Chapter 47 Chapter Forty-Five

On the last day of 2006, the land was white and clean.Turn on the computer, walk out shyly, wash up, and return to the computer to see that on a cold and windy night, Saddam Hussein in Baghdad was hanged and his head was in a different place.Those chilling pictures and videos can be called the most impactful performance art and legal education.My neck suddenly felt chilly.I was not in the mood for work. I spent a whole day browsing topics and netizens’ comments online. I even took the time to revise an online article "In Memory of Saddam Hussein" so that the article could get rid of the imitation of "In Memory of Liu Hezhen".In the evening, I went out to eat a hot meal of ramen, drank Erguotou, and went to the snow.

Going to bed at night, someone knocked on the door and asked what to do, but he didn't answer; from the cat's eyes, it was dark.It is estimated that it is an arbitrary charge or verification, so ignore it.There was another knock on the door, a little panicked, Li Xiang also came out, and tiptoedly took out a spatula from the kitchen and hid it behind the door with his arms rolled up, motioning for me to open the door.As soon as I opened the door, it was Daniel!He was carrying a large bag, and there were two suitcases on the ground.With a smirk on his face, he approached me waving his hands like boxing.I was shocked, didn't he go home for Christmas?Daniel said that Christmas has passed and the Chinese New Year has come.

"The security downstairs didn't make things difficult for you, did they?" "It's okay, those two Uniforms (in uniform) know me." He said in a mixture of Chinese and English.Bags and boxes were moved into the room, leather jackets were taken off. "Why don't you go back to your dormitory?" "I'm resigning." He said casually. I was surprised: "You are crazy, don't you have a good job? One month is worth half a year to me." "The company collapsed." "how could be?" Daniel chuckled: "The salary they paid me is too high. This is a small company."

"Then what do you do?" "I have a new job. I work for myself, so I have to save money. You know, I have a loan to pay off." Daniel also said before that he wanted to design a software earlier, and now he can start.He said that he is now the same as me. He has been busy for a year and a half, and he may get nothing.Daniel offered to live with me and share all the costs of the room. I was a little surprised: "It's just my broken house? You won't have nightmares living here, right?" "It's okay, it's much safer than Iraq and Afghanistan. Now you painted the wall, it's much cleaner than before." He said, showing his trademark smirk, "I promise, I will go out when your girlfriend comes Bar or internet cafe, is two hours enough?"

"Are you implying that I will make room for you? How can I have a girlfriend now?" I laughed. "I said if, who knows,—could it be?" "How long do you live?" "Six months, maybe a little longer. Any questions?" I was secretly surprised, with a sad expression on my face: "I have no problem with this, but the government may have some problems." "What's the problem? What does it have to do with the government?" He was a little puzzled. "There may be legal issues." So I explained to him the legal issues of foreigners living in Chinese families, "What if you are a spy?"

"Yeah, I'm a spy, and I specialize in stealing information about your country's delicacies and beauties." Daniel laughed mischievously, and said seriously, "No problem, I can go with you to the police station to apply for a temporary residence permit." "How is your family?" I asked. "Very good, greetings to you. They will come to China again in the summer, we will go to the south together, and then invite you to the United States." Daniel asked about the translation progress of his father's book. I pulled up the Word document and showed him.The first draft is almost finished, and if there are no accidents, Xia Tian's family can read the book.Satisfied, Daniel opened the suitcase and took out a black T-shirt for me, secretly saying that it was a gift from the United States.It was a dark blue T-shirt with a few prominent yellow letters FBI on the chest. I smiled and said, "Okay, now I'm from your country's FBI."

I took the T-shirt and compared it in front of the mirror. It fit me well, so I put it away.Daniel reminded me to keep watching.The following line of fine print: Female Body Inspector (Female Body Inspector), I almost died from laughing, Li Xiang also ran over to see, several people laughed together.Li Xiang said: "This job is good. If I have this job, I will definitely change my career." After tidying up, Daniel took out his laptop, plugged it in, and said he wanted to report his family's safety.I said just use my computer, it's not turned off yet.Daniel moved the mouse, and the computer desktop in the sleeping state lit up. Looking at the picture of Saddam's death, he sighed and shook his head.I wondered: "What's wrong? This guy is an enemy of your country. You like him?"

