Chapter 160

Lin Wei spun off Gap Shipping Equipment Shipping Company from Kowloon Shipping Industry and changed its name to Xinbai Shipbuilding.

"Xinbai? What does it mean that all things are beginning to revive?" Wu Ming asked.

"No," Lin Wei explained, "It's the name of my father and brother. My brother really likes boats, so he wanted to name them after him. He knew he would be very happy, but there is a problem that everyone has. It didn’t work for the old man. What if I get jealous? So I chose this name, which sounds pretty good.”

Hezi used the names of his grandmother and mother, and Xinbai used the names of his father and brother . , she is really smart, Lin Wei is very satisfied.

Wu Ming didn't say anything. Lin Wei's subconscious behavior showed that her family was very important to her.

"Are you sure you really want to enter the shipbuilding industry?" Wu Ming was more concerned about this issue.

It was too risky. If there was another person in front of him, he would think this person was crazy, but Lin Wei always did something unexpected, and he was immune to it. However, this did not mean that he was not shocked when he heard the news. .

If it was shipping, he could still understand it, but how could it be shipbuilding?

Where is the soil for the shipbuilding industry in Xiangjiang?

Lin Wei knew what he was worried about: "Don't worry, you can do whatever you want with how much money you have. Hezi is Hezi, Cha Lian is Cha Lian, and micro is micro. I won't drag other companies into the water for shipbuilding. Let's do it slowly, first. Let the company earn its first pot of gold. "

In addition to starting capital, a company must support itself.

It would take 78 years at the earliest before she could be reunited with her brother. There were still ten years left.

In ten years, she must let her brother see her shipyard.

Recently, she kept thinking about how she tricked Fang Mobai into coming to Xiangjiang. At that time, she didn't know that he was her brother. She just wanted that stupid man to make trouble with her parents, and then the whole family would come to Xiangjiang.

She created a dream for him, and it was clear that he was tempted, but in the end he chose to give up.

Thinking of these, Lin Wei felt an indescribable feeling of depression in her heart.

She sometimes wonders why she wanted to enter the shipbuilding industry in her previous life.

Perhaps even if she lost her memory, she still had some obsessions left in her subconscious. Fang Mobai died so tragically, and she wanted to realize his dream for him.

She failed in her last life, and no matter how difficult it is in this life, she will try again.

Wu Ming looked at her doubtfully: "What are you going to do?"

Lin Wei raised her face and turned her stiff neck: "I want to take a shortcut."

Compared with Xiangjiang, which has not yet developed, Britain is the financial center of Europe. , whether it is the London Stock Exchange, the London Metal Exchange or options trading, the development has been relatively mature.

The only place in the world besides New York and Chicago is London.

However, Lin Wei is still a little disappointed. There is no gold futures market at this time. Otherwise, with leverage, once the price of gold rises, the returns will be unimaginable.

Now, it can only be traded in the gold market in London.

A 400-ounce gold bar costs more than $14,000, which is a high barrier to entry.

Therefore, ordinary people will choose to buy gold coins or gold medals, but additional processing fees will be charged, which is not very cost-effective.

As soon as the Spring Festival was over, Lin Wei grabbed Su Tianrui and came to London.

Su Tianrui's personal assets of nearly 60 million Hong Kong dollars, or US$10 million, have not been touched. Originally, Lin Wei planned to let him buy land, but now there is no rush. Land prices in Xiangjiang will not rise in two years. .

This is enough to buy 280,000 ounces of gold, almost a ton of gold.

When the price of gold cannot hold any longer, you can cash out directly.

"Boss, isn't the price of gold fixed?" Su Tianrui followed Lin Wei and looked at the people coming and going in the exchange, "Will it really rise?" It was

his first time here and he didn't expect so many people to buy gold. .

There are people at every counter.

Lin Wei stared at the group of people buying gold bars and said, "It will definitely go up, but it's hard to say how much it will go up."

If the price rises slowly at the beginning, you probably won't make much money.

If you wait a few years, it won't be cost-effective. It is better to use leveraged futures.

The important thing is that she really can't remember when the Bretton Woods system collapsed.

She had this hunch based on the depreciation of the pound and France's withdrawal from the gold pool.

Mainly because she didn't pay attention to this before.

"As long as it goes up, it doesn't matter how much, but if it goes down, then..."

