Reborn in the red age

When I got off at Gusu Railway Station, the situation was not much better. Prices were also soaring, and the streets were full of people carrying large and small bags of supplies back from various stores.

He shook his head, took a tricycle, and rushed to his mother-in-law's house.

"Oh, you're back." After Hu Jiabao opened the door and saw Li Qingfeng standing outside, a smile appeared on his face, and he happily picked up the suitcase in Li Qingfeng's hand.

"I'm back. Are my parents home?"

"No, I'm still working in the hospital. Have you had lunch? I'll make you some noodles."

"No, I ate on the train." Li Qingfeng walked into the house and looked at the large and small bags of supplies piled up in the house. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow, what are you doing? Has your house become a warehouse?"

"What warehouse? This is what my parents and I went to buy these two days. We used part of the family's money to buy supplies and put them away. If I hadn't stopped them, maybe all of the family's savings could have been used to buy supplies and pile them up." Hu Jiabao closed the door again and spoke while preparing warm water.

"There's no need. The price increase will only last for a short period of time. Once the situation gets unstable, the higher-ups will definitely intervene. How much of the stuff we buy can be used? It's just a waste."

"As an older generation, we have all experienced the legal currency era, so it is normal for us to have this worry. It is better to exchange money for goods and feel more at ease."

Thinking of the devaluation of the French currency in the textbook, Li Qingfeng shook his head and did not say anything more. Instead, he looked at the supplies piled up in the room with curiosity.

"Wow, I've bought everything, including firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. I've also bought so much toilet paper and soap, I guess they won't be enough to use up in the next few years, right?" Li Qingfeng glanced around and gritted his teeth at the dazzling array of supplies.

"This is nothing. If I hadn't stopped him, my dad would have wanted to buy a few washing machines. Nowadays, people out there don't treat money as money. They want to buy everything they see and won't be satisfied until they have emptied their pockets of money."

"Yeah, I know this. I just came from Shanghai. Shanghai is even crazier. Your brother's store is so crowded that I couldn't squeeze in after trying several times."

"Yeah, people are going crazy, some are even queuing up with small stools overnight."

After a quick check, Li Qingfeng did not continue chatting with Hu Jiabao about this matter, but walked into the inner room to see his two children who were taking a nap.

This trip lasted for a month, and I really miss myself as a grown-up girl.

Just when Li Qingfeng wanted to pinch her face, Hu Jiabao walked in quickly, grabbed Li Qingfeng's right hand, and lowered his voice: "Hey, hey, hey, don't touch them, I finally have some peace and quiet, if I wake up Fifteen, will you comfort her?"

"I just want to give the gift I brought back from America to Chuyi." Li Qingfeng smiled awkwardly and retracted his right hand.

"I'll give it to you after you wake up on the first day of the new year. You just sat on the plane for such a long time, go to bed and get some rest, and don't cause trouble for me at home."

"Fine"

After gently squeezing Chuyi's little hand, Qingfeng Li took off his clothes and went to bed under the watchful eyes of Hu Jiabao.

After a more than ten-hour flight and a connecting train, I felt a little sleepy.

As soon as my head touched the pillow, I felt a strong sense of sleepiness and within a few minutes, light snoring sounds were heard in the room.

It was already evening when Hu Jiabao woke him up. Rubbing his temples, Qingfeng Li put on his clothes and got out of bed.

After looking around the living room, he only saw Fifteen in the stroller, but not Chuyi. Li Qingfeng asked Hu Jiabao, "Where's Chuyi? Why can't I see her?"

"Don't you know your daughter's personality? She made friends with a lot of kids in the yard, and ran out to play as soon as she woke up," he said while bringing dishes out from the kitchen.

Thinking about my eldest daughter's community-savvy personality, her social skills are indeed impeccable. It should be easy for her to make a few friends at her grandmother's place.

"The soup will be ready soon. I'll call Chuyi back for dinner now." After serving the last dish, Hu Jiabao prepared to call Chuyi back.

Li Qingfeng was just about to say that he would go when he saw Hu Jiabao open the window and yell outside: "Chuyi, come back for dinner!"

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This scene has an indescribable sense of familiarity.
Within five minutes, there was a knock on the door of the house, and Chuyi, dirty and sweaty, ran in from outside.

