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In fact, Zhang Shihui didn't know that Ning Weimin didn't want him to get involved, and it was really for his own good.

Ning Weimin is well aware of the negative aspects of speculative behavior.

Getting money from this is like pulling chestnuts from the fire.

It is an extreme challenge to human nature, full of temptations and traps, and as addictive as gambling.

If you fail to adhere to principles, abide by the bottom line, and allow greed to spread, you will be doomed.

As Gordon, played by Michael Douglas, said in the movie "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps".

"This is a path of no return. This is a systemic, global vicious cycle, like cancer, a terminal disease."

Based on Ning Weimin's understanding of Zhang Shihui, he did not believe that Zhang Shihui's character could adapt to the environment and rules of this game and have the potential to become a winner.

So for Zhang Shihui, the result must be a tragedy.

Although it is not difficult to make money with his buddies, Ning Weimin does not want to personally turn his good buddies into a useless person waiting for help.

It is even more impossible to take care of Zhang Shihui like a child for a lifetime.

So now that we know that no matter how much Zhang Shihui earns by following him, she will lose if she leaves him in the end.

It would be better to let Zhang Shihui never have it.

What's more, since he is speculating himself, he naturally has no time to take care of official matters.

At this time, you really need people like Zhang Shihui to help you take care of your home.

To be honest, there were many people around him who could help him, but he only trusted this buddy who had been with him all the way.

On the contrary, the people at Pierre Carton's head office actually didn't hold much weight in his heart.

Those people are just a cover for sharing risks for him in this business, they are just tools.

The reason why he is willing to share the sweetness with them is just to get some effective help in terms of funds, manpower, and chips to make this matter safer and easier.

In addition, he also needs to stand with those people in order to hide his identity as the boss behind the scenes deeper.

As the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected.

Although he was sure that nothing would happen to this stamp speculation, he still had to make defensive preparations for unexpected "black swan" events.

The connections and social relationships behind these executives are quite powerful when combined.

What's more, more than a dozen company executives, together, are equal to more than half of Pierre Carton.

Even if someone does find out about the stamp hype, they will investigate it all the way to their heads.

I'm afraid that because there are too many people involved in this matter, it is impossible for Song Huagui to abandon his troops to protect his chariot and ignore them.

Moreover, if something happens to most of Pierre-Carton's senior executives, the higher-ups will definitely be alerted.

The relevant departments will definitely handle it very carefully.

Even if the law is ruthless, if there are more than a dozen people sharing the blame for this kind of thing, the blame on him will naturally be much lighter.

To put it another way, at least it still has the function of the enchantment array.

After finding this out, no one would have thought that he secretly made huge bets behind the backs of these executives.

This is Ning Weimin's real plan!

Think about it, this guy's biggest profiteer is hidden behind two layers of curtains.

But because of this, he took the lowest risk and still allowed these people to think of him well.

What is revenue maximization?

This is called maximizing profits!

The phrase "being a bitch and building a memorial arch" is no longer enough to describe him.

The word "true" must be added in front of this sentence.

As for Ning Weimin, he would bring Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao in to help. In addition to really needing helpers like them who could hang out on the streets, it was also because these two people were not big-hearted and were very content with their lives.

In addition, the master-slave relationship was clearly established from the beginning. Luo Guangliang is stable and has a backbone, and he can also control Xiao Tao.

So there are no hidden dangers in this kind of cooperation, either for Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao or Ning Weimin himself.

Finally, as for the participation logic behind stamp speculation, it is even simpler to say.

You know, food and clothing can not only make you think about lust, but also encourage greed.

Contemporary people are still very simple, especially in terms of economy.

To put it in a bad way, it means being well-controlled.

So in the past, when there was no money, people would not even think about speculation.

Most people's attitude towards poverty is to let nature take its course, in one word - tolerance.

But things are different now. The state has relaxed economic controls, people's incomes have increased, and their yearning and desire for a better life have increased.

Unfortunately, with the money in hand, it is impossible to buy everything you want in one go.

At this time, if people find that besides taking money from their mouths and saving little by little, there is another way to make money faster.

And it can double in a short period of time, and you can make money just by lying down.

How many people can resist this temptation?

This is due to human nature and has nothing to do with the consumer needs represented by people in the 1950s and 1960s.

