Chapter 86 Times Square Geng Yunye unscrewed a bottle of water,...
Geng Yunye unscrewed a bottle of water and took out the medicine.
"Come on, open your mouth and take the medicine first." He half-knelt beside the bed, lifted Cheng Xin up, and let her lean on his chest. He supported her neck with one hand, and carefully fed the pill into her mouth with the other hand, and then slowly fed her water.
The cool water slid across my burning throat and I finally felt a little better.
"Why are you here?" Cheng Xin leaned against him and asked weakly, still feeling like she was dreaming.
Geng Yunye wiped the cold sweat from her head with a wet towel, his eyes never leaving her red and hot face.
"The commissioning of the factory's production line was completed ahead of schedule. As soon as the visa came through, I bought the fastest flight."
"I felt anxious on the plane and couldn't sit still. I always felt like something was wrong with you."
"I didn't expect you to be sick." He looked at Cheng Xin's distressed look, and felt so distressed that he gently brushed aside her sweaty hair with his rough fingers. No matter what business or personal matters, they were not important at this moment. She needed him, and he arrived just in time, and that was enough.
“Oh my God!”
A scream rang out at the door. Hao Zhenzhen finished the meeting as quickly as possible and ran back.
When she opened the door, she was shocked!
Cheng Xin was leaning in the arms of a strange man, who looked tall and strong, and was carefully feeding Cheng Xin white porridge!
"You...you are Cheng Xin's...Geng Yunye?!" Hao Zhenzhen pointed at Geng Yunye with her eyes wide open.
Geng Yunye raised his eyes and nodded to her: "Hello, thank you for taking care of Xinxin."
Hao Zhenzhen's eyes quickly moved between Geng Yunye and Cheng Xin twice, her tone full of excitement: "Xinxin, did your man fly here? This is such a coincidence! He arrived just when you were sick. God is helping you." She looked at Geng Yunye with eyes full of admiration and relief.
I have known for a long time that Cheng Xin has a reliable partner. Seeing him show up in time with my own eyes now, I am more excited than if good things happened to me myself.
Cheng Xin smiled at her weakly: "Don't you have classes? Why are you back so soon?"
Hao Zhenzhen put down her backpack, walked to the bedside, and touched Cheng Xin's forehead. The temperature had not yet dropped. "I asked the professor for leave after I finished my speech. I said that my roommate was very ill and had a high fever. I had to go back immediately to take care of her. The professor was very reasonable and asked me to come back quickly!"
The professor not only highly praised her performance and readily approved it, but also asked her to convey his greetings to her roommates.
Only then did Cheng Xin feel at ease and close her eyes.
Hao Zhenzhen took her hand back, frowning in distress: "It's still so hot. I gave you antipyretics before I left this morning, why hasn't your temperature gone down yet?"
Geng Yunye frowned with heartache and prepared to take her to the hospital.
"No, the fever is too high. It hasn't gone down after taking the medicine. We have to go to the hospital." He carefully helped Cheng Xin up.
"Don't go to the hospital!" Hao Zhenzhen stopped Geng Yunye and explained quickly, "Brother Geng, don't count on the hospitals here. My mother has been abroad for many years. From her experience, emergency treatment abroad requires long queues and is slower than treatment in China. With Xinxin's high fever, she would have to wait in the emergency room for several hours. We can't afford that. So before I went abroad, my mother stuffed my luggage full of medicine."
As she spoke, she immediately opened her suitcase, which contained various medicines sorted into categories, just like a small pharmacy.
She skillfully found some suitable medicines and handed them to Geng Yunye.
Geng Yunye glanced at Hao Zhenzhen's determined eyes and the complete set of medicines, then looked at the weak Cheng Xin in his arms. After weighing the pros and cons, he nodded. He chose to believe in the experience of Hao Zhenzhen and her mother.
Geng Yunye repeatedly used a wet towel to wipe Cheng Xin's body to cool her down, fed her medicine and water, and cooked her porridge. With Hao Zhenzhen chattering beside her to entertain and help, Cheng Xin's dangerously high fever began to slowly subside that afternoon.
By the evening, the fever had finally subsided. I was still weak, but the excruciating discomfort was finally over.
Cheng Xin was still weak after her fever subsided, but under the careful care of Geng Yunye and Hao Zhenzhen, her body quickly recovered. She almost missed the simulated international business negotiation report due to illness, so she immediately threw herself into it as soon as she had some strength.
