After the farewell dinner, I had nothing to do at home for the time being.
The college entrance examination results will not be available for about half a month, so Su Zelin plans to go to Shenghai to get the stock as soon as possible.
The next morning, Su Zelin boarded the direct express train to Shenghai early without even telling his parents.
Although Jiang Lan is in Zhejiang Province, he is only about 200 kilometers away from Shenghai. He can leave in the morning and come back on the same day after finishing his business, so as to save his parents from worrying. His father may even follow him, and if he finds out that he has used tens of thousands of dollars to buy stocks, he will definitely stop him!
During the summer vacation, it was normal for Su Zelin to go out early and come back late, and spend the whole day in the Internet cafe. Besides, he had graduated, so his parents didn't care.
We set off in the morning and arrived at Shenghai at noon.
The prosperous sea of this era was only beginning to take shape as an international metropolis.
Looking at Lujiazui from Puxi, the tallest building is still the Jinmao Tower.
Taking the subway to work is still a very fashionable thing. Line 2 has just opened and Line 3 is still called the Light Rail Pearl Line.
Most house prices are around three thousand per square meter. You can get a tax refund when you buy a house, and you can also get a blue-stamp household registration.
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When you walk out of the bus station, there is a lot of crowds and it is very busy.
This kind of place is a mixed crowd. Although Shenghai in 2000 was not as chaotic as it was in the 1990s, there were still pickpockets. Occasionally, there were a few pairs of sneaky eyes in the crowd, but their gazes fell on Su Zelin, and after looking around, they turned away.
Su Zelin also grew up on the streets. He has a tough air about him and is tall and strong. Today he put on mousse to create a more awesome hairstyle. After getting off the car, he held a cigarette in his mouth and looked like someone who is not easy to mess with. Besides, a kid like this usually doesn't have much money, so no pickpocket would be stupid enough to choose him as a target.
There are quite a few taxis in front of the bus station, almost all of them are small Xiali cars. From a distance, it looks like a sea of red, with a few old Sampo or Santana cars occasionally mixed in.
Taxi drivers shouted to attract passengers carrying large and small bags, but no one paid any attention to Su Zelin.
It is still quite a luxury to take a taxi now. Take Xiali as an example. The starting price is 8 yuan for three kilometers in the suburbs, and 10 yuan in the city. It is 2 yuan per kilometer over that. Santana is a few yuan more expensive. If you go a long distance, it will cost dozens of yuan. Therefore, most people still take the bus.
This young man Su Zelin doesn't look like a rich man who is willing to spend money.
However, Su Zelin simply opened the door of a Santana and sat in the back seat. He didn't intend to waste time to save a little money.
"Master, Pujiang Hotel!"
The taxi driver was slightly stunned.
Su Zelin's temperament doesn't seem like that of a Shenghai native, but he speaks the authentic Shenghai Qingpu dialect.
Of course he didn't know that before his rebirth, Su Zelin's business base was in Shenghai. After living there for so many years, he naturally spoke fluent Shenghai dialect.
"That's great!"
The driver responded and started the Santana.
This old German car is quite comfortable, with ample space and cool air conditioning.
If I change to a Xiali, I won't be able to move with the air conditioner on in such a hot summer, and it will be as slow as a snail. However, the advantage of Xiali is that it is cheap, and the maintenance cost is much lower than that of Santana.
The traffic jam in Shanghai was quite serious in 2000, but fortunately the traffic was smooth today and we made our way to Pujiang Hotel.
Su Zelin handed over a Red Bull, the driver gave him change, and he got out of the Santana.
In front of us is a building with a strong neoclassical style of the British Empire, located on the east side of the Waibaidu Bridge, a famous landmark in Shenghai, in the North Bund commercial district.
Of course, Su Zelin didn't come here for accommodation. He planned to go home that day, so there was no need to waste money.
In 1990, Xiaguo’s first stock exchange, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, was born in the Pujiang Hotel. The first opening gong was struck in the Peacock Hall of this old hotel, marking the beginning of Xiaguo’s official use of the stock market as a tool for economic development!
The establishment of the Shanghai Stock Exchange also enabled the securities market to move from trading in small over-the-counter stores to centralized trading. The alternation of the old and the new was of milestone significance.
However, the stock market was still very quiet at that time. It was not until the 1992 Fortune Certificate and the Old Eight Stocks made many people rich overnight that many Xia people who were ahead of the times realized the charm of stocks, and more and more crazy stock investors emerged.
By the new century, the securities market had already developed to a considerable level.
Moreover, the period from mid-1999 to mid-2001 was the sixth bull market in the history of Xiaguo's stock market. The overall market conditions were good, which greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of investors.
