NFBE Chapter 229: Earn some "small money"
Chapter 229: Earn some "small money"
It has been a month since Zhou Ran came to the United States.
During this month, she was not like other international students who either studied hard at school or let themselves go, released their nature, attended various parties all day long, and tried to integrate into the local society.
Most of the time, Zhou Ran behaved like a local student. He studied when he should study and wandered around when he should go out to play.
As a student studying abroad at public expense, in addition to having her tuition waived, she also receives US$500 in living expenses from the embassy every month.
Compared with the average annual income of a family in the United States at this time, Zhou Ran's living expenses of 6000 US dollars should be enough. After all, at this time, the minimum hourly wage in the United States is only about 3 US dollars. The country is really doing its best to provide sufficient material conditions for these overseas students.
You should know that if 500 US dollars is converted into the black market price, it is enough to pay the wages of more than workers.
Therefore, Zhou Ran only received the first month's living expenses and did not plan to collect any more. Xia Country is now short of foreign exchange. She has ways to make money, so she should not take advantage of it.
"What you call a solution is to take the gold bars from me and exchange them for money?" a small voice complained.
"Well, I've checked the latest gold price. It's more than 10 US dollars per ounce, which is almost US dollars per gram. The owner of the little monster left so much gold, so he can give me some as a start-up fund!" Zhou Ran has no worries in the United States.
"Starting a business... Don't you feel bad about selling your grandfather's land? It's all yours anyway, spend it however you like." At least she didn't use Yanyan to make US dollars for her.
Zhou Ran exchanged ten kilograms of gold bars for 10 US dollars. There was some loss in the process, which was normal.
As for whether she encountered any robbery in the process, you only need to look at the fruit knife that traveled across the ocean to know that her farm tools were damaged again.
The United States is a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor.
This statement is not groundless. At least Zhou Ran has personally experienced the power of money. In capitalist countries, the US dollar is always the primary productive force.
Zhou Ran made her first pot of gold by using 10 US dollars to make a low-budget horror movie. She never expected that with her acting skills as the best supporting actress and some film and television materials she learned in that world, making money would be so easy.
However, due to the small scale of the film, even with a box office of over 750 million, she only got million US dollars.
In Zhou Ran's opinion, this has already exceeded the task requirements.
With this money, Zhou Ran invested $150 million to continue filming the series. It was a good deal. Sure enough, after the film was released, the global box office approached the two small goals. With fame and confidence, Zhou Ran received a share of the box office revenue of $2 million.
Zhou Ran invested the remaining money in the US stock market. Is there any place easier to make money than the financial market?
Of course, the prerequisite is that you have to cheat!
It has been said that Zhou Ran has no scruples in the United States, so it is very normal for her to use Yan Yan to help her collect historical data.
Wall Street Rose is a friendly nickname given by the financial market to Zhou Ran, a foreign girl.
But since it is a rose, it must have thorns. In the first year of Zhou Ran's career in the financial market, he earned no less than 8000 million US dollars, and his net worth increased tenfold.
What? She didn't even complete a small goal? She still had a share of the movie revenue, and at the end of the year, she already had a small goal.
Only after he had a certain amount of capital did Zhou Ran take the initiative to contact the embassy staff and ask, "Hey, buddy, do you want a second-hand machine tool?"
Zhou Ran bought several machinery companies on the verge of bankruptcy in the secondary market and had some old machine tools that he planned to clean up. This was a perfectly normal thing.
As for the blockade, she was just clearing out fixed assets. The latest machinery and equipment were purchased locally, all for the benefit of the United States. Look at how many jobs she created and how many people's jobs she saved.
Therefore, even though some people in the United States felt that there was a problem with Zhou Ran selling used mechanical equipment to Xia Guo, she still ensured that the equipment arrived at the domestic port smoothly.
The contact person is her teacher at Jingcheng University, Professor Li.
Previously, Professor Li had received news that Zhou Ran might have rebelled. She even refused to accept the US$500 monthly living allowance given by the country. She must have decided to stay in the United States.
Who would have thought that in just two years, Zhou Ran would give such a big gift to the country.
After making money, Zhou Ran would of course send gifts to Huang Hui's family. After all, Huang Hui gave her a generous gift of 100 US dollars when she went abroad.
In the past two years, Huang Hui's family has often received packages from the United States, including electronic toys for her two children, the latest color TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines.
Huang Hui originally just thought that it was not easy for Zhou Ran, an orphan, to travel to a foreign country. The other people in the dormitory also misunderstood Zhou Ran, so she felt that she had to do something to warm the child's heart.
I didn’t expect that I would get so much in return!
In the 80s, the United States was in a period of economic recovery. Several factories that Zhou Ran bought at low prices were given new life after a round of upgrading.
Yes, that's right, we specialize in manufacturing small household appliances!
Small household appliances such as air fryers, breakfast machines, and electric steamers, which were once popular in the 21st century, became popular throughout the American continent. Zhou Ran also set up relevant patents for these small household appliances with no technical content.
As a result, in just one year, several factories that were on the verge of bankruptcy brought her hundreds of millions of US dollars in profits.
In the following year, Zhou Ran also deployed plans to occupy the European and Asia-Pacific markets.
Especially in our daily lives, if we think that the products of the United States are good, then of course we will focus on dumping them.
So in the second year, small household appliances became popular all over the world, and Zhou Ran exceeded his small goal of 10 billion US dollars!
How can you do this without raising money in the financial market?
As a result, several factories did not need to do much packaging and were collectively listed on the US stock market. Once listed, their stock prices soared.
Zhou Ran, on the other hand, planned to take the money and leave after the stock ban was lifted.
The small appliance market certainly has a long lifespan, but she has already eaten the sweetest piece of the cake, and she plans to distribute the remaining scraps to others.
In other words, the country doesn't allow her to return home too soon, and coaxes her to make more money in capitalism. Otherwise, Zhou Ran would have been a little fed up with it.
Since I can't go back, let's do something!
On September 1985, 9, the famous Plaza Accord was officially signed at the Plaza Hotel in New York, the United States.
Zhou Ran, anticipating the yen's appreciation, used his shares in several electronics companies as collateral to borrow $10 billion from a small bank, debiting the loan in Japanese yen—a total of 2500 billion yen—to short the dollar. The contract stipulated that the $10 billion would be repaid in Japanese yen upon maturity.
Just like this, Zhou Ran got 500 billion yen out of nothing.
Not to mention her gains in the foreign exchange market. Knowing the answer, Zhou Ran used high leverage.