Chapter 786: The Era Begins

Secretary Liu stared at He Yuzhu: "This time you are dealing with a country's military power all by yourself. How much confidence do you have?"

He Yuzhu smiled, his tone very firm: "Don't worry, Leader. I may not have other skills, but I have great skills in destruction. However, we must also take advantage of these few years to fiercely boost our military strength."

Secretary Liu nodded and mused: "The planes you brought back last time have been of great use for our research and reference. It's just that the long-range bomber part is still lacking."

He Yuzhu's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice: "When I go over this time, I will strive to get one of the most advanced ones from M Country. I heard their B2 has already begun deployment."

"Just do your best with that. By the way, how do you need our side to cooperate?"

He Yuzhu calculated the High Explosive in his space and said: "If you could give me a bit more High Explosive, that would be great."

Secretary Liu nodded: "Let Liu Xiaohua and Liu Rusi be fully responsible for this matter. You can just discuss it with them when the time comes; this matter must be kept absolutely confidential."

He Yuzhu nodded vigorously. As soon as he returned home, he began making preparations, burying himself in studying materials on the geography, terrain, and landforms of the Bay region.

As soon as Xu Damao entered the house, Liu Sanmei crowded over and asked irritably: "Tell me quickly, did you go to the Changtai Songwuting last night?"

"What are you thinking? He Yuzhu doesn't go to that kind of place at all. I'm telling you, we slept on the carpet in He Yuzhu's living room and chatted all night about Doudao... mainly because his daughter He Jia wants to film movies of this type."

"Are you all sick? Four real people who do Doudao, and you're chatting with him about this?" Liu Sanmei widened her eyes.

"It's not that we wanted to talk about it; it was Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and Dajinya who brought up the topic. He Yuzhu didn't originally intend to keep me; it was I who shamelessly insisted on staying. I just wanted to know what chips he would use to trade."

"How did you trade in the end?"

Xu Damao was beaming: "This time He Yuzhu revealed another big piece of news, telling us to buy a certain stock. You hurry up and calculate how much money our family can still scrape together? I can't be stingy this time; I'm going to do something big!"

Liu Sanmei glared at him again: "Which country's stock are you buying?"

"Shen Shi's, called 'Vacuum Electronics'."

"What 'Vacuum Cushion'?" Liu Sanmei asked.

"Vacuum Electronics! It probably makes electronic components, just like Hongxing Electronics Factory. Why do I believe him? He Yuzhu's student is now the Factory Director of Hongxing Electronics Factory; he most likely got internal information and even specifically warned us not to tell anyone else."

"How much do you plan to invest this time?" Liu Sanmei asked.

"It can flip seven or eight times in a year. Isn't this money falling from the sky? I want to invest all our money into it."

Liu Sanmei glared: "You dare? This is gambling!"

Xu Damao disagreed: "Don't you know what kind of person He Yuzhu is? He can accurately predict United States stocks, so can't he predict domestic stocks? The 100,000 USD we invested before flipped ten times in less than four years. What business can earn this much? The antique trade nowadays is black-hearted, full of fakes everywhere; if you're not careful, you'll get burned. Have you forgotten that fake Xuande Censer I bought a few days ago?"

Liu Sanmei didn't answer and asked directly: "Then how much are Hu Bayi and the others investing?"

"The three of them brought back over three million; they originally planned to buy a house, but this time they plan to invest the whole amount, leaving only a hundred thousand or so for food expenses."

Liu Sanmei shook her head: "Those three are just gamblers. You tell me every day that no matter how reliable a thing is, you have to keep some capital. Anyway, I won't let you invest it all."

Xu Damao said: "Then let's put the three million Siqiang gave us in the bank and use our own three million to buy the stock."

Liu Sanmei thought for a moment: "Even if we invest three million and it flips six times, wouldn't that be tens of millions? I'm not greedy; once we earn tens of millions, we'll retire peacefully, okay?"

Xu Damao said: "If you ask me, we should just invest all six million. Once we make big money, we won't do anything else and just retire."

Liu Sanmei shook her head: "If it fails, we won't have any room to recover our losses."

