Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0527: A Flash of Inspiration
Nan Yi did not stay in Xiangkeng for long. After going to the Nan's Building to handle some affairs of the Intelligence Committee, he took Nan Ruoyin to the airport. Fan Hongdou boarded a plane to New York to handle some affairs in New York, and then they had to stay in Wenchangwei.
The plane took off at noon, and by nearly five in the afternoon, Nan Yi and Nan Ruoyin were already sitting in the yard of the old house to enjoy the cool air.
After sitting for a while, Nan Ruoyin mysteriously took out a small gift box and put it in Nan Yi's hand, "Dad, this is my gift for you."
"Little girl, you are so thoughtful, what is it?"
Nan Yi smiled and untied the tie on the gift box, opened the box, and saw a VIP card lying inside. He picked it up and took a look, "It's an American Airlines VIP secondary card. Hehe, little girl, that's great. Now you start supporting your dad."
"Hehe, Dad, this is American Airlines' VIP unlimited lifetime first-class ticket. The primary card costs 250,000 US dollars, and the supplementary card only costs 150,000 US dollars. In the future, as long as it is an American Airlines plane, you can fly unlimited times."
After hearing what Nan Ruoyin said, Nan Yi picked up the secondary card and looked at it carefully.
He had heard of this card in his previous life. It was said that American Airlines issued this card. He was secretly proud of it because based on their past data, he felt that it would be impossible for a normal person to complete a 250,000 US dollar flight in a lifetime, so the company could make a fortune.
But they miscalculated. After buying the card, there was a weirdo who flew more than 10,000 times in 20 years. His total mileage exceeded tens of millions of miles and he spent more than 20 million US dollars. American Airlines suffered a huge loss.
Later, American Airlines used some shameful means to get the card back from that weirdo, thus stopping the loss.
Nan Yi held the supplementary card in his hand with a curled corner of his mouth. It was like someone sent a pillow just when he was sleepy. Just when he approved a large budget, someone sent money.
Putting the card back into the box, Nan Yi turned to Nan Ruoyin and said, "Does this card remind you of anything?"
"Hehehe, the stock market." Nan Ruoyin laughed evilly and said, "Dad, I thought of this when I bought this card. I'll have people buy a few hundred of them, and have a few hundred people fly around the world on American Airlines. When they've almost finished flying, I'll leak the news. American Airlines' stock price will definitely drop sharply, and I'll make a fortune by shorting American Airlines."
"That's easy to say. The main card is nothing. The key is that the secondary card has great lethality. This is anonymous, right?"
"Yes, it's a secondary card, anyone can use it." Nan Ruoyin replied.
"So, if you want to buy it, you have to buy both the primary and secondary cards. Then randomly look for lucky passengers on the same route at the airport and invite them to ride first class for free. A primary and secondary card costs 400,000 US dollars, and buying 500 sets will cost 200 million US dollars. You have to fly for at least a year to make American Airlines pay.
Adding the commissions and hush money, as well as the funds for short selling, at least 600 to 700 million US dollars will be needed to make this plan work. Money is not the key, as Scarlett Fund can draw the money .
The difficulty is how to face the counterattack of American Airlines shareholders afterwards and cut the meat from them. Do you believe that they will hire dozens of assassins to hunt you down? "
"Dad, you're exaggerating. There are dozens of assassins. Why don't you say to mobilize the Pacific Fleet?"
"Hahaha, that's an exaggeration. They won't hire assassins, but they will target us in the future. American Airlines' shareholders are not easy to mess with. Our Nan family hasn't completely established a foothold in the country, so we can't easily provoke these difficult characters. Let's do some more research and see if we can find someone who is not afraid of death to take the lead."
"Quantum Fund?" Nan Ruoyin asked.
"They don't dare. American Airlines has shares in the DuPont family. DuPont is an expert in bombs. Many competitors have been sent to homemade planes by DuPont. Don't think about China, think about the local rich people in Japan. If this project succeeds, you can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars just by boasting."
"Japan, who can I find?" Nan Ruoyin started to think.
"Don't worry, think about it slowly."
It is not that easy to short American Airlines. Nan Yi wants the Intelligence Committee to study it in detail. Whether to execute it or not will have to wait for the results of the study. Nan Yi asked Nan Ruoyin to think about it, but he just wanted her to practice her planning skills, but he would not really let her do it.