When Chuyi saw Li Qingfeng waking up, he was so excited that he wanted to throw himself into Li Qingfeng's arms: "Dad, what gift did you bring me from your business trip?"

Li Qingfeng didn't dislike Chuyi who had turned into a little mud monkey at all. He picked up his daughter, pinched Chuyi's round face, and said in a pretended angry tone: "Chuyi, you haven't seen your father for so long. As soon as you saw me, you asked me for a gift. Don't you miss your father? Dad is very unhappy now. The gift is gone."

"I miss you, Dad. I miss you on the first day of the new year."

As he spoke, Chuyi stretched out his little arms to hug Li Qingfeng's neck, pouted his little mouth, and kissed Li Qingfeng on the face.

The old father just fell for it. After being kissed by the girl, Li Qingfeng's stern face instantly broke down. He carried Chuyi to the luggage and revealed a suitcase full of gifts.

Everything in there was bought by the little mixed-blood kid, and they’re all things the little girl likes.

As for Fifteen's toys, Li Qingfeng said there was no point in wasting the money. Fifteen was still young, and when he grew up and needed toys, he could just play with the toys left over from First Day.

Just after I washed Chuyi's hands and face, I heard the sound of the door unlocking. My father-in-law and his wife came back from get off work.

Li Qingfeng quickly stood up and greeted the two elders.

At the dinner table in the evening, after a brief chat about the situation in America, my father-in-law started talking about the current substantial growth in domestic commodities.

"Oh, we can't even afford pork now. A few months ago, pork was 1.6 yuan per pound, but now it has risen to 2.7 yuan, and we need meat coupons. How can ordinary people afford to eat meat?"

"Yes, Qingfeng, you are well-informed. The country is carrying out reforms now, and they say it is a price barrier. Do you think this barrier can be overcome? Prices have been rising all the time. Daily necessities have increased in price, and large appliances have doubled in price. The money is depreciating every day, and your father and I are anxious just seeing this." The mother-in-law also spoke up, echoing what the father-in-law said.

"Forehead"

Li Qingfeng was silent for a moment, then he spoke: "This time it is destined to fail, but you don't have to buy so many things. Going out to buy supplies is a complete waste of money. If you are really worried about depreciation, you can exchange it into foreign currencies such as US dollars. Although the US dollar has also depreciated in recent years, it is still strong."

The consequences of this economic out-of-control will last for a long time. If you want to protect your personal assets from loss, buying things and storing them is useless and a complete waste of your limited money.

When the son-in-law suggested exchanging the family savings into foreign currency, the old couple looked at each other and immediately stopped talking, with more worried expressions on their faces. Considering that their daughter and son-in-law were still present, the old couple forced a smile and changed the topic to the customs and practices in America.

Li Qingfeng also knew what the old man was thinking. He simply didn't want to exchange foreign currency from Li Qingfeng and didn't want to take advantage of his son-in-law. Therefore, Li Qingfeng didn't say anything and cooperated with the old couple in discussing the situation in America.

At night, after putting Chuyi to sleep, Hu Jiabao pulled Li Qingfeng aside to continue discussing the topic at the dinner table: "Do you mean that the price-cutting campaign is bound to fail?"

"It's not destined, it's already failed. Even high-level intellectuals like my parents have inevitably started to rush to buy. Do you think the situation outside can be considered a success?" Li Qingfeng said, putting down the newspaper he got from his father-in-law.

"Ah, so serious? No way?"

"What do you think? You'll see. Soon there will be official news to stop this operation and wait until income and prices reach a balance again before continuing."

Hu Jiabao studied medicine and didn't understand economics, so he was confused by what he heard. In order to prevent Li Qingfeng from feeling that his brain was not enough, he pretended to be satisfied and nodded repeatedly.

Seeing Hu Jiabao's expression as if he had realized what was going on, Qingfeng Li was a little confused.

Did you understand this?

Seeing that Hu Jiabao did not continue to ask questions, Li Qingfeng stopped showing off. Li Qingfeng did not understand such a complex economic issue that involved the entire country.

What I just said was all from history books, and I can only give a general idea by rote. If you look into it in depth, Li Qingfeng really can't give a complete explanation.

During the few days he stayed at his father-in-law's house, Li Qingfeng was called by his father-in-law many times to queue up to buy supplies.

The rush to buy supplies was very diverse, including value-preserving commodities, consumer goods, and even slow-moving items.