Daniel said: "Just because I don't like him doesn't mean I support it. Yes, he was a dictator, but how many people were buried with him?" "Do you know how many people he killed? Do you know that he used poison gas on his compatriots? Do you know how many people took to the streets to celebrate his downfall? Do you know that he sponsored $100,000 for each family member of a human bomber in Palestine?..." "This—not sure, but there are more deaths now. How many people die in Baghdad every day? Also, do you know how much this damn war cost?" Daniel took a ten-dollar bill from his wallet , put it on the table, and said excitedly, "Nearly a trillion dollars! What is the concept? It is just such a pile of banknotes, which exceeds the volume of the World Trade Center! It is still far away!"

I argued: "Is there free freedom in this world? President Reagan once said that the only language a dictator understands is bombs. Think about your war of independence, civil war. Most of the deaths in Iraq are caused by terrorist attacks. Dying. As for the money spent, you can earn it back with oil. Bush Jr. did a good job, worthy of the cowboy president, the successor of Reagan..." "I've told you a hundred times—" Daniel exclaimed suddenly, "that son of a bitch Bush is Idiot, Moron, Fucker, how do you like such an idiot? Incredible ! Do you know why I don't want to stay in the United States? Just because this idiot is on stage! Teach you an American catchphrase: Bush is a bullshitter. (Bush is a bullshitter.)”

The atmosphere was reversed, and Li Xiang was embarrassed to stand aside.I said awkwardly, "This idiot is too capable. I wish I had such an idiot. Lend me 3,000 chengguan to liberate Taiwan overnight." Daniel said sternly, "Please take back your words!" "Why?" I poked my neck like a fighting cock.Daniel said angrily: "Because you were misled by Propaganda (propaganda), brainwashed (brainwashed), and actually like a recognized idiot." "I was misled by what propaganda? In the Chinese media, he has always been an idiot." "Hehe, your country's media is too right this time." Daniel sneered.