There is a long way from a flash of inspiration to its implementation. Many people can come up with good ideas, but how many of them can actually execute them?
In fact, in emerging industries, the one who can really reap the benefits is often not the first one to do so.
Just like the idea of shorting American Airlines, Nan Yi was very sure that it was not just him and Nan Ruoyin who thought of it. There should be many other people who could see through it, but they might not have the ability to execute it.
"Nan Yi, the meal is ready. I'll go back to the store first."
While Nan Ruoyin was thinking, Yi Jinru came to Nan Yi while taking off her apron.
"Oh, Mom, has Jin Yan's departure documents been completed?"
Yi Jinru held the apron in her hands and slapped herself gently, "It's already been done. There's no way to stop it, you idiot. Let's see what she can do when she goes to the Kingdom of Qin."
"When are you getting on the plane? I'll see you off."
"What good thing can I give her? You are so stupid. I bought her a lot of beautiful girls and almost emptied her out of my family fortune. I won't waste my time with you. I am leaving now."
Putting the apron on the low table next to Nan Yi, Yi Jinru pushed the bicycle in the yard and left.
Not long after Yi Jinru left, Liu Zhen came back with a big belly, and dinner was served immediately in the old house.
At the dinner table, as soon as they started eating, Nan Yi took out a wad of money from his pocket and put it on the table, "I'm going to hand over all my wages for the past two and a half years. From now on, I'm completely unemployed."
"How much?"
"Six hundred and seventy-five dollars."
"So you only make 22.5 yuan a month?"
"Of course I can't compare with you, Director Liu. Please give me an idea of what to buy for the family with this money."
"What can I buy with this little money? I can barely even buy the cheapest refrigerator." Liu Zhen said disdainfully.
"This amount of money is not enough. We can use this money as capital to make money." Nan Yi leaned close to Liu Zhen's ear and said, "Take this money and put it at the bank counter. If someone who comes to withdraw money has evil thoughts, he can put the money in his pocket.
Just go up and catch him in the act, count all the money he has taken, and say that he has stolen so much, and ask him whether he wants to settle it publicly or privately.
It’s no problem to do 20 or 30 tickets a day. If you’re lucky and often meet big customers who withdraw money, then after doing this for a year, you can buy a subway car, let alone a car.”
"Nan Yi, how come a joke of yours has so many loopholes? You just withdrew the money and you want to hide it. The receipt is still there, how can you hide it?" Liu Zhen said with a smile.
"That's easy. Just put a sign on the counter saying 'We are not responsible for any loss after you leave the bank.'"
"You are so dishonest. Our bank is a financial institution that serves the people. It is not a bank for capitalists, nor a money house for local rich people like you." Liu Zhen rolled his eyes at Nan Yi and said dissatisfiedly.
"What's wrong with the local rich man's bank? Ruoyin, tell your Aunt Liu the core corporate culture of our Southland Bank."
“The customer is always right!”
"What is the salary composition of a bank teller?"
"20% functional salary, 20% smiling salary, and 60% compensation for being bullied."
Nan Yi smiled and said, "Tell your Aunt Liu about the story of our bank losing 1.8 million a few days ago."
"Auntie Liu, last week a customer went to Nan Guo Bank to deposit money. The teller accidentally added an extra zero, and 200,000 yuan became 2 million yuan. It was not discovered until the bank closed and the accounts were counted that day. But it was too late by then. The new number of 2 million yuan had already been printed on the customer's passbook.
That evening, the bank manager took the teller to the customer's home, apologized to the customer for the teller's negligence, and explained to the customer that the mistake was caused by the bank and that Southland Bank would not recover the extra 1.8 million.
This is how it happened, but after it happened, the newspaper in Xiangkeng reported it the next day, which is worthy of suspicion. Dad, you arranged this, right? "
After Nan Ruoyin finished speaking, she looked at Nan Yi with a puzzled look on her face.
"What else can we do? Nan Guo Bank requires double audits for transactions above 100,000 yuan, and triple audits for transactions above 1 million yuan. In order to improve the response speed, a large amount of investment has been made in computers. Even if the teller makes a mistake, it is impossible for the mistake to be a large amount.
