At 9:30 p.m., Qiao Wen accompanied Granny to finish listening to the opera on the radio, took the gold bracelet out from from the bed, put it on Granny's old and withered wrist, and smiled, "Granny, this is a New Year's gift from Wen to you."
Granny Qiao raised her hand, saw the heavy golden bracelet on her wrist, and said with wide eyes, "Ah Wen, why did you spend money on such an expensive thing?"
Seeing that he was about to take it off, Qiao Wen was busy holding her hand to stop her, "Granny, I can make money nowadays, a gold bracelet is nothing, just wear it properly, not to mention that gold is not like anything else, it will always retain its value."
Qiao Granny heard him say, only then put down his hand, just eyes have been staring at the bracelet can not be removed, most of his life has passed, once the glory of the rich and famous has long been an old dream, these years in the fortress, is nothing more than a picture of the tile to cover the body of the food can be eaten to eat, and now see such a bracelet in the hand, and suddenly have a mixed feelings, do not know whether it is for the destiny of the impermanent, or the grandchildren finally did not fall in the darkness of the city fortress.
The old man excitedly shook Qiao Wen's hand and said, "My good grandson has made a fortune."
Qiao Wen laughed, "Granny, this is just the beginning, the days will get better in the future." She paused before continuing, "I also have good news for you."
Granny Joe looked up at him.
Qiaowen deliberated a little and said, "I've been lucky this year, I've made a lot of money from buying stocks, and my boss gave me another dividend, so I got together and bought a small apartment, and we'll be able to move out of the Walled City and live a life with water, electricity, and gas."
Granny Qiao looked at him fixedly and did not immediately express her delight, but instead frowned and looked at him suspiciously, "Ah Wen, buying a house is not a small amount, it's only been more than half a year and you've earned so much money. Tell Granny, did you take some crooked path?"
Speculating in stocks is naturally not considered a crooked way, only the principal of speculating in stocks does come from a less honorable way, and of course he can't tell the granny directly, only smiled and said, "Granny, what kind of person am I, aren't you clear about it? I am just speculating on stocks and the dividends given by my boss." In order to make the old man feel at ease, he also specially took a newspaper, pointing to a report of stock market myths on it, and said, "Look, the stock market is so good this year, some people earn hundreds of times a year, and I just happen to be the lucky wave."
Granny Qiao is half-knowledgeable about stocks, it's not a bad thing, but it's also a speculative thing, he held Qiao Wen's hand, "Wen, it's still important to be down-to-earth, speculative things we still don't dabble in easily."
Jovian nodded, "I'm measured, that's why I sold my stocks and bought a small apartment."
Granny Qiao sighed heavily and said, "Ah Wen, Granny is very happy that you can go out from the city fortress on your own, but I've lived here for more than ten years, and I've become familiar with my neighbors, so I'm just afraid that I won't be accustomed to living outside, not to mention that I can't afford to part with the stalls either. Now that you've grown up and become independent, it's time for you to make your own way, and after you move out, Granny will visit you often."
Qiao Wen furrowed her brows and said in a pouting manner; ''Grandma, what are you talking about, it's hard to believe that I'm going to let you stay here alone for the rest of your life. Don't worry, I've made plans for Ah Nan's family to move out with us and live next door to us, so we can take care of each other. The new home is not far from the fortress, and it's convenient for you to commute every day if you don't want to give up things here. When one day you're willing to enjoy yourselves at home, or find a suitable new store, then we'll make plans."
Grandma Qiao did not expect her grandson to be so well thought out, and for a moment she was both relieved and sour.
To be able to see her grandson grow up and support his own life, she was able to live up to his dead husband while son and daughter-in-law. He let out a long sigh and got up to pat Qiao Wen's shoulder, "Wen, let's offer incense to your grandfather and mom and dad, then rest early."
Qiao Wen readily accept good advice, followed the grandmother to take the incense and light it, and bowed a few times to the black and white photos on the wall. In fact, these people were not his relatives, but perhaps with the memory of the original body, at this moment when worship, also can not help but give birth to a few points of true feelings.
Granny went into the house, Qiao Wen lay on his own bed, the small house is quiet to the ground, so the window outside the noisy families, it becomes unexpectedly clear, playing cards playing children couples quarrel, and even vaguely can be heard there is that men and women in bed fighting sound, composed a piece of the bottom of the city of a hundred states.
Qiao Wen quietly lying, perhaps because today did too many things, can not help but some excitement, actually a moment a bit unable to sleep, knowing that Chen Canaan recently did not come to rub the bed, so that always bear not Lord to the dark window to see.
But then again, how come this guy suddenly doesn't like to come and rub the bed anymore?
Because Lin Zihui gave him an early vacation, and there are still a few days before the New Year, a moment of idleness Qiao Wen, quite unaccustomed to the next day slightly slept a jerry-rigged lazy, ate the breakfast left by Granny, then began to think about how to use the bank of this one million or so to take the next step.
The stock market rolls over shortly after the New Year leading to a crash, and it will be several years before it returns to a bull market. Also because of the stock market crash, money started to go into real estate, and over the next three or four years, there would be a golden age of real estate, followed by a real estate bubble.
