What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 64 Elimination
Lehman exploded.

The U.S. financial markets are creating big fireworks.

Yu Xing witnessed this scene almost in real time through the screen.

Compared with the storm of the times, he was just like an ant, but across the Pacific Ocean, the storm had already blown fiercely in front of the ant.

Oh, and there is also my uncle Ant who grows grapes.

Chu Jinxiang was particularly sad. His money was earned from growing grapes. In particular, due to the cold wave this year, the grape production dropped significantly, and he couldn't even cover the cost. He had thought that he would stop investing after the second half of the year, but he didn't expect...

While he was feeling sad, he listened to his nephew's entrepreneurial story, and suddenly he felt... he was not that sad anymore, but was extremely surprised.

"100??"

“Three companies competing to buy your company??”

“A company that was established more than three months ago??”

Chu Jinxiang reached out and touched his nephew's forehead, and found that he didn't have a fever.

Yu Xing also pretended to reach out and touch his uncle's forehead, and said with a smile: "I am the one who studied medicine."

Chu Jinxiang fell into doubt.

Yu Xing did not explain much and followed the same method, asking his uncle to go to the study and use the computer to search for media reports.

This kind of report that can be found with a simple search has the credibility of the media, and it really made Chu Jinxiang walk out of the study room in doubt of his life. The first thing he said was: "My goodness, how many grapes have you harvested in the past three months..."

His second sentence also expressed similar regrets as an elder: "You have studied medicine for so long, and you are already in your first year of graduate school, no, you are in your second year of graduate school now, it's a pity."

Yu Xing smiled and said, "My parents feel the same way. Uncle, do you think my company can survive?"

Chu Jinxiang was silent for a while, then hesitantly said, "It's a pity that you've read so many books. But if you can run a good company and not mess around... well, there's no such thing as perfection."

Since the story is true, he still supports his nephew to start a company.

Yu Xing hummed, and said thoughtfully: "Uncle, let me see what my company can do. If we can make more money, we won't have to get so worked up about our financial management and investment. Go back and persuade my aunt."

Chu Jinxiang frowned and said seriously, "Xingxing, these are two different things. Although your uncle grows grapes, if you don't want to be a doctor anymore, you should do your career well. Investment is investment. What does it have to do with you? I will explain it clearly to your aunt."

He leaned back on the sofa and shook his head: "It's nothing more than continuing to grow grapes!"

Chu Jinxiang emphasized again: "Don't worry, it's just growing grapes. Your aunt won't make trouble with you. Just do your job well."

He had already sensed the possible family turmoil.

Yu Xing did not respond to this statement and continued, "I'll try to find a way to deal with Xiaoguang's job. If it doesn't work, I'll let him come with me to Shanghai. The company is indeed short of people, so we need to hone our skills. Anyway, talk to your aunt about this."

Chu Jinxiang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Well, Xingxing, if you say that, other people will be worried, but I am confident in you, but what can he do if he goes there?"

Yu Xing hadn’t thought it through for the moment, but it wasn’t a big deal. Once the company was sold, he could arrange it anyway.

He asked in a nagging way, "It's better than staying here and talking about loyalty all day, right? If not, drive me to a big city to broaden my horizons."

Chu Jinxiang nodded silently. His son hung out with a bunch of buddies all day long. He was neither willing to grow grapes with him nor work properly. It would be better for him to go out with his nephew.

He thought about it for a while, and suddenly asked, "Xingxing, what car did you buy?"

Yu Xing replied: "Taiwan bell."

Chu Jinxiang scratched his head: "Xingxing, are you serious?"

Yu Xing answered seriously: "Seriously, uncle, Tailing will be replaced by a Mercedes-Benz in two years."

Chu Jinxiang thought that his son would not be able to make it in his hometown. He had always been respectful to his cousin since he was a child. Now that his nephew had started a company and achieved success, it would be better for him to go abroad.

He nodded and said, "Okay! I'll tell your aunt tonight!"

Yu Xing immediately said, "Uncle, go back and tell them now. Otherwise, call your aunt and ask her to come over for dinner tonight. The Lehman incident will spread by tonight. My aunt and uncle have invested money, and it seems that there is also money for grandpa and grandma's retirement. We can't let them know about this. They are too old."

