Chapter 157: Kaoru Otsuki
With the sound of a steam whistle, the ship gradually sailed into the Shanghai dock.
"This is Shanghai...", pointing to the city in the distance that is much more prosperous than Tokyo, Lu Ying on the deck said to the girl with a smile.
At this time, the girl was holding her daughter's hand, and when she heard Lu Ying's words, she also looked at her with curiosity.
The largest city in the Far East, this is today's Shanghai.
Although China's national strength is very weak after all kinds of hardships, Shanghai has become the largest city in the Far East because of its geographical location, and it is also the financial center of the Far East, and its status is much higher than Tokyo.
However, although it is much more prosperous than Tokyo, Shanghai at this time seems very messy, not as clean and tidy as Tokyo, and Lu Ying and her sisters can feel this more clearly after a trip to Tokyo.
"Where are we going next..."Seeing that the ship had begun to dock at the dock, after holding her daughter's hand, the girl asked Lu Ying with some curiosity.
After all, the timing of the appearance was a bit too coincidental, although Lu Ying did not suspect the girl, but Mei Ruohua and the others were still somewhat wary of their mother and daughter. Sensitive girls naturally wouldn't be unaware of this attitude, so they didn't ask anything more when they were with Lu Ying and the others, but just stuffed their questions in their stomachs until now.
"Wuhu." Now Lu Ying doesn't feel the need to continue to hide it, and she doesn't think there is anything suspicious about the girl's origins, she has never heard of a woman who would run out with her daughter to be a spy. "That's our destination, a new city. At the same time, it is also one of the most prosperous cities in the Yangtze River..."
When she said this, it was not only her, but even Mei Ruohua and the others showed a trace of pride on their faces.
"Let's go, the person who picked us up has arrived...", glancing down. After seeing a few familiar faces, Mei Ruohua beckoned to the others.
On the docks, more than twenty members of the Special Affairs Department and the Guards had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as they saw them disembark from the ship, they surrounded them in the middle.
Of course, while doing so, these people were also looking at the girl and her child with curious eyes, but they were not asked because of discipline.
On another pier, a ship belonging to the Rain Stone Group has been waiting for a long time.
After making sure that no one is following their line. Lu Ying and the others boarded the ship in turn. And for the sake of secrecy, the logo on the hull that originally belonged to the Yushi Group was also smeared with paint.
"Set sail!"
Seeing that Lu Ying and the others had already boarded the ship, the captain raised his voice.
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Count in terms of distance. Yan Shao, they are much farther away than Lu Ying's side.
However, because there are more rich people in London, Yan Shao's speed is much faster than Lu Ying's. When Lu Ying and the others were still in Tokyo and dealing with people, Yan Shao and the others had already returned to Wuhu for almost a week.
In the garden, a gardener is taking care of the flowers. Yan Shao and Elainor sat on a bench.
The matter in Tokyo made Yan Shao and them a little worried. After all, the situation is different in Tokyo and London. London is the financial center of the world, and there are dozens of stock exchanges alone, and Yan Shao can sell all the stocks out of the world without knowing it as long as they do a little casual clothesββββββ of course, this time is somewhat longer.
However, Tokyo is different, although Tokyo is the capital of Japan, but in this era there are not many wealthy people in Tokyo, as for the stock exchange?
Naturally, Tokyo has it, but there are no rubber stocks in it.
Therefore, Lu Ying and the others can only use risky methods. That is, to let out the wind and wait for others to come to the door.
After returning to Wuhu, Yan Shao and the others have been waiting for news from Lu Ying's side. It wasn't until Lu Ying came back with a radio message from the ship some time ago that Yan Shao and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boss..."Just as Yan Shaozheng and Elano were chatting on the bench, a person from the special affairs department walked over quickly. Steward Lu and the others have already returned, and now they are rushing to the manor..."
"Is it..."Hearing his subordinates say this, Yan Shao's face was happy. Now we can summarize the harvest this time..."
"yes, you're the one who made the most profit this time...", a faint smile appeared on Elano's face.
About half an hour later, the dusty Lu Ying appeared in front of Yan Shao and them.
"Sir!"
Seeing Yan Shao, who had not been seen for 4 or 5 months, Lu Ying's face showed a trace of excitement.
"Come, sit down..."Grabbing Lu Ying's hand, Yan Shao led her to the edge of the bench and motioned for her to sit down, patted her on the head. I've seen the process from the telegram, and this time it's really hard for you..."
Seeing the intimacy of the two, she frowned, and unconsciously separated between the two, and Caterina also patted her on the head. "yes, it's really hard for you."
Sensing Katerina's thoughts, Elaline smiled slightly, but Yan Shao shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay, let's not talk about anything else, let's summarize the harvest this time..."
Hearing Yan Shao talk about the harvest, Lu Ying hurriedly took out more than twenty cheques with a denomination of one million pounds from the briefcase she carried with her.
