Chapter 396: This Sky Can’t Fall
Qin Sheng began to actively communicate with his younger brothers and sisters, and even called Qin Zheng who was far away abroad.
As the eldest brother, and even the oldest of the second generation in the entire village, he should have done this a long time ago.
But he was spoiled too much since he was a child and was completely unaware of this.
Li Yuan has given him a strong medicine this time. How far he can achieve depends entirely on himself.
Li Yuan has a lot of people to choose from. There are more than 60 children in the village, and more than 40 of them are still here.
Of course, he made the biggest contribution.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, college students are the first to return, followed by elementary school, junior high school, and high school students.
Li Yuan has several groups, ranging from elementary school to university, and even set up a special graduation group.
As long as you go from junior high school to high school, you will be kicked out of the junior high school group and invited to the high school group instead.
The same is true for going from high school to college.
In all the groups, there is no one except the elder Li Yuan.
Li Yuan chats with many people in the group every day, asks about their situations, and then sends out red envelopes.
He has told all parents that they are not allowed to give their children pocket money and that he has to pay for it.
Only by controlling their pocket money can you control the emotions of these little guys.
The college students started to go home, and Li Yuan naturally waited at the entrance of the village.
A slim female college student is back, she is fashionably dressed and has a very beautiful face.
Li Yuan was standing at the second gate of the village, eating melon seeds and saying, "Gu Man, you're studying in a university out there, why don't you bring some local specialties back for your uncle?"
Gu Man spread her hands and said, "Then I have to have money too. I only get a living allowance every month, and I have to find someone to help me with the rest."
Li Yuan immediately said, "You are talking nonsense. Your sister has the same living expenses as you, so why did she bring something for me?"
Gu Man was surprised and asked, "Does she have pocket money to buy things for you?"
Li Yuan pointed to a plate of melon seeds in front of him and said, "Look, this is what she brought me."
"Dad must be biased!"
Li Yuan smiled but didn't respond. Instead, he moved a chair over and said, "Sit here for a while. I'll ask you something."
Gu Man quickly said, "No boyfriend!"
"Who asked you this? Besides, when did anyone forbid you from having a boyfriend?"
Li Yuan pointed at the chair again.
Gu Man had no choice but to sit down and said, "Is there any need to say this? The whole village is saying that I'm going to marry Jiang Shu."
Gu Man did , but her father also agreed with it.
Even though she had no feelings for Jiang Shu, she still had no choice but to wait.
After all, she knew too well the strength of the middle-aged man in front of her.
However, she has a proud personality and always speaks her mind to Li Yuan, and Li Yuan never gets angry.
"That's all nonsense. No one in the world stipulates that one must marry whom. When it comes to love, liking each other is always the most important prerequisite. Besides , Jiang Shu has gone to the army, and I guess he will rarely come back in the future."
Gu Man's eyes lit up, "Really?"
"How can this be false? Feel free to fall in love. I promise no one will gossip about it."
Gu Man laughed on the spot: "So has my spring come?"
Li Yuan: “…”
He actually really wanted Gu Man to be his daughter-in-law. This girl had a very likable personality and it was not difficult to communicate with her.
But, this thing can't be forced.
Li Yuan asked: "Then tell me what kind of boys you like."
Gu Man asked with a smile: "Is it true or false?"
"Of course it's true. Am I sitting here in the cold weather just to listen to you telling lies?"
Gu Man immediately said: "Actually, I like people like Uncle Li..."
Li Yuan: "Ahem, Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu..."
By the next generation, no one will know his real name, and there are still many people in Gu Man’s generation who have slipped through the net.
Gu Man chuckled and said, "What I want most is for my boyfriend to be very strong, and for me to be by his side to assist him. Together, we will be invincible!"
Li Yuan said angrily, "You? Your mediocre ability is useless! If you can't even study well, what else can you do? You are different from others. Others may face various difficulties when studying, but for you, studying is the simplest thing. If you can't do such a simple thing well, how can you do other things well?"
Gu Man defended herself, "I'm just not good at studying. What I'm good at is business. Besides, my academic performance is not bad..."
