Reborn as a landlord in Shanghai

Chapter 115 Telling Parents to Go to School

Mao Xiaoyu really didn't expect to run into Yang Ying at the coffee shop, but since it happened, she didn't think much of it.

After all, that's just how women are. Besides, Yang Ying is just so-so now. She'll be a truly beautiful woman when she turns 20.

After all, nobody likes the ugly duckling; everyone prefers the swan. As for whether the ugly duckling can turn into a swan, that will take time and it will only become beautiful once it does. As for the ugly duckling now, we can only wait for it to change over time.

Mao Xiaoyu returned to the hotel, but Du Yue and Peng Yu were no longer there. As for where the two had gone, Mao Xiaoyu didn't care.

After all, they are two grown adults, both in their late twenties, more than ten years older than me. I should care more about myself than them.

Mao Xiaoyu checked the time and realized it was already late for lunch. She went to the hotel's restaurant, had lunch, and then returned to her room.

Besides Mao Xiaoyu's change of clothes, you recently got a computer in the room. There was no other way; Du Yue and Peng Yu both had laptops for work, and Mao Xiaoyu thought it would be convenient. Plus, Hong Kong electronics aren't too expensive, so she bought one for herself.

The first thing I did upon returning to my room was turn on my computer, then I took a shower in the bathroom, and waited—

When she came out, Mao Xiaoyu opened her email and saw an email from Li Mingyue.

Mao Xiaoyu had already told Li Mingyue that if there were any major fluctuations in the A-share market, she should call her phone number. If the A-share market was normal and the stock price was rising every day, she should not worry. On Friday, she should collect the closing stock prices and send them to her.

Today is Saturday, and the A-share market has finished its week-long run. It's a good time for Mao Xiaoyu to check whether her stocks have gone up or down.

I opened Li Mingyue's email and it was pretty good. The email was full of positive things, mentioning that every stock she mentioned had risen a little bit. Although the rise wasn't much, it was still a good start.

Then, at the end of the email, the stocks that Mao Xiaoyu had bought were overwritten.

The first stock, Guangzhou Shipyard International, is owned by Mao Xiaoyu, who has a total of 2,184,000 shares. The current share price of Guangzhou Shipyard International is 3.49 yuan, which is 0.11 yuan higher than last week's 3.38 yuan. With the total of 2,184,000 shares owned by Mao Xiaoyu, he has made 200,000 yuan in one week from Guangzhou Shipyard International.

The second Chihong Zinc & Co. stock purchased by Mao Xiaoyu through Dongfang Securities, totaling 117,600 shares, saw its price drop to around 8.25 yuan after a week, a full 15 cents less than the previous week's 8.4 yuan. Based on this price, Mao Xiaoyu lost more than 10,000 yuan in Chihong Zinc & Co. this week.

Overall, the two stocks held by Orient Securities, Guangzhou Shipyard International and Chihong Zinc & Chuzhou, saw slight gains and losses respectively. Calculating the profits, I earned at least 15 RMB this week, which is a small profit.

In addition, Guoxin Securities holds 833,500 shares of China Gold and 18,400 shares of Moutai.

其中中金黄金昨天收盘每股的价格在6块4毛7，比上个星期足足涨了3毛6，因此毛小雨现在中金黄金的股价又涨了二十几万人民币。

As for the stock price of Moutai liquor, it closed at 54.79 yuan per share yesterday. This price not only made back the money that Mao Xiaoyu had lost, but also made a considerable profit. However, because there were too few shares, even with a considerable profit, it was only a few thousand yuan.

Among them, Guoxin Securities, in which Mao Xiaoyu has invested the most domestically, currently holds a total of 290,300 shares of Dongshan Gold and 1,483,000 shares of Nanyun Copper.

Yesterday, Dongshan Gold's stock closed at 7.96 yuan per share, a slight increase of 0.2 yuan from last week. This means that Mao Xiaoyu made approximately 50,000 to 60,000 yuan on Dongshan Gold this week.

As for Nanyun Copper's stock, it was 3.37 yuan per share yesterday. Overall, it lost 10 cents compared to last week. Because Nanyun Copper's market capitalization is too large, although it only lost 10 cents, the overall loss was more than 100,000 yuan.

