At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Immediately following this, one large sell order after another began appearing, and the price that had just been hovering at a 9.5% increase plummeted by 5%, dropping to 4.5%.

The retail investors, who had already taken their reassurance pill, saw this and thought, indeed, it was just as the big V had analyzed! The big players were dumping their shares and sucking them back in at a lower price!

Thus, everyone held onto their shares tightly, and some even continued to buy the dip, adopting a stance of "big players accumulate, I scramble for chips".

And so, a large number of retail investors joined in the process of trying to outbid the big players for chips, buying the dip.

The more they bought, the lower the price went; the lower it went, the more they bought.

What was once a 9.5% increase was now down to just 2%.

Finally, panic began to set in among the group.

"What do we do now? It's dropped 7.5%! Is it going to fall below 0%?"

"Damn it, it's just a pullback! Square off the position, square it off, and buy twice as much!"

"Exactly, you've already lost 7.5%, what do you care about the remaining 2% for? Buy, buy, buy!"

"..."

A group of stock investors who had taken a beating began to encourage each other, and started what they called squaring off, attempting to lower their average costs.

And as if the stock price could understand their words, just as it was about to drop below a 2% gain, it suddenly surged to 5%!

Those who had just bought the dip made a furious 3% profit.

Everyone's confidence returned, and they began to invest more heavily, believing another surge was sure to hit the limit up!

Little did they know, in a small group of only thirty people, there was also a heated discussion going on.

Stock Trading to Support Family: "Thanks, Old Chen, that surge you just did let me meet half my target, I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow."

Xiao Mei also Trades Stocks: "Count me in, I'm out, too, and I even earned 9 points, how about organizing a dinner party?"

Stock Collector: "Time to dump! It still has to be the group, turning such big bad news into good news, those outsiders are going crazy!"

Cao Pan: "Old Chen is just too kind-hearted, only letting us take one slice. If we didn't leave today, we could have taken a bigger slice tomorrow."

Old Lin: "What do you know? It's called fostering leeks; if you pluck them up by the roots now, what will you harvest later? Old Chen is having us pull out, he doesn't want Shengda to completely collapse."

"..."

The group was buzzing with discussion.

Chen Tian chimed in: "Okay, as long as everyone's out, that's fine!/Fist salute".

Old Lin: "Old Chen, you're not selling?"

Shengda's Chen Tian: "I can't sell off my shares, my account is public. If I were to sell a large amount, Shengda's stock price would completely collapse."

Cao Pan: "Sigh, Old Chen, you're still too soft-hearted. If I were you, I'd have smashed it all out by now; after all, Shengda is already nearly ruined by your son, you might as well cash out and leave."

Shengda's Chen Tian: "I have to think about my old buddies and the livelihood of the tens of thousands of employees at Shengda."

Xiao Mei also Trades Stocks: "Old Chen is truly responsible! Following Old Chen, one will never go hungry."
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Cao Pan: "Yeah!"

...

In Chen Tian's group, everyone left unscathed, even making a considerable profit.

Meanwhile, the outside retail investors started to panic.

"Damn it, how come it's turning red?"

"Should we still buy the dip? Guys, I'm getting scared."

"The big V said this is just bottom-fishing, there will be a violent surge afterwards!"

"Who's going to violently surge it? We've eaten all the big players' chips; what are they going to use to push it up?"

"Crap, right! Damn it, run fast, or we'll be locked in!"

"I'm not running; you run if you want, as long as I don't sell! I won't lose!"

"..."

Panic spread like a smoke grenade, and after several rounds of pumping and dumping, many people realized they had no profit left!

Even some retail investors who had bought in at the 9% peak were now deeply in the red.

Without the big players propping up the price, the stock continued to fall further, and the 0% flat line was as fragile as paper, instantly breached.

-1%

-1.3%

-2%

...

In a panic, a large number of retail investors began to sell off, triggering a stampede.

The pace of Shengda's stock price drop was staggering.

The price, which took an hour to rise to 9%, plummeted to -5% in just ten minutes.

Those who had bought at high levels were now facing a 14% loss.

Cries of despair were everywhere as panic-stricken retail investors dumped their shares and some, unwilling to take the hit, cursed vociferously in the chatrooms, and the comment section of Shengda's stock was in utter disarray as countless people posted angry rants.

