Li Zhi looked at Li Huan and asked, "Li Huan, if the world is peaceful, do you think it is better to be the owner of a listed company or an official?" ”

Li Huan thought for a while and said, "Daddy, I think it's good to be an official!" ”

Li Zhi frowned and asked, "Why is it good to be an official?" ”

Li Huan raised his chin and said seriously: "Even if the world is peaceful, being an owner can only promote good, but being an official can both promote good and punish evil." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info only by constantly punishing the small crumbs and encouraging the good, can we keep the peaceful and prosperous world. I want to be not only an official, but also a great official. ”

Li Zhi looked at Li Huan, laughed, and touched his son's head.

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On May 18, Gu Lao Er rushed into the newly opened stock exchange.

The reason why Gu Lao Er "rushed" in was because there were too many people in the exchange. The four-hundred-square-meter hall was crowded with people, and the three-meter-wide entrance was crowded with people, one by one, holding banknotes and looking at the stock prices above the hall with wide eyes. Every time Gu Lao Er moved, he had to squeeze at least two people behind him before he could move forward.

Jin Guogong advertised the five-day stock exchange in the newspapers, saying that it was a good way for the people of Tianjin and Shandong to participate in "large-scale industrial production" and obtain "dividends from large-scale social production." The people of Tianjin, who had spare money at hand, heard the wind and rushed to the exchange one by one to buy stocks.

The people of Shandong don't have much money, but the people of Tianjin are very wealthy. In these years, farmers earn dozens of taels a year, who doesn't have dozens of taels or more than 100 taels of savings? It's the best way to buy stocks.

However, the staff office area behind the desk is not crowded. An exchange clerk suddenly shouted: "All the shares issued by Zhang Liang Harvester Company this time have been sold, and the price has risen by one penny, one or two or three cents per share!" ”

Hearing the shouts of the officials, there was a "boom" in the hall. The people who had already bought the shares of Zhang Liang's company were flushed with excitement and boasted loudly about their vision to others.

Zhang Liang's prospectus said that his factory is expected to produce 3,600 harvesters this year after listing and financing, and the profit will reach 46,000 taels. If Zhang Liang uses eighty percent of the funds to pay dividends, he can share dividends of two cents per share. According to the current stock price, you can get a dividend of 5% of the stock price every year! ”

"Dividends of 5 into 5! It's five times the bank interest! ”

"I think Zhang Liang is going to rise!"

After the official in charge of quotation shouted, he climbed up to the "price area" with a ladder, wiped off the stock price behind Zhang Liang's company with a rag, and wrote the new stock price with chalk.

Speaking of which, this chalk is also a product of a listed company, called Zhong Mingzhi Chalk Company. The company bought the chalk patent of Jin Guogong in one fell swoop and supplied chalk to schools in Tianjin and Shandong on a large scale. Although Zhong Mingzhi's company is not as hot as Zhang Liang's company, it is also one of the popular trading varieties on the exchange.

Hearing the quotation of the clerk, some people who did not buy the shares of Zhang Liang's company were very envious, and scratched their ears and cheeks to consider whether to follow up and buy some. However, these people are worried that the stock price will fall as soon as they buy it. Because not all stocks on the exchange are rising, Zheng Chenggong Transport Fleet Company has been falling since the opening.

"Zheng Chenggong's latest price, three dollars and eight cents!"

With a shout from the clerk, a sigh rang out in the exchange.

A middle-aged man holding the stock of Zheng Chenggong's company heard the quotation of the clerk and was so anxious that he was sweating. Zheng Chenggong's opening price was four yuan, and it has fallen by two points in a day, which makes people who have bought stocks anxious.

Zheng Chenggong set up a listed company to raise 300,000 taels this time, and the purpose of the funds was to transform the five galleons in the fleet into ships. As a result, only 50,000 taels have been raised so far, and 250,000 taels of shares have not been sold. The stocks that have been sold are also falling.

Although the Zheng family is now a force within the Grandpa Guo system, everyone seems to be not optimistic about the Zheng family who once opposed Grandpa Guo.

Gu Lao Er didn't care about the stock prices of these companies, he finally squeezed to the trading desk and looked at the signboard behind the desk: "Jingbianfang Cui's Stock Company".