What's more important is that the current social situation is not only about people's desires, but also about the right time and location.

my country's reform has a very significant feature, that is, it is highly cyclical.

Every three to five years, a governance rectification was carried out, which was later called "macro-control."

In the early days, reforms began in 1978. By 1981, the economy was overheating and the economy started to brake suddenly.

After the sudden brake, the economy slowly recovered. By the end of 1983, the economy showed signs of overall recovery.

In early 1984, the great man made a speech on his southern tour, and the economy began to pick up again.

Judging from the current release of the "Beijing Construction Master Plan" and the fact that the main topic of the National Economic Conference is to improve economic efficiency, Ning Weimin knows that the country has started printing money again and is about to turn on the faucet for the capital.

Then a large amount of funds released by the government will naturally flow through various channels and eventually sink to the private sector.

Due to several wage adjustments, the people in Beijing have become further apart from other second-tier cities.

It can be said that there is more money in this place than elsewhere, which is of course extremely conducive to speculation.

What's more, because people in big cities opened up early and have developed economies, they can see more good things than other places.

Naturally, people have strong desires and cannot resist temptation.

So at this time, stamps set off the first round of bull market in Beijing. From a historical perspective, it is completely logical and it will happen naturally.

But everything that Zhang Shihui didn't understand was so natural and reasonable in Ning Weimin's eyes.

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February 12, 1984, the first Sunday after everyone returned to work after the Spring Festival.

This day is destined to be recorded in the history of the development of my country's stamps.

Because in Beijing, philatelic enthusiasts want to buy zodiac rat stamps.

What happened was a scene even more shocking than what happened on January 5, 1984, the first day the Zodiac Rat tickets were released and sold like hotcakes!

I dare not forget the "rat making" scene this year, because Ning Weimin's lurking created a butterfly effect, making the scene of queuing up all night even more popular than in the original history.

Afterwards, many newspapers' exaggerated reports and numerous letters from the public put great pressure on the postal department.

In addition, the sales department of the Philatelic Corporation is really scared. They have never encountered so many people asking to buy stamps.

Therefore, in line with the attitude of being responsible to stamp collectors and collectors, the postal department held a special meeting for this purpose and thought of many ways to improve the sales of zodiac tickets for the Year of the Rat.

In the end, it was decided that, in view of the huge enthusiasm of stamp collectors in Beijing, we would simply gather all the Year of the Rat zodiac stamps for sale in Beijing, get them to an open and large enough place, and hold an exclusive sale.

Various stamp sales departments have stopped selling Year of the Rat zodiac stamps so that they can work normally.

The leaders of the philatelic company even planned to take the opportunity to sell the overstocked stamps in various sales departments, so as to turn bad things into good things.

In this way, the venue was finally selected at the Workers' Stadium, and the philatelic companies decided to go there collectively to "practice their stalls."

They temporarily rented office space at the stadium.

In the office on the east side, there is a sign called "Sales Group".

There are more than 100 people inside, who are responsible for sales in shifts.

There is an office behind the sales team, and there are about a hundred people in it, who are called the "security team" and are responsible for maintaining order.

Behind the security team is the logistics team, about thirty people.

Mainly responsible for handling stamp products for sale and arranging meals for sales and security staff.

Behind the logistics team is the emergency response team, which is actually the most powerful team.

Because it is composed of leaders of philatelic companies and public security bureaus, it specializes in handling emergencies.

No one can deny that such a lineup is indeed taken seriously.

When this plan was reported to superiors, no flaws were found.

So the matter was approved, and soon after, advertisements were published in the "Beijing Evening News" and "Beijing Daily", announcing to the public the latest sales method of the Year of the Rat zodiac stamps.

Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Workers Stadium, need to bring stamp card, each person is limited to two editions.

But God's calculations are not as good as those of man. The Philatelic Corporation thought that there was no situation that four to five hundred people could not handle, but they made two miscalculations.

First, the Workers' Stadium is too wide and order is difficult to maintain.

The second is that there are "bad guys" who have been planning for a long time and got involved.

He actually stayed at the workers' sports sales site and bought rat tickets at a high price.

So this day has still become a day that makes the staff of the philatelic company exhausted and worried.

It was around six o'clock in the morning that day, and it was just beginning to light up.

The north and east gates of the Workers' Stadium were boiling...

According to visual inspection, there were at least two to three thousand people at each door, and at least half of them were impatiently surrounding the iron fence of the door, looking straight inside with their toes up.

