Chapter 140 National Reputation (Updated)
This time we took a jeep and did not go to the Capital Hotel, but came to an old large courtyard house in the city.

The car stopped in the yard, and Li Changhe was led to an office.

There were two people sitting in the office at the moment, one of whom was Director Lu.

As for the other one, Li Changhe did not recognize him.

"Changhe is here. Come, let me introduce you. This is Liao XX, the person in charge of our foreign affairs department."

"Lao Liao, this is Li Changhe who gave us a problem."

Director Lu stood up at this time and introduced the two people to each other.

"Old Lu, I have to correct you on one thing."

"Mr. Changhe, you are not giving us a difficult problem."

"Besides, we don't have to worry about difficult problems. We are the ones who specialize in solving them."

"Hello, classmate Li Changhe!"

Director Liao spoke enthusiastically to Li Changhe at this time.

"Hello, Director Liao!"

"Come on, sit down!"

Director Liao pointed at the sofa beside him and said to Li Changhe.

After the three of them sat down, Director Liao smiled.

"Student Changhe, although I just refuted Old Lu, I have to say that you gave us a surprise."

"We finally submitted your case to the higher-ups. After all, this matter is no longer just yours. We may encounter many similar situations in the future."

"So, we have carefully discussed and analyzed your situation, including your future situations, and finally believe that it can be done!"

“Not only can we do it, but we can do it with confidence and boldness. There won’t be any problems on the country’s side.”

"Including the final profit issue you mentioned."

"It was mentioned above that the money was negotiated between you and Mr. Bao, and the work was done by the two of you, so the final profit is only a matter between the two of you, and is your normal personal income."

"I know that you had concerns about some situations in the past few years, but you don't need to have such concerns in the future. We will not make such mistakes again."

Director Liao spoke gently to Li Changhe at this time.

Li Changhe hesitated for a moment, then said, "But Director Liao, it's US dollars!"

"Hahahaha, you mean foreign exchange!"

Director Liao laughed a few times and then spoke seriously.

Li Changhe nodded, but he couldn't say, "I will have hundreds of millions of dollars by then." After all, silver futures haven't been hyped up yet, so how can you calculate your profits?
Therefore, Li Changhe could only give a subtle hint.

"Don't worry, no matter how much money you make by then, if you want to transfer back to China, the country will help you do so."

"Let me tell you something. Next, the country is going to introduce a new currency for foreign exchange, which is foreign exchange coupons. You should know about overseas remittance coupons, right?"

"Know!"

Li Changhe nodded. He knew not only about overseas remittance coupons but also foreign exchange coupons. However, now he could only pretend that he didn't know.

"Well, we will upgrade the overseas remittance vouchers to foreign exchange vouchers in the future. Even if you earn US dollars and transfer your money back to China, the government will exchange it for foreign exchange vouchers for you."

"Student Changhe, don't underestimate these foreign exchange coupons. By then, the variety of goods in our Friendship Store will increase a lot."

"You are at the Capital Hotel, so you may have heard some of the news."

"what?"

Li Changhe was a little surprised. What did he hear?
"It's not a particularly confidential matter. We are negotiating with the Americans to formally establish diplomatic relations. Although the negotiations are not yet complete, they are almost there."

"So, you don't have to worry too much. The two countries are about to establish diplomatic relations. This is nothing."

Director Liao said this in a generous manner, without any awareness of leaking the secret.

Of course, it cannot be considered a leak at this time. After all, it was announced in December this year, and now it is mid-October. Basically, everything has been negotiated, and what remains is to finalize the manuscript.

"What if the money is particularly large?"

Li Changhe knew all this, of course, but after thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to give Director Liao a clearer hint.

"A lot? How many?"

Director Liao asked curiously at this time.

"I don't know the exact number because it's just speculation, but I used data to estimate it myself. Because the US futures market is leveraged, with a margin of $1000, you can buy a 5000-ounce silver futures contract."

"If the final price increases several times, there will always be tens of millions of dollars."

"If it's a little crazier, it might be worth hundreds of millions!"

Li Changhe said to Director Liao carefully at this time.

