Mixed in 1980

Chapter 539 The Wealthy Idler
"How about we change it to something else?" Chen Fan joked.

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Yanyin quickly took the framed scroll and grinned, "Thank you, Dad. I'll take it back and lock it up."

Fearing that Chen Fan would go back, he turned and ran.

The Qiao brand is just an ordinary Qiao brand, but the signature on it is extraordinary. Showing this treasure to the world is a great honor, and no one would dare to underestimate it.

I ran home, found a wall to hang it up, and carefully admired the flattened Joe's card case and the signature on it.

After chuckling to herself for a while, Chen Yanyin finally put the scroll away, placed it in a sandalwood box, and locked it in a safe.

Heirloom acquired!
After thinking for a while, he took out paper and pen and wrote down the origin of this Qiao brand. He then opened the safe again, put a piece of paper into the sandalwood box, and locked it again.

"How could you suddenly be so willing to part with it?" Zhao Yuanyuan teased.

Unlike other things, this treasure cannot be measured in money. Since the 1980s, Chen Fan has carefully kept it as a family heirloom.

The fourth daughter, relying on being pampered, tried to beg for things several times, but Chen Fan couldn't bear to give them to her.

"In the end, we still have to give it to them."

Chen Fan took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag: "Fourth brother has been eyeing her for a long time. It's good to give it to her so she won't say I don't care about her in the future."

"Children are all born to collect debts."

"The fourth sister did a great job this time, she deserves it."

The charity celebration was very large, with more than 10,000 volunteers invited, and each person was paid 30,000 yuan through the foundation.

The round-trip transportation costs and travel expenses are sufficient.

This expense alone amounted to nearly 500 million yuan, and the grand program at the Bird's Nest, which was almost modeled after the Olympic opening ceremony, cost another 200 million yuan.

Such extravagant spending is astonishing.

Yet few people criticize the waste.

Since the 1980s, the volunteers have been busy with all sorts of things, all out of love, without asking for a penny of salary. What is a celebration for them?
Both involve spending money, but some wealthy people spend hundreds of millions on weddings and are hated, while Chen Yanyin spends hundreds of millions on celebrations and only receives praise.

"This money was well spent!"

Not only the Chen family, but everyone who understands the significance of this celebration believes it is worthwhile.

Chen Yanyin even went to find Chen Yanxi, pinched her chin, and said in a frivolous manner: "Big sister, didn't I do a great job?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Yanyin was punished.

"Big sister" and "big sister" are not the same thing. "Big sister" is a term of address for a younger person. Chen Yanyin was obviously doing it on purpose, so she deserved to be punished.

After smoking a cigarette, Chen Yanxi said, "It was indeed well done, the money wasn't wasted, but it'll only be lively for a while. How about we do something else?"

"Boss Chen, don't even think about it."

Chen Yanyin took off running. Her older sister clearly had ill intentions and wanted to add more burdens to her.

Having been exhausted from organizing the celebration, Chen Yanyin didn't want to do anything else; she just wanted to rest and enjoy a few days of leisure.

Brew a pot of hot tea in the courtyard.

Lying in a rocking chair, leisurely and carefree, that's what life is all about. If the weather is nice, she could sit like that all day.

After drinking tea for a while, Chen Yanyin took out her phone and opened the stock market for jadeite. Since May, the stock price has risen significantly, increasing by another 20% compared to a month ago.

"Make money while sitting down!"

Chen Yanyin was very satisfied with her current situation, but when her little devil came back, her good mood vanished almost instantly.

His hair was messy, his face was covered in dirt, and his clothes were filthy.

Just like a little beggar.

Chen Yanyin looked annoyed, but forced herself to suppress her anger: "Where have you been again?"

"I'm going to take a shower!"

She ran off as soon as she finished speaking, almost making Chen Yanyin laugh in exasperation. Her reply was completely irrelevant, yet she managed to steer clear of the topic. This girl is quite shrewd.

Helpless, he could only follow her, give the little girl a bath, and change her into a new set of clothes: "Don't get it dirty again, or I'll really beat you up."

The little girl smiled sweetly, hugged her mother, and chattered on and on, saying one sweet thing after another. Chen Yanyin just pouted in disgust.

They're all things we've already done.

The mother and daughter played together for a long time. Lu You also came home from get off work. He held his daughter for a while, then picked up his son and played with him for a while before getting down to business.

"Didn't your sister-in-law mention before that she's going to take the kids to plant trees in the Taklamakan Desert after summer vacation? Do you want to go with us?"

"I'm not going!" Chen Yanyin quickly shook her head.

He glanced at his daughter and said, "It's fine for the little devil to go. It'll be good for her to suffer a bit in the desert."

Lu You was speechless: "No mother is like you."

Chen Yanyin teased, "What's the big deal? I've experienced all these hardships since I was a child. I can't go through them again just to accompany my daughter, can I?"

