Chapter 17

Jia Hongjian opened the door and let the food-loving fox spirit enter. When he let her in, he genuinely wanted to sing a song — "Fifty-six ethnic groups, fifty-six flowers, fifty-six food lovers are one family." The food-loving fox spirit didn't hesitate, sitting at the dining table in the living room, taking off her shoes, and placing her slender, white, and tender feet on his thighs. Then she turned on the TV and started flipping through the channels.

Looking at the 20 steamed buns in her bag, Jia Hongjian smacked his lips. He felt that he could never eat 20 buns in one meal. It was quite funny, but in the previous life, Wang Danzhi had gone to a top-tier hospital for a physical examination. The final result showed that the number of beneficial bacteria in her intestines was four times that of an average person, which led to her metabolism and digestion being much faster than normal. Even when she was asleep, her digestive ability was higher than that of an average person when they were awake. Additionally, her stomach's exit — the pylorus — was larger than that of an average person, so no matter how much she ate, it wouldn't accumulate, and she could digest everything... Essentially, this examination result proved one thing — Wang Danzhi, this beautiful fox spirit, was a natural food lover!

Whether in this reborn life or the previous one, Jia Hongjian had never known how much Wang Danzhi could eat, because this girl claimed she had never been full in her life. Even eating 20 buns in one meal was only about 30-40% full. In the previous life, when Jia Hongjian was in college, he once boldly invited Wang Danzhi to eat Lanzhou noodles. This fox spirit actually ate ten large bowls of noodles in thirty minutes and still claimed it was just to stave off hunger...

Jia Hongjian watched as the thin and frail Wang Danzhi ate buns while watching TV. She tore a large bun into several pieces, putting one piece in her small cherry mouth at a time, and a large bun would disappear in just a few bites. Jia Hongjian watched as she ate 10 buns in no time. He subconsciously looked at her stomach, but found that it didn't bulge at all, as if her mouth wasn't connected to her stomach but to Doraemon's magic pocket.

The little fox spirit, Wang Danzhi, calmly finished the buns. After wiping her mouth, she suddenly turned to Jia Hongjian, who was a bit stunned, and asked, "Xiaojian, you're going to report next Sunday, right? Do you want your big sister to accompany you? Just like when we were kids, I'll hold your hand and take you to school?"

Jia Hongjian gave her a dirty look, thinking how this demon was teasing him again. "Don't come, do you want to repeat what happened when I started junior high? When you go, you'll act overly intimate with me, making all the girls think you're my girlfriend. Then when the boys ask me, and I explain, they'll think they have a chance and keep pestering me about you?"

He felt that the reason he could see further and think more deeply than his peers was purely because of Wang Danzhi's constant teasing over the years. After being teased a few times, he always suspected that whenever Wang Danzhi proposed something new, she had some hidden agenda or evil plan...

"Tsk, Xiaojian, you're no fun now that you've grown up. You used to be so playful, but now you don't need your big sister anymore..." The food-loving little fox spirit even pouted, making it sound like Jia Hongjian had abandoned her.

However, no matter what Wang Danzhi said, Jia Hongjian would never take her to school, because he would meet a very important woman there — or now, a girl. This girl was the person who understood him the most in the world, his hidden mental pillar. Whenever he was in a bad mood, he would think of her and want to call her. And whenever she was in a good mood, she would think of him and call him.

This woman, after getting married and having a child, would secretly tell him, "You have to protect me and our daughter for life." When he asked why, she would answer, "A husband may not be reliable, and even if he is, he may not be reliable for life, but you can be relied on for life..."

This woman was the one who made Jia Hongjian first understand the truth that "a woman doesn't need to love a man, she just needs to understand him." For the person who later knew him better than his mother, he really felt for the first time that he was willing to do anything for her without any ulterior motives. Even when she asked him worriedly what he would do if his future wife minded their relationship, Jia Hongjian remembered answering, "I'll divorce her..."

Seeing Jia Hongjian's unusually strong stance, Wang Danzhi blinked and carefully observed him, trying to figure out why he had become so strong, because in her eyes, the little Xiaojian had never been able to resist her. After observing for a while, she clapped her hands, "Boring, love turns cold, I'm going home." She left without any hesitation.