With the involvement of machines, it is unlikely that major errors will occur at bank counters. What is prone to errors are other links, the manual operation links. Humans are greedy and selfish, and it is difficult to guard against them.
This loss of 1.8 million is just a soft advertisement, showing the attitude and credibility of our Southland Bank.
Of course, even if this becomes true, I will still let the bank admit it. I care more about the bank's reputation than that little loss."
"Isn't this as it should be? It's as if our bank will not recognize it." Liu Zhen said disapprovingly.
"Yes, yes, this is a matter of course. Let's stop talking and eat."
…
The next day, July 17th.
Another Monday passed, and there was still no new news from Changhe Woolen Textile. Nan Yi thought it was normal. He was very familiar with the efficiency of state-owned enterprises.
He thought that in the next two days, Zhao Yuanzhi would invite people from both sides to Changhe Woolen Mill at the same time. He would sit back and wait and see the two parties offer their prices, real cash plus invisible "notes". Whoever offered the higher price would be the one to whom the old factory would be rented.
Near noon, Zuo Can came from Shencun with Monkey and Mountain Cannon.
In order to make it easier to move around and find a place that can issue a letter of introduction from a unit, Nan Yi arranged a unit for all three of them. After all, with only a letter of introduction from the street, there are many places that cannot be entered, and it is also inconvenient to find a place to live.
It is not easy to get a single room in a guesthouse. You either have to sleep in a large dormitory or have a shared room.
Zuo Can was assigned to the transportation team of the Baoan Soda Factory. The products of the soda factory could not be sold outside the province at all. Only a few trips were made a year, and the drivers had no work to do, so he, as a dispatcher, had even less time.
Monkey became a patrolman, also known as the Death Guard or the Security Guard. Due to the increase of foreign population in Shenzhen, the public security became worse. First, several villages in the urban villages spontaneously organized patrol teams, and then other places followed suit.
Shajiaotou also has its own patrol team. The personnel are drawn from various villages. Each village has three vacancies. They bring their own equipment to the post, and their salaries are paid by the village.
The team members are usually selected through discussions of the village committee. If someone's son is restless or someone's son often fights outside, these people will often be chosen to be patrolmen.
The young men in Wenchangwei are either doing business outside or are already in the village patrol team guarding their village. It is difficult to get three candidates together, so Nan Yi just put Monkey in.
Since it is not a regular staff, the management is naturally not that strict, and it is very easy to take a leave.
Shan Pao went to the Material Bureau to work as a purchaser. If the Material Bureau was a popular unit in the past, it is not so popular now.
Since supplies are not as tight as in the past, the functions of the Materials Bureau have become a bit useless, not to mention the Materials Bureau in Shenzhen. The supplies in the Special Administrative Region are already guaranteed, so the Materials Bureau is even more dispensable.
Shan Pao, the buyer, has only been on a business trip once since he started working, to a coal mine in the north, and has been on vacation the rest of the time. Buyers are either on a business trip or on vacation, and when they are not traveling, they don't need to go to the office to work.
After the three people arrived, Nan Yi still received them in the yard.
Nan Yi has been fond of staying in the yard lately. In the morning, he dug a tunnel near the wall in the yard and transplanted a row of golden jade bamboos.
"Mountain Cannon, Monkey, I asked you two to come here to help Ruoyin. She lives in the Friendship Hotel, and you can go to see her later. As for you, Old Soldier, I just want you to come here to relax. Stay here for a few days before going back, and you will be free soon."
Perhaps because he had two younger sisters, Fan Qianye felt that he was going to fall out of favor. When the two little ones were still in their cradles, this boy would pinch and squeeze them and secretly bully his two sisters.
Because of this incident, Zuo Can and Xu Xiaofang had a very unhappy argument. Nan Yi originally wanted to send Fan Qianye far away so that Zuo Can would not have to see him and would not be bothered by him, but Zuo Can never took the initiative to mention it to him, so the matter was dragged on.
In May this year, Fan Qianye came with a ruthless attitude. While Xu Xiaofang was buying soy sauce, he took the two girls, Zuo Mei and Zuo Lan, to the street outside, left them there, and went home alone.
In the end, the person was found successfully and nothing happened, but Xu Xiaofang was still scared.
To Xu Xiaofang, all her children are her own, and she treats them with all her heart. It is impossible for her to be biased towards Fan Qianye without any bottom line. After this incident, she has no choice but to send her son away.
