Chapter 417: This Is Just the Beginning
"Ai Jing wasn't like that before. Qin Fan asked a little confused. I remember that when I first came to Nanjing, Ai Jing behaved normally.
"Originally, I had crawled out of the whirlpool, but who knew that I would meet you, but it happened that you were so similar to Ding Yi. Zhou Na said with a wry smile.
At this time, Ai Jing was awake for a while, and confused for a while. When he was sober, he was polite with Qin Fan, and when he was confused, he hugged him and cried and laughed.
"Looks like I shouldn't be here. Qin Fan, who was still wearing a police uniform, said patiently.
Zhou Na was silent, knowing that it was inappropriate for Ai Jing to indulge in nostalgia for the past, but she couldn't bear to break her illusion.
"Don't say anything, I'll send her home. Zhou Na said and slowly started the police car and drove in the direction of Ai Jing's house, Ai Jing, who fell asleep on Qin Fan's lap, just sighed twice, found a more comfortable position and still fell asleep.
Before arriving at the old dormitory, Qin Fan got out of the car first, and then Zhou Na woke up Ai Jing: "I'm home, I have to go home and sleep." β
"Hmm...... Where am I, Ding Yi?" Ai Jing asked as he woke up from his sleep in a daze, rubbed his eyes, and still didn't slow down.
"Ding Yi died a long time ago, and you are confused again. Zhou Na dragged her out of the car and said angrily.
Ai Jing tilted his head and thought: "No, I still hugged him before going to bed......"
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"It's a nuisance. Zhou Na, who sent Ai Jing home, said to Qin Fan after getting back into the car.
Qin Fan didn't squeak, but he had a feeling of sympathy in his heart, if he met a girl who looked exactly like Wanqing now, I was afraid that he would be even more unbearable than Ai Jing.
Zhou Na watched him smoke one cigarette after another, and asked disdainfully, "Why do you feel upset?"
Qin Fan thought about it and told her what he thought, and the car "creaked" and she fixed it on the side of the road.
After a while, Zhou Na sighed and said, "They are all hard-working people." β
The next morning, Ai Jing knocked on the door of her room, and the attendant who cleaned the hallway told her that the guests inside had checked out.
Ai Jing stood in the aisle for a moment, and then suddenly scolded, "Bastard!"
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On Tang Yue's desk, there was a book that hadn't turned a few pages, but Tang Yueren didn't know where to go.
Qin Fan picked up the book, it was a book of "China Can Say No". The title is clearly influenced by the famous book "Japan Can Say No" a few years ago, and its national pride is just as strong.
In the "Preface," the author wrote: "The United States cannot lead anyone, it can only lead itself; Japan cannot lead anyone, and sometimes it cannot even lead itself; China does not want to lead anyone, and China only wants to lead itself." β
This is a book that came out of nowhere last year, and the sales of the original edition quickly exceeded one million copies, and the pirated copies may have sold tens of millions of copies, and it has been translated into eight languages, attracting the attention of more than 100 media outlets around the world.
There are many divine prophecies in this book, such as: In less than 10 years, at most 15 years, the US economy will have serious problems, the 21 st century will be a century of Chinese, and all the peace and progress in the world will not benefit from China's merits......
Although the most important point of the book "China Can Say No" is to question the superpower status of the United States, and fiercely criticize the American and pro-American trends in China, and then boldly shout for China's rise. But truth be told, the book has hardly any academic value to speak of.
However, when the book was quickly translated into the United States and Japan, the U.S. embassy in China invited the author to speak, which was seen as a symbolic* event of the rise of nationalism in China.
Qin Fan had also read it when he was young in his previous life, and it was so exciting to read it, but now that he opened it again, he couldn't read it after only a few pages.
Now in Qin Fan's view: This is a narrow nationalist book full of emotions, naΓ―ve, extreme, and extremely self-esteem contains inferiority. The various loopholes in the logic of the writing are similar to the chicken soup essay of "The Reader", which cannot withstand scrutiny at all, and can only lead the reader to the deviant path of indignation.
In addition to this book, there are also Li Xiguang's "Behind the Demonization of China" and "Why Lenovo".
Qin Fan couldn't understand why Tang Yue wanted to read this kind of angry book?
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I don't know when Tang Yue walked in and saw Qin Fan sitting crookedly in the chair with his eyes closed with a slightly red face.
"Do you have a fever? Tang Yue touched Qin Fan's forehead and asked.
"Why do you say that?" Qin Fan asked strangely when he opened his eyes.
"It's a good day, but it's a good day to make yourself unhappy with some troublesome things, what do you say you don't have a fever?" Tang Yue said with a smile. The things in her mouth refer to the things of Ai Gu and Su Jian, and there are also things about him pretending to be Ding Yi.
