Chapter 27: Friendship (Please click and recommend)

  In the blink of an eye, 10 days have passed.

  Su Cheng, who played the balance game hard, earned $30,000 from the futures market, which is equivalent to 100 years of salary at the current exchange rate of 1:3.7.

  But who would exchange at the official rate? The black market rate has already risen to 1:6, or even 1:8... In that case, he would have gotten 200,000 RMB. If he used this money for the most popular way of making money now - buying a truck with 30,000 RMB and running a transportation business, he could form his own fleet.

  Three foreigners were also delighted. Everyone likes unexpected wealth. Each of them got nearly 10,000 yuan, equivalent to half a year's salary. If used for travel, it would be enough to circle half the globe.

  In return, on the last day, George and Ham convinced their colleagues in the American Chemical Mission to visit the Yushchenko Oil Field together.

  The entire chemical delegation, not only the Union Carbide Corporation where George was located, but also world-class giants such as DuPont and Dow.

  These people collectively took action, the Victory Oil Field Command Secretary Bo Rong didn't sleep all night, and organized several hundred primary school students, thousands of technical school and junior high school students to play a welcoming game.

  Su Cheng always walked alongside George and received countless leaders' gaze of approval, it is said that Bo Rong at least twice used the phrase "speaking politics" to describe him.

  Even the most dull-witted officials now know that Su Cheng's future is boundless. Using the simplest calculation method: Bo Rong still has 5 years before retirement, Lin Yonggui still has 10 years before retirement, with Su Cheng's educational background and the degree of praise he received, it's possible for him to become a deputy director... Although the Victory Oil Field Command is inevitably going to be transformed into the Victory Oil Field Management Bureau, officials like him still have a very broad space.

  It's said that when many people work together to carry a beautiful sedan chair, Suzhou City received praise from high-level leaders. Naturally, no one else would dare speak ill of it in front of other officials. Even Kang Le, the head of the chemical import and export company, quietly slipped back into the entourage without making another appearance.

  Time flies by in one day.

  It's time to return home, three foreigners, hugging each other and crying, for their no longer increasing wallets, for the lost opportunities to make money. Leaving China when the amount of funds is increasing day by day and income is rising rapidly, it's really frustrating.

  A photographer from Dazhong Daily, Wang Yaowu, seized the moment and took this photo, which he titled "Friendship".

  Under the flashing lights, George said for the nth time: "Su Cheng, come to America, with your skills, making tens of millions on Wall Street in a year is not difficult."

  The female teacher who did the translation carefully translated the original words.

  Everyone looked at each other in confusion, completely not understanding what they were saying.

  Su Cheng smiled and replied: "I love my motherland, maybe one day I'll go take a look at the United States."

  He has a good understanding of himself, making tens of millions of dollars by buying oil futures can be very profitable, but if he really goes to Wall Street and uses billions of dollars for financial operations, he will become part of the market itself, and his memory cannot play a role.

  Moreover, he really wanted to stay in China.

  There are many reasons and strong feelings.

  George sighed and said, "Alright, I'll take care of what you've entrusted me with. Hopefully we'll have another chance to meet."

  After reluctantly saying goodbye, George and others got on the train.

  A middle-aged cadre from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director Gui, asked in a deep voice: "Little Su, what did you entrust him to do?"

  "I asked him to buy some home appliances and books for me," Su Cheng said with a smile.

  Director Gui snorted twice and turned around to leave. The other entourage members were all filled with envy.

  Nowadays, domestic home appliances on the market are not cheap. A 2500 yuan TV is equivalent to $670, but its quality can't compare with a $300 foreign product. If we consider the price of electronic products, 10 RMB is only worth $1. The scalpers spend 2100 RMB to exchange for $300 on the black market. If they can smuggle or buy a VCR from abroad and sell it for 3000 yuan, it's very easy.

  But as long as Su City pays RMB to George and others at the official exchange rate, there is no problem in principle. It's like buying something worth $1 and earning 6 RMB. Now, not only people with overseas connections do this, but even diplomatic officials like Director Gui can't help but bring some electronics for themselves or their friends.

