I'm back in 1990

Chapter 121: Casual Chat and Testing

On Sunday, May 5th, Huang Xiaochuan went to Lu Gong's place. He hadn't been able to come to the stamp market recently because of Wang Deyi's hospitalization and the house issue. Now that things were mostly settled, he felt he should come and take a look. After all, he still had quite a few stamps and needed to convert them into cash!

I never expected that selling stamps would be such a miserable thing. Are all these people crazy?

Huang Xiaochuan was carrying twenty boxes of panda miniature sheets when he entered the market and was immediately snatched up. Not only were his feet almost trampled and swollen, but his clothes were also almost torn. However, the buyer was kind enough to give him an extra 200 yuan as compensation. With this transaction, Huang Xiaochuan made 52200 yuan today, which he casually stuffed into his shoulder bag.

As luck would have it, Huang Xiaochuan was spotted by Acheng from Nan Hui's shop while he was wandering around the market. Acheng quickly ran back to the shop and told Nan Hui.

"Sister, I saw that pretty boy surnamed Huang."

Taking advantage of this boom, Nan Hui made a fortune in the stamp market. When a woman is in a good mood, she naturally becomes radiant and looks even more charming. Although Nan Hui was already over thirty at this time, she was in the best state of a woman's life.

Upon hearing that Huang Xiaochuan had arrived, he quickly instructed, "Go and invite him into the shop. Be polite and call him Mr. Huang."

Although Acheng was unwilling, he still listened to Nan Hui and went to find Huang Xiaochuan.

At this moment, Huang Xiaochuan was chatting with a stamp speculator in the market. The other person was a chatterbox and talked endlessly about the stamp market.

Just as Huang Xiaochuan was listening with great interest, a voice interrupted their conversation.

"Mr. Huang, my sister asked me to invite you to our shop for a visit. Would that be convenient?"

Huang Xiaochuan looked up and saw that it was an acquaintance, so he smiled and agreed: "Sure! Then let's sit in your shop for a while."

After saying hello to the investor he was chatting with, he followed Acheng to their shop.

Acheng led the way, and the two of them struggled through the crowded market before finally arriving at Nan Hui's shop.

Upon seeing Huang Xiaochuan, Nan Hui stood up and said, "It's rare to see Mr. Huang, so when I heard you were here, I specially invited you to sit down. Please don't mind!"

Huang Xiaochuan waved his hand dismissively with a smile: "The proprietress is too kind; she even sent someone to invite me."

"It's been a while since I've seen Mr. Huang, but Mr. Ge comes here often instead." Nan Hui knew about the relationship between Huang Xiaochuan and Ge Changli, so she pointed this out.

Huang Xiaochuan sat down and chuckled, "There have been too many messy things going on lately, and I also have to go to class. I can't be in two places at once."

Nan Hui knew that Huang Xiaochuan was a college student, so she couldn't help but smile when she heard him say that.

She personally poured Huang Xiaochuan a cup of tea and handed it to him.

Huang Xiaochuan thanked him and accepted the teacup.

Huang Xiaochuan looked around the shop for a moment, then said, "Boss lady, it seems business is booming! Congratulations!"

Nan Hui casually replied, "I just follow the market and earn a little money through hard work. I have no choice! I don't have a proper job, so I have to find a way to make a living. Besides, I have a few people following me, and I have to be responsible for them! Unlike you, Mr. Huang, you became a government official right after graduation and don't have to worry about making a living. Moreover, your wealth is already quite considerable in Shanghai."

He even gave a thumbs up as he spoke.

昨天正版80猴的成交价是93000，依照这个价格再乘以去年夏天的时候，黄小川以3150一版的价格从南慧这里买去的二十一版80猴，这二十一版80猴就已经价值近200万了。

This doesn't even include the 80 monkey stamps Huang Xiaochuan bought from other stamp dealers. Nan Hui knew very well that this handsome, sunny, and harmless young man was very wealthy, and also a college student. He was young, rich, and educated. She wondered which lucky girl would marry him in the future.

Nan Hui had always believed that Huang Xiaochuan's family background was not simple. "1990, I'm Back" is currently causing a reading frenzy on Cola Novels—haven't you read it yet? Therefore, she repeatedly tried to get to know him, hoping to build a good relationship. Business people need to make more friends; more friends mean more opportunities!