Perhaps it was the concentration after recovering from a serious illness, or the sense of security brought by Geng Yunye that gave her extra strength. Cheng Xin not only completed the report on time, but also won high praise from the professor and obtained the highest score in the class.
After Cheng Xin recovered completely, Geng Yunye suggested taking her out for some fresh air and a stroll.
Cheng Xin specially invited Hao Zhenzhen to go with her: "Zhenzhen, thank you for taking care of me during this period. Let's go together, and you can also pick some gifts for your family."
The three of them strolled along the bustling streets of New York.
Geng Yunye took them into a large shopping mall. He scanned the counters and finally stopped in front of a small and exquisite Polaroid camera.
Geng Yunye didn't care about the price. He asked the clerk to take out the camera and handed it to Cheng Xin: "Try it and see how it feels."
Seeing Cheng Xin's unconcealed joy when she took it, he turned to the clerk and said, "This also has photo paper. I want two boxes, no, four boxes."
Cheng Xin was stroking the smooth shell of the camera. When she heard this, she looked up and said, "No need to buy so much. It's enough to take pictures for a while." She knew that the photo paper must be expensive. There were only a few photos in a box, and four boxes would be a considerable expense.
Geng Yunye had already paid, and handed her a paper bag containing the camera box and four boxes of photo paper. His fingertips brushed the back of her hand inadvertently: "It's always a good idea to have more. One box can only take twenty photos, and four boxes won't take that many. You're studying here, so take pictures of the places you've been to and the scenery you've seen, and..."
He glanced at Hao Zhenzhen who was leaning over to look at the camera. "You can also record the photos when you go out with friends. Send them back to your parents when you have time. When they look at the photos, it's like they went on a trip with you."
Hao Zhenzhen joined in the fun: "That's right! Look at this photo paper, you can write on the white edge, you can write the date and details on the back right after taking the photo, how convenient! Your husband is so thoughtful." Her family was relatively well-off, and she couldn't afford to buy a camera all at once, but Geng Yunye bought them all without blinking an eye. The photo paper alone cost a lot of money.
Cheng Xin carried the heavy paper bag, and a warm feeling surged in her heart. She held the camera in her arms and said softly, "Thank you, brother." She knew that this gift was not cheap, and she understood Geng Yunye's intentions. He not only wanted her to keep the scenery, but also wanted to turn her days alone into warm memories that could be touched and shared.
Hao Zhenzhen was choosing gifts with great interest. She bought American candies and cartoon jackets for her cousins. She also carefully selected a high-quality fountain pen for Xu Chi, her best friend and neighbor who she grew up with.
After Hao Zhenzhen paid the bill, Xu Chi's face, which was always a little helpless, flashed in her mind. While she was sharing interesting stories about her cousins with Cheng Xin, she unknowingly picked a lot.
She turned back by chance and bumped into a quiet scene: Cheng Xin was looking up and talking to Geng Yunye, her eyelashes casting a light shadow in the warm light of the mall, while Geng Yunye lowered his head slightly, the lines of his face were softened by the light. He didn't say anything, just listened, his eyes seemed to be drawn by something, firmly fixed on Cheng Xin's face, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Hao Zhenzhen felt as if something had hit her heart, and she felt depressed and a little empty.
It wasn't until Geng Yunye looked at Cheng Xin that she suddenly froze.
She was so familiar with this look, as familiar as the look Xu Chi gave her every time he listened to her chatter. The same concentration, the same... affection.
Is this what love is?
The last time she snatched Xu Chi's breakfast and ran across the road, when she turned around, she saw him chasing her. The look in his eyes when he looked at her from the other side of the traffic was like this, a helpless but tolerant smile.
Hao Zhenzhen realized it belatedly. No wonder every time she talked to Xu Chi about school, she always felt like she couldn't talk long enough; no wonder she felt awkward the last time she saw a girl hand him a love letter; no wonder when she picked this pen, all she could think of was the way he frowned when he was writing a paper.
"Zhenzhen? What do you think of this?" Cheng Xin turned around half a circle while holding a light blue dress, the hem of her dress swaying with her movements, her voice filled with anticipation.
Hao Zhenzhen screamed "Ah" and looked up hurriedly, her eyes still a little dazed, as if she had just been pulled out of a dream, and her cheeks were so hot that you could fry an egg on them.
She hurriedly put the pens packed by the salesperson into her shopping bag, her eyes randomly fell on the postcards on the shelf, and she stammered, "Nothing, nothing... I just thought the label was printed pretty well."
Cheng Xin was stunned for a moment, looked down at the skirt in her hand, then looked at the postcard label that Hao Zhenzhen was staring at, and couldn't help laughing out loud.
