Mixed in 1980

Chapter 270 Harvest
Guan Xiaoyu was quite happy.

The conversation was going quite well and it seemed that Chen Fan was quite satisfied with Zhou Xu. As long as Chen Fan nodded, it would be easy to pass the test of his parents.

Xu Jinqiu, however, was in a state of dismay. From her expression, one could tell that Chen Fan was planning something bad.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Xu finished speaking, Xu Jinqiu burst out laughing. It was the first time she realized that Cantonese could be so fun.

Guan Xiaoyu was also stunned and opened her mouth wide.

In recent years, I have listened to a lot of Cantonese songs and I like them very much. Who knew that Cantonese could be so interesting?
Even Zhou Xu looked confused.

Who am I? Where am I? What did I say?
"Chen Fan, can you be a human being?"

Xu Jinqiu slapped Chen Fan and said, "Zhou Xu, don't mind him. He is just like that. He is not serious and likes to tease people."

Zhou Xu smiled and didn't care.

The atmosphere soon returned to normal, and Chen Fan was no exception. Like any other parent, he conducted a thorough investigation into Zhou Xu's family.

There are many family members, including grandparents, parents, older brothers and sisters, and younger brothers and sisters. It is a typical large family in the 1980s.

Nothing bad.

Especially in rural areas, only if the family is prosperous will they not be bullied.

You can't be like some psychopaths in later generations, who not only require that their partner be an only child, but also that he or she have no parents. In order to date her, you have to take care of her parents first?
"You're about to graduate from college. What are your plans?"

Compared with family conditions, Chen Fan cared more about these. Zhou Xu did not hide it either. It depended on how the school assigned the place and he had no right to choose.

The same is true.

These days, college students are all assigned jobs. Although personal wishes will be taken into consideration, that’s just consideration. More often than not, they just obey the assignment.

Chen Fan was very satisfied with Zhou Xu's answer, which was to say that he could work anywhere and did not have to go back to his hometown.

After lunch, Guan Xiaoyu sent Zhou Xu home first.

After arriving at school, Guan Xiaoyu said, "Can you understand my brother's thoughts?"

"What idea?" Zhou Xu was stunned.

Guan Xiaoyu rolled her eyes at him and said unhappily, "My brother asked you what you're going to do after graduation, which means he wants to keep you in Beijing."

do you mean this?

Zhou Xu frowned slightly: "It would be great to stay in Beijing, but the assignment after graduation..."

"It's OK as long as you are willing to stay in the capital."

Guan Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, sent him to the dormitory, turned around and drove back to Yaer Hutong: "Chen Fan, what do you think of him?"

Chen Fan rolled his eyes and didn't want to pay attention to her.

Xu Jinqiu pulled her aside and said, "We were just talking about your affairs. He is already unhappy. Don't hurt his heart anymore."

Guan Xiaoyu giggled.

Chen Fan waved her over and said, "I'll arrange a job for him. Does he want to be a teacher or work in the Education Bureau?"

“Being a teacher is his dream.”

"Fine!"

Chen Fan sighed slightly and said, "I'll give you the courtyard in Yu'er Hutong. Find someone to renovate it and you can design it yourself."

The bodyguards used to live there. After the Xinghuo community was completed, the bodyguards were each given an apartment and have all moved in.

Guan Xiaoyu lay on Chen Fan's back and giggled, "No need to redecorate, the yard over there is pretty good, thank you brother!"

Chen Fan had a look of disgust on his face. He thought he owed her only one word, "Brother," in all these years.

But what can be done?

It grew up on my back and when I was sick in my previous life, it would think of me and fly over from the Magic City every now and then.

No matter how good you are to her, it's what you should do.

The next day, Chen Fan went to see Sun Shaojie and asked him to use his connections to arrange Zhou Xu's job at No. 5 Middle School, which was very close to Yuer Hutong.

Then, Chen Fan couldn't sit still either.

Negotiations on ports have officially started, and the ports to be invested in include six major ports: Yantian Port, Modou Port, Tianjin Port, Ningbo Port, Lianyun Port, and Huizhou Port.

Some are unbuilt, and some are to be expanded.

In the next five years, Chen Fan's investment will be as high as 50 billion US dollars. The first installment of funds, 10 billion US dollars, was originally required to be received this year.

After negotiations, the first round of funding was changed to US$5 million, with an additional US$10 billion invested each year thereafter, reaching US$15 billion in the final year.

The higher-ups understood Chen Fan's situation and knew he had no trouble with funds. In the 1980s, he was the only person who could get so much foreign exchange back from investment!
The subsequent detailed negotiations are the responsibility of Zhou Wenya and Yu Jing.

As for the funds, Chen Fan was not worried. He could just use the stocks of Xinghuo Investment in Japan as collateral and directly borrow US dollars.

Time, it’s July soon!
My daughter is already one year old. She is like a little kid and can walk unsteadily. When she sees Chen Fan, she calls him "Dad" in a sweet voice.

Chen Min's son, named Zhang Xiaorui, was several months older and could walk much more skillfully. He ran over to beat his sister.

Xiaoxi was watching from the side, grabbed her brother and slapped him on the buttocks twice: "That's your sister, you can't bully your sister, understand?"

Zhang Xiaorui burst into tears with a "woooooo", feeling extremely aggrieved. Chen Fan watched with his mouth twitching, this kid is finished, Xiaoxi thoroughly implemented a concept, a good brother is made by beating!

My sister hits me, your sister hits you, there's nothing wrong with that!
This is called inheritance.