"Hiss, hundreds of millions of dollars? Old Lu?"

After listening to this, Director Liao couldn't help but take a breath and looked at Director Lu.

He wanted Director Lu to analyze the truthfulness of Li Changhe's words. After all, he was not well versed in economics, but Old Lu was an expert in it.

After listening to this, Old Lu first sat there and estimated in his mind, then looked at Director Liao.

"Lao Liao, the situation he described, I can only say it is possible."

"But the chance is very small. In the futures market, it's already very good if the price can double. His algorithm can at least double it several times, which is an extremely rare situation."

Director Lu replied to Director Liao.

Director Liao nodded, then smiled and said, "I understand. You are worried that the money is too much, and the higher-ups have some ideas, right?"

"Don't worry, even if it's really hundreds of millions of dollars, it's still yours. If anyone tries to get their hands on it, come to me and I'll handle it for you personally."

"Student Changhe, let me tell you something that an old comrade said during a meeting."

"The most important thing we need to do now is to restore our national credibility and make people believe that we are honest in dealing with them."

"Understand!"

"Student Changhe, no matter how much money you make, it will be nothing compared to the reputation of the country."

"Can we destroy the reputation of our country for your money?"

"If we really do that, how will Hong Kong and overseas Chinese view it? How will Western countries like Europe and America view it?"

"We won't do things like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons now."

"So, you can rest assured that even if you really make hundreds of millions of dollars, it will still be yours."

"But there is another requirement for this matter."

"All the money you earn is yours, but there is one thing: you must write down what you have learned about their futures market and analyze the problems in it carefully, and write a report to us."

"Compared to the money you earn, we believe that the knowledge and information you gain from this is priceless to us!"

"So, don't worry about anything, just go for it, the country will be better than you think."

Director Liao gave Li Changhe serious encouragement.

After hearing what Director Liao said, Li Changhe didn't say anything else.

I have said this much, but you still don't want it, then there is nothing I can do. I am afraid you don't know how much money we will need for industrialization in a few years.

Forget it, I’ll talk about it when I really make money.

Li Changhe was too lazy to say more. He just had patriotism and didn't have to give it to him forcefully.

Besides, he didn’t have much knowledge about the older generation of leaders from the 1980s, and what he had read in books didn’t count.

But given the current situation, he was not surprised at all that the upper echelons made such a decision.

Reformers throughout history would not have been able to accomplish anything without a broad mind, great courage and great perseverance. The most important thing is that they finally succeeded in the reform.

Therefore, it is not impossible for the top leaders to make such a decision at this point in time.

Li Changhe no longer thinks about it. He has reported what he should report. It was the country itself that said it didn't want it. If the money makes more money in the future, he can just get it back in the name of investment.

I think that when he was short of money, he took the initiative to talk about investing, which was also a way for the people who made the decision to save face.

The direction of investment needs to be carefully considered.

On the way back, it was Director Lu who sent Li Changhe off again.

"What? Are you confused? Do you feel like it's different than before?"

Director Lu sat in the car and asked Li Changhe with a smile.

"Ok!"

Li Changhe certainly understood it in his heart, but in front of his old comrades, the best way was to pretend that he didn't understand.

"In fact, our top leaders have reached a consensus and are about to hold a plenary session. After the meeting, you will know that the country wants to reform and open up to the outside world."

Director Lu also started to "leak" information at this time. Of course, for someone of his level, it was not a secret.

"Reform, liberalize?"

Li Changhe pretended to be surprised and asked, he had to cooperate with the acting.

Director Lu nodded: "Yes, we should shift our focus to economic development. So you think that this attempt you have chosen is very risky, but in fact, it is in line with the general direction of the country."

"You know why Lao Liao asked you to relax, right? In the future, we will focus on economic development and improve people's living standards, and we are in need of talents like you."

"By the way, you only need to know what Lao Liao and I told you. Don't tell your classmates."

"These are all matters concerning the national direction, so it's better to wait for the official announcement."

After Director Lu finished speaking, he gave Li Changhe some instructions.

Some things need to be kept secret.

