50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 875 When I Have Money, I'll Buy Gold

People who work outside often can't be too involved in every detail, otherwise things won't get done.

Xu Yimin once gave an example, which was about making a suit for 1 yuan.

If this is investigated further, the staff member will be in trouble.

Because people can always find thousands of reasons to argue that this practice is unreasonable and to suspect that the staff are corrupt.

Once this situation becomes the norm, no one will dare to cross the line again, and our work and career will face significant obstacles.

Therefore, in actual work, we often have to turn a blind eye to how frontline staff complete their tasks.

Generally speaking, as long as it's not a matter of principle, everything else is negotiable.

Sun Zhiwei has always acted alone, and many of his operations have yielded bizarre results, yet his superiors have never inquired about the details, precisely because of this.

Later, as Sun Zhiwei's contributions grew, a tacit understanding naturally formed: when the state assigned a task, Sun Zhiwei would do it.

But his family never asked how Sun Zhiwei did it; they just assumed he would always produce results that were beneficial to the country, and that was enough for them.

Wanting to eat eggs doesn't necessarily mean you have to bring a hen home to raise. As it turns out, the leaders' methods were all correct.

Sure enough, Sun Zhiwei continued to make meritorious contributions, and this time he sent his family an amazing gift.

That's why things went so smoothly this time. In less than 24 hours, all the problems that Sun Zhiwei was worried about were resolved thanks to the superiors' special handling of the matter.

Since that's the case, he should be more decisive and bring the remaining two submarines back as soon as possible.

So he didn't stay in the capital for long, nor did he go to Huludao to wait for Ji Yongjia's cargo ship to arrive. Instead, he returned to Tokyo first and waited for Ji Yongjia to return.

Five days later, Sun Zhiwei delivered the last two titanium alloy nuclear submarines, along with the complete blueprints for the two submarines, onto the bulk carrier piloted by Ji Yongjia's team.

After that, he stopped caring about it. With orders from his superiors and Ji Yongjia following along, the problems with the "Costro" were no longer problems.

It was already mid-January, and the Spring Festival was just two weeks away.

So he sent the Gulfstream 3, which was waiting in Tokyo, back to New York to pick up Tong Jiajia and her group.

He himself took an international flight back to Hong Kong Island first, waiting for Tong Jiajia and the children to arrive before returning to Beijing to celebrate the Lunar New Year together.

Because Tong Jiajia is an immigrant from Hong Kong Island, it has become a tradition for her family to travel to Hong Kong Island every year during the Spring Festival.

He returned to Hong Kong Island first because Christie's sent him a message saying that they had settled accounts with all their clients and would be making payments soon.

Upon learning that more than $800 billion was about to be transferred into his account, Sun Zhiwei said it was impossible not to be excited.

He was quite wealthy; at his peak, he amassed billions of dollars at Cathay Bank in order to stir up trouble in the futures market.

But receiving over $800 billion at once also officially doubled his personal wealth.

The key point is that most of these $800 billion are in cash, which is terrifying.

It is equivalent to the entire foreign exchange reserves of a major country, a sum of money large enough to shake any international market.

The power it has demonstrated is already at the level of a nuclear bomb, a force truly capable of shaking the very foundations of a nation.

This news is currently kept secret from the public, but it's not a secret to the intelligence agencies of major countries. Christie's doesn't have the capability to keep it a secret for Sun Zhiwei. Sun Zhiwei is currently facing a headache, as he estimates he's already come under the watchful eyes of many countries' intelligence agencies. Fortunately, he's been formally severing ties with Natuna for the past two days.

That afternoon, Sun Zhiwei received a telegram from Zheng Jiafa in San Francisco, informing him that a large sum of money had been transferred from the Bank of England to Sun Zhiwei's account at Cathay Bank, but it did not cause any stir outside.

Having your own bank is one of those advantages; at least it can delay the time it takes for information to leak.

Sun Zhiwei hadn't figured out how to use the money. Originally, he planned to use his own money to buy warships to increase the defense of Natuna Island.

However, after returning to Beijing this time, the higher authorities have decided to intervene in the management of Natuna, so Sun Zhiwei will no longer need to pay for the warship.

Therefore, he could only temporarily entrust the funds to Cathay Pacific President Cheng Ka Fa, allowing him to slowly acquire gold on the international market.

Because in the long run, the value of gold has remained very stable.

Before the start of the second gold bull market in 03, international gold prices hovered between $300 and $500 per ounce.

Therefore, gold is the most stable and reliable hard currency for preserving value. The old saying, "Antiques in prosperous times, gold in chaotic times," is not just a saying.

After 03, international gold prices soared, reaching $1920 per ounce.

The involvement of such a large sum of money from Sun Zhiwei will undoubtedly push this peak even higher in the future.

He knew about the major fluctuations that would occur in various stock, futures, and index markets in the future; however, those markets were simply too small in size at the moment.

Once he invests tens of billions, all historical patterns will be broken. He fears that he will be attacked by the masses, which would be a loss for him.

Therefore, he entrusted Zheng Jiafa to only accept gold and not care about anything else.

Because only gold can provide a safety net, no matter how much it appreciates or depreciates, it is still gold. As long as he has gold in his hand, he has nothing to fear.

As for the more profitable stock, spot, futures, and index markets, it's not that Sun Zhiwei doesn't want to get involved, but firstly, the fluctuations in these markets are too influenced by human factors.

Once he enters these markets, he won't need to do anything else; he can just spend all his time outsmarting and battling those speculators.

Another reason is that the size of these markets is actually quite limited. Although the trading volume looks large, it is actually just a lot of speculation between speculators.

If you transfer 100 yuan back and forth 5 times, the transaction volume will be 1000 yuan. In the meantime, the exchange will take a lot of transaction fees, so it is not worth it.

With such a large amount of capital, his entry would likely cause a major financial disaster.

Without any back-and-forth exchange, who would the exchange earn its commissions from? They wouldn't welcome clients like Sun Zhiwei who carry huge amounts of money.

Therefore, he can only use most of his funds to acquire gold.

The more money you have, the less daring you become—that perfectly describes Sun Zhiwei now.

Because he knew clearly that as long as he could ensure that the money in his hands did not shrink significantly, he would never be short of money again.

After he settled the funding issue, Tong Jiajia had already brought the children to Hong Kong Island.

Just like last year, the two, led by Sun Zhiwei, changed their identities and vehicles multiple times in Hong Kong before crossing the border and taking a civilian flight back to Beijing.

(End of this chapter)