Chapter 200
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To put it bluntly, Li Jiaxin made herself like this, if not for deliberately maintaining popularity. And if her son went to some aristocratic school, she would not end up like this.
It's a pity that her thinking is still stuck in the 1990s, thinking that she can earn countless money by showing off her reputation as the most beautiful Miss Xiangjiang.
But she underestimated this era of new people emerging in large numbers. Nowadays, people are busy chasing after little flowers. Who has the energy to deal with her, an "old lady" who has been out of fashion for a long time?
Speaking of which, she is still riding a tiger in order to maintain her image as a noble lady. Hiring someone to take photos, retouching pictures, publishing magazines, being on trending searches, etc. Everything costs money.
A lot of money was spent, but the number and price of commercial performances never increased. So she ruthlessly spent a lot of money to buy a hot search on Tail.
At the same time, I hope that the price offered by the commercial performance company can be higher. One of her commercial performances now costs about 50,000 Huaxia coins, which is already shockingly low.
Unexpectedly, she just proposed to increase the money. Renjia Commercial Performance Company directly expressed its attitude.
"Now no one is willing to pay 20,000 yuan a night, so you still want to raise the price? Are you kidding me?"
Li Jiaxin was stunned when she heard what the other party said. 20,000 for a business performance? You are insulting people. But soon she understood why the commercial performance company said that.
Starting in March, now in her 20s, she has accepted a commercial performance worth 20,000 yuan, and it was the kind of performance in a bar. Then no one cared about it.
Only then did she understand why the commercial performance company said that, and the sponsors were not stupid. They would rather spend hundreds of thousands or even millions to invite people from the MT Girlfriends Group or the Thirteenth Aunt to perform a show, which would have better results than inviting Li Jiaxin.
After all, what people nowadays care about is popularity and hot spots. For a outdated artist like her, unless it is some nostalgic event, few people are willing to invite her.
The most important thing is that in order to maintain her status as a noble wife, Li Jiaxin has to go to parties and so on. So the rental of dresses and jewelry is also a big expense.
As time goes by, the old girlfriends from wealthy families will no longer call her Li Jiaxin. Now she no longer has the qualifications to be compared with others.
Without the popularity, naturally no commercial acting company would be willing to take her job. My husband's side is even worse. He is a second-generation rich man with no knowledge and skills. After the stock market crash, their pocket money fund shrank severely.
Originally, the Xu family's monthly pocket money for the two of them was 2 million, but with the last stock market crash in Hong Kong, this amount has become more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars.
The combined Chinese currency is about 160,000 yuan, although for an ordinary person, if he does nothing for a month, he can have more than 160,000 yuan, which is already a "huge sum".
However, for a wealthy second generation like Xu Heng who has a lavish spending habit, this amount of money is not enough for him to spend a day, let alone his wife and son.
The person in charge of the foundation is also helpless. The balance of the fund left to him by the old man of the Xu family is currently only a little over 100 million Hong Kong dollars. If he is so lavish, this foundation will be closed down within a year.
However, unable to withstand Xu Heng's threats, the foundation reluctantly raised the couple's living expenses to HK$500,000 a month.
This money was not enough for the eldest son of the Xu family to pay for one month's maintenance of his luxury car, so he began to find ways to make money.
The current real estate industry in Xiangjiang is not very good. Real estate that used to sell for hundreds of millions or even billions is now worth more than 100 million at most.
As the government vigorously develops public housing, the abnormal housing prices in Xiangjiang are slowly being shattered. In many places, houses have been cut in half and no one wants them.
As for the mansion? Haha, are you kidding? In the past, houses in Xiangjiang were expensive, and many rich people liked to follow the trend. But with the last financial crisis in Hong Kong, the rich have learned their lesson.
Are you kidding me, buying a house in Xiangjiang? Want to contribute? It is safer to buy property in mainland China. Although the increase is not as exaggerated as Xiangjiang's before, at least it has maintained its value.
Xu Heng does not have any property in his name. His only reliance now is a property worth HK$700 million left by his father.
However, as real estate cools down, this property worth 700 million is currently worth less than 100 million. Even he now lives in a duplex with his own property.
Xu Heng, who does not have any property to his name, is thinking about how to use his status as a "rich family" to do some business. But now he doesn't have any money.
Just when he was desperate, someone suggested that he mortgage his family's property. However, in order to prevent his son from losing his family, his father had donated the property to the foundation before his death. This is how his family was able to have living expenses of HK$500,000 per month.
But the person who encouraged him to take out the loan said that he could use the proceeds from the family fund to take out the loan. 500,000 per month, which is 6 million Hong Kong dollars a year.
The person who took out the loan explained that he could lend the amount for three years at a time. But you need to pay 6 more months of interest, which is HKD 3 million.
6 million a year, 18 million in three years plus interest, a total of 21 million. Xu Heng carefully considered the feasibility of this method.
If he didn't do this now, he wouldn't be able to come up with the start-up capital at all, especially since his friend who drank with him before said that speculating in gold now would be the same as picking up money.
