Mixed in 1980

Chapter 196 Ambition in
Time flies so fast when you are busy.

As the year draws to a close, the investment company has already gone on holiday, and Chen Fan has some free time again. He takes his family on a shopping spree in preparation for the New Year.

On New Year’s Eve, the first Spring Festival Gala was held in mainland China.

Chen Fan remembers that the most popular thing in this Spring Festival Gala was the red shirt worn by Liu Xiaoqing. She bought it for 5 Hong Kong dollars at a night market in Hong Kong. After it was performed on the Spring Festival Gala, it became popular all over the country.

After the Spring Festival Gala, many manufacturers began to imitate it. It was very popular for a time and was named Xiaoqingshan.

Sun Shaojie had mentioned the Spring Festival Gala before, saying that he could get him a ticket. This was quite attractive to Chen Fan. After all, it was the first Spring Festival Gala and it was of extraordinary significance.

If you can participate in it, it is equivalent to successfully "checking in" in historical time and space. However, compared with spending the New Year with your wife in Hong Kong, participating in the Spring Festival Gala becomes insignificant.

Spending the New Year in Hong Kong with great excitement was better than anything else. Zeng Ali was particularly moved and inevitably drank some wine. Even when Chen Fan carried her to Xu Jinqiu's room at night, she did not resist.

On ordinary days, she could bite Chen Fan to death.

However, when he woke up on the morning of the first day of the New Year, he couldn't help but bite Chen Fan twice. This guy was the big donkey of the production team, and he couldn't let people have peace during the New Year.

Xu Jinqiu played the ostrich game just like last time. She didn't get out of bed until Zeng Ali left. She glared at Chen Fan hatefully and said, "There won't be a next time!"

Chen Fan raised the corner of his mouth and nodded, but he didn't agree with it in his heart. The psychologists worked out a seven-day law, so there's nothing wrong with him working out a seven-time law?

If there is one, there will be two. If there are two, there will be three. Once the door is opened, there is no way to close it. After seven times, everyone will get used to it.

Thinking about what happened last night, Chen Fan couldn't help but feel happy.

How could it be possible for two beautiful daughters-in-law to sleep in the same bed together?

Chen Fan quickly put on his sportswear, ran a lap on the beach, and practiced the Eight-part Vajra Exercise several times. He felt refreshed and not tired at all.

This set of health-preserving skills is really good, Chen Fan plans to practice it for the rest of his life.

The primary goal in this life is not how much money to make, but to maintain good health and prolong good days. Everything else is secondary.

After finishing today's exercise, Chen Fan called Xu Jinqiu and Zeng Ali to go to Li Hongying's house to pay New Year's greetings. This year, there are two more people in Li Hongying's family.

Cao Weidong and his son Cao Wenbo.

Li Hongying and Cao Weidong had already obtained their marriage certificate, but since both of them were getting married for the second time, they did not have a banquet, but the two families just got together and had a meal.

Li Hongying also bought a courtyard house near Peking University. She would fly to Beijing to stay for a few days when she had time. During the winter and summer vacations, she would bring Cao Weidong to Hong Kong.

"Student Cao Wenbo, this is a red envelope for you. Remember to call me Uncle Chen from now on!"

Cao Wenbo held the red envelope, but he was very upset!
He is already sixteen and Chen Fan is only twenty-one. Strictly speaking, Chen Fan is still half a student of Lao Cao. They are of the same generation.

Chen Fan was just taking advantage.

But his half-sister Gu Xiaoxiao obviously had a different idea. She took the red envelope and said, "Thank you, Uncle Chen. I wish you a great fortune!"

"Call me Brother Chen next time!" Chen Fan emphasized.

"Okay, Uncle Chen!"

"Go aside!"

"That's enough, stop arguing with a child."

Li Hongying asked everyone to sit down, and after a while of pleasantries, she got down to business: "How is your investment company going?"

Chen Fan shrugged. "It's still early for this makeshift team. In the early stages, I'll mainly operate with my own funds. Let's take our time. There's no rush anyway."

"Still playing futures?" Li Hongying's eyes lit up.

A few days ago, Chen Fan delivered futures, and she also followed suit. Although her profit was far less than Chen Fan's, she still made a lot of money.

She had followed Chen Fan to invest in futures a long time ago. At that time, she had a total of 500 million Hong Kong dollars and used a five-fold leverage. The funds were magnified in the middle, and the overall profit was very considerable.

"Let's wait until after the Chinese New Year. The price of gold hasn't peaked yet."

