Return to Singapore 1995

In this clean workshop, the high-end sunglasses that the workers were assembling opened Li Xiaofan's eyes. The logos of the glasses included big brands such as PORTS, GUCCI, Dior, etc., but the quantity was not large and each style was different.

"How much are these export prices?" Li Xiaofan asked.

"It's not convenient to say, but it won't be more than ten dollars anyway!" The salesperson smiled.

Oh, damn, so cheap! A few days ago, when Li Xiaofan was shopping in Orchard Road with Guo Hanyue, he saw these brand-name sunglasses, which cost at least 200 Singapore dollars! What a huge profit!

Li Xiaofan asked: "Are all these famous brand sunglasses designed by you?"

"No, they are designed by the customers themselves. We produce them according to their drawings. They have very strict requirements for our samples..."

"Do you produce ordinary myopia glasses?"

"We make some ordinary glasses frames, but our factory is currently going all out to produce sunglasses. The order for this sunglasses is too large!"

"Okay, then I see. Can I buy some samples from you?"

"No problem, I can give you a few pairs without the LOGO logo!"

Before Li Xiaofan and Lin Zhiyong left the Dongfang Liming Glasses Factory, they met the boss Hu Jiandong, who had just received a group of new European guests.

This boss Hu Jiandong is very young, he looks only about 27 or 28 years old, and looks very generous. Because he knew that Xiao Luo from the Foreign Trade Bureau introduced him, he was very polite to Li Xiaofan and his friends. He chatted briefly for a few words and gave Li Xiaofan and his friends a small box of sunglasses as a gift before leaving. There were sunglasses of various styles in it.

After leaving the Dongfang Liming Glasses Factory, Li Xiaofan went to several nearby glasses factories introduced by Luo Sining for inspection. Some of them produced ordinary glasses frames, some produced reading glasses, some produced lenses, and some produced sunglasses. Basically, you can find all the glasses products and parts you want here. The industrial chain is very complete and the price is really cheap. However, there is no manufacturer of equipment such as ophthalmometers and automatic edge grinders.

After inspecting the glasses industry, Li Xiaofan called his classmate Zhu Junda at a public phone on the roadside.

"Ada, how is the market for the 327 Treasury bond?"

"Like lukewarm water, it basically fluctuates between 147 and 148 yuan. Now it is 147.4 yuan. Brother, you still have a small loss!"

"It doesn't matter, give me this price to continue to buy 400,000 yuan of long orders!"

"You still need to open long orders, did I hear you right?"

"Yes, continue to buy, remember to open long orders!"

"Okay, then I know! In this way, there are only 350,000 cash left in the account..."

"I know, wait for my call tomorrow!"

Li Xiaofan calculated that today is February 21st, and the day after tomorrow, the 23rd, is the day when the 327 Treasury bond incident that shocked the history occurred.

Afterwards, Li Xiaofan took Lin Zhiyong on the sleeper bus to Shanghai overnight.

"Brother Fan, why are you rushing to Shanghai overnight?"

"We'll take a plane from Shanghai to Hainan tomorrow. I'll take you there for two days!"

Lin Zhiyong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Oh my, we can still take a plane! I've never taken a plane before!"

In those days, the bus from Wenzhou to Shanghai had berths on the upper and lower floors, so you could sleep.

While Lin Zhiyong was sleeping soundly beside him, Li Xiaofan was thinking about something.

After a round of inspection of the Wenzhou eyewear industry today, there was an unexpected gain, that is, sunglasses may be a more suitable entry point, which does not require optometry equipment or processing equipment. It is a standardized product and is very profitable. But the biggest disadvantage is that sunglasses are not just needed...

He took out a notebook to record all these thoughts and observations.

The next morning, the two arrived at Shanghai Hengfeng Road Bus Station.

After buying the plane ticket to Haikou, Li Xiaofan took Lin Zhiyong to visit Chenghuang Temple and the Bund.

On the Bund, Lin Zhiyong exclaimed: "Wow, the tower opposite is so tall! Brother Fan, what is this tower?"

