A Contest of Wits and Understanding

Tuesday.

Stocks tied to Environmental Protection Spirit Energy and Environmental Protection Spirit Crystals rose across the board. Established Spirit Manufacturing and Spirit Crystals companies rushed to paint grand pictures of their own green futures. Whether those pictures held up was another matter; for now, they just wanted a piece of the excitement.

Azure Boat Spirit Energy hit its daily upper limit again.

Chen Shu also received the money Highness Cinnabar had sent ahead of schedule. Unfortunately, even with those funds in hand, he could not get an order filled today.

As one of the most competitive stocks in Environmental Protection Spirit Energy, with core technology spanning both Spirit Manufacturing and Spirit Crystals, Azure Boat Spirit Energy saw its available shares snapped up the moment trading opened. By the close, tens of billions in capital were still lined up, waiting to get in.

The company had spent years building its position in Environmental Protection Spirit Energy. Today, it was finally reaping the harvest.

Wednesday.

The stock stayed locked at its upper limit. He still could not get in.

Thursday.

Locked again.

Chen Shu did not bother placing an order at the upper limit today. It was not that he had lost his nerve; he was just tired of trying and failing to get an order filled.

Friday.

The stock was locked at its upper limit in the morning and closed there too, though it briefly slipped off that limit for half a minute.

The second week.

At Monday's open, it slipped off the upper limit.

It closed up 5.34%.

Chen Shu's return exceeded 70%.

He was not greedy. Once it slipped off the limit, he sold. A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, and he had nearly 140,000 yuan in hand.

That was already enough to buy