Chu Jinxiang frowned deeply, knowing how tricky the situation was. His younger sister was a hot-tempered person, and would not hesitate to make trouble.

He sighed: "Your grandpa also said that we should go to Datong, Shanxi when the weather gets cooler."

Yu Xing’s grandfather is not a local. He came here from Datong decades ago and settled down here, but he always misses his hometown.

"It will get better. Everything will get better." Yu Xing could only say, "I will try to make money quickly, and then I will charter a plane to take grandpa to see it."

Chu Jinxiang was amused.

He stood up and took out his cell phone: "I'll call your aunt and talk about this."

Yu Xing clicked and looked at his phone. The message of comfort he had just sent to Liu Wanying had not received a reply, but this was not surprising. Lehman's bankruptcy would attract global attention, and companies like Bain would probably be greatly affected.

Judging from the fact that she texted me immediately, maybe she still remembered the little agreement we had made before.

This angel investment is almost certain.

Yu Xing thought about it again and again, and decided to comfort the future shareholders again, and sent another text message: You might as well have voted for me directly a few days ago, so that everyone would save trouble, right?

Liu Wanying responded quickly this time: Yu Xing, you will definitely succeed. You are so cold-blooded. It would be unfair if you don’t succeed!
Yu Xing replied: Thank you, will you vote for me again?

Not replying again.

Seeing his uncle go out to make a phone call, Yu Xing reached out to change the TV channels, and it turned out that several of them were reporting the latest news about Lehman's bankruptcy.

It is now early morning in the United States, but many people have already foreseen the impending landslide and tsunami of the largest investment bank bankruptcy in history.

After Chu Jinxiang finished the call, he talked with his nephew about the financial situation of the big family.

From January 2007 to now, except for the first connection made by Yu Xing, the subsequent contacts were actually made by each company themselves, and the subsequent two rounds of investment were only notified, so the total scale of financial management funds is actually very vague.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, Chu Jinxiang's wife Yin Peili hurried over. As soon as she entered the door, she heard her husband and nephew chatting enthusiastically about grape planting.

Yin Peili forced a smile and said, "What you said on the phone was unclear. What financial problems are there? Why is there a problem?"

Chu Jinxiang simply recounted the whole story.

Yin Peili's face changed when she heard halfway, but she still insisted on listening to the end.

Chu Jinxiang then talked about his nephew's entrepreneurship and his son's work.

After listening to this, Yin Peili did not express her opinion. There was no smile on her face, and her eyes were full of doubts.

Obviously, she couldn't accept the sudden situation and her nephew's so-called startup company.

This was the third time that the computer in the study had to take on the task of solving problems, but unlike the previous two times, Chu Jinxiang and Yin Peili stayed inside for a long time before coming out, and Yu Xing faintly heard their quarrel in the living room.

"Aunt, it has already happened, and no one wants to see this happen." Yu Xing expressed his opinion, "My company is doing OK now. Although it is not profitable yet, it has a good future. Investors are also optimistic about the new project. As for Xiaoguang, I want him to follow me first, so that we can have a good development in the future."

Yin Peili still looked a little reluctant, but who should be blamed for this...

In fact, she was urged by her sister-in-law who felt something was wrong to call her nephew these days, but she never did.

At that time, she felt that if something really happened, the person who should be held responsible would be the liar, not her family.

But now something has happened...

The blow of wealth loss was heavier than expected, and it completely shattered the mentality of relying on luck.

Yin Peili adjusted her mood and still said reluctantly: "Yes, Xiaoguang has to do his job properly. He has listened to you since he was a child. Your company, this company... Sigh..."

She couldn't continue speaking halfway and sighed deeply.

"Xingxing, your aunt and I will go out for a walk, and then we can continue our conversation about the Japanese grapes you mentioned in the evening." Chu Jinxiang wanted to talk to his wife again, but he was also obsessed with the grape variety his nephew had just mentioned.

