Chapter 363: Planning the Little Japanese Country

Chapter 363: Planning the Little Japanese Country

Chapter 363: Planning the Little Japanese Country
"Girl, why are you still working hard? Your brother is married now, and you will be 21 after the Chinese New Year. What are you working hard for?"

"Uh! Mom, don't worry about this for now. I don't have any plans for this yet."

"How can you not have a plan, kid? You'll be 21 after the Chinese New Year. How many people your age are still unmarried?"

"Mom, my sister is different from others. The reason why others get married so early is because they don't have a job." The second sister said at this time.

"What's wrong with having a job? You have to get married even if you have a job!"

"My sister is an executive with a high salary. It's not easy to find a job. You're just worrying about nothing."

"Get out of the way!" Mom slapped my second sister on the head.

"Uh! I..."

My mother glared at my second sister, and she dared not speak any more.

In fact, all parents are different. Whether it is a daughter or a son, they will worry when their children reach the age to get married.

But what the second sister said is right. With the eldest sister's conditions, if she really wants to find someone, there will probably be many young talents coming to her.

After breakfast, parents, older sister, younger sister, and cousin all went to work, leaving Li Jiayi and Lin Ling'er at home.

Although Li Jiayi has a job, he doesn't have to work in the office, so he can go whenever he wants.

He usually doesn't go when the weather is fine, let alone now that it's snowing! It's even more impossible for him to go.

Originally, Li Jiayi was thinking of going to find Fatty today and asking Fatty to notify his brothers.

But now that it’s snowing so heavily, we can just let it go. Besides, it won’t hurt to delay it for a few days.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was the summer of 1968. At this time, Li Jiayi was already 20 years old.

And he is only years old, which means that even under normal circumstances, he has reached the age for marriage.

That day, Li Jiayi went to the street office and changed the age on his household registration book.

More than two years have passed since the ten-year period, and the situation has become serious enough.

Many young people were asked to go to the countryside, and this time it was not voluntary, they had to go even if they didn't want to.

This also made Li Jiayi feel relieved, because this way there wouldn't be so many problems in the future.

He can live a leisurely life with his family for a few years.

This is not to say that he is worried about anything. Given his family's situation, there is no need to worry about anything.

The relaxation that Li Jiayi talked about applies to a large area, including factories.

In addition, in the past two years, Li Jiayi has been trying to get his father-in-law and mother-in-law back.

Of course, this also includes Lin Linger's brothers and sisters. Although they are living well now with the material support from Li Jiayi, it is still not as good as when he is around!

The two brothers and sister are easy to deal with, but the father-in-law and mother-in-law are a bit troublesome.

This requires the signature of a capable person, but Li Jiayi does not know such a person.

Director Qiao is indeed very capable, but he is not a member of the Revolutionary Committee, so he is of no use at all.

Just recently, Li Jiayi was introduced to such a person by someone, but the other party has not yet agreed.

Li Jiayi is not afraid of spending money. To him, money is just a string of numbers. He doesn't know if the other party has any concerns but just won't give in.

So today Li Jiayi plans to go and ask again.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jiayi drove away from home in a jeep and headed for the black market.

Yes, this middleman is Lord Long, and there is no need to meet in person.

Li Jiayi still has great faith in Long Ye. No one would believe that a man who can run the black market all the time has no power.

When he arrived at the black market, Li Jiayi parked his jeep far away and walked over.

It was still the same courtyard house as before. Li Jiayi went up and knocked on the door.

The door opened quickly. One of Long Ye's men opened the door and saw that it was Li Jiayi. He said quickly, "Master Li, you are here."

"Yes! Is Lord Long here?"

"Yes, just got here."

"Let's go, I have something to ask Long Ye."

"Master Li, please."

Soon, Long Ye's subordinate brought Li Jiayi to the main hall.

Lord Long was sitting and drinking tea. When he saw Li Jiayi, he quickly stood up and said, "Lord Li is here. Please sit down and serve him some tea."

"Okay, Master Long." One of the men agreed and quickly poured a cup of tea for Li Jiayi and handed it to him.

"You guys go out first! I want to talk to Master Li."

"Yes."

Several men agreed and left the main room.

"Thank you, Lord Long."

"Why are you being so polite to me? Please take a seat."

"Ok!"

"Is it still about your father-in-law?" asked Lord Long.