If 18 million is lost in the futures market, it can become 21 million in one day and double in a week. It is not a problem. Xu Heng, who was told by his friends that he was itching, still decided to make a desperate move.
So he secretly used the income from the family fund to find someone to borrow money, and with three years and six months of income, he took out 18 million in one lump sum from the loan company and threw it all into the gold futures market.
At the beginning, Xu Heng was also nervous. But on the first day, under the guidance of his friends, he bought low and sold high and made 5 points in one fell swoop.
Xu Heng, who made 900,000 yuan in one fell swoop, was overjoyed with the feeling of picking up money, so he began to use 10 times leverage to start his gold futures journey.
Xu Heng's business went very smoothly in the past few days. 18 million yuan turned into more than 50 million yuan in just 3 days. This way of making money was faster than robbing a bank. Xu Heng, who was obsessed with this kind of excitement, stopped going to bars and nightclubs.
The whole thing is to watch the index in the futures hall with a bunch of "experts". At this time, Xu Heng has almost 9 million US dollars in funds. In addition, he uses a maximum leverage of 10 times, and the funds he can operate are as high as more than 9,000 US dollars. Thousands of dollars of knives.
Looking at the amount in the account, Xu Heng couldn't help but feel very proud. You must know that the most expensive property left by your father was about this price.
I have only been trading stocks for a few days, and I have almost earned a building back. (Although leverage is used, Xu Heng’s lustful thoughts still need to be satisfied.)
In order to catch up on the market, Xu Heng has not been home for several days. Several "experts" who have a good relationship with him suggest waiting for the opportunity.
In order to speculate in futures, Xu Heng rented a house near the futures center specifically so that he could have a place to rest when he was tired.
Xu Heng, who had been waiting for several days, finally saw that gold had fallen. Under the advice of several "friends", as long as gold fell for a while, he would make a profit by going long.
So Xu Heng invested all his funds in gold, looking forward to the rise of gold. The $90 million in buying orders was quickly wiped out by short sellers.
Xu Heng saw something was wrong. Why were the short sellers so fierce?
My friend explained: "This is the bulls washing the market. The lower the price, the stronger the bulls' rebound. Isn't that what we did in the past few days."
"Yes." Xu Heng nodded. When he was speculating in gold futures a few days ago, the bulls suddenly started to exert force on the verge of being liquidated, and then the price surged without stopping.
Thinking of this, Xu Heng couldn't help but look forward to it even more. I thought to myself: "Hey, when I make money this time, I will buy a big villa. It must be the top villa in Taiping Mountain."
Since the Xu family fell into decline, Xu Heng has moved from a single-family villa to a duplex unit. You can imagine the gap. Now that he had the chance to make a comeback, he would naturally seize it.
Suddenly Xu Heng felt that something was wrong with the current market, and before he could react, gold futures began to plummet. All of a sudden, the price dropped from 2,200 US dollars to 2,100 US dollars a cup.
Before Xu Heng had time to react, his futures position was on the verge of liquidation. News immediately came from the guarantee company that if he could not cover his position by 2090, his account would be forcibly liquidated.
The sudden change made Xu Heng start to sweat profusely, and several other friends also looked confused. I thought gold would hit 2,300 points again, but unexpectedly it was a cliff-like crash.
Several people took out their phones and started looking for someone to cover their positions. Xu Heng, who felt a chill in his back, also quickly contacted the loan company to prepare for another loan.
If he liquidates his position now, he will suffer heavy losses after deducting the leverage fees. At this moment, Xu Heng had the mentality of a gambler.
If Tang Wen were here, he would definitely find that Xu Heng at this moment is very similar to himself before rebirth. Going all out for that illusory hope is a typical gambler's mentality.
Da Fei answered Xu Heng's call and said with a smile, "What's wrong, Mr. Xu? You've made a lot of money recently, right?" Since Da Fei got on the mountain of Tang Wen, he began to get involved in the financial industry.
That is to say, relying on the gray income Tang Wen gave them in Southeast Asia, his capital chain has always been very sufficient. Xu Heng's previous loan of 18 million was given by him.
"Brother Da Fei, I still need a loan of 10 million. When will it be convenient for you?" Xu Heng asked anxiously.
Da Fei said in surprise: "10 million? Mr. Xu, the income from your property has already been loaned. This is a bit difficult to handle."
"10 million, I'll use the house I live in to get a loan. Come on, I'm in the futures center now. I'm in a hurry to use it." Xu Heng urged, and now all the money lost is money.
"Well, your house is only worth 8 million at most. After deducting the handling fee, you can only get 7 million. Do you think it's okay, Mr. Xu? If you can, someone will go to the trading floor to find you."
"Okay, okay, hurry up." At this time, Xu Heng couldn't care about so much anymore. He only had one thought, that is, not to liquidate his position.
Da Fei naturally had a younger brother in the trading center. After Xu Heng signed a contract under the arrangement of Fang Ma Zai, 7 million arrived on time. Xu Heng, who got the money, quickly put all the money into his account.