I took out the patriotic scumbag's usual book of defeating the enemy: "Why don't you love your own country, your own government, and your own leader? Are you still an American? No matter where you go, you can't change the fact that you are an American." .” "My ancestors are from the 'Mayflower', do you think I'm American?" Daniel shouted, "This idiot is not my leader, nor my president, he's a goddamn fool! I didn't vote for him , I voted for Al Gore and John Kerry!" "That was also elected by you Americans." I joined him. "Yeah, that's because our goddamn electoral laws are flawed! The idiot's election was contested, and the first time he won the popular vote he wasn't as good as Gore—that is, more than half the people didn't vote for him; the goddamn idiot The re-election is due to special times when people don’t want to change presidents, and people are very conservative during wartime.” He added, “This idiot got C’s in his studies, and he’s C’s when he’s president.” "Anyway, the chances are equal. If the Cowboy President loses, his supporters say the same. I like this Cowboy President. He is cute and silly. It's called Dazhi Ruoyu. I like him. Gun-drawing cowboy style, cool!" I said, and then sneered, "Kerry looks like a jackass, with a long face, and talks like a set, like a bombastic professor , Gore is also like a playboy..." "I don't want to talk to you anymore! We're not friends anymore, I'm leaving!" Daniel acted like "differences and no conspiracy", and packed his things angrily.Before I could react, he walked out the door carrying big boxes and bags. "What are you doing? Are you really angry?" I chased him out.He pushed the door out: "I'm serious, our friendship is over!" "In the middle of the night, and it's snowing again, where are you going?" I panicked, but Daniel smiled and said he would not take back my words, so he went to stay in a hotel. "If I don't take it back, don't you go either." I remembered the official diplomatic principles, "Seek common ground while reserving differences." He shook his head: "No, you have to say—Bush is an idiot." "No." "You have to." (You have to say.) "No way, Jose!" (No way!) We were in a stalemate in the aisle, and the cold wind outside the window was blowing in with snowflakes. I shrank my neck and shivered a few times, and Daniel was also shivering, but his face was stubborn.Li Xiang came over to make a rescue: "Forget it, buddy, how can you fight blindly for an irrelevant person?" Daniel and I laughed so hard our teeth were chattering, we just didn't give in.Li Xiang advised me: "Forget it, brother. People travel thousands of miles to see you. It's just a matter of heart. You should follow this buddy. How can there be such an internationalist who wants foreigners to call his president an idiot?" Huh? How persistent! Besides, Bush Jr. is too aggressive and would get into a fight every now and then. He is indeed not a good bird." In fact, let alone scolding Bush Jr. for being an idiot in private, just let me go to "Hee Hee TV", and I can damn well scold him.At this moment, I think that if this stalemate continues, it will definitely freeze into a popsicle.Look at Daniel's sad look again, like a panda whose virginity has been deprived of his virginity by artificial insemination.All the brat wanted was one step, so he went downhill and said with a smile: "Okay, I now declare that the President of the United States of America is a stupid idiot plus Wanker (masturbator), Masturbator (masturbator), Pervert (sexual perversion)." "That's great." Daniel was overjoyed and gave me a high five. "But let me correct you, not all the presidents of the United States, but the current president is an idiot, an ass, a masturbator and a sexual pervert." A tense international dispute unexpectedly disappeared. It was the first international dispute since about 1840 that the Chinese side won outright.Everyone is happy to return to the house.Li Xiang sighed: "This American buddy really has a personality!" Daniel surfed the Internet for a while without the drowsiness caused by jet lag, and even dragged me and Li Xiang to Sanlitun for a drink.While drinking, he apologized to me for my impulsiveness just now, and I also apologized for my rudeness, saying that looking back at this debate ten years later, it might be more convincing. He pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe, God only knows." Soon after Bush visited China, I jokingly asked Daniel, your president is visiting China, will you go to meet him?Delicious and delicious.Daniel was categorical: "First of all, I clarify that he is not my president, and I did not vote for him; second, I will not welcome him; finally, if I see him, I will drink his wine and kick him ass." Another Spring Festival without going back to my hometown.My mother asked me about Xiaoyu and I had to confess - things were changing.The family was shocked, for fear that I would fail the little girl.I take responsibility for everything.My mother was in a hurry: "Admit your mistakes quickly, Xiaoyu has such a good personality, say a few nice words to coax her, she is so much younger than you." "Am I going to cheat on the marriage?" I said.My mother didn't understand, so I explained the current popular "crime of failure", and my mother blamed: "It's all your own fault. It took so long, and there are so