"The desert sun is very strong."

“We can go with them, but not to the desert. We’ll find somewhere to play, and after the children have experienced desertification control, we can take them to play around.”

Upon hearing this, Lu You could not refute it.

After so many years of marriage, how could I not know my wife's personality? She's such a lazy person; there's no way I'd send her to the desert to suffer.

It's okay to go out and have fun.

Chen Yanyin suggested going to Hotan to see the source market, but Lu You joked, "Hotan doesn't welcome you, because you'll suffer a lot of losses."

The jade market there used to be full of seed jade, but now it's not selling at all. Players often ask: Does it come with a certificate?

This refers to Chen Laosi's certificate.

Without this, players simply won't accept it, so how many of their items can actually get a certificate?
Selling raw jade pebbles is a no-go.

I can only honestly sell mountain jade, Russian jade, Qinghai jade... Even when I sell these, players will still ask: Do you have the appraisal results?

It still refers to the results of Chen Laosi's appraisal.

Although no certificate can be issued, the appraisal results will clearly indicate whether it is mountain jade, Russian jade, Qinghai jade, or fake jade that has been dyed or injected with resin.

Trying to scam people again won't be so easy.

The market has become standardized, and trying to make a quick buck is nothing short of wishful thinking. After so many years of popularization, players have become very savvy.

We will accept Chen Laosi's appraisal report.

Chen Yanyin has made a fortune. Players trust his appraisals, and in the entire Hetian jade market, no matter what kind of material is being sold, everyone has to pay an appraisal fee.

Even double the appraisal fee.

Some players will bring the item back for re-authentication after purchasing it.

To make things easier for merchants and collectors, Chen Laosi Hetian Jade Pebble Appraisal Center has now opened several branches, mainly concentrated in large Hetian jade distribution centers.

There is one in Hotan.

In Hotan, jade merchants are furious but helpless; without this appraisal agency, they can't do business at all.

Chen Yanyin didn't care at all. What did it matter what others thought?
The problem doesn't lie with me.

There are too many unscrupulous merchants.

My appearance is like a swan suddenly appearing among a flock of crows; isn't it normal for the crows to hate me?

This is how Chen Yanyin got her haters.

Whenever I post a video, there's always a group of sarcastic comments in the comments section, mostly from Hetian jade merchants.

Chen Yanyin didn't bother with it. No matter how much these people slandered her, if she wanted to sell her goods, she still had to have them authenticated by her own agency and pay an authentication fee.

They're all gods of wealth.

These days, even the wealthiest people aren't having an easy time. Despite the booming market for seed jade, other types of Hetian jade are a different story, with shockingly low transaction volumes.

The popularity of seed jade is due to its safe-haven appeal. Other types of Hetian jade are different; with the current unfavorable economic climate, fewer and fewer people are willing to spend money on them, and there are signs of a potential market collapse.

Some products have even collapsed.

The most typical example is the work of master craftsmen. In the past, the labor cost for a single jade carving could be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan, but nowadays collectors don't buy into that.

There are also those who recycle their products, but when they encounter master craftsmen, they become quite disdainful, buying the carved pieces only as raw materials, and then having them modified into smaller pieces, especially the plain ones.

This is the trend!

Chen Yanyin didn't pay much attention to anything and just stayed home, living her own little life until early July when the children started their summer vacation, at which point she remembered the important matter.

The market capitalization of the seed stock market has exceeded three trillion yuan.

It's time to sell!

There's still room for further growth, and the increase won't be small. But when that happens, it might suddenly crash, so getting out early is the best strategy.

Chen Lao Er was doing the same thing.

Sell ​​slowly to avoid triggering market panic, and continue to drive up the stock price through frequent trading.

Like gold prices, there is room for them to rise.

Chen Lao Er has made a fortune in the futures market. Gold prices have risen dramatically this year, plummeting to $1300 per ounce last October and reaching $2400 per ounce this July.

It has increased by nearly 100%.

Chen Lao Er didn't rush to make a move. The gold futures market is large, and even if all of it were sold off, it wouldn't cause any turmoil, unlike the jade stock market, which is much smaller.

A sudden sell-off would definitely trigger a market crash.

After arranging the seed stock business, Chen Lao Er also got busy, taking all the family's children to the Taklamakan Desert with Ye Wan and Ye Ling.

"So you want me to babysit your kids?"

Hearing that the fourth brother wasn't going to the desert but instead wanted to go play, Chen Lao Er was so angry he gritted his teeth: "Don't blame me if I don't take good care of him."

"It's okay to throw it away if you're willing to."

After handing the child over to her second brother, Chen Yanyin turned and left. A whole family followed her, including bodyguards and nannies. What was there to worry about?

After leaving the little devil behind and handing her youngest son to Zhao Yuanyuan, Chen Yanyin dragged her husband onto a plane and headed straight for the Western Regions, infuriating Zhao Yuanyuan who cursed him.