"Xiaoxi, be gentle..."

Xu Jinqiu came over, picked up her nephew, and kicked Chen Fan: "You don't teach your children like that. Xiaorui, be good and don't cry. Your aunt will take you to eat candy."

"Boys can only become useful if they are not beaten!"

Chen Fan picked up his daughter and teased, "Look at how my sister beat me? When we were little, she chased me around the yard with a bamboo stick. Otherwise, I wouldn't be where I am today."

“…”Xu Jinqiu was speechless.

Having said that, Chen Min had a son when she was 27 years old, which was considered late in that era, and the couple was indeed somewhat doting on their son.

It’s not bad to have Xiaoxi taking care of it.

Although Xiaoxi is well-behaved and not as naughty as Chen Yi, she never indulges her younger brother. She points out anything wrong immediately and beats him if he doesn't listen.

Chen Min and his wife felt very distressed when they saw this. Their daughter was really staring at their son to death.

Every time I wanted to say something, my daughter would confidently say, "That's how you beat your uncle!"

What else can the couple say?
This is what teaching by example means. However, with a daughter watching over my son, I really feel less worried. When he is disobedient when eating or sleeping, he becomes obedient with just a look from my daughter.

In desperation, Zhang Yunfan could only say to his wife: "Don't hit your brother too much in the future!"

Chen Min glared at him and scolded her husband. How could it be the same? Chen Fan was so tough when he was young. He would tear off the tiles if he was not beaten for three days.

Even now, he looks like he deserves a beating!

He is really promising, but he often does nothing and wants to take advantage of anyone he meets. He doesn't act like an adult, but more like a child who has not grown up.

If he is not beaten often, he can reach the sky.

Among her three sisters-in-law, she admired Miss Zhao the most. She would compete with Chen Fan, but she could also control Chen Fan and would not spoil him easily.

Xu Jinqiu and Zeng A'li are very good friends, but they are too accommodating to Chen Fan. Whenever Chen Fan goes to work for a few days, they have to be busy stewing tonic food.

The way they are doing, they will spoil Chen Fan sooner or later.

It is also for this reason that every time Miss Zhao makes a scene, Chen Min always stands on Miss Zhao's side. The reason is very simple: her younger brother deserves to be punished.

Now that the company's headquarters has moved to Beijing, Chen Min spends more time at home, which gives her more opportunities to find fault with Chen Fan, and she likes to give him a slap whenever she has nothing to do.

However, as July came, the family became busy. Guan Xiaoyu had graduated from university, and her wedding with Zhou Xu was already on the agenda.

First go to Liede Village in Yangcheng to meet Zhou Xu's parents, hold the wedding there, and then return to Beijing to hold it.

Chen Min was also busy adding to the dowry. She prepared a set of jewelry and ten gold bars, all of which were for Guan Xiaoyu as a treasure.

Chen Fan prepared a lot.

A lot of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jade and jadeite were prepared. In addition, a villa was left for her in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, and a savings book with 2000 million US dollars.

In addition, there is a piece of land in Xiangjiang.

The land was specially bought during the spring auction: "This land is 50 acres. I will build a house later, sell part of it and keep part of it. I will be a landlady in the future."

Guan Xiaoyu likes photography and has no career ambition. Chen Fan will not force her to start a business. He will leave her some assets so that she can do whatever she wants with them in the future.

There is a lot of potential in being a landlady in Hong Kong.

In the next few decades, there will be no problem renting houses in Hong Kong, including Chen Fan himself, who has 9800 houses and plans to become a landlord in the future.

However, Chen Fan did not plan to keep these houses forever. He planned to find a suitable time to catch a sucker and let him take over.

Anyway, I have a lot of land, so I can sell the old house and build a new one and continue to be a landlord. If I keep these houses for too long, they will sooner or later become old and dilapidated.

Old and dilapidated houses are valuable, but they are not as good as new houses!
As long as you find the right opportunity and take advantage of the fluctuation cycle of the Hong Kong property market, you can still make a fortune.

After arranging Guan Xiaoyu's affairs, Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and his life returned to its normal rhythm, except that he would fly to Hong Kong and Japan from time to time.

The rest of the time he stays at home with his wife and children. He also takes one or two months every year to accompany Xu Jinqiu on inspections to implement the charity fund's projects.

Time passed so quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was September 1988!
After returning from an inspection trip with Xu Jinqiu, Chen Fan flew directly to Japan with his three wives. The harvest had been completed, and Chen Fan was already planning to cash out and leave.

The Japanese bubble is getting bigger and bigger, and it will burst in more than a year. Chen Fan will not wait until that time to leave.

There is too much capital and it takes time to cash out.

If we really have to wait until next year, it will not be a question of running fast or slow, but a question of whether we can run away, especially for investment in the real estate market.

By next year, second-hand houses will be hard to sell, and people will be trapped when the bubble bursts. It is best to stop while you are ahead. Chen Fan plans to sell the house back to the Japanese.

Anyway, at this point in time, the Japanese are particularly fond of buying houses, and it is claimed that the total value of land in Tokyo can buy the entire United States.

“I hope they will cry for their parents next year!”

Chen Fan did not invest much in real estate. He initially bought 200 units, mainly for his employees to live in.

The main investments are in stocks and futures.

However, buying a house was cheap at that time. Now the house prices have increased three or four times, and the exchange rate has doubled. If it is anchored to the US dollar, it is equivalent to a 6-8 times increase.

PS: The second update is here~
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