Logically speaking, such a scene should have aroused vigilance, and there was also time to make arrangements.

But the problem is that the Workers' Stadium can accommodate 62,000 spectators. This is common for people in the stadium, and they don't care too much.

I didn’t even say hello to the people from the philatelic company or the Public Security Bureau.

As a result, when eight o'clock arrived, the people from the Workers' Stadium opened the door.

In this way, we will wait for the postal service staff to prepare for the opening.

Seeing the huge crowds inside the workers' gymnasium, I was so nervous that I was sweating, worried that order could not be maintained.

When the person in charge of the philatelic company arrived and saw it, he was even more shocked.

He felt that if he started selling like this, more than 20,000 people would rush forward and squeeze in front of the sales stall, and the order would definitely be chaotic.

So leaders of various departments were urgently summoned to discuss countermeasures.

"Let me tell you, what time is it? Why are there so many people here? Are they all here to buy stamps? There are so many more people than there were on January 5th. It's too weird."

Each of his subordinates replied in a variety of ways.

"Manager, these people should be queuing up to buy stamps. There are also many people hiring people to queue up."

"No, no, no, not necessarily. People here have a bad habit of loving to watch the excitement. When I came here just now, I saw a lot of people doing morning exercises coming in, and some old men were carrying bird cages. , obviously watching the fun."

"Leader, yes, there seems to be a tricycle selling tofu bread and sesame cakes over there that has also sneaked in. Should we check the stamp certificates in their hands? If not, we should clear them out..."

The last one is indeed right.

It's a pity that it's too late. More than 20,000 people have come in, how can we screen them? How to clean it up?

Let’s check them one by one. How many of them should we check? It's almost time to decide whether the stamps are still for sale.

So we have no choice but to improvise and send someone with a loudspeaker to walk around the scene and shout.

The first is to standardize the queue and inform the sales principles and details at the same time. Those who do not line up and do not show their stamp cards will not be sold.

Secondly, I also want to tell those watching the excitement that we are selling stamps here.

If you don’t have a stamp card, you can’t buy one even if you queue up, so leave quickly.

The third is to quickly ask the workers to close the iron gate outside. The people who come after you can't let it go again. They have to wait for the customers inside to "digest" it.

Don't tell me, this is really effective.

Many people who came for good things did disperse as soon as they figured out what was going on and felt that it had nothing to do with them.

The order on site was also well maintained. Although the queue was a bit chaotic, it was still lined up.

At nine o'clock in the morning, it's almost time for retail sales, and all the postal fans are smiling and looking forward to it...

At this time, the scene was in chaos again, making a lot of noise.

The manager of the philatelic company was naturally very anxious.

"What's going on? There's chaos when the sale is about to begin? Who is causing trouble outside?"

The subordinate came to report, "Manager, something bad happened. People at the back are pushing to the front, and some people are blocking the queues maliciously. The order is a bit chaotic..."

The manager was dissatisfied and said, "Go and send someone to maintain order. We can't sell it if it's such a mess!"

The subordinate added, "The security team has passed by, but it is estimated that the order is difficult to control. Because there are too many people in the queue, they are afraid that they will not be able to buy at the back of the queue."

That's not the end of it for you, because there is a commotion inside and there are people outside at the iron gate.

More people, people from far away, continued to come to Gongti one after another to gather.

They saw that they couldn't even get through the iron gate, and it was so noisy inside.

Everyone thought there was no hope of buying the zodiac stamps, and their emotions collapsed.

Some people began to "talk painfully about their revolutionary family history" and tell the reasons for their late arrival.

Some people say how much they love stamp collecting and have been inseparable from stamps for some time.

Others took out their stamp certificates to prove that they were senior hardcore players.

Then we started to move forward together.

People outside, whether they were holding on to the railings or on tiptoes, all shouted together, "We want to buy stamps!"

As a result, more people were attracted to watch the fun, and they also wanted to come in and participate in such a grand occasion.

No matter who comes to see it, it will be difficult for this situation to end peacefully!

The person in charge of the philatelic company felt his hands and feet go cold when he saw this scene.

He had never seen a formation before, and it felt like a military drill when he was in the army.

I regretted it so much that I thought it would be better to sell it at the sales department at Hepingmen. It felt like I was trapped in a cocoon.