Yu Xing made an OK gesture. While Chu Jinxiang and Yin Peili were communicating outside, some had already called Yu Guosheng and Chu Qiying to communicate, and some had received news of the big event in the United States and were rushing to the boss's house.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, before Yu Guosheng and his wife arrived home, Yu Xing had already received three groups of blood relatives.

If it was "before", he would be very confused, because there were quite distant relatives coming to visit, and these were elders who seldom visited during the Chinese New Year, but this time... he was still familiar with the place.

Pour tea, pass cigarettes, express your attitude.

First of all, we have invested money, but if something goes wrong, it will all be wasted.

Secondly, I did not make any extra profit from it, and it is not clear what Yu Xuhui’s situation is in the United States.

Finally, I suggest you call the police together to see if the scammer can be punished by law.

When Yu Guosheng hurried home, there were already many cigarette butts in the makeshift ashtray on the coffee table, a lot of disposable tea cups on the table, and the chairs were also placed in a mess.

"We're all here." Yu Guosheng felt a little regretful after taking a look at the situation at home. If he had known that such a storm would happen today, he would not have gone to work to prevent his son from facing the situation alone.

But the next moment, he felt some comfort in his heart. The situation did not seem to be out of control and his son was stable.

This is probably...

An inexplicable thought popped up in Yu Guosheng's mind: Could this be President Yu?
"Brother, Xingxing said that Zhenpeng and the others have been here before." Yu Jiachang, the second son of the Yu family, looked a little heavy. "They have called the police now. I thought we should go tomorrow."

Yu Guosheng nodded, calling the police was a formal procedure.

However, he is not optimistic about the effect of this measure. He had talked a lot with his son last night, and the situation is worse than it appears. Yu Xuhui may have really managed his finances at first, but later on, the proportion of fake information probably increased.

This is not a very clever scam.

However, if people are greedy, the scam does not need to be sophisticated to be effective.

Yu Guosheng looked at his younger brother Yu Jiachang, then at his brother-in-law Chu Jinxiang's family, and his cousin Yu Wenheng, and said seriously: "I called the economic investigation on the way back. Let's register tomorrow, and then see if we can track him down..."

Before he could finish his words, a noisy voice came from the corridor.

"Sister, how can you let me be calm!"

"I've already sold my house! Why didn't you stop me before?"

"Where will I live? If I lose this money, where will I live?!"

This voice made everyone in the living room frown.

Soon, Chu Qiying followed his sister Chu Jinhui and returned home.

When she saw so many people at home, she had to raise her voice a little: "Jin Hui! There is no rush for this matter, calm down first!"

However, Chu Jinhui has been the youngest child in the family since she was a child. She has a hot temper and cannot control her emotions at all: "Calm down, calm down, how can I calm down? You haven't sold the house, you have no worries about food and clothing, what should I do!"

Yu Xing said at this time: "Aunt, if you are short of food and clothes, just tell me."

"Xingxing, I called you and asked you about Yu Xuhui, why didn't you tell me?" Chu Jinhui was panicking and angry, "I called you, why didn't you give me your number!"

Yu Xing was helpless: "I really didn't."

Chu Jinhui questioned: "Didn't you introduce him to us? Isn't he your senior? How come you don't have him? Do you still want to protect him at this time?"

Yu Xing heard something like "once" and sighed, "Aunt, I am also a victim. My parents, my uncle, my aunt, my cousin, and you are all victims. No one wants to lose money. Everyone wants to punish the liar. Why should I protect someone who cheated me?"

Chu Jinhui stared at her nephew who was making a confident argument: "Then why did you pull this person over here in the first place?"

She turned around and questioned her elder sister: "Sister, it was your son who said that his senior was reliable! Sister, I put my house in it! And my parents' money! Why don't you give me an explanation?"

Chu Jinxiang couldn't listen any longer and put out the cigarette in his hand: "You used my parents' money to do this. Did you discuss it with us? You think you are right!"

Chu Jinhui retorted, "What are you discussing? Didn't you vote? I discussed it, and you guys didn't agree? Didn't you vote? I'm asking you!"

Chu Jinxiang's wife Yin Peili had a deep discussion with her husband and had already determined where the battle line was. Seeing her sister-in-law's arrogance, she couldn't help but retort, "Jin Hui, that's not what I meant. You used your parents' money to manage their finances. Are you thinking about managing it for them, or dividing the money? You didn't say a word when I touched that money?"

