I'm back in 1990

Chapter 189: Return to Hong Kong

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Sang Weihong has only recently had some free time. Not long ago, the training center successfully held a training seminar for education departments in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The results were excellent, and they received many orders on the same day. Huang Xiaochuan's idea was brilliant, as it allowed everyone to share the benefits, which led to a surge in responses.

It even made it into the news in Shanghai newspapers, and the education bureaus of the two provinces and one city, as well as key middle schools, ordered teaching materials for various subjects compiled by the training center.

The first batch of eight experimental tutoring classes at the training center were filled within two days. Many parents are still trying to get their children into the classes by pulling strings and asking for favors. These are parents who hope their children will succeed.

Of course, Sang Weihong was only a supporting role in this. Although the plan was submitted in her name, the implementation of the plan still needed to be led by the school. Her status as the president of the department's student union was not enough.

However, Sang Weihong deserves much credit; she is now on the Emperor's side, and the impoverished students at the school have indeed benefited from the establishment of this education and training center.

This incident earned praise from higher authorities for the school and department leaders, who commended them for their solid work, innovative abilities, and creation of a new model for addressing the difficulties faced by impoverished students.

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics has gained both fame and fortune; the university never expected such a huge windfall to fall into their laps.

The school leaders have already spoken with Sang Weihong, and the implication is that they will not let Sang Weihong's talent go to waste. Young people like Sang Weihong are humble, hardworking, and outstanding among college students. If Sang Weihong herself is willing, the school will make special arrangements to let her stay at the school.

Sang Weihong was of course willing. You know, getting a Shanghai hukou (household registration) is incredibly difficult, practically hellish. Now the door is open to her, and all of this will be resolved once she graduates. So Sang Weihong expressed her willingness to stay. In this way, both parties reached a consensus, and everyone was happy.

Although Sang Weihong was favored by leaders at all levels of the school, she knew that she was not the real hero.

But whenever Sang Weihong thought of that guy, she remembered what happened that day. She was so ashamed that she still didn't know how to face him.

That guy deserves a lot of credit for my being selected to stay at the university. Although I had helped him a few times, it was nothing compared to what he had done. He made me a co-author of the paper and later helped me come up with ideas and write detailed plans. Either of these things would be a stepping stone to success for anyone else!

How should I thank him? This guy is too rich. I doubt he'd even appreciate a gift. It's all his fault for having a girlfriend so early. Otherwise, I could have offered myself to him. Ugh! Why am I thinking about this again? I don't want to think about it anymore! Sang Weihong quickly shook her head.

Meanwhile, Huang Xiaochuan was submitting a leave application in Dai Xiaoguang's office.

"Teacher Dai, this is my leave request. I would like to ask for two days off on the 9th and 10th."

Dai Xiaoguang glanced at the leave request slip Huang Xiaochuan submitted and asked, "What kind of leave is this?"

Huang Xiaochuan then used his uncle as a shield.

"My uncle's new house is having its roof beam raised, and he insisted that I go back. I grew up in my uncle's house, so it wouldn't be right not to go. I also didn't have many classes those two days, so I told my roommates that they would take notes for me and I would catch up on the classes when I got back."

As he spoke, he stuffed two packs of Hongtashan cigarettes wrapped in newspaper into Dai Xiaoguang's desk drawer. Dai Xiaoguang was a smoker, and quite addicted to cigarettes. He usually smoked Hongshuangxi cigarettes that cost 1.5 yuan a pack.

Huang Xiaochuan has always performed well at school and excels academically, never missing a class. It's normal for him to take two days off due to family matters; everyone has their share of big and small emergencies! This has nothing to do with the package in the drawer.

Thinking of this, Dai Xiaoguang said, "I understand. Leave the leave slip with me, and I'll take it to the academic affairs office to get it approved for you later. Wait for my notification."

"Alright! Thank you so much, Teacher Dai!"

Huang Xiaochuan turned around and left the office without any hesitation.

Without wasting any time, Huang Xiaochuan called Zhou Wei and He Wenfeng, and the three of them went to the civil aviation ticket office to buy tickets for Hong Kong on the 8th, which had to be first class.

Huang Xiaochuan had planned this schedule in advance. The 8th, 9th and 10th were the three days. The 8th was Sunday, and he could have lunch with Yu Xiang on Sunday. He would then take a direct flight to Hong Kong in the afternoon, stay overnight in Hong Kong, go to the bank on the 9th to handle gold futures business, and after that, he would go to the specialty store to buy some things to take back. He would then take a flight back on the 10th. It was just the right time, not too fast or too slow!

The decision to short gold futures on the 9th was made after careful consideration.

On December 8, some constituent republics of the former Soviet Union signed an agreement on independence, which meant that the Soviet Union was just one step away from being officially declared to no longer exist.

Therefore, Huang Xiaochuan had to sign an agreement with the bank to short gold futures on the 9th. He couldn't do it any earlier because gold futures sometimes fluctuate greatly, and Huang Xiaochuan's mere million dollars was nothing compared to these fluctuations.

And do you think those international financial tycoons are fools? They know far more than ordinary people and have already started making plans. Huang Xiaochuan has little capital, so the leverage he can use is naturally not large enough to alarm those financial tycoons. For Huang Xiaochuan, making money is enough; he doesn't seek to maximize profits.

To be on the safe side, Huang Xiaochuan chose the 12th, because two days after the signing of the Independent States Agreement, the price of gold futures began to decline and would not fluctuate much. After December 25, when the Soviet Union was officially declared to no longer exist, the world gold price would inevitably plummet. When it fell to the 43 mark, Huang Xiaochuan would begin to reap the rewards of his victory.

On the morning of the 8th, Huang Xiaochuan went to the vegetable market near his old apartment as usual to buy groceries. When he returned home, Yu Xiang and Ji Mei had already started their weekly deep cleaning.

These two women are so diligent. Do all women who study medicine have some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness?

Since Yu Xiang moved here, Huang Xiaochuan has provided her with all kinds of household appliances.

Huang Xiaochuan never washed his own clothes again, not even his underwear and socks.

After lunch, Huang Xiaochuan drank a cup of tea, checked the time on his watch, and then spoke to Yu Xiang.

"Sister Xiang, I have to go now. I won't be coming over for dinner tonight, so you don't need to wait for me."

"Okay, what about the clothes?"

"Leave your clothes here for now, I'll come back for them next time. There are clean clothes in the dorm, so don't worry."

"Alright then! Come and pick it up as soon as possible, okay?"

"Okay, let me kiss you!"

"Why are you making such a loud noise?" Yu Xiang turned her head to look into the room, afraid that Ji Mei would hear her.

Huang Xiaochuan laughed and said, "What are you afraid of? We're the original couple."

Yu Xiang feigned disgust and said, "What a jerk!"

Then she took the initiative to kiss Huang Xiaochuan.

Huang Xiaochuan then went out and took a taxi directly to the airport. He asked Zhou Wei and He Wenfeng to meet him at the airport to save them the trouble of running back and forth.