In the second half of 2008, Liu Shouhua was dismissed from his post as Swedish Ambassador by the new party government, and he simply stayed in Sweden and never returned to his country.
On the one hand, there is no war trouble here, so he does not have to worry about the safety of his family; on the other hand, the administration here is relatively clear and the economy is more developed. With his ability, he can also make a fortune in business.
Otherwise, now that he has changed to the new Zheng Mansion, even if he chooses to go back, he will not be able to be reused again. On the contrary, the family may be plunged into the disaster of war. In comparison, it would be better to stay in Sweden.
Xiang Nan also supported his decision.
However, after Liu Shouhua was dismissed, it would not be so convenient and quick for them to obtain news about China in the future.
Because Swedish news media focuses on reporting in Europe, North America and other places, the Middle East and Far East are not its key targets, so you can only see some news occasionally.
This is a bit like Chinese news. Reports about foreign countries are also concentrated in Britain, the United States, Japan, Russia, France, Germany, Australia and other countries.
[In view of the general environment,
As for Africa, South America, Central Asia and Pacific Island countries, it is estimated that only major events such as disasters, wars, and plagues will be reported.
Therefore, for a period of time after that, the Jin family basically cut off contact with China.
They only know that in December, Northeast China changed its flag and China achieved nominal reunification.
However, given that the Guangxi warlords and the Guangdong warlords fought a war a few years ago, the Xinzheng Mansion did not effectively stop it. It can be seen that the Xinzheng Mansion is only unified in name. In fact, each force still goes its own way and is its own master.
So China's future is unclear.
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Xiang Nan doesn't care much about Zheng Zhi. In his opinion, making money is more important.
After all, the Great Depression sweeping the world is coming in less than a year. He must accumulate enough wealth to maximize benefits after the Great Depression.
In the second half of 2008, after the serialization of "The Hobbit: A Wonderful Journey" was completed, Xiang Nan immediately started the serialization of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".
At this time, because of the popularity of "The Hobbit", when he serialized "The Lord of the Rings", his remuneration was also greatly increased.
It used to be fifty kronor for a thousand words, but now it is three hundred kroner for a thousand words, which is six times the amount. In this way, if he writes one thousand words, he can earn one hundred and fifty yuan, which is about the same as five small yellow croakers. It is definitely considered a high income.
However, Xiang Nan made more money from the stock market than from writing.
Under his operation, his capital has accumulated from one million to forty million. Such a huge sum of money also prepared him for the coming Great Depression.
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In early 2009, "The Hobbit" was officially published in one volume by Snow Bear Bookstore, a well-known Swedish publishing house. After its launch, it became very popular and even had good sales in Nordic countries such as Norway, Finland, and Denmark.
And this also brought Xiang Nan another extremely high return of 150,000 yuan, which can be said to be an unexpected fortune.
Seeing that their son is so promising, even if he comes to Sweden, he can still make money by his own skills to support the family, instead of just sitting on his hands, Jin Quan and his wife are naturally happy.
For Xiang Nan, there was another happy event: in early 2009, Xiao Lian was finally pregnant.
For Xiang Nan, this was an unexpected surprise.
Xiao Lian was also very happy. She didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly.
Only Bai Xiuzhu is more delicious. Because she has been married to Xiang Nan for six years, and her stomach has not moved yet.
On the contrary, Xiao Lian was pregnant first, which really made her angry.
Fortunately, her character was just unruly, not vicious, and she did not perform the "mistress poisoning, leaving the mother but the son" drama, which made Xiang Nan feel a little relieved.
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Pregnancy lasts ten months and gives birth once.
In mid-October, Xiao Lian successfully gave birth to a son.
In this way, the third generation of the Jin family finally has a leader.
This made Jin Quan so happy that he personally named his child Jin Chengcheng, hoping that he could inherit the Jin family's incense and continue to prosper for generations.
The birth of Jin Chengji was a rare happy event for the Jin family. For this reason, Jin Quan specially held a banquet at home and invited relatives and friends to congratulate him.
In the one and a half years since they arrived in Sweden, the Jin family has made some local friends and established some connections, and is no longer the stranger they were at the beginning.
Therefore, the banquet was held very big, and many friends came to congratulate him.
Xiang Nan rarely reunited with his family. Because after everyone moved out, apart from going home to get together during holidays, it was difficult to see each other at other times.
At the banquet, Wang Yufen proudly introduced to Bai Xiuzhu how much money she had made from stock trading this year.
"The stock market is really booming now. Whatever you buy will go up. I bought two stocks a year ago, and now they have almost doubled." She introduced it to Bai Xiuzhu with a smile, and Bai Xiuzhu was very excited. .
"Sister-in-law, although the stock market is rising rapidly, there are still many hidden dangers. The stock price is a bit too high. It is better to withdraw first." Xiang Nan reminded.
The stock market crash was coming soon, and he didn't want Wang Yufen to suffer.
"Yes, Yufen, stocks are not so easy to play. It's better to learn from me and save your money in the bank." Wu Peifang also advised.
"How much interest can you earn by depositing money in the bank? I have already earned 50,000 yuan this year." Wang Yufen curled her lips disdainfully.
When Wu Peifang heard this, she was very surprised, "Is it really that profitable?"
"That's why I said you wouldn't pick it up even if you have money." Wang Yufen said with a smile.
"Yufen, are stocks really that profitable?" Cheng Huichang said excitedly upon hearing this.
She also hopes to make more money. After all, her family is the poorest among the three brothers.
"Really, why are you lying to me?" Wang Yufen said with a smile.
"Three sisters-in-law, listen to me, the stock risk is too great, don't underestimate it. If it falls sharply, all your wealth may be lost." Xiang Nan saw that they were all interested in stock trading, and quickly stopped him, "Listen to me, Definitely don’t speculate.”
But the interests of the three of them came first, but no one was willing to listen to him.
"Lao Qi, unlike you, we can still make money by writing. We have to find a way to survive on our own." Cheng Huichang explained.
"Seventh, you can make money, so you don't have to worry. We are almost dying of worry." Wu Peifang also sighed. Their family is currently losing money every month. If they don't find some way to make money, they may be begging for food in a few years.
"Yeah, don't worry, Qing Qingqi. You can exchange for several small yellow croakers by writing one word. What should we do?" Wang Yufen also curled her lips and said, "We can't just watch you eat meat. We can't even drink soup." You can’t drink it.”
Seeing what they said, Xiang Nan simply stopped trying to persuade them.
For them, it's a good thing to stumble. Otherwise, they will never grow up.
However, he himself was secretly preparing to sell his stocks one after another and cash out in advance. Be prepared to wait for a stock market crash and then short-sell aggressively to make a profit.
