Return To 1977 Chapter 412: Lost and found
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On January 22, a man who claimed to be from the People's Bank of China, accompanied by Zhang Baocheng, found Hong Jialai. For no other reason than that, he came to ask Hong Lucheng to collect the money on behalf of Chase Bank.
On the eve of liberation, Hong Lucheng had 10,000 US dollars in Chase Bank in Peking.
Later, due to sudden changes in the current situation, Chase Bank was first forced to massively reduce its business in North China, and then completely withdrew from the Republic.
At that time, Hong Lucheng happened to be on his way from Hong Kong to Beijing, and the money was lost in the torrent of time.
But now, as of January 1, 1979, the Republic and the United States have re-established diplomatic relations. The two countries have also begun to cooperate in the economic and cultural fields.
Chase Bank of the United States began to contact the People's Bank of China, wanting to deal with the part of the business and deposits that failed to perform when it withdrew from China.
In fact, Chase Bank doesn’t have many customers left over from those days. All together, there were only about a hundred people. There are probably less than sixty people still alive. The amount required to be repaid is only 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.
And to be honest, the main reason for this move is probably that Chase Bank wants to take over the financial business of the Republic as soon as possible, and wants to use this to show its integrity and make early contact with the People's Bank of China.
But back then, the Republic was accustomed to interpreting foreign-related events from a political perspective.
As soon as the People's Bank of China reported this matter, the superiors naturally treated it as an important matter representing the friendship between the two peoples.
So he quickly issued instructions, "Special cases should be dealt with specially and we will cooperate fully."
The results were searched collaboratively by all parties, and the efficiency was surprisingly high. It only took a few days to find Hong Lucheng's whereabouts.
In this way, early the next morning, Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlinkou went for a trip together.
Things went smoothly when Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan came back from get off work that afternoon. The old couple told them that they had exchanged the money in their account for deposit certificates and got them in their hands.
Wang Yunlin said happily, "The procedure is very simple. Chase Bank only requires the customer to leave a fingerprint and signature that can be compared. I didn't expect that the principal was returned to us with interest. It’s more than 24,000 RMB.”
Hong Lucheng couldn't help but sigh, "This is an old merchant who really does big business. The credibility of Chase Bank is still worthy of praise."
Yeah, no matter what, who would have thought that the money that was wasted in the first place can be paid back on its own?
This is really a huge sum of money that was lost and recovered!
Only in Hong Yanwu's stomach, there was still some slander.
Nothing else. This is because the People's Bank of China forcibly converted the payment into RMB based on the exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 1.4962 RMB at that time. Not even a remittance coupon was given.
In his opinion, this is tantamount to being cheated by the country, and the family will suffer a huge loss.
But when he thought about it later, he was satisfied.
Because he has thought about it again and is here.
He had never heard his family talk about this in his previous life. It was probably because of his father's death that his family had completely missed out on the money. I'm lucky to get my money back now...
Of course, it is different from Hong Yanwu. The other family members of the Hong family, no matter who knew about it, were very excited and only happy.
In their eyes, the family is tantamount to sudden wealth. This is already an astronomical amount of wealth.
So that day, after all family members returned home, Hong Lucheng and his wife held a family meeting, including Chen Liquan, and publicly announced their approach to the wealth.
In front of everyone in the family, the old couple placed a stack of bankbooks on the table.
I bet they had already discussed it, and they wanted to divide the money into six parts. The two of them left two shares, and the remaining money was divided equally among their children. Each of them had 4,000 yuan in their name. The names of each child have been written on these passbooks.
As a result, the children of the Hong family were stunned. No one expected that they could have such a large amount of money personally.
Perhaps the Hong family's children have deep-rooted respect and filial piety for their parents, or perhaps the Hong family's children have suffered for too long.
Being hit by such a big pie, facing such huge wealth that can be controlled at will, their instinctive reaction is not to be overjoyed and take a good look at their bankbooks, but to feel some fear and embarrassment. Everyone said no and tried their best to refuse.
The boss Hong Yanzheng was the first to express his stance.
"Dad, Mom, Manli and I have room and board at home, and we haven't done much to help the family over the years. You can keep the money, we can't take it. What do you say, Manli?"
Okay, he finished speaking his opinions, and only remembered to ask his wife about the last sentence. What can Xu Manli, who is holding her child, say?
Xu Manli is angry and funny. But she is indeed a virtuous wife who can understand her husband's straight temper. She has strong traditional moral values and is not greedy for money or stingy.
So I didn't embarrass Hong Yan at all and agreed obediently.
"I listen to you."
After the eldest brother and sister-in-law showed humility, the second eldest brother Hong Yanwen showed his aloofness as a college student.
