Chapter 861: Teaching People to Trade Stocks

Li Xiangxiu was clearly anxious on the other end: "That case about toppling the Cheng Family, I handled it for you! But what about the matter of you promising to teach me how to trade stocks? Why have you stopped mentioning it?"

He Yuzhu slapped his forehead and said, "Oh! Sister, I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry. I really did forget about that. Aren't you retiring at the end of the year?"

"I finished the handover yesterday. You didn't even invite me to a meal; you're just better to Tian Dan than you are to me," Li Xiangxiu said. "Don't you go thinking that just because I'm an old lady without power, you can ignore me."

He Yuzhu apologized repeatedly: "Sister, today I'll take you to the securities company to open an account first. After we're done, I'll treat you to a meal at Maxim's."

Li Xiangxiu said yes repeatedly: "Good, good, good!"

"Then we'll go to that securities company in Beitaipingzhuang in a while; I have that big-trader card!" He Yuzhu said.

"Alright, see you in a bit," Li Xiangxiu said, and hung up the phone.

He Yuzhu put down the receiver and grinned, "This old lady, she's quite impatient."

An hour later, He Yuzhu leaned against the entrance of the Beijing Securities Company, lit a cigarette, and smoked it slowly.

Just as the smoke cleared, he saw someone get off a bus in the distance, walking quickly toward him.

Li Xiangxiu was wearing a white shirt today, paired with a plain long skirt; her hair was combed neatly, and her back was held straight.

Dressed like this, she looked quite young; she didn't look like a retired old lady at all.

She walked up to him and teased with a smile: "Zhuzi, I've brought my life savings today; you mustn't let me lose it."

He Yuzhu laughed and asked, "Sister, how much have you saved?"

"I could have saved more," Li Xiangxiu said, "but with the children getting married, it's mostly spent. There's only 120,000 left."

He Yuzhu nodded and said earnestly, "Sister, it hasn't been easy for you all these years; it's my fault for not looking after you. However, this time I'll teach you to trade stocks, and you'll be a wealthy person in the future. Have you thought it through? Will anyone spread rumors that you've hidden money?"

"I'm a retired old lady, what is there to fear?" A glint flashed in Li Xiangxiu's eyes. "This time, I want to see for myself how you turn stones into gold."

He Yuzhu grinned and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to open an account first."

After saying that, he walked toward the business hall.

He took out that big-trader card and waved it in front of the door to the second-floor big-trader room.

The attendant immediately put on a smiling face and came up to greet him: "President He, you've come! Long time no see."

"I've brought a friend here to open an account; call your Manager Chen over." The attendant trotted off.

Before long, a man in his thirties with a slightly balding head trotted over.

As soon as he saw He Yuzhu, he enthusiastically reached out his hand: "President, it's been a long time since you've been here!"

He Yuzhu waved his hand and got straight to the point: "This old friend of mine has retired and wants to learn how to trade stocks. Please help her open an account and transfer the money. From now on, can she use my big-trader room here?"

Manager Chen followed He Yuzhu's gaze to look at Li Xiangxiu; he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened: "Oh my! You are Deputy Bureau Chief Li, right? I've seen you on television!"

Li Xiangxiu nodded slightly and lowered her voice: "Keep it low-key. Although there's no rule saying retired civil servants can't trade stocks, I still feel quite uneasy about it."

Manager Chen waved his hands hurriedly, smiling so hard the flesh on his face trembled: "Deputy Bureau Chief Li, you are overthinking it. To tell you the truth, there are people here trading stocks who have higher ranks than you. There is no regulation now that says retired Cadres can't do it. Just fill out a few forms and sign them, and I'll handle the rest for you." After saying this, he trotted off to get the forms.

He Yuzhu first taught Li Xiangxiu how to turn on the machine and how to read the market trends.

The red and green numbers on the screen jumped back and forth, and Li Xiangxiu didn't even dare to blink as she watched.

"Now is the best time to buy stocks," He Yuzhu said, pointing to a string of green numbers on the screen. "The Shanghai Stock Market index is only at three hundred something points. If nothing goes wrong, the government will soon intervene to save the market. If you buy in with your eyes closed right now, you'll earn at least triple within a year."

He paused, then flipped through the K-line charts of a few small-cap stocks: "If you pick small-cap stocks, you might get five or six times the return. Sister, do you want to be a bit more aggressive, or a bit more stable?"

Li Xiangxiu stared at those curves for a long time, then gritted her teeth: "Since the stock market has hit bottom, I'll be aggressive for once!"

He Yuzhu laughed, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Alright. Then I'll pick a small-cap stock for you: Anshan Synthetic. Within a year, it will at least increase fivefold."

This was a stock he had heard people talk about in his past life; it was said to have increased tenfold in just over a month.

At the time, he only listened to it as a myth. This time, seeing with his own eyes that the stock was only a little over one yuan, he encouraged Li Xiangxiu to buy in.

Li Xiangxiu said: "Alright! Then I'll come here to work from now on and watch it rise every day!"

He Yuzhu hurriedly waved his hands and said with a smile: "Sister, there's no need to watch it every day. Otherwise, you won't be able to resist selling it, and then you won't be able to earn five times the profit."

Li Xiangxiu was stunned, then she also started to laugh: "Alright, I'll listen to you."

The two were chatting when Manager Chen pushed the door open and entered.

He respectfully handed an envelope to Li Xiangxiu and said with a smile: "Deputy Bureau Chief Li, everything is handled for you. The account number, password, and third-party depository are all set. You can just transfer the money yourself later."

He Yuzhu stood up and patted Manager Chen on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work." He then turned his head to Li Xiangxiu and said, "Sister, let's go, I'll take you to transfer the money first."

After transferring the money, He Yuzhu personally drove Li Xiangxiu to her doorstep.

As Li Xiangxiu got out of the car, she was still muttering: "Zhuzi, my life savings are now in your hands." He Yuzhu smiled and waved his hand: "You can put your heart at ease."

When he returned to the courtyard, he heard clanging sounds from far away.

Pushing the door open to look, construction had already started in the courtyard—bricks and sand were piled everywhere, and several workers were tearing down the house.

He Yuzhu called Yi Xiaotian over and asked casually: "Where did you settle everyone from the courtyard?"

Yi Xiaotian wiped his sweat and said while panting: "They've all been arranged in a hotel near Dian'anmen; the conditions are decent. I will speed up the progress here; two months, no, it should be finished in a month and a half."

"It can be finished in a month and a half?" He Yuzhu nodded, then suddenly remembered something and asked again, "I see the First Elder is usually quite listless; it must be hard for him to be cooped up alone. You might as well send him to that Old Age Home where Wang Xia is; there are people there to keep him company, it's lively."

As soon as Yi Xiaotian heard this, his face changed instantly, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "You must never say that! My dad is terrified of hearing that."

He Yuzhu was stunned: "What's wrong?"

Yi Xiaotian lowered his voice, looking fearful: "He said that it was hard enough for him to give birth to me and raise me, and if I dare to send him to an Old Age Home, he'll poison me to death!"

He Yuzhu burst out laughing: "The First Elder's temper is really something."

Yi Xiaotian shook his head with a bitter smile: "Now that there's a nanny taking care of him, his days are at least passable."