Chapter 31 Money Is Easy to Talk About

At 4:30 in the afternoon, Li Changheng and Annie got off the bus at a huge market that basically only served tourists, put on baseball caps, and held hands to blend in with the busy crowd of tourists.

Annie was dazzled by all kinds of small commodities, without knowing it, she turned a few corners casually, and easily dumped Bradley and Owen.

Afterwards, he took Annie into a small lady's shoe shop that could see the entrance of the market.

But as soon as he entered the store, Li Changheng was shocked that many styles of women's shoes at this time were no different from those of later generations.

It took him a long time to realize that, apart from really introducing new fashion clothes, the fashion industry seems to like retro.

Every few years, someone will take out things from more than ten or decades ago, innovate a little, and take the opportunity to harvest a wave of women's money.

According to his vision of future generations, he picked out several pairs of sandals with low heels for Annie to try. Unexpectedly, this chick was very satisfied with his vision.

I picked out a pair of sandals and put them on directly. I threw away the old shoes and wanted to leave without even paying.

Li Changheng felt that he couldn't afford a princess girlfriend without a thick wallet, so he hurriedly grabbed Annie's hand, "Wait, Anya, I haven't paid yet."

"Pay?" Annie was taken aback for a moment, and then her face flushed slightly. She always buys things in luxury stores, and she can choose from truckloads of goods delivered to her door, so she doesn't have to think about payment at all.

But now when she heard about the payment, Anne immediately excitedly shouted, "Henry, me, can I lend you some money? I want to pay by myself."

She took out ten 5,000-lire banknotes, and Annie took them happily, but then asked hesitantly, "50,000? Is it too much? I'm worried that I won't pay it."

"What?" A big question mark floated in Li Changheng's heart, and then he understood with a smile, "Okay, you don't have to pay it back, and fifty thousand lire is about 75 US dollars, divided by 4 equals 18.75 pounds."

"Just under £19?"

Annie looked at the lira banknotes in her hand with some surprise, then her attitude became casual, and she handed a five thousand lire banknote to the shop owner, and took Li Changheng's hand with a smile, wanting to leave.

"Get change", gave Annie a blank look, and took back 4,300 lire, before Li Changheng walked out of the shoe store with Annie who looked so cheap.

The U.S. dollar and British pound are really valuable these days. When I was in Brazil, I heard that an ounce of gold was only 35 U.S. dollars, and as long as you have U.S. dollars, you can exchange as much gold as you want.

However, as the Vietnam War plunged the Americans into a quagmire, many countries and investors began to distrust the U.S. dollar and began to exchange for gold in large quantities, so that the Americans themselves did not dare to peg the U.S. dollar to gold.

After that, gold skyrocketed, and by 1980 it had risen 23 times.

Li Changheng was stunned when he thought of this, but he quickly realized that buying gold futures with a three-year term or a five-year term can indeed make money.

But if you buy a three-month or half-year term, and there is a random big drop in the middle, you can eat up all the funds in the market.

Shaking my head, if I have the money to buy long-term, it is better to make typewriters, or even airport security equipment. In a few years, I will definitely earn more money than gold.

Pulling Annie out of the shoe store, he saw the outstandingly tall Bradley from a distance, and then he found Owen and the three Italians following them.

"Anja, let's go have a cup of coffee, I'm a little thirsty".

Having mentioned this, Annie herself felt a little thirsty, so she nodded and followed Li Changheng into a cafe.

After ordering drinks, I wanted to pee, but before I could open my mouth, I heard the radio in the cafe broadcasting,

"Because of the sudden illness of Princess Anne, who came to Rome for a visit, the reception ball for business people originally scheduled to be held tonight had to be postponed, specifically,".

Annie's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she peeked at Li Changheng guilty, but seeing her sweetheart's expression of listening carefully, she panicked.

Holding Li Changheng's hand, he said eagerly, "Honey, I'm a little hungry, can you go and buy me some almond cookies that I ate at noon?"

Li Changheng, who was looking for an opportunity to leave for a while, nodded with a smile, then looked at Annie teasingly and said, "Honey?"

Annie's face turned red in a few seconds, she grabbed Li Changheng's hand and shook it a few times, and said coquettishly for the first time, "I want to eat almond cookies."

"OK, OK", Li Changheng nodded, "Then you wait for me here, don't wander around, understand?"

"En." Annie nodded, watched Li Changheng walk out of the cafe, and continued to listen to the news on the radio with a sigh of relief.

When I found out that I had no other emergencies other than being sick, I couldn't help but feel happy. At least I don't have to rush back to the embassy castle today.

But when he thought about his trip to Rome this time, he secretly became annoyed.

The purpose of this trip is that she, the princess, is responsible for bringing the relationship between countries closer on the surface, but in private, there will be special personnel to discuss investment with companies and businessmen from various countries.

Thinking of the fact that there are still millions of people living below the poverty line in England, Anne feels a little blocked, but she doesn't know that this number will soar to one-third of the population in the future.

Since she came here with a purpose, if the effect is not good, Annie will have to go back to the closed girls' school for the next two years until she goes to university.

Maybe, I have to find a chance to let Henry know his identity and let him go to London to find him?

But he was honest about his identity, and he was worried that Henry would be angry.

When he was at his wit's end, he suddenly saw a half-length photo of himself wearing a crown on a newspaper in the hands of a customer in the cafe.

"God", Annie's heart accelerated violently in fright. Fortunately, Henry was sent out just now, otherwise he would have been ruined by now.

Pull down the baseball cap on your head, lower your head, and hold the coffee cup. You don't know whether to leave the cafe now, or take the risk and wait, maybe the customer will leave in a while.

After thinking about it, Annie changed her seat, hid behind the wooden partition of the cafe, and kept paying attention to the door of the cafe through the carved gaps in the wooden partition.

In case Henry comes back early, stand up and pull him away.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the customers on the side seats finally left, but now Annie wondered why Li Changheng didn't come back after so long.

Little did they know, at this time Li Changheng was standing outside the cafe door, behind a pillar.

Before coming out of the cafe, he went to the counter to borrow a pen, and wrote on the envelope in his pocket, 'After getting the miniature camera in the shape of a lighter and the film in the target car,

In a paper bag, delivered to the front desk of Padilla's Cafe, Joe Bradley's line.

Then he took out a 5,000-lire note and handed it to a middle-aged man who was the cashier of the cafe and also the boss.

"Can you buy me ten biscotti?"

5,000 lire, let alone ten yuan, can be bought for a hundred yuan. The cafe owner took the money and agreed, "Of course, of course, sir, I am happy to help you."

After speaking, he recruited a waiter, handed over the money to the other party, and asked him to go to the best pastry shop in the market and buy a macaroon.

Then, under the surprised eyes of the boss, Li Changheng took out another banknote.