Counterattack 1988

Chapter 22 Ten Thousand Households!
April 4, Thursday, No. 21 Xikang Road, Shencheng City.

Before the establishment of Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1990, there was a history of over-the-counter trading for more than 5 years.

At that time, a securities business department was opened at No. 101 Xikang Road, located at the intersection of Xikang Road and Nanyang Road. The full name was Jing'an Securities Trading Department of ICBC Shencheng Trust and Investment Company.

The first securities business department in this new era was rebuilt by using the space under the stands of the Jing'an Gymnasium.

The sales department is not big, but it was famous in Shanghai for a while.

The lively scene in its heyday can be described by a line from the "Spring Festival Gala", that is: "The red flag is waving, and there are huge crowds of people. The scene is quite spectacular."

Wang Lin arrived at No. 101 Xikang Road early in the morning.

I saw that the scene was crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, and only heads were visible!

Wang Lin was not in a hurry to buy or sell, but asked around for news.

Among them was a major piece of good news that Wang Lin had never heard of before.

It turns out that the country has a new policy!
In order to cooperate with the opening of treasury bills and to better promote the issuance of treasury bills in the future, the state will cash the five-year treasury bills issued in 85 and 86 two years in advance, and the interest rate is two times higher than the bank's savings rate at that time. Redeem with percentage points!
Wang Lin was overjoyed!

In the past, treasury bills had relatively low interest rates when they were issued.

This is also the reason why it is difficult to issue national debt.

Now the country has finally reformed this area, and the reform is so strong!

On that day, the opening price of the three-year treasury bill with an annual interest rate of 15% was as high as 104 yuan!
In other words, 100 treasury bills can be sold for 104 yuan!
Wang Lin expected the price to rise even further!
As long as you buy, you earn!
However, he has no funds in his hand!

And although the treasury bills in his hand can be cashed out, it would not be worthwhile to sell them now.

There were a lot of stock dealers and treasury dealers on the scene.

These days, stocks are paper-based. If you want to buy or sell stocks, you have to bring your seal. There are columns for the transferor and transferee on the back of the stock.

The party who took the stock also has a "interest discount card", which records the situation of receiving dividends every year.

The scene of buying and selling treasury bonds is even more lively. They are all physical transactions. You can basically get back physical treasury bonds of the same thickness.

There are more treasury mongers than stock mongers.

Erdao dealers wandered among the crowd, and asked everyone they met: "Comrade, do you have any national debt? Do you want national debt?"

They don't have any goods at home, and they don't have any surplus goods in their hands. They collect them here, raise the price by one or two yuan there, and sell them immediately, earning an intermediate price difference.

A black market has long been formed in the trading of treasury bonds. Because the channels for buying and selling treasury bonds were not smooth enough at that time, and the market had a very strong desire for circulation, private transactions formed a scale and became a black market.

Wang Lin messed around casually, and the time came to noon.

He was too lazy to go home, so he ate noodles in a nearby restaurant.

In the afternoon, Wang Lin came to the sales department again. He found out that the national debt was still 104 yuan in the morning, but it had risen to 112 yuan!
Wang Lin made a calculation in his heart, and felt that the price could be sold, so he queued up in front of the counter and sold all the treasury bonds in his hand.

He bought these bonds at a [-]% discount.

In Wang Lin's eyes, treasury bills are commodities, and he spent [-] yuan for every [-] yuan of treasury bonds.

He invested a total of 5000 yuan and bought a total of 8333.3 yuan of national debt.

The 5000 yuan included the money he earned from buying and selling eggs, as well as the bonuses he earned, the wages he received, and the "arrears" that Li Wenxiu returned to him.

The current selling price is 112 yuan. For every 54 yuan of national debt, he can make a net profit of [-] yuan!

Calculated, Wang Lin earned 4500 yuan!

He only spent 5000 yuan in cost and made a profit of 4500 yuan!
Wang Lin has 9500 yuan in his hand!

It's a proper million-dollar household!

At the end of the 80s, [-] yuan households were no longer very popular. Except in remote rural areas, [-] yuan households were regarded as a myth. In a metropolis like Shanghai, a mere [-] yuan household is really nothing to brag about.

Even so, there are still not many people in ordinary working-class families who can come up with [-] yuan in cash!
Wang Lin carefully counted the money twice, carefully stuffed it into the inner pocket of his clothes, rode on his own two-eight-year-old rod and went home.

He hummed a song involuntarily: "Young friends, come to meet us today, let the boat ride, the warm wind blows gently. The flowers are fragrant, the birds are singing, the spring scenery is intoxicating, and joyous songs and laughter are flying around the colorful clouds! "

When passing by Xinhua Bookstore, Wang Lin suddenly remembered something and stopped the car involuntarily.

Li Wenxiu said that she wanted to read the book Dream of the Red Chamber, but she never bought it.

He once asked her, why not buy it?
Li Wenxiu hesitated, saying it was too expensive.

Wang Lin was still curious at the time, isn't it just a book?How expensive can it be?

And this is the 80s, in his memory, books should be very cheap, right?
He locked the car at the door and walked into the bookstore.

This is the largest bookstore in Shencheng. It is full of beautiful things, and there are big bookcases everywhere.

Wang Lin strolled over and picked up some books to read.

When he saw the price tag of the book, he couldn't help being stunned.

