Chapter Forty-Five: The Wind Rises

  The 1,000 meters ended, and there were still 400 meters of competition left. If it were someone else, after running 1,000 meters, where would they have the energy to run another 400 meters? So at that time, Li Zhi Xiong was worried about this. However, with Leng Bing Han's current superhuman state, winning this small competition was naturally not a problem. In the end, he refreshed the record of Li Zhou Primary School again with a score of 1 minute and 3 seconds. This was because he had reserved some speed and physical strength in order to avoid shocking the world too much; otherwise, with his current superhuman state and abilities, who knows what kind of results he could have achieved?

  With the help of Leng Bing Han, Class 1 of Grade 2 won the first place in the 1985 Winter Sports Meet of Li Zhuang Primary School. Xie Chang Qing, who was overjoyed and in a great mood, rewarded Leng Bing Han with 100 yuan for breaking the school record. Although Leng Bing Han didn't care about the money, he thought it would be good to take it back home to make his family happy. Of course, he also took out another 100 yuan to host a grand celebration party for the whole class.

  The students of Class 1, Grade 2 were as happy as if it was the Chinese New Year. Not only because of the cold and selfless dedication, but also because through everyone's efforts, Class 1, Grade 2 finally won the first prize, which is an unprecedented event, making all the classmates feel proud and relieved, holding their heads high and chests out, washing away the resentment of being inferior during the previous sports meeting, even walking felt more energetic.

  Since the last breakthrough, the five light spheres in his body have formed a circulating airflow field that never stops, whether he is sleeping, exercising, eating, or cultivating. It continuously repairs and strengthens his body, but with his current abilities, he can only watch these airflows operate on their own and cannot command or change them. However, he is not anxious, believing that as long as he puts in the effort and accumulates enough energy, a qualitative transformation will occur at some point, and when that happens, he will officially enter the threshold of cultivation, and his future prospects are promising.

  Those PE teachers later tried to coax and cheat Ling Bing into accepting their training to become a sports prodigy. If Ling Bing were just an ordinary child, he might have been tempted by the blueprint they painted, but having been reborn with numerous opportunities, why would he choose the most boring one? He naturally rejected it outright.

  These teachers who were helpless but unwilling to give up had no choice but to go find Xie Changqing.

  Xie Changqing originally didn't want to bother Leng Yunyi, after all, he didn't think that in today's results-oriented era, a sports talent student could achieve much. Moreover, with Leng Bingxue's exceptional conditions, did she still need to take the path of sports talent? However, unable to withstand their repeated persuasion, and also having a glimmer of hope that Leng Bingxue would bring glory to the school, he steeled himself and went to talk to Leng Yunyi about this matter.

  Regarding the issue of Leng Bing Han's future, Leng Yun Yi hadn't thought that far ahead. Although it's said that among the 360 professions, every profession can produce a top scholar, in reality most parents hope their children will follow the normal trajectory from elementary school to middle school to university, then graduate and work, get married and have children. There are many other paths, but compared to this one, they seem somewhat unconventional. However, regarding Leng Bing Han, they were very reassured, and besides, Leng Bing Han had always been very determined, so in the end Leng Yun Yi kicked the ball back to Leng Bing Han, letting him make his own decision.

  What Leng Bing Han actually opposed was not achieving success in sports, bringing glory to the school and the country, but rather disliking the dull and monotonous life of competing and training day and night. In the end, as long as it didn't affect his normal life, Leng Bing Han agreed that he could participate in suitable training and competitions if he was willing, of course, everything was under his own will, no one could force him.

  Although it did not fully achieve the expected purpose, at least it was not a futile trip. Xie Changqing was satisfied as long as Leng Bingxue was willing to participate in the competition and win the championship, which would bring honor to Li Zhou Primary School and naturally also credit to himself as the principal.

  After the sports meeting, 1985 quickly came to an end, and before long it was the eagerly anticipated 1986.

  The final exam didn't have any unexpected results, Leng Bing Xue scored a double hundred and ranked first in the entire district. Chen Ting scored 193 points, ranking second in class and fourth in grade. Wen Xin's score improved under Leng Bing Xue's guidance, scoring 186 points, sixth in class and fifteenth in grade. This was Wen Xin's first time entering the top ten in class, she was overjoyed, holding Chen Ting and Leng Bing Xue's hands and jumping up and down all day, laughing happily.

  Three Good Students, Excellent Student Cadres and almost all the honors in school, naturally, couldn't be without a share of Liang Bing Han's. Although Liang Bing Han didn't take these things as seriously as he did in his past life, his parents were even more excited than he was when they received the awards. For this purpose, Liang Bing Han naturally wouldn't be hypocritical either.

  The 1986 Spring Festival was lively but lacked novelty. Eldest uncle, third uncle and fourth uncle all brought their families back to Licheng for the New Year, a big family of twenty or thirty people, very lively, even at night when sleeping, they had to set up beds on the floor, children laughed and squeezed together, excited and happy. However, maybe it was because of his mindset and the difference from his previous life, although Han Bing wanted to blend in like before, he always felt a bit out of place.

