jdhmnovel Chapter 554: Did you buy this TV for your own use?
Chapter 554: Did you buy this TV for your own use?
At the end of October, some companies with good performance began to repurchase their shares, and the stock price was stabilized to a certain extent.
Zhou Rong used all the money her investment company earned in the stock market to buy stocks of several technology, semiconductor, precision instrument and other companies.
Because the current stock price is cheap, Zhou Rong holds 2% of the shares of two large companies, and more than 10% of the shares of several other companies.
According to regulations, if a person holds 5% of the shares of a listed company, he or she must make a written report (a simplified announcement of changes in equity) to the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the exchange within 3 days from the date of the occurrence of the fact, notify the listed company and make an announcement, and fulfill the obligations prescribed by relevant laws.
If it exceeds 10%, you will need to sign another report, otherwise it will be considered a violation and you will be punished.
In order to support Zhou Rong and Zhou Jifan, Xu Hanhua also bought a lot of stocks, and his shareholding ratio exceeded 10% or 15%.
Xu Hanhua knew that Zhou Rong didn't like to take care of these trivial matters, so after obtaining her consent, he helped her deal with the various reports that needed to be signed, and suggested that she recruit a few professional managers to manage the daily affairs of the investment company to avoid being investigated and punished for no reason.
Zhou Rong accepted his suggestion and selected two rooms from the office building he bought to use as offices for the investment company. With the help of Xu Hanhua, he recruited a dozen professionals to manage the company.
In order to prevent someone from embezzling company funds, Zhou Rong did not give these recruits trading rights for the company's stocks and bank accounts. She only left a small amount of money in the finance department as the company's daily expenses. She would check the accounts every half a month or a month.
After finishing the company's work, it was already December.
Zhou Rong originally wanted to go to Kyoto to accompany Zhou Jifan, but she received a call from Zhou's father, saying that the building had been built and a banquet would be held in Zhoujiawan on December 12 to celebrate, and he hoped that she could go home to attend the wedding.
Zhou Rong had no choice but to drive his RV to Kyoto to confirm whether Zhou Jifan was safe. He left him some money and bought a two-courtyard house introduced by a "helpful" lady, and then returned to Jiangcheng.
December 12th happened to be a Sunday, and Zhou's father wanted his son and grandson to return to Zhoujiawan a day in advance to help arrange the banquet, so he went door to door to notify them.
When Zhou Rong returned to Jiangcheng, Zhou's father was at Chen Mansion inviting Nini and Chen Zhan Ning to attend the wedding on the 20th.
Xu Man smiled and asked Zhou's father if she could also join in the fun.
Father Zhou: "As long as you don't mind that we live in the countryside, you are always welcome to come to my house."
Xu Man: "Zhoujiawan is a great place with many talented people. Look at your village, how many talented people have come out of it! On the 20th, Zhan Ning and I will go back together to share in your good fortune."
"Zhoujiawan warmly welcomes you."
Just as Zhou's father finished speaking, he saw Zhou Rong carrying two large suitcases in. He hurried over to help her take the suitcases and said with concern, "Are you tired? Go and take a rest."
Zhou Rong: "I'm not tired. Didn't mom come with you?"
Father Zhou: "She wants to buy bed sheets, quilt covers, pots and pans, and so on. She said that when you return, she will use all brand new things. These days, she goes to the street with your fourth aunt every day. She thinks I have poor taste and the things I choose are not good-looking, so she asked me to go to the city to invite you."
Zhou Rong laughed and said, "We are so grown up, but mom still treats us like children.
We will only stay in Zhoujiawan for a day or two. It will be troublesome to wash so many sheets and quilt covers. I will go to the department store later to buy a washing machine for Mom."
Father Zhou: "That stuff is very expensive! I'll boil a few more pots of hot water and help your mother wash it. It won't take much time."
Zhou Rong: "Mom is 76 years old. Even with your help, it would be exhausting to wash so many clothes.