Huang Xiaochuan feigned ignorance: "What wealth do I have? You're the one with real power, Boss Lady. Those 80s I bought from you were for other people. Do I look like someone with that much money?"

Nan Hui scoffed at Huang Xiaochuan's answer in her heart. She had been traveling around for so many years and had met all kinds of people. Although she couldn't figure out Huang Xiaochuan's background, she could still guess how much wealth he had, and it would only be more than he had.

Nan Hui laughed and said, "Mr. Huang, you're too modest. Alright, alright, I won't mention this to you again, okay?"

Huang Xiaochuan agreed to meet with Nan Hui today because Nan Hui is a powerful stamp dealer in Lugong Stamp Market. He wanted to talk to her and see if he could get some of her views on the stamp market. Interestingly, Nan Hui had the same idea; she also wanted to hear Huang Xiaochuan's judgment on the stamp market.

She always believed that Huang Xiaochuan had someone behind him, but Huang Xiaochuan was the one who was pushed to the forefront. In her opinion, Huang Xiaochuan was already powerful enough, so the person behind him must be even more terrifying.

The two then talked about the stamp market. Huang Xiaochuan discovered that Nan Hui had only followed the trend of the 80 Year of the Monkey stamps in this stamp market boom; the others were just following the trend and blooming everywhere.

She didn't seize the opportunity to buy Japanese porn when it was low; she entered the market when the price rose to around 15 or 16 yuan. However, because she had sufficient funds, she made a considerable profit after several rounds of trading, although it couldn't compare to Huang Xiaochuan's profit from the price rising from one yuan to around forty yuan.

Huang Xiaochuan knew from Nan Hui's trading methods that she was definitely not the dealer who manipulated JP films. Nan Hui's main chips were still concentrated on 80 Monkeys. If she could hold on and wait another month to sell her 80 Monkeys, she would make a considerable profit.

Moreover, after this surge subsides, the price of the 80 Year of the Monkey stamps will decline for a period of time in the future, and then rise sharply again in the new 97 stamp market boom, eventually soaring to its historical peak of 20000 yuan.

If she can seize the opportunity, she will make a fortune.

However, Nan Hui is still thinking about the batch of 80 monkeys that Huang Xiaochuan has. During their conversation, she repeatedly expressed her willingness to buy the batch of 80 monkeys that Huang Xiaochuan has, saying that the price is negotiable. However, Huang Xiaochuan pretended not to hear her and did not respond.

In fact, Nan Hui was using a scheme. Although she didn't have much formal education, she was extremely intelligent.

She believed that if Huang Xiaochuan started selling his 80 monkeys, it meant it was time to sell them, and she would also sell off her 80 monkeys. This had always been her idea; otherwise, she wouldn't have held onto so many 80 monkeys for so long.

So her claim that she wanted to take over Huang Xiaochuan's 80 monkeys was a lie. Her real intention was to determine the key time to sell her own 80 monkeys. She understood that no commodity can rise indefinitely and will eventually fall back down, which was the secret to her success.

However, what she didn't know was that Huang Xiaochuan's thoughts were completely on the same wavelength as hers. Nan Hui was thinking about maximizing profits, which is why she had held onto her shares since they were worth over three thousand, just to observe Huang Xiaochuan's next move.

Huang Xiaochuan's idea was that once the price reached a reasonable level, it would be fine. He didn't pursue maximizing profits on the 80 Monkeys, after all, he also had to consider the time cost. Waiting for the 80 Monkeys to rise to their highest level over a long period of twenty or thirty years was meaningless. As he said before, most of the gains were actually offset by currency devaluation.

The best time to sell is either June or July of this year, or in 1997. After that, there's no need to sell anymore. As the economy develops faster and the currency depreciates even faster, Huang Xiaochuan will no longer need to rely on stamps to get rich.

Huang Xiaochuan had already planned ahead. Apart from keeping a small portion of the complete sheet of 80 Year of the Monkey stamps, he would discard all the rest in June or July and would never set foot in the stamp market again. This was just a stepping stone for him to accumulate wealth. There were many more opportunities waiting for him in the future, and each one was bigger than the last.