HPDBC Chapter 17 What is Old Shen trying to do?
Chapter 17 What is Old Shen trying to do?
"Ye Kai, you've really gotten some skills!"
"He hasn't even graduated high school yet, and he dares to smoke?"
"If you dare to smoke today, you dare to kill tomorrow!"
"Tell me, what else wouldn't you dare to do?!"
After seeing the guests off, Professor Xu grabbed his grandson's ear and gave him a scolding.
However, this was just a small episode in the daily interaction between the grandfather and grandson. What Professor Xu was more curious about was why Shen Mingsun would invite Ye Kai to his house for dinner, and why he chose the second day of the Lunar New Year.
"Shouldn't they visit their father-in-law's family to offer New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year?"
"Why would they invite you to their house for dinner? Do they think you're their prospective son-in-law? What's the real situation between you and their daughter?"
Professor Xu's sharp gaze swept across Ye Kai's face, trying to discern some clue.
"It's not what you think, Professor Xu."
"I have some business dealings with them, and there are some things that need to be discussed in person to ensure everything is in order."
Ye Kai immediately interrupted his grandmother's wild thoughts.
Ye Kai could swear to the light that his relationship with Shen Jiayi was merely that of classmates and brothers, and that it was absolutely impossible for them to cross any lines.
If he really had that idea, he would have taken both of Shen Jiayi's pink pigs that day; it's impossible that he only took the cash and left the gold bars behind.
Because he knew very well that cash could be returned at any time, but gold bars were different; they were equivalent to part of the dowry that Shen Mingsun and Jiang Xin had saved for Shen Jiayi since she was a child.
If Ye Kai touches those gold bars, things could get complicated.
"I'm getting old."
"They're not stupid."
Professor Xu stared at Ye Kai for a long time before saying this.
She clearly didn't believe Ye Kai's nonsense. How could a mere kid have any business dealings with the deputy mayor? But Professor Xu didn't press him further, because she believed that no matter how much trouble Ye Kai caused, he couldn't possibly stir up any big waves. After all, Shen Mingsun wasn't stupid.
"Then you'll be coming over for dinner tomorrow. It wouldn't be good to come empty-handed, so bring a bottle of wine with you."
Seeing that he hadn't gotten any information, Professor Xu gave up and started thinking about what gift Ye Kai should bring tomorrow.
Professor Xu's kitchen has quite a few old wines. Although they are not very valuable, they are full of the flavor of time and are very suitable for family dinners.
Ye Kai wanted to ask Shen Jiayi what the deal was for tomorrow's meal, but he couldn't get through to her on the phone, which was quite frustrating.
Something good happened that evening.
Ye Kai had just turned on his computer when he discovered that the profit-taking order he had set up earlier had already been executed.
Just this afternoon around 4 PM, the price of Bitcoin on Mt. Gox briefly broke through to a high of $13, and all 10000 Bitcoins in Ye Kai's hands were traded. However, the price then plummeted rapidly, falling below $5.
A typical early-stage strategy for cryptocurrency traders: prices will inevitably rise and then fall back.
Even when the price of Bitcoin later rose to tens of millions of dollars per coin, similar operations still occurred.
In the face of big players, all retail investors are just韭菜 (leeks, a metaphor for being exploited), the only difference being the timing of their exploitation.
Therefore, some people have said that there are only two kinds of people who can buy Bitcoin when it is cheap and hold on until it reaches $100000 per coin: one is those who forget they own Bitcoin, and the other is those who go to jail.
Ye Kai belongs to the third type of person: the reborn with foresight.
"Beautiful!"
"When it comes to speculation and thrills, you have to look to cryptocurrencies!"
Seeing the $120000 balance settled in his account, Ye Kai was extremely excited.
It was just a small test, yet he had already achieved such great results, which was truly unexpected. Unfortunately, this situation was unlikely to last. Although he knew the general trend of Bitcoin's market, he found it difficult to grasp the ups and downs. He could only do short-term trading occasionally; otherwise, even as a reborn person, he would find it difficult to control.
The market is always unpredictable, and no one will be foolish enough to wait for him to become the reaper.
Ye Kai quickly bought another 10000 Bitcoins and then transferred the remaining $70000 to his Hong Kong Island Bank account. He was relieved after seeing the successful deposit notification.
Once you've got the money, you're safe; only what you have in your hand is truly real.
"From now on, I will only keep 10000 bitcoins in this account. All other profits will be cashed out and transferred to a Hong Kong bank account. I must stick to this ironclad rule to ensure that I am not blinded by temporary fluctuations."
Ye Kai silently reminded himself.
With a total supply of only 2100 million Bitcoins, this is currently a very niche platform. It's already quite good to operate with 10000 Bitcoins for repeated arbitrage. Any more than that might attract the attention of big players and cause trouble.
Excessive greed will only lead you to utter ruin.
As for the Bitcoins backed up on the external hard drive, they won't be traded online within the next ten years anyway, so they're like forgotten corners, ignored by everyone, and there's no need to worry about them.
Some classmates organized a karaoke session for everyone in the group chat that night, but Ye Kai did not participate.
Although Grandma Xu Jingyuan was in very good health, she was getting old after all. Ye Kai, who had been reborn, cherished every moment he spent with her even more, even though the two of them were just in the study, each looking at their own computers and not disturbing each other.
Around 10 p.m., Shen Jiayi finally called back.
"I'm exhausted!"
"I didn't realize until Chinese New Year that we had so many relatives to visit!"
Shen Jiayi complained to Ye Kai over the phone.
Although Shen Mingsun, as a city leader, needed to visit and extend greetings to various relatives and could not participate in the family New Year's greetings activities on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Xin and Shen Jiayi inevitably had to take on this responsibility. Visiting seven or eight relatives in a row was indeed quite tiring.
"You should be grateful you have so many relatives!"
"Someone like me who doesn't even have parents, let alone relatives, can only stay at home during the Lunar New Year to surf the internet or do practice problems."
Ye Kai said that she was unaware of her good fortune and used her own experience as an example.
"I'm sorry."
"It reminded you of unhappy things..."
Although Shen Jiayi knew that Ye Kai had grown up with his grandmother since childhood, she didn't know much about the specifics. After all, girls are more sensitive, and she was worried that asking him these questions would affect Ye Kai's self-esteem.
"I don't actually have such fragile emotions."
"By the way, Vice Mayor Shen invited me to your home for a banquet today. What's the story behind that?"
Ye Kai shook his head and then brought up the events of the day.
"What?"
"My dad didn't tell me!"
Shen Jiayi was completely confused when she heard this. Then, thinking about tomorrow's very special day, her face turned slightly red, and her heart began to flutter.
Old Shen, what are you trying to do?