This fourth update brought the total close to ten thousand words. The updates these past few days have been pretty solid—could everyone's Recommendation Tickets be a little more solid too? Give us some motivation!
The next day.
General Office.
Dong Xuebin had spent the morning studying stocks and left home a little late, entering the office almost right at the start of work.
Tan Limei couldn't help teasing him. "Binzi, you're coming in this late? Tell me, did you go on a date with your girlfriend yesterday?"
Dong Xuebin set his bag on the glass-topped desk with a wry smile. "Stop making fun of me. How would I have a girlfriend?" After all those years in school, he had never dated even once. He was plain-looking, his family was poor, and he had neither a car nor a house. No one would give him a second glance.
"Oh?" Chang Juan teased, "Want your big sister to introduce you to someone?"
Dong Xuebin broke into a cold sweat. "Thanks, Sister Chang, but not for now. Being alone is pretty good."
"If you get interested, tell me. I'll find someone suitable for you."
It wasn't that Dong Xuebin truly thought being alone was great. He envied those guys with girlfriends too, but his looks and family circumstances were simply too poor. Even if he wanted to date, his chances of succeeding were slim. He might as well work hard and get promoted first. Once he became a leader and had money, dating and getting married would naturally become much easier.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Changchun finally arrived. But being late was a leader's privilege, and no one said anything.
Guo Panwei had been listening intently. The moment he heard the footsteps, he knew who had arrived and hurriedly made the leader a cup of tea.
Guo Shunjie pretended to be busy working under Zhou Changchun's watchful eye. Once the leader entered the small office, he relaxed again and turned to Dong Xuebin. "Little Dong, I think this office needs cleaning. Don't wait for the Director to say something. If you've got nothing to do later, mop the floor." The cleaner, Lao Wang, generally only handled the hallways and delivered bottled water. The office itself was usually cleaned by the staff members.
Dong Xuebin felt anger surge up at once. I cleaned last time, I cleaned the time before that, and now it's me again? Are you deliberately picking on me? Besides, if Director Zhou told me to sweep the floor or clean the windows, I wouldn't have a word to say. But who the hell are you, Guo Shunjie? You order me around over work matters, and now you're ordering me around over things outside of work too? There's no need to push people this hard, is there?
He had endured it for too long these past few days. Dong Xuebin was nearing his breaking point.
Zhuangzi, that honest fellow, was still a very decent guy. Seeing that the atmosphere was off, he immediately said, "I'll mop, I'll mop."
Dong Xuebin said nothing and picked up a mop, cleaning up with Zhuangzi.
Guo Shunjie glanced at Dong Xuebin and snorted through his nose.
The morning was a little busy, and no one in the office had any spare time.
Deputy Director Zhou went to the Conference Room on the third floor for a meeting and did not return until noon.
At around 2:05 in the afternoon, the General Office phone rang. Dong Xuebin was proofreading a document near the copier and was closest, so he reached over and picked it up. "Hello, General Office." Deputy Director Zhou's voice came from the other end. "Is that Little Dong? Come to my office."
"Sure, I'll be right there." Hah, the opportunity had come.
Inside the small office.
Zhou Changchun smiled and pointed at the stock chart on his monitor. "I sold all my stocks earlier. I was planning to pick one or two blue chips with decent performance, but nothing's caught my eye. Help me take a look?" He did not mention Da Qin Railway's plunge yesterday, and Dong Xuebin naturally was not foolish enough to bring it up.
"Sure, but I'll need to look first."
"Come on, pull up a chair and sit here."
"No need, no need. I can stand."
The market was looking quite good today. Nearly sixty or seventy percent of stocks were in the green. At the top of the Shanghai and Shenzhen gainers list was a newly listed stock without price limits on its first day, up 98.03%. From second through eighth were limit-up stocks with gains of around 10%, including pharmaceutical and tech stocks. Further down, there were stocks up 8%, and plenty up 7%.
"Well?" Zhou Changchun asked. "Which one looks good?"
Dong Xuebin casually clicked through the K-line charts of several stocks. "Please wait a moment. Let me look a little more."
Zhou Changchun took a sip from his teacup. "No rush. Take your time analyzing. The key is to buy something with good performance, something stable."