"How are you, is it fun to go to Xiao Yao's crew?" Qin Fan asked after diverting the topic.
"It's not fun at all!" Tang Yue shook her head again and again, those actors either pretended to read their lines in front of the camera, or the exaggeration of their performances made people feel uncomfortable.
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With the handover of Hong Kong's regime in '97 approaching, many uncertainties in political and economic affairs have gradually been removed, and investors are full of confidence in Hong Kong's future. In 1996, trading in Hong Kong's major markets was active, economic activity increased, and the atmosphere increased significantly.
On December 29, 1996, the Hang Seng Index broke through 10,000 points, on June 20, 1997, it broke through 15,000 points, and reached the highest point of 16,673 points on August 7, 1997, compared with 2,918 points in 90 years, which lasted 7 years, an increase of 659%.
In July '97, the Hang Seng Index hit a record high 11 times in one month, and there was a frenzy of "all stocks for all" in Hong Kong.
Of course, Qin Fan will not miss such an opportunity, and with Su Jian, Ai Gu, Li Xianzheng, he put all the funds that can be used and increased the leverage by five times into the speculation of the Hong Kong stock index fund, anyway, this money is not earned in vain, how can there be such a crazy market without the indulgence and support of certain forces? In this case, why should he pretend not to participate in it?
Noble is the epitaph of the noble, meanness is the passport of the mean!
With the passage of time, Qin Fan's capital investment has also been accelerating, and they have also adopted increasing leverage, from the initial double to two times..... Until 10 times, there are 6 times on average, and with the continuous rise of the stock index, there has been a large number of profits, of which the principal is 220 million, plus the leverage has reached a market value of 1.3 billion, of which the profit is about 1 billion or so.
Su Jianai Gu and Li Xianzheng also felt very excited when they looked at the return on investment. Looking at Qin Fan's constant operation, Su Jian, Ai Gu, and Li Xianzheng all had a feeling of wandering between heaven and hell,
It wasn't until June 97 that the Hong Kong stock index hit 16,000 points for the first time, and Qin Fan began to settle, gradually withdrawing from all capital investment and settling all expenses.
Qin Fan looked at Su Jian and Ai Gu's nervous appearance, and smiled a little proudly! After working hard for more than three months, he was indeed very tired, not only to carefully analyze (in fact, to observe) whether the development of the Hong Kong stock index was advancing all the way as always. However, it may be that some of the bigwigs involved are unwilling to let the stock market start to fall now.
But for the sake of insurance, Qin Fan still began to withdraw early, and withdrew under a good situation, and on the whole, it was relatively smooth.
But it doesn't affect their nervous appearance now, they have been nervous alone for the past few months, why can't they feel it too?
β...... A total of 220 million principal was invested in this stock market operation, with an average of 6 times the leverage, a total of 1.32 billion was invested, leaving 120 million reserves to prevent fluctuations, and the stock index rose by 65%, so about 2.6 billion was recovered, and the gross income was 960 million, but 20% of the handling fee was deducted, the actual profit was 1.25 billion, and the capital appreciation was close to 300%...... "In the private room of the hotel, Qin Fan calculated with them little by little, and his brother still settled the account.
The troubles on Su Jian and Ai Gu have long disappeared with the big profits this time, and the funds on hand are more than enough to pay for the project and other payments.
Li Xianzheng was just annoyed that he had voted too little.
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After Qin Fan and the others withdrew, the stock market in Hong Kong City began to fluctuate sharply, but there are still many unscrupulous economic companies that continue to advocate economic prosperity, and the stock market has just begun.
In fact, at this time, international speculative funds had quietly moved to Hong Kong, and there were two confrontations with the Hong Kong dollar in July and August.
Hong Kong stocks started at 16,820 points on August 7, 1997 and fell to 12,899 points on September 2 in less than a month, down 3,920 points, or 23%. The SAR government is barely maintained.
By mid-October, Hong Kong stocks had fallen 600 points due to the US stock market. In order to cope with the withdrawal of funds from open-end funds by European and American investors, various investment funds are cashing out the Hong Kong stock market, which is the most liquid in the Asia-Pacific region, forcing the Hong Kong dollar into a dead end, triggering a sharp drop in Hong Kong stocks for three consecutive days and a 2,000-point plunge in the Hang Seng Index.
However, this is just the beginning.
On October 23, 1997, the Hong Kong stock market plunged 1,211 points in one day to close at 10,426 points, and on October 28, affected by the 554 points drop of the U.S. stock market the previous day, the Hong Kong stock market fell another 1,438 points, setting a record of 13.7% in a single day, and the market value lost 800 billion Hong Kong dollars.