Su Zelin walked into the securities hall, which was already crowded with people.
The business department has a large screen and a small trading terminal for viewing and analyzing market conditions. Users can also enter their account number and password on the trading terminal to trade. Large investors can also use computers in the exchange. However, many people still do not know how to operate by themselves and can only go to the counter to fill out orders.
Su Zelin went straight to a staff member and explained his purpose.
"You want to open an account?"
The staff were very surprised to hear this.
Although Su Zelin is mature despite his young age, he looks only about 17 or 18 years old.
In this era, people who play stocks are usually people with a certain amount of experience in society, and young people like him are very rare.
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The staff considered for a while and found a suitable address: "Young man, are you sure? Does your family know about this?"
Su Zelin pushed his ID card in front of him and said with a smile: "I am already sixteen years old and have full civil capacity. The money for opening an account and subsequent stock market investment also comes from my personal independent account. I will be responsible for my actions!"
The staff member didn't say anything. He was aware of this and was just giving a friendly reminder.
Since the other party insisted, he could only help him open an account and handle other matters.
The account was opened and a few dozen yuan was paid. Then, according to the original plan, Su Zelin bought almost all the money in the bank card into Shenghai Meilin, leaving only a few hundred yuan for daily use during the summer vacation.
Walking out of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Su Zelin was in a good mood.
Everything is ready, except for the east wind, and we are just waiting for this stock to soar.
At this time, he was also very hungry, so he bought a box lunch from a mobile stall on a tricycle.
The 1990s was the heyday of boxed lunches in Shenghai. Boxed lunch vendors could be found at stations and docks, hospital entrances, downtown areas, street corners and other places where people gathered. This was still common in 2000.
A large number of investors come and go in the Shanghai Stock Exchange every day. Some people are hungry and come out of the trading hall to buy lunch boxes to fill their stomachs. Business is still quite good.
A box of lunch only cost three dollars and fifty cents. The taste was so-so. I can’t say it was delicious, but it was okay.
I squatted at the door to eat my box lunch and then strolled around Shenghai.
The metropolis of this era is actually not very new to Su Zelin.
Because Jiang Lan lived close to Shenghai, and his family used to do business in both places, they often went to Shenghai. Su Zelin had been there many times with his father when he was a child, and he made money here after graduation. So he lost interest after shopping for a while and took the express train home.
When they stepped into the house, it was already evening. The two elders didn't notice Su Zelin Shenghai running back and forth, so they thought he went to the Internet cafe or did something else.
"You little brat, you just play around all day. You can't relax like this even after the college entrance exam. Besides, isn't it several dollars an hour to surf the Internet? How much money do you spend in a day?"
Zhao Lixia couldn't help but nag a little.
"Mom, I'm not going to the Internet cafe today, I'm going to make money, okay!"
Su Zelin chuckled.
"Come on, if you're still making money like this, I'll be thankful if you spend less!"
Zhao Lixia naturally didn't believe it. She glared at Su Zelin and turned her attention to her husband: "I told you that we should keep the lottery winnings for him first, but you didn't listen. Look at your son. He seems to have wings when he has a little money. He is about to fly to the sky. Sooner or later, he will squander all this money!"
Su Jianjun coughed dryly: "It is a good thing for young people to learn how to use the Internet. Through the Internet, they can get the latest information, understand the situation of economic development, and more easily find opportunities to start a business and make money!"
It can be seen here that Su's father has a strong ability to accept new things and has a forward-looking personality. Su Zelin couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, thinking that his father's success is really not accidental.
However, Zhao Lixia doesn't think so: "Knowing how to surf the Internet is useless. I heard that people who go there are not good people. Eight out of ten of them play games or chat and make friends on QQ. In short, they do nothing!"
"The son of Mr. Liu from the alley hangs out in the Internet cafe all day, addicted to games. Mr. Liu was so mad at me that he almost broke his legs!"
"You, you don't care about your own son, it's fine, but you also make excuses for him and encourage him to go out and play!"
Zhao Lixia scolded him so much that Su Jianjun didn't dare to say anything.
He had originally planned to buy a computer, but seeing his wife's strong opposition, he was afraid that this matter would have to be put on hold.
Su Zelin walked behind Zhao Lixia, rubbed her shoulders and said with a smile: "Mother, please calm down. How about this, I won't say any more nonsense. After the holiday, before I go to college, I promise that the tens of thousands of yuan in the card will become more than 100,000 yuan. From now on, you have to trust me. How about it?"
He did not intend to keep the matter of stock trading a secret from his parents, because it was an opportunity for him to show his abilities. Only when he had proved himself would the parents let him do it himself instead of meddling in his affairs.