many dreams!" "You still want your son to cheat the marriage." I laughed, "Could you coax him forever?" "That's true." My mother sighed for a while, and asked about Xiao Yu's situation. "It is estimated that there is a newcomer—the one who has not committed the 'crime of failure' or has been released after serving her sentence. I bless her, she is also very difficult, and none of the three families belong to her." I said indifferently, faintly in my heart ground pain. "Then what do you do?" My mother was worried. "What should I do? What else can I do? I have to fight against the 'crime of failure' and be released as soon as possible after serving my sentence." I said with a smile. My mother was very disappointed: "A few good friends sent all the gift money, and I can't even explain it to others." "Keep it on the account, and pay back the gift later." I sighed, and my mother was so worried that I couldn't think about it.I said cheerfully, "Don't worry, old fried dough stick. I'm doing well now. I'll come back and apply for a passport when this book comes out. I'm going to the United States." "Are you going to the United States?" My mother's tone seemed to go back to eight years ago. I explained that Daniel's father and I have a project to live in his house, so we can't mix up a U.S. household registration.My mother was happy for a while, and then nagged about my life-long event. I dealt with it hastily and hung up the phone. When the Simon family came to China again at the turn of spring and summer, Simon's book had already been published.The book is beautifully done, and the Simons are full of praise and can't put it down.After playing in Beijing for a few days, we went to the south according to the scheduled route.After looking at a bunch of reinforced concrete and shop windows in Shanghai, I went to Zhouzhuang in southern Jiangsu, visited Suzhou and Hangzhou nearby, flew to Kunming, then went to Dali Baita Erhai Lake, Xanadu Lijiang Ancient City and Shangri-La, returned to Guilin, Guangxi, and went boating on the Lijiang River in Yangshuo. Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the entire trip lasted 14 days, and finally the Simons went to Hong Kong and returned to China from there. We got along very well along the way. Mr. Simon has a wide range of knowledge. He is always the champion every time he plays the knowledge-based board games they bring. I love to give him nicknames and gave him the hat of "Mr. Encyclopedia of American Culture". Don't let me laugh at you.We often talk about cooperation projects along the way, and write down good ideas when we have them. A couple of things were quite unsightly. One is the professional beggars who often appear along the way.Mrs. Simon gave it back at first, but later she was so disturbed that she hid when she saw it. In Guangzhou, her arm was scratched by a nail or some kind of secret weapon.Blood flowed, and Daniel and his brother clung to the toddler, dissuaded by Simon.I advised them to go to the hospital. Fortunately, they brought their own first aid kits, and it didn't hurt much. The second is being fooled by tour guides and monks in Yunnan.In a famous monastery, a fat monk with a big brain and intestines smiled and invited us to go to the main hall to offer incense. He repeatedly promised to only charge five yuan for mosquito coils, as long as he has a heart.After offering incense, an old monk with a cockroach head and mouse brain invited us to sit down and took out a "merit book".I saw that my head was getting big. In the thick list, there is no donation less than 500, the highest is more than 500,000, and a few are hundreds of thousands. The name, address and position are very clear. I didn't want to donate, and the Simon family felt that these religious workers were dishonest.The old monk's face changed suddenly, and the young monks next to him also put on a tiger face and repeatedly advised him to accumulate virtue.At that moment, the hall was gloomy, as if his neck was resting on a chilly knife rest.Hurry up and get out. Fortunately, Daniel, who is in charge of expenses, slipped out early, and the Simons opened their empty pockets to show them.I also took out my wallet, opened it for them to check, and took out one of the only two hundred-yuan bills, signed Gaddafi, and the Buddha escaped danger. The flower monk outside the door continues to lure tourists.Mrs. Simon insisted on reminding everyone, and I only hinted a few words to the tourists. The monks squirmed with angry eyes, red faces, thick necks, closed mouths, and claws, just like monks concentrating on luck. The family left angrily. Before breaking up at Luohu Port in Shenzhen, the Simons invited me to America again. "Hope to see you before Halloween," Simon said.Mrs. Simon added, so that you can spend Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Chinese New Year in the United States - and Easter. It sounds wonderful.I pointed to the heavily guarded customs clearance gate of the Joint Inspection Building and said, "Your country is like this gate. It is easy to get out, but difficult to get in." "It doesn't matter, we will send you an invitation letter as soon as we return to China." Mrs. Simon said, "You are not only a friend of our family, but also a project partner of Simon, so there is no reason not to send it to you." "My dad