ebookland Chapter 160 Running away
Chapter 160 Running away
It was quite a coincidence. Yesterday was the due date, and when I went to redeem the interest, I discovered that Liang Dajiang was among the first group of people who had absconded with the money exchange.
He wasn't there to collect interest; he was there specifically to bring people to invest.
In the past few months, thanks to his unique investment acumen, many people in Liangjia Village have come to him to curry favor, hoping to learn from his experience.
Those people respected him, loved him, and even worshipped him.
They regarded his words as sacred decrees.
After all, there are no secrets in the village. Who doesn't know that he multiplied his family's assets several times over in just a few months?
To be honest, ever since Hua Lichu and her sister left home, successfully entered high school, and opened a shop, Liang Dajiang felt that no matter where he went, he would be pointed at and talked about.
This made him reluctant to go out.
But because of this investment, everyone changed their attitude and kept flattering him, hoping to get "guidance" from him. This made him feel that he was not old and was still needed!
Because almost half of the people who later joined Liangjia Village did so under Liang Dajiang's "guidance" before investing money.
In fact, everyone knows the saying "there's no such thing as a free lunch."
But Liang Dajiang thought that "investment" was booming and at its peak, and those people should at least hold on for a while longer.
As long as he withdraws his investment before the other party "quits," any extra money will be profit!
Therefore, he would often go to the exchange point to watch new people "invest".
As long as new investors invest, the exchange points will never disappear!
After all, this is like doing business; who would back down when things are at their best?
He's probably not an idiot!
As it turns out, he himself was the biggest fool.
In just one night, everyone at the exchange point ran away!
How is this possible?
He saw a group of new investors yesterday during the day!
Looking at the empty exchange points, Liang Dajiang's first reaction was that he was doomed!
The second reaction was to try to keep it a secret.
Up to the last period, which was right at the start of summer vacation, he had earned a total of 7500 yuan.
The person in charge of the exchange point approached him privately and said:
“You’ve been supporting me since the very beginning, and you’ve even brought so many new people to me. I’ve decided to raise your interest rate.”
Someone invested 7500 yuan, and after three months, the interest was 3750 yuan.
I'll give you a 10% increase, meaning if you invest another 7500 this time, you'll get 4500 in interest alone after three months. Adding the principal, you'll have a total of 12,000.
Liang Dajiang was instantly smitten.
twelve thousand!
Wouldn't he then become a millionaire?
But he also hesitated a bit.
When he first invested, he only had a little over 300 yuan left. With the mentality of "the timid starve and the bold get rich," he shamelessly borrowed 700 yuan from relatives, making up a total of 1,000 yuan.
Three months later, 1000 became 1500.
As Marx said in Capital, if there is a 20% profit, capital will be restless; if there is a 50% profit, capital will take risks; if there is a 100% profit, capital will dare to risk being hanged.
Although Liang Dajiang is not a capitalist, he has the blood of a gambler flowing in his veins.
To earn that 50% interest, he pressured his two sons, especially the younger one, to scrape together 5000 yuan and invest it again, earning 7500 yuan in return.
Lured by the 60% interest rate offered by the exchange point, I invested all 7500 yuan again.
Now, the people at the redemption point have run away.
Liang Dajiang pondered for a moment with his confused mind.
Of the 7500 yuan, he only contributed 300 yuan himself. The remaining 700 yuan was borrowed from relatives in his own name. 500 yuan plus 2500 yuan was interest. The remaining 3500 yuan was borrowed from his second son and his wife.
He... he simply couldn't imagine what his second son and his wife would do if they found out.
And those in the village who followed his "advice"
Below, the villagers who "invested"...
While the others were still searching for someone at the exchange point, Liang Dajiang secretly returned home.
Wang Pandi didn't notice his unusual behavior at first. It wasn't until she entered the room and found Liang Dajiang had turned the room upside down and was frantically stuffing things into boxes that she realized something was wrong.
"Old man, what are you doing?"
Liang Dajiang kept packing things into the box, and when he had a moment, he replied, "The people at the exchange point have run away, I need to go out and lay low for a while."
Wang Pandi was stunned by this sudden news and unconsciously repeated, "They ran away? They went out to lay low for a while?"
Suddenly, she threw herself onto the box: "Old man, if you leave, what will I do? And Dongdong, the villagers, they'll skin us alive!"
Liang Dajiang pulled Wang Pandi away: "No, it was my idea. Just say you don't know anything and then push all the blame onto me."
"No, no! You can't leave. If you leave, I'm doomed. What about my second son and his wife? What will they do if they ask?"
Liang Dajiang realized he didn't have much time left to escape, so he shoved aside the inconvenient Wang Pandi and said matter-of-factly:
"It's just a few thousand yuan, right? I'm his father, what's wrong with a son giving his father some money out of filial piety? Get out of the way!"
After saying that, he picked up his suitcase, pushed Wang Pandi aside, took the last bit of money from the house, and ran away.
When Liang Jingdong came in with two ice creams, he saw that the house was in a mess.
He abruptly dropped the ice cream he was holding, saw Wang Pandi sitting on the ground, and asked softly, "Grandma, what's wrong? What happened?"
Wang Pandi seemed to have lost her soul; no one knew how long she had been sitting on the ground.
Hearing Liang Jingdong's voice, she regained her senses and hugged him tightly, saying in a hoarse voice, "The exchange point has run away, and your grandfather has run away too..."
"what?"
Wang Pandi sniffed: "Dongdong, listen to me, you should pack your things now and go to the county to find your dad. Don't come back."
"how about you?"
Wang Pandi forced a lighthearted smile: "I'm already quite old, they wouldn't dare do anything to me."
Liang Jingdong pulled Wang Pandi up: "Come on, come with me."
"No, we can't! If no one is home, they'll look for us everywhere."
As long as I'm still at home, I can keep them from coming to me.
Your grandfather took all the money from the house. Now that you're in the county, tell your dad to quickly help you raise the tuition fees, okay? Grandma is still waiting for you to take the college entrance exam!
Wang Pandi got up from the ground and went into Liang Jingdong's room, helping him pack his clothes while giving him instructions.
Liang Jingdong frowned, looking at his grandmother who had always been so kind to him, unable to make the decision to abandon her and leave.
But Wang Pandi was determined to make him leave.
"Get out! Get out now! Don't come back unless it's absolutely necessary."