"Yes! There is nothing I can do. My wife is always frowning. I can't do anything about it!"

Of course, what Li Jiayi said was nonsense. Knowing that her parents and brothers and sisters were living well, Lin Linger never worried again.

I can say that I am happy every day, and now I have learned cooking very well.

He didn't even think about when his parents and brothers and sisters would come back. This was just Li Jiayi's own idea.

Of course, he also wanted to give his wife a surprise.

"Master Li, to be honest, this is indeed a bit difficult to handle. But even if your Master Li's matter is difficult to handle, I will handle it for you. How about this, you wait for my letter, which will take at most a week."

"Okay, Master Long, this is it. Just tell me how much it will cost. We have plenty of money."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Long Ye said helplessly: "Master Li, you are slapping me in the face! What is our relationship? Your business is my business. Don't mention this again in the future."

"Master Long, if you could do this yourself, I would never mention it, but you still have to find someone to do it for you! I can't ask you to do something for me and then pay for it!"

To be honest, Long Ye is still very kind. Although Li Jiayi rarely provides supplies to Long Ye now, he still recognizes him.

He just mentioned it unintentionally when he was having dinner with Long Ye some time ago, but he didn't expect that Long Ye would remember it.

"Master Li, if you say that again, I won't help you. To be honest, if it weren't for you, my black market would have closed down long ago."

This Qinglong Ye has to admit that the supplies were so tight at that time! But Li Jiayi never ran out of goods and only stopped supplying them after the situation improved.

"Okay! Since you've said that, if I still insist, it would be a bit hypocritical. I admit this."

"Is that right? We brothers don't need these."

"Hahaha, that's right, these are not necessary." Li Jiada said with a big laugh.

Although the two men are nearly thirty years apart in age, they have always called each other brothers.

"Come, have some tea."

"Yes! But Lord Long, I have something to say. If you need me in the future, just let me know."

"Okay." Lord Long nodded.

At the same time, he did not ask Li Jiayi to continue to supply him with goods, because there was no need for that. It was really difficult before, so he needed Li Jiayi's supplies, but now it is not necessary, and now Long Ye can get the supplies himself.

To be honest, we should also thank Li Jiayi. If Li Jiayi hadn't given him so many supplies back then, how could he have made so many people owe him favors.

"Master Long, have you had time in the past two years?"

"Oh! Master Li, what other ways does he have to make money?" Master Long asked with his eyes lighting up.

"I do have some connections, but I need to go abroad, so I still need to use the connections of Master Long."

"Where to go?"

"The devil country."

"The Japanese country?" Long Ye asked puzzledly.

"Correct."

The Japanese yen had a fixed exchange rate from 1949 to 1971.

One US dollar can be exchanged for 360 Japanese yen, but since 1971, it has been a floating exchange rate.

From one US dollar to 360 Japanese yen, all the way down to one US dollar to 120 Japanese yen.

There is a lot of profit here!
Let me put it this way! If Li Jiayi exchanged all his US dollars into Japanese yen and sat still, he could double his money.

And this is just the profit brought by the appreciation of the yen. If the depreciation of the yen is taken into account, the profit will be much higher.

You should know that before the real estate bubble in Japan, one US dollar was exchanged for 120 Japanese yen, and after the real estate bubble, one US dollar could be exchanged for 480 Japanese yen.

Of course, by then, it would not be an exchange, but a loan.

With the US dollars in his hand, he borrowed money from the Japanese bank at a time when one US dollar was exchanged for 120 Japanese yen.

After taking out the loan, they immediately converted the borrowed Japanese yen into US dollars and then waited for the real estate bubble to come.

Because the loan is in Japanese yen, you only need to pay back in Japanese yen, and the profit in the process is also very high.

Although you have to repay the same amount as you borrow, due to the depreciation issue, you actually only need to repay 25% plus interest.

If you expand it a little bit, you can buy land and houses, and when the real estate industry in the Japanese country rises, you can make more money, but the risks are also great.

You have to know that when the Japanese were at their craziest, the value of the country's land could buy 1.5 million United States dollars.

The value of houses in the entire Japanese country can buy four United States countries. This shows how crazy the real estate in the Japanese country is.

Li Jiayi is not an angry young man, but he has no good feelings towards the Japanese devils, or even the Japanese country.

He wouldn't even blink an eye even if the Japanese were wiped out.

