This means that as long as Li Xu can lower the gold price in one place, the gold prices in the other two places will also fall.

Li Xu couldn't reach New York, and London was the home of the five major gold merchants, who could easily mobilize large sums of money, so he could only invest all the reserved funds in Hong Kong.

Li Xu knew that if he used the tactic of adding fuel to the fire, he would definitely lose, so he invested all his funds at once, hoping to catch the opponent off guard.

Next, as long as other short sellers follow suit and drive the price of gold to a very low level, they will win.

When he invested the money, things were developing in the direction he expected. At first, the price of gold fluctuated, but later it fell and never recovered.

Seeing this scene, Li Xu and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Now it is impossible to bring the gold price back to its original level relying solely on funds and connections.

Unless there is news internationally that is positive for gold prices.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Li Xu and the other two immediately set off back to the mainland.

It was already the end of December.

After arriving in Guangzhou, Li Xu gave Pang Dong and his wife a Shanghai car driven by his bodyguards, and gave them two months of vacation, asking them to go to Shenzhen after the Lantern Festival.

The hotel is still some time away from completion, and there is nothing for them to do if they go there now. It would be better for them to stay at home and spend time with the children.

Li Xu not only gave them the two months' salary, but also gave them an extra New Year's red envelope.

This moved Pang Dong and his wife very much. Judging from their expressions, they would jump into the river without hesitation if Li Xu asked them to do so.

After returning to Shenzhen, the first thing Li Xu did was to gather the bodyguards and announce the news of a salary increase for them.

The salary of ordinary bodyguards increased to one thousand, and the salary of the head bodyguard of Li Xu and others increased to twelve thousand.

The so-called bodyguard leader is actually the one who can fight best with bare hands.

When the bodyguards heard this number, their eyes turned red with excitement.

At the beginning, their salary was only two hundred. Later, after a period of getting to know each other, Li Xu and others raised their salary to five hundred.

From then on, they were ready to risk their lives for Li Xu and his men.

Now that their salary has been increased to 1,000, to be honest, they all want to bring their children in to accompany them...

After finishing the conversation, Li Xu asked them to go outside to release their emotions, and kept the door secure, and then took Li Chen to the room.

Li Xu took out several suits and a watch from the box he brought back and handed them over, then gave a brief account of the situation.

Hearing that he had made so much money, Li Chen was also very excited this time, but much better than last time.

After calming down, Li Chen put his clothes aside, picked up his watch, and asked, "Brother, it's okay to buy clothes, but why buy a watch?"

"What nonsense! What else can you do with a watch besides wearing it?"

Li Ping interrupted with a smile, "Third brother, this watch is not only owned by the three of us, but also by our family members. Let's consider it as a gift from us to them."

"Children too?"

“Only Wenbo has it.”

Li Chen understood. A few months ago, his eldest nephew Li Wenbai beat up the group of people who molested his younger sister Li Ju. This watch must be a reward for him.

Thinking of this, Li Chen stopped asking questions and said, "Let me see the watches you bought," and then started rummaging through the box.

This was a surprising sight. There were ten watches in total, five of which looked exactly the same, two of which were the same as the one he was holding, and only the last three watches had different styles.

Li Chen gritted his teeth. He knew at a glance that the five identical watches were definitely prepared for Li Mei and the other five girls, and the three watches of different styles were prepared for his parents and Li Wenbo.

As for the remaining two identical watches, one is for Yang Dong and the other is for... huh?

Li Chen suddenly realized what was happening and looked up, wondering, "Which of you didn't wear a watch?"

Li Xu and the others knew what he was talking about as soon as they heard it, so they grinned and said, "The extra watch is for my younger sister's future husband."

Li Chen: ...

He didn't know how to respond to this.

You should know that Li Ju doesn’t even have a partner now.

After a moment of silence, he changed the subject and asked, "Brother, how much is our watch?"

"Ninety-eight thousand."

"Hong Kong dollars?"

"Um."

"What about the others?"

"Mom and Dad's got 118,000, my younger sister and her friends got 88,000, and Wenbo's got 68,000."

These prices are nothing in later generations, but they are quite high now.

Especially the watches worn by Mr. and Mrs. Sun Xiu, their prices are almost at the top of the range except for limited editions.

All luxury watch brands are included here.

"It's quite expensive." Li Chen smacked his lips. "Luckily, those people back home don't recognize this brand, otherwise my parents wouldn't be able to let me wear it out."

He felt that if he didn't recognize the brand, it was even less likely that people in Tang County would recognize it.

"I bought this brand of watch because not many people know it." Li Xu then asked, "What happened in the past few months?"

"Yes, not long after you left, a letter from my eldest sister arrived, saying that someone from my hometown was coming to attend the Canton Fair, and asked you two to try not to go to Guangzhou during that time, so as not to be recognized by people from my hometown.

Later, my younger sister sent me another telegram, saying that she would not study abroad and planned to find a good university in China for graduate studies.

And there's Qian Jin. Since December, he's been coming to see Old Xu every day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. If nothing goes wrong, he should be here in half an hour."

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