On January 22, a man who claimed to be from the People's Bank of China, accompanied by Zhang Baocheng, found Hong Jialai. For no other reason than that, he came to ask Hong Lucheng to collect money on behalf of Chase Bank.
On the eve of liberation, Hong Lucheng had 10,000 US dollars in Chase Bank in Peking.
Later, due to sudden changes in the current situation, Chase Bank was first forced to massively reduce its business in North China, and then completely withdrew from the Republic.
At that time, Hong Lucheng happened to be on his way from Hong Kong to the capital, and the money was lost in the torrent of time.
But now, as of January 1, 1979, the Republic and the United States have re-established diplomatic relations. The two countries have also begun to cooperate in the economic and cultural fields.
Chase Bank of the United States began to contact the People's Bank of China, wanting to deal with the part of its business and deposits that failed to perform when it withdrew from China.
In fact, there are not many customers left by Chase Bank from those days. There are only about a hundred people in total. There may be less than 60 people still alive. The amount required to be repaid is only 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.
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And to be honest, the main reason for doing this is probably that Chase Bank wants to take over the financial business of the Republic as soon as possible, and wants to use this to show its integrity and make early contact with the People's Bank of China.
But back then, the Republic was accustomed to interpreting foreign-related events from a political perspective.
As soon as the People's Bank of China reported this matter, the superiors naturally treated it as an important matter representing the friendship between the two peoples.
So he quickly issued instructions, "Special cases should be dealt with specially and we will cooperate fully."
As a result, the search efficiency was surprisingly high after all parties collaborated. In just a few days, Hong Lucheng's whereabouts were found.
In this way, early the next morning, Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlinkou went for a trip together.
The matter went smoothly. When Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan came back from get off work that afternoon, the old couple told them that they had exchanged the money in their accounts for deposit certificates and got them in their hands.
Wang Yunlin said happily, "The procedure is very simple. Chase Bank only requires the customer to leave a fingerprint and signature that can be compared. I didn't expect that they even returned the principal with interest to us, which was converted into RMB.
It’s more than 24,000 yuan.”
Hong Lucheng couldn't help but sigh, "This is an old merchant who really does big business. Chase Bank's reputation is worthy of praise."
Yes, no matter what, who would have thought that the money wasted in the first place and could be floated back on its own?
This is really a huge sum of money that was lost and recovered!
But Hong Yanwu still felt a bit slanderous in his stomach.
For no other reason than because the People's Bank of China forcibly converted the payment into RMB based on the current exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 1.4962 RMB. They didn't even give me a remittance note.
In his opinion, this was tantamount to being cheated by the country, and the family suffered a huge loss.
But then he thought about it and realized he was satisfied.
Because he thought about it again and came here.
He had never heard his family say anything about this in his previous life. He thought it was because of his father's death that his family had completely missed out on the money. It was a blessing to get the money back now...
Of course, unlike Hong Yanwu, the other family members of the Hong family were very excited no matter who knew about it. They were only happy.
In their eyes, the family is tantamount to sudden wealth, which is already an astronomical amount of wealth.
So that day, after all family members returned home, Hong Lucheng and his wife held a family meeting, including Chen Liquan, and publicly announced their approach to the wealth.
In front of everyone in the family, the old couple placed a stack of bankbooks on the table.
I bet they had already discussed it, and they wanted to divide the money into six parts. The two of them would keep two parts, and the remaining money would be divided equally between their children, each with 4,000 yuan in their name. And the bankbooks they showed had already
Write each child's name separately.
As a result, the children of the Hong family were stunned. No one expected that they could have such a large sum of money individually.
Perhaps the Hong family's children have deep-rooted respect and filial piety for their parents, or perhaps the Hong family's children have suffered for too long.
Being hit by such a big pie, facing such a huge wealth that can be controlled at will, their instinctive reaction is not to be overjoyed and take a good look at their bankbooks, but to feel some fear and embarrassment.
They all said no and tried their best to refuse.
The boss, Hong Yanzheng, was the first to express his stance.
"Dad, Mom, Manli and I live and eat at home, and we haven't done much to help the family in these years. You can keep the money, we can't take it. What do you say, Manli?"
Okay, he had finished his opinions, and he only thought of asking his wife for the last sentence. What else could Xu Manli, who was holding the child, say?
Xu Manli is angry and funny. But she is also a virtuous wife who can understand her husband's straight temper. She has strong traditional moral values and is neither greedy nor stingy.
So he didn't embarrass Hong Yan at all and agreed obediently.
"I listen to you."
After the eldest brother and sister-in-law showed humility, the second eldest brother Hong Yanwen showed his aloofness as a college student.
"I'm in school now, and the school gives me money to buy books, which is enough for my daily life. After I graduate, the school will also assign work. I actually don't need the money. Mom, I think my share will be exempted."