"If it goes down, it's mine. If it goes up, we'll split it half and half," Lin Wei said.

Compensation is definitely not possible. Even if it doesn't increase, the price is still fixed. How to compensate?

Regardless, if she doesn’t buy it now, she might regret it in the future. She also wants Herzi and Cartier’s funds to be converted into gold. When she really needs money, she can exchange it directly. In this era, gold still has certain The monetary value can be said.

If it really goes up, even if it makes a few million dollars, that's fine.

Su Tianrui breathed a sigh of relief, but was a little embarrassed.

It's strange to say that when he had no money, he spent money lavishly. But when he got rich, he was unwilling to touch the money in his bank. He just looked forward to when he could cross 100 million and become a billionaire.

"Mr. Lin..." A voice came from behind.

Su Tianrui turned around and saw a girl wearing a British-style dress appearing in front of them.

"Mr. Su, long time no see." Seeing Su Tianrui staring at her, Wen Jiayue greeted him with a smile.

"Are you Xiaoyue?" He was stunned.

"What do you mean?" Wen Jiayue looked at her outfit, "My clothes today are not weird, are they?"

"No..." Su Tianrui said awkwardly, "I just became more beautiful, I didn't recognize her.

" Wen Jiayue liked to hear the words: "Thank you, Mr. Su, for the compliment."

After that, she happily walked up to Lin Wei and coquettishly said to Lin Wei: "I came over after class, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to catch up with you, so I just I can wait for you at the hotel."

"It won't be long. I can wait for you."

The era without mobile phones was just not very convenient.

Several people walked to the gold bar counter.

"How much?" the trader asked.

"100 pieces." Lin Wei said.

Lin Wei was afraid that too many transactions at one time would attract unnecessary attention.

She just observed it for a while. In more than half an hour, the largest transaction was 100 bars, 40,000 ounces, which was more than 1.4 million US dollars.

Later, Su Tianrui can come again, and she can find a few more people. She can come here every other day. She just wants to come to see the situation today.

Lin Wei prepared 20 million US dollars this time, 10 million of which belonged to Su Tianrui, and the remaining 10 million was from Lin Wei's own small treasury, specially saved for shipbuilding.

In a few days, Hezi and Cartier will also buy it.

The gold bars will be sent directly to their vault in the bank.

"Buy gold bars?" Wen Jiayue is also very interested. There are many people buying gold now. She now also has assets of two million Hong Kong dollars. She previously held shares in Tea Love and helped Lin Wei hold part of it on behalf of Lin Wei. Lin Wei's small treasury Part of it comes from here.

Wen Jiayue is now a millionaire. When something happened in Xiangjiang, she took her parents and family to England.

The three of us went to a restaurant for dinner. Apart from such high-end restaurants, it is difficult to find any delicious food in the UK.

"If you want to buy it, I can help." Su Tianrui was very enthusiastic.

"Okay," Wen Jiayue's eyes turned into crescent moons, "Thank you, Mr. Su."

Su Tianrui waved his hand: "Don't call me Mr. Su, just your name, otherwise I'll call you Brother Rui."

"Okay, Brother Rui."

After studying abroad , Wen Jiayue's personality has become much more cheerful.

Lin Wei looked at Su Tianrui. This guy had been frowning all day, but now he looked a little smiling.

She also started to care about Wen Jiayue's studies.

Is this the courtship period? Or is it the sequelae of blind dates these days? When I see a girl of the right age, I think of getting married.

He had never seen Xiaoyue like this before.

Lin Wei didn't insist that Su Tianrui be stationed here, she just liked his 60 million. After all, this was not a futures market, and people needed to keep an eye on it in real time to avoid being liquidated.

Lin Wei cut the steak and listened to how young people of this era fall in love.

The result is really super unnutritious, Su Tianrui is so stupid.

Lin Wei only stayed in London for two days before flying to Italy to participate in Milan Fashion Week.

This time she was more relaxed. She had already had two experiences, and Ji Chengjun was already comfortable with it.

Afterwards, she flew back to France and hosted the opening ceremony of Hezi.

Hertz's second store in France has opened. It is located in the Rue de la Paix, a high-end commodity center in Paris, not far from Paris Cartier.

