It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 30｜Information Gap
Jian Keqiu didn't have any midnight snack in the end.

What she saw that night was still vivid in her mind, and she felt that she should avoid seeing tofu pudding and its like for a long time to come.

While the Jian family wasn't a prominent merchant family, they were well-known in Tuzhong Prefecture. Her father, Jian Cheng, was once an engineer at a chemical plant. After being repeatedly rejected for promotions, he left home and started his own business, eventually opening a plastics processing company specializing in celluloid and Bakelite.

Over the years, what troubled Jian Cheng and his wife Lin Mengzhen the most was not their career, but the fact that they had raised a maverick daughter like Jian Keqiu.

Compared to her, the younger daughter Jian Xi seemed much more normal.

The next morning, Jian Xi quietly went to her mother to tell her the truth.

"Mom, I saw my sister writing a letter again last night. She receives letters and writes back every day lately."

"Oh? Did you see what was written?" Lin Mengzhen was very surprised.

"No, but I saw that the recipient was Mr. So-and-so."

"really?"

"Absolutely true!"

Lin Mengzhen hesitated for a moment, then beamed with joy. Smiling, she handed her a few banknotes and whispered, "Pay close attention and find out more. If you find any clues, ask your father for a big red envelope this year."

A movie ticket usually costs only 4 yuan, so 100 yuan is not a small amount, but it is just a taste of the sweetness. The promise of a big red envelope is what Jian Xi is looking forward to.

She understood a common basic principle - get paid to do things!
Jian Keqiu didn't know that she was being tricked by her sister. She went to the local bookstore and went to the post office to deliver the reply letter she wrote last night.

I hope he can receive a reply before the New Year, Jian Keqiu thought.

Just as she was about to put the envelope into the mailbox, she suddenly stopped.

The postal service is suspended during the Spring Festival, and she was worried that the package wouldn't be delivered.

So she tore off the stamp, went to the next door and bought an expedited stamp, affixed it, and then re-delivered it. The expedited stamp had a red background and a pattern of an arrow.

The post office is everywhere. In fact, it is the core representative of the state apparatus - the postal service symbolizes civilization, the army symbolizes violence, and the coexistence of the two is order.

From the county level onwards, post offices were equipped with punched card tabulating machines manufactured by the Ziguang Precision Instrument Company, allowing them to quickly sort and process the thousands of letters. Regular slow mail was transported by train, while express mail within the province was delivered by truck, and for interprovincial expedited mail, by plane.

Shang Ke received the reply on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Jian Keqiu responded to each of the things he was doing, and revealed some very important inside information about the "progress of commercialization of chemical synthetic fibers."

According to her account, a graduate of Weiyang University works at Northern Chemical Group. In a recent casual letter he sent to his mentor, he mentioned that Northern Chemical Group has figured out the industrial mass production method for polyamide fiber and it is expected to be announced for listing after the new year.

Polyamide fiber is commonly known as nylon. Historically, it was invented and mass-produced by DuPont, but today it is different. Both DuPont and Beijing Chemical Group claim to be the first to invent it.

It is not that easy to go from laboratory invention to industrial production. DuPont's progress is obviously a step behind. After three years of hard work, Beijing Chemical Group has taken the lead and is ready to surprise everyone after the Spring Festival.

In fact, Shangke has been thinking about applying for a patent in recent days.

In that era, cans had not yet appeared. He believed that this was undoubtedly a huge business opportunity and was prepared to use it to meet his financial needs.

Jian Keqiu's reply made his heart leap with anxiety.

And slow!

The patent for the can design can be put on hold for now. The insider information that nylon may be launched after the new year is obviously more timely, and we can probably take advantage of the information gap.

He looked at his watch. It was almost one in the afternoon. "We should still be in time!"

After a little thought, Shang Ke hurriedly put on his clothes, picked up his car keys and rushed out of the house.

He drove quickly and arrived at the branch of Tiancheng Securities in just ten minutes.

Today, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, is the last trading day, and there are less than two hours left before the market closes.

Because Internet terminals did not yet exist, it was difficult to get real-time stock trends when trading stocks, but past trends could still be seen.

Nine large boards hanging high next to the hall densely listed all listed companies and their corresponding codes. It took Shang Ke a long time to find the Northern Chemical Group.

The stock price has been very stable over the past month, with a slight drop of -0.27% yesterday, closing at 9.74 yuan per share, and opening at 9.82 yuan today.

Without hesitation, he said to the receptionist, "Here's a total of 30,000. I'll use 24,000 to buy 2,400 shares. Then, with 6,000 left, I'll go long tenfold and buy 6,000 shares."

The girl opened her eyes wide and asked in surprise, "Sir, are you sure?"

Shang Ke hummed, and said firmly: "Confirm, hurry up."

The receptionist called the company's Songjiangfu headquarters, and then a trader from the headquarters would go to the stock exchange to personally carry out the purchase.

It is too risky to go long with a large margin in one go, and the gambler's mentality is not advisable. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Shang Ke applied the 80/20 rule - 20% leverage and 80% of funds for normal purchases.

Newton's example proves that geniuses can also lose money in the stock market. Even geniuses cannot predict the future, but time travelers are above history to a certain extent.

Shang Ke was a little amused and helpless. He thought that he would make his first pot of gold by inventing the patent for the can, but he never expected that Jian Keqiu's reply changed his original plan.

If he becomes famous in the future, he would rather be called the Marshal of the Can than the General of the Stockings.

He then comforted himself - it's okay, nylon fiber has a wide range of uses, not just stockings, and this is just an indirect investment, not selling stockings himself, so he is not afraid of being given the nickname "Stocking General" like a certain senior speculator named Zhuang.

Time passed minute by minute, and the hall of Tiancheng Securities branch was still bustling with people coming and going, and the sound of conversations was quite lively.

After waiting for a full hour and a half, the receptionist came over with a small black and red account book.

She bowed and said, "Sir, I have purchased the goods in full as you requested. Please keep the copy of the receipt and bring it with you when you need to buy or sell in the future."

Get it!

After returning home, Shang Ke put the matter out of his mind. There was nothing to worry about in this sure-win business. He continued to study the patent application process and marketing plan.

Today's beverage cans are generally conical bottles made of tinplate, and the bottle mouth is sealed with a crown cap. It is difficult to open without a bottle opener. The so-called crown cap is the glass beer bottle cap.

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As for the can, it was invented in the 1960s and soon became popular all over the world.

Whether it is used to store beer or cola, the superiority of cans is unparalleled.

The only limitation of the times is that the price of aluminum is relatively expensive now, and it is not cheap even in the Great Unified Federation, which ranks first in aluminum production.

But this is not a problem, as tinplate is not unusable. The classic coconut milk in later generations was packaged in tin cans.

No matter what, he would target Coca-Cola and make a killing! Shang Ke made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)