"One hundred thousand? You are daydreaming! There is only one and a half months left in the summer vacation. How can you triple your money in such a short time? I tell you, even if you raise your pillow tonight, you won't be able to have such a good dream!"
Zhao Lixia looked unhappy, thinking that her son was just daydreaming. He thought the banknotes were leaves on the ground and he could pick them up whenever he wanted.
Su Zelin thought to himself that it was more than three times, almost four times.
Before I went to college, I was no longer a millionaire with a monthly income of 10,000 yuan, but had been upgraded to a millionaire with a monthly income of 100,000 yuan!
He didn't argue with his mother, and said with a smile: "Then we'll see!"
"We'll see, but before you take out the hundred thousand dollars, you have to behave yourself!"
Zhao Lixia snorted, "Your dad indulges you, but I can't. If you keep going like this, you'll be wasted when you first enter college! Look at Shi Qing, every day on vacation she either helps her parents with work or reads a book, she's a good role model! You little brat, listen to me, from today on, you're only allowed to go out and play for four hours a day at most!"
Su Zelin's face suddenly turned bitter.
I was originally planning to have a good time during the summer vacation, but now my mother has issued a confinement order.
He turned to his father for help, but Su Jianjun turned his head away, implying that he couldn't help him either.
"Mom, I'm an adult, six hours!"
Su Zelin gritted his teeth.
"Hey, you dare to bargain with me, it seems that you are really strong, you want to be beaten, right? I said four hours, so it's four hours. I'll let Shi Qing watch you. If you don't go home after the time limit, you'll have your butt chopped off!"
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In fact, Zhao Lixia imposed a house arrest order on Su Zelin not only because she was worried that he would lose his ambition due to pleasure, but there were other reasons as well.
His son goes out early and comes back late every day, and he has little chance to meet Qin Shiqing. The chances of becoming his future daughter-in-law are already slim, and now it's even worse.
So she had to do something to allow the two children to have more contact with each other, which was really a lot of effort.
In any case, with the curfew order, Su Zelin can only stay at home most of the time.
My mother was furious, and I had to listen to her, but it was a bit boring. I was so bored after surfing the Internet that I had to get a monthly card at a rental bookstore and rent a few books every day to pass the time.
A few days later, Su Zelin was lying lazily at home, holding a newly rented copy of "DNA2" in his hand. This old Japanese comic from the 1990s is still enjoyable to read now.
However, what made him slightly angry was that some of the more harmonious pages of the heroine Aoi Jialing's book were torn off by others. This made him very unhappy when he saw this at a critical moment, although he had done the same thing before.
"Fuck, what a Sima, he has no sense of public morality. He has enjoyed himself, but he doesn't want to let others enjoy themselves!"
Su Zelin cursed.
Tearing up the harmonious pages of a comic is just like tearing up the chapters with a lot of ellipsis in a novel. Both are extremely despicable. People who rent the book later basically have to curse the relatives and even ancestors of the former.
It was already depressing enough to be restricted in the time allowed to go out every day, and now Su Zelin was even more furious.
"Ring, ring, ring..."
At this time, the landline in the living room rang, and Su Zelin dropped the "DNA2" in his hand and walked out.
The caller ID showed a public telephone booth number.
"Hello, hello!"
Su Zelin picked up the microphone.
"Zelin, I'm Lu Haoran!"
An honest voice came from the other end of the line.
The installation fee for a landline phone is still quite expensive now, costing two to three thousand yuan. Although it is much cheaper than the four to five thousand yuan or even tens of thousands of yuan in the 1990s, it has not yet developed to the point where every household has one.
Lu Haoran's family is not well off and he has not installed a landline phone. He usually contacts Su Zelin by using an IC card to find a public phone.
Su Zelin cheered up.
"Mouse, I was just looking for you!"
After two days of reading comics, he was a little bored and planned to meet up with his best friend to have some fun.
"Um, Zelin, are you free tomorrow?"
Lu Haoran asked tentatively.
"Yes, I stay at home every day now, and I'm almost rusty!"
Su Zelin said quickly.
"That's great. Can you teach me how to surf the Internet? I want to apply for QQ at the same time."
Lu Haoran stated his purpose.
"Of course, but we have to go early. Internet cafes are very popular during the summer vacation. If we go too late, there will definitely be no computers!"
"Okay, then I'll get up early and leave after breakfast!"
"Well, it's happily decided then!"
"… "
I chatted with my good friend for a while and then hung up the phone.
Su Zelin felt a little better.
Although Haozi cannot break his mother's curfew, it is still nice to have someone to accompany him while surfing the Internet so that it is not so boring.
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