Chapter 8
It doesn’t matter how many zeros there are. These bills are either legal tender, or the bank has gone bankrupt, or they are registered bills. It’s not that I can’t get the money.
There are probably only two that can be cashed, one is a bearer cashier's check of 100,000 pounds from Fusheng Bank, and the other is a US$20,000 bearer draft from Citibank.
Because it is anonymous, they can take it. If you want to inherit the rest as your children, you will have to put a lot of effort into arguing. In this case, no one will issue a certificate for them, and the other party may not recognize it if they do.
But enough of this.
What is the equivalent of $20,000 in the 1960s in future generations?
This is not easy to calculate. After all, buying things now not only requires money, but also tickets. Moreover, different reference objects lead to different results. The characteristics of the times, production processes and other reasons will cause the prices of certain items to be inflated, such as houses, and certain items to be devalued, such as home appliances.
Convert directly to U.S. dollars and calculate the inflation rate based on rice, oil, gold, meat, eggs and other items. A compromise is probably around 10 today①.
Then US$20,000 is equivalent to US$200,000 today, which is more than 1.4 million RMB.
If it's 100,000 pounds... she doesn't know exactly, it should be tens of millions.
In short, if it can be paid off smoothly, this is a considerable amount of start-up capital.
It is indeed the foundation of a wealthy capitalist. After all, the real bulk is the expired bills in the box. Most banks and bank accounts have closed down. There are also legal currencies that have been eliminated by the times and banknotes that can be used as cash.
The original owner's maternal grandmother's family background was deeper than she imagined. It was accumulated over several generations.
If this money comes to Hong Kong City, it will be enough whether it is used for a family's living expenses or entrepreneurial capital.
The most important thing is that
after 1967, the real estate industry in Xiangjiang collapsed, the market was depressed, and businessmen fled Hong Kong. This was the best time to buy real estate at the bottom.
Lin Wei once watched a time-travel movie ②. The protagonist reminded real estate developers that the real estate market plummeted in 1967, so if you buy at low prices, you will eat as much as you can.
The initial fund of 100,000 pounds was enough for her to operate and accumulate funds to the maximum before 1967.
Lin Wei is confident enough to carry out her ambitions in Hong Kong City.
Fang Mobai on the side was obviously more confident than her, and said enthusiastically: "Mom - let's go to Hong Kong City together, we will definitely make a lot of money."
As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped on the back of the head.
Fang Lianxin stood behind him with a sarcastic look on his face: "Why don't you go to the United States? Where can Hong Kong City accommodate you?"
Fang Mobai knew that his father was sarcastic, and felt unhappy: "I think you are not an old-fashioned person. I have long gone to the United States to make money—"
"Bastard!"
Lin Hanzhi grabbed her stubborn son and said, "Say less."
Seeing that the old man was so angry, Lin Wei held back her prepared words.
The road is long and difficult.
Fang Lianxin asked them not to mention this matter to outsiders, and after careful instructions, the couple left Lin Wei's room with a slightly heavy and complicated mood.
Lin Wei was the only one left in the room.
A little cold, Lin Wei put on a thin blanket and sat in front of the desk, opened the diary, and couldn't help but sigh.
After a while, she turned the diary around and opened it from the back.
He picked up his pen and wrote in the blank space -
"Sunny Sunday, February 14, 1965.
If everything returns to its original position when you get up tomorrow morning, please be sure to do the following:
1. Solve Li Chuan, no matter what method is used, let him Lost the ability to move.
2. Before the Spring Festival in 1966, I persuaded my family to go to Gangcheng. Remember to bring the camphor box.
3. I bought land in Gangcheng from 1967 to 1969. I bought as much as I could.
4. I believe Song Ye (you can ignore it) ), stay away from Shi Jingchen (this is the key point!)"
Lin Wei stopped writing and tightened the blanket on her body.
After a while, she thought about it and added another sentence at the bottom -
"On April 9th, the female painter Lu Xiaoman of the Republic of China passed away."
The original owner liked Lu Xiaoman and liked her paintings and calligraphy works, especially calligraphy.
Although this approach was a bit ridiculous, she thought what if, what if when she woke up tomorrow, everyone would be in their respective places?
What should she do for the original owner? She should not be allowed to follow the same path of her life. These living people should not die.
Lin Wei rubbed the lines on the diary. Perhaps people really only want to write a diary when they are depressed and intractable. Most of what she saw was Fang Yantang's accusation of suffering and confusion about the future.
The depression with no way to vent, the tears of loneliness and despair, the diary records her life like duckweed, wandering around and having nowhere to rely on.
People always say that since it cannot be solved, they will accept the reality, but the reality is often difficult for people to "accept".
