I'm back in 1990

Chapter 92: Exposed

After completing their purchases, the group met up with others at the market entrance. They spent less than an hour in the market.

After the group met, they discovered that Hao Zhi was the most relaxed; his few stamps could fit into a small bag.

Unlike others who were carrying a small bag or a whole box of Japanese postcards.

After the group reunited, they joked and played around for a while, proudly displaying their day's achievements.

After finishing their shopping and returning to their dormitory, everyone registered the stamps according to Wu Duo's suggestion.

Then Wu Duo suggested, "Xiao Chuan has a bicycle, so we'll ask you to go to the stamp market from time to time and bring back a daily market report. I'll create a data model to give everyone a more intuitive understanding of stamp price fluctuations."

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan exclaimed, "Why not? Absolutely!" He had originally planned to exchange all the remaining money for stamps anyway, and he was sure he would be spending a lot of time at the stamp market.

So Huang Xiaochuan readily agreed: "No problem, this is definitely my job!"

Today, all the students in dormitory 222 went out to buy stamps, and they were all quite excited when they came back.

Hao Zhidu, in particular, mocked everyone else when they saw them carrying large and small bags back home.

"You guys! I'm speechless! Even if the price of those cheap items you bought goes up, how much? Look at the high-quality sets I bought."

As he spoke, he took out the stamps he had bought to show off.

Huang Xiaochuan smiled but didn't say anything. To be honest, the stamps Hao Zhidu selected were indeed good; they were all top-quality JT stamps.

However, the price increase of his stamps was not comparable to that of stamps and philatelic items bought by others.

The price of Journey to the West reached a peak of 130 yuan in 1991. Dream of the Red Chamber fared somewhat worse, as its later release meant fewer people were interested, resulting in a peak price of only 51 yuan. The Rooster zodiac was better, and the Monkey King also saw a significant increase in value, reaching a peak of 33 yuan in 1991.

With the same amount of 200 yuan, Chen Zhe's highest earnings could reach 8,160 yuan.

Huang Xiaochuan calculated for Hao Zhidu that his maximum earnings would be about 2,140 yuan, which means his maximum earnings would be about a quarter of Chen Zhe's.

If he hadn't sold the stamps at the peak, his final profit might have been even less.

Just like the stock market, although the overall market is rising, individual stocks are different. Some stocks have high returns, some have low returns, and some stocks may even fall sharply.

Huang Xiaochuan could already foresee that among the several people in the dormitory, Hao Zhidu would be the one who would benefit the least in the future, even though Zhang Gaolei would benefit more than him.

There's nothing I can do; I've already given him advice. Whether he listens or not is up to him.

When Zhang Gaolei heard Hao Zhidu say that, he started to laugh at himself.

"People from small towns like to buy big things because they want a good deal."

Ding Yi chimed in, "You can't say that. Even though I'm from a big city, I still like big things. Old Zhang is right, big things are more practical."

"Alright, alright, everyone can buy whatever stamps they want. What you like might not be what others like. To each their own!" Wu Duo said, trying to smooth things over.

Huang Xiaochuan then spoke up.

"Exactly, people can buy these things however they want. It's everyone's choice. We don't need to start comparing ourselves now. We'll see who comes out on top after we sell these stamps in a few months."

"The class monitor is right, Xiao Chuan is right. Let's wait a few months and see. Then we'll let the results speak for themselves," Ding Yi agreed with Wu Duo and Huang Xiao Chuan.

Hao Zhidu shut up after being told off, but he was secretly determined to compete with them, thinking that his share of the profits would definitely be higher than theirs.

On Saturday afternoon, Huang Xiaochuan received a page from Ge Changli. Since he had just finished class, he quickly called back.

The call didn't have anything important to say; it was just to ask if Huang Xiaochuan was going to the stamp market tomorrow. If he was, they could meet up and chat, since they hadn't seen each other for a while.

Huang Xiaochuan arranged to meet him at the Lu Gong Post Office tomorrow afternoon, and they could have dinner together that evening.

After the two finished speaking, Huang Xiaochuan hung up the phone.