As for Great Wall Securities, Mao Xiaoyu owns 608,000 shares of Yunnan Tin and 386,000 shares of Dongshan Gold.

Among them, Yunnan Tin's stock price was 5 yuan per share when it closed yesterday, a loss of 0.21 yuan compared to last week. Therefore, Mao Xiaoyu of Yunnan Tin lost more than 120,000 yuan last week.

As for Dongshan Gold's share price of 7.96 yuan, it rose by 0.2 yuan from last week. Therefore, Dongshan Gold brought Mao Xiaoyu an income of 60,000 to 70,000 yuan. Taking all of this into account, Great Wall Securities caused Mao Xiaoyu to lose 50,000 to 60,000 yuan last week.

Therefore, it can be seen from the email sent by Li Mingyue that Mao Xiaoyu's stock investments in the four securities companies have resulted in both profits and losses. However, overall, Mao Xiaoyu still made some money last week, with the biggest loss coming from the stocks held by Guoxin Securities.

Of course, we can't blame Guoxin Securities for this. After all, it was Mao Xiaoyu who wanted to buy the stock, and it's normal for stocks to go up and down. It's just that the current stock price isn't as crazy as it was in 2006 and 2007.

After reviewing the stock returns sent by Li Mingyue, Mao Xiaoyu honestly wanted to check out the A-share market, but unfortunately, it's not available in Hong Kong, so she couldn't do any research.

As for researching Hong Kong and US stocks, Mao Xiaoyu is still learning from Du Yue and Peng Yu, since she really doesn't know many stocks in Hong Kong and the US.

For example, in the Hong Kong stock market, Mao Xiaoyu only knows Tencent and Li Huanggua's Cheung Kong Holdings. Although she knows other companies, who knows what their stock prices will be like in 20 years? So, in the future, Mao Xiaoyu will only hold Tencent shares and will not hold any shares of other companies.

As for the Nasdaq in the US stock market, Mao Xiaoyu is more familiar with it. China's three major portal websites, Sohu, NetEase, and Sina, are still there, and Baidu, which went public this month, has also seen a significant surge in its stock price.

Not to mention future giants like Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, and Amazon.

But Mao Xiaoyu had no money, and she couldn't get her hands on these stocks.

If Mao Xiaoyu had 100 billion yuan, he could buy stocks of several major American tech giants at will, and in 20 years, he would be a big shot among big shots.

Unfortunately, I still don't have the money. To buy Tencent stock now, I have to use leverage. As for buying US stocks, I'm dreaming.

Seeing these stocks, Mao Xiaoyu felt quite helpless.

Mao Xiaoyu wasn't really interested in looking at the stocks anymore, since she didn't have the money to buy them anyway. So she turned off her computer, took out her phone, and started looking up phone numbers, preparing to call everyone.

This is also Mao Xiaoyu's habit; she calls some people at least once a week. After all, Mao Xiaoyu is just visiting Hong Kong for tourism, not looking to die.

Mao Xiaoyu glanced at several familiar numbers, hesitated for a moment, and then called her parents first.

"Hello, is this Xiaoyu? What's up? When are you coming back?"

Mao Xiaoyu called her father's cell phone, and Mao Jun answered the call and immediately asked what was wrong.

"I might have to wait a bit longer. I'm preparing to study in Hong Kong, and I'm currently busy with registration," Mao Xiaoyu said after a moment's hesitation.

"Going to school, registering? Didn't you go to Hong Kong for a trip? Why are you saying you're going to school now? Xiaoyu, don't be fooled. You're just a junior high student, going to school in Hong Kong? That sounds a bit unreliable." Mao Jun's voice suddenly rose a lot as he shouted on the other end of the phone.

"I'm not kidding you. In a couple of days, when I get my school acceptance letter, I'll take a picture and send it to you on QQ so you can see if I've been accepted to school."

As for why this happened, I came to Hong Kong for sightseeing, right? The people here in Hong Kong are short and not very good-looking. Your son is so handsome and tall that he was spotted by a talent scout immediately.

