Chapter 120

It was midsummer and the Shenzhen Railway Station was as hot as a steamer. Meng Nan was dazed by the strong smell of the train station and finally saw Meng Dong.

"Here, bro!"

"Sister, come and help me carry things!" Sanwa shouted excitedly.

Meng Nan was followed by a demure young man in a shirt and with a shaggy hairstyle. He looked respectable. When he saw Sanwa, he came over enthusiastically to help Sanwa carry his things.

Sanwa looked at him and asked, "Sister, who is this?"

"This is my buddy and partner, Zhang Weidong. You can call him Brother Weidong."

"Brother Weidong." Sanwa called out obediently, but in his heart he was thinking that the man was good-looking, could he be his sister's boyfriend?

Zhang Weidong knew what he was thinking. He patted Sanwa on the head and laughed, "If your sister is willing to be my girlfriend, I will definitely go up to her without saying anything. It's a pity that your sister doesn't like me. She has high standards and likes those who are rich and powerful. It's a pity that I, your brother Weidong, am only handsome!"

Seeing that he was not serious, Meng Nan laughed and scolded, "Bah! I only care about money."

"Okay, stop being stingy, and get down to business."

Meng Nan threw Sanwa's bag into a black Santana and drove Sanwa to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

The first time Sanwa saw Meng Nan driving a car, he always felt that the sister in the driver's seat was a little strange. When did his sister learn to drive? It seemed that Meng Nan was his sister at home, and outside was Ms. Meng, the boss of a sports brand company.

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange has been very busy recently. Not long ago, it issued 5 million winning tickets with a winning rate of about 10%. Meng Nan and Zhang Weidong have been tempted for a long time. They have been thinking about coming here for a long time.

But although they can make money, they are not very proficient in stocks. The previous time Meng Nan went to the Bay Island, he also asked Zhang Weidong's friends to take the lead and successfully made money.

The fact that Sanwa was admitted to Tsinghua University proves that he is not stupid. After studying for so many years, he should know something. This is why Meng Nan brought Sanwa here this time.

Meng Nan had already known about the popularity of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange from newspapers, but she did not expect it to be so popular.

The car couldn't get in at all. At a glance, there was a queue of people for several miles ahead!

Meng Nan went to inquire about it and was shocked. "Oh my god, Zhang Weidong, they said that we queued for several days and couldn't get a winning ticket. It is said that only more than 30 people out of thousands of people got a ticket. How can we subscribe for stocks without a ticket?"

"Why should you worry about this?" Zhang Weidong took out five bags from the trunk and opened them. They were all bundles of ID cards. "I've prepared everything a long time ago! I mailed more than 50,000 ID cards from other places, and also hired more than 5,000 temporary workers to help line up!"

Meng Nan's eyes widened. "More than 50,000? No, Zhang Weidong, where did you get so many ID cards?"

Sanwa was also shocked. He had never seen this kind of operation in a book. It turned out that when buying stocks, it is not the market conditions but the human relationships.

Zhang Weidong chuckled, "Where else could it have come from? Of course I bought it from the countryside. I spent a lot of money on it!"

Zhang Weidong is not stupid. If the three of them were to wait in line here, they would have been exhausted and rushed to the hospital before it was their turn.

Besides, how can you make a lot of money on your own?

Local people came here to buy stocks, and there was no one to queue for them, so Zhang Weidong simply brought a few people from the northern countryside to queue up, and offered a high price of fifty yuan a day.

Nowadays, fifty yuan is not a lot of money. You can earn hundreds of dollars by queuing for a few days. Food and drinks are provided, and train rides for sightseeing are free. These working farmers all agreed immediately.

Zhang Weidong also greeted the people from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and asked them to give him convenience.

Money makes the world go round, not to mention that Zhang Weidong has money, power and a sharp mind!

Under Zhang Weidong's operation, they quickly got stacks of winning forms.

