Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Urban District Development Committee!
When Li Yi arrived at the compound where the Development Committee was located, it was already past eleven o'clock.

After showing their work IDs, several people successfully entered the office building.

Li Yi came this time, partly because Mr. Gu specifically asked him to come back yesterday, saying that there was something that needed his attention.

On the other hand, Li Yi was preparing to report the situation of Warwick Company to Director Huang Yemin.

After all, Warwick Company was led by the Development Commission and jointly funded by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and Huaguo Bank. It is only right for the company to tell others whether it is making a profit or a loss.

Of course, in addition to these, Li Yi also has an idea that he wants to talk to Huang Yemin about, which will determine how big their next stage of investment can be.

Knowing that Director Huang’s office was on the fifth floor, Li Yi went straight upstairs.

“Ding-deng-deng!!!”

"Come in!"

After hearing Huang Yemin's familiar voice, Li Yi pushed the door open and walked in.

Huang Yemin was processing documents. When he heard the door open, he subconsciously looked up.

When he saw Li Yi, his expression was stunned at first, and then his eyes were full of surprise.

Putting down the pen in his hand, Huang Yemin said with a smile: "You came at the right time, I just came back from Tianjin and you came. If you had come five minutes earlier, I would not have been here!"

"Hahaha, this means it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early!" Li Yi said with a smile.

"That's right, come and sit down!"

As he spoke, Huang Yemin stood up and personally found a teacup to pour tea for Li Yi.

Although Li Yi was his subordinate and was more than three years younger than him, Huang Yemin did not dare to really treat him as a junior.

On the one hand, Li Yi’s own abilities are there. He is the richest man in the world and a billionaire. Who dares to look down on him?

On the other hand, it was because Li Yi had the Jiang family and the Ye family behind him. Any one of these two big families was not someone Huang Yemin could afford to offend.

What's more, Li Yi and Gu Lao have a special relationship. They can all see that Gu Lao attaches great importance to Li Yi, so Huang Yemin does not dare to be arrogant in front of Li Yi.

Seeing this, Li Yi hurriedly stood up and stopped him, saying, "Director Huang, please stop. I've been drinking water all morning and I really can't drink any more!"

Seeing Huang Yemin lowering his attitude so much, Li Yi did not dare to accept it as a matter of course.

After all, the person in front of him is higher than his father-in-law in both position and age, so he should show due respect to him, otherwise it would be impolite and uneducated.

"Haha, it's up to you whether to drink it or not, but I have to pour it for you!"

Huang Yemin poured tea for Li Yi and said, "I heard from Mr. Gu yesterday afternoon that you came back from abroad. I was thinking of talking to you, but I didn't expect you to come so soon. It saved me the trouble of calling you!"

"Hahaha, it just so happens that I also have something to report to you. We have the same idea!" Li Yi said with a smile.

Huang Yemin put down the kettle and said, "Tell me, what do you want to report?"

Li Yi immediately said seriously: "I am mainly reporting to you about the situation of Warwick Company. After several months of hard work, Warwick Company has successfully established a foothold in Hong Kong Island and has officially started business there."

"Some time ago, I took Yang Qian and others to London and made a profit of 1.5 million US dollars by investing in the stock market there."

Huang Yemin was quite shocked when listening to Li Yi's report.

He knew Li Yi's investment ability, and he was indeed full of expectations for him when he founded Warwick Company, but he did not expect this guy to be so amazing.

You have to know that Warwick's total capital is only 3.2 million US dollars, which means that in just a few months, their return on investment has reached about 50%, which is incredible.

Shocked, Huang Yemin immediately asked, "Are you coming back to rest for a while, or are you going to go out again in a while?"

"I don't have time to care about what you want to do in the department."

Before he finished speaking, Huang Yemin said directly: "I didn't ask you to take care of the affairs of the department. I just want to ask if you have any investment plans in the future?"

"Yes, in fact, the second phase of the investment plan has already begun!" Li Yi said. Huang Yemin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Then it's not too late for us to make additional investments now, right?"

"It's not too late, but does the department still have money?" Li Yi said with a smile.

The reason for asking this is that foreign investment does not require Chinese Yuan, but foreign currencies such as US dollars and Hong Kong dollars.

And now the domestic foreign exchange reserves are so tight, Li Yi doesn't think they can come up with much money for investment.

Huang Yemin gritted his teeth and said, "We don't have much foreign exchange left, but we still have a lot of gold reserves, which can be used to offset investments."

Li Yi smiled and said, "Then do you know what we are investing in now?"

“How could I know that?”

Before he finished speaking, Li Yi said in a shocking tone: "To be honest, what we are investing in at this stage is gold!"

Huang Yemin looked at Li Yi, then said thoughtfully: "Do you think the price of gold will rise?"

"Correct!"

Then Li Yi continued: "So if there is gold in China, there is no need to look for me. You just need to wait for the gold price to rise and then sell it directly!"

Hearing this, Huang Yemin suddenly fell into deep thought.
After a long while, he finally said, "So, we have no chance to participate in this investment?"

"Not really, it's just that the way of participation needs to be changed!" Li Yi said.

"Oh, how to change it, or what do we need to do?" Huang Yemin said.

Li Yi sorted out his thoughts and then said, "Director Huang, I would like to know about the current foreign exchange reserves and import and export situation in China, is that okay?"

"of course can!"

Huang Yemin then took out a document from the drawer of his desk and said, "As of the end of June, our total imports for the whole year have reached 6 billion US dollars, while exports are only 184 billion, with a trade deficit of 77 billion. This is the result of our strict control of import applications from various units."

"At present, the total foreign exchange reserves of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange are less than 8 million US dollars, including more than 4 million in accounts payable. If this trend continues, our foreign exchange reserves will be exhausted by October at the latest."

At this point, Huang Yemin's tone became a little low, and it was obvious that he was quite worried about the insufficient foreign exchange reserves.

Li Yi nodded, and then said: "Director Huang, I have an idea that can not only solve the problem of insufficient foreign exchange in our country, but also help the country make a lot of money. I wonder if you are interested!"

"Of course, tell me what you think?" Huang Yemin said anxiously.

"My idea is to ask the Ministry of Commerce to relax restrictions on import items for various units so that they can buy the necessary materials and equipment in the shortest possible time."

"Wait a minute, what are you thinking? Importing things costs money, and we don't have that much foreign exchange right now. Who will sell things to us?"

Huang Yemin then continued: "Besides, do you know how many units in the country have applied to the Development Commission and the Ministry of Commerce to import materials and equipment? There are at least thousands of them, involving tens of billions of US dollars."

When Li Yi heard the number "tens of billions", his eyes lit up and he immediately asked, "Is the demand really that great?"

"Although there are no detailed statistics, the conservative estimate is 30 billion US dollars, and no more, no less!" said Huang Yemin.

"If that's the case, then this matter will be of great benefit!" Li Yi said excitedly.

"What the hell, what do you want to do?"

"Director Huang, as far as I know, in addition to the US dollar, gold can also be used as a substitute for foreign exchange in international payments, right?" Li Yi said.

"Yes, what's wrong!"

"That's no problem. When the time comes, you just need to sign a purchase contract with the other party. Leave the payment to me. But you must pay attention that when signing the contract, the payment time must be set in November!" Li Yi said.

After hearing Li Yi's words, Huang Yemin's expression became even more confused. He really couldn't figure out what Li Yi was trying to do.

Thinking carefully about every word Li Yi said just now, suddenly, a trace of shock flashed in his eyes, as if he had figured out something.
(End of this chapter)