Jia Hongjian didn't chase after her, but continued to flip through a newly bought copy of the "Consumer Rights Protection Law of the People's Republic of China." As he read, he took notes and occasionally looked up in a reflective manner...

He was recalling the book "I Am a Troublemaker" by Wang Hai, which he had read in his previous life. In this book, Wang Hai, a famous fake goods fighter, detailed his experiences and insights in fighting fakes, which were very useful to Jia Hongjian because he planned to earn his first "credit fund."

What is a credit fund? It's about earning this money to prove to his parents that his ideas are absolutely effective! Although his father now took his plans and opinions very seriously, Jia Hongjian knew that once it came to things like "getting something for nothing" or "Ma Jun needs 10 million to agree to sell the formula," his father would still treat him like a child.

Therefore, Jia Hongjian needed to secretly earn some money to prove to his parents that his ideas were absolutely effective and to show them that even without their approval, he had the ability to go to Northeast China to talk to Ma Jun himself. In this situation, his father would feel more at ease following him.

So, what does it mean to earn money using Wang Hai's method? According to the new Consumer Rights Protection Law implemented in 1993, Article 49 states: If an operator provides goods or services with fraudulent behavior, they shall compensate the consumer for their losses, and the compensation amount shall be one times the price of the goods purchased or the cost of the services received.

This is the so-called "one-to-one penalty," meaning that after buying fake goods, one can not only return the goods but also receive a penalty equal to the purchase price. Based on Wang Hai's years of experience in fighting fakes, buying fake goods for about 10,000 yuan is relatively easy to succeed in getting compensation — for large malls, 10,000 yuan is not much, but it also reaches the minimum threshold for a large amount. If the consumer sues the mall in court and the mall loses, the total loss, including various fees, will definitely exceed 10,000 yuan! However, if the compensation amount exceeds 10,000 yuan, such as 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, the mall is likely to start stalling and even resort to underhanded tactics like hiring thugs to intimidate.

Although 10,000 yuan may not seem like much, with more capital, one can buy goods worth about 10,000 yuan in multiple malls simultaneously, and the total compensation will be substantial, with a profit margin of 100%! And don't forget that the average worker's salary in this era was less than 100 yuan!

The plan looked good, but where would the capital for buying goods come from? From home! The banking security in this era was so poor that it didn't even deserve a "poor" rating! In this era, China's banking system had not yet started using computers, so there were no passwords on any passbooks! Even in this era, banks had not implemented real-name deposit systems! Therefore, theoretically, no ID was required to withdraw money!

Based on Jia Hongjian's experience, in 1993, one could withdraw demand deposits from a bank without any identity proof, just with a passbook! For time deposits, if they were due, no identity proof was required to withdraw the money. If they were not due, theoretically, an ID was required, but the bank never enforced this strictly. If one lied and said they forgot their ID, they could usually withdraw the money smoothly.

Therefore, in this era, unauthorized withdrawals were very serious. If a passbook was lost and not reported immediately, the money in the passbook would likely be gone forever.

Yes, taking money from home to buy fake goods might sound very risky, even for a reborn person, as various unexpected events could occur. However, he chose this method to give his parents a case to understand that he, Jia Hongjian, was never a good boy. He wouldn't refrain from doing something just because his parents didn't allow it. As long as he was determined to do something, he would do it, and to prevent him from making a mess, his family should help him analyze various situations...

This plan was his "opening move." He needed his parents to truly treat him as a business partner, not just a smart son. So, even if the result was a beating from his father, he would still do it.

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Note: In the previous chapter, I thought the new chapter notes in the backend could be used as annotations, but it turned out they couldn't be seen in the main text.

Additional Note: It is true that Shen Taifu sued the central bank, but he wasn't arrested the same afternoon. There was a gap of time, but for the sake of the plot, I made a slight adjustment. Additionally, I checked the data and found that the bank interest rate in 1993 was 14%, while Shen Taifu offered 20% interest. I made a mistake in the previous chapter, and I apologize for that. Also, I request your support, clicks, and votes.

Note: The Consumer Rights Protection Law was actually passed in October 1993 and officially implemented on January 1, 1994. Here, it is advanced for the sake of the plot.

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