Seeing these checks, Yan Shao couldn't help but whistle. "It seems that you have gained a lot this time..."
"The benefits of this investment are quite impressive," Elaline tipped his fingers at the glasses on the bridge of his nose after counting the checks.
"At the time of distribution this time, we were given 8 million pounds of shares, and the remaining 2 million were distributed to Lu Ying. Originally, according to our estimates, the stock would have benefited tenfold at most, which means that the stock that was originally worth 10 million pounds could eventually rise to 100 million pounds. β
"But we forgot a few things, such as the deviation and the rise of the stock itself during the time we were on the way to London."
"By the time we arrived in London, the original value of the shares had increased by eleven or two times, and the eight million pounds of shares had risen to more than nine million pounds. Nine hundred and twenty million pounds sterling, to be exact. That is, eleven-five-eight-seven-five times, such a huge report is even bigger than the discovery of an oil field..."
"My words..."Seeing that Yan Shao and they got more than eleven and a half times the report in London, Lu Ying bit her lip and said. I've only made twenty-two million pounds on my side..."
Twenty-two million pounds is already quite a lot of money. The eleven-fold profit is enough to boast to anyone, but after competing with Yan Shao and them, it makes Lu Ying feel a little ashamed...
Seeing that Lu Ying seemed to be a little depressed, Yan Shao hurriedly patted her head and reassured. "It's okay, you can't be blamed for this, after all, there is still a bit of a gap between Japan and London, and we have been on the road for more than a month. By London the stock market has risen a lot, and if you are very close, it is naturally impossible to be like us..."
In fact, even if it is only ten times back. Even eight or nine times Yan Shao would not blame Lu Ying.
After all, the situation in Tokyo is far more complicated than in London, and Lu Ying and the others take a lot more risks than Yan Shao.
And on the way back, Mei Ruohua had already sent a telegram to Yan Shao to explain what had happened. This naturally includes being watched at your home and being chased before leaving Japan and a shootout.
In this case, even if you earn a little less before you. Yan Shao didn't feel that he should blame Lu Ying.
In fact, to some extent, Yan Shao is a person who is very easy to satisfy. Contentment and happiness was one of the mottos of his previous life, and being able to earn so much money this time has made Yan Shao very satisfied.
"This time, I made a total of 114.7 million pounds, after deducting the cost of 10 million pounds, it is 104.7 million pounds, a lot of money, I think we should find a chance to celebrate, and..." I'll be of great use for this money in the future, so I can't reward you too much. Take the fraction of 700,000 yuan..."
Although Lu Ying was bought by him from her father, Yan Shao never regarded her as his slave. Even the other people in the manor. The reason why it is used to buy is that it is relatively simple, and secondly, the slaves bought in such a period are more reliable.
However, in Yan Shao's plan, after the success of the revolution, these subordinates will be restored to their freedom. Of course, if they were still willing to work in the manor, Yan Shao would not drive them away, but those who were unwilling Yan Shao would not force them to stay.
After all, Yan Shao returned to this era to do revolution, in order to make the people around him happy, not to be a slave owner.
Hearing Yan Shao's words, Elaline and Caterina were fine, but Lu Ying was startled. "No need, no need, I'm even a master myself, where do I need any reward..."
"Why does this sound so awkward..."After hearing the sentence 'even himself is Yan Shao', Caterina whispered to Elaline, who also nodded lightly in agreement.
Although Yan Shao said a lot of reasons, Lu Ying just excused himself, and Yan Shao had no choice but to give up.
A reward of 700,000 pounds, to the point that he is not fake and generous, but how to say...
After making so much money at once, Yan Shao's concept of money was somewhat vague.
"Okay, let's go celebrate a bit, but..." When he said this, Yan Shao looked at Lu Ying with some seriousness. Remember that this incident must be kept secret, at least you must not let people know that it is you who went to the Japanese this time..."
Some didn't understand, but Lu Ying still nodded. "Don't worry, sir, it's just..."
"What's wrong?"
"This..."After biting her lip, Lu Ying said hesitantly. Sir, do you really think that the stock will crash anytime soon..."
Although Yan Shao also said at the beginning that there was a theory that prosperity and decline, and things must be reversed, but now rubber stocks are still rising, no matter how you look at Lu Ying, she can't see that the stock will collapse...
"It's not necessarily going to be soon...", frowning slightly, and after a deep groan, Yan Shao said. However, it is certain that the stock will crash this year, I bought these stocks in 08 so I know best, the stage of the most fierce stock rise is 08 and 09, especially in 09 is the most ferocious year of stock growth, and this year's stock rise is not as big as the previous two years, which shows that the stock itself has not much room to rise, of course, this is just for me, it is still very attractive to ordinary people. However, in my opinion, since there is not much room for the stock to rise, it is conceivable what will happen next. For me, I'd rather make less money than have all the stocks in my hands, and when I can get them, I want to sell them and no one buys them..."
Heard Yan Shao say this. Lu Ying also chuckled in her heart.