Look, Nan Yi has already asked someone to help Fan Qianye complete the formalities, and in about ten days, he will leave for abroad.
Zuo Can said: "Thank you."
"You're welcome. I didn't visit my two nieces this time. I guess they don't remember me, right?"
"Remember."
"They must be thinking of me sending them food and toys. I'll take some time to go and see them later. The two girls are very popular."
Xu Xiaofang has very strong genes. Like Zuo Mei and Zuo Lan and Fan Hongdou, they are also full of spirituality and have a good IQ. As long as they are carefully nurtured, they will basically become successful when they grow up.
Even Fan Qianye, whom Nan Yi looks down upon, is actually not bad. If he could be born in a single-child family with good conditions and be the only one doted on by the family, he would definitely become a successful person in the future. However, it is hard to predict what his final outcome will be.
Hearing Nan Yi's words, Zuo Can just smiled implicitly.
Shan Pao and Monkey sat in the yard for a while, then went to the Friendship Hotel to report to Nan Ruoyin. Nan Yi took Zuo Can to the next door to have a free meal.
Yan Du's wife Mao Chijuan was persuaded to leave the countryside, but she did not choose to go to the south. Instead, she came to Beijing to reunite with Yan Du. When Fan Hongdou returns, Yan Rou will also come back, and their family can meet often in the future.
When Mao Chijuan came, she was responsible for cooking for the bodyguards. Nan Yi paid her a salary, and when Nan Yi didn't want to go out to eat, he could eat next door.
When Nan Yi and the other person arrived, the first three people had already started eating. After greeting Mao Chijuan, Nan Yi served himself some rice and started eating at the table.
Mao Chijuan doesn't speak Mandarin, she only speaks her local dialect, Nan Yi can only understand 30% of what she says by listening and guessing, so communication is a bit difficult. But her cooking skills are impeccable, although Nan Yi doesn't like Guizhou cuisine, he can still get used to her dishes.
When it comes to Guizhou cuisine, a dish of cold-mixed Houttuynia cordata is indispensable. The Houttuynia cordata is sprinkled with powdered chili peppers, which makes it crispy, tender and refreshing. The more you chew it, the more fragrant it becomes, which can't help but increase your appetite.
Well, this is the official evaluation. In fact, Nan Yi couldn't get used to eating it at all. He just picked up a piece of it with chopsticks out of courtesy, and he never touched the Houttuynia cordata again. Instead, he had a special liking for the lotus residue on the table.
"Qin Xiang, where is Wu Kun?"
Nan Yi didn't see Wu Kun just now, and didn't see him at the dinner table now, so he asked.
"This morning someone brought a painting to be framed. We wanted to turn it down, but Uncle Yan said that since we had a sign for framing paintings, we couldn't turn down the job, so we took it. Wu Kun took the painting to Panjiayuan to find someone who could frame it."
"Oh, I was negligent. I should have found two masters who can frame paintings. Uncle Yan is right. Now that we have put up the sign, we can't just refuse any business."
In fact, it doesn't matter if they don't take any business. It doesn't affect the most important function of the picture framing shop at all - to conceal the identities of Qin Xiang and the other three. It's just that Nan Yi needs a link to stay in touch with the antique circle.
Nan Yi hadn't paid attention to the antique business for more than two years and was a little out of touch with the information. However, he still had antiques in an air-raid shelter waiting to be sold, so he needed a channel that was close to the antique business but convenient for him to get information.
This is why he wanted to open a picture framing shop here instead of any other shop. He just didn't expect that business would come to him so quickly.
“Is it an ancient painting?”
Nan Yi asked worriedly, if someone rashly sent a painting to a newly opened shop for framing, he was either a fool or had ulterior motives. The antique business is a big melting pot, and all kinds of scams in the world can be seen in this business.
"Definitely not. The painting is of a woman wearing modern clothes."
"What clothes?"
"Coat."
"That's hard to say. It could be a painting from the Republic of China period. The clothes worn by wealthy people during the Republic of China period might have been more fashionable than those worn today."
After Nan Yi finished speaking, he kept silent.
He didn't see the painting, so even if there was something fishy in it, he couldn't guess what it was. If it was really a trap, he would have been trapped the moment he took the painting, and all he could do was to deal with it as it happened.