Sanwa has been reading books and learning how to trade stocks in recent years. A few years ago, when he traveled to Beijing, Meng Nan even asked someone to give him lessons in order to train Sanwa.

Meng Nan wanted to learn on her own, but she was too busy, had no interest in numbers, and didn't have the patience to watch the stock market, so she gave up.

Sanwa learned a lot of theoretical knowledge while reading books, and also summarized a set of theoretical knowledge about buying stocks. Now all that’s left is the practical application.

Zhang Weidong took out 10 million yuan in capital, and Meng Nan also planned to take out 10 million yuan to invest in stocks.

Sanwa's eyes widened, "Sister, where did you get so much money?"

Meng Nan naturally did not have so much cash. The Meng family had so many industries, and there was not much cash in the accounts. Meng Nan's money was all borrowed by using her sportswear brand as collateral for the loan. The interest rate offered by the bank was not high, and the review was not strict, so it was easy for Meng Nan to get the money.

Sanwa’s eyes widened. He didn’t expect his sister to be so bold. If his uncle and grandmother found out, his sister would be scolded again.

"Don't you tell them," said Mannon.

"I know, I'll keep it a secret for you!" Sanwa didn't have much money. He was admitted to Tsinghua University, and his grandmother gave him a bonus of 200,000 yuan, the same as Meng Nan's.

Over the years, Sanwa saved more than 100,000 yuan as New Year's gift money, and pawned part of the gold given by his grandmother. However, all he pawned were gold bricks; he was reluctant to pawn any of the gifts given by his grandmother.

After he was admitted to university, the county rewarded him with tens of thousands of dollars. Together with the money he looted from Wu Wa and Si Ya, he had less than 500,000 yuan left.

"Si Ya, lend me 500,000 yuan." Sanwa said to Meng Nan.

Si Ya earned some money by selling books. The Meng family was relatively open-minded towards their child. Meng Daguo and Jiao Huilan were originally worried that she would spend money recklessly, but at Zhen Zhen's request, they gave the child the freedom to manage the money.

Si Ya put all her money in the bank and earned interest.

This time when Sanwa went out to trade stocks, Si Ya took out all her money and gave it to him, saying that any profits would be his, and any losses would be shared by the two of them.

Si Ya doesn't have much desire for material things. She feels that she has enough food and drink at home, so she really doesn't care about this little money.

Sanwa was deeply moved. Tao Aihong was on guard against Meng Nan and Meng Hao every day, but they were so nice to her. Tao Aihong didn't understand the feelings between brothers and sisters, but Sanwa grew up with them, so they naturally had a close relationship.

Meng Nan smiled and said, "Why is Si Ya so generous to you? She's even nicer to you than she is to her sister!"

Sanwa smiled sheepishly, "When I make some money, I'll share it with Siya and try to help her double it."

Meng Nan smiled and patted him on the back of the head, and the brother and sister signed together and put in all their money.

The money coming in is like riding a roller coaster, going up all the way.

A few people were so greedy that they borrowed some money from the bank with Zhang Weidong's guarantee and exchanged all of it for stocks.

It was Sanwa’s first practical experience. When he thought about the fact that he was managing more than 20 million yuan in funds, he felt a little scared.

This wave of market conditions at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was so powerful that everyone was like crazy. Some people queued for several days, but started making trouble when they didn't get a winning ticket. The entrance of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange smelled of urine, the grass was full of garbage, and bags of Zhenxin instant noodles and bottles of Red Sun sports drinks could be seen everywhere.

Meng Nan slurped his instant noodles and sighed:

"I have been eating instant noodles since I was a child. I almost vomited after eating so much. I haven't eaten instant noodles for many years. I didn't expect that the taste of instant noodles has improved in recent days and it is quite delicious."

"The beef noodle dish you are eating was invented by my grandmother. It has been selling very well in recent years and is truly our flagship product."

Meng Nan nodded, took a sip of the sports drink, and actually felt a lot lighter.