Chen Fan took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a slow puff. "Hong Kong's property market has collapsed, and the economy is not good, but globally, the economy has entered the fast lane. The Federal Reserve wants to maintain the strong position of the US dollar, and will definitely raise interest rates again to suppress gold prices."

Chen Fan has also been watching the gold price recently. It has been rising every day, but the increase is not large. Without the influence of external forces, the room for increase is very small and it will soon reach the top. In the original historical trajectory, it would rise to 509 US dollars per ounce. Chen Fan will definitely not wait until this price to buy. He will start to buy short orders at the price of 500 US dollars.

After exchanging some opinions, Li Hongying also wanted to follow suit and short sell, but her strategy was still relatively safe. Five times leverage was already very risky, and ten times leverage was still too risky.

But she still believed in Chen Fan, especially some of the things Chen Fan said:

In recent years, when speculating in gold futures, you just need to keep an eye on the Federal Reserve. When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, the price of gold will fall, and when the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, the price of gold will rise.

This has always been the case, and the Federal Reserve has become the barometer of the gold futures market!
What Li Hongying admires most about Chen Fan is not this, but that Chen Fan can always predict the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes and cuts in advance, and his investments are always one step ahead of others. This is the key point.

After talking about futures, the two started talking about the property market.

Li Hongying herself did not invest much in the property market and only bought a few houses. She was not involved in real estate development, but the Li family owns a real estate company.

The scale is not too big and cannot compare with those real estate tycoons, but it has been able to gain a foothold in Hong Kong and its strength should not be underestimated.

Last time, the Li family sold three pieces of land, one of which was still under construction and had been half developed. It was sold at a 30% discount.

Looking back now, I made a lot of money.

The Li family is ready to enter the property market again. The British devils want to reap the benefits of Hong Kong, and they will certainly not just reap the benefits once. They will definitely continue to raise housing prices in the future.

"The company that took over my land can no longer hold on. If they can't pay back the debt, the bank may have to take back the land. Are you interested?"

"Your family can't eat it?" Chen Fan was surprised.

The Li family is quite powerful. Although he has made considerable gains in the futures market, his wealth may not necessarily surpass that of the Li family. After all, the Li family has been operating in Hong Kong for more than ten years.

"My family is mainly engaged in industry, and the clothing industry is the biggest part. It is impossible for us to invest all our funds in the real estate market at once, and our family does not have enough confidence in the real estate market."

The latter sentence is the key point.

For those who are engaged in industry, they may not have much cash, but if they really need funds, as long as they have collateral, they can easily get a loan from the bank: "How much exactly do you have?"

Li Hongying explained: "There are five plots of land in total, all for commercial and residential use. The smallest is 20 mu and the largest is 120 mu. The locations are all good."

"It's quite a lot."

Chen Fan pondered for a moment and estimated the price: "After the New Year, when we resume work, we'll find a time to talk and see how much we can eat."

Li Hongying was surprised: "Don't you want to eat it all?"

"The property market will definitely not pick up in the next two years. There is plenty of land, but no one is willing to take it. We can just slowly acquire it, and we can't put all our money on it."

Chen Fan has a lot of money, but if he puts it into the real estate market, it is actually not that much. The funds still need to be operated again so that he can make a fortune in one go.

1983 and 1984 were the most critical two years.

After agreeing on a time with Li Hongying and staying for lunch, Chen Fan took his two wives home. They had discussed the house here again before the New Year, but still failed to agree on the price.

The landlord was quite stubborn, but Chen Fan was not in a hurry, as there was no shortage of luxury houses in Hong Kong.

However, Chen Fan still likes this house very much. First, it is close to the beach and has a good environment. Second, the place is large enough, with three residential buildings alone.

After buying this place, even if the Xu, Zeng and Zhao families all come to visit, and if we include all of my own family members, they can still accommodate them and it won't feel crowded.

After returning home, Xu Jinqiu began to pack her luggage.

Tomorrow is the second day of the Chinese New Year. Chen Fan is going back to Beijing to visit his father-in-law. He has a lot of things to bring with him. Xu Jinqiu also has many relatives here, and he has to visit them all during the Chinese New Year.

The other members of the Chen family will not go back, and will stay in Hong Kong to accompany Zeng Ali this year.

At noon the next day, Zhao Yuanyuan looked at her watch, called her bodyguard Wu Lanying, and drove straight to the airport, with a smile on her face all the way.

Since I came back, I have been urged to get married every day. I have not had a single day of peace in my life. All of this is caused by Chen Fan.

The culprit is back, and it’s time to take revenge!

PS: The second update is here! I drank some wine at the wedding banquet, and my brain is a little hot.

Thanks to the book friend with the last digit “……06260” for the reward and support!
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