Chapter 409: I Can’t Help Staying Up Late
Lin Siqiao didn't want to hide it, but she had just eaten and drank her fill, and felt a little lazy, so she held her chin with one hand and asked with a smile.
"Guess what difficult task I took on?"
It was clearly a normal inquiry, but her laziness and the tone of voice when she spoke made her look very attractive to Lu Jianchuan.
He stretched out his hand helplessly and amusedly, "Come here."
Lin Siqiao walked over obediently, sat astride his legs, and naturally wrapped her arms around his neck.
But before she could open her mouth, she heard Lu Jianchuan sigh.
"Are you coming to the country this time for the stock issue?"
Lin Siqiao was stunned, with an expression that asked how could you know that. She originally wanted to keep it a secret, but she didn't expect that it was guessed in less than a minute. How boring.
Lu Jianchuan smiled and explained to her, "Actually, this is not hard to guess. To be able to transfer you from such a far distance, it must be either a diplomatic matter, or the higher-ups are impressed by your ability to make money."
"I have been in the country for two months. If there really were major diplomatic developments, it would be impossible that no news had been revealed until now."
Therefore, Lu Jianchuan is more inclined to believe that his wife came to the country this time to make money for the country.
Lin Siqiao was now completely convinced, "Yes, I did come to the country this time for the stock issue."
As she said this, she asked Lu Jianchuan to bring over the password box next to her. Director Chen had already told her the password in the afternoon: six 8s, a very auspicious set of numbers.
When the box was opened, in addition to two passbooks, there were two thick stacks of documents.
It is much more troublesome to open a securities account here than in China. For someone like her who has a study visa and no real estate, she cannot even pass the account opening process without the endorsement of a local.
This is also why Lin Siqiao said that he had caused trouble for Director Chen.
After all, Lin Siqiao came here not just to make money for the country, she also has her own capital, and it is not small.
Then again, her brother Lu didn't seem to know how much she had earned in the four months she had been abroad.
Thinking of this, Lin Siqiao directly handed the passbook to Lu Jianchuan.
Lu Jianchuan never underestimated his wife's ability to make money, but the numbers on the passbook still overturned his perception.
He remembered that when his wife left, she took a total of 40,000 pounds with her.
Only four months have passed, and the number on the passbook has become 7.62 million US dollars.
Seeing Lu Jianchuan holding the passbook in surprise and speechless for a long time, Lin Siqiao was not surprised. To be honest, 7.62 million US dollars is not a small sum in any era.
You should know that when China and the United States established liaison offices last year, China spent a lot of effort to raise 9 million US dollars.
Afterwards, the liaison office purchased the Windsor Hotel and two nearby official residences. The three properties, plus the renovation and transfer costs, cost a total of more than 6 million US dollars.
In other words, it only took her four months to build an embassy.
Feeling the hand around her waist tighten, Lin Siqiao smiled.
"Aren't you happy that I made so much money?"
If it were another man, he would have praised his wife to the sky.
Lin Siqiao had made it so clear. In her opinion, Lu Jianchuan would have to agree with her and say he was happy.
But unexpectedly, Lu Jianchuan was silent for a moment and then said, "You must have had a hard time these past few months."
Although he doesn't understand the twists and turns of stocks, the global stock market crash is reported in newspapers every now and then.
Even though the overall environment is so bad, my wife can still make money.
One can imagine the effort and hard work put in during this period.
In fact, with their current income and savings, the daughter-in-law doesn't have to work so hard.
But my wife always says that she wants to see a better China and she wants to do her part.
It was because he knew this that Lu Jianchuan felt even more sorry for her.
Lin Siqiao wanted to say that it was actually not that bad, not as hard as he thought.
But every time Lu Jianchuan looked at her with such eyes, her heart softened a little.
The strength that had been built up also collapsed in an instant.
Lin Siqiao discovered a long time ago that Lu Jianchuan seemed to have some kind of magical power.
As long as he was by her side, Lin Siqiao felt at ease even if he didn't say anything, and this time was no exception.
As Lin Siqiao sighed, she rubbed his neck hard, and finally whispered something from the bottom of her heart.