  The 1986 Spring Festival Gala, however, brought back some cold and icy memories. Although he had watched Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao's sketch "Roast Meat" countless times in his past life, watching it now still made him laugh out loud. Reflecting on his past and present lives, he felt deeply moved.

  Before the Spring Festival, Leng Bingxue didn't forget to sneak into Leng Yunyi's office and make a phone call to Zhu Jianjun who was far away in Shanghai. Nearly 300,000 stocks had been bought for almost two months, with no reaction, it's impossible not to be anxious, especially on the Spring Festival when families reunite, Zhu Jianjun alone in a foreign land must be "thinking of his family more on holidays", and also needs the care of this little boss.

  As for the stock, he was not in a hurry because he knew that after the Spring Festival, the Shanghai Stock Exchange would adopt an electronic trading system. At that time, stocks would have one price per day and soon Zhu Jianjun would be shocked speechless.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, no sooner had the winter break ended than Zhu Jianjun couldn't wait to give him a call.

  Since then, Xie Changqing has been accustomed to receiving phone calls from Shanghai. Every time he is called away by Leng Bingxue, he walks out of the office very consciously, so that he can speak freely and unscrupulously, although he doesn't know what they are talking about and doesn't believe there's anything important.

  Confirmed that the person who answered the phone was Leng Binghan, Zhu Jianjun became so excited that he could hardly speak clearly. He told Leng Binghan with great excitement that the stock price had skyrocketed and basically increased by ten times compared to the purchase price. After expressing his admiration, he asked Leng Binghan if he wanted to sell the stocks now. In less than three months, he witnessed Leng Binghan's transformation from an unknown person to a wealthy man with 3 million yuan, and that feeling was really beyond words.

  His mood, cold and icy, can be felt naturally. If he hadn't controlled the memories of his past life and known in advance the trend of stocks, knowing that the stock had soared tenfold, he would have been excited to shout out loud and definitely quickly sold out to cash in. How could he still be so calm and composed now?

  He was happy to share this moment of joy with Zhu Jianjun, but still let Zhu Jianjun not rush, waiting for his own notice.

  In mid-April 1986, Leng Bingxian gave Zhu Jianjun a clear order to dump the stocks. Zhu Jianjun dared not slack off and immediately sold the stocks. At that time, China's stock market was in a frenzy, with many people carrying bags of cash to the exchange to buy stocks. However, the original intention of selling was negligible, and often, before even reaching the exchange, they were intercepted by large numbers of buyers, each bidding higher than the last, regardless of whether the stocks were really worth that much money. It seemed that as long as you bought them, you would get rich.

  These stocks, originally bought for less than three million, were sold by Zhu Jianjun for nearly eight hundred million. It looks like a lot, but in the entire market, not even a ripple was stirred up, and it was quickly absorbed. There are still many people who didn't buy them regretting and lamenting how they missed out by just one step.

  Zhu Jianjun stared at the long string of numbers on the deposit slip, his mouth agape and his jaw almost dropping to the ground. His eyes seemed fixed in place, unable to move away from the digits. Although he had known when selling that the total amount was over 798 million, seeing those numbers still made his eyes feel like they were going to pop out of their sockets. His heart was racing with excitement, pounding non-stop as if it was about to jump out of his chest cavity. They say that once money reaches a certain amount, it's just numbers. He had completely lost all concept of how much money this was. It was so much that even thinking about it made him dizzy.

  When Leng Bingxue received Zhu Jianjun's phone call, he let out a long sigh of relief. Although relying on his memories from the previous life, Leng Bingxue knew the general trend of the stock market, but nothing is absolute in this world. What if there was an unexpected slip-up? No one could predict what would happen next. Now that the stocks had been cashed out, he worried that Zhu Jianjun might run off with the money again. This was nearly 80 million yuan, equivalent to half a year's GDP of Xichang City in 1985. Zhu Jianjun had passed the test of 200,000 yuan, but could he withstand the temptation of 80 million? Not to mention him, even Leng Bingxue himself wondered if he could resist such a huge temptation.

  Afterwards, Leng Bingxue had asked Zhu Jianjun if he had ever thought of keeping the money for himself when he was holding so much. It's worth noting that all the stocks and deposit books were opened by Zhu Jianjun and were under his name. Even if he didn't give all the money to Leng Bingxue, from a legal standpoint, Leng Bingxue wouldn't have any way to claim it. Moreover, no one would believe that a young child could have so much money.

  Upon hearing this question, Zhu Jianjun scratched his head and smiled wryly: "How could there not be? This is 800 million, even if I don't do anything else, live extravagantly, it would take several lifetimes to spend. To say that one's heart wouldn't move is completely impossible. However, the money isn't mine, taking it would also bring anxiety, and previously if I had been greedy for those 20-odd million, I wouldn't have gotten hundreds of millions. Han Shao's abilities are impressive, these tens of millions are nothing, who knows what will happen in the future, maybe there will be billions or tens of billions."

  Such an answer made me feel both moved and amused, and it's also a kind of wisdom in foolishness. However, there are not many people who have such insight, and the vast majority can only see the immediate benefits, without thinking about the future. This may also be the reason why Zhu Jianjun was able to make a fortune from scratch in his past life.