"You brat."

"It's not enough that I've raised you; now I have to raise your child too? That's not fair."

“When you were little, I would take you with me whenever I went out to play. Now, all you care about is your own pleasure, and you don’t want your son or daughter.”

Chen Yanyin didn't care about any of that.

Upon arriving in the Western Regions, our first stop was Hotan, where we stayed for a few days and also spent some time browsing the jade market, where we bought several pieces of top-quality jade.

These aren't raw jade stones; they're all top-quality pieces from various regions.

Chen Yanyin has many similar nice items, which she has collected since childhood. Although they are not as valuable as raw jade, the high-quality ones are very fun to play with.

However, after a few days, Chen Yanyin lost interest and rented a car to drive to Yili.

Chen Yanyin has visited several times.

However, the scenery here is so captivating that they never get tired of it, no matter how many times they come. The couple stayed here for half a month at a time.

The children also spent more than half a month planting trees.

The experience is finally complete.

When Chen Lao Er delivered the people to Yili, Chen Yanyin was dumbfounded when she saw that they looked like lumps of coal. They must be from Africa.
The little devil saw his mother and immediately ran over to hug her: "Mommy, I will never go to the desert again."

"No, we have to come again next year."

"Mom is a bad person."

As she spoke, she struggled down and went to find her father again. Chen Yanyin curled her lips in disgust: "Little brat, you can't even endure a little hardship."

Chen Lao Er happened to overhear this and gave her a whack on the head.

"Chen Lao Er, what are you doing?"

"You still have the nerve to say that? If you can endure hardship, why don't you go? You're hiding here having a peaceful life, making me never have a moment's peace." Chen Lao Er became more and more angry as he spoke.

The little devil truly lives up to his name.

Even in the desert, they couldn't stay still, causing all sorts of mischief and trouble, requiring someone to keep an eye on them the whole time, which was incredibly frustrating.

Chen Yanyin retorted with a self-righteous disdain: "Who told you to be her uncle? Do you really think being an uncle is so easy? When you were little, your uncles had to worry about you a lot."

For a moment, Chen Lao Er was unable to refute.

He could only mutter to himself that with such a niece, he would never have a peaceful life. Who knew what kind of trouble she would cause him when she grew up?

My eldest sister's little scatterbrain is still the most well-behaved.

This girl is the easiest to take care of.

But thinking about it carefully, I guess he's not so easy to deal with. He's a bit absent-minded, and he might get bullied in the future. As his uncle, I'll have to keep a close eye on him.

After settling the children in, Chen Lao Er finally had some free time and breathed a long sigh of relief. Taking a group of children out was a really bad experience.

All the attention was on the children.

After returning home in a few days, Chen Lao Er plans to leave the children with their grandparents and enjoy a life of three with his two wives.

After spending another half month in Ili, it was mid-August when everyone packed up and took flights back to Beijing in batches.

After a few days of rest, I regained my energy and spirit.

Chen Lao Er suggested taking his two wives out for a trip, and Chen Lao San and Chen Xiao Wu, upon hearing the news, both expressed their willingness to take their wives out for some time alone.

All the children stayed behind.

"I told you so! Children are all like debt collectors. They all only care about their own pleasure, leaving us with a bunch of kids," Zhao Yuanyuan cursed angrily.

It's not that she doesn't love her grandchildren; she cherishes them very much every day, but that doesn't mean she's willing to take care of them.

I'm just a lazy person.

"Let the eldest and fourth children come back to stay for a few days and help take care of the children."

He took out his phone to make a call, but almost exploded with anger: "The eldest brother and his wife have also gone out. Senior Brother Sun will bring the child over later."

"The fourth one is the same."

"That heartless little brat even instructed the nanny to bring the child over only after everyone else had left."

"A sin!"

"There were twelve children in total, two of whom were still infants. The five siblings did it on purpose."

Listening to her rambling, Xu Jinqiu said irritably, "The person is gone, there's no use scolding them. Fine, just be a good nanny for a few days."

Zhao Yuanyuan nodded, then smiled and said, "Please invite a few tutors over and give the children some things to do."

Xu Jinqiu was both amused and exasperated.

The children are really unlucky to have such a grandma.

However, with so many children, someone definitely needs to supervise them. Those who are supposed to do their homework should do it, and those who aren't should learn something, which is also a good thing.

Xu Jinqiu didn't waste any time; she made a phone call, and someone naturally made the arrangements.

Will our three mothers be angry?

As she boarded the plane, Ye Wan felt a little embarrassed. If her husband hadn't insisted on leaving the children with her in-laws, she wouldn't have dared to do so.

"Don't worry, even if he gets angry, he'll just yell at me."

Chen Lao Er leaned back comfortably: "Let's play for ten or fifteen days first, then head to Hong Kong. There are some things that need to be settled."

(End of this chapter)