I hope that Fang Yantang will have a happy ending in this life and be happy with his family.
With some complicated and unspeakable feelings, Lin Wei fell asleep.
At night, she had a lot of dreams, and she couldn't see people clearly. They were all silhouettes far away, sometimes lively, sometimes depressed, bustling and deserted. She was always outside, feeling inexplicably sad.
This is probably the memory of the original owner. Such a life will definitely leave countless regrets.
When I dream back at midnight, is it the hatred that burns my bones and gnaws my heart, or the regretful choices?
Do you regret it?
Will he get what he wants if he tries again?
When he woke up again, Lin Wei looked at the yellowing roof and took a long time to determine where he was now.
Lin Wei got up and cleaned up, washed up, and then went downstairs to eat at Mother Lin's urging.
I don't know why, but when they saw her coming downstairs, other members of the family looked shocked.
Lin Wei didn't know what was wrong with her. Could it be that she got up too early and had the habit of staying in bed?
Otherwise, why are everyone staring at her?
"Who did you learn this from, and what the hell did you do?" Father Fang frowned and looked at her.
ah?
What a ghost! Are you talking about her?
"Isn't it pretty? Isn't it cold when you are dressed like this?" Fang Mobai picked up a chopstick of pickles and mixed them into the porridge. "Are you going out? Have you reconciled with your little sister again? You said you broke up with her before and you don't want to deal with her anymore. , you girls are really fickle."
What are you talking about?
Lin Wei blinked doubtfully and sat down.
Lin Hanzhi sighed, turned around and grabbed a coat from the sofa and gave it to her: "I know it's better to catch a cold, but I'm starting to worry about it again."
Lin Wei looked at the coat she handed over, her brows could kill a fly, Can that be called clothes? That color, this texture, I don’t know what kind of rag it is made of. It’s so ugly that she doesn’t want to wear it.
Lin Wei didn't think there was anything wrong with her dress today.
He just combed his hair diagonally, tied it with a light green headband, and then slightly changed Bragi's waist and neckline to make it more design-like.
She really couldn't accept such an ugly dress. If it wasn't too time-consuming, she would shorten the dress a few centimeters to fully expose the curve of her calf.
When you are sixteen or seventeen, you are young. With a little grooming, you will look green and supple without makeup, and your whole body will have a lively and fresh temperament.
Seeing her disgusted look, Lin Hanzhi was so angry that she came over and pinched her.
"Ah - it hurts, I don't wear any clothes, I'm not cold." Lin Wei hid while stern.
She has a bottom line and doesn't wear such ugly clothes.
Lin Hanzhi was so angry that her throat was on fire. Finally, defeated, she stood up and went to the bedroom to find a black woolen coat for her.
Lin Wei looked at the style and reluctantly took it and put it on. People had to bow their heads under the eaves, had to accept their fate, and had to compromise.
She has a really hard life.
Seeing the look on her face that she wanted to be beaten, Lin Hanzhi was so angry that she couldn't help but want to give her a few blows. This girl was really ruined by them.
Lin Wei pretended not to see it, looking at the clear and watery breakfast on the table, without any appetite.
Why is it the 1960s? Why not travel to the future?
If you are used to living a luxurious life, if you do something like this unexpectedly, someone will die.
"Just dress at home, don't wander outside alone..." Lin Hanzhi asked Fang Mobai, "Keep an eye on your sister, don't let her run around."
"I have something to do today, so I don't have time to take care of her. , can I control it?"
"I'm going to buy meat today." Lin Wei said suddenly, staring at the pickle porridge in front of her.
"I have to get up early to buy meat and queue up. Who can eat meat when you go there?" Fang Mobai felt that she was not normal today. "Do you know where the food station is? Don't you have a fever again? You are just talking nonsense."
"Then in the morning Is anyone going to buy meat?" Lin Wei quickly went to see Lin Hanzhi.
After getting the answer of no.
Lin Wei was heartbroken beyond measure. Why was it so difficult to eat meat?
Seeing his little daughter clutching her chest and feeling like she was in pain, Fang Lianxin was furious. He directly criticized his daughter for not giving birth and gave her a lesson in political awareness over breakfast, which was about remembering the bitter and savoring the sweet.
Lin Wei gritted her teeth and endured it!
When I bring you people to Xiangjiang, I will let you know what it means to live a luxurious and lustful life of capitalists, which will corrode and destroy your will.
"How can you even be as enlightened as Song Ye?"
Fang Lianxin compared Song Ye with her, saying that when he "picked up" Song Ye, the child only ate one meal a day and spent all the subsidies given by the school. I gave it to my family and kept nothing. I had to help out in the cafeteria to get a meal.
"You think he is a good person, but he is just an old man with overflowing sympathy like this who lied to you——"