"I'm in school now, and the school gives me money. It's enough to buy books and live on. After I graduate, the school will also be responsible for allocating work. I actually don't need the money. Mom, I think my share will be exempted. ”
When Hong Yanru heard this, neither brother wanted him, and she was a little panicked and refused immediately.
"I don't want it either. Why do I, a middle school student, need so much money! I just want to spend it and don't know what to buy!"
Well, the whole family is afraid of money! No one wants to get involved!
Hong Yanwu watched from the side and really couldn’t laugh or cry. I said it in my heart, if this is really known to outsiders, who can believe it!
Unable to bear it any longer, he called.
"No, our family finally has money, why have you all become stupid? What are you pushing for? I don't believe it yet, how can we not spend it even if we have money! Think about it for yourselves, our family There are so many things we are missing. Among other things, everyone in our family should have a bicycle, right? Besides, in the winter, we can no longer let my mother and sister-in-law wash clothes by hand. I have long wanted to buy one for our family. It’s a washing machine..."
Not to mention, what he said makes sense. As a result, everyone looked at each other.
In the end, it was Hong Lucheng, the head of the household, who put the matter to a conclusion.
"What the third child said makes sense. Bicycles and washing machines are both useful things, and we have to spend the money. Besides, you are all children of the Hong family and have suffered a lot with us. The money we will share with you It’s yours, you should live a good and relaxed life. This is our duty as parents.”
As soon as these words were said, the children of the Hong family felt warm and sour in their hearts, and they no longer had any objections.
But follow, the old man has more to say.
"Also, Manli has been hard enough in the past few years. She is helping your mother to support this family. Your basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, which thing has your sister-in-law not spent any effort on? So? , your mother and I decided to give 2,000 yuan to Manli alone from the money we left, so you have nothing to say, right?”
This is really unexpected. Xu Manli was a little confused.
She suddenly turned red, but she just glanced at Hong Yanzheng and didn't have time to refuse. At this stall, Wang Yunlin also spoke.
"Well, the same goes for Quanzi. Don't forget that when your father got sick, it was Quanzi who accompanied his third son to Bincheng. He also left his family's savings for us to get medicine for treatment. Just rush It's not an exaggeration to say that he is the benefactor of the Hong family. What's more, since he is our son, he must have a share. Quanzi will also receive two thousand yuan. You don’t have any objections to the money we left, right?”
Well, Chen Liquan was also surprised now. He really didn't expect that even he was involved.
At this point, he and Xu Manli were so moved that they both declined impatiently.
Both people said they couldn't have it. Hong Yanzheng also helped, saying that it was enough for the two of them to take one share.
Hong Yanwu couldn't see that this was going to happen anymore, so he simply went over his shoulder and agreed directly on Quanzi's behalf. And he didn't let Chen Liquan push it anymore.
"Quanzi, since my parents said it, let's just leave it like this. If you continue to do this, you will treat yourself as an outsider. Do you still recognize this godfather and godmother? Are you still not our brother?" Besides, haven’t we two agreed earlier that each of us will get half of everything? Lun Lier, I have to pay you a thousand more..."
With such a sentence, Chen Liquan can only laugh.
"Brother and sister-in-law, don't give in. Everyone has seen the hard work that my sister-in-law has done for so many years. If you don't take it, we will feel bad about it. Besides, let's not quarrel with anything else, for my two nephews You can't push it anymore. I have to say that your parents are the only ones in our family who have to support the two successors of the Hong family. You really have to do it for your two children, right? If you want to make it happen, who has the nerve to spend a penny from your family? Aren’t you asking us all to accompany you in your worries..."
Hong Yanwu then persuaded Hong Yanzheng and Xu Manli to come.
In terms of persuading people, he has his own reasons, which makes it difficult for people to refute.
In this way, with his repeated persuasion, the Hong family finally ended all their disputes and achieved a satisfactory result that everyone was happy with.
In the end, it was Hong Yanzheng and his wife who took away their 6,000 yuan passbook, and Wang Yunlin asked them to keep it for themselves.
As for the others, the temporary custody rights are still in the hands of Wang Yunlin. Those things will have to wait until they get married before the power is officially transferred to them.
Of course, if anyone has any requirements, they can ask their family. For example, everyone who does not have a bicycle should buy a bicycle. For example, Hong Yanru, who doesn’t have a watch, wants to buy one.
Anyway, from now on, as long as the reasons are legitimate, the material requirements of the Hong family children will never be unsatisfied.
Hong Lucheng couldn't help but sigh with relief at everyone's humility just now.
"They all say that money is everything, but for our family, it is just to maintain material survival. They say that businessmen are only interested in profit, but our Hong family can never be happy with things. This is really good..."