Chapter 17 A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make money

The people on the same plane were waiting at the baggage staircase of the flight, and Dr. Zhou waved at An Feng from afar, and said apologetically: "We are in the front cabin, and the passage is full of people when we get off the plane, and I can't turn back to you, but I think you don't need to ......."

An Feng nodded. What is his condition, Dr. Zhou knows best, and An Feng, who is very strong, does not need to be taken care of.

"We'll be in London for a week, maybe longer, depending on what you mean by Auntie Huang," Dr. Chow added, adding, "She wants to have a good time in London and get acquainted with the environment by the way." It just so happens that there will be a business delegation from our province in London, and those businessmen will accompany her......"

"So we can move around freely?" An Feng took a deep breath and felt relaxed.

"Yes, I just asked Sister Huang, the hotel she is going to stay in is very expensive, we don't need to spend money to stay in, besides, she can't take us everywhere, so I asked myself to find another hotel to live in...... What do you suggest? ”

London Airport is bustling with people, with groups of people waiting to pick up their luggage in front of their respective baggage elevators. In the midst of the crowd, Huang Yaqing's eyes were fixed on the luggage elevator entrance, Chen Wenwen held Huang Yaqing's hand tightly, and looked around timidly, neither of them paid attention to An Feng's appearance. An Feng took a breath and said in Chinese: "Leave this matter to me, I'll inquire on the plane." ”

As he was talking, An Feng waved his hand into the distance, and he greeted a foreigner who was on the same plane, and the foreigner pushed his luggage and walked out, shouting: "Hey, smart little bit, your luggage hasn't arrived yet?" How can we help? ”

"Thank you very much, we don't need anything to help with", Dr. Zhou quickly responded on behalf of An Feng.

The foreigner smiled and waved goodbye without insistence. Next, the foreigners An Feng met on the plane came over one after another to say goodbye, some left their contact information, and some just said hello. After Huang Yaqing took the luggage, the four of them rushed to the hotel in two cars, Huang Yaqing found an opportunity in the car, and joked with An Feng, who was in the same car: "Fengfeng, can't you see, are you quite popular?" ”

Huang Yaqing didn't know English, and she was a little stage frightened when she first came to London. She had a lot of luggage and couldn't fit in one car, so she insisted that there was someone who could speak English in each car when arranging a rental. So An Feng was arranged in his car, and Dr. Zhou took Chen Wenwen to follow him in a car behind him.

Huang Yaqing's words were a little flattering, but ......, but since this woman decided to be happy alone, why should An Feng care about her who was about to part ways?

This is an extremely selfish woman who only has power and interests in her eyes, a civilian child like An Feng, no matter how low he is, he can't get any benefits, because in the eyes of the other party, An Feng should be humble, and he should try his best to flatter, this is An Feng's "duty", so An Feng is too lazy to waste energy, he pretended to be stubborn with autism, stared at the rental behind him with a nervous expression, and didn't answer a word.

Huang Yaqing was stunned for a moment, but his face immediately returned to normal - a patient, a mentally ill person, had something to say to him. So, she followed An Feng's gaze and stared closely at the vehicle behind her.

The car arrived at the hotel, unloaded Huang Yaqing's mother and son, and met the business delegation in the hotel lobby, and the team leader happened to know her, so Huang Yaqing waved goodbye to Dr. Zhou without hesitation, and the two walked out of the luxury hotel with their luggage a little embarrassed, and found a taxi at the door of the hotel with an empty car. An Feng, who boarded the taxi, calmly said a place name, which made the driver stare at An Feng very seriously.

The road was a familiar street, and as the vehicle got closer and closer to its destination, An Feng felt his breathing become more and more rapid.

This place used to be a hiding place for An Feng, he used to spend a sweet time in this place, and now that he is revisiting, he has come early...... Twenty years.

An alley lined with Tudor-style three-story brick and concrete buildings, with a long, 100-meter-long apartment building on the sunny side, each with a separate door. On the shady side, there are various types of high and low commercial buildings, cafes, restaurants, antique shops, and small hotels.