  Although Su Cheng had to return the $1000 translation fee, in everyone's opinion, asking a foreigner to bring something over was nothing compared to 10 days of hard work. This wasn't just about saving money, it also solved the problem of availability, as not anyone could buy foreign electronics.

  The delegation dispersed, and Cui Hongguo came up to him, his face full of excitement as he thanked him: "Younger brother, this time I really have to thank you. Exclusive report, this is a real exclusive series report! The editor-in-chief knows that I followed the American chemical industry representative all the way, what joy!"

  He said in a low voice, "This time, we're going to promote a deputy head of the journalist department. Originally, I had just graduated for 2 years and wasn't considered, but now it's almost certain."

  "These little rascals..." Su Cheng laughed twice, as the host, he called out to everyone, pouring tea and water, naturally without a hint of reverence. To be accurate, it was George and the others who had a reverent attitude towards him.

  Cui Hongguo's molars were all exposed, and he didn't notice Su Cheng's tone, only laughing: "This time, the local newspapers that can follow up on the American chemical delegation, except for me, not a single one... no wonder you insisted on coming down here, brother."

  In Shandong province, the Dazhong Daily is one of the top party newspapers, but at a national level it's not that impressive. The People's Daily, Guangming Daily and Reference News are all more powerful and influential than them. Even among local newspapers, the Yangzi Evening Post, Guangzhou Daily and Jinling Evening Post are much more famous than them.

  The People's Daily was able to scoop the news that other local papers couldn't get, and even central papers had to scramble for, making it the most sensational story of the year from a journalistic perspective.

  Su Cheng smiled and congratulated Cui Hongguo. His mood was also good, with $30,000 in his account, but at the same time, he felt a bit unreal. After all, in his previous life, he had never traded futures, and if it weren't for meeting people like Ham who were familiar with oil futures, letting him do it alone, he probably wouldn't have been able to make it work either.

  Before getting on the car, Cui Hongguo said in a low voice: "Your report, I showed it to my superiors, and the editor-in-chief said that the focus should be shifted from the basic five small ones to the bidding process. You know, now the whole country is vigorously promoting construction, and the project you did is not impressive within the province, but the way of bidding is a pioneering work nationwide, slightly elevated, it's very attractive."

  Su Cheng patted his forehead and said hastily: "You're right, I didn't grasp the key point."

  Cui Hongguo couldn't help but laugh and said, "This doesn't seem like your style, Su. You used to get unhappy even when the teacher corrected your essays."

  Su Cheng laughed loudly and covered up the past.

  "It's that simple." Cui Hongguo smiled and said, "What the editor-in-chief means is that if you're in charge of the bidding again next time, our newspaper can send a team to conduct in-depth interviews and make it into a large-scale special report."

  "Is it settled?" Su Cheng's expression turned serious. This was probably the best and most important news he had heard all day.

  Choi Hongguo nodded in agreement. This was equivalent to the newspaper helping him repay a favor. His words were very clear, only next time when Su Cheng is in charge of bidding, will the editor-in-chief conduct an in-depth report. In this way, not only can it ensure that Su Cheng is not picked on, but also guarantee him more exposure.

  What is called in-depth reporting cannot be a superficial article, at least half a page or more. If the effect is good, it's not excessive to continue for two or three days.

  This is far better than what Su City had expected.

  What he is most worried about is that this project will be picked at, and under the circumstances where state-owned enterprises are not adapted to bidding, almost all of the winning bids are from private or affiliated companies, and unintentionally offending many people. If a certain boss has a greedy heart and is found out, his political achievements will turn into bad achievements.

  Although there is now a halo given by the secretary and deputy secretary, heaven knows whether someone will decide to move this stumbling block ahead of time.

  Only when the project is dazzling will the villain escape under the spotlight.

  Cui Hongguo patted Su Cheng's shoulder heavily and said, "You'd better report to the leader quickly, strike while the iron is hot, maybe you can get a headline on the front page."

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