Mixed in 1980

Chapter 197: Changes in Hong Kong
After the plane landed, Chen Fan and Xu Jinqiu changed into long down coats. The weather in Beijing was still too cold, as it had snowed heavily yesterday.

When they came out of the airport, Zhao Yuanyuan was already waiting at the arrival gate. Chen Fan and Xu Jinqiu went up to her and said Happy New Year, but Zhao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes.

She was not happy at all this year!
She thought about dressing up ugly, acting cool, and acting like a bad girl. She tried a series of methods to deal with blind dates, but none of them worked. She had already informed the man in advance.

And the more she did this, the more anxious I became, because Chen Fan had said in advance: "If Yuanyuan does that, it means she is resisting marriage in her heart and will easily become a leftover woman."

Her behavior was accurately predicted by Chen Fan, and all her escape routes were blocked. One can imagine how her life would be like.

After glaring at Chen Fan hatefully, Zhao Yuanyuan took Xu Jinqiu's arm and left, leaving Chen Fan to carry the huge pile of luggage by himself. Fortunately, Wu Lanying helped.

When they arrived at the parking lot, Zhao Yuanyuan got in the driver's seat and Wu Lanying sat on the passenger seat, leaving the back seat for the couple. Chen Fan was quite surprised that this girl had grown up.

But this is just an illusion.

As soon as she got in the car, Zhao Yuanyuan started to complain and find fault, and she was almost pointing at Chen Fan's nose and listing all of Chen Fan's crimes.

Anyway, she has never seen such a mean person.

Halfway through the journey, Zhao Yuanyuan was still not satisfied, so she stopped the car and said, "Chen Fan, you drive. I want to have a good chat with Qiu'er."

"Is it really that serious? So generous!" Chen Fan smiled.

It seems that her plan was very successful, and Aunt He's coercion of this girl was very successful. She should be taught a lesson, otherwise she would really think she was running a dyeing factory.

"Hurry up, don't wait!"

Zhao Yuanyuan had already opened the front door, so Chen Fan had to get out of the car. Let her complain a few more times, since the New Year wasn't over yet and her blind date career had to continue.

Just as I was about to get to the driver's seat, the car had already started and drove away.

Chen Fan was stunned. Was this premeditated?

It was icy and snowy, and we were still six or seven kilometers away from home: "Zhao Yuanyuan, are you sick? Back the car up quickly, and don't force me to beat you..."

"No, are you really leaving?"

Watching the car turn a corner and disappear, Chen Fan was almost mad to death. This girl was really petty, but her mind was cruel enough...

If this happened to someone else, Chen Fan would have to praise her: She is capable of doing great things!

But when it comes to me, the feeling is completely different. It is not easy to walk back in this icy and snowy weather. It is a distance of six or seven kilometers.

"Yuanyuan, it's almost time, stop here."

Xu Jinqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These two people had already reached the point where they could make the other person uncomfortable and feel comfortable themselves. They just kept trying to dig holes for others.

"Xu Jinqiu, don't help him today. He screwed me over like this, he deserves to suffer. Don't worry, it's only a little over six kilometers."

"The weather is so cold..."

"Chen Fan is wearing a down coat and exercising every day, so he won't get frozen. Besides, when we were kids, we ran around everywhere when it snowed."

Hearing this, Xu Jinqiu could only smile bitterly.

Let them make a fuss. Zhao Yuanyuan is not without sense. The snow on the six-kilometer road has been swept away, so it's not a big problem.

When the car returned to Yaer Hutong, Xu Changqing and Li Xiuzhen came out to greet them: "Qiu'er, where's Xiaofan? Didn't he come back with you?"

Xu Jinqiu smiled bitterly and told the story again: "Mom, make a bowl of ginger soup first. When Chen Fan comes back later, he will have it."

Li Xiuzhen was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry when she heard this.

How could she not know what Chen Fan had done? He had trapped Zhao Yuanyuan to death, and now Yuanyuan was taking revenge, and she, as her mother-in-law, could not redress her injustice.