How could he let go of such an opportunity? He must do it!

"How much profit is there?" asked Mr. Long.

"Let me put it this way! I guarantee that the money you bring back will be multiplied five or six times, and this is still the lowest amount."

"What! Increase five or six times?"

"Yes, this is still the most conservative estimate. What do you think? Are you interested?"

"Yes! Of course, I have. So, you decide when to go and I will arrange the rest."

You have to know that Long Ye admires Li Jiayi very much, and everyone who knows Long Ye knows that he is rich.

But only Mr. Long knew that in terms of wealth, he probably didn't have even a fraction of Li Jiayi's.

"It's not good to go too early, because it will tie up your money. How about this, go in 1970, there are still two years, and you can prepare more money."

"Okay, I'm going to find a way to make more money in the next two years."

The foreign exchange system in the Japanese country is very developed, so it will be the same even if you bring RMB with you.

It's all based on the exchange rate.

At this time, not only the Japanese yen has a fixed exchange rate, but the RMB is the same.

In 1958, one U.S. dollar was worth more than 2.40 yuan, and it is still the same now.

And it will last for a long time, during which time the US dollar is hegemonic.

After spending almost two hours drinking tea with Mr. Long, Li Jiayi finally left. Of course, the two of them chatted a lot during this time.

As for what they talked about, of course it was about making money.

Li Jiayi didn't care about money because he already had enough, but when it came to cheating the Japanese, the more ruthlessly he cheated them, the better.

Those little devils are not human beings! Otherwise, why would they be called little devils?

When Li Jiayi returned home, everyone in his family had already returned from get off work.

Lin Ling'er and her mother were cooking in the kitchen. When it comes to cooking skills, Lin Ling'er is much better than her mother.

There's no other way. You know, Lin Ling'er has three chefs as teachers!
After learning from three chefs for nearly two years, if she still can't learn well, then she is too stupid. Is Lin Ling'er that kind of stupid person? Of course not.

"Hey, sister, your boyfriend didn't come to eat?" Li Jiayi came to the kitchen door and asked the sister who was making a fire.

"Go aside."

"Uh!"

Yes, Li Jiaqi has a boyfriend now, he is a colleague of hers, his name is Du Feng.

She is one year older than the eldest sister, but her rank is much lower than hers, by two levels.

But Du Feng has a good father!
You have to know that Du Feng’s father is Director Hu’s immediate superior!

Also, the reason why Du Feng is two levels lower than the eldest sister is because of Li Jiayi.

Let's put it this way! If it weren't for Li Jiayi, Li Jiaqi's level would be at least two levels lower than Du Feng.

No matter how capable Du Feng's father is, he can't just let Du Feng raise his level.

But Li Jiayi can, because his contribution to the district bureau is so great, so he can only add some of the credit to Li Jiaqi. In this way, Li Jiaqi's rank will be raised.

Otherwise, Du Feng graduated from university after all, how could it be possible that his rank is not as high as that of Li Jiaqi, who only graduated from a technical secondary school?

Du Feng's improvement is normal, while Li Jiaqi is overtaking on a curve, so this is the current situation.

Let me put it this way, at the same age as my eldest sister and Du Feng, except for my eldest sister Li Jiaqi, there is no one in the entire district bureau who has a higher rank than Du Feng.

"What nonsense are you talking about, kid! What do you mean by coming to eat for free? I came here to see me and your dad!" said my mother.

"Yes, yes, I came to see you and my dad. Every time I come, I bring good wine, good cigarettes, and snacks."

Despite this, Li Jiayi thought that he was here to eat for free. There was nothing he could do about it as he came too often.

"Don't be so sarcastic, kid. In a few months, he will be your brother-in-law." said my mother.

Yes, the wedding date for my eldest sister and Du Feng has been set, before the Chinese New Year this year, which is in the twelfth month.

The parents of both parties have already met each other, and even the betrothal gifts have been given, and now they are just waiting to get married.

The reason why we chose the twelfth month is because we are busier at other times and it happens to be a bit more relaxing in the twelfth month.

Of course, this refers to the public security system.

"Mom, what are you saying? When did I become sarcastic? Every time he comes, I am always very enthusiastic."

"Come on! You almost dragged him out and beat him up, and you're still so enthusiastic." Mom said speechlessly.

(End of this chapter)