Stocks that had already risen too much did not have much room left to climb, so Dong Xuebin looked at the decliners list instead. The biggest loser was Hainan Rubber, code 601118, down 10.03% and sitting at the limit down. Dong Xuebin casually opened its K-line chart and F10 profile. The stock had not been listed long. It was in agriculture and pesticides, with average performance and a somewhat high price-to-earnings ratio. Its fundamentals were not particularly ideal. It was probably hit by some negative news and had fallen straight to limit down at the opening.
Zhou Changchun frowned deeply and waved his hand. "Look at another one, another one. Don't even touch limit-down stocks. Can't you see all those massive sell orders pressing down on it? They can't even sell them off. It'll definitely keep falling tomorrow. And this stock's performance isn't good either. No good. Look at something else."
"Sure." Just as Dong Xuebin was about to exit the daily chart and check other stocks, Hainan Rubber's price suddenly shifted dramatically.
A huge buy order of eighty thousand lots slammed in, directly opening Hainan Rubber off its limit down.
Then another buy order of twenty thousand lots swallowed the sell orders above it, instantly narrowing its loss to -7.26%.
-6.17%...
-5.32%...
-3.78%...
-2.02%...
It was about to be pulled back to flat.
The speed was astonishing.
Dong Xuebin no longer hesitated and silently said, Back.
Time suddenly rewound.
Dong Xuebin's vision blurred, and Hainan Rubber's daily chart swayed into view.
The stock was still sitting at its limit-down price, without the slightest sign of movement.
Then Zhou Changchun shook his head at Hainan Rubber's daily chart. "Look at another one, another one. Don't even touch limit-down stocks. Can't you see all those massive sell orders pressing down on it? They can't even sell them off. It'll definitely keep falling tomorrow. And this stock's performance isn't good either. No good. Look at something else."
After so many days of getting used to Back, Dong Xuebin reacted extremely quickly. He immediately pointed anxiously at the screen. "Director Zhou, hurry, buy Hainan Rubber! From the trend, it's about to rise!"
Zhou Changchun was stunned. "Didn't I just say it? Don't touch limit-down stocks."
Dong Xuebin said rapidly, "Rest assured, it'll definitely rise. I wouldn't dare fool anyone, much less you!"
Zhou Changchun stared blankly. "...How can you tell?"
"Just trust me this once. If we wait any longer, it'll be too late!" Dong Xuebin urged.
Because he had not listened to Dong Xuebin yesterday, Zhou Changchun had missed out on a lot of profit from Da Qin Railway. Seeing Little Dong so certain now, Zhou Changchun frowned in thought. After hesitating for a second, he slapped his thigh hard. "Fine! If we lose money, we lose money!" Deputy Director Zhou used online trading software, and since he had already logged into his fund account, the order was placed very quickly.
After buying, neither of them spoke again. They stared tensely at the monitor.
Hainan Rubber remained at its original price without moving at all, nearly a hundred thousand lots of sell orders hanging over it like dark clouds.
Zhou Changchun watched with a frown, the finger tapping his teacup growing faster and faster.
Rise!
Hurry up and rise!
Dong Xuebin clenched his fists anxiously.
One second...
Two seconds...
Suddenly, a massive purple buy order slammed down.
Then another order for twenty thousand lots.
Then another for seven thousand lots.
Under Zhou Changchun's astonished gaze, Hainan Rubber's stock price shot upward like a rocket.
Deputy Director Zhou excitedly slapped the desk. "Good! It rose! It really rose!"
Dong Xuebin secretly grinned. "It's not over yet. It can still go higher."
-7.26%
-6.17%...
-5.32%...
Zhou Changchun pointed at the screen. "This stock is really good!"
-3.78%...
-2.02%...
The stock price continued climbing.
Zhou Changchun burst into laughter and slapped Dong Xuebin hard on the shoulder. "How did you know it would rise?"
Dong Xuebin made something up. "I analyzed it from the daily chart. The accuracy should be pretty high."
Zhou Changchun laughed heartily. "Good, kid. You're really something!"
This fourth update brought the total close to ten thousand words. The updates these past few days have been pretty solid—could everyone's Recommendation Tickets be a little more solid too? Give us some motivation!
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