Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 805 - 803: A Mix-up (Long - )_2

Chapter 805: Chapter 803: A Mix-up (Long Chapter)_2

They couldn’t possibly leave the money in Russia, and there weren’t any places to spend it either.

At that time, the domestic branch of the Xiao Ying Group came in handy, directly transferring the money to the customers from the domestic branch’s account.

...

After communicating about the release of the bonuses, Han Xiaodan and her mother were escorted back to their room by the staff.

Upon entering the room and closing the door, her mother let out a sigh of relief, still feeling as if it were all a dream.

Of course, Han Xiaodan was not much better off.

"Hey, do you think they might go back on their word and not give us the bonus? I should have had them write a... write an IOU or something earlier," her mother suddenly said.

Han Xiaodan replied, unable to suppress a laugh, "The business they run is so big, how could they possibly go back on such a small amount of money for us? Look at how much this building is worth, not to mention that they are a Group company. Didn’t the leader say so? Just this kind of big hotel, Xiao Ying Group has three of them! And the ones in Petersburg and Crimea are even bigger than this one!"

Reassured by her words, her mother felt a bit embarrassed.

That’s true, she was being a bit petty...

But she couldn’t be blamed, after all, it was a million US dollars, an amount of money she had never seen in her entire life!

In 2003, more than eight million CNY had a very strong purchasing power.

If it were twenty years later, it might not even buy a decent house in the center of a first-tier city.

But back then, houses were still very cheap.

In Yangnan City, where Han Xiaodan lived, there weren’t even many commodity houses, and house prices were ridiculously low.

Two or three hundred thousand could get you a standalone two-story western-style house with a yard!

Even if the yard was large and the small building was well decorated, it would only cost four or five hundred thousand at most.

Of course, even if you went to the capital city of the province or a bigger city to buy a house, it wouldn’t be very expensive.

In the capital city of Zhongyuan Province, the house prices were also just two or three thousand per square meter.

The price difference with the lesser cities wasn’t too wide because the population had not yet started to concentrate in the big cities.

The smaller cities were still lively, with not much population loss.

...

After washing up, the mother and daughter lay in bed, neither able to sleep, staring at the ceiling.

"Xiaodan, what do you think we should do with this money?" her mother suddenly asked.

Han Xiaodan, at her age, didn’t have much concept of money. Her excitement was mainly because she had won a big prize, and she wasn’t too concerned about the exact amount of money she would receive.

But upon her mother’s question, she frowned in thought before replying, "I think... maybe renovate our house?"

The apartment where her family lived was allocated by her father’s unit, a bit over sixty square meters, two bedrooms and one living room, and it was an old-style tube building.

As for the decoration, it was practically non-existent!

However, at that time commodity houses were slowly gaining popularity and there were quite a few advertisements on TV. Seeing the magnificent decorations of others on TV and then looking at her own home’s stark simplicity, it was clear that without a comparison there would be no hurt feelings.

But there was never much money at home, so naturally, they never considered decoration.

Now that they had suddenly become rich, Han Xiaodan couldn’t think of anywhere else to spend money, so she casually suggested this.

Her mother nodded in agreement,

"That’s right. A teacher at our school just bought a new house last year, right by the riverside park in that community, you should know it.

A few days ago, she moved into her new house and invited us colleagues to have a hot pot dinner and take a look at her new place.

Her house is really beautifully decorated and indeed comfortable to live in.

So let’s decorate our home too!

But that won’t cost much, I estimate it will only take a few tens of thousands..."

Their main worry was how to spend the money, and neither could think of a good solution.

It was simply a case of the poor suddenly becoming rich; their frame of mind was just too narrow.

As they chatted, they started talking about Han Xiaodan going to university, and her mother’s eyes suddenly lit up, and she began speaking,

"Eh, that’s right!

Xiaodan, aren’t you going to Peng City University soon? That’s going to be several years.

"I might just end up working over there after graduation, after all, it’s a big city, far better than going back to my hometown."

