Chapter 377 - A Sense Of Participation
Chapter 377 A Sense Of Participation
Xu Lu’s mind went blank. Her heart was about to jump out of her throat, and her whole body was burning out of excitement…
This straight line was extremely stimulating and pumped doses of adrenaline into her body, making her go crazy with excitement.
However, after the excitement, she felt empty… ‘I didn’t buy it!
‘I didn’t buy this stock at all. What’s there for me to be excited about?’
After much thought, she could only attribute this to… a sense of participation.
‘Hmm, it’s the same feeling when a tool gives the girl he likes a gift, only to see the same girl kissing another guy.’
For some reason, Xu Lu felt as though her head was filled with wild thoughts. She glanced at the screen. ‘Well… the stock has indeed gone wild and turned green.
‘Was the color green always so pretty?’ Xu Lu felt that her brain must have been affected by the stock price rise as various wild thoughts began to fill her mind…
At 3pm, the stock market closed. Looking at how the stock had ended up with +10.02% on the screen, Xu Lu’s heart slowly calmed down.
‘After all the excitement, all that I have left is regret.
‘I regret it so much that I just want to slap myself now. Why did I not put my money into that stock when it was at -3%!
‘If I did that, when the market closed in the afternoon, I would have earned 13%!
‘If I placed 10,000 yuan into it, I would’ve earned 1,300 yuan! 1,300 yuan! How much lipstick, shoes, and pretty bags could I have bought with that money?!
‘I feel like crying right now. ‘How could I be so stupid and not trust Su
Yang.
‘If I had trusted him, I would be able to earn 3% even if I bought the stock when it was at +7%. If the price rose again tomorrow, I would gain another 13%! That would equal another 1,300 yuan, that means more lipstick, shoes and pretty bags!
“Ahhh!” Xu Lu slammed the table in regret. She felt like she was going crazy.
Just as she was banging herself on the head, a lightbulb flashed in her head. ‘Su Yang seemed to have mentioned that the stock would still rise to its daily limit tomorrow.
‘In that case, should I buy the stock when it’s at its lowest point and wait for it to rise?
“That way, wouldn’t I be guaranteed to earn some profit?’
At that moment, Su Yang did not know what Xu Lu was planning. Even if he did, he probably would not have said anything. This was because just as Xu Lu had expected, Zhang Bang Science and Technology would continue to rise tomorrow, even though this was the last time it would rise again…
Actually, Su Yang had felt a little fearful today.
His heart skipped a beat as he watched the stock fluctuate up and down. However, because he had absolute trust in Little Hus’s ability, Su Yang continued to persevere. In fact… he even transferred 6,000 yuan of pocket money into it during the interim to make up for the -3%.
‘As expected, Little Hus did not disappoint me. Zhang Bang Science and Technology’s stock price rose and stopped at the last minute. After six consecutive days of trading, it successfully became the only stock that had managed to hit its daily limit seven times in a row.
“Of course, I also know that the stock’s potential is about to be exhausted. Tomorrow would be the last time it manages to rise to its daily limit.
‘But that’s enough. My capital in stocks has reached 7.9 million yuan, it will surpass 8 million tomorrow, maybe even close to 9 million yuan. What a haul.’
‘Since I have invested 6,000 yuan from my pocket money, the 13% increase today and the 10% that I might be receiving tomorrow meant that I could earn a total of 24.3%. A hefty sum of 1,400 yuan!
‘I should treat myself tomorrow. Should I… have pork?
‘Buying pork with the money earned from buying pork stocks. How wonderful!’
Although Su Yang had made a lot of money through stocks, there was still something that made him unhappy.
‘I may have been asking Little Hus to sniff out other stocks over the past few days, but Little Hus’s (Potential Sniffing) only allows it to sniff five times a day and that’s too little. There are hundreds of stocks in the A market, it’s impossible for it to sniff out all of them. ‘According to the number of sniffs it has per day, by the time it finished sniffing all of it, I would have missed out on countless opportunities already.’
Therefore, Su Yang felt that he had to filter through the popular boards to buy stocks.
For example, if Su Yang manages to find out what the latest hot topic was, then he could let Little Hus sniff it out in advance and choose the stocks with the highest potential. Then, he could invest all the money he had and patiently wait for the moment he could reap his profits.
However, the latest hot topics would not appear regularly, so Su Yang had to wait patiently for an opportunity.
‘Whatever it is, the most important thing right now is to earn whatever I can from this round.’
The next day, on Friday, the box office for ‘Fighting The Buddha’ was very stable and had earned 520,000 yuan. The cumulative box office was 1.32 million. ‘We’re getting closer and closer to our breakeven point.
