Three Years of Tilanqiao, Calculating the Next Thirty Years of China

(Era) + (No system) + (At the forefront of the times) + (Tilanqiao) + (Financial wizard) + (At the forefront of the times) In 1993, Lu Qian walked out of Tilanqiao. He had 87 yuan on him, a red notebook full of numbers, and a set of economic deduction models he had earned in exchange for three years in prison. The bus ticket rose from 5 cents to 30 cents, so Lu Qian paid 2.5 Cents and calculated the inflation rate easily. The aunt selling breakfast asked Lu Qian which unit he was in. Lu Qian said it was a closed unit with food and accommodation included. Others came out of prison after three years and were busy looking for jobs. The first thing Lu Qian did when he came out was to go to the bank to withdraw money. But the 80,000 yuan is gone. The second thing was to go to the newsstand and buy thirty-seven old newspapers. The third thing is to find a trading company that is about to die and tell the proprietress: Your contract was undercounted by $800. She said Lu Qian was a liar. Lu Qian said that scammers would not wear cloth shoes issued by Tilanqiao to the interview. Regional price differences on treasury bills, bargain hunting in stock market crashes, war on treasury bond futures... These things haven't happened yet, but Lu Qian's notebook has a date written on each one. Someone asked Lu Qian how he calculated it. Lu Qian said: After being imprisoned for three years, you will be idle anyway.