Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 1288

Chapter 1288: Chapter 1160: That’s the Best Possible Outcome

"He’s pretty capable. I might sign a long-term contract with him."

"Then he’ll be over the moon." Miao Tianming could practically picture how excited that guy would be. "By the way, Sis, is May 1st really not going abroad to study?"

"He still doesn’t plan to go this year." Zhou Jiao had already asked her youngest. This year the school offered spots for fully funded overseas study; he turned them down again.

According to him, studying abroad and all that will have to wait. The kid said he needs to think it over more, so Zhou Jiao didn’t press him.

Anyway, once he makes up his mind, he’ll naturally discuss it with the family first.

"Alright. Tell me when he’s coming over, I’ll go pick him up."

Hearing that, Zhou Jiao couldn’t stop laughing. "Maybe the country he goes to study in will end up being even farther from you than staying in China."

"No big deal, it’s just a flight. Sis, I still can’t make it back this year. I’ll try to come home next year to see you."

"Okay, stay safe. Remember to pass on my greetings to the uncles."

Hanging up in a rush, Zhou Jiao then realized she’d forgotten to ask one more thing: that 200,000 US Dollars belonging to Yi Jiefang and the others—about how much is it worth now?

But forget it, that’s not urgent. Once the year-end statement comes, everything will be clear at a glance.

Even though Miao Tianming hadn’t mentioned the current profit on that 200,000 during the call, she could still roughly estimate the result.

Back then, 40,000 people’s currency, converted into US Dollars at the exchange rate, with all the handling fees and miscellaneous charges, took up about ten percent of her total investment.

What’s unfortunate is that this time they didn’t use leverage. Even though the trades were synchronized, going in with a principal of 200,000—no matter how you roll it over—it still ended up losing.

If they’d used leverage, each person would have made at least over a million US Dollars.

Such a pity...

"Next month the drop’s going to be pretty big. Should I ask them one more time?" It wasn’t that Zhou Jiao wanted to play the saint; it’s just that such a small amount of资金 sitting in there felt awkward and was hard to operate around.

Zhang Guoqing listened to her and, after pondering for a moment, shook his head with a wry smile.

"What’s wrong?"

Zhang Guoqing glanced at her. "Headache!"

"..." Zhou Jiao blinked. "You’re worried that when the money earns too much later, it’ll scare them?"

"That’s the minor issue. The main thing is I don’t want people knowing how much you’ve made. At least for the next few years we can’t let outsiders find out. The timing’s not right yet."

Zhou Jiao smiled in understanding. It was only the end of ’81; she was also planning to pull the funds back after the Plaza Accord. With time, it wouldn’t stand out so much.

"Then I’ll listen to you. Anyway, there’ll be plenty of chances to make money later. After we finish the next wave, I’m done with futures. Starting next year, the funds are going to slowly move into the stock market."

Zhang Guoqing smiled without saying anything and just nodded.

That would be for the best.

You have to know this is the early ’80s. Fifty million placed in any country is no small sum. Of course, real tycoons wouldn’t even look twice at a few tens of millions.

But every country’s intel agencies aren’t to be trifled with.

Everything has to be done slowly, step by step. You can’t rush it.

Time slid by day after day, and overseas they were still quietly "robbing money" just as planned.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the year’s winter vacation again. Because this year during summer break Ping’an and May 1st had gone down to the grassroots for internships, they could actually rest at home during winter.

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