Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

January 1988, Sam's office in a building in Manhattan, New York.

"The stock prices of most companies, including Motorola, IBM, AT&T, ExxonMobil, and Coca-Cola, have begun to recover."

"We can start buying at the bottom!"

George Soros, head of the Quantum Fund, said with a smile.

Why is he laughing?
During the stock market crash last October, their Quantum Fund suffered huge losses.

Initially, Soros thought that Kimura's rise would eventually end, so he withdrew most of his funds back to Wall Street.

Then he started doing multi-Sam economy.

As a result, after entering October, Sam's stock began to fall, and on the 19th, it became Black Monday.

As a result, Soros suffered a major setback.

There's nothing that can be done; things are just that absurd, and even Soros can't do anything about it.

After much painful reflection, Soros quickly checked the market situation and, like a gecko shedding its tail, decisively sold off his assets.

Simultaneously short the US dollar.

Soros believed that the dollar would depreciate after the stock market crash, so he immediately shorted it.

By shorting the dollar, he not only recovered all the billions of dollars he lost in the 1987 stock market crash, but also made an additional billion dollars.

Otherwise, Soros would have been completely wiped out in this stock market crash.

As for whether he can make a comeback, no one can say for sure.

But now, Soros is just destined to survive.

So the crisis is now completely over.

At the same time, they also set their sights on the cheap Sam assets available at the time.

However, in reality, Sam's assets are hardly cheap these days.

It's fair to say it's relatively cheap.

On the other hand, Zhao Mancang has also begun to wrap things up, bringing to a complete end his previous actions, such as shorting the US dollar and buying up Sam's Assets.

During this stock market crash, most of Sam's assets ended up in Zhao Mancang's pocket.

At least two hundred billion US dollars in assets will all become Zhao Mancang's assets.

Nobody knows exactly how much money is in there.

Because there are so many profits involved, it's difficult to calculate them all.

The financial system represented by more than two hundred billion US dollars is indeed extraordinary.

With so much money, Zhao Mancang invested a portion in Beijiang City and Hong Kong Island, and the majority of the remainder in the development of Yunlan City.

Yunlan City is developing rapidly, but its public transportation is still inadequate.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang planned to build a loop high-speed railway across the country to connect the main urban area of ​​Yunlan City with all the major satellite cities.

Furthermore, a subway line will be built within the main urban area.

This will cost a lot of money, but it doesn't matter. Zhao Mancang has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it, so he can just go all out and spend it.

However, building high-speed rail or subway requires a large number of talents and workers.

However, most of the talented people have already been recruited.

Currently, the residents within the territory of Yunlan City are either farming or planting trees.

Nobody's here!
Therefore, Zhao Mancang had no choice but to turn his attention back to the domestic market.

We recruit them with high salaries and directly issue them work visas or official ID cards from Yunlan City, so that they can come to work in Yunlan City.

Zhao Mancang is cooperating directly with local officials; he's not involved in any fraud.

Therefore, many cities, whether it's Shanghai or Xiamen, are vying to undertake such projects.

why?
Because if Yunlan City successfully recruits a technician, they can receive a reward of 100,000 US dollars locally.

This money is too easy to earn.

If there are 1,000 people, then the local area can receive 100 million US dollars, which is real foreign exchange. There is no reason not to accept this money.

Moreover, Yunlan City needs to recruit 100,000 people this time.

Goodness, with such a sum of money, many places, including Shanghai, have expressed their intention to acquire it.

With such generous rewards and bonuses, everyone was very tempted.

So the matter was settled.

In the first half of 1988, the high-speed rail project around Yunlan City started construction, and the subway in the main urban area also began construction.

Meanwhile, the subway project in Beijiang City had already been under construction.

The construction of three high-speed rail lines leading to Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu has also commenced.

Meanwhile, a state-owned airline in Yunlan City launched five new routes.

Direct flights from Harbin, Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, and Wuhan to Yunlan City have been launched, and ticket prices have been significantly reduced.