The small shop is very quiet and there are few customers. An awning sticking out of the storefront covers most of the sidewalk. Under the awning was a small table with two chairs, most of which were empty, and the occasional guest, often sitting alone reading a newspaper.

There are no cars in the alleys, and in the lazy afternoon sun, pedestrians walk unhurried and leisurely. Occasionally, I rode a bicycle by, and the speed was not fast. From the roadside room, the restaurant hosts who suddenly popped up did not greet the customers loudly, and it was full of a lazy and relaxed atmosphere.

The taxi stopped in front of a miniature inn, at the end of a long apartment building on the sunny side, where the whole building was separated by two units for the hotel, and thus this "alley inn" was born.

This building is very long, from the end of the alley to the end of the alley, it can be said that the alley is made of this building. Along the way, the taxi passed through more than a dozen unit doors, many of which had rental signs hanging at the doors. After the car stopped, the driver got out of the car to carry his luggage, Dr. Zhou went over to help, and An Feng copied his hands and looked at the rental unit behind him - the house in Unit 11, with a "rent or sell" sign - where An Feng once lived.

What is it like to re-touch the "once" so closely?

Anyway, An Feng felt strange in his heart, he felt that his heart was beating extremely strongly, and he felt that he couldn't breathe. He has always liked to hide himself, and this time his mood swings could barely be concealed, so much so that Dr. Zhou felt it.

But Dr. Zhou thought that An Feng had arrived in an unfamiliar environment and felt nervous. He looked at the small hotel where he was going to live, and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, this place is very good. ”

The small hotel is not big, the first floor is a public activity area, so only the second and third floors are used for rent, the public activity area occupies part of the space on the second floor, so that there are only four rooms on the second floor, and the whole hotel has only twelve rooms, which seems to be few people and quiet.

Although the store is small, the rooms are not bad, and the ceiling height of the guest rooms is more than three meters, so people feel that the space is cheerful and comfortable. The rooms are also very clean and simple, the furniture is brightly painted, and the fabric sofa seems to have just been purchased, and there is no stain to be found. The crystal lamps overhead are bright and luxurious......

Because the room is a large and small suite, Dr. Zhou only needs a house, so that sofa is An Feng's habitat.

Dr. Zhou placed the luggage and immediately said distressedly: "It's difficult to go out, I thought I had a lot of money, but this kind of room fee, I'm afraid it's cheap, and it costs more than 10,000 yuan (RMB) a month, which is 200,000 yuan a year, this ......, how much money is enough to spend." ”

"Renting a house in London, the monthly rent cost is about six or seven thousand yuan (RMB), we are living in a hotel now, we can't use the hotel room rate to measure the accommodation fee", An Feng flipped the newspaper on the side of the sofa and replied without raising his head.

"Money is not enough", as the saying goes, money is intimidating. In an unfamiliar environment, even with Zhou Tao's IQ, he still feels nervous, still worried that the money is not enough, and he has no way to make money.

"Seeing the banknotes flying out, I panicked", on the other side is a child, a child who has experienced common hardships, plus 10,000 miles around, only this child can speak, Dr. Zhou has no scruples when he speaks: "Open source and reduce expenditure, it can't be open source now, so you have to reduce expenditure." ”

"Let's go to the bank first," An Feng suggested: "Let's deposit the cash first, and by the way, ask what financial management items are there -- I read that there are bank financial advertisements in the newspaper." ”

Since getting on the plane, An Feng's performance has been to flip through newspapers and magazines, searching for all valuable information. He had nothing to say about An Feng's prophetic Doctor Zhou, he thought that everything An Feng knew was from the newspaper, so he was not surprised—he was not surprised by what An Feng did now. So he didn't say a word, took out the backpack containing cash, and followed An Feng out of the door.

Around the corner is a city savings bank, where one-year-old children have the right to apply for savings and debit cards. You don't need too many documents to apply for a savings card, and An Feng's request for a card didn't cause too much consternation. But such a large child carrying such a large amount of cash somewhat surprised the bank clerk. However, clients like Dr. Zhou and An Feng are welcome everywhere they go......

