Chapter 19 Where does the money come from?
Li Yiwen was stunned after hearing this, and asked in confusion: "Didn't you open a bank account yourself? Why did you lend it to me?"
Lu Yiming said unhappily, "My bank account is opened locally. Once the foreign money is transferred in, it will be automatically converted into RMB. What's the point of doing that? It will be more convenient to operate in Hong Kong, a financial free port."
"It's still working..."
Li Yiwen was really helpless to complain about his troublesome little cousin: "How much money can you remit to a little kid like you? Financial free port, you think too much. Okay, I'll tell you my account number, you take notes yourself. I'm having a late night snack with my friends."
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At a food stall, Li Yiwen and a few close friends who grew up together were drinking beer and eating skewers. After three rounds of drinks, Li Yiwen answered the phone, which immediately caused dissatisfaction among everyone.
"Oh my god, who is calling at this time?"
"Who drank just now? By the way, you have to drink a glass first."
Li Yiwen immediately poured himself a glass of beer and smiled: "My cousin asked me to borrow his Standard Chartered Bank account, saying that there is an inflow of overseas funds. Students nowadays are getting better and better at pretending to be big shots, and the amount is large..."
Before he finished speaking, the Motorola 87C that Li Yiwen had placed on the table started to ring. Under everyone's gaze, Li Yiwen picked up the phone, poured himself another full of beer, and said with an apologetic smile, "Sorry, sorry, my, my, I'll have another drink as punishment."
After saying that, he drank the whole drink and said to the phone, "Hello? Who is this?"
"Hello, is this Mr. Li Yiwen? Your account just generated an international remittance of 300,000 US dollars. May I ask..."
When Li Yiwen heard this, he was so shocked that his hair almost stood on end.
"How much did you say? Three hundred thousand? US dollars?!"
Li Yiwen stood up suddenly and almost overturned the folding table of the food stall.
"Fuck, Li Yiwen, what are you doing?"
"My white clothes!"
Tables were bouncing, beer and barbecue were scattered all over the floor.
Several close friends around started shouting.
Li Yiwen didn't bother to explain. He chatted with the other party for a few words and then hung up the phone. His eyes were dull and blurred. He was seen holding the phone tightly in his right hand. His tone was full of confusion and puzzlement: "Just now, three hundred thousand US dollars were transferred into my foreign currency account!"
Li Yiwen's words stunned all the .
"How much? Three hundred thousand? US dollars? Did you hear me correctly?"
"Did the other party say an extra ten thousand words?"
“Someone made a wrong transfer?”
This news was so shocking that it was even harder to digest than the grilled beef tendon on the table.
Li Yiwen was breathing rapidly, his emotions were between excitement and anxiety, his legs were a little weak: "I don't know! This is foreign exchange! If there is any mistake, the relevant departments will not come to me, right?"
"By the way, didn't your cousin call you just now? Could it be his money?"
Li Yiwen denied it subconsciously without thinking: "How is it possible? Where can he get 300,000 US dollars? Even if he was bought by foreign forces, he is not worth so much money."
In 1998, the US dollar had not yet started to be printed in large quantities and was still very valuable. Li Yiwen thought he knew his little cousin quite well and felt that apart from his good looks, he was completely useless.
How stupid must the foreign forces be to spend so much money to bribe him.
However, despite saying this, Li Yiwen still called Lu Yiming.
"Hello?"
On the other side, Lu Yiming, who had already received payment confirmation from Microsoft, was humming a little tune and preparing to take a shower and go to bed when Li Yiwen called him and he had to answer the call first.
"Cousin? It's so late at night, and you're still having a midnight snack? Early to bed and early to rise is good for your health."
Li Yiwen's mood still hadn't calmed down. He ignored Lu Yiming's teasing and asked with a trembling voice: "Is the money yours?"
Lu Yiming yawned and said nonchalantly: "Yeah, didn't I tell you that I have some money to borrow from your account?"
Li Yiwen was so frightened after receiving the answer that he almost jumped up again, and his blood pressure instantly soared: "But you didn't say there was 300,000 US dollars!"
This amount is so huge that it is hard not to have strange thoughts.
But Lu Yiming , the person involved, just replied casually: "Huh? Didn't I say that? Oh, don't worry about those details. I'm hanging up first. I'm taking a shower and getting ready for bed. I have to go to class tomorrow."
"Wait a minute, don't hang up! Explain everything to me first. Where did the money come from?" Li Yiwen was so anxious that he jumped up and down and quickly stopped Lu Yiming.
This is a full three hundred thousand US dollars. If Lu Yiming doesn't give him a reasonable explanation, he probably won't be able to sleep tonight.
If something
However, Lu Yiming was not in a hurry at all. He stretched lazily and said nonchalantly, "It's just three hundred thousand US dollars. There's no need to make a fuss. I just finished a small business. Oh, by the way, don't let your family know about this. You know. I only answered your call because my parents were asleep. Okay, that's it. Tomorrow I'll treat you to ice packs. They're the kind that cost 20 cents a pack and are gourd-shaped!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Li Yiwen to say anything.
At the food stall, Li Yiwen felt numb when listening to the busy tone on the phone.
Three hundred thousand.
US dollars.
small business.
These few words pierced Li Yiwen's heart, making him wonder if all these years since graduation had been wasted.
Not to mention three hundred thousand US dollars, he doesn't even have thirty thousand US dollars.
Early the next morning, Li Yiwen, who had not slept well the night before, came to see Lu Yiming with dark circles under his eyes.
Ning Xuehua, who was preparing breakfast, saw Li Yiwen and immediately greeted him warmly: "Ah Wen, you are here so early. Have you had breakfast? Come in quickly and eat together."
How could Li Yiwen have the heart to eat breakfast? Seeing Lu Yiming coming out of the room and preparing to go to school, he rushed over and asked impatiently: "What happened to the money yesterday?"
Seeing Ning Xuehua's puzzled eyes drifting towards him, Lu Yiming lowered his voice and said, "What else could it be ? You didn't even treat me to a midnight snack, and you still said we're cousins. Come on, treat me to some barbecued pork buns."
Li Yiwen remembered what Lu Yiming said yesterday, that he should not tell anyone about it, so he suppressed his curiosity and followed Lu Yiming out.
As soon as he left the residential building, Li Yiwen couldn't wait to ask again: "Can you tell me now?"