As I said just now, Yan Shao never regarded these people who signed the deed of sale as slaves, so not only did he pay them salaries, but the salaries were also very high.
After all, this is also a way to prevent the people around you from being bought.
As for how high? Let's just talk about Lu Ying, the housekeeper, her net worth has already exceeded 10,000, and even some other maids have savings of tens or hundreds of silver dollars.
However, it is precisely because the salary is high enough that Lu Ying used almost half of her savings to buy stocks. I plan to give myself a generous dowry in the future.
The reason why she didn't throw away all these stocks when she went to Japan was because the time was too tight to have time, and on the other hand, because she was still a little hesitant in her heart.
"But for now. Looks like it's better to throw it away sooner..."
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After listening to Yan Shao's words, Lu Ying had already begun to think about throwing away the stocks in her hand.
After all, if it really collapses as Yan Shao said, then her future dowry will be gone.
After deciding to celebrate, Yan Shao also invited all the people who went to London and Japan this time. I made a few tables by the lakeside. But no one was invited except them. After all, the most important thing in this matter is secrecy, and there are few people in the entire company who know their true intentions, Yan Shao naturally hopes that the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, and these people in the special affairs department were also given a gag order before leaving.
The celebration banquet by the lakeside was very rich, and both Yan Shao and Mei Ruohua were also very happy.
However, just after the banquet, when everyone began to disperse, Yan Shao was also holding a glass of juice and sitting on a chair staring at the calm lake not far away, Lu Ying walked over hesitantly.
"Sir. There's something I want to tell you..."
"What's the matter..."Shaking the juice in the cup, Yan Shao said with a smile.
"This. Actually, during this mission, I brought a woman from Japan..."
"I know Lu Dao..."Of course Yan Shao knew Lu Dao, after all, the people who went to Lu Ying this time were all people from the Special Affairs Department, even if she wanted to hide Mei Ruohua, they would not hide it from Yan Shao.
Although Lu Ying's personality of being too easy to be soft-hearted made Yan Shao sigh a little, he was not very angry about this matter itself.
Seeing that Yan Shao didn't seem to be angry, Lu Ying also had the courage to explain.
"Actually..."
Saying that, Lu Ying talked about what happened to the girl...
A very tragic experience...
In 1898, a girl who was only 11 years old at the time accidentally broke a vase in her room, and a full bottle of water flowed into the room on the first floor. The girl's father apologized and asked the girl to go downstairs and apologize to the residents downstairs, and this was the girl's first encounter with her husband.
Two years later, the man proposed to the girl's father, but the girl's father politely rejected on the grounds that 'daughter is still a child'. However, in October of the following year, when the man personally went to the girl's father to ask for his wife, he was accepted, and then the man and the girl were married in a simple marriage.
The girl was only 15 years old at the time, and the man was nearly 40 years old...
After marriage, because he was busy with his career, the man was rarely at home, but kept sending money back from abroad.
Later, in July 1905, the man finally returned home from abroad, but this time he only stayed at home for three months and left again, leaving only a baby girl born on May 12 of the following year, that is, her 4-year-old daughter...
Since then, the girl and her father have repeatedly asked the man's colleagues at work to contact the man, but they have never received a response. In order to avoid the dishonor of the illegitimate child, the father of the girl can only register his granddaughter, who has been born for more than a year, in the name of his own young daughter. As a result, there is a complicated relationship between mother and daughter, who are actually sisters in terms of household registration. Since then, the girl has never met the man again.
About half a year ago, the girl's father died suddenly due to an accident.
The girl who lost her financial support had no choice but to take her daughter to Tokyo for help, but unfortunately no one was willing to stand up and help her, even her husband's colleagues...
So in a lonely situation, the girl could only sit on the edge of the dock and cry silently, and even had the idea of suicide before Lu Ying talked to her...
Although Mei Ruohua and the others also said this in the telegram, it was impossible for the telegram to be so detailed after all, so Yan Shao and the others also heard the reason why Lu Ying helped the girl for the first time.
Before this, Elaline and the others were still quite disgusted by Lu Ying bringing the girl back from Japan, after all, it was a bit of a thing to do when carrying out important plans...
But after hearing what happened to the girl, they couldn't help but sympathize with the girl, after all, they are also women.
"It's really pitiful..."After listening to Lu Ying's narration, Elaline sighed lightly and glanced at Yan Shao, as if he was the negative man.
On the side, Caterina also nodded in agreement, and then glanced at Yan Shao as well. "Men, it's all like this..."
"Don't knock over a boatload of people with one shot, I'm not the same as that man...", Yan Shao said and looked at Lu Ying again. By the way, what's the name of that woman, it's the one you brought back..."
After speaking, Yan Shao took another sip of juice, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was for, he always felt that this woman's experience was a little familiar, but just as he was about to swallow, he heard Lu Ying answer softly.
"Kaoru Otsuki..."
"Poof!"
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Some people, you know too muchβ_β (To be continued......