After being persuaded by a talent scout to join an entertainment company, but since I don't know how to act, the company wants me to study at an acting school for a while so they can promote me later.

As you know, performing arts schools don't have very high academic requirements, especially in Hong Kong. So the entertainment company paid me a little money to get me in. The school started in September.

"After a few years of study, if I graduate from performing arts school, I'll be a university graduate in Hong Kong. Just imagine, your Mao family has produced a university graduate, and a bachelor's degree at that! Aren't you awesome?"

To make things seem more believable, Mao Xiaoyu spoke in a half-truthful tone.

"Never mind how awesome it is, your trip suddenly turned into a school trip, which confuses me. Did you go on vacation or go to school? And if you're going to school there, when are you coming back?"

Mao Jun's mind was in complete disarray; he didn't even know what he was saying. The main problem was that Mao Xiaoyu had given him too much information at once, and he couldn't quite process it.

"September, I'll definitely come back in September."

Mao Xiaoyu thought about it for a while and felt that she should go back around September. After all, she had been away for so long and wanted to go back and take a look. More importantly, she had to sell Tencent's shares in September, whether she sold them to Zhang Lei or sold them on the market at a higher price.

"Didn't you say you were going to school? How come you're back in September?" Mao Jun asked back.

"My student was sent to the performing arts school by paying money, which is different from those who are admitted through the regular entrance exam. Although I am good at my studies and can get the same certificate, I am more flexible in terms of time."

Okay, okay, I won't say any more. Phone calls are too expensive. Let's chat on GG if you need anything. Also, don't tell anyone about my schooling, since I haven't started school yet. I'll tell you about the process when I get back.

"Anyway, it's already mid-August, and I won't have much time to come back in September. If you have any questions, just ask me then. It's hard to explain over the phone now, and phone calls are too expensive," Mao Xiaoyu said dismissively.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. I'll hang up now. — I've been on the phone for so long today. — What a waste of phone credit. — I'll ask you properly when I get back. — I thought you were going on vacation for at most half a month. — Now you're saying you're going back to school. — What's going on all day?" Mao Jun complained on the phone and then hung up.

Hearing her father hang up, Mao Xiaoyu felt quite helpless. Once you lie about something, you have to cover it up with another lie, which is exhausting. Even when she returns to Shanghai, she will still have to lie to them.

Now that her father had finished his call, Mao Xiaoyu immediately called Guo Xiaoyan.

Guo Xiaoyan didn't have any major issues. At most, she received 1 yuan in rent from her landlord, Old Man Ge. Once the money arrived, the shop moved to another location and reopened.

The agency currently has two branches, but because there are no buyers like Mao Xiaoyu, and the branches haven't been open for long and don't have regular customers, business isn't very good. They're barely breaking even.

Not only Guo Xiaoyan was at a loss, but Mao Xiaoyu was also at a loss. After all, being a real estate agent is all about reputation. You have to build your brand year after year and make people familiar with you before you can make money.

Therefore, Mao Xiaoyu could only offer a few words of concern over the phone and encourage the other party, saying that when she returned, she would buy a few more houses to help boost the store's sales!

After finishing her call with Guo Xiaoyan, Mao Xiaoyu called Li Mingyue, Li Gang, and Liu Yue. After this call, Du Yue and Peng Yu finally returned.

He then knocked on Mao Xiaoyu's door and invited her to come down for dinner.

Therefore, Mao Xiaoyu tidied herself up and went downstairs to eat with Du Yue and Peng Yu.

During the meal, Mao Xiaoyu casually mentioned the transfer of funds and told the two that she would be using the British Virgin Islands company's account to trade stocks.

They also discussed the allocation of funds, and how to acquire Tencent shares with more than 100 million yuan, which they studied while eating.

After finishing their meal, the three of them went to Du Yue's room and began to discuss these matters.

On Sunday, the second day, the three of them didn't go out to play. In order to prepare the acquisition documents for the following week, they had to get them ready as soon as possible.

And so, the three of them spent the entire morning of Sunday figuring out the next steps in the acquisition.

They felt more confident about the acquisition in the coming week.