Hainan Wuyanzu’s heart sank.
If the price fell back down, he’d lose all the money he’d made.
A hundred thousand was no small sum to him.
He couldn’t help regretting his impulsiveness. What had gotten into him?
How could he have trusted someone he’d never even met?
He flipped through the forum posts one by one. The more he read, the more his heart sank.
Then he opened the trading app again. Catcoin’s price had stopped moving, stuck between five and six yuan.
After watching it for more than three hours without seeing any change, he finally turned off his computer and went to bed.
When he woke the next morning, it was already ten o’clock.
He hurriedly opened the app on his phone.
The moment he saw the number on the screen, he was stunned.
Nine yuan and fifty-four cents!
He jolted upright, rubbed his eyes, and checked again. Nine yuan and fifty-six cents!
It really was about to hit ten yuan!
Hainan Wuyanzu held his breath as he watched the numbers tick upward.
Nine sixty… nine seventy…
At this rate, could it… could it go higher than ten?
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, a message popped up on WeChat: “Place a limit sell order at ten.”
Seeing it was Master, Hainan Wuyanzu replied at once: “With the price rising like this, shouldn’t it go past ten?”
The reply came quickly: “The highest price will be ten.”
Hainan Wuyanzu stared at those words for a good ten seconds.
Who could be so certain about the peak except the market maker?
But Master had correctly predicted two rises in a row.
He decided to trust him one more time.
Hainan Wuyanzu let out a breath and placed a limit sell order at ten yuan on the platform.
A limit order meant setting a price in advance. Once the market reached that price, the buy or sell order would automatically go through.
Less than five minutes after he placed the order, Catcoin’s price stopped at ten yuan, and his sell order was filled instantly.
Soon afterward, the price climbed to ten yuan and two cents.
His heart gave a painful lurch.
He’d sold too early!
If only he’d waited a little longer…
The thought had barely formed when the price plunged to nine yuan and ninety-eight cents.
As Hainan Wuyanzu stared in shock, the price quickly nosedived to nine yuan and fifty cents, where it stopped.
“Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit! The peak really was ten yuan!”
Hainan Wuyanzu bounced around the room several times before he managed to calm down.
He made a voice call. When it connected, he excitedly asked the person on the other end, “You’re the market maker, aren’t you?”
The other person replied calmly, “No, I’m just a small-time player.”
“Master, you’re incredible! I could get down on my knees to you! How did you know what the price would be?”
Li Feng moved the phone away from his ear. Once the other man had finished shouting, he said, “I guessed.”
“How could you guess so accurately?”
“Lucky guess,” Li Feng replied.
“Master, you’re amazing! Do you still need a sidekick? Take me along! I’ll do whatever you say. If you tell me to go east, I won’t go west!”
Li Feng made no promises. He only asked, “How much did you make?”
The young man on the other end immediately began rattling off the numbers. “When it was one yuan a coin, I bought twenty thousand yuan’s worth. Later, when the price rose to two yuan, I made a bet with you, Master, and bought another five yuan’s worth. Last night, when it was five yuan a coin, I bought a hundred thousand yuan’s worth. After deducting my costs, I made a total of 470,000 yuan!”
He’d made 470,000 yuan in one night!
He’d never even dared to imagine it!
If he’d listened to Master from the start and invested a million, he could’ve made over a million just like that!
Why had he gotten cold feet?!
He regretted it so much he could have beaten his chest.
From now on, he’d listen to Master. Whatever Master said was right!
“Master, we agreed you’d get twenty percent of my profits. That comes to ninety-four thousand yuan.”
Li Feng was surprised. He hadn’t expected the young man to be so bold as to put that much money in.
What made him like the young man even more was that he really did transfer the ninety-four thousand yuan to Li Feng on WeChat.
He was pretty generous.
Li Feng reminded him, “The twenty thousand you invested on your own had nothing to do with me. Take off thirty-six thousand, and you only need to send me fifty-eight thousand.”
The young man on the other end was insistent. “If you hadn’t told me to sell at ten yuan, Master, I wouldn’t have made this much. You’ve earned it. Take it—and bring your little brother along next time you find another way to make money.”
Li Feng was badly in need of money, so he didn’t stand on ceremony. He tapped to accept the transfer, and immediately heard the familiar ching-ching of coins.
The sound of money coming in—how long it had been.