It's enough for the TV to have images, it's enough for the electric fan to turn, and it's enough for the refrigerator to have cool air.

It can be said that they grabbed whatever they saw, no matter how Li Qingfeng tried to persuade them. They were afraid that their money would depreciate and that they would not be able to buy these things in the future.

People queued up to buy in such hot weather. When Li Qingfeng came back every day, his whole body looked washed. He even wanted to force the old couple to exchange money.

Fortunately, Li Qingfeng didn't stay for many days. As the school term was about to start, Li Qingfeng hurriedly used the excuse of having to report to school early and ran away with his wife and children.

When the train was about to stop in Wuxi, Li Qingfeng and his family got off the train temporarily and went to Wang Weimin's DVD player factory to take a look.

This time, not only ordinary people were affected, but also private enterprises were greatly affected.

Due to the dual-track pricing system, the prices of planned and unplanned products are different, and the prices of production materials have also risen sharply during this period.
There was a case some time ago where a thousand tons of steel were speculated 129 times without moving anywhere, and the price increased nearly three times.

This situation is not an isolated case, but a common phenomenon in this era.

Hu Jiabao took the two children to play in the factory, while Li Qingfeng and Wang Weimin talked in the office about the impact of the price increase on the factory.

When talking about the increase in production materials this year, Wang Weimin cursed: "Fuck, brother, you don't know, that group of people are really obsessed with money. In the past, there were still cops who could get goods directly from the factory."

"It's not going well this year. I don't know what's going on. It's like the second generation of the factory owners have agreed with their mothers to go into business. If I want to buy supplies, I can only buy them from them. The prices are outrageous. They want to make a fortune from just one business, which has caused my production costs to remain high, so I have no choice but to raise prices."

Li Qingfeng was mentally prepared for this. Since the beginning of this year, tens of thousands of shell companies have been added in the mainland. There are 3,000 newly established companies in Shanghai alone, and most of them are engaged in reselling business.

With so many new entrepreneurs with connections, how can they make money if the means of production do not increase in value?

Ignoring Wang Weimin's curse, Li Qingfeng asked about the situation at Factory 742: "What did Factory 742 say? They didn't raise the price, did they?"

"No, we are their only customer, so they don't have the confidence to raise the price."

"This year is almost over, what about the production line? Has it been finalized?"

"They said they are still in the process of communicating, but they have already reached an agreement with Japan's NEC and can bring the production line into China at any time."

Li Qingfeng could not help but shook his head. It was really a hopeless case. Three years after introducing a production line, there was still no substantial progress.

The economic emergency brake is about to come. There is no doubt that the promise of this production line will be invalidated and it will take at least three to five years to introduce it.

After thinking for a while, Li Qingfeng said, "In October, I will terminate the foundry contract with Factory 742. Starting from October, your chips will be supplied from overseas. Prepare US dollars or Hong Kong dollars to pay for the chips."

"Really? As long as I can get a large number of chips, US dollars are not a problem. I have reserves here." The long-cherished dream finally came true, and Wang Weimin jumped up from the sofa excitedly.

After the excitement, Wang Weimin said hesitantly: "Brother, then you won't continue to support domestic semiconductor companies?"

"Although they are in a hopeless situation, they are an important domestic industry after all, so we should still support them."

"So you terminated the contract with Factory 742?"

"I plan to make use of the factory you built in Shijingshan and transform it into a chip factory. We will produce chips ourselves. In recent years, my chip company in the United States has become successful, and the technology at the Peking University Research Institute has also achieved a breakthrough. There is no problem in recruiting high-end talents here."

"The only thing that is a bit tricky is the new factory. Excellent workers cannot be trained in a short period of time. We can only find other ways."

"We have spent so much money to support Factory 742. After more than two years of production, haven't skilled workers, grassroots technicians, and engineers been trained at Factory 742?"

Li Qingfeng didn't finish his words, but his meaning was very clear. He was preparing to poach workers and technicians from Factory 742 on a large scale, and it would be best if they could all be taken away in one go.

hiss~
Wang Weimin took a deep breath and made his own contribution to the rise in global temperatures.

"Brother, you haven't been playing this game of chess since 85, have you?"

"That's not the case. If they are motivated, I will naturally continue to support them. But who can stop them from being motivated? So don't blame me, Li, for being rude."

".Great, great" (End of this chapter)