Chapter 65 - Tutoring Plan Settled
Tang Jing’s father was from the Reform and Opening-Up period. He was a local Shanghainese, and during that time, all he needed to do was stay at home obediently and wait for the country to develop, but he did not.
1992 was a very important year in the Reform and Opening-Up period because that year solidified the country’s economic status and Shanghai’s stock exchange was introduced.
From the original eight pioneer shares[1], the number of new shares was increased to 37.
Tang Jing’s father believed that this was a golden opportunity, so he persuaded the entire family to sell the house and invest all the money in new shares and subscription warrants.
However, since the house was his family’s roots, Tang Jing’s grandfather almost strangled his own son for doing something this risky.
It was then that Tang Jing’s father’s decisiveness and boldness came into play. He decided to split up with his father’s family and go solo. Back then, people lived in villages, and usually when a family split up, the house would be divided into two or a new house would be built.
Tang Jing’s grandfather compromised and gave her father a few thousand yuan to help him build a new house. However, her father used those few thousand yuan to buy new shares.
Some people probably knew what happened after that. In a few months, the value of the shares multiplied almost ten times, so the few thousand her father invested became 200,000 yuan and more.
After the designated driver parked the car and Su Yang rejected Tang Jing’s offer to go in for a drink, he took the subway back to his own neighborhood.
When he arrived at his neighborhood, Su Yang did not sprint back home right away. He remembered that he still had to fill up the slots in the faucet and expand his ‘beverage empire’, so he headed to the supermarket and bought many big bottles of his favorite drinks.
When he walked past the alcohol section, Su Yang conveniently took a bottle of Tsingtao beer.
He wanted to have a test with beer first. If he could drink 500 ml in a single breath, he would move on to other alcohol. If he could not, he must find another way.
With a bunch of beverages in his hands, Su Yang made the payment under the cashier’s strange gaze. He then headed back with several bags of beverages in his hand.
Right after he stepped into his neighborhood, his phone rang. It was from an unregistered number.
[1] These are the shares that pioneered the share market in China. It is considered a historical remain from the previous generation. Interested folks can google the term 老八股