"My grandma is so legendary. Let Si Ya write a book for her in the future. It will be called "Our Family" and it will tell the story of our family. I will invest some money and find some stars to make it into a TV series. It will record the history of our family and make my grandma happy."

Sanwa chuckled and thought it was a good idea. Anything related to his grandmother could make him happy from the bottom of his heart.

At the same time, Zhen Zhen sneezed violently at home.

Zhang Cuihua picked up the corn heads and said with a smile, "Could it be that Sanwa is talking about you?"

"You know what, this kid is so secretive. I don't think he went to Beijing. He must have gone to Shanghai or Shenzhen with his sister to buy stocks." Zhen Zhen picked a pot of leeks for Zhang Cuihua.

She has been coming to the mine frequently recently, storing pounds of gold in the space.

In recent years, new equipment has been introduced into the mine, and the amount of gold mined in the mine has doubled compared to before, with several kilograms of gold being stored every day.

Zhen Zhen's space already has several hundred kilograms of gold, and she has collected hundreds of antiques. Of course, she has no idea whether the antiques are real or fake, but they are not expensive anyway, so she will take good things, regardless of whether they are real or fake, because others have money and she has mines.

As a woman with a gold mine, Zhen Zhen is really not short of money!

"How dare you let Sanwa go alone."

"What are you afraid of? You are really too young!"

Zhen Zhen took out a red jewelry box, which contained a pair of gold bracelets, a gold ring, and gold earrings.

Zhang Cuihua was stunned. "What are you doing?"

"Isn't your birthday coming up? Hey, at our age we can't say birthdays, we should say birthdays. You are already over 60, and you don't even know how to buy yourself some gold to wear. I'm telling you, we don't have many years left to live, and we'll die anytime soon, so don't spend all your money on your children, be nicer to yourself."

Zhang Cuihua smiled so much that her mouth stretched to her ears. "Guizhi, my dear sister, how do you know me so well? I was planning to go to your gold shop to buy a set of gold jewelry to wear. Since I was young, I envied others who wore gold and only wore it when they were old. Put it on me quickly so that I can show off!"

As Zhang Cuihua spoke, she put all the gold on her body, stood in front of the mirror and looked at the woman in the mirror.

To outsiders, she is neither young nor pretty.

When she walked on the street, people looked down on her because she was such a wrinkled old lady.

She felt disappointed when the kids on the bike scolded her for being blind and blocking other people's way.

When I saw the lively and active children in the village, I also felt lonely because of my stiff body.

As she got older, she had more and more chronic diseases, her teeth were not as good as before, and her taste for food became bland. She didn’t know when it started, but no matter how good the food was, it no longer tasted good.

But the elderly have no right to be unhappy.

She had to worry about so many things at home and outside. The children were older, and her second daughter and youngest son also had their own children. She had to draw out her last blood to dedicate to the children. She couldn't tell the children that she wanted to wear gold jewelry, because it would make her look immature.

Only her good sister would think of her.

When Song Xiaoyu came back, she was surprised to see Zhang Cuihua wearing heavy gold jewelry.

This bracelet is quite heavy. It looks like it is made of solid gold. It is as thick as a thumb and is worth at least several thousand yuan.

Aunt Guizhi is so generous!

Song Xiaoyu was also very curious. When she touched Zhang Cuihua's gold, her mouth was watering.

"My Aunt Guizhi is partial to my mother. I heard from Cheng Su that this was a pattern drawn by Aunt Guizhi herself, and she specially asked a craftsman to make it. It is not sold in the store. Mother, you are so lucky. Tell me which direction you kowtowed to have such a good sister."

Zhang Cuihua's face flushed with happiness. She hugged Zhen Zhen's shoulders and tears flowed unconsciously.

"Xiaoyu, you won't be so lucky in this life. Your mother is lucky. In the next life, you and Aunt Guizhi will be sisters."

