Following his companion's gaze, Fang Haitang glanced at the disappearing figures of Fang Wanqing and Su Yi in the crowd and said,
"Oh, you mean the man next to my cousin? I think his name is Su Yi. He has no family background, but he's good at stock trading. I heard he made several hundred million in a few months."
"Several hundred million in a few months?"
The young man next to Fang Haitang exclaimed,
"Is it that easy to make money in the stock market? I heard that the market has been very bad these past few months, and many stock investors have lost money, some even losing everything and going bankrupt."
Fang Haitang said,
"I'm not sure about the specifics... but anyway, last time at Uncle Qiu's house, from what I observed, my father and Uncle Qiu think highly of this kid."
"Is he very close with your cousin?"
the other person continued to ask.
Fang Haitang replied,
"They shouldn't be close. I've never heard my cousin mention such a person. It seems, from what I recall, besides the last time at Uncle Qiu's house, my cousin and this kid surnamed Su have never met. They don't know each other at all; I just don't know why they're drinking coffee together today."
"To be appreciated by Uncle Fang, this kid must have something going for him,"
the other person mused.
"Ye Ge, you're not... worried that this kid surnamed Su will snatch my cousin away, are you?"
Fang Haitang noticed the change in the other's expression and said,
"Don't worry, how could my cousin be interested in this kid?"
The man he called 'Ye Ge' pondered for a moment and replied,
"There are many unworthy suitors in this world. Although I believe your cousin couldn't possibly be interested in this kid, some guys who try to leap to the top in one go and have unclear self-awareness can be very annoying with their relentless pestering. You usually help me keep an eye on your cousin's movements, and also help me ask her out. As for this kid..."
Ye Ge paused, then continued,
"I'll talk about it after I go back and clarify his identity and background. If he's really a nobody, as you say, then I'll have to give him a little warning to make him understand his place and stay as far away from Wanqing as possible."
"Ye Ge, why don't you ask my cousin out yourself?"
Fang Haitang said,
"My words don't work on my cousin. Last time, I delivered your message, but my cousin refused without a second thought. If you ask me... Ye Ge, this path through my cousin won't work for you. You should try to use connections, go through my mom. My cousin listens to my mom more, and my mom's words are more effective than mine."
"How do I pull strings?"
Ye Ge frowned.
Fang Haitang said,
"It's simple. Have your mother, Ye Ge, chat casually with my mother and drop some hints. With Aunt Fang's persuasive way of speaking, she can definitely convince my mother."
"Alright, I'll give it a try,"
Ye Ge nodded slightly and said.
"But Ye Ge... besides taking this indirect route through my mom, if you want to pursue my cousin, you still need to be more proactive yourself,"
Fang Haitang said.
"If you have time, ask my cousin out every day. If she doesn't go out once, try twice; if twice doesn't work, try three times... Based on my experience with dating, as long as you show enough sincerity, things will work out."
"Sigh..."
Ye Ge heard Fang Haitang's words and said,
"You think I don't want to? Your cousin has already blocked me on WeChat."
"Why did my cousin block you?"
Fang Haitang asked in puzzlement.
Ye Ge helplessly spread his hands and said,
"I don't know either, that's why... I asked you to help me inquire about it."
He had also known Fang Wanqing for a long time.
But despite knowing her for so long, Fang Wanqing had never been friendly to him, let alone chatted over coffee with him.
This instantly made him jealous of Su Yi, and a faint anger even rose in his heart, as if the goddess he had painstakingly waited for had suddenly chosen to date someone whose circumstances were far worse than his, leaving him with a surge of unprovoked frustration.
As the two of them were discussing Su Yi and Fang Wanqing in low voices.
At this moment, Su Yi had already parted ways with Fang Wanqing, taken a taxi alone, and was preparing to return home.
He had no idea that simply chatting casually with Fang Wanqing for a while and having a cup of coffee together had made him a target.
Of course, even if he knew, he would probably just smile and not care too much.
After all, having lived two lives, he had accumulated over ten years of social experience and wisdom.
This meant he wouldn't waste his energy on trivial matters of bickering and competing for attention with these 'pampered rich second-generation' individuals.
