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Japan, Tokyo.

Deng Liyun never dreamed that after nearly half a year, Fang Yan would finally be willing to call her.

"Really? That's great!"

"I will tell my agent about this good news as soon as possible and ask him to arrange a trip for me back to Hong Kong."

"I am really looking forward to the day when I can meet you in Hong Kong. By then, I hope to thank you in person. Thank you, Mr. Fang!"

After saying "thank you" three times in a row, I finally hung up the international long-distance call that I had been waiting for for a long time.

"call!"

Deng Lijun took a long breath, calmed herself down, and then, regardless of what time it was, she couldn't wait to call Funaki Minoru.

After a while, the call was connected, and a tired and confused voice came from the other end:
"What's wrong, Xiao Deng?"

"I'm sorry, Funaki-san, for interrupting you."

There was a hint of apology in Deng Liyun's tone.

"It's okay. I'm not asleep yet."

Minoru Funaki picked up the remote control and turned the volume of the TV, which was broadcasting financial news, to the lowest level.

Since the end of August, many rumors about the Japanese stock market, foreign exchange market and real estate market have been circulating in Japan.

After all, after more than two months of consultations, Japan and the United States reached three consensuses. The policies that Japan should introduce in the future should include financial liberalization, expanding domestic demand and lowering bank interest rates, but Japan did not agree to the tax cuts that the United States wanted.

So in early September, the United States brought in the finance ministries of France, West Germany, Britain and Japan to hold a meeting in London to discuss a series of issues including open markets and the yen exchange rate, so that the exchange rate of the US dollar to the Japanese yen changed from 9 to 1 to 260 to 1.

In just less than a month, the yen appreciated by 3.8%.

At present, including him, more and more people who are not in the financial industry have begun to pay close attention to the foreign exchange market, but no one knows when the five countries will be able to confirm the final agreement, so the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Japanese yen has been fluctuating up and down.

But Deng Liyun neither understood nor was interested in what she heard, so she immediately changed the subject:

"Funaki-san, I have good news for you. Fangyan-kun finally contacted me."

"Really!"

Funaki Minoru suddenly became alert and shifted his attention away from the financial news.

"Mr. Fangyan still remembers the agreement between us. He plans to invite me to Xiangjiang for an interview."

Deng Lijun said with a smile on her face.

"Excellent!"

Funaki Minoru couldn't help but raise his voice, "As expected, Fangyan-kun is not a man who goes back on his word."

Even though Teresa Teresa was used to big scenes, she was still very excited at this moment.

I have been looking forward to a song written in dialect since the beginning of the year, especially when Keiko Matsuzaka released a new single, "Snow Flower", which was also a new song written in dialect. It still caused a sensation in Japan, ranking fourth on the Oricon chart in the first week, breaking the previous best result of "Red Sun". Moreover, when it was released, it was late winter, and this winter lyric song quickly became popular from Japan to Asia.

The single sales reached 50 copies, which is a result only achieved by national idol-level singers such as Akina Nakamori and Seiko Matsuda.

"Did Fangyanjun tell you what type of songs he prepared?"

Funaki Minoru asked: "Is this your best slow lyrical song?"

"He didn't say that. He just said it was the theme song of the movie."

Teresa Teng recalled it seriously.

"Movie?" Funaki Minoru's heart skipped a beat. "What movie?"

Teresa Teresa said directly that it was a movie produced by Shaw Brothers Films, and the script was written by Fang Yan himself.

“Nani!!”

Funaki Minoru stood up suddenly and confirmed again and again before he was finally convinced that the news was true. He was overjoyed.

Being able to contribute a theme song to a movie written by an Oscar-winning screenwriter is something that many Japanese singers dream of!

When he thought of this, he was filled with excitement: "That's great! No matter what type of song it is, I'll take it on!"

“That’s what I thought at the time.”

Teresa Teresa smiled.

"When does Fangyan want us to go to Xiangjiang? Now?"

Zhou Muren said impatiently.

Deng Lijun said: "He said that the specific time will be notified separately at the end of September."

"End of September? That will take some time." Funaki Minoru was stunned and kept muttering "Why is it the end of September" to himself, his eyes involuntarily looking at the financial news on TV.