Song Xiaoyu couldn't help wiping her tears, and Zhen Zhen was also moved by what she said, "Look at you, why are you crying on your birthday? I work at a gold mine, so giving you some gold is nothing."

"You are a gold miner, and all the money is yours. You are willing to be nice to me because you value me as a sister. Besides, my man doesn't treat me this well."

Zhang Cuihua fried a few dishes, took out the freshly brined duck and dried tofu, and gave Zhen Zhen her favorite sweet potato cakes. The two of them sat facing the table full of dishes and drank until they were slightly tipsy before Zhen Zhen went home.

The Shenzhen stock market has been rising. This is Sanwa’s first time playing with stocks, and he is very nervous about the market situation.

But he always felt that nothing lasts forever, and this trend would eventually fade away.

Meng Nan was a little unconvinced. "You can really see the clue from the numbers?"

"I don't understand either. It's just a hunch. But sister, we'd better quit while we're ahead. I plan to withdraw my capital when school starts and sell it at a good price while the price is high."

They have invested hundreds of millions of dollars, and if they are really stuck, it will be too late to regret.

Seeing that Meng Nan was still not satisfied, San Wa was so happy that he said:

"There is no such thing as a price limit in our country. Once it falls, it can fall by more than half! Sister, don't be too aggressive. My grandmother said that we were able to make so much money because we caught up with good times. Don't always think you are so great. You need to have a correct understanding of yourself."

Meng Nan thought about it and felt that it made sense.

Her sportswear brand also made a little money, but in the end, she was able to make money by relying on Meng Xi's nationality.

Our country doesn't have many Olympic champions these days, and Meng Xi is a diving champion. She has won many gold medals for the country. People in the country know her. She wears Meng Nan's sportswear on TV every day, which brings a certain degree of popularity to the brand.

Meng Nan gritted his teeth and said, "I'll throw it with you."

Zhang Weidong almost jumped up when he heard this. Wouldn't it be stupid to sell the stocks at this time?

"It's fine for him to go back alone, why are you joining in the fun?"

Meng Nan shook his head. "Sanwa is my brother. I must send him to Tsinghua University safely. Besides, my grandmother taught us that money is not as important as family affection. If a person ignores the people around him for the sake of money, then he is putting the cart before the horse."

"Your grandmother's thinking is out of date! Your grandmother doesn't even know there is such a thing as stocks! How could she know how much money can be made in the stock market in a day?"

Zhang Weidong thought she was a fool. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange was in such a mess that anyone who could grab a stock worth a hundred yuan would set off firecrackers to celebrate. The weather was hot right now, and the stock market was even hotter than the weather. In more than a month, their capital had doubled.

One thing after another, Zhang Weidong was so excited that he had no time to go to the toilet every day, and he even dreamed about a room full of money.

Under these market conditions, isn't stock trading much better than going to work or school?

Even though Meng Dong is from National Tsing Hua University, let Zhang Weidong see that his diploma from National Tsing Hua University is not as good as this one.

Zhang Weidong felt that Meng Nan was not smart enough. After all, he came from a small town and was impatient.

But Meng Nan and Meng Dong just rolled their eyes. They didn't care what others said about them, but they couldn't bear to hear others say anything about their grandma.

Meng Dong snorted coldly, "I told you to quit while you're ahead, but you didn't listen to me. Then you can have fun on your own! But my grandma's ideas are not outdated. All our money is earned by my grandma. When the Shanghai Stock Exchange just opened, my grandma went to the Shanghai Stock Exchange to trade stocks and made tens of millions in the stock market!"

"That's right. You haven't seen our old lady. My grandma is beautiful and has a good temperament. She can also identify gold with a keen eye. If you buy a gold mine, you can get more than ten kilograms of gold every day. How can you doubt my grandma!"

Only then did Zhang Weidong remember that Meng Nan had mentioned that the Meng family was able to make money because of her grandma, but Zhang Weidong didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that Meng Nan's grandma had supported her two sons by selling chili sauce, and thus accumulated some business capital for the Meng family.