A set of "Zhuangzi Today's Translation" is priced at 5.6 yuan!
A set of "One Hundred Thousand Whys" is priced at 15.8 yuan!
He found "A Dream of Red Mansions", hardcover and hardcover, and the price at first glance: 7.8 yuan!
No wonder Li Wenxiu thought this book was too expensive!
A book is equivalent to one-tenth of her monthly salary!

She has always been frugal, how could she be willing to spend so much money on a book?

Wang Lin thought to himself, could it be that his memory has gone awry?

The price of the book has never been cheap!

Books of later generations are not cheap either. Books from formal publishing houses can cost seven to eighty yuan, or even hundreds of yuan a set.

Reading is really only for the rich!

Wang Lin flipped through "Dream of Red Mansions" and felt that the characters were a bit small, but this was the case in other versions, and there was no large print version at all.

He took the version from the Humanities Society and went to the cash register to pay.

Suddenly there was a gust of fragrant wind, and someone behind him patted his shoulder lightly: "Comrade Wang Lin?"

Wang Lin turned around in astonishment, and saw Shen Xue standing behind her, looking at him with a sweet smile!
"Comrade Shen Xue! How are you!" Wang Lin said with a chuckle, "I didn't expect that we could meet here! Are you also here to buy books?"

"Well! Don't you have to go to work?"

"I asked for leave and went to the securities sales department to do something. How about you?"

"A while ago, the regiment was preparing for a new show and was training intensively every day. I accidentally sprained my foot and took a month of sick leave."

"Did you hurt your foot? Has it recovered?" Wang Lin asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern. It's much better now." Shen Xue asked, "What book did you buy? A Dream of Red Mansions? You are really a young man of literature and art. You also like watching movies and reading books."

"Is the term literary youth considered commendatory? Or derogatory? Strictly speaking, I am a literary youth of the new era, not the kind of pseudo-literary youth who complains without disease, is sensitive and hypocritical. Even though he is penniless, he still eats the world." Fireworks, obviously lack ideals and want to live a magnificent life. It is too easy to become such a pseudo-literary youth, because there is no need to create, only consumption. I think contemporary young people should work hard to earn money and play hard. He is a true literary youth."

Shen Xue held a few books in both hands and placed them in front of her lower abdomen, listening to his talk with great interest, she was slightly surprised, and felt that this mechanic was quite different from the workers she knew.

It was Wang Lin's turn to pay the bill, and he said to Shen Xue, "Give me your book, and I'll buy it for you."

Shen Xue said: "No way. Last time you ate at my house, you still left two hundred yuan! I haven't settled this with you yet!"

Wang Lindao: "You are on sick leave, you can only get half of your salary, and you have to spend money to buy medicines, so don't be polite to me."

As he spoke, he took the book in her hand and put it on the cash register together.

"A total of 25 yuan and 7 cents!" The cashier quickly pulled out his abacus and calculated the price of the book.

Wang Lin took out a fifty yuan ticket and handed it over.

The cashier found the money for him.

Wang Lin took the book and came out with Shen Xue.

Shen Xue said, "I'll give you the money to buy the books."

Wang Lindao: "No need! I made a small fortune recently, just treat it as my invitation to you!"

Chen Xueyan smiled and said: "I've heard of inviting people to dinner and watching movies, but this is the first time I've heard of inviting people to read books!"

Wang Lindao: "If I invite you to dinner, you won't go. If I invite you to watch a movie, you won't agree. If I invite you to read a book, you can't refuse me anymore, right?"

Shen Xue could hear the self-deprecating tone in his tone, so she couldn't say anything, and said softly, "Comrade Wang Lin, thank you."

Wang Lindao: "You came here on foot, right? I rode a bicycle, shall I take you home?"

Shen Xue smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, I'm tired of staying at home and I came out to relax, I didn't expect to run into you."

Wang Lindao: "Your feet are your lifeblood, you must protect them. You may not be able to pick out a dancing pillar like you out of ten thousand people. You can be said to be a fairy of the national treasure level!" "

Shen Xue heard this, and smiled sweetly: "Don't praise me, I'm even embarrassed. I'm just a dancer. In terms of contribution to this society, I'm not as good as you textile workers! Society can live without singing and dancing, but without No textile workers."

Wang Lindao: "Singing and dancing is the representative of the prosperity of the prosperous age. You can see that in the history of the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were many songs and dances handed down. The ones we have heard most are Han dance and Tang dance, right? I don't know dance, I'm pure nonsense."

"You speak so nicely! You know a lot!" Shen Xue smiled happily.

Wang Lin rode a bicycle and sent her to the outside of her courtyard.

Shen Xue invited him to have a cup of tea at home before leaving.

Wang Lin was indeed thirsty, so he agreed.

When climbing the stairs, Wang Lin felt that Shen Xue's feet were still a little unnatural, thinking that her foot injury might be a little serious, right?

Grandma Shen Xue went out to visit and was not at home.

"Just pour me a cup of cold tea," Wang Lin said.

Shen Xue poured a cup of cold tea, held it in front of him, and said, "This is my cup, it's clean, you can drink it."

Wang Lin didn't think about it at first, but when he heard that this was the cup she used, he didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he always felt that the fragrance of her lips remained on the rim of the cup.

(End of this chapter)