As the panic rapidly spread, the stock price continued to fall further.

-8%

-8.3%

-8.6%

As it approached the limit down, some people started to desperately unload their shares, fearing that they would be slower than the rest.

And just at that moment, an account that everyone recognized came online.

In the comment section of Shengda's stock, a top post appeared.

Chen Fengpo Lang: Don't panic.

In just two short words, breaking a hundred likes in one second, the stock price got stuck at -9.88% and stopped falling.

The comment section even quieted down, except for this post, which kept getting refreshed with new comments.

"Mr. Chen Tian!! You're here!"

"Mr. Chen Tian, is there any hope for Shengda's stocks?"

"Who is this big shot? Looks so powerful!"

"Damn, that's Mr. Chen Tian himself! You must be new here!?"

"Yeah, I just bought in at a 9% dip…"

"Then you're really unlucky, a loss of 18% in an hour..."

"Mr. Chen Tian! Please save us! We're really going to hit the limit down!"

...

Countless similar comments swiftly replied below Chen Fengpo Lang's post.

Although the owner of the account never revealed his identity, everyone knew that this account was Chen Tian himself!

Every time Shengda's stock price plummeted to defend or surged to promote, the name of this account was always atop the trading leaderboard!

"It's bouncing back!! It's bouncing back!"

"Damn it! It's Old Chen to the rescue! It's going up!"

"Let's lend Old Chen a hand! I'm in for the bottom-fishing too!"

Just five minutes after the post was made, Shengda's stock price veered upwards like a green declining line turning a sharp bend into red.

-9.8%

-9.5%

-9%

-8.8%

-8.2%

...The rebound speed was astonishing; no one knew how much money Chen Tian had spent to defend the stock.

Some veteran investors were almost moved to tears upon seeing this.

They had been through several similar events, and every time, it was Chen Fengpo Lang who protected their last line of defense.

The veteran investors never took the initiative to disclose Chen Fengpo Lang's identity or call him Mr. Chen Tian.

They uniformly called him Chen.

It was a sign of respect for Chen Tian.

"Chen, keep it up!"

"Chen is awesome! I've set a modest goal for buying in!"

"It's always Chen, I made a profit following his lead on the bottom-fishing."

The retail investors finally calmed down. Although overall it was still a downward trend, once it fell below -5%, it would immediately be "devoured" by Chen Fengpo Lang.

So, the overall stock price was hovering around -5%, with even a slight rising trend.

Chen Fengpo Lang: The stock market carries risks, and investing must be done with caution. No one can keep underpinning forever, not even me.

Something unprecedented happened: the retail investors found that Chen Fengpo Lang had made a second post.

In the past, Chen Fengpo Lang would only speak once a day at most, as everyone knew that Chen Tian was cautious not to be exposed for manipulating the market maliciously.

Why suddenly speak twice today?

Could it be that he no longer believed in Shengda?

But wasn't Shengda always controlled by Mr. Chen Tian?

Everyone was puzzled, but their emotions had stabilized somewhat.

The bold continued to bottom-fish and buy in, the timid remained still without buying or selling, and a small group of rational folks who read between the lines of Chen Tian's message began to sell off little by little.

This small group understood that Chen Fengpo Lang's defense of the stock today was entirely out of personal sentiment and loyalty to the company.

He was giving the clear-headed people a chance to leave.

Tomorrow, the stock would fall again, and this time, Chen Fengpo Lang would not defend it!

...

In Xiangjiang, thousands of kilometers away from Modu.

Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue were sitting in a Hong Kong-style milk tea shop for afternoon tea.

A notification suddenly popped up on Gu Yu's phone.

He opened it and, to his surprise, it was the news of Shengda's stock price plummeting.

"Shengda is completely out of Old Chen's control now..."

Gu Yu muttered to himself as he browsed through the news.

"Hehe! This pearl milk tea is so delicious! Try a sip!"

Lin Xinyue, on the other hand, was enjoying her snack and drink, not forgetting to share it with Gu Yu.

"Let me have a taste!"

Gu Yu set down his phone and didn't take the situation with Shengda to heart.

If even Old Chen couldn't handle it, then there was no point in him worrying about it.

It was better to relax and enjoy the trip.