It turns out that the old man had also traded stocks!

Zhang Weidong was skeptical and called his friends at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for advice. His friends all thought it would be foolish to sell the stocks at this time, so Zhang Weidong decided to stay in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and sell them at the end of the year.

On the way back, Sanwa looked at the money in the passbook and felt like he was dreaming.

It is true that he made money, but if it were not for Zhang Weidong, they would not have known to queue up to get the winning ticket, let alone purchase identity cards from the countryside and find workers to queue up.

Without Zhang Weidong's connections, they couldn't even get through the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Sanwa summarized that making money requires consultation, connections, ability, brains, and also depends on the overall environment.

When the environment is good for making money, make more money and store more food for the winter.

If the overall environment becomes bad one day, we can use the stored food to survive the winter.

After Sanwa arrived at school, he called home to report that he was safe. Listening to his deep voice as an adult male, Zhen Zhen always felt that time passed too quickly. In the blink of an eye, his grandson was already in college.

She took out photos of her children and couldn't believe it. The little carrots had grown into big girls and boys.

After returning to school, Sanwa devoted himself to computer science.

It must be said that computers are really interesting. Sanwa found unprecedented challenges in the codes and was also motivated to contribute his life to China's Internet industry.

Si Ya's grades were not good and she could not get into university. Zhen Zhen wanted to spend money to send her abroad for further studies, but she was homesick and did not want to go too far away from home.

Zhen Zhen suggested that she go to a medical school, but Si Ya was not interested in it.

One day, Meng Nan called and said that a well-known actor had opened a star school. Meng Nan knew the admissions teacher there and could send Si Ya in just by saying hello.

"Doesn't Si Ya know how to sing? Her round face is also very popular with the audience. Why don't you go in and learn? If you can't become a star, you can be a scriptwriter, which is also good."

Zhen Zhen had heard of this star school. This school had just been established and looked inconspicuous, but later it produced many famous actors.

Half of the first pillars of China's entertainment industry came from this school.

Si Ya just wanted to lie down at home, but Meng Daguo sighed when he saw her.

Meng Nan was admitted to Tsinghua University, Meng Xi was a diving champion, but she was a loser and stayed in her house all day writing novels.

In Meng Daguo's eyes, there is no difference between writing novels and taking drugs.

Si Ya didn't want to listen to his nagging. After all, this was a famous school and she would be able to graduate in one or two years. It could be like a trip to Beijing. She could also meet up with Meng Xi and Meng Xi when she had nothing to do.

Si Ya happily accepted Meng Nan's proposal, "I'm going to a celebrity school!"

Zhen Zhen smiled and patted her head, "Remember, we don't accept unspoken rules. We are the capital. If it doesn't work out, grandma will open an entertainment company for you and let you be your own boss."

Si Ya hugged Zhen Zhen's arm and said coquettishly:

"Got it, grandma! After I leave, Xiao Shuiwa will be the only one left at home. Will you be lonely?"

"I'm not lonely. There are so many people at home."

Si Ya is a novelist and is a sensitive person. After hearing this, her eyes became wet.

"Grandma, what's the point of raising children? You raised so many children, but they left you one by one."

Zhen Zhen hugged Si Ya, patted her on the back, and said with a smile:

"Si Ya, the love of adults is to support, to see you off, and to hold you up!"

"But adults also need to be rewarded."

"If you want to repay grandma, just live a good life, be free, shine, and fly! Your happiness is the best way to repay grandma."

Si Ya felt that she couldn't be separated from her grandmother for a moment.

"I regret it. I won't go to the Star School anymore. I want to stay in Xin Yao to accompany my grandma."

Zhen Zhen smiled and pinched her little nose, "I forgot to tell you, grandma is also going to Beijing to develop real estate next year."

Si Ya cried with tears all over her face, "Really? You didn't cheat on me?"