is a celebrity!" Daniel's younger brother interjected, and Daniel also said, "I will stay in Beijing to help you apply for a visa. If I don't issue a visa for you, I will kick the visa officer's ass." Daniel went to Hong Kong to extend his visa, and I took the train back to my hometown to visit relatives and get a passport. I lived almost half my life before I saw the beauty of the passport. Daniel, like me, was confused about US visas.I searched online, and for the sake of insurance, I chose the two most suitable visas for personal visits to friends and business visas.The appointment went well, and we will talk about it in a week.Pay fees, prepare documents, and most importantly, property status.I haven't asked about the stock account for more than two years. I will ask Li Xiang to report when he comes back. "I'm finally going to take a look." Li Xiang secretly said to me while typing on the keyboard, "Brother, is your heart okay?" I had already heard that the stock market has turned into a big bull, which was probably good news, so I smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've already been a zombie in the stock market." "Then brother, I will let your soul possess you—resurrection!" Li Xiang was triumphant.The pages opened gradually, and at the moment when the last page was displayed, Li Xiang hummed the symphony of fate "dang dang dang dang".More than 980,000!I'm all dazed, but it's my money! "You kid is really good!" I put my arm around Li Xiang's shoulder and shook it. "Don't get excited, brother, you sit down and have been working for you for two years, so it's time to settle the accounts." Li Xiang called up the records of capital inflow and outflow and stock transaction records, and explained them one by one, "Your book situation when I took over Yes: Net worth 1775400. Right?" "Yes. Accurate to a thousand." "Later you entered two more funds, which are——, wait a moment." Li Xiang manipulated the computer skillfully, "One was 56,000, which was made in the summer of the year before last, and you entered another 40,000 at the end of last year." Eight, is there a problem?" "no problem." Li Xiang added: "Before you put in the first capital, your net assets have risen to more than 213,000. In other words, I have reduced your losses by more than 50,000; when you make the second capital Before now, the book capital has risen to more than 470,000 yuan—look at this, since then, the whole line has turned around, with a slight surplus, and a profit of more than 20,000 yuan. But if I take over, the loss plus profit—in other words, the total The appreciation is more than 310,000. Let's calculate in three steps..." "Okay, don't put it another way." I interrupted him, "I'm going to faint before the first step, so just tell me how much I should pay you." "Thank you brother for trusting me so much." Li Xiang pointed to the total assets figure, his voice weak, "It's only two or three thousand less than this mantissa." "Don't say anything, my brother keeps his word, and the few thousand will be added to you. I will give you 80,000——no, I will give you 90,000. I told you there will be a bonus." "What a stroke of luck!" Li Xiang rubbed his hands happily, "When will it be cashed out? The Prime Minister has already said that migrant workers' wages cannot be owed." I said to throw away all the stocks tomorrow, and cash them out the day after tomorrow, and give me a fund statement, I am useful.Li Xiang was shocked and said that the current market is just right, so let's keep it.I waved my hands again and again: "You are not greedy enough to swallow the elephant, you? Brother, I stepped on a piece of shit more than ten years ago, and now it stinks! Be content." "I'm really afraid of being bitten by a snake for ten years!" Li Xiang said. Structural obstacles, bad intentions, misappropriation of money." Want to see how this kid operates, open the historical transaction records, if you don't know it, you will be shocked.Nearly 40,000 shares of "Changhong" with an average price of about 11 yuan rebounded from the bottom of 3 yuan to 4 yuan, and he resolutely cut off all of them.Facts have proved that he is decisive and brave, and the densely packed pages that follow are dazzling. In just over two years, Li Xiang manipulated hundreds of stocks. For each stock, he stayed for a week or two for a long time, and for a couple of weeks for a short period of time. sky.Calculated on working days, the average change of a ticket is less than five days, and it is rare to miss.He also operated two warrant transactions at great risk, earning 200,000 yuan a week, and he was terrified to see it.Now there is only "Guangji Pharmaceutical" on hand, and it has been covered for three weeks. I bought it at the "floor price" of 2.8 yuan, and the current price is 4.6 yuan. The next day, the stock price limit was raised as soon as the market opened. Li Xiang strongly suggested to wait.Li Xiang struggled to no avail, so he had to cry and sell.But these two daily limit orders were just the rocket launch. The next day, "Guangji Pharmaceutical" once again rose by the limit.Theoretically speaking, nearly ten million huge sums of money passed me by! ——This is all a shitty story.I gave Li Xiang 130,000, and he returned 10,000.He modestly said that this is a big bull market, all fools make money, and