50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 518 Earning Money by Imperial Order
When he was about to leave work, Sun Zhiwei had already recorded all the potentially useful information, and then he pushed his bicycle to the gate to wait.

Not long after, Sun Hongying also came out with several female colleagues, pushing her Phoenix bicycle with a crossbar.

When she saw Sun Zhiwei standing smiling at the door, she screamed excitedly and rushed over, startling Sun Zhiwei.

He quickly stepped forward, ignoring Sun Hongying who rushed over and grabbed his arm, and first stopped the oncoming bicycle: "You little girl, be careful! You're acting crazy, what if you fall?"

Sun Hongying completely ignored Sun Zhiwei's complaints, just held him tightly and kept giggling.

He was busy with things in Java this year and didn't come back for the Lunar New Year, so it's been a long time since we've seen each other.

The father and daughter walked intimately down the street, pushing the stroller and talking.

The diplomatic building is almost in a straight line from Wenjin Street, a distance of 3 kilometers. The two chatted and laughed until they arrived at their doorstep without realizing it.

At this moment, the door was half open. Tong Jiajia had arrived home before them, and the nanny, Yang Guihua, was preparing the last dish.

They could hear Sun Hongying speaking loudly from afar, and then they saw Sun Zhiwei following Hongying into the courtyard.

After a pleasant exchange of pleasantries upon meeting, Sun Zhiwei washed his face before sitting down at the table.

It was during dinner that he learned that his son, Sun Aiguo, had returned to his original unit and had written to say that he had become a deputy company commander.

The deputy platoon leader should normally be at level 20, but his superiors kept their word and gave him level 18 treatment. This actually aligns with current personnel trends.

Two years ago, in order to address the widespread problem of "aging" among cadres, the policy of "revolutionizing, rejuvenating, educated, and professionalizing" the team building was first proposed.

This is aimed at optimizing the structure of the cadre team and enhancing its vitality. This year, it was even written into the organization's charter.

Sun Aiguo's situation perfectly fits the criteria of this new policy.

Sun Zhiwei was very satisfied when he heard this. Although the two children were of good character and background, having a higher starting point would allow them to grow up faster.

One step ahead leads to another; he started at level 22 back then, and his son is now two steps ahead of him.

In the days that followed, Sun Zhiwei went to work with Sun Hongying every day, which made the girl very happy.

Before long, most of the girl's colleagues found out that her father was actually a leader in the same unit, but he was often abroad.

Well, there are both advantages and disadvantages to the leak of information.

The advantage is that basically no one will cause trouble for Sun Hongying anymore; the disadvantage is that all sorts of strange and shady characters have emerged and are crowding around her, making her extremely annoyed.

Sun Zhiwei didn't openly stop these people from getting close to his girl, but he would open his spatial storage every day to monitor their every move.

After returning home, he would tell the girl about the private behavior of these people, so that she could see one side of a person during the day and hear about the other side at night.

It must be said that this educational method is very effective. She can tell what kind of person is two-faced and what kind of person is consistent in word and deed just by comparing them.

By comparing the answers with the questions, it's easy to summarize many techniques for judging people.

The effects of this kind of learning and practice are much more effective and faster than gradually figuring out a person after a long period of contact.

He originally thought he would have to stay at home for a while longer, but five days later Xu Yimin came to find him and only said one word to him: "It's over."

This answer was exactly what the two of them had expected. They'd passed the test last time, and this time would be no exception; he never worried about the magnanimity of his superiors. Besides, while several hundred million dollars was a lot for an individual—enough to make someone quite wealthy in the US—it was still a significant sum.

But for a large country, it's really nothing.

It's not something that can be achieved by an individual simply by having money.

Xu Yimin also told him about the leaders' views, that the leaders' perspective on the issue was not based on the amount of money at all.

Instead, they were particularly satisfied with his initiative in guiding Cathay Bank into the mainland and his proactive return to China to report on the situation.

This demonstrates which side Sun Zhiwei is on. This is especially important for a cadre who has been working away from home for a long time.

He is like a kite sailing against the wind and waves, but the kite string is still connected to home. In the eyes of the leaders, that is enough.

"Zhiwei, the leader also said that your achievements are the achievements of our nation. Since you are so good at making money, then go all out."

"The leader said that the rich list is very interesting. We Chinese people strive to be the best in everything we do. You are already ranked 32nd, why not move up a few more steps?"

"The boss wants you to bring back a world number one achievement."

Sun Zhiwei was utterly dumbfounded when he heard Xu Yimin's account: "I'm being ordered to make money like this?"

It's not surprising that leaders have this idea. In this day and age, many places in China are not as good as foreign countries. Surpassing foreigners in any field makes the Chinese people proud.

Just like the recent trend of "ten-thousand-yuan households" in China, many places will pool their resources to create one even if there are no ten-thousand-yuan households.

Otherwise, when local leaders go to meetings at higher levels and everyone else has something but yours doesn't, where would that make the local leaders look bad?

If Sun Zhiwei, a Chinese man, were to become the richest man on the US rich list, even if it couldn't be said aloud, it would still make people secretly very happy.

But this task is not easy to complete. This year marks the first time the Forbes rich list has been released, and the number one person already has a net worth of $20 billion, which will only increase in the future.

In this era, it's still possible to reach the top of the list by accumulating wealth.

In later generations, the world's richest people either owned monopolies, high-tech companies, or had high stock values, none of which were easy to obtain.

After much thought, I realized I could only leave this task to chance. Fortunately, my supervisor only gave me expectations and didn't actually assign it as a task.

In the end, that was the end of it.

His trip back can be considered as registering his overseas assets, so that if anyone brings this up again, it won't have any effect.

He stayed at home for a week and had nothing to do. Apart from tearing up a few socks, he was really bored.

Now that the results were in, he decided to set off again.

This time, he chose a route that involved flying directly from Beijing to Cairo, and then from Cairo to Johannesburg.

After one layover and a journey of over 13,000 kilometers, Sun Zhiwei arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, three days later.

(End of this chapter)