  Xichang has had an airport since it was a satellite launch base and the second capital of the Nationalist government during the war against Japan. However, in 1985, the airport was still for both military and civilian use, mainly for military purposes, and few people could afford to take flights, with only one route connecting Xichang to Chengdu, the provincial capital.

  Flying back from Shanghai to Chengdu, and then flying back from Chengdu to Xichang, the cost is not small, at least equivalent to two months' salary of Leng Yunyi. However, now Leng Binghan and Zhu Jianjun are wealthy and generous, they don't care about this little money, and also let Zhu Jianjun indulge in a luxurious trip once.

  Taking a plane is on the one hand for safety, and on the other hand was originally to save time, but unexpectedly the flight from Chengdu to Xichang only has flights every Wednesday morning, which would actually arrive in Xichang two days later than taking the train.

  When Zhu Jianjun returned to Xichang with several hundred thousand in cash and nearly 80 million in deposit slips, following Leng Binghan's instructions, Leng Binghan had already arranged for someone to obtain a border pass for him to go to Shenzhen. Next, Leng Binghan planned to have him set up a company in Hong Kong, then enter the mainland, so as to enjoy various policy supports on the mainland as a foreign-funded enterprise, and also reduce many troubles. Moreover, Leng Binghan's vision was not limited to the mainland; there were opportunities all over the world, and he wouldn't let them slip away.

  The name "Hong Kong" is derived from the Hong Kong Island, located at the southern coast of China and the Pearl River Delta. It also includes more than 200 islands, including Lantau Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. The economy of Hong Kong is characterised by its low tax rate, free trade and minimal government intervention. Hong Kong ranks 11th in global trade, with mainland China as its most significant trading partner, and has close links with other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, earning it the nickname "one of the Four Asian Tigers".

  Since the reform and opening up, it has become much easier to enter and exit Hong Kong from the mainland. As long as you have a border defense certificate issued by the municipal public security bureau, you can exchange it for an open visa in Shenzhen (I don't know what the actual situation is like? I made it up myself, don't ask too many questions). Of course, if you want to set up a company in Hong Kong, the procedures won't be that simple. However, as long as you have money, I suppose setting up a company anywhere will be very welcome.

  He didn't think this way because he looked down on the country where he was born and raised, or because he worshipped foreign things. However, after his rebirth, he knew that in this context, relying on his status as a foreign merchant to return home and invest would not only allow his assets to expand to the greatest extent possible but also reduce some constraints, making contributions to the development of his hometown.

  Zhu Jianjun stayed in Licheng for less than a week and hurried to Hong Kong. Li Bingxian left 30,000 yuan in cash, and the rest was taken by Zhu Jianjun to Hong Kong.

  In the 1980s, people's impression of Hong Kong mostly came from various Hong Kong videos that flooded into mainland China. In their minds, Hong Kong was a place of extravagance and debauchery, full of violence, money, and opportunities. People had mixed feelings about Hong Kong, both yearning for it and fearing it, but overall, they yearned for it more, after all, the living standards between the two places were vastly different.

  In Shanghai for several months, Zhu Jianjun has also seen a lot of the world and opened a colorful window to the outside world.

  Since the Sino-British negotiations in 1982, Deng Xiaoping strongly and solemnly expressed his determination to recover Hong Kong. After several years of arduous negotiations, China and Britain formally signed the Joint Declaration in 1984, which stipulated that Hong Kong would be returned to China on July 1, 1997. Under the instigation of some politicians with ulterior motives and Western media, two large-scale emigration waves occurred in Hong Kong, one in the early 1980s and the other in the late 1980s, involving a total of over 300,000 people.

  Among these immigrants, they have huge assets and very good businesses, belonging to Hong Kong's business elite. As they leave, it adds more worries and fears for the Hong Kong people who are already uncertain about their future. No wonder at that time, Western media wrote extensively judging "Hong Kong is dead". Immediately following was a sharp decline in the Hong Kong stock market, with property prices plummeting, presenting a bleak and deserted scene.

  At that time, to alleviate this situation, the Hong Kong government adopted a systematized and simplified approach to the registration and supervision of limited companies. All companies uniformly implemented a registration system, without the need for multi-level approvals. Therefore, in principle, anyone over 18 years old with a sound mind can apply to establish their own company without restrictions, regardless of quantity. The institution responsible for registering companies in Hong Kong is the Companies Registry, which belongs to the government. Applicants usually do not need to personally go through the trouble of visiting government agencies and instead hire professional secretarial firms, accounting firms or law firms as intermediaries to handle all procedures. The applicant only needs to provide a photocopy of their ID card or passport, sign the application form and documents, and the entire process from submitting the application to the company being operational takes about one month, with total costs not exceeding HK$10,000. This is truly fast and cost-effective, reflecting that Hong Kong is a society that values high efficiency.

  In such a situation, Flying Tiger Investment Co., Ltd. was soon established in the luxurious office building in Central, Hong Kong's most prosperous area.

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