When Hong Yanru heard this, neither brother wanted it, and she was a little panicked and refused immediately.
"I don't want it either. Why do I, a middle school student, need so much money! I just want to spend it and don't know what to buy!"
Well, the whole family is actually afraid of money! No one wants to get involved!
Hong Yanwu watched from the side and was really dumbfounded. He said in his heart, if this is really known to outsiders, who can believe it?
Unable to bear it anymore, he called.
"No, our family finally has money, why have you all become stupid? Why are you pushing? I still don't believe it, you can't spend it even if you have money! Think about it for yourselves, what are the things our family lacks?
But there are too many. If nothing else, everyone in our family should have a bicycle, right? Besides, in the winter, we can no longer let my mother and sister-in-law wash clothes by hand. I have long wanted to buy a washing machine for our family...
…”
Not to mention, what he said really made sense. As a result, everyone looked at each other in confusion.
In the end, it was Hong Lucheng, the head of the household, who put the matter to rest and concluded the matter.
"What the third child said makes sense. Bicycles and washing machines are both useful things, and we have to spend the money. Besides, you are all children of the Hong family and have suffered a lot with us. The money given to you is yours.
, it’s time for you to live a good and relaxed life. This is our duty as parents.”
As soon as these words were said, the children of the Hong family felt warm and sour in their hearts, and they no longer had any objections.
But follow, the old man has more to say.
"Also, Manli has had a hard time in the past few years. She is helping your mother support this family. Which of your basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation has your sister-in-law not spent any effort on? So, I and I
Your mother decided to give 2,000 yuan to Manli alone from the money we left. She only has half as much as you, so you have nothing to say, right?"
These words were really unexpected. Xu Manli was a little confused.
She suddenly blushed, but she just glanced at Hong Yanzheng and before she could refuse, Wang Yunlin also spoke.
"Well, the same goes for Quanzi. Don't forget that when your father fell ill, it was Quanzi who accompanied his third son to Bincheng. He also left his family's savings for us to get medicine for treatment. That's all.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that he is a benefactor of the Hong family. What’s more, he is the godson we adopted. Since he is a son, he must have a share. I make the decision. Quanzi will also receive two thousand yuan, just like Manli. He will also receive from us.
It comes out of the money. You don’t have any objections, right?”
Well, Chen Liquan was also surprised now. He really didn't expect that even he was involved.
At this point, he and Xu Manli were so moved that they both refused impatiently.
Both of them said they couldn't take it. Hong Yanzheng also supported it, saying that it would be enough for them to take one share.
Hong Yanwu couldn't see that this was going to happen anymore, so he simply overstepped his authority and agreed directly on Quanzi's behalf. Moreover, he wouldn't let Chen Liquan push it any further.
"Quanzi, since my parents have said so, let's leave it as it is. If you continue to do this, you will treat yourself as an outsider. Do you still recognize this godfather and godmother? Are you still not our brother? Besides, we
Didn't the two brothers agree a long time ago that each of us will get half of everything? Lun Li'er, I still have to pay you a thousand dollars..."
With such a sentence, Chen Liquan could only look silly.
"Brother and sister-in-law, don't give in. Everyone has seen the hard work that my sister-in-law has done for so many years. If you don't take it, we will feel bad about it. Besides, if you don't irritate others, you can't do it for my two nephews.
I push it again. I have to say that parents are sages. You are the only one who has the biggest responsibility in our family to support the two successors of the Hong family. If you don’t do it for yourself, you have to do it for the two children, right? Don’t let it go. You guys
Who would have the nerve to spend a penny from your family? Aren’t you asking us all to accompany you in your anxiety..."
Hong Yanwu then persuaded Hong Yanzheng and Xu Manli to come.
When it comes to persuading people, he has his own reasons, which makes it difficult for people to refute.
In this way, with his repeated persuasion, the Hong family finally ended all their disputes and achieved a satisfactory result that everyone was happy with.
In the end, it was Hong Yanzheng and his wife who took away their 6,000 yuan bankbook, and Wang Yunlin asked them to keep it for themselves.
As for the others, the temporary custody rights are still in the hands of Wang Yunlin. Those things will not be officially transferred to the power until they get married.
Of course, if anyone has any requirements, they can mention it to their family. For example, those who do not have bicycles should buy a bicycle. For example, Hong Yanru, who does not have a watch, should buy a watch.
Anyway, from now on, as long as the reasons are legitimate, the material requirements of the Hong family children will never be unsatisfied.
Hong Lucheng couldn't help but sigh with relief at everyone's humility just now.
"They all say that money is everything, but for our family, it is just to maintain material survival. They say that businessmen are only interested in profit, but our Hong family can never be happy with things or ourselves.
Sad. This is really good..."
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