She came over, put her arm around Hao Zhenzhen's, and smiled: "I'm asking about this skirt. Why are you looking at the label?"
She deliberately emphasized the word "skirt". Seeing Hao Zhenzhen's face getting redder, she couldn't stop smiling: "Where did your soul go? I called you several times just now, and your eyes were fixed on you. Are you worried about something?"
Geng Yunye stood nearby, a faint smile on his face. He picked up a knitted shawl nearby and handed it to Cheng Xin, seemingly helping Hao Zhenzhen out of trouble: "This dress is suitable for wearing with a shawl. It's a bit thin in this season."
Hao Zhenzhen buried her head even lower. Her mind was full of Xu Chi's gaze just now, and she didn't even hear what Cheng Xin said clearly. Now that she was exposed, she felt even more embarrassed.
Seeing Hao Zhenzhen's head almost buried in her chest, Cheng Xin smiled and moved the blue skirt in her hand closer to her. The fabric rubbed against her arm and it felt a little itchy: "Don't just look at the labels, come and help me with some advice, or you can pick one too?"
She turned and raised her chin to the clerk: "Please give me one in her size, the off-white knit one."
Hao Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment, and when she looked up, she saw the mischievous smile in Cheng Xin's eyes: "Remember the first time we met, you looked like a little princess in your pearl white lace shirt, you will definitely look good in this one." Then he stuffed the dress into her arms without saying anything, and pushed her to the fitting room, "Hurry up, hurry up, or my brother will be waiting anxiously."
When Hao Zhenzhen was praised by Cheng Xin, she immediately forgot about Xu Chi and went to try on the skirt happily with Cheng Xin.
The three of them came out of the mall, carrying large and small bags, and arrived at the famous Times Square.
As night falls, neon lights flicker, huge electronic screens play dazzling advertisements, crowds of people surge, and the lights are bizarre.
Hao Zhenzhen looked up at the scene that symbolized the peak of Western prosperity, and couldn't help asking Cheng Xin: "Isn't this shocking? This is the legendary crossroads of the world."
Cheng Xin raised her new camera and took a picture of the bizarre and brilliant scene before her. Her eyes were bright and clear, without any trace of intoxication or inferiority.
"It's really shocking, Zhenzhen." Cheng Xin's voice was not loud, but it penetrated the surrounding noise. "But behind this prosperity is the accumulation of capital and technology. I believe that in the near future, our country will have countless Times Squares like this, which will be more advanced and more vibrant than this one."
She recalled a sentence she had read in an industry briefing and shared it with her friends at this moment. It was particularly appropriate: "The gap is temporary. You need to be strong and have more determination."
This bustling scene, touted as the center of the universe, was nothing more than a product of a specific stage of development in her eyes.
She had long seen in her strange dreams taller buildings rising from the land of her hometown, with the hustle and bustle of traffic interweaving to create a more vibrant scene.
It is a prosperity that is unique to China, with a touch of human life, and is warmer than the steel forest before its eyes.
Hao Zhenzhen looked at the calm and confident light in her friend's eyes, and her heart seemed to be ignited with fire, and her chest was filled with gentle strength.
She grew up listening to her grandfather telling stories about the Long March, and the confidence of the nation has long been in her blood.
But standing on this land that is regarded as a benchmark by countless people, facing the overwhelming material prosperity, the uncertainty that has quietly grown in my heart due to the foreign environment was instantly illuminated and dispelled by Cheng Xin's words.
She thought of the powerful inscription on the wall of her father's office: "Take on the most difficult tasks and aim for the most ambitious goals." She felt a sense of power and pride, and even the shopping bags in her hands seemed light.
She nodded vigorously, her voice full of determination and resonance after being enlightened: "You are right! Xinxin, there will definitely be one! And it will be better!" At this moment, she was extremely grateful that she had traveled across the ocean and made a good friend like Cheng Xin who was as determined as a rock.
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Geng Yunye accompanied Cheng Xin for a week, and then immediately took action to get down to business. Time is money, especially in this land full of opportunities.
He contacted Pete immediately. Pete was surprised by his sudden arrival, but expressed understanding when he heard that Cheng Xin was ill.
Geng Yunye directly stated the need to open a local securities account where he could trade stocks.
As a local boss with extensive connections and high efficiency, Pete personally took Geng Yunye to a securities company he was familiar with, and using his connections and personal reputation as a guarantee, he quickly and legally opened a trading account for Geng Yunye based on Geng Yunye's business visa and Pete's company documents, and linked it to Geng Yunye's existing business bank account.
