I'm back in 1990

Chapter 90: The Stamp Speculation Team

The next day, July 11th.

Huang Xiaochuan ran outside as soon as get out of class ended, making the other students in class 222 think that something was wrong.

Wu Duo asked the others, "Did Huang Xiaochuan go to meet someone?"

Zhang Gaolei frowned and shook his head in confusion: "Doesn't seem like it? He should at least have had dinner with his partner before coming back, right? But I saw him eating in the cafeteria yesterday?"

Hao Zhidu channeled his Sherlock Holmes instincts and began investigating: "This kid came back yesterday smelling strongly of sweat. Did he go on a date? Or maybe he was carrying heavy loads somewhere?"

"No way! He's perfectly clean; he doesn't look like he's going to do heavy labor!"

"Let's ask him when he gets back and see what's going on," Ding Yi suggested.

"What if he refuses to tell us?" Wu Duo didn't think much of Ding Yi's idea.

After yesterday's ordeal, Huang Xiaochuan's goal today is to collect early JT tickets, and incidentally, some JP films.

In the early days, when buying full sheets of JT stamps, it was important to select varieties that were issued in small quantities and were also popular.

For example: martial arts, acrobatics, Qi Baishi's paintings, Journey to the West, Xu Beihong's horses, and Peking Opera masks!

These stamps are all high-quality stamps favored by philatelists, and will remain the top choice for collectors for the next two or three decades.

Huang Xiaochuan considers the current market price of these stamps to be like cabbage—too cheap.

Except for the Qi Baishi ticket set, which is priced at over 10 yuan, all the others are priced at less than 10 yuan.

These stamps will easily appreciate in value in the future, making them high-quality sets worth one or two hundred dollars. Now is the perfect time to buy them.

However, Huang Xiaochuan controlled the number of stamps he bought each day, firstly to avoid attracting attention, and secondly because he really couldn't take many at once.

I bought a sheet of Qi Baishi paintings today. A sheet contains fifty stamps, but this set of stamps is a set of sixteen.

In other words, a complete set of fifty sets of stamps is sixteen sheets.

Huang Xiaochuan bought it for 11 yuan a set, which means a complete set of Qi Baishi paintings costs 550 yuan.

Today Huang Xiaochuan brought 20 full sheets, totaling 320 sheets and 1000 sets of stamps, another thick bag.

However, it's much better than 36 kilograms of Japanese porn.

After putting the stamps back in the rented room, Huang Xiaochuan went back to school.

When Huang Xiaochuan returned to the dormitory, he arrived just in time. After finding his food bowl, he also took the thermos.

After dinner, I went to the water dispenser to get a bottle of hot water. I've been sweating a lot all day, so I need to drink plenty of water.

My roommates aren't here; they must have all gone to the cafeteria. I'd better hurry up and head over so we can get together for a meal and chat later.

Sure enough, when I arrived at the cafeteria, I saw several people sitting around a table making noodles. It seemed that the cafeteria was serving noodles tonight.

Then stop talking nonsense, line up, hand over your food coupons, get a bowl of noodles, and some seasonings.

Huang Xiaochuan carried a basin in one hand and a thermos in the other to meet up with his roommates.

Before we even sat down, Ding Yi spoke up: "Didn't you have dinner with your girlfriend?"

Huang Xiaochuan didn't understand the hidden meaning in Ding Yi's words and casually replied, "I wasn't with her today, so why would I eat?"

Upon hearing this, the group thought, "Oh, so he didn't go looking for a girlfriend? Then what did he go do? We must question him thoroughly."

Just as Huang Xiaochuan was about to have a bite of noodles, Wu Duo took his rice bowl away.

"Hey, hey, hey! What do you mean by this, class monitor? If you want some, just go get some yourself, why are you taking mine?"

Wu Duo pressed down on the rice bowl and asked, "I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer correctly, you'll get to eat. If you dare to hide anything, you won't get to eat tonight."

Apart from Chen Zhe, the others echoed his sentiments.

"Yes, tell the truth."

"Confess and you will be treated leniently; resist and you will be treated severely."

"It's no big deal! Just explain it clearly!"

Huang Xiaochuan was completely bewildered: "What do you mean?"

"These past two days you've been sneaking around after class, and you just said you weren't going to meet your girlfriend. So what were you doing? Are you two-timing me?" Wu Duo asked first.

Upon hearing that it was because of this, Huang Xiaochuan snatched the rice bowl back and began to eat large mouthfuls of noodles on his own.

I cycled back and forth for more than an hour, and then carried a large bag of printed materials up to the fifth floor.