On the day of the opening, Lin Wei went to Cartier specifically and invited the other company's executives to attend Hezi's opening ceremony. She focused on "harmony and friendship" and didn't care about other people's bad faces. She couldn't understand other people's rejections, and then she said... People came to the opening ceremony and a big news came out.

Now Chuanhezi and Paris Cartier have reached a preliminary acquisition intention.

"Aren't you afraid of annoying them?" Ji Chengjun looked at the newspaper, "What if they clarify it in the newspaper?" Wouldn't it be good to say nothing if you are anxious?

Lin Wei said nonchalantly: "They are as stubborn as dead donkeys. Even if you coax them, it's useless. Why not force them? What are you afraid of him doing?"

Ji Chengjun nodded thoughtfully.

"In the future, any cash we can't use temporarily will be converted into gold." Lin Wei said.

ah?

Ji Chengjun was stunned: "Why?"

"You see now that the pound has fallen, the Hong Kong dollar has fallen after the pound has fallen, the franc has fallen after the Hong Kong dollar has fallen, and the US dollar has fallen after the franc has fallen. In the future, the only thing that can maintain its value is gold." Lin Wei explained. .

The U.S. dollar is settled now, but the franc and pound are really miserable. Lin Wei can't do the same thing with them. Who knows when it will fall? The Hong Kong dollar has decoupled from the British pound in order to protect itself.

"Is this always going to be like this?"

Lin Wei gave the modified jewelry design draft to Hu Xiwen: "Wait, we will do it in a short time. Gold is wealth, banknotes are credit. When you have money, buy it. When you need money, buy it. Sell ​​it."

Ji Chengjun looked at Lin Wei, could Mr. Lin even think of this?

Suddenly I feel like I still have a lot to learn.

Lin Wei flew around Europe and then returned to Xiangjiang.

As a result, not two days after she returned, on March 17, Su Tianrui called and said that the United Kingdom announced the dissolution of the London Gold Central Bank. Immediately, Lin Wei read the news in the newspaper. The United States announced the dissolution of the "Gold Central Bank" and the market price of gold could be free. float.

Lin Wei breathed a sigh of relief and was a little lucky that he actually caught the tail.

She thought she could make a lot of money, but things didn't go as she expected.

Governments of various countries still settle according to the official price, but the market gold price floats freely.

Can it still be like this?

Lin Wei was dumbfounded. No matter how high the market price is, it can't be much higher?

toothache!

Lin Wei rubbed his face depressedly. This is the disadvantage of not understanding history.

But it's too irritating.

What’s the point of just making 18,000 yuan?

When will the price of gold be completely freed from its constraints?

How long do we have to wait?

Now she really wants to go back in time and search it with a search engine.

Lin Wei was a little shocked and slumped on the chair. Sure enough, the shortcut was not that easy.

Chen Hengxi came to find him.

Lin Wei asked him what was wrong. He was in a bad mood and had a toothache, so he didn't look good.

"Why did you change your assistant to a man?" Chen Hengxi sat down and said with a smile.

"When did you even pay attention to my assistant's gender?" Lin Wei asked back.

The secretary came in with coffee.

After the secretary left, he asked again: "Are there many new people around you?"

"What's the matter with you?" Lin Wei didn't have much patience today.

Chen Hengxi looked at Lin Wei, thought for a while, and said, "Chu Yinghao is back again, and Chu Aidong seems to have completely let go of the past."

Lin Wei said "oh".

Chen Hengxi had no choice but to continue: "He brought up Chu Yinghao. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't have any advantage."

Lin Wei nodded, agreeing with what he said, but she still said nothing.

Seeing this, Chen Hengxi could only say directly: "I want to ask you if you have any good suggestions?"

Lin Wei looked puzzled: "Do you want me to help you?"

Chen Hengxi was stunned by her question.

Lin Wei looked at him leisurely: "Why should I help you? What's the benefit?"

Chen Hengxi was choked again. After a while, he said: "I thought we were a cooperative relationship. We should be considered friends."

" Forget about being friends, the only connection between us should be interests."

Chen Hengxi looked at the woman in front of him. She was obviously so young. He had seen too many girls at this age. She was in the stage of falling in love. What she talked about every day was not the class next door. The boy is a handsome male star, but when she looks at the man, there is always a hint of contempt in her eyes.

Or perhaps, this contempt was just directed at him, but the more she behaved like this, the more he couldn't help but be curious and wanted to know what she thought.