Furthermore, with the connections and social networks he was gradually building, he wasn't afraid of these 'pampered rich second-generation' individuals causing him trouble.
Compared to so-called 'bickering'.
In Su Yi's view, rapidly making money, accumulating capital, and establishing his own foundation in Shanghai were the most important things.
"Sigh... traffic jam."
As Su Yi sat in the back seat of the taxi, pondering the details of his company's upcoming opening, the taxi driver couldn't help but complain.
Su Yi heard the taxi driver's complaint, came back to his senses, glanced at the completely blocked traffic ahead, and said,
"Strange, today is Sunday. Nobody is working, so the traffic volume shouldn't be as high as usual. Moreover... this road usually doesn't have traffic jams. What's going on today?"
"Perhaps there was a car accident ahead,"
the taxi driver said.
However, just as the taxi driver was speculating, a commotion had already started not far from the blocked traffic ahead, and many people had gathered.
Su Yi glanced at the crowd gathered ahead and found quite a few construction workers.
Moreover, there were faintly police officers maintaining order.
Immediately after, before he could fully understand what was happening, the commotion began to worsen.
"Master, let's turn around and take another road,"
Su Yi said lightly, without getting out to find out what exactly was happening.
"If we stay stuck here, who knows how long it will be."
The taxi driver also feared being stuck for too long and delaying his business.
He couldn't help but smile and replied with an 'okay', then, taking advantage of the fact that the subsequent traffic hadn't completely blocked the road, he made a U-turn into another lane and continued driving towards the destination Su Yi had specified.
An hour later, Su Yi returned home.
After that, he watched the evening news after dinner.
Only then did he learn that the section of road where he had been stuck in traffic earlier that day was the site of a commercial real estate project developed by 'Jingcheng Holdings' Group.
The reason for the commotion was that people had died in a safety accident at the commercial project under construction, and it had been halted for police investigation until now, leading to serious dissatisfaction from the contractor, especially the workers.
However, this was only the general situation Su Yi understood.
He didn't know the specific conflicting details that led to the intense conflict, nor the deeper investigative causes of the accident fatalities.
But even though all he could understand was the superficial appearance of things.
He also knew that this matter escalating more and more was definitely not good news for 'Jingcheng Holdings' and for Lei Kaishan, who was in charge of the commercial development business segment of 'Jingcheng Holdings' Group.
Thinking to this point...
Su Yi couldn't help but recall what happened earlier that day at 'Old Master Lin's' birthday banquet.
He instinctively felt that Lei Kaishan's sudden words to him might mean the other party had indeed run into some trouble.
Of course, regarding the trouble the other party encountered, as long as Lei Kaishan didn't ask him to proactively help, he wouldn't investigate further or delve into it.
Because it held no benefit for him.
Furthermore, his relationship with Lei Kaishan hadn't reached the point where he would proactively offer help.
After browsing the local news information.
Su Yi then turned his attention to information on the domestic macroeconomy, as well as various important new information from global financial markets over the weekend.
And through these changes in news, he analyzed and formulated tomorrow's trading plan.
As he browsed.
Over the two days of the weekend, whether it was domestic financial information or external financial information.
The various related news was mostly positive.
At the same time, the domestic market sentiment throughout the weekend, compared to after Friday's close, clearly showed an upward trend.
Many investor groups had largely overcome the shadow of 'stock market crash 2.0' and were once again becoming optimistic about the future market.
Even... a small portion of investors.
At this juncture, they even chanted the slogan 'bull turnaround', optimistically viewing the Shanghai Composite Index reaching 4000 points, or even 4500 points.
With the overall market investment sentiment clearly improving, everyone's investment risk appetite progressively rising, expectations for the future market getting better and better, and market investors' preference for individual stock attention shifting from blue-chip stocks back to 'SME & ChiNext' concept leader stocks.
The next day, October 19th, Monday arrived.
After two days of market sentiment fermenting, even before the morning market opened, the sentiment in both exchanges was already in an excited, passionate bullish mood.
And in this mood.
As the hottest core leader stock in both exchanges.
The market attention and investor discussion surrounding 'Teli A' stock also remained unprecedentedly high, consistently holding the top position on the hot stock list in both exchanges.
"'Teli A' stock really has such high market enthusiasm!"