The returns from several projects invested by our fund company this year are good, more than doubled compared to last year. I have plenty of money, so I'll use this as a gift to celebrate the completion of my family's new house."
Father Zhou: "Okay, let's buy a cheaper one that can be used as is."
Zhou Rong smiled and didn't respond. He distributed gifts to everyone and after lunch, he took his father to the department store.
At present, some state-owned enterprises have excess production capacity, serious inventory backlogs and poor efficiency. In order to solve the problems of these factories and stimulate economic growth, the state began to liberalize the prices of seven industrial consumer goods, including bicycles, black and white televisions, and refrigerators in late August 1986.
In November of the same year, the prices of 11 small commodities in 24 major categories, including daily necessities, were liberalized.
In the second half of 1987, prices of department stores and small cultural commodities were liberalized.
After the prices were liberalized, people no longer needed coupons to buy items like televisions, refrigerators, and washing machines, as long as they had money. However, many families had limited savings, and they could not afford them without coupons.
Zhou Rong took his father straight to the area where washing machines were sold. The "Bai Lan" brand single-cylinder washing machine was priced at 199 yuan, and the double-cylinder one was priced at 385 yuan.
小天鹅XIB2-C自动塑料套桶390元；威力XPQ-2双缸连体铝壳428元；海尔双缸458元；进口的东芝2KG半自动双缸470元，需要外汇券才能购买。
A twin-tub washing machine, with the pulsator on the left for washing clothes and the spin-drying drum on the right for drying clothes.
Zhou's father didn't want Zhou Rong to spend money, so he originally wanted to buy the cheapest single-cylinder washing machine.
After listening to the salesperson's introduction to the differences between single-cylinder and double-cylinder cleaners, and thinking about how cold the winters in Zhoujiawan were, Zhou's mother's hands would turn red from the cold every time she washed thick clothes, and the clothes would have to be hung out in the sun for several days before they could dry, so she asked Zhou Rong to buy the 385 "Bai Lan" double-cylinder cleaner.
Zhou Rong didn't listen to him and asked for a Haier double-cylinder washing machine, saying that it was a well-known brand, good quality, and durable, and it would be no problem to use it for decades. Zhou's father thought that if he and Zhou's mother were gone, the washing machine could be left to their descendants to continue using, so he agreed.
Zhou Rong paid the money, and the salesperson needed to issue an order and go to the warehouse to get new goods.
While waiting, Zhou Rong took his father to look at the color TV and refrigerator.
A "Panda" 18-inch color TV, without a remote control, can only store 8 radio stations and costs 1380 yuan.
A 21-inch flat screen, right angle, remote-controlled color TV costs 2380 yuan; an imported Sharp TV costs 4874 yuan. Zhou Rong used Hong Kong dollars and US dollars to exchange some foreign exchange certificates at the bank and put them in the space for emergency use.
She asked for the Sharp color TV. When she was about to pay, Zhou's father stopped her and asked in a low voice: "Are you buying this TV for yourself?" Zhou Rong: "No, it's also for you and mom. How can we live in our new house without a TV?"
Seeing that his guess was right, Zhou's father immediately wanted to pull Zhou Rong away: "Even if you have money, you can't do this?!
What kind of color TV is this? It's smaller than the wooden box for storing clothes at home, and it costs more than 4000 yuan. The material is not made of gold. Selling it at such a high price is almost like robbing people!
If you really want to buy us a TV, buy us a black and white one. As long as we can watch it, we don’t care whether it’s black and white or color.”
Zhou Rong: "Dad, color TV is comfortable for the eyes. Mom injured her eyes when she was young because of embroidery. Watching black and white TV for a long time is bad for her eyesight. The color TV I chose is of good quality. When Mom watches it, it can protect her eyes and she can also appreciate the real state of the TV characters.
She has worked hard all her life, and I am not short of money now, so of course I want to give her the best.”
When he heard that it was for Zhou's mother, Zhou's father no longer objected and let Zhou Rong pay the money...