I'm back in 1990

Chapter 131: Madness

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The old house is undergoing intensive renovations. Before the renovations can begin, a whole host of procedures need to be completed. Luckily, there's Master Kan, the old master. Otherwise, Huang Xiaochuan might not be able to get it done even if he ran his legs off. He'd be like a pig's head that couldn't find the temple gate!

Master Kan handled all the paperwork, and after each level of the organization affixed its official seal, the project began.

While processing the paperwork, they were also busy determining the repair plan, preparing materials, and carrying out partial demolition.

All the roof beams and purlins that were soaked by water need to be replaced. A considerable portion of them are rotten. No wonder the Li family couldn't afford to repair this house in the first place. The cost is too high. Minor repairs won't solve the problem. It has to be torn down and rebuilt.

Upon inspection, the fireplaces inside the house turned out to be just for show. I have no idea which irresponsible resident blocked the fireplace flue when they moved in. It's going to be a real hassle to unblock it. Fortunately, Master Kan said he could fix it.

Imagine Grandma sitting in her rocking chair in winter, a blanket over her legs, the fireplace burning brightly, the house warm and cozy—how comfortable that would be.

Lighting a fireplace is very simple; just throw in a few thick pieces of wood. That's the kind of smell we want. Even though the house will have central heating in the future, my grandmother, who comes from a wealthy family, will definitely still prefer the fireplace.

As this is a retirement home for his grandmother, Huang Xiaochuan specifically instructed Master Kan to install more handrails in the bathroom. In the future, his grandmother will live on the first floor, and it will be convenient for her to enter and exit the garden. There should be both steps and ramps.

Huang Xiaochuan would occasionally take some time to check on the progress of the construction site, but his main focus was still on the stamp market, since he still had a lot of stamps to release.

Sunday afternoon, May 26.

Huang Xiaochuan rode his bike straight to Engineer Lu's place.

Although it's still May, the feeling of summer is already in the air. The stamp market is even hotter than in summer, with several strong stamp varieties experiencing impressive price increases. Prices are soaring, and people in the market are going crazy, resulting in an incredibly high turnover rate for these stamps.

A rare and unusual sight occurred at the stamp market: someone had just bought 10,000 yuan worth of stamps on the west side of the market, and by the time he reached the east side, those stamps had been sold for 11,000 yuan. In other words, he earned 1,000 yuan just by walking around the stamp market.

It sounds unbelievable, but it is indeed happening. There is a rule in the speculative market: buy when prices are rising, not falling; buy more as prices rise and sell more as prices fall.

This reflects the profit-seeking nature of capital and the greed and blind following of the speculators involved. This principle applies to the stock market, futures market, securities market, and stamp market alike.

Huang Xiaochuan remembers a saying: "When others are celebrating, I must be aware of fear, because disaster may strike at any moment."

Now is the time to sell his stamps. Although there are still nearly five months before the actual collapse, Huang Xiaochuan will not wait until then to sell his stamps. He is afraid that at that time there will be no market for them, and no one will be able to take such a large amount, because the major players and market makers will have run away, and retail investors will not have the strength to take over Huang Xiaochuan's stock.

Huang Xiaochuan first sold off his JT premium stamps and all his miniature sheets in batches, earning several hundred thousand yuan. This amount was insignificant compared to the 80 Year of the Monkey stamps, but it was still a considerable sum. In the stamp market, few people would take this amount of money seriously. Even an astronomical sum like this is just a drop in the ocean.

Just look at the people making the transactions; after agreeing on a price with the seller, the buyer casually counts the bundles of money and hands them over to the seller.

The seller did the same thing, just checking how many bundles of money there were, too lazy to use a money counter to count them, they didn't have the time.

The old practice of measuring with a ruler has been abolished. We'll do whatever's convenient and we won't have to worry about receiving counterfeit money.

A massive influx of funds into the stamp market has led to a shortage of some stamps, further causing a surge in the prices of certain stamps, including some less popular ones.

To put it another way, anyone with a few thousand yuan in cash could easily earn a thousand or eight hundred yuan a day just by wandering around the market.

The scarcity of goods due to high demand can create the bizarre situation where money can't buy stamps, causing prices to skyrocket. Huang Xiaochuan was astonished, saying that even robbing a bank couldn't have made such a rapid increase in prices.

Hao Zhidu, as a speculator, had already fallen into the trap without his own control, completely unaware that disaster was just a few months away. Although he had made a lot of money and bought a cell phone, he carried it around the school all day long, as if afraid that others would not see him. He was simply ridiculous.

Moreover, I heard that he is good at making money, and some people have even invested in him and asked him to help them make money.

The feeling of being the center of attention made Hao Zhi feel quite smug.

Not long ago, he heard that Huang Xiaochuan had published a paper in Renren Daily, and he was so upset that he lost his appetite.

Later, when he heard that Huang Xiaochuan hadn't gained anything from this matter, he immediately became incredibly happy. He was the epitome of someone who hates others for having more, laughs at others for not having more, despises the poor, and fears the rich.

Hao Zhidu would sometimes show off his gains from the stamp market to his former roommates in room 222 during breaks or while eating in the cafeteria, but no one paid him any attention, since he had expelled himself from dormitory 222.

Moreover, the members of group 222 have all shifted their investment focus to the stock market. They have all opened accounts in the stock market, and the stocks in their accounts have already risen quite a bit. As long as they continue to hold on and sell before May 92, it won't be a problem for each of them to earn enough to buy a dozen or so houses.

