. I need to take a good look at him. How can I entrust my daughter to him without figuring out his character?"

Gao Lu curled her lip and said sarcastically, "Do you even believe that yourself? You're just angry."

Gao Yalou chuckled: "He's allowed to lie to me, but I'm not allowed to get him drunk? Now that we're even, I'll treat him like a son-in-law tomorrow. Now tell me, what's their family's attitude?"

“That’s great. Before we left, Uncle Chen even called to tell us to pick a time for them to come and visit.”

Gao Lu thought for a moment, then got up and went back to her room to get a jewelry box: "These were given to me by Chen Yancheng's three mothers. They said each of the Chen family's daughters-in-law would receive a set."

With that, he opened the box!

A pair of bracelets, a pair of beaded bracelets, a pair of earrings, and a necklace with cabochon inlays are all made of imperial green jadeite of the glassy type.

Cao Xiufeng also collects jadeite, and she was wearing an icy jadeite bracelet with floating flowers on her wrist. She usually studies these kinds of jadeite quite a bit, and when she saw these jadeite pieces, her breathing became a little rapid.

Are these real?

"That's right, they wouldn't give away fakes. They're really generous. According to the current jade market, this set would cost at least 1.5 million."

"It's so expensive, sister-in-law, are you kidding me?" Gao Yamin asked in surprise.

Cao Xiufeng shook her head slightly: "It's hard to say the exact price, but even if you have money, you can't necessarily buy something of this quality."

As she spoke, she told her daughter to put the jewelry away carefully: "Their family is willing to give you such valuable jewelry, so they must treat you well. But I'm still worried about you marrying into the capital."

"Marrying into a wealthy family is not necessarily a good thing."

"Your father and I have discussed it. We'll find some time to go to Beijing and visit their family. If they get along well, we can then discuss your marriage."

“If it’s a family that’s arrogant and domineering, then marrying into such a family would mean being bullied. We wouldn’t agree to that.”

Upon hearing this, Gao Yalou nodded slightly: "Your mother is right. You are our only daughter, and we can't just let you get married casually."

"No matter how rich the other party is, it won't work."

"Talk to Chen Yancheng tomorrow and see which day is suitable to go to the capital."

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