After depositing, the bank staff inevitably recommended several value-added wealth management products, so the topic unfolded naturally.

The first time he opened his mouth to chat with a serious foreigner, especially when talking about such professional financial knowledge, Dr. Zhou was a little stumbling, but An Feng didn't seem to have much mood swings.

Dr. Zhou stammered and asked, "...... stock market here?"

The first pot of gold of the two was dug in the "stock market", and Dr. Zhou inevitably had some thinking orientation.

"If you are purely investing, the stock market is an ideal place to invest, the stock price of the London stock market is very stable, unless there is a big event, it will fluctuate violently, but such a big event, there will not be a ...... in more than ten years" The bank clerk said politely: "Sir, I can recommend a trader to you, he is a senior trader in this industry, don't you mind leaving your contact information?" I asked him to visit you? ”

The collapse of the Bank of Bahrain is still three years away, and it is a big event, but An Feng can't wait. He interjected and asked, "Can your bank open a trading account for the NASDAQ stock market in the United States?" Oh, I'm carrying US dollars, and I need a US currency trading account......"

I want to buy some Microsoft, Google, Apple...... of stocks, of course, this one is slow to work and is suitable for long-term holding.

As a result, there were only more than 20,000 yuan left in the accounts of the two, and the remaining 50,000 yuan has been turned into various American stocks.

Walking out of the bank, An Feng was relaxed, and Dr. Zhou was in a heavy mood.

"You and I only have $50,000 in the total money for activities, and I don't know what the price of Leeds City is? I don't know if this money is enough for a year's living expenses...... "Dr. Zhou glanced at the surrounding shops and continued: "Where is there a civilian supermarket nearby, let's buy some instant noodles and go back......"

"Wait, the two of us combined, there are still 50,000 US dollars", An Feng looked stunned: "Let's actually leave 5,000 US dollars, no, 3,000 US dollars is enough, and the rest of the money will be invested in the foreign exchange market, I want to short the Soviet ruble?" ”

Dr. Zhou was startled, but his mind turned for a moment, and he asked, "Are you sure?" ”

After a pause, he immediately asked, "Is the effect fast?" Why rubles? What do the newspapers say? ”

"The exchange rate of the ruble has been slowly falling recently, and in the newspapers, some analysts believe that it has fallen to the bottom and may have bottomed out; But there are also analysts who believe that the Central Bank of the USSR will intervene in a timely manner...... In any case, the ruble is the most volatile foreign currency in recent times, and although it is generally a downward trend, it has also fluctuated a lot in between.

Seeing that Christmas is coming, Christmas and New Year are a long holiday, and the exchange is also closed. Many people are afraid to spend the New Year in the foreign exchange market, especially in such a volatile currency, and in order to be careful, they will choose the right time to liquidate their positions, which is the ...... It's a good time to get wind and rain. ”

Dr. Zhou agreed with An Feng's judgment, but he didn't know the bottom in his heart after all: "Can you do it?" Foreigners have been engaged in futures for hundreds of years, how long have you been in contact with this thing, can you play with the tricks inside? In China, I can rest assured of you, because everyone is a novice, but here, there are too many century-old veterans, you ......"

Dare to say that you can play futures? Bank of Baring, Lehman Brothers, Enron Trust ...... The most established and most mature traders of the old financial firms will also make superficial fatal mistakes. The mental and physical effort required to play this game is more strenuous than fighting a war. If it weren't for the embarrassment to the point of despair, An Feng would never want to get involved in this game.

A total of $80,000 in deposits is a fortune for ordinary people, but it is not enough to transport five tons of gold worth $100 million out of the desert.

However, An Feng believes in his IQ level. In this life, he has worked hard to develop his brain since he was a baby, and he believes that with the experience of his two lives, as well as his extraordinarily developed brain, with full attention, he may be able to achieve something.

Moreover, he knew the general trend - this Christmas, the CIS treaty was signed, the Soviet Union completely collapsed, and the ruble became a piece of waste paper.