Last time, because Huang Xiaochuan took the initiative to list Wu Duo and Ding Yi as the second authors of the paper, the two of them did not hesitate at all and took turns treating Huang Xiaochuan to meals. For five or six days in a row, none of the five people in dormitory 222 went to the cafeteria.

Furthermore, regarding stocks, Wu Duo sincerely consulted Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi about stocks during the meal. Once Wu Duo started, Chen Zhe and Zhang Gaolei naturally had their own ideas as well. The group had all made a considerable profit in the stamp market, and having tasted success, they naturally wanted to continue investing.

Because the group often discussed issues together in the evenings, they had a certain understanding of the different characteristics and risks of the stamp and stock markets. Although Hao Zhidu always showed off how much money he had made, none of them were tempted.

A few days later, Huang Xiaochuan received a page from Ge Changli. After the call connected, Ge Changli said that he was at the gate of Huang Xiaochuan's school.

Huang Xiaochuan hung up the phone and went to the school gate to find him. Ge Changli's sudden arrival puzzled Huang Xiaochuan. What was going on? Did something happen? Couldn't he have just called?

After meeting, he learned that Ge Changli had come specifically to invite Huang Xiaochuan to dinner.

"Hey! Lao Ge, why did you have to go through all this trouble? You could have just made a pager, why did you have to come all this way?"

"It wasn't a special trip. There's a company in this district, and after I finished my business, I figured it wouldn't be far from you. We haven't seen each other in ages, so I thought I'd treat you to dinner and catch up. Besides, you're such a liar! You promised to visit me often before you even came to university, and it's been almost a year, how many meals have we had together?"

Knowing he was in the wrong for Ge Changli's dissatisfaction, Huang Xiaochuan quickly said, "I'll treat you tonight, consider it my apology, okay?"

"I brought it up first today, so if you want to treat me, we can do it next time."

"Fine, fine, you decide!"

Actually, Ge Changli had another reason for visiting Huang Xiaochuan today. Under Huang Xiaochuan's guidance, Ge Changli had invested several thousand yuan of his family's money in the stamp market. After such a long period of trading, Ge Changli sold off his last few stamps yesterday. He calculated that he had made more than 200,000 yuan in this stamp market boom.

Ge Changli felt that he should be most grateful to Huang Xiaochuan. Back when the stamp market was still lukewarm, Huang Xiaochuan had analyzed that the stamp market was going to rise. At first, he didn't believe it, but as the stamp market started to take off, Ge Changli realized that Huang Xiaochuan was right. Ge Changli quickly bought a ticket and got on board, which is how he made so much money.

We should never forget the source of our blessings. Huang Xiaochuan may be young, but he has a keen eye for investment. We should definitely befriend him. If there are similar opportunities in the future, a little guidance from him can help us make even more money.

So Ge Changli made an excuse to come and thank Huang Xiaochuan. Of course, it wasn't just about having a meal. He also had a thick file folder in his briefcase containing 50,000 yuan.

To give the two of them some space to talk, Ge Changli generously booked a private room in the restaurant and ordered quite a few hearty dishes.

What they ate wasn't important; the main thing was that they chatted.

When Ge Changli pushed the file bag to Huang Xiaochuan, Huang Xiaochuan knew what was inside without even guessing. Without any hesitation, he pushed the file bag back to Ge Changli.

"Old Ge, what are you talking about? Are you some kind of benevolent spirit?"

"Take it if I give it to you. I'm only able to make so much money because of your guidance. I know you've made a lot too, but that's your business, not mine. Put it away now."

How could Huang Xiaochuan possibly accept this money? He said firmly, "Old Ge, I only did some analysis based on what I saw, but the decision is yours. I absolutely will not take this money. If you force me, we can't be friends anymore."

Huang Xiaochuan then smiled again.

"Old Ge, you're a local, you know about the upcoming issuance of new shares, right?"

Ge Changli nodded: "I know? Our company even issued a special notice telling us to buy some, but these stocks fluctuate so much, I don't understand them and I'm too scared to play them."

"Old Ge, I heard that several new stocks to be issued this year will be issued through a lottery system. Since you have a lot of family members, why don't you go and queue up and try your luck?"

Huang Xiaochuan, who was reborn and returned to this era, discovered that the country was too good to the people of Shanghai, giving them so many opportunities to make money. For example, this year's stock lottery purchase policy allows any adult Shanghai resident with a local household registration to participate in the lottery to purchase stocks. These are original shares! As long as you can get your hands on them, you can resell them and see your value multiply several times or even dozens of times.

Although Ge Changli didn't dare to recklessly speculate in stocks, queuing up for a lottery to buy pre-IPO shares was something he could do! After hearing Huang Xiaochuan say that, it was practically a risk-free business! He had to do it!

Huang Xiaochuan revealed this information to Ge Changli, hoping that his friend from his past life could earn more money, and then guide him to buy a house once Ge had made some.

Huang Xiaochuan had already planned it out. He would ask Sang Weihong to help find a group of students to help him queue up for the lottery at a price of fifty yuan per person. He would buy all the stocks that were drawn. Why could students participate in the lottery? Because nowadays, college students' household registration is linked to their school registration. When they study in Shanghai, their household registration is registered under the collective household registration of their university. In other words, Huang Xiaochuan and his classmates are now nominally Shanghai residents.