"Haha, not bad. In the whole compound, there are few people worse than you. Of course, some of the bad people are not included."
“Who messed up?”
"Zhou Fanshu, not only did he give up, but he also kidnapped a good candidate that I had my eyes on."
Of course Gu Man knew who Zhou Fanshu's boyfriend was, and she said with a pursed mouth: "That guy Hong Ruiting, what kind of good seedling is he? He's not as good as me."
Li Yuan said: "At least they can work on projects while dating, and one project was sold for 5 million."
"Really? Doesn't that mean... that guy is rich? I have to borrow some money from him. I've already thought of a project, but I just lack the start-up capital!"
Li Yuan: “…”
I've been talking about feelings for a long time, but this girl just doesn't listen, right?
She has never suffered any loss. After all, with Gu Dongsheng around, no one can bully her.
"Okay, okay, go borrow it from him. There's no way you can borrow it from him."
Can Zhou Fanshu let me borrow it?
Even though Zhou Fanshu complains about this and that all the time, Hong Ruiting's money is just like her money, or even more important than her own money.
She might be able to lend out her own money, but she couldn't take a penny of Hong Ruiting's money.
Before graduating from college, parents will not give much pocket money. Even though the currency has depreciated now, each person's living expenses are at most 5,000 yuan per month.
The current average wage is around 20,000, which is not considered high overall.
However, almost everyone has paid off their mortgages from decades ago.
Those who are still under pressure from mortgage payments are those who entered the market blindly in the last decade or so and do not deserve sympathy.
Another point is that although you don’t earn much in China, you earn even less abroad.
The starting monthly wage for screwdrivers is 18,000 yuan, and many odd jobs earn more than 10,000 yuan a month. The result is self-evident.
Many people from abroad come here to make a profit from the price difference.
In the past, the exchange rates of currencies around the world were based on the US dollar, but now it is no longer the case. The exchange rates of various aspects are very chaotic, and overall, the Chinese currency is still the strongest.
The reason is that the Chinese currency can be used to buy anything you want, which is also the reason why the dollar's share of global currency is being eroded step by step.
When those people from abroad come here, they have to live there, right? Those houses built a dozen or twenty years ago have now become good places to rent out because they are cheap.
It is equivalent to the urban village more than 20 years ago.
Even for some houses where the mortgage has not been paid off yet, the rent can now cover the previous mortgage.
Similarly, it was because of the expansion of the rental market that Li Yuan was able to push Nanshan Group to expand its scale and build residences, shopping malls, and restaurants across the country.
How does the economy grow? It's actually very simple. If business flows, the economy will not grow.
The main reason for real estate problems is that demand has decreased and no one is buying.
If no one buys, naturally no one will build it. If no one builds it, naturally no one can receive wages. There is no place to receive money from selling land, no way to invest in public infrastructure, and no way to obtain more tax revenue.
Li Yuan classified all previous real estate projects as old urban areas, so naturally there was a demand for new urban areas.
It can be said that during the most difficult years for the domestic real estate industry, it was Nanshan Group that held up the economy single-handedly. Otherwise, how could the economy be so active and unleash such great power?
But now, more than ten years have passed, and many problems have reappeared.
For example, Nanshan Group can no longer expand, and demand is decreasing simultaneously.
For example, many people in China are unwilling to work. After all, earning 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month in the service industry is easier than working in a factory for a little over 20,000 yuan a month.
In addition, the Huaxia currency has gradually occupied a dominant position in the global trading system. Many products produced domestically no longer have any cost-effectiveness and have to be transferred abroad.
Li Yuan knows this best, as many of the companies he supports have built factories abroad.
There is no way around it. After all, there are better options. Who would want to do a hard job?
As for raising blue-collar wages?
It can't be improved at all.
If it is mentioned again, the factory will suffer losses, the cost of its products will soar in the market, and it will not be competitive at all.
We can only turn to high-end, but there are too many Chinese people. Even if we succeed in transforming to high-end, we will not be able to provide so many jobs.
The consumer group for high-end products is limited.