"Then what do you want?" Chen Hengxi asked.

"The Chinese are fine." Lin Wei said without hesitation.

A landmark building on Queen's Road in Central.

Lin Wei has no money now. There is no way to get the money back before the building is built. It is not cost-effective to sell the future building now, otherwise she will definitely buy a property in Central now. She has been coveting the Chinese Bank for a long time.

Chen Hengxi was stunned for a moment, then frowned.

However, he thought for a while and said: "Yes, as long as you can help me get Dongfang Industrial and Chinese Bank, I can give it to you."

Lin Wei shook his head: "Then I don't know how long I have to wait. If you don't have the ability to help you get Dongfang Industrial, you have to rely on yourself. You can't rely on anyone."

Chen Hengxi looked at her: "What do you mean?"

"We both know that we want to get Dongfang Industrial. What is the premise? If you want Chu Aidong to look at you, why don't you develop yourself first and don't expose your purpose too obviously? People are rebellious. The more utilitarian you are, the more he may reject you. If you are a little distant, he will take the initiative to move forward. After such a long time, your father-son relationship has reached a bottleneck, and it is time to cool down."

Chen Hengxi had a trace of hesitation on his face.

"Why, are you reluctant?"

Lin Wei looked at him and frowned slightly. She didn't know what she was thinking of. She asked with careful eyes, "What was your original intention in choosing this name?"

Chen Hengxi was slightly startled. No words were spoken.

Lin Wei looked at him for a while and said, "You actually want to be seen by him," she narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "You must have admired him before, but it's a pity that he only has Chu Yinghao in his eyes, and you can't see him for a year. He could only see it in newspapers a few times..."

"Okay!" Chen Hengxi suddenly interrupted her.

Lin Wei looked at him for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled and said, "Are you feeling aggrieved and disappointed now? Your purpose is not so much to get Dongfang Industrial, but rather to get his approval. As a result, you worked hard After all this time, he still values ​​Chu Yinghao more."

Chen Hengxi looked at Lin Wei with a hint of anger in his eyes.

Lin Wei suppressed her smile: "Chen Hengxi... You can't be so greedy. You have to know what you really want. If you are so lacking in love, we will not be able to cooperate."

Chen Hengxi was finally angry and left.

Lin Wei's face didn't look good either.

She didn't believe that Chen Hengxi had no way to deal with Chu Aidong. This man had scruples. Lin Wei had just realized that it was no wonder that Chu Aidong's side had always been calm. She didn't take Chen Hengxi back just to see that Chu Aidong's family was a kind father and a filial son. of.

One Chen Hengxi and the other Xu Wenshan, Chu Aidong still has a good life, then there is really a problem.

After Chen Hengxi left, Wu Ming came in and told Lin Wei the news: "The news came back from Hezi, saying that a salesperson from HSBC came over and said he wanted to open a credit card business."

"What?" Lin Wei was stunned. .

HSBC wants to open a credit card?

Hang Seng’s line has not yet been fully rolled out, so why did HSBC catch up?

When did HSBC become so diligent?

Wu Ming guessed, "It probably affected the big customers," he said. "Hezi asked if we should handle this business for HSBC."

Lin Wei leaned on the seat, rubbed her forehead, and said: "Let's do it. There is no competitive relationship between merchants and banks. Can we boycott or what? It doesn't make sense."

Even if HSBC does this, Hang Seng's advantage will not be obvious.

Moreover, HSBC was using ready-made products. As soon as Hang Seng's line was rolled out, he followed suit, saving a lot of steps. At least he didn't have to explain to merchants what a credit card was. He just used the ready-made solutions, which was a little unnecessary. All at no charge.

"Something is wrong. This is not what HSBC does. They are used to being arrogant. Since when have they followed others to pick up leftovers?"

Even if HSBC wanted to do credit card business, it shouldn't have been so quick. It should have taken a while to react.

Lin Wei called Hang Seng, and Yang Bingrong said that he also knew about it. Almost as soon as they finished discussing the business, HSBC followed up. The time difference was very accurate.

Everyone knows that the most difficult part of credit card promotion is, but HSBC followed behind and picked the fruits so blatantly, without any effort at all.

This thing can be frustrating to death.

