Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

Xu Damao’s Ponzi scheme actually has nothing special.

It can even be said that there are quite a few loopholes.

However, in this era of information blockade, newspapers and radio are the main sources of information. Ordinary people have a vague understanding of "investment" and "finance" and are easily misled by high-return rhetoric.

In addition, in the early days of reform and opening up, a "wave of going into business" swept across the country, and ordinary people were eager to get rich overnight. The title of "ten thousand yuan household" can be said to be a symbol of the times.

In this era, if you are a household with an annual income of 10,000 yuan, you are already considered to be above the well-off level.

It would be good enough for an ordinary family to have a few thousand yuan.

The relatives and friends of these first batch of investors are all ordinary people.

When I heard there was an opportunity to make money, coupled with such a high rate of return, how could I not be tempted.

And it was my relatives and friends who introduced this project to me.

This relationship inherently carries a certain degree of credibility.

So after these people introduced it, they were ready to invest money immediately.

Although these people basically have little money, a family can still pool a thousand or tens of thousands of dollars.

With the accumulation of small amounts, hundreds of thousands of investments were soon received.

Xu Damao continued with the same rhetoric.

Get commission by recruiting people.

Then people pull others, and finally more and more people are pulled.

This operation is very similar to the group fission in later generations or the upstream supplier looking for downstream suppliers in WeChat business.

By collecting commissions from downstream customers, we can motivate everyone to recruit new customers.

This operation, which has been overused in later generations, is still very effective in this era.

In just two months, Xu Damao and his gang attracted thousands of people to invest.

Each of these people put in some money, and soon there were hundreds of millions of dollars in investment funds.

It is said that Xu Damao has such a smart mind that he can make money by doing any legitimate business, but his intelligence is all used in unconventional ways. All he thinks about is making quick money.

It just makes life hard for the ordinary people who have been cheated.

The money those people took out was the hard-earned money they had saved up over their lifetime.

Everyone is fantasizing that one day they will be able to double their money and earn more.

But I don’t know that I am just living in a false dream.

Xu Damao and his companions suddenly had so much money, so naturally they had to experience the feeling of spending it like water.

It just so happened that at this time China allowed private purchase of cars.

So Xu Damao simply replaced the motorcycle with a car.

He also asked Yi Xiaochuan to get a driver's license and become his driver.

After buying a car, Xu Damao naturally wanted to show off to Sha Zhu.

The suit, gold chain, watch and sunglasses all need to be re-put on.

When Sha Zhu saw Xu Damao, Xu Damao slammed the car keys in his hand on Sha Zhu's desk and said:

"How is it? Have you seen it? Car keys, the car's?"

Sha Zhu looked at him coldly with the ladle in his hand.

He didn't doubt whether Xu Damao would use a fake key to cheat him.

Years of tacit understanding told him that Xu Damao had become rich again.

"Mr. Xu, why did you come to dinner alone today? Oh, by the way, I forgot that you have no son and no wife."

Only a fool could say such sarcastic words.

When Xu Damao heard this, he was so angry that he broke down.

Xu Damao immediately jumped up and started to argue with Sha Zhu.

But he calmed down and said:

"I won't argue with you. I came here today to tell you that I, Xu Damao, have become rich. You, Shazhu, will never catch up with me in your life."

"You don't have a wife or a son."

"you!"

Xu Damao's face turned red with anger and he cursed:

"I'm rich, so why should I worry about not being able to marry a virgin girl?"

"You have no wife or children."

Xu Damao wanted to kill Sha Zhu with a knife.

"If you have the guts, don't talk about your wife and children!"

Sha Zhu dug his ears with his fingers and said disdainfully:

"Your ex-wife was cuckolded, and the son she gave birth to is not yours."

"Silly Zhu, I'm going to fight you!"

Xu Damao couldn't bear it any longer and finally decided not to tolerate it anymore.

He rushed towards Sha Zhu without caring about anything.

Then Xu Damao knelt down.

Sha Zhu clapped his hands and decided not to pay any more attention to Xu Damao.

"Waiter, remember this guy should pay for his tea."

"Silly Zhu, just wait for me."

Xu Damao threatened, threw down a banknote and ran away.

If you don't run away now, you won't be able to deal with Shazhu with just a punch.

Sha Zhu curled his lips in disdain.

It turns out that it is better to just beat him up than to talk nonsense.

Xu Damao, who had lost face, naturally would not eat at Sha Zhu's place.

So he straightened his suit and said to Yi Xiaochuan:

"Let's go to Jun Hong Lou. I heard that it was a branch opened by people from Hong Kong who came to the mainland. Let's go and give it a try."

The two arrived at Junhong Building, but were told that there were no seats available.

Hearing this, Xu Damao was also very depressed.

Today is really a bad day.

I heard that the palace cuisine of Junhonglou is very good.

The executive chef is also the chef who inherits the essence of imperial court cuisine.

I was thinking of trying out how the other party was doing, but I didn't expect there was no room left.

"Uncle Xu, how about we go to Taiyue Restaurant for dinner?"

"Taiyue Restaurant? I didn't hear you. Don't tell me it's some small shop. With your uncle Xu's current wealth, ordinary restaurants are not worth my attention."

Yi Xiaochuan felt a little ashamed.

Ever since Xu Damao became rich, he has started to show off.

"Uncle Xu, I've been to that restaurant before. The sanitation and the taste are actually pretty good."

"Okay, now that you've said so, let's go."

The two then came to Zhong Yuemin's Taiyue Tower.

It can be said that Liu Yue really has nothing to say about Zhong Yuemin.

The restaurants opened with money are also of high quality.

Even Xu Damao couldn't find any fault with the decoration.

Xu Damao and Yi Xiaochuan entered the store, discussing everything.

But he didn't notice that after he entered the restaurant, a young man at the front desk was staring at him.

The young man looked at Xu Damao with a hint of shock and burning hatred in his eyes.

This person was none other than Xu Damao's former son Xu Zihan.

Of course, we have to call him Li Zihan now.

Ever since Xu Damao destroyed his family.

Li Zihan hated Xu Damao.

Li Zihan can never forget the tragic death of his father.

So all these years he has always wanted to seek revenge on Xu Damao.

But Chen Li only had Li Zihan as her child, and she later heard that Xu Damao was in prison and she didn't want her child to live in hatred forever.

So they didn't let him go find Xu Damao, and even refused to tell him where Xu Damao lived.

So Li Zihan has never had the chance to find Xu Damao over the years.

I didn't expect to meet him here today.

It was Xu Damao who brought people to raid his house. It can be said that Xu Damao's face left a deep impression on him.

Li Zihan was even shaking with excitement.

For a full twenty years, no one knew how he had survived.

The shadow of his childhood has been weighing on him and making him feel suffocated.

He often has nightmares because of this incident.

Xu Damao even became his nightmare.

I never thought that one day I would get to see this guy again.