Chapter 4

In 1996, the Spring Festival was relatively late, and school was set to start on the eighth day of the first lunar month.

Before school started, Zhang Chen had many things to take care of.

Firstly, in terms of studies, after being reborn, Zhang Chen found that he only needed to review English, Chinese, politics, and history, while he needed to relearn mathematics, physics, biology, and geography. Especially mathematics and physics, as Zhang Chen had completely forgotten the formulas and was baffled by his previous homework.

Giving up on studies was impossible. The Zhang Guoqiang couple were both highly educated and had spared no effort in Zhang Chen's education, placing great importance on his annual academic performance. If Zhang Chen's grades declined, it would be like the sky falling for Su Wenjin. Zhang Chen did not want to make his parents sad right after being reborn. Therefore, academic performance had to be guaranteed.

At least until he achieved some success, his grades could not be poor. Moreover, in his previous life, he had attended a 211 university; he couldn't possibly do worse in this new life, right?

In the fourth year of junior high, Zhang Chen even knocked on the door of a print shop, gave 50 yuan, and had a student ID for Bincheng University made.

Next, Zhang Chen had a grand plan to make money.

In Zhang Chen's memory, 1996 was one of the major bull markets in Chinese stock market history, and there was no 10% limit on price fluctuations at that time. Starting from April 1996, the entire market soared, with the Shanghai market rising from over 500 points to over 1000 points, and the Shenzhen market surging from 900 points to 4200 points. Even after the government issued 12 measures in October, it failed to curb the stock market's surge. It wasn't until December 16th, when the People's Daily published an editorial, that the overheated market was cooled down, with the market falling for three consecutive days and eventually retreating to over 800 points.

In his previous life, although Zhang Chen was not a professional stock investor, the 1996 stock market was so crazy that Su Wenjin had invested the remaining 8000 yuan of the family's savings in the stock market in October, but failed to exit successfully and remained deeply in the red. It wasn't until the next major bull market in 2007 that he managed to break even. The family was in a state of gloom during the end of 1996, so Zhang Chen was very familiar with the market conditions of that year.

In this bull market, the stock with the highest increase was an obscure one called "Qiong Minyuan," which had disappeared in later years. This stock, through false reporting of profits and other violations, rose from 2 yuan in April 1996 to nearly 20 yuan by November, and reached a high of over 26 yuan in January 1997.

Of course, such疯狂的操作一定会引起监管层的注意。此后，这只股票被停牌，查出许多违规问题，没过两年就被强制退市了。

但如果操作得当，仅仅通过这只股票，至少就有10倍以上的利润！

而在自己的记忆中，年后股市开盘，似乎就开始全线飘红，除了96年底的回调外，一路涨至97年5月，此后进入长达两年的熊市，再次见到全线飘红就要到99年了。

苏文锦夫妇为了锻炼孩子的存钱习惯和理财能力，从来不收孩子的压岁钱，哪怕再困难的时候也是一样，因此张晨自己有个小金库，以应付平时的花销。张晨盘点了一下自己目前的资产，总共有700多块钱。这些钱在当时已经算是一笔不小的数字，如果只是用这笔钱投入股市，虽然能有十多倍的回报，但最多也就能赚一万多块，这对于张晨的目标来说，实在是太过于杯水车薪了。

大年初五各个单位才会陆续上班，而初八就要开学了，哪怕只有这3天的时间，张晨也不想放过赚钱的机会。

初五之前，张晨从大年初二晚上，就开始了艰苦的复习工作。万事开头难，但只要开了头，就不难。

而且，真正沉下心开始复习后，张晨发现，复习的进度远远超出自己的预估，好像自己这具身体中还存在着之前学习的影像，通过做题，很容易就回忆起了曾经学过的知识。

发现这一点后，张晨倍加振奋。难道这是自己重生后的福利？难道自己真的已经变成了神童？

张晨找了几本父亲的专业书籍，翻看了一遍，发现仍然跟看天书一样。只能遗憾地合上书，看来之所以能够快速回忆起学过的内容，还是跟自己这个身体有一定的学习基础有很大关系。

但不管怎样，总算是有了希望，也有了目标。

而张晨的努力学习，在张国强和苏文锦眼中，别提多欣慰了。

大年初五，张晨起了个大早，张国强夫妇和奶奶早上七点还没起床，张晨就已经洗漱完毕，开始熬粥，准备早餐。

张国强年前卖菜累得够呛，过年走亲访友也没得休息，睡得比较沉。而苏文锦在一家做装修的私营企业找了个财务的工作，八点半必须上班。刚刚起床，就看到张晨已经把稀饭煮好，端着碗吸溜吸溜地喝着稀饭，桌上还放着一碟切好的咸菜。

苏文锦眼眶有些湿润，觉得孩子真是长大了。

“晨晨，怎么起这么早？”苏文锦趿拉着拖鞋边洗脸边问道。

“今天早晨九点返校。”张晨倒不是撒谎，今天确实返校，但张晨并不准备去。

“哦，那你也用不着起这么早啊。”苏文锦用毛巾擦擦脸。

“昨天睡得比较好，今天醒得比较早，妈，你今天不是得上班么，我想让你多睡会儿，自己先把早餐做了。反正每次也都是稀饭咸菜。”张晨笑着说。

为人父母者，看到自己的孩子长大了，懂事了，是最欣慰和感动的时刻。

苏文锦洗漱完毕，也做到饭桌前，张晨给母亲盛了一碗稀饭，又从厨房锅里拿了个煮好的鸡蛋给苏文锦。

苏文锦眼眶一红，头偏了偏，不想让儿子看到自己的神态。装作若无其事地问张晨：“这几天看你一直复习，有什么不明白的地方么，有的话问爸爸妈妈，我们跟你一块儿研究。”

不管怎么说，苏文锦夫妇也是那个年代难得的大学生，工作后一直做科研工作，初中二年级这点知识，还真不在话下。

“不用了，妈，我吃好了，一会儿我爸和奶奶起来后告诉他们锅里还有煮鸡蛋。”张晨吃完把自己的碗拿到厨房刷干净，又拿上年前刚刚办下来的身份证，跟苏文锦说。

“你骑车路上小心。”苏文锦叮嘱着。

“好嘞，放心吧。”张晨笑着推开门走出家门。

张晨离开后，苏文锦痛痛快快地哭了一场——被张晨感动的。

骑上自行车，张晨的目的地是滨城目前唯一的电子用品市场——清河道。

这时的清河道，远没有后世那么成规模，也没有那么多鳞次栉比的大型电子用品卖场。路边全都是各种电脑营业部，品牌大多是联想、方正、紫光之类的。其实这几个牌子真正开始做PC业务也没有几年。更多的是卖爱普生、惠普等打印机的专卖店，还有一些打印店、数据转录之类的服务部等等。

张晨还在清河道上发现了一家联邦软件专卖店，这是大陆最早的正版软件贩卖渠道之一。

是的，张晨想的赚钱方法就是攒电脑，卖兼容机。

事实上，张晨在后世还真卖过一段时间的兼容机，只不过那是在02年了。即使在6年后，当时张晨和几个同学利用假期时间攒配件卖兼容机，一台也能有1000块以上的利润。只不过市场竞争太大，加上几个人又都是学生，只能假期干，但就这样，张晨和这几个同学的学费也靠卖兼容机赚出来了。