Around 8:55 AM, as both exchanges were about to enter the call auction period, in Su Yi's 'Modu Ultra-Shorts Gang' main speculative funds group, Xu Qiao, who held positions in this stock, gazed at 'Teli A's' pre-market enthusiasm and everyone's bullish and bearish views on the stock, exclaiming,
"Everyone's pre-market sentiment for this stock seems a bit too consistent. I feel that if it opens with this kind of sentiment, 'Teli A's' trading pattern will likely accelerate rapidly, and it's highly possible it will open with a 'one-word' shrinking volume daily limit up."
"The emotional expectation is indeed a bit too consistent,"
Old Zhang in the group replied.
"Under these emotional circumstances, it's understandable if it truly opens with a 'one-word' shrinking volume daily limit up."
"If it really opens with a 'one-word' shrinking volume daily limit up..."
Old Wu said,
"then the trend for 'Teli A' stock tomorrow will be very difficult."
Chen Ge pondered for a moment and said,
"Tomorrow is tomorrow's business. Let's first see how today's market performs. With such consistent emotional expectations, I always feel that if 'Teli A' truly opens with a 'one-word' shrinking volume daily limit up, it will be very difficult to maintain this 4th consecutive daily limit up today."
"Right,"
Xu Qiao said,
"at this point, there must be turnover."
"Absolutely do not open with a 'one-word' shrinking volume daily limit up."
"Oh my, such strong market sentiment! I feel like I bought too little on Friday!"
"Last Friday, Brother Su increased his positions in 'Teli A' stock. Coupled with the premium effect of the index surge, I feel that 'Teli A' stock will most likely open with a 'one-word' shrinking volume daily limit up today!"
"After A-shares closed last Friday, external markets continued to rise sharply in the evening. I feel that today's overall market trend shouldn't be bad either, right?"
"If it really opens with a 'one-word' shrinking volume daily limit up, will this position truly become a selling point?"
Old Zhang said,
"There are indeed many main capital groups profiting from 'Teli A' stock within the market. I'm genuinely worried that if this stock opens too high, with severe shrinking volume at the open, it will be directly crashed by concentrated profit-taking. If that happens... the subsequent trend of this leader stock will truly be difficult."
"If it truly opens at the daily limit, I will sell half my shares,"
Old Wu said.
"I feel that 'Teli A's' trend today, no matter how you analyze it, shouldn't have too much market risk,"
Xu Qiao said.
"Brother Su only heavily increased his positions and bought in last Friday; he shouldn't preemptively dump shares today, right? Although there seem to be many profit-taking capital groups within the market, there isn't much very large single-stock capital apart from Brother Su. As long as Brother Su doesn't preemptively dump shares, 'Teli A's' market under this bullish sentiment can fully absorb any shares dumped by other in-market capital."
"The logic is indeed like this..."
Chen Ge said,
"but the actual market trend is still hard to predict."
"Let's wait and see..."
Old Zhang said.
Then, seeing that it was almost time, they immediately focused their attention on the market boards of both exchanges.
And with Old Zhang's words...
Everyone saw that the time was getting closer and closer to 9:15 AM, and they stopped chatting, turning their attention to the overall market of both exchanges and their respective heavily watched positions.
Amidst this brief silence in the group messages.
And also under the converged gazes of countless investors and the focused attention of a large number of traders with mice in hand.
9:15 AM arrived, and both exchanges entered the initial call auction.
Su Yi's gaze at this moment also converged on the overall market of both exchanges and 'Teli A's' market board.
Just as the clock hands had just passed 9:15 AM, and the overall market of both exchanges had just started to flicker and move, 'Teli A', the highly anticipated concept leader stock in both exchanges, which countless investors were closely watching, saw its share price jump directly to the daily limit price at lightning speed.
"Holy crap, it really opened with a 'one-word' shrinking volume daily limit up!"
Seeing 'Teli A's' market board jump to the daily limit at lightning speed, with its initial limit-up order volume reaching 50,000 lots, Xu Qiao, who had anticipated this in Su Yi's 'Modu Ultra-Shorts Gang' main speculative funds group, still couldn't help but exclaim in the group when he actually saw this scene.
(End of Chapter)