On the one hand, Hang Seng is screening internal personnel, and on the other hand, it is checking the other side. What is going on?

A few days later, they found out that Fu Wenfan had been promoted to a business consultant at HSBC.

Lin Wei was so angry that she almost stopped swearing.

This haunting bug.

Lin Wei held her forehead, what happened recently, everything is not going well.

No, she had to find time to go to the temple to worship and get rid of bad luck.

Could it be that there was something wrong with the Yankee's broken clock?

It really needs to be transferred.

Lin Wei really went to the temple. People in Xiangjiang are very superstitious. There are dozens of large and small temples in a place as big as a palm.

Lin Wei went to Zhulian Temple, which was said to be responsive to requests and take care of everything.

Wu Ming came with her, and he watched helplessly as Lin Wei knelt in front of the Bodhisattva and made more than twenty wishes, ranging from a smooth career, good health to her family, and an increase in the price of gold, to bad luck for Fu Wenfan, Chu Aidong, and Fu Sheng. She also took the time to look at the cheat sheets, for fear of forgetting any of them.

Worshiping Bodhisattva is as serious and cautious as doing business. Even though it looks like that, in fact, I feel that this person does not respect Bodhisattva very much. Otherwise, who would dare to make so many wishes?

Finally, Lin Wei drew a lot and went to the master to help interpret the lot.

"What does the donor want to see?"

Most of the people who come here are seeking wealth and marriage.

Lin Wei wanted to ask everything, and finally struggled for a while and said, "Fellow."

The great monk said, "This requires the donor's horoscope."

Lin Wei didn't waste any time and directly gave the horoscope to the other party.

As a result, the great monk frowned slightly: "The benefactor's Tianji Tianliang, the eight-character pure yin autumn wood, will defeat the father; the fortune will be rich and prosperous, the mother will be suppressed; the official star will enter the tomb, and the injured official will defeat the husband; the person who dies in the sky will have no children. "The benefactor punishes the six relatives, which is the sign of being alone and widowed."

Wu Ming on the side was stunned.

What kind of destiny is this for the evil star? Isn’t this monk talking nonsense?

Lin Wei looked at the great monk in panic, her face turned pale with fright: "Master, what should I do?"

"The donor had sinned deeply in his previous life, so he was lonely and widowed in this life. Only by staying away from his relatives can they be at peace. Okay."

"Just stay away?" Lin Wei said hurriedly, "I'm quite far away from them now, so will they be fine?"

The great monk shook his head, looking like a worldly expert: "No. The donor wanted to stay away from them, but to completely cut off all ties with them.

"What do you mean?" Lin Wei asked.

"If the donors don't take refuge in our Buddha and stay away from the mortal world, they will naturally not be able to hurt them."

Wu Ming: "..."

Lin Wei doesn't really believe it, right?

"That won't work," Lin Wei said hurriedly, "Master, I still have many careers, what should I do with so much wealth?"

The great monk sighed: "Money is something external to the body. If you don't bring it with you in life, you won't take it with you in death. Donor Why be persistent?"

"Then my money..." Lin Wei looked hesitant, "I can't throw it away."

"Amitabha, the donor has sinned deeply in his previous life. Only by giving up this extraneous thing and donating it can he eliminate his sins. Only in the next life can I live a clean life."

Wu Ming clenched his fists, and for the first time he had the idea of ​​beating up the monk.

Lin Wei walked out of the temple with a look of despair. She told the master that she should think about it carefully.

Wu Minggang wanted to persuade her not to be superstitious, but when Lin Wei left the door, she turned around and said "sha pen".

Wu Ming was stunned.

Lin Wei frowned. She found out that Fu Wenfan's mother had committed suicide in Zhulian Temple and had donated her entire fortune after becoming a monk.

Sure enough, this is the routine, but I don’t know what happened to Fu Wenfan’s mother’s death?

When Fu Wenfan killed He Xin, Lin Wei always felt that it must not be the first time he killed someone, or even the first time he killed a relative.

So she wanted to check it out.

To see if we could kill the bug, it turned out that there was something wrong with the temple itself.

You really need to find someone to check it out.

"You don't believe in fortune telling?" Wu Ming asked from the side.

Lin Wei regained her composure and immediately said solemnly: "Believe it, I believe it. It's just that I believe the good things and don't believe the bad ones."

Wu Ming: "..."