This is quite hurtful.

When Chu Jinhui heard what her sister-in-law said, she pointed her finger and said, "Who has been asking me questions and asking me for advice every day these days? Who is it?"

Yin Peili was not convinced: "I asked you to give me advice, not to point the gun at your own family!"

The quarrel in the living room became more and more intense. Chu Qiying watched this scene and listened to their voices. Her head ached. One was the little sister who had been spoiled at home since childhood, and the other was her sister-in-law with a strong personality.

Yu Xing looked at the situation and his mother's sad and embarrassed expression, and said loudly, "That's enough! Stop arguing!"

When Chu Jinhui heard her nephew's voice, she turned around and said angrily, "I'm your aunt! How can you talk to your elders like that!"

Yu Xing's second uncle, Yu Jiachang, had been silent the whole time. He was unhappy when he heard this. He said in a calm voice, "Jin Hui, don't be so unreasonable. Go to the bureau to register tomorrow."

Chu Jinhui was about to speak when she heard her brother's voice.

Yu Xing's uncle Chu Jinxiang also protected his nephew: "Don't be so aggressive towards Xingxing, he makes a lot of sense! You are an elder, and you know you are his aunt, why are you yelling? Who has no loss? Why are you yelling?"

Yu Xing's uncle Yu Wenheng also said, "Chu Jinhui, that's enough. This matter has not been concluded yet. Maybe the police will recover the losses in a while."

Chu Jinhui listened to this and then looked at the serious expressions of Chu Qiying and Yu Guosheng, then turned around and was about to leave: "I'm going to find Dad!"

Chu Jinxiang took a step forward and locked the door directly: "Why are you looking for him! If you dare to tell Dad about this today, you will never recognize me as your brother again!"

Chu Jinhui said angrily: "If you don't admit it, then..."

Chu Qiying's calm voice sounded: "Don't even recognize your sister."

Chu Jinhui glared at her sister.

Yu Guosheng exhaled, and used both soft and hard tactics: "Jin Hui, if you do this, go back to the Economic Investigation Department to recover some of the losses, and don't say that I am your brother-in-law."

Chu Jinhui's expression suddenly changed.

Can the losses be recovered? Partial losses are also possible, but how should they be distributed?

She looked at her eldest sister and second brother, then at her brother-in-law, and then at Yu Jiachang and Yu Wenheng, who were all staring at her.

"You don't feel guilty about this. I don't even have a house! Where can I live? Xiao De is not your nephew! You can just watch him sleep on the street!" Chu Jinhui's voice was lower, but she was still angry.

Chu Jinxiang said loudly: "You stay at my place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, stay at my place on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and stay on the field on Sunday to watch over the grapevines for me! There is no place where I can't live! I won't owe you any money for Xiao De's tuition and living expenses!"

Yu Guosheng sensed the softening of his attitude and added, "Jin Hui, this period is the golden period for recovery. We still have to trust the organization. When we get the money, I will let you be the first to claim it!"

Chu Jinhui listened to this, looked at the expressions of the people around her, and felt their consistent attitude and position. She closed her eyes, pulled her brother's hand away, and walked out.

Chu Jinxiang asked, "Where are you going?"

Chu Jinhui said in a muffled voice without even turning her head: "Go back and cook for the children!"

Chu Jinxiang was still worried, so he warned him, "Don't say anything when you get home! Bring Xiao De to my place tomorrow!"

After a long time, a faint response came from outside.

"understood!"

Yu Xing breathed a sigh of relief, took out his cigarette box, gave cigarettes to his second uncle, cousin, uncle, and father, and then lit one for himself.

Even though it was just a small quarrel, it was much better than the disheartening mess.

Chu Qiying watched his son smoke but did not stop him, allowing the group of men to smoke in the living room. If something happened, the family would have two pillars, and the relationship between them would be maintained, and the parents could keep it a secret for the time being...

When she thinks about her son's achievements in running the company, this situation gives her hope that keeps her going.

(End of this chapter)