"Lu Jianchuan, it's all over, it's great to see you here."
Hearing this, Lu Jianchuan shook his head helplessly. What could he say when he had a wife like this?
At this time, Lu Jianchuan could only secretly feel fortunate that the organization gave him this opportunity so that he could be with her wholeheartedly, taking care of her and protecting her.
Stroking her long hair, Lu Jianchuan was just about to ask what the next arrangements were when Lin Siqiao suddenly sat up straight.
Seeing that she looked strange, Lu Jianchuan hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
“This money doesn’t seem right.”
Lin Siqiao frowned and handed him the second passbook.
"Ambassador Liao gave me 6 million pounds of capital, and I bought short-term stocks. When I sold them, I had about 7.2 million pounds."
If this amount of money is converted into US dollars, it should be more than 17 million, but now there is a full 18 million in the passbook.
Looking at the hundreds of thousands of dollars that appeared inexplicably, the couple thought of a possibility at the same time.
Sure enough, the next morning, Lin Siqiao received a call from Director Chen.
There were too many people outside the airport yesterday, and Director Chen did not mention this matter for fear of causing trouble for Lin Siqiao.
After all, there are too many cases of street robbery in the country, and it is useless to call the police if you get robbed. You can only blame yourself for your bad luck.
When Lin Siqiao learned that the money was also given to her to invest in stocks, she didn't say anything. She thought that investing in stocks was the same as investing in stocks, and a few hundred thousand more US dollars made no difference to her.
But what Lin Siqiao didn't know was that these hundreds of thousands of US dollars were all the assets of the liaison office.
There is no way. The economy is in recession now, and the two countries have not established formal diplomatic relations, so their unit has not had any income.
In the past, employees could barely make ends meet with a monthly salary of US$50, but this year's price increase is really outrageous.
In just one year, the purchasing power of the US dollar has fallen by at least 40 percent.
Director Chen felt bad seeing his employees working on an empty stomach while cutting back on food.
It’s not that he hasn’t thought about giving everyone a raise, but the problem is that they only have so much money, and they really don’t have the ability to do so.
If the organization had not called and asked the liaison office to receive a sum of foreign exchange, Director Chen would never have imagined that there are still people who can make money in the current stock market!
However, Director Chen hesitated for a long time on whether to give the money to Lin Siqiao, until he called Minister Wu.
It was this phone call that dispelled all of Director Chen's doubts.
Lin Siqiao had no idea that her senior brother had been praising her to the skies behind her back again, but when it came to making money, she had indeed put in a lot of effort.
Lin Siqiao knew very well that if he wanted to speculate in the short term, he must have a deep understanding of the current situation in the country.
When she was in the country before, with the advice of Mr. Shi, she got first-hand information without much effort.
But now, Lin Siqiao can only rely on himself.
Therefore, after completing the account opening procedures, Lin Siqiao was not in a hurry to buy, but went out early and returned late every day with Lu Jianchuan.
In the following days, they went to all the high-end shopping malls, stores and restaurants in Los Angeles.
In his spare time, Lin Siqiao also immersed himself in various financial news and reports, and staying up late became a common occurrence.
If someone now takes the later saying, "Do you know what Los Angeles looks like at four o'clock in the morning?"
Lin Siqiao would answer without hesitation that she had seen it.
At four o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles, it was quiet and lonely. Apart from the sound of my own heartbeat, there was nothing else.
In the busyness, a week passed in the blink of an eye.
Now that he knew almost everything he needed to know, Lin Siqiao had a rough idea of what was going on.
Considering that she has been here for a week, it is time to visit Uncle Qiu.
As it happened, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow were weekends, and she remembered Uncle Qiu had mentioned before that there was a resort near their home, so it would be a good opportunity for them to stay there for two days and relax.
Lin Siqiao was applying skin care products while discussing with Lu Jianchuan.
But before he could finish his words, Lu Jianchuan picked him up with one hand.
The next second, the world was spinning around him, and it wasn't until his body sank into the soft quilt that Lin Siqiao realized that he had no chance of getting through the night.
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