Back in his dorm, Ding Yi was packing his things. He was going home tonight and would take the dirty clothes he had changed out of this week with him.

The others were busy with their own things, and they were all used to Ding Yi's behavior.

Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan was the last to return to the dormitory, Wu Duo asked him, "You left earliest after class, why are you only coming back now?"

Huang Xiaochuan casually tossed his handbag onto his bed.

"I called a friend and we arranged to meet tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Ding stopped packing and moved closer to Huang Xiaochuan, asking, "Girlfriend, right? What does she look like? Bring her to meet us!"

Huang Xiaochuan pushed him away with a look of disgust: "Go away, go home. What does it matter to you what my girlfriend looks like?"

While Huang Xiaochuan wasn't paying attention, Ding Yi gave the others a wink. Zhang Gaolei and Hao Zhi understood and quietly walked over to Huang Xiaochuan. Then, the three of them together pushed Huang Xiaochuan onto Chen Zhe's bed.

Chen Zhe was at a loss, not knowing which side to help, and ended up being pushed to the door by the group.

Huang Xiaochuan struggled desperately to break free from the three men's control, and Chen Zhe's bed was completely wrecked.

After struggling for a while without success, Huang Xiaochuan started cursing: "You three old sly devils, trying to ambush me. Don't let me catch you later, or I'll beat the shit out of you."

While pressing down on the struggling Huang Xiaochuan, Ding Yi kept calling out to Wu Duo, "Old Wu, quickly check if there are any photos in this kid's bag."

Wu Duo immediately ran to the group and, standing on tiptoe, retrieved the bag from Huang Xiaochuan's bed.

He opened it and was dumbfounded! He recognized the thing inside, but it was the first time he had ever seen something so expensive in person, and he didn't dare to take it.

At this moment, Ding Yi kept urging Wu Duo: "Old Wu, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and find the photos! This kid is too strong, we can't hold him down."

Wu Duo saw a mobile phone in the bag. He knew how expensive these things were, but he didn't expect that one of his classmates would bring one to school.

After standing there dumbfounded for a while, Wu Duo quickly pulled the people off Huang Xiaochuan.

"Stop it, stop it!"

"Hey! Old Wu, who are you on? Didn't we agree on this?" Ding Yi said, clearly dissatisfied.

At this moment, Huang Xiaochuan had broken free of his restraints, stood up, took the bag, and was still cursing under his breath.

"Damn it, which of you just grabbed my crotch? That's so damn sneaky."

Wu Duo quickly apologized: "I'm so sorry, Xiao Chuan! We just wanted to see a picture of your girlfriend, we didn't mean anything by it."

The three men, led by Ding Yi, were completely baffled as to why Wu Duo had turned against them.

When Wu Duo saw the mobile phone, he realized it was extremely valuable. If the bag only contained photos or something, that would be one thing; it's normal for classmates to joke around.

Who knew this kid had this thing hidden in his bag? What if he broke it? Huang Xiaochuan is really good at hiding things!

Seeing Wu Duo apologizing to Huang Xiaochuan, Ding asked, "Xiaochuan, what's in your bag? It scared Lao Wu like that!"

Huang Xiaochuan knew that his big brother had been discovered, so he stopped pretending and laid his cards on the table!

He opened his bag, took out the mobile phone, and slammed it on the table.

When this thing was pulled out, those who recognized it were startled, while those who didn't looked at it with curiosity.

Zhang Gaolei immediately tried to handle it, asking, "What is this thing?"

Ding Yi grabbed him, saying, "Don't touch it! If you break this thing, I couldn't afford to pay for it even if I sold myself!"

Upon hearing Ding Yi's words, Zhang Gaolei was so frightened that he quickly withdrew his outstretched hand.

Zhang Gaolei turned around and asked Ding Yi, "Old Ding, what's this?"

"Mobile phones, one of these costs twenty or thirty thousand."

Upon hearing this, the others couldn't help but look at Huang Xiaochuan, wondering why this thing cost twenty or thirty thousand.

Who is this kid?

Hao Zhidu was dumbfounded. It turned out that the other person was really rich. He had been trying to compete with the other person, but now it seemed that he was just a joke.