Click to begin your wonderful journey in "1990, I'm Back".

The little food I ate at noon has long been used up, and I'm really hungry right now, so I made a whole bowl of noodles tonight, using half a jin of grain coupons.

The cafeteria lady looked at Huang Xiaochuan like he was a pig. Half a pound of noodles? He can really eat.

Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan was only focused on eating and not saying anything, Ding tapped Huang Xiaochuan's rice bowl with his chopsticks: "Hey, hey, hey! Say something!"

Huang Xiaochuan looked up, noodles still in his mouth, and after slurping them down, replied, "What? What the hell? Can't I go out for a walk?"

"Do you think anyone will believe what you're saying? Look at us, how many of us believe you?"

Sure enough, Huang Xiaochuan looked around and even Chen Zhe avoided his gaze when they met. It seemed that he really thought that he had gone out to cheat on Chen Zhe.

"I can't take the blame for this," Huang Xiaochuan thought, his eyes darting around before he suddenly had an idea.

This is a good opportunity to test the character of my roommates. Those with good character can become my help in the future. Those with bad character will just have to maintain a superficial relationship. Of course, I can't reveal my true skill level; I'll just play a few games with them.

However, the cafeteria was crowded and noisy, and Huang Xiaochuan didn't want to discuss things with his roommates there.

"How about I tell you when I get back to the dorm after I finish eating? I also have something I want to discuss with you."

Upon hearing this, the group decided to let Huang Xiaochuan go for the time being.

After dinner, the group returned to their dormitory. Once everyone was seated, Huang Xiaochuan held a small meeting with them.

"To be honest, I went to the stamp market these past two days. I used to be a stamp collector, so I often go to the stamp market whenever I come to Shanghai."

"I accidentally discovered something: there are more and more people in the stamp market, and the transaction volume is also very large. Some stamps have seen significant price increases."

"What does this mean?" Huang Xiaochuan deliberately kept everyone in suspense.

"Someone is optimistic about this market and wants to speculate!" Ding Yi bluntly revealed the reason.

Huang Xiaochuan snapped his fingers: "Bingo! Old Ding answered correctly!"

Huang Xiaochuan continued to analyze the reasons for the group.

"Since 88, when some people started trading treasury bonds, many people have made a fortune by taking advantage of information asymmetry. Once these people have money, they certainly won't be content with the status quo; simply depositing money in a bank and earning interest is far from satisfying their appetites."

"Besides, bank interest rates have been continuously declining since the beginning of this year, a far cry from the nearly 50% profit they made from reselling treasury bonds. Why would they possibly deposit their money in a bank? What do you think they would do with the money they earned?"

Wu Duo suddenly realized and said, "Stocks?"

Zhang Gaolei finally realized: "Stocks!"

Hao Zhidu was still looking around, unable to make up his mind.

Chen Zhe remarked, "The stamp market is also a good speculative target."

Huang Xiaochuan chuckled: "Not bad! You haven't wasted your economics studies! But the stock market doesn't have that much capacity right now, and it's only traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, not nationwide. So, Chen Zhe and I agree that it's most likely the stamp market, because it's easy to enter; anyone can get in. And it's a huge market. Just think about how many stamp collectors there are across the country. What will happen when people discover that stamp collecting can make money?"

"Since some people are optimistic about this market, it will definitely be their stage to make their moves in the near future. I've seen that too, and I'm planning to buy some stamps and stuff to test the waters and see how much they can rise in price over time. It's also a way of putting what I've learned into practice, like an internship project. Any of you guys interested in joining in?"

Huang Xiaochuan also mentioned the risks in advance: "However, let me be clear from the start, investment involves risks, and you need to be cautious when entering the market. I can't guarantee that you will definitely make money."

Ding Yi was the most enthusiastic; he immediately stood with Huang Xiaochuan: "Count me in! I'll give it a try too, even if I lose all my New Year's money!"

Wu Duo hesitated for a moment, but quickly made up his mind: "Let's do it! I'll give it a try. At worst, I'll eat steamed buns and pickled vegetables for two months."

Seeing that three people were already willing to try, the other three also joined in.

Seeing that everyone had reached an agreement, Huang Xiaochuan made a three-point agreement with the group.

"Let's be upfront: if you lose money or don't make enough, don't blame this or that. I can give you some suggestions on what kind of stamps to choose, but you can also choose freely."

"The difference is that I guarantee the principal for the advice I provide. You make your own choices and bear the profits and losses yourself."

The group unanimously agreed with Huang Xiaochuan's opinion, given that Huang Xiaochuan possessed far more philatelic knowledge than any of the others.