Let them make noise!
My own son-in-law was not a good person either. He came back trudging in the cold wind, drank a bowl of ginger soup, and then hurried to the backyard to find He Yuegui to complain.

"Aunt He, Yuanyuan said she didn't want to go on a blind date and wanted to go to Hong Kong to hide tomorrow. I didn't agree, so she tricked me out of the car halfway through the journey."

There was a sudden chaos in the backyard!
The year was spent in a lively atmosphere. After accompanying Xu Jinqiu to visit relatives, Chen Fan rushed back to Hong Kong without stopping. Zhao Yuanyuan also used the excuse of being busy with work to temporarily avoid the blind date.

But Zhao Yuanyuan understood that even if she could avoid it this year, she might not be able to avoid it next year. She believed Chen Fan's words and thought she had the potential to become an older leftover woman.

Zhao Yuanyuan just wanted to ask, why?

There are so many people chasing after me, but I just feel that I’m still young and not in a hurry to find a partner, that’s all. I don’t really want to be single.

He glared at Chen Fan hatefully, knowing that he would get revenge sooner or later.

Chen Fan chuckled and looked at the little girl with disdain: "The financial market will soon undergo a major change. Another way to make a fortune is before us..."

Zhao Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled decisively: "Brother, what should we do next?"

"Hit your back!"

"okay!"

Zhao Yuanyuan won't feel any psychological burden if she occasionally gives in. If she follows Chen Fan's investment strategy, she will be able to change her name to "Zhao Qianwan Yuanyuan" sooner or later.

Chen Fan's eyes were still fixed on futures. Futures were what he had studied most in his previous life. On the contrary, he had not done much research on the stock market and only remembered a general idea.

The Federal Reserve is about to raise interest rates, and the price of gold is about to reach its limit.

Seeing that the gold price had risen to US$500 per ounce, Chen Fan decisively entered the market and transferred US$3000 million into Spark Investment Company.

This money is for training troops!

Although it is his own investment company, Chen Fan does not dare to invest too much money at once. After all, it is a makeshift team and the team still needs to run in, gain experience, and expand.

In addition, Spark Investment Company has also launched financial products, all of which are short-term, high-interest products, which require financial managers to promote.

All the money raised will go into the futures market. As for how much money can be raised, it depends on the ability of the entire team. Yu Jing has already started to use the resources at hand, either running out or bringing people in.

In addition, Li Hongying also introduced some clients, including many socialites and ladies from wealthy Hong Kong families, all of whom were extremely generous.

Compared with the capital investment of investment companies, Chen Fan still made big moves in the futures market, using US$1 million each to short gold at Bank of East Asia and HSBC.

Investing 2 million US dollars and a 20x leverage is equivalent to leveraging a volume of billion US dollars.

In 1983, it was definitely a big deal!
"Gold prices are still rising, aren't you worried?"

Compared with Chen Fan, Zhao Yuanyuan was a little uneasy. After buying the short position, there was no good news in the futures market and the gold price continued to rise every day.

Although the increase is not large, it is very stable, increasing by dozens of cents every day. Over time, the loss will not be small, after all, a 10x leverage is used.

"Comrade Zhao Yuanyuan, you need to be calm and composed when playing futures. A small increase is within expectations. A small increase is within expectations."

Chen Fan was not worried at all. After dealing with the futures matters, he went out to look for land under the introduction of Li Hongying. There were five pieces of land in total.

After a round of visits, Chen Fan was very satisfied with every piece of land, but the first round of negotiations did not produce any results, and not even a verbal agreement was reached.

The other party has not given up yet, just like the landlord of the luxury house that Chen Fan rented.

In 1500, the price of land in Hong Kong dropped significantly. The price of high-end residential land had dropped from more than 540 Hong Kong dollars per square foot to 300 Hong Kong dollars. As for ordinary commercial housing land, the price had dropped to more than 400 or Hong Kong dollars per square foot.

This is not the worst.

The land that suffered the most was undoubtedly industrial land. Calculated based on the factory floor area, the price fell from HK$360 per square foot to HK$25, a drop of 93%.