Xu Damao disagreed: "Liu Sanmei, don't forget, we still have four million in assets over in the United States. Siqiang gave us three million at once this time; the wealth in his hands is far more than this amount. Maybe I'll be able to get another ten million from him later."

Liu Sanmei still shook her head: "No matter what, we'll invest four million at most."

Xu Damao nodded.

On the other side, He Yuzhu was also going all out to write a script for his daughter He Jia.

He started working directly in the Time Cabin in his space.

Back when he was studying abroad in the United Kingdom, he was bored out of his mind, so he read Ghost Blows Out the Light by Tianxia Bachang countless times—he had seen the original novel and all the subsequent adapted film and television works; the plot was deeply ingrained in his mind, and he even incorporated quite a bit of material provided by Xu Damao during the creation process.

Now that he was writing the script, it was basically equivalent to a reproduction. It didn't take long before all eight complete stories were written.

When he handed the eight manuscripts to He Jia, He Jia read them through in one breath and didn't close her eyes for the whole night.

After finishing, she sighed with heavy dark circles under her eyes: "Dad, you are a born screenwriting genius, much better than those professional screenwriters in our circle!

These stories are too brilliant! Next year in September or October, I must have the first movie released. I also want to make it into a series, steadily filming two a year."

Seeing his daughter full of joy, He Yuzhu smiled and warned: "No matter what, this series of works must be finished before '94. In the future, the control over this type of subject matter will tighten, and it will be difficult to film them again."

He Jia had known since she was a child that her father always kept his word, so she nodded seriously: "Dad, don't worry, within four years, I will try my best to adapt all the stories into film and television. By the way, can I invite Wang Pangzi, who was chatting with you that day, to play a role?"

He Yuzhu shook his head: "If I'm not mistaken, they will likely be stationed in Shen Shi for the next year or two. Compared to filming, playing the stock market makes money faster; they won't easily get distracted."

He Jia giggled and acted spoiled: "Dad, you teach me how to play the stock market too! I also want to earn money easily."

He Yuzhu scolded: "Don't just see the thief eating meat and not see the thief getting beaten. The stock market is unfathomably deep; only ten percent of people can make money, and the vast majority of the rest leave with losses."

He Jia said: "Anyway, I know that any business you do is always a sure-fire profit."

He Yuzhu warned sternly: "Listen here, brat, you must never reveal even half a word of your father's skills, even to your future husband, you hear me? Once leaked, it will surely bring a fatal disaster."

He Jia blinked: "I know how to conduct myself; my mother has always played dumb and never asked too much."

He Yuzhu waved his hand: "I'm afraid your company doesn't have enough filming funds, how much is still missing?"

"I calculated it roughly; the budget for a single movie is about seven or eight million. Given the current box office situation, I'm worried it will be hard to break even," He Jia said.

"The set construction and action fight scenes must be polished to perfection; try to hire the martial arts director from Hong Kong. Your Uncle Xu Tian holds a large amount of theater chain resources in Hong Kong; when the time comes, let him help you be responsible for distribution. If the circle lacks connections or resources, just find Aunt Shuying to help you clear the way and make arrangements."

"Dad, I understand everything." He Jia left happily.

Meanwhile, inside a soft-sleeper train compartment, Xu Damao, Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and Dajinya sat together, gnawing on pig trotters and drinking beer.

Xu Damao lowered his voice, his expression cautious: "Brothers, stay alert at night. I heard this route isn't peaceful; there are often villains who get on the train to rob. We are carrying six million in cash with us, so we must not be careless."

Wang Pangzi spoke up: "Simple, two people in a group, taking turns to keep watch and sleep."

Hu Bayi waved his hand: "You guys sleep with peace of mind. This is a soft-sleeper compartment; just lock the door and bolt it. I'll stay up to keep watch by myself, that's enough."

Just at this moment, a shrill scream suddenly came from outside the compartment.

Hu Bayi's expression changed abruptly; he quickly closed the door tight, bolted the latch, immediately pulled an iron rod from his backpack, and whispered a sharp command: "It's bad, we really ran into robbers! Everyone grab your weapons and stay alert!"

Xu Damao's face turned pale instantly, and he fell into a panic: "It's over, it's over, something is going to happen now!"