Previously, Yunlan City and Beijiang City had already opened air routes, but there weren't many passengers.

This time, Yunlan City made a big move by opening five new direct flight routes.

It seems they want to establish closer ties with the domestic side.

Only in this way can direct flights to these five cities be opened.

At that time, it will be very convenient for both local residents of Yunlan City and tourists from other parts of China.

Many people have heard of Yunlan City and know that it is a very prosperous place. It is estimated that anyone with money would want to go and see it.

The residents who have already settled in Yunlan City naturally also very much want to go back to their homeland for a visit.

For example, Zhou Xiaoqing's father, Zhou Aniu.

He grew up in Niudongping Village on the Chinese side of the country, although Niudongping Village on the Chinese side of the country is now being submerged.

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station has already begun impounding water.

However, Zhou Aniu still wanted to go back to China to see the country.

Besides Zhou Aniu, many other immigrants who had become local residents of Yunlan City also returned to China.

This time, things are really going to get interesting.

In just a few short years, the gap between them has widened considerably.

Most of the residents in Yunlan City own nice cars and have savings of two to three hundred thousand Yunlan Treasure Notes.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.

Old friends and relatives who immigrated to Yunlan City, how could the gap between them be so huge in just three to five years?
So all these people are asking about one thing: how to immigrate?
Nowadays, it is much more difficult and more demanding to immigrate to Yunlan City.

Because in Yunlan City today, there are more than 15 million residents with official ID cards.

Moreover, more than five million residents hold temporary ID cards but wish to apply for permanent ID cards.

Therefore, Yunlan City has made many changes to its immigration policy.

Previously, the population was too small, so in terms of immigration, they were eager to bring in more people from within the country as soon as possible.

However, it is now necessary to tighten things up a bit.

For example, in terms of education, one should at least have graduated from junior high school or possess a technical skill.

Skills like cooking are no problem for him. (This is from a resettlement housing complex in a mountain city.)

After learning about the immigration policy for Yunlan City from his neighbor, Hu Shaocheng went directly to the mountain city without hesitation.

A guest came to our next-door neighbor's house. This guest was someone who had moved here because of the Three Gorges Dam project.

Hu Shaocheng, on the other hand, is a local; he's just visiting relatives in the neighboring area.

I never expected to hear about this.

Hu Shaocheng knew perfectly well whether the guest was lying or not.

The other party was really rich; Hu Shaocheng could tell at least that.

Besides, he had heard a lot about immigrants who went to Yunlan City in the past two years, and it seemed that they were doing quite well there.

However, Hu Shaocheng's family used to be imperial chefs, so there is a certain tradition in their work.

Therefore, he can live a very comfortable life as a cook in the factory, and there is absolutely no need for him to immigrate.

It's important to understand that immigration means leaving one's homeland.

Nobody wants to go to an unfamiliar environment, right?
There's no place like home.

No matter how good things are outside, they're never as good as home.

However, nowadays, more and more people who have returned from Yunlan City to visit relatives are appearing around him.

Hu Shaocheng was already very tempted.

Besides, Yunlan City has already opened direct flights to Chengdu, so it's easy to find out about that.

Therefore, Hu Shaocheng had many tasks to complete during his trip to Shancheng City.

After finding out about the airline ticket office, Hu Shaocheng immediately went there.

"Hello comrade, do you have any direct flights from Shancheng to Yunlan City?"

"Going to Yunlan City? There are no direct flights. You need to go to Chengdu or Jiangcheng to find direct flights."

After obtaining the information he needed at the airline ticket office, Hu Shaocheng had no more doubts.

He immediately went to Yunlan City's office in the mountain city to inquire about immigration policies.

Soon, he learned from the office that without a skill, it was not possible to immigrate to Yunlan City.

When the staff at the office learned that Hu Shaocheng was a descendant of the imperial chefs, their eyes lit up.