This is just the listing price, and the actual transaction price will be discounted. This is also the most important reason why the first round of negotiations did not go smoothly.

The price offered by the other party was slightly higher than the listing price. Chen Fan's psychological price was naturally lower than the listing price. When the property market was sluggish, it was reasonable to pay a price lower than the listing price.

"Wenya, keep watching this side. If they can accept a price reduction, continue to negotiate with them. If they still offer the same price, just deal with it casually."

"Mr. Chen, can I handle such a big project?" Zhou Wenya hesitated.

"What's wrong with that? To put it bluntly, it's just like buying vegetables at the market. We are the buyers, we have money in our hands, and we have the right to be picky."

Chen Fan smiled and said jokingly, "Besides, I'm only asking you to negotiate, not to make the final decision. Nothing will go wrong, so just bargain as hard as you can."

"Then I'll really go and talk to him!" Zhou Wenya smiled.

"Go ahead and do it. I asked you to keep an eye on the property market before. If there is a suitable piece of land, you can go out and negotiate. If the price is right, we will take it."

"Okay, Mr. Chen!"

"We are also keeping an eye on industrial land, factories and the like, and will negotiate if there is something suitable."

Chen Fan had never thought about buying industrial land before, mainly because he didn't know much about it. But after seeing the data compiled by Zhou Wenya, he couldn't help but be tempted.

The drop is so big that the price is almost as low as cabbage.

As the property market rises in the future, the price of industrial land will also rise, and the rate of return on investment will not be lower than that of commercial housing land.

After all, the price is too low!
HK$25 per square foot, only HK$275 per square meter!

After explaining all this, Chen Fan took his family back to Beijing. Gradually, school started, and Guan Xiaoyu also returned to Beijing from Shanghai.

Guan Xiaoyu was very happy when she moved into No. 16 Yaer Hutong, which is also the Chen family villa. This place is much bigger than the Chen family villa.

One on the left and one on the right, two cross-courtyards!

Chen Fan lives in the east wing, and everyone else lives in the middle wing. The west wing is temporarily vacant.

There is a huge basement in the east wing and the backyard. All the jade, jadeite, calligraphy and paintings from the Chen family compound have been moved here, and even though they are placed here, they still look empty.

But it won’t be empty any time soon.

Chen Fan had just returned to Beijing and hadn't even had time to go to school when Sun Shaojie came to his door and said, "You're finally back, is there any problem with the foreign exchange?"

"The money has arrived. Is there any problem on your side?" Chen Fan asked.

Chen Fan was not worried about things like jade, jadeite, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Even if he asked for 10 times more, the government could still transfer them to him.

What Chen Fan is worried about is the house!

Of the 3000 million US dollars, 500 million US dollars were used to buy houses. Except for the courtyard houses in Beijing, all of it was used to buy houses and stores in ancient cities and towns.

Hearing this, Sun Shaojie smiled bitterly and said, "Everything else is ready, but the house is still a little short. But don't worry, it won't take long to get it all together."

"Senior Brother, your efficiency is not good enough!" Chen Fan couldn't help but complain.

It has been more than half a year since this plan was proposed last year, and a house worth 500 million US dollars is not a very large amount of money.

Sun Shaojie rolled his eyes at him and said, "If it was a house in a big city, it would have been prepared for you a long time ago, but don't you think about it? These are all remote areas, there are few houses, and the prices are so cheap, how can it be so easy to find one?"

"I can give you the foreign exchange first. How long will it take to get the house together?"

"Don't worry, it will be there soon!"

Those who say they will be done soon usually don’t get much done. Until April, Chen Fan urged Sun Shaojie several times, but he still hadn’t been able to get everything together.

However, Li Hongying brought a piece of news that a major change had occurred in Hong Kong and almost everyone in the wealthy circle was in danger, and asked him to prepare for countermeasures.

PS: I drank alcohol yesterday, probably because of the wind, I have a terrible headache today, so I’m taking a leave of absence for one chapter, and I’ll make it up before the 20th. I’ll go to bed soon, adjust my work and rest schedule, and have a burst of energy at the end of the month. Thank you for your support!!

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