Southwest Heavy Truck Company's stock had risen for six or seven straight days, while the accusations and rebuttals in the newspapers had also continued for six or seven days.
Those making accusations said Southwest Heavy Truck Company had engaged in false advertising and technological fraud. Those rebutting them said it was a deliberate frame-up, the shameless handiwork of competitors.
For a time, everyone—from stockholders inside the exchange to reporters in the media—was pumped up as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
"Look, look! Researchers from the Northern Research Institute have stepped forward to uphold justice. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Southwest Heavy Truck's new technology—it's malicious slander by competitors.
This also proves that Southwest Heavy Truck Company has a promising future ahead. Its stock price is seriously out of line with the company's valuation. The current price is definitely at rock bottom. If you don't buy now, you'll miss your chance to get rich."
"Exactly! And even the spokesperson for that overseas TDP Exhibition has come out to clarify things. Southwest Heavy Truck's innovation has an extremely forward-looking design, and its award was well deserved. Some people at home just can't stand seeing others do well."
"But this stock price has risen way too ridiculously. It listed at 2.61 yuan, and now it's already over 17 yuan. What if it pulls back—"
"You worried about a pullback when it was five yuan, were certain it would pull back when it hit ten yuan, and look how high it is now. Besides, even if it does pull back, are you going to sit there stupidly and wait to lose money? Can't you run?"
"..."
Running the moment a stock price fell was the "stock-trading secret" ordinary investors had the most faith in. When there was money to be made,