Chapter 19

The next day, Jia Hongjian dreamed that someone was knocking on the door, and he could hear Wang Danzhi calling his name. After a while, when he finally woke up, he was surprised to find that it was indeed Wang Danzhi knocking on the door. "I've been knocking for half an hour. What time is it? Why are you still sleeping?" Wang Danzhi asked, a bit angrily.

"I don't really like mornings," Jia Hongjian glanced at the time and saw it was not yet 9 o'clock. He thought to himself how eager Wang Danzhi was as he lazily replied, "If mornings could come a bit later, I think I would like them more."

He had clearly told Wang Danzhi to come at 10 in the morning, but she had arrived before 9. Since returning to this life, Jia Hongjian had been on vacation and would not get up until nearly noon. How could he possibly get used to her coming so early?

However, since she had come, Jia Hongjian decided to get started. After washing up, he sat at the dining table in the living room, propping his chin in his hand and quietly observing her, until she felt uncomfortable. "What are you looking at? I didn't come here because you asked me to. I just happened to pass by this morning and decided to come up and see you..."

Hey, this girl was really being stubborn! If she was curious, she should just say it; there was no need to come up with a strange reason like "just passing by." Jia Hongjian smiled but didn't explain much. He went into the room, took out the plan he had written the day before, and handed it to Wang Danzhi, then sat back and watched her leisurely.

She looked at Jia Hongjian and then at the plan in her hand, a bit confused. In her memory, he had never had the habit of writing plans before doing something. Could this be something else? Wang Danzhi opened the plan with a mix of anticipation and unease and started reading it slowly.

The first paragraph seemed to quote Article 49 of the Consumer Rights Protection Law and provided an interpretation of it. As she read on, Wang Danzhi felt that Jia Hongjian's intention was to deliberately buy counterfeit goods and then claim compensation.

When she read the second paragraph, she found that it indeed detailed how to buy counterfeit goods, how to authenticate them, how to claim compensation, and suggested specific compensation limits. Her eyes widened as she read, hardly believing what she was seeing!

In this era, although counterfeit goods were common, and people occasionally bought them from large malls, when such incidents occurred, people either accepted their bad luck or asked the mall to exchange or return the goods. No one had ever thought of deliberately buying counterfeit goods to claim compensation!

"Can this really work?" Wang Danzhi really wanted to ask, but she didn't, because the first paragraph cited relevant legal provisions. However, no matter what, this plan was quite shocking and seemed a bit speculative.

"Would this be considered speculation and profiteering? If it is, the maximum penalty for that crime is death!" Wang Danzhi was scared by her own words, and her heart raced as she asked.

"Speculation and profiteering?" Jia Hongjian was taken aback; he hadn't considered that. In his memory, the crime of speculation and profiteering was removed from the criminal code in 1997, but the definition and interpretation of "speculation and profiteering" were not removed until the 2008 revision of the criminal code.

He knew that what Wang Danzhi said was true; the maximum penalty for speculation and profiteering was indeed death. "Speculation and profiteering" referred to profiting through buying and selling on credit, hoarding and reselling, and other such activities. For example, if someone transported watermelons from the south to the north to sell at a high price in winter, that would be considered speculation and profiteering and could result in a prison sentence!

Historically, the last person in the People's Republic of China to be executed for speculation and profiteering was in 1991, and the crime involved organizing a "lending circle" in Wenzhou, which in northern terms would be called a "rat warehouse" or high-interest lending. This person had combined high-interest lending with pyramid schemes...

After carefully assessing the risk, Jia Hongjian felt that his small-scale activities would not be considered speculation and profiteering. Moreover, the judicial interpretation of the crime of speculation and profiteering did not specify that his compensation claims were illegal. Otherwise, Wang Hai would have been arrested long ago!

"Nothing to worry about. We're exploiting a legal loophole, and no law can stop us." At this point, Jia Hongjian suddenly put on a very serious and solemn expression and said, "Do I look like someone who would break the law? Am I a bad person? I'm just doing things that the law doesn't prohibit..."

"Ha!" Wang Danzhi was amused by Jia Hongjian's serious demeanor. She gave him a playful glare and then fell into deep thought. "Why are you doing something so risky? Are you in urgent need of money? If you need money, I've saved all my New Year's money since I was a child, about 400 yuan, and I've also saved some by being frugal during my school years. Altogether, I have 500 yuan..."

Hearing these words from the "little fox," Jia Hongjian couldn't help but feel a bit moved. Although she was wrong, in a city as shrewd as Shanghai, where even relatives calculated with each other, having a friend willing to lend money to help you through tough times was a rare and precious thing.

He quietly looked at the "little fox" and slowly smiled, his laughter growing louder until she was completely confused. Then he reached out and pinched her smooth, elastic cheek. "Silly girl, what could I possibly need money for at my age? Am I getting married, or did I accidentally get my girlfriend pregnant?"

At this point, he stopped laughing and looked at Wang Danzhi seriously. He pointed out the window with a gleam in his eyes that she couldn't understand. "Danzhi, open your eyes and look at this world. 1993 is a very important year in China's 50-year history. This year, foreign investment is beginning to flood into our country, and various controls are being relaxed. Various paths to success are gradually opening up. Do you know what this means? It means we don't have to study hard and strive for success every day, we don't have to go to a good school, get a good job, find a good partner, and wait for the company to allocate a house. We don't have to live such a boring life... Do you know, this is a great era. Our generation is very lucky. When we come of age, we can witness the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of China, and perhaps even the fall of the United States, Japan, and Europe in our lifetimes!"

Wang Danzhi looked at Jia Hongjian in shock. She felt a kind of "madness" on his face that she had never seen before. But for some reason, she was drawn to the mad future he described, feeling her adrenaline surge, her heart racing, and her face flushing.

"Is this the charm of a man?" she asked herself, having never seen Jia Hongjian like this before. In her memory, Jia Hongjian was a childish but reliable playmate. They could play crazily together, and when she needed help, he would fight for her, but he never made her feel the urge to submit and worship from the bottom of her heart. But now, he could.

"Xiaojian, have you grown up?" Wang Danzhi suddenly felt a mix of sadness and excitement, like a wife watching her husband finally succeed, and a bit of regret for encouraging her husband to seek success.

"If we fail, don't blame me for telling your parents. Your father will definitely give you a good beating, so be prepared." She looked up at him with her attractive face, smiling coldly.

"Ha!" Jia Hongjian didn't blame her for ruining the mood. For someone who had always been good at making people angry, her not directly stopping him meant she was on his side. "You should put on some makeup and dress more maturely. Then we'll exchange my family's treasury bonds at the bank, and we'll go create a new era!"

Wang Danzhi nodded but quickly realized something. "Your family's treasury bonds? You're really risking your life? Afraid your father won't beat you enough? I'm scared of you, so let's use my 500 yuan private savings."

This was the consequence of having a female companion. Females with XX chromosomes always consider various risks and make what seems to be the safest choice, which sometimes results in lower returns. However, Jia Hongjian reluctantly nodded. He didn't want to argue with Wang Danzhi about this, as he wasn't using his own money for the "investment." Besides, once the first "investment" succeeded, he could smoothly use the treasury bonds again...

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