Two weeks later, the same channel and the same host reported a highly anticipated news story:

"On September 9, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the United States, France, West Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom discussed how to solve the serious trade deficit and fiscal deficit problems of the United States at the Plaza Hotel in New York, and then signed a joint agreement named the Plaza Accord after the hotel."

At the same time, similar news was broadcast on television stations around the world, including Hong Kong.

Bai Ruoxue saw this report immediately and shouted:

"Teacher Fang, look!"

"Did you make the deal?"

Fangyan ran hurriedly to the living room.

"It's a deal! It's a deal!"

Bai Ruoxue was so excited that she threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly, "Teacher Fang, we succeeded!"

Seeing them jumping and screaming like ghosts and wolves, Gong Xing looked confused and asked, "What's going on? What deal?"

"Sister Gong Xi, the five-nation agreement has been reached!"

Bai Ruoxue said excitedly that the five countries will use 180 billion US dollars to jointly intervene in the foreign exchange market to allow the US dollar to depreciate against major international currencies in an orderly manner to solve the huge US trade deficit, which is equivalent to a substantial depreciation of the US dollar.

"So it's this matter that has kept you worried and anxious for so many days!"

Gong Xing looked at Fang Yan, who had a haggard face and untidy beard, on his left, and at Bai Ruoxue, who had dark circles under her eyes and was sleep-deprived, on his right.

"Yeah, if it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have taken such a long leave from school!"

Bai Ruoxue noticed the strange look in her eyes and realized that they had been hugging each other to celebrate. She immediately let go of her hand and her face gradually turned red.

"Cough cough!"

Fang Yan pretended to cough, and then tried to ease the embarrassment by saying, "Ruoxue, how much do you think the Japanese yen will appreciate this time?"

"Teacher Fang, the Plaza Accord stipulates that the yen and the mark must appreciate significantly to restore the overvalued dollar. The purpose is to at least increase the exchange rate of various countries' currencies against the dollar by 10% to 15%. I think the appreciation of the yen will far exceed this ratio."

Bai Ruoxue analyzed it carefully.

"what?!"

Gong Xing was startled.

Bai Ruoxue said: "Things are universally connected. After the Plaza Accord is signed, if countries start selling off US dollars, foreign exchange investors and financial institutions holding US dollars will definitely sell off US dollars. At that time, a selling frenzy will form, causing the US dollar to continue to depreciate."

"If we calculate it at 20%, based on the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to the Japanese yen, it will probably fall to 1 to 200."

Fangyan excitedly waved his fist in the air.

"Teacher Fang, I think it's more than that. Although the Plaza Accord stipulates that the five countries can only intervene in the market for six weeks, the impact of terror on the market may last for half a year or even a year. If we calculate based on this length of time, I'm afraid the appreciation rate will reach 6 to percent."

Bai Ruoxue's eyes were full of admiration. "Although your move of pulling the lever was risky, it was the right move. We are going to kill the dragon!"

"Pull the lever? What do you mean?"

Gong Xing was completely confused and had no idea what the two were talking about.

At this moment, the phone rang. The caller was naturally old Mike's family, who were far away on the other side of the ocean but were also paying close attention to the Plaza Accord.

As soon as the call was connected, Old Mike, Luo Dai'an and others congratulated one after another, and the meaning behind their words was nothing more than -

This is the greatest operation I have ever seen in all my years in this industry!
Seeing Bai Ruoxue chattering in English, Gong Xing became more and more curious, and tugged at the corner of Fangyan's clothes and said:

"What are you thinking about now?"

"I'm thinking about where to invest this huge amount of money I've earned?"

"A large sum of money?"

Gong Xing's clear eyes revealed a trace of bewilderment and surprise: "How many are there?"

Fang Yan held her cheek and kissed her forehead: "How should I put it? At least a few small goals, and they are US dollars!"

"Small goal, how small?"

Gong Xing was completely confused until he whispered a number into his ear, and then he felt like he was struck by lightning.

Fangyan smiled but said nothing. You have to know that when Mr. Sha came to buy mushroom eggs, the country's foreign exchange reserves were only about 20 billion US dollars.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so "desperate" as to sell mushroom eggs. It's really too bad for the poor rabbit!
And if the country knew that I probably had enough money to buy a few of them, it would be like setting off several mushroom eggs! (End of this chapter)