Lin Nianhe wisely didn’t ask the emotionally charged question, "Do you love money or do you love ?"
The three of them pushed the tricycle into the yard, securely locked the gate, moved the chests inside, locked the door after that, and only then did they all let out a long, unanimous sigh of relief.
Lin Nianhe looked at them with a serious expression, "Sisters, I advise you to sit down."
Wang Shui and Wen Lan decisively pulled over chairs and firmly seated themselves upon facing the very impactful chests.
Both of them stared at the boxes lined up in two rows with gleaming eyes, brighter than lightbulbs.
Lin Nianhe turned around to open the chests.
One, two, three...
All the chests were opened, revealing bundles of banknotes that were even more dazzling than gold.
The impact of cash is absolutely incomparable to any other object.
In the tranquil room, only slightly heavy breathing could be heard.
Lin Nianhe dragged over a small stool to sit on, counting the money stack by stack.
"5%... 280,000..."
"Here, you two take the money."
Lin Nianhe pushed over six chests.
"Wait, wait a minute." Wang Shui sat there without moving.
Wen Lan, clutching at her heart, said, "Silly girl, you’re really dividing it up."
Lin Nianhe, puzzled, turned back and retorted, "Otherwise, what?"
Hadn’t they two previously put all their assets at her disposal for investnt and she was to give them a return from the box office profits? Wasn’t that clearly agreed upon in black and white?
Wen Lan and Wang Shui shook their heads like rattles, chorusing, "You must be kidding."
"Huh?" Lin Nianhe looked at them in confusion.
"Who knew that your piece of paper could be worth so much money!"
"Just returning the thirty thousand is enough, then treat to a al."
"Even loan sharks don’t make money like this."
"Quickly put it away... don’t put it away just yet, I want to look at it a bit longer."
Lin Nianhe, supporting her chin with one hand, watched them with amusent.
"The contract has been signed, we’ll do the math as agreed," Lin Nianhe said, "Moreover, I earned heaps more than the two of you—Fourth Sie’s investnt in the film was actually just one thousand yuan. Including equipnt depreciation, it would be at most two thousand."
"The two of you invested thirty thousand yuan for a 5% share of the box office, I’m not at a loss."
Saying this, Lin Nianhe simply went ahead and placed three chests in front of each of them.
"But, that’s like profiting from your money," Wang Shui touched the chest, feeling the average-looking chest had an exceptional touch.
Wen Lan also felt it and nodded, "Exactly, it can’t be this way."
The two of them never imagined that piece of paper could be worth so much... oh no, not just this much, there’s still a lot more money to be divided!
"Then just lend money again when I’m out of it next ti," Lin Nianhe continued to count the money as she spoke.
Compared to the money, she of course cared more about these friends who dared give her their entire fortunes.
"This..."
"Don’t be all hesitant now," Lin Nianhe changed the subject, "About how to spend this money, do you want to hear my suggestion?"
"But, our..."
Lin Nianhe interrupted directly, "Don’t keep the money in hand, buy gold instead."
In ’78, the average gold price was about 193.22 US dollars per ounce, although it was nearly twice as expensive as when Lin Nianhe bought it, it was still far from the early ’80s price of 850 US dollars per ounce.
The success of "Forest" was very much due to chance, this astonishing return on investnt could not be deliberately replicated.
Besides, there were too few investable projects now, it was better to invest conservatively.
"Buy gold?" Wang Shui’s attention was diverted; this was her area of expertise, but her teacher hadn’t gotten to this part yet, "Is it profitable?"
"When I bought it, it was around 105 US dollars per ounce on average, now it’s almost 200," Lin Nianhe spoke directly with data.
"Wow..."
Wang Shui gasped in shock.
Lin Nianhe had bought it in ’76, and in less than two years, it had almost doubled.
But she was sowhat worried: "It won’t keep rising, right?"
"When it peaks, it will definitely fall," Lin Nianhe said, "but you just need to sell it at that ti."
"You make it sound so easy," Wang Shui clicked her tongue, "If you hadn’t told , I wouldn’t even know what the price of gold is."
"The Shen Family is watching it for ," Lin Nianhe said. "Want to buy?"
"If the Shen Family says so... then it can be trusted," Wang Shui nodded. "Let’s buy then, but we can’t buy it all; we don’t have any source of inco right now."
"Should I leave ten thousand for each of you or thirty thousand?"
"Just leave ten thousand. It couldn’t possibly drop to twenty US dollars."
"Okay, then I’ll take care of this when I go to Xiangjiang."
"Okay."
The two of them quickly settled on what to do.
Sister Lan looked left and right: "Are you two ignoring ?"
Lin Nianhe cooperatively asked, "So, do you have any thoughts?"
Sister Lan: "No, I’ll listen to you two."
When it cos to making money or investing, Wen Lan was completely clueless.
In the past, she was the type to put in the physical work. Now, well, she chose to be obedient.
It didn’t matter that she didn’t understand; as long as Hezi and izi knew what they were doing.
"Should we wire Sie Yufei’s share to him?" Wang Shui asked, "Can he... does he have a place to keep it?"
This wasn’t just three or five hundred; where would such a conspicuous box go?
"At most, I’ll send him five hundred. Otherwise, the brat would dare to treat the whole province to a month’s banquet."
Wang Shui and Wen Lan nodded in agreent, feeling it was a very apt decision.
Sie Yufei’s share could amount to 420,000. Him? For earning three yuan in manuscript fees, he’d already treated them to no less than ten als. If it were 420,000... a month of banquets was too conservative; at least three months.
Lin Nianhe closed the box and got up to call Sie Yufei.
Sie Yufei was revising in the brigade headquarters; the call had barely taken two minutes before he arrived.
"Hello, Xiao He?" Sie Yufei’s voice was weak, probably from a passionate exchange with mathematics.
Lin Nianhe got straight to the point: "The Forest’s first box office distribution has been settled. You can get 420,000. I’ll wire you 300, and use the rest to buy gold for you. How about that?"
Sie Yufei was dazed for a mont, and then... dazed for another mont.
"Hold on, it’s over three digits, I need a pen to calculate."
Lin Nianhe: "..."
What on earth has this guy been revising?!
Lin Nianhe sighed despondently and said, "If you’re really not destined for mathematics, stop revising that and morize more history instead... Forced lons aren’t sweet, not even when dipped in sugar."
"Hey, don’t change the subject. Where was I..."
Lin Nianhe: "..."
This guy’s chances of getting into film school are slim to none.
Or maybe I should just buy him an acceptance letter from a foreign university with the 420,000?
Lin Nianhe couldn’t even figure out what Sie Yufei was calculating.
After a couple of minutes, the voice of Youngest Master Sie ca through the phone: "I’ve calculated it! Three hundred yuan isn’t enough; you’ve got to give four hundred fifty!"
Lin Nianhe was speechless: "Are you calculating living expenses?"
"Yeah," Sie Yufei said confidently, "Xiao He, life is tough for your brother now. I’m not working, and my elder brother won’t send money. I’m about ready to go up the mountain to dig out bird eggs!"
Lin Nianhe: "I’ll give you five hundred, no need for change."
"Cough cough... that, what’s that... could you also pay a bit of her dical fee for ?"
"..."
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