Li Xiaofan was happy: "This is the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower, which will be open to the public soon. We can go up and play when the time comes!" The Oriental Pearl Tower opposite them began to be built in 1991 and was not officially put into use until May 1995.

Before boarding the plane at Hongqiao Airport in the afternoon, Li Xiaofan called Zhu Junda again to ask about the market of 327 Treasury bonds.

On the other end of the phone, Zhu Junda said happily: "Today's market has picked up a bit, and now the price has exceeded 148 yuan! Brother, you are starting to make money. Should we close the position and stop when we are ahead?"

"No, continue to open long orders for the remaining 300,000 and continue to buy, all in!"

"Staying up? What does that mean?" Zhu Junda on the other end of the phone asked in confusion, indicating that he did not understand.

"It means to go all in, open long orders, and buy 327 Treasury bonds!"

"Brother, let me remind you that the 327 Treasury bonds will not be due for delivery until June 30 this year. Today is February 22, and there are more than four months left! If there is a big fluctuation during this period, your money may be wasted!"

"It's okay, I know, remember, open long orders, never short!"

"Okay, let's do as you say!"

In the afternoon, Li Xiaofan took Lin Zhiyong to Haikou.

The plane took off from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and landed at the dilapidated Dayingshan Airport.

Coming out of the airport, Li Xiaofan was filled with emotion in the taxi. There were piles of unfinished buildings along the road. That year, Hainan had not yet emerged from the real estate bubble. Before Li Xiaofan was reborn in his previous life, the old site of Dayingshan Airport had become the global trade window in the core area of ​​Haikou CBD. The whole island was accelerating the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port and becoming a hot spot for global investment.

In the spring of 1992, after Grandpa Deng went south, his speech spirit of "being bolder and taking faster steps" has become the clarion call for the entire mainland to continue moving forward. After Hainan was established as a province, going to Hainan and panning for gold became the choice of countless mainlanders.

It was a crazy era! "One hundred thousand troops went to Hainan, and major financial groups scrambled for land." Hainan's streets were full of real estate speculators with accents from all over the country. They spit out astonishing astronomical figures, but behind the figures was just a barren land or a "building" that had just dug a hole. These astronomical figures continued to expand until they evolved into a word that exposed their true colors: Hainan real estate bubble!

In 1993, when macroeconomic regulation was implemented, Hainan was left with "unfinished buildings" all over the province. Hainan's real estate boom suddenly came to a halt: a large amount of funds were deposited, and a large number of people and enterprises that were trapped complained bitterly and regretted it too late...

At night, Li Xiaofan and Lin Zhiyong stayed in the most magnificent "Wanghai Tower" in Haikou. Hainan Wanghai International Hotel was fully renovated and reconstructed according to three-star standards in the late 1980s. At that time, it became one of the highest-end and most famous foreign-related tourist hotels in Hainan Island. Soon after, it caught up with the historical opportunity of Hainan's establishment as a province and a special economic zone in 1988. 100,000 people crossed the strait, and "Wanghai Tower" became an unforgettable and beautiful memory in the hearts of thousands of seafarers.

Li Xiaofan had lived here several times in his previous life, and "Wanghai Tower" had been demolished before his rebirth.

The lobby of the current Wanghai Tower is still spacious, bright, and magnificent, with a glass skylight, and a bronze fish statue inlaid on the background wall of the blue sea, symbolizing "abundance every year".

Wanghailou once represented the most luxurious and cutting-edge taste in Hainan. The Cantonese and Qiong cuisines provided by the hotel are the most authentic, and the restaurant is bustling with people.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiaofan and Lin Zhiyong had a full meal in the hotel, bought two flashlights at the nearby grocery store, and returned to the hotel.

"Brother, go to bed early tonight, and get up early tomorrow!"

"What time do you get up?"

"Let you sleep a little longer, we will leave at three o'clock tomorrow morning!"

Li Zhiyong was shocked: "No way, Brother Fan, at three o'clock in the morning, go to see a ghost?"