This is a stock bank opened by the grandfather's wife's family, and it is one of the eight market makers on the stock exchange.

Gu Lao Er was about to buy stocks, but he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder from behind. Gu Lao Er looked back and saw Qi Gongji who went to Liaodong with him.

Gu Lao Er and Qi Gongji said hello: "Brother Qi, what stocks did you buy!" ”

Qi Gongji proudly raised the stock in his hand: "Zhang Liang Harvester Company." It's already gone up a penny! ”

Qi Gongji leaned into Gu Laoer's ear and said: "Absolutely confidential information, Zhang Liang Company is a high-quality company named and listed by Jin Guogong himself. Grandpa Guo went to the company to see Zhang Liang twice in the past half a month! Praise. ”

patted Gu Laoer's shoulder again, and Qi Gongji said: "Brother Gu Xian, why don't you take advantage of the fact that the stock price is still low now, and chase some of it?" ”

Gu Lao Er shook his head with a smile and squeezed to the counter. He took out 200 neatly folded "one tael" banknotes from his bosom and handed them to the clerk of the stock bank: "I will buy 400 shares of the 'Chen Deyang Farmland Service Team Company'. ”

The clerk looked at the stock price of "Chen Deyang" in the price area and said: "This merchant, Chen Deyang's company has raised 150,000 taels of silver this time, and it has only sold 51,000 taels so far. Are you sure you want to buy Chen Deyang's stock! ”

Gu Lao Er nodded and said, "Buy, just buy Chen Deyang's shares." ”

The clerk didn't say more, took the banknotes on Gu Lao's second-hand hand, and began to go through the formalities for Gu Lao'er.

Qi Gongji watched Gu Laoer's movements, pondering Gu Laoer's motives there. He suddenly patted Gu Lao Er on the shoulder and said, "Your Liaodong Grange is contracted to this Chen Deyang?" ”

Gu Lao Er laughed and said, "Brother Qi has good eyesight!" ”

After a pause, Gu Lao Er said: "This Chen Deyang service team is really good, I went to Liaodong twice to see it, and that service team is too well managed." His family's farm was run in good order, and all the canals and wheels were built straight. I think that even if you use human race, it is not as good as Chen Deyang's planting. The team leader of the service team told me that this year he could harvest seven buckets and five liters of wheat per mu. ”

"There is no reason not to get rich for such a good service team. I have calculated the accounts of the service team, and their gross profit in a year is more than 30%, which is a proper windfall profit. I don't care if their stock goes up or not, I just wait to get the dividends of this service team. ”

Qi Gongji was a little tempted when he saw that Gu Lao Er said it so well.

"I still have fifty taels of silver to spare, and I'll buy some with my virtuous brother?"

Gu Lao Er smiled, did not answer Qi Gongji's words, but took four hundred stock certificates from the clerk. The clerk handed over another shareholder account book, asked Gu Lao Er to check the number of his shares, and then asked Gu Lao Er to press his fingerprints.

Gu Lao Er finished buying the stock, said hello to Qi Gongji and squeezed out.

Qi Gongji stood there alone and thought about it, and finally clapped his hands, took out fifty taels of silver from his arms and stuffed it to the clerk.

Gu Lao Er walked home in a good mood. He took a leave of absence today anyway, so he didn't go to work at the textile factory. The youngest son and youngest daughter all went to school, and only the eldest son, Gu Weisheng, read a copy of "Spring Lantern Riddles" written by Ruan Dacheng there, laughing while reading.

Gu Lao Er took out a plate of fried soybeans from the kitchen, took out a bottle of Zhejiang Jinhua old wine, and took out the "Tianjin Daily" that he didn't have time to read a few days ago from the cabinet.

After sitting for a long time, Gu Lao Er saw Qi Gong looking for east and west and found his own home.

As soon as he saw Gu Lao Er, Qi Gongji laughed: "Brother Xian, you don't know!" Just now, someone from Chen Deyang's company went to the exchange and released a new piece of news, saying that Jin Guogong had contracted 100,000 mu of abandoned dry land to Chen Deyang's company as public land. Didn't you see that as soon as the news was released, those people in the exchange frantically grabbed the shares of Chen Deyang's company. ”