I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 12: Climbing Wolf Mountain Together on the Weekend
Now that he had accepted the order, Fang Qingye began to consider the modeling.

But the first thing I face now is that I don’t have any reference books at hand, which involves financial mathematics, such as theoretical knowledge of binary tree pricing model, cointegration theory and volatility model.

He searched the Internet for a while, but all he found was fragmented knowledge that was of little use.

Forget it, I'll go to the bookstore tomorrow to see if there are any similar books.

Instead of doing his work, Fang Qingye opened the game and played a round of World of Warcraft before washing up and going to bed.

The next day at work, after lunch, Fang Qingye rode his scooter to the Xinhua Bookstore near the Telecom Building, and then visited two private bookstores, but was greatly disappointed.

Except for the junior high and high school guidance books, the rest are literary books. Most of the books in private bookstores are bestsellers by the likes of Han Han and Guo Jingming, as well as some physical versions of online articles.

Yes, there is no university in Nanxin County, so how could they sell books on advanced mathematics?
It seems that if you want to buy a house you have to go to Jinghai, or go to a big city like Huijing or Shanghai.

Fang Qingye suddenly remembered that when he went to Xia He's house yesterday, there were many financial and economic books in her bookcase. Was there any book about financial mathematics?

Thinking of this, Fang Qingye took out his cell phone from his pocket while riding his pedals and dialed Xia He's number.

The call was connected quickly and Xia He's pleasant voice was heard.

"Xiao Fang, what's wrong?"

"Yes, Senior, do you have any books on financial mathematics? I'd like to take a look."

"Oh, why are you interested in something you learned in school? How about this, you come to my house after get off work this afternoon and you can choose what you want, but you have to come early because it's the weekend and I have to drive back to Huijing."

"Okay, I'll come over after get off work."

After getting off work in the afternoon, Fang Qingye rode his scooter straight to Northern Pearl. He knocked on Xia He's door and saw her packing her luggage in the living room.

"Xiao Fang, go and see for yourself." Xia He said.

Fang Qingye agreed, went to the study, walked into the bookcase and looked carefully.

There are indeed many books on finance and economics in the bookcase, most of which are about macroeconomics, corporate management, and commercial bank management. There are very few tool-oriented books like financial mathematics. Fang Qingye picked for a while before choosing a book called "Securities Analysis" to make do.

Xia He also noticed Fang Qingye's movements and said with a smile in the living room, "Don't you have anything suitable? How about I bring you two when I return to Huijing this time?"

Fang Qingye thought for a moment and replied.

"Okay then, Senior, buy both volumes of Stochastic Analysis in Finance, edited by American SE Shriver, and Benchmark Analysis Methods in Mathematical Finance, written by Australian scholar E. Platten."

"Hey, Xiao Fang, these books contain more advanced theories in financial mathematics. Not only do our bank not need them, no one in the Jinghai branch uses them. The securities analysis department of the provincial bank will be involved in some of them, but they are mainly needed by securities analysts in major investment banks in Shanghai." Xia He paused when she said this.

"Xiao Fang?"

"What's wrong, senior?"

"You don't want to quit your job and go to Shanghai, do you?" Xia He asked.

"No, our bank has such good benefits and the work is relatively easy. Why should I go to Shanghai? It's so tiring." Fang Qingye immediately denied it.

"It's indeed tiring. I have a graduate school classmate who is now working as a market operations analyst at JPMorgan Chase in Shanghai. She often complains to me on QQ, saying that her boss doesn't treat her as a human being, but just like an animal. But the salary is indeed high, we can't compare at all." Xia He said.

“So, I don’t want to be an animal.”

Hearing Fang Qingye say this, Xia He immediately laughed and her body trembled.

After Fang Qingye selected the book, he said goodbye and left. After returning home and having dinner, he started reading in his bedroom.

This was co-edited by American scholars Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, and is known as the Bible for investors. It mainly focuses on fixed value investing, income statement analysis, earnings factors affecting common stock valuations, and the divergence between price and value.

It was a basic textbook on financial economics, but it wasn't quite what he needed. He'd just read it for now, since he had nothing else to do. Secondly, it was the weekend, and Fang Qingye didn't go out to play. He basically spent the weekend at home, reading books and looking up information online. After a long day of slogging, he still had no clue.

He was not in a hurry. Modeling would take more than a day or two to complete. Once Xia He brought back the two or three books and he had the right tools, the process would be faster.

Let’s go out and play tomorrow?
Staying at home during the beautiful spring time is such a waste of time.

Fang Qingye was thinking about where to go for fun tomorrow when his cell phone rang. He saw it was Song Dahai calling, so he picked it up.

"Ye Zi, do you want to go out and play tomorrow?" Song Dahai asked on the phone.

"Hehe, I was just about to talk to you about this. Where do you want to go for fun?" Fang Qingye asked lazily while lying on the bed.

"Let's go climb Wolf Mountain. Jiang Chen invited us."

Jiang Chen?

Fang Qingye naturally knew him. He was their high school classmate, graduated from Jinghai University, and now works at the County Statistics Bureau.

"Jiang Chen said he's meeting two female classmates, Shao Jing and Wang Simin, and asked me to go with him. I want to take you along too. Let's drive over and have a barbecue or something."

"Okay, then drive over to pick me up." Fang Qingye agreed.

"Okay, I'll go to your house on time at nine in the morning. By the way, Ye Zi, can you ask Chen Meimei out as well?" Song Dahai suddenly said.

"Dahai, are you really interested in her?" Fang Qingye asked back.

"Hey, don't let your imagination run wild. You're just short of a girl. If you don't want to date Chen Meimei, you can date another girl!"

Fang Qingye thought about it and realized that he naturally knew Shao Jing and Wang Simin. Apart from these two, he was not familiar with other female classmates. As for the bank, he had a better relationship with Chen Meimei.

"Okay, I'll try." Fang Qingye agreed.

He always felt that Song Dahai was interested in Chen Meimei.

"OK, let's leave a message on QQ."

Fang Qingye hung up the phone and dialed Chen Meimei's cell phone number again. Soon, Chen Meimei's gentle voice was heard on the phone.

"Fang Qingye, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"It's like this, we are going to climb Wolf Mountain tomorrow and invite you to join us." Fang Qingye briefly explained the situation.

On the other end of the phone, Chen Meimei hesitated: "Fang Qingye, I'm not familiar with any of your classmates."

"It's okay. I'm here, right? And my buddy Song Dahai, from the Urban Management Team, you've met him too. We're all the same age, and it's springtime, perfect for hiking."

"Okay then, what do you need me to prepare?" Chen Meimei agreed.

"No need for anything, just prepare your things. My buddy and I will drive to your house to pick you up around nine o'clock."

"Okay, see you tomorrow morning."

"meet tomorrow."

After making an appointment with Chen Meimei, Fang Qingye logged into QQ and left a message to Song Dahai saying that everything was settled.

The other party replied immediately: "OK!"

(End of this chapter)