"Since that’s the case, why don’t we go ahead and buy a big house in Peng City."

"You can live there after you graduate, and when your dad and I retire, we’ll have a place to stay when we visit you.

"Consider this house as a dowry for when you get married!"

Even though Mom didn’t know how much houses cost in Peng City, she believed that eight million would definitely be enough...

With only one daughter in the family, what else was the money for? Sooner or later, it was all going to her anyway.

It was better to just buy the house in advance, so that after her daughter graduated, she wouldn’t have to worry about finding a place to live.

"Really going to buy? Houses in big cities must be expensive, right? I’m just in university, there’s no need to buy a house so soon..." Han Xiaodan hesitated.

"Don’t worry about it! After we get back from our trip, we won’t go home, we’ll fly straight to Peng City! I’ll take you house hunting, and we’ll buy it right away," Mom said spiritedly.

Seeing her mom so insistent, Han Xiaodan didn’t say much more.

...

At this moment, as Han Xiaodan and her mother discussed buying a house in Peng City in their room, they were unaware that on the top floor of the hotel, Wang Ye had just finished receiving a report from the female manager of the gambling center.

"Very good, just get our Chinese subsidiary to convert it to CNY when the time comes, I don’t know if there will be taxes to deduct. If there are, let the subsidiary cover it. By the way, do they have any suspicions?" Wang Ye asked.

"None at all, they were just very... surprised, and of course very happy," the female manager replied respectfully.

Obviously, Han Xiaodan winning the prize was something arranged by Wang Ye.

Otherwise, how could she have such good luck...

This kind of pie-in-the-sky windfall usually wouldn’t fall on her head.

If the gambling center were to rig a winner, they would rather give the big prize to frequent players who are Chinese business owners with a large market presence!

After all, the publicity from one of them winning would be far greater than from a tourist from inside China.

As for the reason Wang Ye arranged for Han Xiaodan to win such a big prize, even he wasn’t clear.

Maybe it was because he couldn’t reveal his identity to Han Xiaodan, yet couldn’t bear to pretend they had never met. Knowing her family was not wealthy, he decided to "compensate" her economically instead.

Wang Ye wasn’t unwilling to spend more money, not to mention a million US dollars, even ten million or a hundred million, he would be willing to give Han Xiaodan!

But giving too much might not be a good thing.

This one million US dollars was a reasonable amount, neither too much nor too little.

With this money, Han Xiaodan’s family’s economic situation would see a significant improvement. Whether they bought a house or put the money in the bank to earn interest, as long as they didn’t squander it, that family of three could live a comfortable life for the rest of their days.

What Wang Ye didn’t expect was that Han Xiaodan’s mother was actually planning to buy her a house in Peng City!

Of course, Wang Ye didn’t even know that Han Xiaodan had ended up attending Peng City University this lifetime...

In his past life, he had owed Han Xiaodan a house in Peng City, and now, by some twist of fate, he had serendipitously made up for it in this life.

It really was just the irony of fate!

.......

The next day, Han Xiaodan and her mother became the "superstars" of the travel group!

Everyone surrounded them, curiously asking how much money the grand prize from the previous night was.

Since they had gone back first and Han Xiaodan and her mother went to the VIP room to discuss the prize, the rest didn’t know the final outcome.

And since they weren’t very acquainted, they couldn’t exactly knock on Han Xiaodan’s door to ask in the middle of the night, that would be a bit thoughtless.

But everyone in the group knew that Han Xiaodan had won the grand prize.

"It’s not much, just ten thousand US dollars, a little over eighty thousand CNY."

Before Han Xiaodan could speak, her mother jumped in with an answer.

She cleverly downsized the bonus to ten thousand US dollars, without revealing the actual amount to everyone.

After all, mentioning one million US dollars would be too shocking!

And being away from home, it’s better to keep a low profile since you can never know what’s in people’s hearts.

But even then, just winning ten thousand US dollars made everyone envious, it was free money after all...