Judging from the current situation, only the domestic consumption power is certain. The only option left for the United States is to link the dollar to food. Their consumption capacity is simply not enough.
There are only three steps to go in the beautiful country.
The first step was fintech hegemony, which ended up declining.
In order to maintain their position as a financial leader, they brought out the obsolete dollar-gold system, attempting to maintain their position by relying on their own gold reserves.
That is the second step, the golden harvesting system.
As a result, the more than 1,000 tons of gold hoarded by Li Wanhe disrupted the market, but it only lasted for a few years. When the gold production increased, it naturally had no power.
Currently they are pursuing two paths at the same time, a few technology industries and resource trade through large amounts of minerals.
The United States is now the world's largest exporter of resources, and the scale of its resource exports has increased sixfold compared to a decade ago.
They also have a trump card, which is food.
After all, if they go all out, their annual grain output will definitely be the highest in the world, even far ahead.
But reaching that point would mean they have completely abandoned the existing financial system.
Li Yuan waited for a few more hours at the second gate of the village and received several college students returning home.
Then there is nothing to do today.
After I got home, I quickly drank two glasses of water because I was a little thirsty after eating all those melon seeds.
Jiang Yiling didn't know how to describe Li Yuan. He said he wanted to retire, but he still had to deal with a lot of things every day.
You say you haven't retired yet, so what do you do all day?
He was a slacker during the day and worked at night. His biggest activity every day was to have fun with a group of kids .
She took out a document and said, "I have prepared the charter for this year's meeting. Please see if there is anything you want to add."
Li Yuan took it and took a look.
This is prepared every year, and the number of projects increases year by year.
In the past, a meeting could be completed in an hour or two, and the remaining time could be used to play cards or drink tea.
Now? Seven or eight hours on New Year's Eve was not enough, and he had to go to the toilet twice in the middle.
He is still relatively good. Some guys have frequent urination and can run ten times or so.
There is no doubt that new projects have been added this year.
The original plan was to hold the meeting at 10 p.m. on New Year's Eve, but this year it has to start at 8 a.m. and last until 6 a.m. on the first day of the new year.
"Let's share the dividends this year."
Due to some issues in the past few years, the family fund did not distribute dividends, but only gave everyone a report on their earnings, which is equivalent to compound interest.
Jiang Yiling asked: "Will there still be dividends? Everyone thinks the market is not good, and there will be no dividends in the future."
She said what everyone really thought.
In fact, everyone has established their own businesses over the years, and each has a good income.
At the end of the year, even the poorest person in the village would have no problem earning several hundred million.
Compared to the money in the family fund, it is not important.
It's nothing more than a bond, but now that we have deeply cooperated with each other, the importance of the bond has been reduced a lot.
In addition, the overseas market has been worse in recent years, and Li Yuan did not spend much effort to let Shen Anna do it on her own. It is normal that there is no profit.
"How can there be no dividends? This year, all of them were distributed at once. It's hard to say whether there will be dividends in the future. Because I really don't have the energy to arrange those. The subsequent dividends will probably not be very significant, so everyone should be mentally prepared."
Jiang Yiling was stunned, "Why did you suddenly say something like that?"
Li Yuan smiled and said, "Because I have found a successor, after this year, I will officially retire and step down completely!"
"Huh? You don't care about anything anymore?"
"Of course I will take care of your affairs and the children's affairs. Even if I am half dead, I will still take care of them. But I will not take care of business matters. Please reserve an extra hour for this meeting this year, and I will arrange all the work."
"Would you like it earlier or later?"
"Let's go early. I'll pay you first, and then I'll start arranging the work. For other projects, just listen from the sidelines. Give them time."
"And then what?"
"That's all. I'll get dressed up a little and we can go out and play for a while."
"No! I won't go out with you!"
"Oh, then I'll find someone else..."
Li Yuan's words immediately made Jiang Yiling look unhappy.
Li Yuan held her hand and said, "Wife, it's time to let it go. I'm telling you this, at this moment, even if both of us are gone, the sky... won't fall!"
