Chapter 1148

Mr. Qu nodded with a smile.

On a weekend in late May, Su Xinghui returned to Shangjun County seat. He hadn't returned to the county seat for a long time. He was too busy during this period, and it would be flood season soon. By then, he wouldn't be able to go home even more, so Comrade Comrade Comrade Qi Jian took the initiative to let Su Xinghui go home, and Su Xinghui could only not live up to Comrade Comrade Comrade Qi Jian's kindness.

Returning to the county seat, it was just about time to get off work. Su Xinghui came to the County Party Committee Propaganda Department, made an appointment with Lu Xiaoya, and went home together.

On the way, Lu Xiaoya said, "Xinghui, have you heard? That matter about Jia Hequn was actually Sun Si calling his wife."

Su Xinghui had, of course, heard about this from his acquaintances in the county government. He shook his head, "I didn't expect that he was the one who did this."

Lu Xiaoya said, "What a villain. If he couldn't stand such things, he could have reported it to the Discipline Inspection Commission. Why do such a thing?"

Su Xinghui said, "He was originally that kind of person."

The two returned home, and Guo Suhua's meals were already cooked. Hearing that her son was coming back today, she went home early to cook. Her son hadn't returned for a long time.

Seeing her son and Lu Xiaoya coming, Guo Suhua said with a smile, "Come and eat!"

Hearing that Su Xinghui was coming back today, Su Xingyun's family also returned home. The whole family sat at the dinner table affectionately and started eating.

After eating, Su Xinghui took out the receipts for selling paintings and paying taxes from his bag and handed them to Guo Suhua as usual. Guo Suhua took a look and said to him, "You sold paintings for so much money again?"

Su Xinghui nodded, "Hmm, I sold a few more paintings."

Guo Suhua said, "What about your money? Did you deposit it as a fixed deposit?"

Su Xinghui shook his head, "No, I deposited it in a demand deposit passbook."

Guo Suhua said, "Then just in time, hurry up and take the money back and give it to me."

Su Xinghui said, "Why, do you need money? Then I'll take the money and give it to you next time."

Lu Xiaoya also said, "Auntie, if you need money, I also have several tens of thousands of yuan deposited. I'll take it out tomorrow and give it to you."

Guo Suhua said with surprise, "Xiaoya, how many years have you been working? You've saved so much money?"

Lu Xiaoya said, "Auntie, don't look down on me. I've been working for two years. My salary is over 300 every month, and I don't have anywhere to spend money, so I've saved it all. Plus the annual bonuses and benefits, I have at least 10,000 yuan a year. Plus my manuscript fees, it's not less than my salary at all, only more. Haven't I saved over 30,000 yuan in these two years?"

Guo Suhua said, "Then you are really good. Did you deposit your money as a fixed deposit?"

Lu Xiaoya nodded, "Yes, it's all fixed deposits. Now the bank interest rate is high. Depositing it in the bank, the interest alone is several thousand every year."

Now the bank has started to attract deposits with high interest rates. The normal interest rate is 10.98% per annum, but the high interest rate can reach 2%, which is indeed quite high.

Guo Suhua said, "If you haven't deposited it for a long time, take it out. Today, my colleague said that Hong Kong Global Investment Company, which is the company investing in that electrolytic aluminum plant, is raising funds and paying 3% interest, which is much higher than in the bank. I plan to deposit all the family's money in. The family now has 50,000 or 60,000, plus your 30,000-plus, and Xinghui's 100,000-plus, adding up to over 200,000. The interest alone is 60,000 or 70,000 a year."

Guo Suhua was very excited. Yes, this 200,000-plus, depositing it for three years, would become 400,000-plus. What a huge fortune this is.

Lu Xiaoya said, "So you are going to raise funds. I have heard about their fundraising. However, is it safe to deposit so much money in? What if they lose money? By then, they won't even be able to pay back the principal."

Guo Suhua said, "This can't be, right? Aren't they investing 1 billion here to build an electrolytic aluminum plant? Besides, I heard that County Magistrate Tian went to the fundraising site today, and a company opened by County Magistrate Tian's younger brother is guaranteeing them. It's impossible not to pay back our money, right? By then, isn't there that factory as collateral?"

As soon as Su Xinghui heard about fundraising, he became alert. In the mid-1990s, there were indeed many fundraising incidents in Chinese society, but nine out of ten were scams, and the remaining one usually couldn't pay back the principal in the end and ran away. These fundraisings can only be called illegal fundraising.

It's just that China's laws were still very imperfect and there were no clear explanations and regulations for illegal fundraising, which made the common people lack the necessary vigilance against illegal fundraising and they were repeatedly deceived.

In his previous life, it was also in the 1990s that someone in Shangjun County once ran a folk financial institution like a foundation, openly attracting deposits with high interest. At that time, Guo Suhua didn't have much money, so she deposited a few thousand yuan in it.

Later, the management personnel of the foundation ran away with the money. At least 10,000 depositors in the whole Shangjun County sat in front of the county government gate with the foundation's deposit slips. The county government tried to compensate the depositors for part of their losses, but part of the losses could not be recovered. Guo Suhua also lost a few thousand yuan and could only admit her bad luck.

Now hearing Guo Suhua talk about fundraising again, Su Xinghui instinctively became alert. Wouldn't this be a scammer's trick again?

He also remembered his suspicion of Mr. Qu before. The name Global International Investment Co., Ltd. was really too exaggerated. It sounded like a scam company as soon as you heard it. It's just that they used a Bentley car to show their strength, and this project was also about to be launched, and they also deposited a deposit of several hundred thousand into the county government account, which dispelled Su Xinghui's suspicion.

However, thinking about it now, some high-level scammers are very good at packaging themselves. Maybe this Bentley car was a prop for them to package themselves? Maybe this several hundred thousand was the bait for them to fish?

He also remembered Miss Julie, and he could never get over the dusty air she revealed at that moment before getting into the car.

Thinking of this, Su Xinghui said to Guo Suhua, "Mom, it's best if we don't participate in this fundraising. Depositing money in the bank, although the interest is less, is solid in the heart."

Guo Suhua said, "Not participating in fundraising? With such high interest, isn't it a pity not to participate?"

Su Xingyun listened for a long time on the side, and she also interjected, "Yeah, Xinghui, with such high interest, after hearing Mom say this, I want to participate too. Why don't you let us participate?"

Su Xinghui said sternly, "Mom, just listen to me. I think this matter is a bit unreliable."

Lu Xiaoya also said, "Yeah, the company opened by County Magistrate Tian's younger brother is a shell company. What's the use of his guarantee? If others really run away, can he afford to pay?"

Guo Suhua hesitated, "However, County Magistrate Tian even went to the site in person. Can this be fake?"

Su Xinghui said, "Mom, what can County Magistrate Tian's going there explain? If you really lose money by then, do you still expect him to pay?"

Guo Suhua hesitated even more. Although her son was young, he had been very steady in doing things in the past few years, and there were no mistakes in the decisions he made. For example, buying a storefront was a very wise decision. Since he was so opposed to fundraising, maybe he had his reasons.

Su Wenjun had been reading the newspaper, and he also raised his head, "Just listen to Xinghui, don't go and do any fundraising. It's best to deposit money in the bank. Believe in the country!"

Su Wenjun didn't speak easily, but every time he spoke, it had weight. Hearing him say this, Guo Suhua nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to Xinghui. However, many of my colleagues in the factory have gone to raise funds. What should I do?"

Su Xinghui said, "You go to the factory and persuade them to withdraw the fundraising quickly. This is their life's savings. If they really lose it, it will be too miserable."