"Time to test it on stocks!"
After venting and cursing out his heartless boss, Gu Yizhou decided to go to his room, turn on his computer, and test if he could see the return rate on stocks. The system had said it worked on "all items," and he wasn’t sure if stocks counted.
No sooner said than done.
He got up and walked toward his room.
Nearby, Yan Luoxi watched Gu Yizhou get up and head into his room, wondering what he was up to. She was confused, but deep down, she was convinced this deceptively handsome guy wasn’t all there in the head. So she looked away and stopped paying him any mind.
She lay quietly in the corner of the sofa, her little head drooping, silently pondering how she could turn back into a human. ’What if I can never change back?’
’What am I going to do if I’m really stuck like this??’
’Spend my whole life like this, as a cat? Getting petted by this jerk all day, and then... and then having all sorts of tomcats... do *that* to me???’
’If it really comes to that, I, Yan Luoxi, would rather jump off a building and die!’
’Oh, heavens!’
’If I’ve committed a crime, let the law punish me!’
’Why are you torturing me like this!’
’Waaaah...’
Yan Luoxi curled up in the corner of the sofa, whimpering softly.
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「In the master bedroom,」
Gu Yizhou turned on his computer, then downloaded, registered, and logged into a popular stock trading app from this world.
Due to the time, the stock market had already closed for the day.
He stared at the red and green candlestick chart on the screen, and a feeling of both familiarity and strangeness washed over him.
It had been almost a year since he was reborn into this world, but Gu Yizhou hadn’t touched anything related to stocks in all that time.
Aside from his initial difficulty adjusting to this world, he mostly just wanted to live a simple, ordinary life.
Most importantly, he now had a family and didn’t want to disrupt their peaceful, warm life. He was content being an ordinary worker, going through the motions of his job and life day by day, satisfied with being comfortably well-off.
But!
Who would have thought that, spurred on by the system, that tremor of excitement in his heart would be reawakened? The feeling of fighting life-and-death battles in the stock market, of diving in and out of the financial investment world, ultimately made him unable to resist setting foot on this path once more!
Gu Yizhou had never been the indecisive type. Once he made a decision, he wouldn’t hesitate!
Let’s get it done!
’The worst that can happen is I end up just like in my past life, going back to where I came from!’
Shaking off his thoughts, Gu Yizhou began to seriously examine the candlestick chart. To be fair, this world’s stock market was a bit different from the one in his previous life.
He had never even heard of many of the listed companies, and even the trading rules for buying and selling were different from Earth in his past life.
However, with his years of experience from his past life, he could still generally understand it.
[Stock: Fengxing Media, Current Cost: 18.65 yuan.]
[Investment Return: Favorable news, speculative hot money, retail investor momentum. Seven-day return rate: +105%. Long-term return rate: -65% (Predicted).]
[Stock: Zhongtian Technology, Current Cost: 8.35 yuan.]
[Investment Return: Announcement of latest research results. Seven-day return rate: +50%. Long-term return rate: 200% (Predicted).]
[Stock: Caesar Shares, Current Cost: 208.78 yuan.]
[Investment Return: Announcement of latest research results. Seven-day return rate: +200%. Long-term return rate: 108% (Predicted).]
...
[Note: Given that the Host’s Investment Return Rate Glasses are effective for seven days, and stock market investments carry risk, short-term investments are recommended. Secure your profits.]
Just as he was preparing to dig deeper, information on several blue-chip stocks poised for a crazy surge within seven days suddenly appeared before his eyes!
"Uh... (⊙o⊙)..."
Gu Yizhou froze for a moment.
’Damn!’
’In my excitement just now, I totally forgot this thing existed!’
’And here I was, thinking I’d rely on my own skills to make a big splash!’
’This damn system isn’t even giving me a chance!’
’Sigh.’
He suddenly felt like he’d thrown a punch that landed in a wad of cotton!
’Isn’t this just blatantly trying to let me reap rewards without sowing?!’
Only now did Gu Yizhou truly understand what it felt like to have a life-changing cheat device!
’Am I, Gu Yizhou, that kind of person... Okay, fine, getting something for nothing feels awesome!’
’But this is good too!’
’At least I won’t have to worry about money. I can just relax, work my part-time job, play some games, take my bird for a walk, and... jerk off.’
Gu Yizhou thought to himself, shamelessly and secretly.
But...
Gu Yizhou suddenly realized a very serious problem!
Where was he going to get the starting capital to trade stocks?!
He only had about a thousand yuan to his name. That much money, damn it, wasn’t even enough to qualify for opening a trading account!
’Ask Mom and Dad?’
Gu Yizhou knew how much money his family had.
The problem was, on his parents’ meager salaries, they had worked hard for so many years just to save up a 300,000 yuan down payment for him. They said it was for him to buy a house and get married. If he told them he wanted to use that money to play the stock market, they’d probably whip him until the belt broke!
’And of all the people I know, not a single one is rich!’
’Should I try to get a loan from a bank?’
’But for a regular bank loan? I’m a "three-no" youth, an un-graduated senior intern, a corporate slave. The bank would loan me jack squat!’
’In my current situation, the only things I could apply for are a student startup grant and a startup loan!’
But!
’Even if I went to apply for a student startup grant and loan right now, it would be too late!’
’Sigh.’
’What am I supposed to do now?’
Just as he was mulling over the problem of his starting capital, the ringtone of his nearby phone suddenly went off.
"Quietly holding the blue and white token, keeping the promise, partings are always spent in disappointment..."
Gu Yizhou snapped out of it. He picked up his phone and glanced at the screen, saw it was an unknown number, and figured it must be the delivery guy.
So he answered the call.
"Hello!"
"Ah, yeah, that’s right. Just come up from the elevator by the side entrance!"
"Okay, hold on, I’ll leave the door open for you!"
...
After hanging up, Gu Yizhou shook his head. He got up and walked out of the room to get his food delivery.
’Anyway, I have seven days. Fretting for a little while won’t make money appear out of thin air!’
’If you’re not enthusiastic about eating, there’s something wrong with your brain!’
He decided to fill his stomach first. As for everything else, he’d deal with it later!
...
Seeing him come out of the room, Yan Luoxi, who had been lying on the sofa, lifted her head warily and watched him. When she saw him walk over to the front door and open it on his own, her eyes filled with confusion.
*CLICK~*
The moment the door opened, the delivery guy happened to arrive.
Gu Yizhou took the delivery from the guy’s hands, said thanks, and closed the door again.