Zhen Zhen helped her wipe her tears with a smile, "No, I'm not kidding you. The era of real estate and the Internet is coming, Si Ya, how could grandma miss this wave of market? Yesterday, your aunt called me and said that Beijing is attracting investment, and the main targets right now are wealthy businessmen from Hong Kong and the Bay Island, but grandma also wants to join in the fun."

Si Ya didn't understand a word, but she knew that her grandmother wanted to go to Beijing with her.

"Great! Little Shuiwa is the only one left at home!"

When Wuwa, who was catching up on his summer homework, heard this, he burst into tears.

In the second half of this year, the Shenzhen stock market was in turmoil. The stock price fell by half overnight, and Zhang Weidong lost nearly 20 million!

He was lucky enough to think that the stock market would rebound, but he never imagined that he would lose all the capital he had brought in. When he finally sold his shares at a loss, he was left with less than $5 million!

In other words, in the past six months in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, not only did he not make any money, he even lost five million.

Zhang Weidong regretted not listening to Meng Nan and slapped his thighs so hard that they almost broke.

"If I had known I would have thrown it away with you. Now look what happened. I didn't make any money, and I'm down to my last penny."

Meng Nan was also a little scared. Business had been bad recently, and she had invested a lot of money to introduce a sports shoe production line from abroad. If Sanwa hadn't helped her make money to repay the bank loan, she would have been bankrupt.

Meng Nan suddenly remembered that Sanwa had said a few days ago that he wanted to go to the Shanghai Stock Exchange to buy stocks.

Zhang Weidong smoked a cigarette and pointed at the phone, "Hurry up and call him! No, he lives in the dormitory, where does he get the phone? Otherwise, I will drive you to National Tsing Hua University."

Meng Nan waved his hand and said, "No need. Sanwa has a pager. I can just call the pager for him."

Zhang Weidong thought that a pager costs 2,000 yuan, which is not cheap!

Sanwa didn't return the call that day, so Meng Nan and Zhang Weidong drove directly to look for him. When they arrived at National Tsing Hua University and asked around, they found out that Sanwa had rented a house outside and was developing a pager with his classmates.

In 1990, China's first paging station was opened and pagers became a hot-selling item. However, branded pagers were too expensive at the time, costing thousands of yuan.

Sanwa thought about it and wanted to see if he could develop a pager on his own.

He and his classmates took apart a pager and discovered that it was just a one-way communication device. It looked high-end, but it actually had no technical difficulty.

However, the most common pagers on the market were from the island country and they were also expensive. Sanwa was thinking whether he could assemble a pager by himself and sell it at a super low price, thus dealing a fatal blow to the brand from the island country!

The pager shell is not difficult to produce and the accessories are cheap, so Sanwa and his classmates soon made new progress.

The reason why he didn't reply to Meng Nan was because his pager was removed and he didn't see the message at all.

"Sister, what do you want from me?" Sanwa wiped his face.

Meng Nan came to his senses and asked about the stock purchase. He learned that most of Sanwa's money was used to buy stocks of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Meng Nan and Zhang Weidong also invested some money.

I heard that Zhang Weidong lost more than 20 million and only returned to Beijing with 5 million.

Sanwa sighed, "It seems that the Chinese stock market will rip you off no matter what color you are!"

"Of course!" Zhang Weidong regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.

After Sanwa successfully developed the pager, he called Zhenzhen.

"Grandma, you can't imagine that I not only developed a black pager, but also a color pager, targeting the female market! When I return to Xinyao, I will bring you a red pager, so that you can be very impressive!"

Zhen Zhen agreed with a smile, not wanting to spoil Sanwa's business, but in her heart she was not optimistic about the pager market.

It’s almost 1993, and in a few years, smartphones will be available.

Even if Sanwa’s pager could be launched on the market, it would soon be surrounded and suppressed by big brands.

But young people, it's not a bad thing to suffer a little.