‘This proves that even if the revenue did not increase after next week’s marketing strategies, the movie should not have any problems in breaking even. At least this proves to be a passable project.
‘However, it is a little embarrassing for an S-rank online movie project. ‘After all, the total box office for ‘Fighting The Buddha’ would be 6 million yuan maximum at this rate.
‘According to the data that Li Zixuan had obtained from iQIYI, if “Fighting The Buddha” is only able to earn 6 million yuan, it would undoubtedly be the worst movie amongst all S-rank projects. It would almost be at the bottom of the A-ranks.
‘On the other hand, “Fighting The Buddha” is nothing compared to “Xu Qingling”. With a box office earnings of 1.71 million yuan per day and a cumulative box office earnings of 7.56 million yuan, it was moving towards the position of the annual box office champion of iQIYI.
‘Up until now, the annual box office of the previous winner of iQiyi’s online box office was only 21.87 million. It seems like it’s only a matter of time before it is taken over.
‘However, Little Deeny noticed that something was wrong with the ferocious increase in momentum of “Xu Qingling”.
The reason why their box office was so outstanding in the early stages of the movie was because of the huge collaboration in terms of intellectual properties from the television series. However, the problem with fan-favourite movies was that the box office would be very high in the early stages, but it would not be stable later on.
‘Plus, Little Deeny has checked the comments on the movie and realized that the reviews for the movie were not high. Therefore, she guessed that the movie may have a strong start but might finish weak.
‘However, the public opinion of this movie is completely different from Little Deeny’s deduction.
‘Any news related to online movies or iQiyi are all about this movie. They believe that this movie is very likely to win the annual box office championship. ‘It is thought to be an adaptation of a popular television series.’
However, when Su Yang read through the entire article, he felt that there were only 2 words in between the lines of the article ‘Cheap tricks.”
‘How is it an adaptation? Isn’t it just relying on the popularity of a television series to scam a bunch of people of their money and run away?
‘As for “Fighting The Buddha”, not many people have brought it up for discussion in comparison. After all, its performance is too poor. Although it’s still in the top five of the daily box office, as an S-rank online project with a total capital of 5 million yuan, it could only be said that the movie’s barely made it pass the borderline.
9:19 am, it was time for the stock market to open again.
Just like yesterday, Xu Lu had been waiting in front of her computer for a long time. She had even applied for a day off to buy stocks.
At 9:20 pm, the bidding began. Xu Lu craned her neck and looked at the numbers on the screen. Her heart was beating fast.
At first, Zhang Bang Science and Technology’s price was not high, it was about +2%. However, as time passed, more and more people seemed to favor Zhang Bang Science and Technology. The price kept changing from +2% ,+4% ,+5%… Finally, it directly increased by 9.98%!
‘It has already reached its daily limit?!
‘Zhang Bang Science and Technology has actually raised the price to the limit during the auction phase!
‘So this is the legendary scenario in the stock market!’
When Xu Lu saw that Su Yang’s ‘prophecy’ had come true, she could not help but feel regretful!
‘If I had just listened to Su Yang yesterday, I would have been able to earn 11% today even if I had bought it when the price was at +9%!
‘How could I be so stupid!
‘How could I have believed my cousin’s words just like that!
‘Why didn’t I listen to Su Yang?
‘Look what I’ve done, the stock has already reached its daily limit, can’t buy it anymore even if I wanted to.’
Just as she was deep in thought, the stock market opened at 9:30 am.
As expected, Zhang Bang Science and Technology was at its daily limit from the moment the stock market opened. However, the strange thing was that the amount of money required to maintain its price was not much. There were only about 1,000 shares with 2 million yuan.
At the same time, Su Yang received a notification from Little Deeny. ‘Zhang Bang Science and Technology’s stock price has stopped rising.’
He was a little surprised as he said, “The market has just opened and it has already reached its limit? Just like that?”
Little Deeny said, “Yes, Master.”
Su Yang replied, “I see… then dump out the stocks now. Dump off as much as possible. However, we’ll do it in batches and try to sell it at the highest price.”
‘Based on Little Hus’s nose, today is the last day of Zhang Bang Science and Technology’s “potential”, so I definitely have to leave as soon as possible.
‘After the growth from the past few days, the total stock I have in my hands is close to 9 million yuan in total. This isn’t a small figure. The moment I dump all of it, the price of the stock is surely going to drop.’
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Xu Lu’s heart skipped a beat when she saw the limit orders being opened. She was excited and wanted to put in her money but she was afraid that she would lose her money, so she stopped herself.
She thought to herself. ‘Hold on. Don’t panic.’
