The next day
Zhongfeng Petrochemical's stock price immediately surged after the market opened, attracted by yesterday's limit-up move, which drew in many retail investors.
Of course, some people insist that this is Zhongfeng Petrochemical raising its stock price behind the scenes in order to reverse the company's decline.
Around noon, numerous negative news stories about Sinopec surfaced online, including reports that its original shareholders had already withdrawn their investments, that the company's financial statements were deteriorating quarter by quarter, and that it was on the verge of delisting.
After the widespread dissemination of negative news, investors who had just bought shares quickly sold them off, causing Zhongfeng Petrochemical's stock to begin falling again.
"Boss, several of our competitors deliberately leaked the information to the media in an attempt to make our stock price drop."
"Okay, I understand."
"Should we issue a statement to give shareholders some confidence? Otherwise, if the market continues to fall, I'm afraid..."
The female secretary didn't continue.
The man shook his head. "We don't need to do anything. Don't worry, the company won't go bankrupt, and the stock will recover soon. If you have money on hand, you can take advantage of the stock price drop now and buy more of our company's stock. It will be good for you."
The secretary was taken aback, not expecting her boss to ask her to buy company stock.
"You think I would cheat you?"
"Boss, no, you've misunderstood."
The secretary quickly shook her head.
The man chuckled dismissively, "Since you trust me, listen to me. I won't harm you. Those who bought and sold stocks without a second thought will soon realize they missed a chance to get rich quick."
Upon hearing this, the secretary became even more certain that the company had received extremely good news. Although she didn't know exactly what the good news was, the fact that the boss said it like this meant it was definitely not a simple matter.
She decided to take a gamble.
Li Kaile, Xu Dalong, Lu Ye, and the others were somewhat surprised to see the stock price decline, but none of them said anything, and no one expressed their concern to Zhou Chen.
Only Liu Lei showed a hint of worry; the stock's ups and downs made her heart race.
After all, it wasn't easy for her to scrape together 20,000 yuan. Unlike others who had earned a lot by following Zhou Chen, she was still just a junior employee with a low salary.
"If you're worried about losing money, you can sell all your shares. Just because someone is good at business doesn't mean they're good at stocks. No one can be good at everything."
After listening to Liu Lei's nagging, Wu Yuxue offered advice.
Actually, she didn't quite agree with Liu Lei's idea of investing in stocks from the moment she heard it, even though Zhou Chen suggested it. Stocks are different from doing business. To make money in the stock market, you need not only to be good at reading the market, but also luck and access to information from various channels. Zhou Chen is indeed doing well in some businesses, but she felt that the risk of suddenly starting to invest in stocks was too great.
Zhou Chen was, after all, just a high school graduate who had never been exposed to stocks before. No matter how talented he was, he could not compare to those professional stock investors. Even among professionals, there was a considerable probability that they would lose everything.
In Wu Yuxue's view, stock trading is a game for the rich, and there is no need for small investors like Liu Lei to get involved and become victims.
Zhou Chen did make some money, but in the stock market, as a small retail investor, the possibility of losing everything overnight is not nonexistent, and is quite high.
The stock market preys on newcomers who are just starting out.
“If we sell it now, we’ll lose a thousand yuan.” Liu Lei didn’t want to sell; losing a thousand yuan in just two days was too painful for her.
"Secondly, if I sell it, it would be a sign of distrust towards Zhou Chen. If Zhou Chen finds out, he might have a problem with me and think that I don't trust him."
"Forget it, I've already bought it. Even if I lose it all, I'll just grit my teeth and bear it. Zhou Chen probably won't laugh at me."
After much deliberation, Liu Lei decided not to take action.
Lu Ye and the others didn't back down, so why did they question Zhou Chen? How could she be the one to stick her neck out?
“Since you’ve made up your mind, I won’t try to persuade you otherwise. If you really end up with nothing to eat, I’ll help you out.”
Seeing this, Wu Yuxue did not continue to persuade her.
"Hehe, Yuxue, I'm relieved to hear you say that," Liu Lei said with a smile.
Wu Yuxue: "We're best friends, after all. We can't just sit by and do nothing about you."
Liu Lei: "Yu Xue, if you really want me, if I were a boy, I would definitely pursue you relentlessly."
Wu Yuxue chuckled and said, "Tell me honestly, what's going on between you and Lu Ye? Are you dating?"
"Ah... Yuxue, what did you say? The signal is bad..."
Wu Yuxue: "..."
Liu Lei: "I can't hear you, let's hang up now and talk another day."
Wu Yuxue: "..."
...
"Useless thing, can't give birth to a son, gave birth to a money-losing daughter for our Zhao family."
"What did I tell you? She's a jinx."
The old lady Zhao's cursing voice clearly entered the room, and Zhou Ling, who was resting on the bed, bit her lip.
When she was discharged from the hospital and returned to Fanjia County last night, Old Mrs. Zhao was unhappy to learn that she had given birth to a daughter. She said some hurtful things, such as that she was wasting the Zhao family's food and that she couldn't give birth to a son.
Even after a night had passed, Old Mrs. Zhao remained extremely rude to her.
Forget about the idea of her mother-in-law taking care of her during her postpartum period. Even the old lady Zhao doesn't come to the room where she is, and she can't be bothered to even glance at her own granddaughter.
Zhou Ling had considered Zhao's reaction while in the hospital, but she didn't expect Zhao to be even worse than she thought.
They treated her like an enemy, even brazenly telling her in front of her that Zhao Kun should remarry, saying she couldn't have a son and that she had come to the Zhao family to seek revenge and collect debts.
"Waaaaah..."
The baby girl, seemingly hearing Old Mrs. Zhao's disgust, began to cry.
Although Zhou Ling also disliked her daughter, she was, after all, her own flesh and blood, so she had no choice but to immediately hug and comfort her.
But the daughter kept crying.
Old Mrs. Zhao's complaints grew louder, "Crying, crying, all you do is cry, just like your mother, coming to our Zhao family to collect debts. What sins did our Zhao family commit in our past lives?"
Zhou Ling heard these words clearly.
She didn't retort because she was exhausted and tired. She had spent the whole night taking care of her daughter and hadn't had a proper rest.
Zhao Kun ignored his daughter and later, because his daughter kept crying, he went to sleep in Old Mrs. Zhao's room.
"My little darling, please stop crying, okay?"
"Why were you born into my womb? If you were a boy, you wouldn't be suffering like this now."
"Waaaaah..."
"Don't cry."
"Waaaaah..."
"I'll make you cry, I'll make you cry..."
When Zhou Ling realized she couldn't soothe her daughter, who was crying even louder, she pinched her daughter in frustration. Predictably, her daughter cried even harder the next second.
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