"Oh! My Lord Fang... Can you think of a solution for me?"
Xu Wenshu's attitude changed and he began to complain.
"When you suggested that I buy Xihai Commerce, I mortgaged all my family's belongings! Now I have one million shares of Xihai Commerce. If the stock price drops to the bottom, will my whole family have to live on coarse food with me?"
"I can't even afford my grandson's tuition with my house, mansion, and land! My family, from the old to the young, are counting on me... You can't just stand by and watch them die, can you?"
Fang Zhengyi rubbed his brows and sighed, "Master Xu, making money from stocks is not a one-time thing. With the national strength of Dajing, it will rise sooner or later. Do you have so little confidence in Dajing?"
"That's what I said! Of course I believe in Dajing, but you know how far the West is from Dajing. Now they have firearms, how can we win quickly?" Xu Wenshu chattered on and on.
"Although I have never been to the battlefield in person, don't try to fool me! I bought it at 2 taels and 5 cents, and now I can't sell it at all. It seems that the price will fall sooner or later. If a full-scale war with the West goes on for more than ten or twenty years, I will be buried in the ground by then!"
"Do you think money loaned by a bank is interest-free? Do you think my salary is enough to pay it back?"
Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "If our army directly attacks the Holy City of the Church, there is still hope that the war can be quickly ended and trade order can be restored. This is also the strategy that the court has discussed before."
"That's all nonsense! Don't mention that to me! I would believe you if you said the other side doesn't have cannons, but who thinks they can successfully take down the holy city now?" Xu Wenshu started to act like a rogue.
"Isn't Jingxing Bank jointly opened by you and Your Majesty? Although the Ministry of Revenue is involved now, the final decision lies with you and Your Majesty. Otherwise, you can waive the interest for me."
Right now, face and everything else are nothing!
He really spent his life savings and bet the fate of his entire family on this gamble!
I used to think that the stock market was not risky at all, but now I have suffered heavy losses.
"Tsk, I don't know what to say to you!" Fang Zhengyi was completely speechless. "Sir Xu, the crises are coming at the same time. This may be a good thing for the Ministry of Revenue right now."
"The exchange still has many flaws. Now is the time for you to organize people to summarize experience and avoid greater disasters. Why do you always harp on these trivial matters? Look at the people below. Each of them is worse off than you. Don't you have any sympathy at all?"
"You just lost all your property, but they have already jumped off the building!"
WTF...
Xu Wenshu's expression was distorted by stimulation.
If I don’t sell these crappy stocks, I’m going to jump off the building!
"Marquis Jianye...How about I sell you all my stocks for 2 taels and 5 cents! Cost price, how about selling them cheaply?"
Seeing that Xu Wenshu was completely uncommunicative, Fang Zheng thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, then sell it to me. Are you satisfied now?"
It would be a good time to buy it now. He has sufficient funds and it won't affect him much to acquire Xu Wenshu's shares.
Old man Xu Wenshu is focusing on this every day and it's obviously distracting him from his work.
He had no idea whether he could capture the Holy City and stabilize the situation quickly, as there were too many variables.
If the war really cannot be ended in a short time, then this stock may be bleak for quite a long time.
It's far worse than buying other stocks.
However, Xihai’s trade will have huge potential for value-added in the future.
He doesn't mind making a little less money, so it's okay to keep it. What he is doing is value investing!
Xu Wenshu was stunned: "Really?"
I had originally tried to ask with a glimmer of hope, but I didn't expect Fang Zhengyi to agree so readily.
Is there something fishy going on here?
Xu Wenshu began to have doubts and for a moment he didn't want to sell it anymore.
When Fang Zheng saw that he was hesitating, he suppressed his impatience and said, "Just tell me straight out whether you will sell it or not."
"Master Xu, I am only doing this losing business because of our friendship. I helped you, and in the future, if there are projects at Dongda or the Academy of Sciences that I personally review, you must show me some mercy."
Seeing that the opportunity was about to pass by, Xu Wenshu naturally would not give up.
He nodded repeatedly: "I'll sell it, I'll sell it! Jianye Hou Renyi!"
Fang Zheng took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Stock speculation is deadly. It seems that no one takes the sign at the entrance of the stock exchange seriously. Lord Xu, our top priority is to quickly organize people and discuss some ways to reduce these chaos and maintain order. Otherwise, such things will happen endlessly in the future, and no one can stop it if it gets out of hand."
“I suggest that we first study a mechanism to set an upper limit for daily fluctuations.”
The anger in Xu Wenshu's heart had been extinguished, and he began to think calmly again.
Hearing Fang Zhengyi's suggestion, he nodded and said, "Yes, this is a solution. I will organize some people to study it after I return. Why don't you come back with me to the Ministry of Revenue now, and we will..."
Before he finished speaking, Fang Zheng shook his head and said, "No, the situation here is too intense. I have to watch over it for two days. If I can't keep an eye on it, I don't know how many people will die here."
Fang Zhengyi was also feeling very annoyed.
The Jinyiwei are running around so much that they are almost like firefighters, putting out fires everywhere.
The imperial court had no experience in dealing with this issue and had to do it on their own.
There are too many leeks in the wild. We can’t let these fat and tender leeks die here, otherwise who will take care of them in the future?
"Hey! Who cares what they do? Just accept the loss! Learn a lesson and remember it next time."
Xu Wenshu, who had just escaped from the crisis, couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks while looking at the people below.
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