That said, getting into real estate now is the best time to do it, but the problem is that they have limited funds, and after buying the condo for their own use, they'll only have enough money left over to buy two small condos, which is nowhere near as cost-effective as going to buy the land.
However, the problem is that land is much harder to buy than houses. The city was so big that land was limited. In the mid-sixties, because of the panic over the current situation, lots were sold off in large quantities. Capitalists with courage and foresight took the opportunity to hoard land and pocketed large tracts of land in prime locations. Even if these plots were being traded today, they couldn't buy a thing with that million dollars or so.
So the only thing to do is to see if you can pick up the slack and buy a small lot in a cheaper location on a poorer lot, but with development prospects.
He bought a few copies of the latest newspaper, looked carefully in the advertisement pages, searched for half a day and barely found two plots of land, and while he had time, went to inspect them on the ground, however, he was not satisfied.
But he was just casually looking around, not really expecting to see the right one right away. Sitting in the cab, he casually flipped through the newspaper in his hand, and suddenly came across a report about the latest newly released movie, "Southman", which was said to have been released for a few days, and all the theaters were almost full, setting the city on fire.
Qiao Wen had come to this world for almost half a year and had never gone to see a movie, which was the future Hollywood of the East. Thinking about it, he simply felt that he had missed the whole world.
So passing by a theater, he hurriedly bought two tickets for tonight's eight o'clock movie, ready to go back and call Chen Canaan to watch this hot movie together.
The end of the year is the peak season for debt collection, and Chen Canaan has been really busy lately, leaving early and returning late every day with a group of horsemen. When Qiao Wen went back, he happened to meet a familiar horseman, so he asked him to bring a message to tell Chen Canaan to go home earlier.
Well, it is indeed quite early.
Chen Canaan, who received the message, hurried home at six o'clock, and after knocking on the door of Qiao's house, he panted and asked, "Xiao Qiao, what are you looking for me for?"
Qiao Wen cried and laughed, "Didn't I ask your little brother to tell you to just come back at seven? It's only six o'clock."
Chen Canaan said, "I'm afraid you're looking for me for something."
"If I really had something to do, I would have gone straight to you." He turned back and took out two movie tickets, raising them in his hand, "I heard that the recently released movie 'Southman' is very hot, so I happened to pass by the nearby theater today when I went out to do some errands, so I bought two tickets and invited you to go see the movie tonight."
Chen Canaan took the movie ticket and glanced at it, saying cheerfully, "It's been a long time since we've gone to a movie together!" With that, he handed the movie ticket back to Qiao Wen, "Wait for me, I went to take a shower and change my clothes."
Without waiting for Jovan to speak, the man had already run out in a huff.
Jovian: "...... "You don't have to be so serious to watch a movie.
Chen Canaan is more than serious, not only rushed a fragrant cool, but also combed a fragrant small parted hair, put on the ironed shirt suit, and then a pair of seldom worn shoes, polished bright, before inserting pockets, dashing handsome downstairs.
Qiao Wen cried and laughed as he looked at his solemn attire, "Brother Nan, with this look, those who don't know would think you're going on a date with a girl?"
Chen Canaan froze slightly, then curved his lips into a smile, "It's pretty much the same anyway."
Qiao Wen didn't think twice about the deeper meaning of his words and changed into his jacket to go out with him. In order to keep up appearances - and of course because he had enough money now - Chen Canaan didn't ride a motorcycle, but took Qiao Wen to a cab.
The theater was really full. Luckily, Qiaowen bought his tickets early and had a pretty good seat, right in the middle. The only thing that wasn't so good was that it seemed like there were modern men and women in front of and behind them, or the couple kind.
So it was more or less weird for two grown men who came to see a movie to be caught in the middle.
As the name suggests, Southpaw is a martial arts movie. The martial arts action film is also a film genre that has only just emerged in recent years, and flourished over the next two decades, influencing an entire generation and marking the golden age of Hong Kong city cinema.
For Jovan, who has seen a lot of films, caught in the era and technical limitations, this movie can only be described as poor and not much more polished, but the plot does have a lot of heart.
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He coughed lightly in a bit of embarrassment, the other man oblivious to the kiss.
Chen Canaan naturally also saw it, and immediately had such and such associations, and the person who made the associations was sitting right next to him. Fortunately, he was a sensible person and hurriedly pulled himself back to his senses, driving away the dirty thoughts in his head.
He glared hard at the affectionate pair in the darkness, not angry that they were interfering with his movie watching, but annoyed that the two could be so reckless while he felt guilty just thinking about it.
The fire of jealousy ruffled him and burned him.
Qiao Wen wanted to politely remind him again, but he didn't know that Chen Canaan suddenly reached out and grabbed the hair of the man in front of him, directly pulling him away roughly.
The man turned his head angrily at him since he was dissatisfied, and before he could speak, he saw him lightly draw a knife from his waist and knocked it silently on the back of the chair, and whispered in a cold voice, "Trouble not to affect other people watching the movie."
Jovan: "......"
Not to say, it was quite polite - if you ignored the short knife in that hand that glinted coldly in the darkness.