First Shot

The news that the cruise ship had been found had not yet fully spread, and some people even thought it was fake news.

The purpose of creating fake news was to stop the recent decline in Bu Peien.

With so many tycoons missing, the Federal financial system had suffered a devastating disaster. Every time the market opened, a brand-new calamity descended.

Yesterday, news broke that the cruise ship had been found and all the tycoons located. When the Federal stock market opened this morning, it immediately began to soar. The news truly allowed many financial professionals to breathe a sigh of relief.

Sometimes, being trapped in an investment was not something one could fix simply by cutting one's losses.

For example, someone might buy a stock for one million. If they were careless and the stock plunged, only seven hundred thousand would remain in their account.

If they hesitated even slightly and the stock fell again, they might be left with only three or four hundred thousand.

Could such a situation happen?

It could.

The Federal financial market had always been synonymous with "freedom." With little interference from external factors, it followed market fluctuations completely, creating many legends.

For example, a stock might rise from thirty or forty cents per share in the morning to several dollars or even more than ten dollars by closing time, multiplying its market value several dozen times in a single day! But some stocks fell from more than ten dollars, or even dozens of dollars, to below "one cent" in just one day, sending countless people into bankruptcy.

Anything could happen in Bu Peien—the good, the bad, and the neither-good-nor-bad.

When people could lose most of their wealth simply by being slightly careless, could they leave the market? Some might, but more people still