"Understood, Mr. Lu, I will definitely keep it a secret."

"By the way, I'll discuss with Qi Ran later and see how I can contact you. Let's discuss a way to contact you."

"Okay, I'm fine with anything!"

Li Changhe nodded.

In fact, the most convenient way, of course, is to use the phone number in Director Lu’s office.

These days, ordinary people didn’t have telephones at home, and even if they did, they were internal lines.

If you want to make a phone call, you can only go to the Post Office Building, where you can make calls to other provinces or even overseas.

However, there are long queues outside the telephone room in the post office building every day, so it is not convenient to make overseas calls.

Another way is to send a telegram. Although the content of the telegram is less, it is still a very convenient way.

Fortunately, Li Changhe does not have to worry about market fluctuations.

This wave of silver futures is driven by a super big dealer behind the scenes. The entire curve has been rising all the way in the early stage.

Li Changhe only needs to purchase the goods in advance and then ship them at the right time.

After all, he only goes long, not short!

Although there are profits from short selling, the US Treasury Department was already in trouble by then, and he didn't value money over his life. He just wanted to make a profit and leave.

After returning, he dealt with his classmates for a few more words. After all, many people saw Li Changhe being picked up by a car.

As usual, he made an excuse to get away with it, saying that he was helping the foreign affairs department with some work, and his classmates could only envy him.

After all, we are all level 77, why are you, Li Changhe, so outstanding?

Of course, most people are envious, and very few are jealous.

Firstly, people in that era were simple-minded. Secondly, Li Changhe was outstanding since he entered the school. From the very beginning, Li Changhe was a celebrity and had a huge gap with them.

So, even if Li Changhe was a little better, it wouldn’t matter.

Li Changhe then returned to the dormitory and took the lecture notes. He had classes in the afternoon and had to continue.

Then until the weekend, Li Changhe didn't see Bao Yugang again. Even after the other party left, he never met him again.

To put it bluntly, his one million dollars is not a big deal to others.

However, Director Lu still asked the driver to pass the message to Li Changhe, and he would help them communicate through the phone of the Tourism Bureau office.

Every Sunday at noon, Li Changhe could also go to the Tourism Bureau to call Bao Yugang's office.

At that time, Bao Yugang will arrange a special liaison person to liaise with Li Changhe, including the arrangement of the operating members in the United States, which will also be conveyed through this person.

This step means that Li Changhe’s plan for more than a year has come to an end.

Next, he will wait for news from Hong Kong, then buy silver futures, and then wait to count the money slowly next year.

Thinking of this, Li Changhe slapped his thigh, he forgot something important!
How could he have forgotten to ask Mr. Bao to do him a small favor and help him buy a Chinese housing unit.

Li Changhe had visited the Overseas Chinese Village once before, which was also more than three kilometers south of their home.

The units inside are all 120 to 160 square meters, and it's a four-story multi-storey residence, which is really nice.

But after thinking about it, Li Changhe shook his head again and said, forget it, he can't afford it!
Not only does it require foreign currency, the prices are not cheap, and the houses are all more than ten years old.

Let's wait a little longer and see if we can use foreign exchange to build a courtyard house.

Li Changhe remembers that in 1980, in order to earn foreign exchange, the country put a batch of high-quality courtyard houses up for sale, also to overseas Chinese, with permanent ownership.

Li Changhe doesn't care whether the property rights are permanent or not.

He felt that he must take the opportunity to buy one when the time comes.

The courtyard houses purchased by the state are all high-quality ones. Their locations are definitely good enough, there will be no property rights disputes, and they are also large in size. They are not like the one owned by old man Zhang, which has only one entrance.

It should at least have three courtyards, and four or five courtyards would be even better. Anyway, he is not afraid of spending money.

When the time comes, I will spend money to hire someone to renovate the house inside and out, even the garage will be tidied up in advance, and the heating, bathroom drains, showers and everything will be installed.

It seems reliable when I think about it. I will take a good look with my wife to see which room we live in.

Well, I’ll have to study it carefully when we meet at the weekend.

Li Changhe had already started to fantasize happily in his heart.

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