The Age of Rebirth

Chapter 11 The Sunset West Wind Sees Shanghai City

On January [-]rd, Li Weidong was alone in a worn-out military coat, sitting on a slow-moving train. The Beijing-Shanghai line was the busiest line in the country, even in later generations. The only profitable high-speed rail line was the Beijing-Shanghai line.

It is now midnight, when he was extremely sleepy, but Li Weidong tried not to fall asleep. Fortunately, he slept all day during the day and only got on the train in the afternoon. The end point of this train is Shanghai City, from Qizhou to Shanghai City, the planned driving time is eighteen hours. After two years of speeding up, it will save several hours, but it is not enough now, and no one knows how many hours it will eventually be.

Now it's the holiday time, there are quite a few people in the car, most of them are dressed up as students, and some even hang the school badge on the most conspicuous position on their chests, Li Weidong saw at least two of them were his alumni, but they didn't look familiar Yes, he looked young, but a few students asked him which school he was from.

Occasionally patrolling marshals are Li Weidong's only consolation. Now that there is a lot of traffic, there are naturally more three-handed people. I know that the students have nothing to do with them. Most of their attention is on the beaters who are dressed in shabby clothes. Li Weidong feels himself in the car. Miscalculation, if he came out in a school uniform, there probably wouldn't be any blind-eyed three-handed man who would take care of him.

Most of the people were fast asleep, but a man and a woman opposite Li Weidong looked a little energetic, chatting with each other, listening to them discussing some clocks, Li Weidong was expressionless, but his heart was a little shaken, although this woman looked Young, but knowledgeable.

"Although some scholars have called for severe punishment of criminals who resell treasury bills in academic journals, I think there are still many people who resell treasury bills. Treasury bills can be traded in Shanghai, and the price is quite high, but not in some cities. It is difficult to cash in, and it is impossible to stop it with a single sentence!"

"Reselling treasury bills is opportunistic and getting something for nothing. This is the fundamental problem. The state will definitely introduce policies to stop this kind of trading behavior!" The boy was filled with righteous indignation.

"What about the treasury bills in those small cities? Some places are short of money, and the treasury bills required by the country to be cashed at maturity have been delayed for various reasons, or even not cashed. Didn't those who bought the treasury bills at that time suffer a loss?"

"The country can allocate currency for exchange. If those speculators buy it at a low price and then go to Shanghai to exchange it at a high price, this is buying and selling. It disrupts the market order and should be severely punished!"

Li Weidong discovered that this man was almost as dead-headed as he was when he was young, and he didn't know how to adapt. Treasury bills were originally allowed to be bought and sold, as long as the purpose is not to make a profit, but the state can't tell whether he is for profit. , I bought it in my hands, and I found that I needed money. I sold it to realize cash, and it made sense that I couldn't wait until the due date to pay interest.

One night is very long, this man and woman discuss for a while, no one can convince anyone, you can't argue with a fool about who is stupid, you can't discuss the appearance of winter with a three-season person, summer insects can't be said.

Li Weidong endured and endured, and finally he didn't say a word, why argue, why discuss, it's over, history will prove who is right, and those who are wrong will never have this opportunity.

Li Weidong was carrying expired treasury bonds with a face value of [-]. He didn't come here specifically to resell them, but took this opportunity to come to Shanghai to find a way to make money. Qizhou can also exchange them, but due to the shortage of money, they can only be exchanged in a limited amount, and the entire Qizhou There are only a few banks in the state that can be exchanged, and the line is full of people every day. Everyone knows that Shanghai can be exchanged, but who would come to Shanghai for treasury bonds worth tens of dollars? Severely punish speculators who resell treasury bills, this kind of middleman is quite low-key.

Li Weidong seized the opportunity, took advantage of this wave of panic, and exchanged his only 5000 yuan for treasury bills of almost 5000 yuan at the face value or a price lower than the face value.People only have treasury bonds worth ten yuan, so they can’t go to the half-day queue, and they may not be able to queue up to earn a pack of cigarettes. If someone is willing to exchange them, it is naturally welcome, but Li Weidong’s profit will not be too high, so Li Weidong mainly pays for five years. The one-year ones are the main ones, the three-year ones are supplemented, and the one-year ones will be exchanged later.

The one who agreed to arrive in Shanghai at ten o'clock in the morning, arrived at twelve o'clock. After getting out of the car, Li Weidong ate two big buns he brought and drank the warm water in the tea mug before he felt warm. The winter in the city is damp and cold, freezing to the bone.

The big city is really different. In such a cold day, there are girls in skirts passing by. Li Weidong shivered from the cold. He quickly looked around and walked along a road for about 10 minutes. Sure enough, he found an Industrial and Commercial Bank. It's still a memory from a previous life.

Li Weidong lingered until more than one o'clock before he walked steadily into the lobby of the bank. His coat was very windy. If there was a gust of wind, he could be compared to Brother Fa.

"Comrade, what are you doing?"

"Master, I'm here to exchange treasury bills!" Just as Li Weidong was immersed in the plot of the movie, he was stopped and immediately started acting.

"Go there, the one on the east end, line up!"

Li Weidong took a look and saw that the line was not long, and was dressed similarly to him. They were all worn out army coats, and they all carried a small luggage bag in their hands. With both hands, they could tell they were valuables.

Li Weidong took a closer look. Most of the treasury bills are redeemed at maturity, and they can be redeemed according to the length of time before maturity, but the price is lower, and there are also listed selling prices.

The few people in front of him are probably here to exchange like him, and the amount is not large. It seems that everyone has learned to be smart under the impact of the market economy. It is not so easy to learn from Yang Wanwan.

It was Li Weidong's turn. He did the work carefully. He had already classified the face value and the number of years, but he paid Li Weidong more than 700 yuan without any fuss. It's just that the money is not easy to earn. At that time, this article was reported in the newspaper, and everyone panicked. But after so long, there is no movement, and there will definitely be excitement.

The exchange of treasury bills was completely on the way. He mainly wanted to see what Shanghai, an international metropolis, could do?What has become of the newly established Pudong Development Zone?
There is no way to get rid of the electronic watch, so you have to go to Shenzhen, where the management is stricter, and you are always worried that you will escape from prison. Naturally, Li Weidong will not take that risk.

He can only catch up with the tail of the treasury bills. The expired ones are easy to exchange, but the price is expensive. The unexpired ones are not expensive, but the price fluctuates greatly. If it is really thrown into the hands, it is not afraid, but the money will become dead money. up.

With more than 6000 yuan in his pocket, Li Weidong spent three days wandering the streets and alleys of Shanghai, taking various buses, until his legs became numb. If it takes another 20 years, he may not be able to walk in ten days. Pudong has not yet been developed, and Shanghai is still an old city.

I spent hundreds of dollars to buy a lot of things, some trinkets, clothes and other life-related things.

Li Weidong suddenly found out that he didn't know anything about machining except his old job, and he didn't have the ability to make a lot of money. Could it be that he really went back to work on his non-standard parts?
He took these things back and pondered carefully to see if there was any way out. If it didn't work, he could only do his job, repairing tractors.

The time to go back this time was when the sun was setting. Li Weidong was in a low mood. It seemed that nothing could make his wealth increase rapidly within a year. If he went back to resell treasury bonds, he was confident that he would not be able to do anything to Yang Wanwan and the others.

Arriving at Qizhou Railway Station at noon the next day, Li Weidong picked up his gift bag and walked out of the train station, feeling familiar.

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