The general trend is like this, but there will be ups and downs when it comes to the final ending, and this kind of ups and downs will swallow tens of thousands of small retail investors into the market, and there will be no scum left. An Feng now knows the general trend, as long as he carefully controls the steering wheel, avoids the reefs on the way, and then, when the big collapse comes, it will be harvest time.

This year, the mainstream computer model in China is the 386 computer, and the 486 computer was born only two years ago, with a price of tens of thousands in China and nearly 1,000 US dollars in the UK. However, in order to keep an eye on the changes in the foreign exchange market, Dr. Zhou had to temporarily purchase a 486 computer...... In the following days, the two lived a very hard time.

Although the two of them have enough pocket money on hand to live in peace, An Feng spends most of his time in front of the computer every day, and even at night, he has to consult a lot of information and carry out cross-ocean speculation. For this reason, he didn't care about anything, sat in front of the computer when he opened his eyes, and didn't leave the table to eat.

In order to take care of An Feng, Dr. Zhou has almost no time to go out and hang out.

The wonderful thing is that Huang Yaqing was also very quiet during this time. Shortly after checking into the hotel, Dr. Zhou took the time to go to Huang Yaqing's luxury hotel, and the two exchanged addresses and contact information, and the two never contacted each other since, and she seemed to have completely forgotten about Dr. Zhou.

It's better that way.

Occasionally, An Feng laughed at Dr. Zhou for being at home, saying: "It's really 'using people to face forward, not people facing backwards', you are an insignificant fart in her eyes." ”

When An Feng said this, Dr. Zhou was watching the movie "Rain Man", which was a movie from three years ago, because of this movie, autistic people have since earned another name - "Rain Man". This movie has not yet been introduced in China, and Dr. Zhou used to watch the Hong Kong version in China, but now he watches the original English version. During this time, he mainly watched the original English movies, so as to exercise his listening and familiarize himself with the way of words used by real foreigners.

"Isn't that just right?" Dr. Zhou replied without raising his head: "I have been to her hotel when you were staring, and I have heard several times that the local Chinese are entertaining her...... You say, "What am I going to follow?" ”

Dr. Zhou is very smart, and he knows why Huang Yaqing wants to leave him alone.

He is an adult, and he will enter the world-famous psychological research institute to study, if he appears in front of the local Chinese at the same time as Chen Wenwen...... Who is Chen Wenwen? A little kid. Although his father and mother are bullish, the local Chinese are thousands of miles away from them, so who has nothing to do to invest thousands of miles away, so they must rely on the care of the couple?

Chinese people, like to do things "one more friend and one more road", like to break the fortune and avoid disasters. Although the couple couldn't fight with the local Chinese, they didn't succeed enough, but the disasters were more than enough. In order not to offend them, invite the mother and son to have a meal, and by the way, they are familiar, anyway, it doesn't cost much to invite a guest. But that's all.

In this case, if Dr. Zhou is also introduced to the local Chinese at the same time, Huang Yaqing's relationship will immediately become Dr. Zhou's relation, and Huang Yaqing's IQ in solving problems is not high, but the EQ of pit people against people is very high, of course, this phenomenon will not happen. In her heart, if she completely left Dr. Zhou aside, the relationship network of the Chinese people would belong to Chen Wenwen in the future, and from then on, Dr. Zhou could only be born like a vine attached to Chen Wenwen.

That's what she's about.

However, Huang Yaqing will probably never be able to understand: there are places in this world where wisdom is more powerful than power. Even if An Feng does not appear, people like Dr. Zhou will not rely on someone for the rest of their lives.

“…… I am here for research, and in the next few years, the laboratory and classroom will be my main area of activity, do I need to build relationships with the local Chinese? Doctor Zhou sneered and continued: "Sister Huang underestimates me too much, eats and drinks, wastes my time, invites me I won't go, and deliberately avoids me, why bother?" ”

An Feng sat in front of the computer, smiling and shaking his feet: "Doctor Zhou, are you especially thanking me now?" If I hadn't warned you in advance, you would have come to London with only your own savings...... Well, she left you aside and went to be happy by herself, so I'm afraid you're squatting in the hotel and munching on instant noodles. ”