he also has an element of luck. After getting the money, Li Xiang invited Daniel and I to the "Little Prince's Mansion" on Guanghua Road to have a delicious meal, and then went to the bar for a night of carnival.For the rest of the day, I often open my online bank to look at this sum of money, plus various royalties, manuscript fees, translation fees, wireless value-added works sharing, and the script fee paid by Connie and a gift from Xu Dakuan. Event planning fees, converted into yen, lira, peso, Thai baht, Vietnamese dong, etc., are tens of millions or even billionaires! Thinking about how to spend this "huge sum of money", the reflexive idea was to buy a house. I asked Xueer to send me the information. After studying it for a few days, I felt more and more wrong. It has been less than sixty-seven years since I handed over the house) tormenting me like a nightmare.After thinking about it, it suddenly dawned on me, why buy a house?It's a trap!As soon as I bought a house, I became a foolish old man. Not only did I ruin myself, but my children and grandchildren also took advantage of it.Fatty Niu still has a vision.I decided to "put it aside". The interview was scheduled at 7:30 in the morning, and the embassy reminded me to arrive half an hour earlier.Before going out, Daniel said in a daze that he would call immediately if there was any accident.When he went out, Lao Hong was already watching downstairs. When he heard that he was going to the US embassy, ​​he was a little surprised: "Are you leaving now?" "Big joke around, I, Hu Hanshan, will come back." I laughed, and Lao Hong said why he came back, because he wouldn't come back if he changed. The visa office of the US embassy behind Xiushui Street is a few stops away. I have passed by it countless times, but I have never entered it.It can be seen from a distance that even before the sun comes out, this place has fallen into the vast ocean of the Chinese people.I bumped into the crowded crowd, and from time to time, intermediaries who applied for visas and air tickets for studying abroad and immigration would stuff materials into my arms without any explanation.There is a restaurant here, it's just right to have breakfast, and it's really expensive. After strict security check, enter the visa hall.There was not even a single seat, and hundreds of people lined up under the yelling of the security guards, moving little by little.Submit the materials, verify your identity, leave your fingerprints, give each person a sign of a different color, and queue up again.In my FBI sweatshirt, shorts, and loafers, I didn't fit in with the five or six of the good-natured people around me.People whispered, some complained about being rejected N times, some prayed that it would not fall into the hands of the Asian visa officer with a bad attitude.Standing with legs sore and dizzy, the visa officer's window finally opened, there was a burst of noise, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.The air conditioner was on, and it was still very hot, and a few guys in well-fitting suits were sweating profusely. Some people were happy and some were worried. A girl who had been rejected five times cried loudly in public and was escorted out by security guards.People are getting more nervous.Only then did I find out that my type of visa was actually the most difficult. Those compatriots who disappeared as soon as they got off the plane had already ruined their reputation.When it came to me, I pretended to submit the materials calmly.The visa officer was an elegant, not-too-dark black beauty, with exquisite silhouette, curly hair, and a mouthful of white teeth like pomegranate grains, which was truly charming.Saying good morning to each other, she glanced at the FBI T-shirt and smiled knowingly. She obviously knew Daniel's father, and my materials were relatively solid, so she dismissed me in a few words.Walking out with a smile on his face, his eyes are full of scenery.Some sad-eyed people came up to inquire about the situation, and I took the trouble to sell my traitor with a pleasant face. Back at "home" Charles was still sound asleep, I hugged his shoulders and shook him violently, he was annoyed: "Are you crazy, did you become Gay?" I laughed and said, "If I were gay, you would have lost your virginity." Daniel was amused, rubbed his eyes and muttered that there must be good news.I showed him the little blue note, and he jumped up and said, "That's great, let's celebrate." It happened to be Friday, so we called Li Xiang, and first went to the Brazilian barbecue restaurant opened by the famous Swedish table tennis player Waldner on Sanlitun South Street, had a dinner with red wine, and then went to the famous one-night stand not far away. Sexual Essence" bar swung around.It was still early, and there were only a few men hanging out there.Turned to the "Tang Club" next to the Workers' Stadium, played a "killing game" with a few strangers, and finally turned back to "the true nature of sex". up. After I got the visa, I found out that the visa officer extravagantly gave me multiple round-trip visas for one year!The previous thought was three months and thank goodness.Li Xiang asked me if the house could be given over to a "little couple" friend who bought an off-plan house and just wanted to spend a little while after I left.