On the afternoon of the day the account was opened, Geng Yunye stepped into the business department of a securities company near the trading hall of the New York Stock Exchange.
The towering electronic screens flashed with jumping numbers and codes, and the noisy voices and ringing telephones intertwined.
Geng Yunye looked calm, his eyes scanning the familiar company names sharply. These companies that were well-known in his previous life and grew into giants in the future were mostly rising stars that had just shown their potential or had just survived a crisis.
Geng Yun had already locked on his goals in his ambition: although the development of Apple was currently stagnant due to the departure of its founder, it would make a comeback in the future; as personal computers became popular, the operating system of MacSoft would occupy the market; and there were several companies that he remembered whose stock prices soared in the mid-to-late 1980s due to technological breakthroughs or industry recoveries, including the expansion of retail giant Volva, the globalization of the Cool Cola brand, and the development of Intel chips.
Geng Yunye did not hesitate for a moment. He knew that opportunities were fleeting, and he was even more aware of his advantage as a foresight expert.
Instead of adopting a conservative strategy, he used leverage. With Pete's reputation and the funds in his account as initial margin, he obtained operational funds that were several times the principal.
Under the astonished gaze of traders, Geng Yunye invested huge amounts of funds in batches into several stocks he selected.
The price he bought at may have seemed a bit radical in the market at the time, but in his eyes, it was the golden bottom that would be difficult to see again in the next few decades.
The market soon validated his foresight. Thanks to the recovery of the macro economy and the release of positive industry news, especially the potential of the stocks he held heavily was gradually recognized by the market, the stock prices began to rise and showed an astonishing increase within one or two months.
The leverage effect magnified his gains, and the numbers in his account expanded rapidly like a snowball.
In a short period of time, Geng Yunye's wealth achieved an astonishing geometric growth.
Geng Yunye has a clear plan for the huge amount of US dollar wealth he has earned. Part of it will be used to ensure Cheng Xin has the best study and living conditions abroad, and to lay a more solid foundation for their future life in China.
He knew that the motherland urgently needed valuable foreign exchange resources at the time of reform and opening up. Instead of leaving all his profits overseas, he used formal trading company channels to convert a considerable portion of his profits into RMB in batches in the name of compliance and remitted them to designated bank accounts in China.
Part of this huge amount of foreign exchange will be used by Jiangbin Village Shoe Factory to import more advanced equipment and raw materials to enhance the brand's competitiveness. The other part will directly create valuable foreign exchange reserves for the country to support national construction.
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The one-year exchange passed by in a flash, and in the blink of an eye it was time to return home.
This year, Geng Yunye, like a flying man, relied on his extraordinary ability and precise layout to promote the "Trailblazer" brand to gain a firm foothold overseas with its excellent quality and unique design. With the help of partners such as Peter, the brand not only made its debut in the world professional sports circle, but also became a sponsor and partner of the Olympic Games.
Today, he personally sent Cheng Xin and Hao Zhenzhen to the airport and accompanied them to complete the check-in procedures.
"Be careful on the road, and call me when you get home." Geng Yunye ruffled Cheng Xin's hair, and nodded to Hao Zhenzhen, "Hao, have a safe journey, and thank you for taking care of Xinxin this year."
"Don't worry, Brother Geng! Sister Cheng Xin and I will definitely have a smooth journey. She takes care of people so meticulously, and I can't wait to benefit from her." Hao Zhenzhen smiled and leaned towards Cheng Xin, with a bit of coquettish dependence in her tone.
Cheng Xin looked at Geng Yunye, her eyes full of reluctance: "You should also take care of yourself and come back soon."
Geng Yunye nodded: "Well, there is still some finishing work here, I will be back in a week at most."
After more than ten hours of flight, the plane landed smoothly at the Capital International Airport.
The cabin door opened, and Cheng Xin and Hao Zhenzhen took a deep breath at the same time as they smelled the air that carried the scent of their homeland.
Hao Zhenzhen stretched exaggeratedly, with a look of complete relaxation and genuine joy on her face: "I'm finally back! I feel like my bones have lightened by two ounces. No matter how good the outside world is, it's not as comfortable as my own doghouse!"
Cheng Xin was pulling her luggage, looking at the familiar Chinese characters and the friendly local accent in the airport hall. A smile broke out on her face, and her eyes were relaxed.
The feeling of being grounded is so clear, and the deep sense of belonging and security instantly dispels all the fatigue of the journey. This is her root and her place of peace of mind.
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