At Shanghai’s Lu Jiazui in a luxurious office building
A trader suddenly raised his hand and said to the man who was walking around the office with his head lowered, “Mr. Niu, something strange is happening at Zhang Bang Science and Technology.”
Mr. Niu looked up, his nostrils flared as he asked, “What?” The trader said, “It seems like there are investors that are pulling down the stock’s price.”
Mr. Niu walked over to his computer and took a look at it. He said, “Did the stock reach its limit when the market opened?” The trader said, “Yes.”
After he finished, he added, “Initially, we were going to take advantage of the situation and sell our shares, but someone has beat us to it first.”
Mr. Niu asked, “Who is the other party? How many shares do they have?”.
The trader ran his fingers on his keyboard for a while, then raised his head and said, “I’m not sure who it is. It’s owned by a small business department. It might be a shell company. I’m not sure how many shares they have, but the other party just threw out 23 million units.”
Mr. Niu raised his head. “That little? Ignore it then. We’ll proceed according to the plan. If he wants to dump, we’ll follow his lead and sell off our stock and lower the stock price while we’re at it. Let’s see how much he has.”
“If they haven’t got much, bring it back to its daily limit and continue the preparations to sell it off.”
“Don’t worry about such a small amount. They won’t be able to affect the stock price too much.”
The trader made an “OK” gesture and began his operation.
Su Yang did not have many chips in his hands, and Little Deeny only followed Su Yang’s orders to sell off some stocks when it was at its highest price. After paying 2.3 million yuan worth of stocks, she would stop selling whenever the price went below its daily limit.
However, CEO Niu had a lot of stocks in his hands. The moment he dumped jos stock, the price plummeted in a parabola. Su Yang and Xu Lu were dumbfounded… Su Yang asked Little Deeny directly, “Did we just dump away everything? How is it that the stock price dropped so much all of a sudden?”
Little Deeny had never studied stocks before, so she said weakly, “Master… I don’t know either.”
As a monster who did not know much about the stock market, Little Deeny could not help but ask, “So, what should we do now, Master?”
Su Yang thought for a while and said, “Let’s wait for a moment. I’m sure this stock won’t just fall like that. We’ll continue to dump it when it rises again! Our goal is to get all the shares sold at the highest limit!”
Su Yang was excited when he thought about how he could earn more than 3 million yuan from selling all his shares at the highest limit!
However, after the excitement, Su Yang did not forget to remind Little Deeny. “That should be correct, Little Deeny. But you have to be prepared for the stock price to rise at the last moment like yesterday. Try your best to sell off everything we have when that happens.”
Little Deeny nodded. “Yes, Master.”
Xu Lu was also staring at the computer screen in a daze. She felt like her nerves could not keep up with the plummeting stock price.
‘Isn’t this dropping way too fast? ‘Why did it drop from its daily limit to -1% in just half an hour?’
She looked at the stock price and her heart started to race. She was hesitating whether she should sell it…
She stared at the stock for five minutes. When the stock fell to -3%, Xu Lu finally could not hold it in anymore!
“This feels like Deja Vu from yesterday. Zhang Bang Science and Technology was the same as well, dropping to -3% all the way from it’s highest limit and then rising to its daily limit again on the same day.
‘In that case, it should be the same today!’
With that thought in mind, she hurriedly clicked on the purchase option and entered “Current Price”. After dragging the amount to the maximum limit, she clicked “Confirm”.
A moment later, a notification popped up before her that the transaction was successful.
Xu Lu quickly refreshed her inventory. She only had 7 or 8 yuan left from her 10,000 yuan. The rest had all been invested into Zhang Bang Science and Technology.
After buying it, Xu Lu clasped her hands together and held them in front of her chest. She prayed, “Highest daily limit. Highest daily limit. Please reach the highest daily limit.”
As if her prayers had been answered, after she prayed for less than two minutes, the stock rose from -3% to +1%, then to +4%, and then began to hover at +4%.
Xu Lu’s heart was about to jump out of her chest. ‘This was too exciting. In just two minutes, my profit is close to 700 yuan! This is way easier than earning money through work.’
She continued to pray silently. Soon, after trading for a period of time, the stock prices rose again and reached its daily limit again. Xu Lu could not help but raise her arms and shout, “Yay! It’s at its highest limit again! Long live Su Yang!”
At the same time, Su Yang looked at Little Deeny who was sitting opposite him. “The price has risen again? Let’s continue selling then.”
Therefore, another stock worth more than one million yuan was sold at the highest price again.
The stock price plummeted once again.
Xu Lu looked at the curve that suddenly slid down. Her hand was still in the air as the air was filled with an awkward silence.