Blossoms Shanghai 繁花 Episode 1

Introduction: In 1992, the neon lights of Shanghai were eye-catching, thousands of flowers were blooming, the streets were busy with traffic, and people were in a hurry. A Bao came to visit the old writer who retired at home with gifts. The old writer kept writing and was writing a novel recently. A Bao curiously asked about the content of the novel. He hadn't thought about it yet. He just made a beginning and the story started from Here it begins.

Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China's reform and opening up, made a speech during his southern tour, which accelerated the pace of China's joint-stock reform and attracted worldwide attention. Stocks are the latest hot spot. They also start from 100 points. The Dow Jones Index in the United States is only 3,300 points today. The Shanghai Composite Index, which has just turned one year old, is close to 1,000 points. Everyone is equal before opportunities. If you seize the opportunity, it is possible. Change your life, some people rise up on the wind, and some people return to zero in half a day.

A Bao is in his youth. Like every Shanghainese, he is trying to find his way in this rolling world every day to support the market. A Bao is very ambitious, but he doesn't know that this is not a dream, but a reality that he cannot wake up from. Today is December 31st, and the Peace Hotel is bustling with people. Celebrities from all walks of life in Shanghai have gathered here to welcome the New Year. The clock is about to reach 12 o'clock, and people are starting to count down. A Bao comes out of the hotel carrying 300,000 in cash. Just as he was about to get in the car and leave, he was hit by a speeding taxi. The money in the box was scattered on the floor, and the vehicle turned around and fled.

A Bao was sent to the hospital. The stock tycoon Commander Cai, Stamp Li and his godmother fat aunt, Jin Bao and others came after hearing the news. Everyone was talking about it and there was a mess in the corridor. After the medical staff tried their best to rescue A Bao, The danger finally turned. He was still in a coma due to excessive bleeding. His uncle arrived in time. He said "I will never die", and the scene fell silent. Uncle is an old master in the business world. He is the first noble person in Abao's life. It was in 1987, when uncle had just been released from Tilanqiao Prison, and Abao personally came to ask his uncle for advice on how to do foreign trade business. , his uncle persuaded him to give up as soon as possible, but Abao was unwilling to give up. He was tough on his uncle, and his uncle asked him to rent a room at the Peace Hotel tomorrow.

Po came to the Peace Hotel early in the morning and spent eighty US dollars and two packs of Chinese cigarettes to rent a British suite for a day. This used to be his uncle's private room. His uncle gave him one day to borrow 6,000 yuan. If he couldn't borrow it by the time, , he will lose all his money. A Bao came to his good friend Tao Tao to borrow money. Tao Tao ignored the objections of his family and gave A Bao all the wedding money he had saved. A Bao ran back to the Peace Hotel holding the money box. His uncle recommended a stock to him. He threw them all away after two weeks.

In 1984, the country issued the first stock of New China. By the first half of 1987, only four stocks had been issued in Shanghai. The stock exchange had not yet been established at that time, and trading could only be done at the counter at No. 101 Xikang Road. Due to the volume of issuance, It is very small, but there is no market, and transactions can only be carried out through scalpers off-site. A Bao bought 40 shares of Dian Vacuum stock from scalpers at a price of 150 yuan per share. A week later, Dian Vacuum's stock price plummeted due to the issuance of new shares. A Bao lost 3,000 yuan. He came to his uncle to argue. Uncle repeatedly emphasized that when trading in the stock market, one must first learn to lose. He asked him to collect 10,000 yuan in one week and buy all of the electric vacuum stock. He was guaranteed to make a huge profit in two weeks.

Tao Tao sold her necklaces and jewelry to raise 7,000 yuan to give to A Bao. A Bao bought electric vacuum stock from scalper Stamp Li according to his uncle's request. Ten days later, electric vacuum stock was acquired and the stock price increased five times. A Bao He took the money he earned and waited for his uncle. Uncle didn't show up until 12 o'clock. He felt that A Bao was very reliable and agreed to continue to cooperate with him.

Uncle made a new package for A Bao, found a tailor from the Red Gang to customize a three-piece suit for him, and asked a Yangzhou barber to give him a new look. Uncle also asked A Bao to register a company, and he suddenly became the big boss Bao. total. In the following years, A Bao took advantage of the spring breeze of reform and opening up and struggled in the original market, looking for the light that illuminated him. From foreign trade to bonds, he moved bricks and earned the price difference. Although he suffered a lot, he still He quickly completed the primitive accumulation.

The police suspected that A Bao was being retaliated for 414 stocks, so they called the relevant people, Uncle Ye, Tao Tao and Commander Cai, to the police station for questioning. They also called Lingzi and Miss Wang. A Bao and Lingzi opened a restaurant called Night Tokyo. In the restaurant, Ms. Wang is a salesperson of the Foreign Trade Corporation. She has close contact with A Bao, and they have no intention of harming A Bao. Commander Cai, Fat Aunt and Jin Bao came to the hospital to see A Bao, only to find out that he had been discharged from the hospital and went home early in the morning.

The uncle asked A Bao to have a good rest in the room and promised to find the real culprit in a month. Suspecting the runaway proprietress of the Golden Phoenix Restaurant, the uncle went to Stamp Li to inquire about the situation and learned that the restaurant had been transferred. Three months ago, Li Li came to Huanghe Road and found out that the Golden Phoenix Restaurant was doing very well, but it had closed down. So she bought the restaurant and renamed it "Zhizhenyuan". Li Li managed the restaurant successfully.

Li Li found out that A Bao was the hottest topic on the Yellow River Road, so he sent someone to invite him. He also learned about A Bao from the former lobby manager, and learned that six months ago, the most powerful big family in Shanghai, Qilin Society, approached A Bao for cooperation. When buying 414 stocks, Abao did not follow suit, thus offending Qilin Society. Uncle Grandpa slipped the invitation to Ah Bao through the crack of the door, and Ah Bao gave him a sum of money to go home for the New Year.

Lingzi suddenly called to inform Po to come to Tokyo at 11 o'clock. She found the person who hit Po. Po simply freshened up and then came to find Lingzi. From a distance, he saw the taxi that hit him. Po looked at it. In the car was his son Ah Si, who had lost all his money in the stock market, and he understood everything immediately.