The chef is certainly excellent and meets the immigration requirements.

However, you need to take an assessment first.

This was no problem for Hu Shaocheng.

However, Hu Shaocheng still wanted to find out clearly what the salary and benefits would be like if he went to Yunlan City.
"If you're a chef, you'd generally be assigned to work in a restaurant or similar place, or in a large canteen."

The staff member explained:
"However, since you are a descendant of imperial chefs, if your culinary skills are good, you might have the opportunity to become a personal chef for the leaders."

"In that case, the monthly salary should be three thousand five hundred taels of silver."

Upon hearing this, Hu Shaocheng's eyes widened immediately:
"You mean a salary of three thousand five hundred taels of silver? Every month?"

His breathing suddenly became rapid.

You should know that his monthly salary at the factory here is only 100 RMB.

The Yunlan Treasure Note is more valuable than RMB; one Yunlan Treasure Note is roughly equivalent to four RMB 50.

Therefore, a salary of 3,500 Yunlan Treasure Notes is equivalent to 15,750 RMB.

No wonder those who returned from Yunlan City were all so generous.

Wow, they really are picking up money over there!

"Yes, that's right. But I can't say for sure how much you'll earn. It depends on your own performance."

The staff member said:

"There are indeed many people who want to immigrate to Yunlan City now, but our policies are different from before."

"If you want to immigrate, then take the assessment as soon as possible. Otherwise, if immigration policies become stricter again, you may not be able to immigrate successfully in the future."

Hu Shaocheng immediately said he wanted to sign up.

If he doesn't seize such a good opportunity, wouldn't he be out of his mind?

In many parts of the country, there are many people like Hu Shaocheng.

However, most people in this era do not have any special skills.

Even skills such as rice cultivation are strictly controlled in Yunlan City.

Because of the previous system of eating from the same pot, many people have become lazy by nature.

Therefore, strict control is also needed in the immigration assessment process.

Only those with genuine talent and skills can pass the review exam.

The change in Yunlan City's immigration strategy has little impact on Beijiang City.

Things will remain the same here.

The subway is progressing slowly. Five tunnel boring machines were transported back from abroad and then put into operation.

The Beijiang City currently has three subway lines planned to open, and the deep tunnels being dug include the one along Central Avenue.

Once the subway lines open, the transfer stations will become even busier.

The distance between the city centers in the north and south is more than 20 kilometers, which is a very long distance.

With over ten million people living in this city on the Beijiang River, the pressure on surface public transportation would be immense without a subway.

A couple of years ago, buses were always packed with people.

Even so, this is because there are so many factories in this city, and most workers live in cramped conditions in the factories, probably never even leaving the factory gates all year round.

Therefore, even though Beijiang City has more than ten million people, the actual traffic pressure is not extremely severe.

However, as time goes by, the two-day weekend system will soon be implemented in China.

The factory will gradually follow suit, for example, by implementing a one-day-off-week, alternating alternating weeks, or even a two-day weekend.

If the factory does not implement these rest periods, then wages should continue to be increased.

Because domestic prices have already risen since the beginning of this year.

When prices rise, wages must also rise; otherwise, the living conditions of many workers and other ordinary residents will become even more difficult.

Bang!
As the tunnel boring machine continued to excavate deeper, many problems arose.

For example, a landslide occurred ahead today.

This is not a good thing. It just means that the underground exploration here was not done well, and they didn't even know that there were gaps.

So they immediately contacted their superiors and asked to cooperate with foreign countries to see if they could solve similar problems.

In Yunlan City, the subway project will definitely require tunnel boring machines.

However, the tunnel boring machine here did not encounter any problems, probably due to the geological conditions here.

Zhao Mancang also learned of the news from Beijiang City and immediately made arrangements.

There are many such detection instruments and systems; it's a minor problem that can be solved.

However, just after Zhao Mancang resolved this minor matter, an even bigger problem arose. (End of Chapter)