Chapter 0330: Hesitation Breeds Disaster

To be fair, Zhao Fusheng had never imagined that Tan Kaixuan would take an interest in e-commerce.

In his impression, this guy should be a financial tycoon who talks about stock indices and futures all day. But now, judging by Tan's attitude, he was clearly interested in e-commerce.

Actually, the responsibility for this issue lay with Zhao Fusheng himself, or more precisely, it was because Zhao Fusheng had made so much money in the internet sector recently that Tan Kaixuan had become interested in the web.

In his previous life, Tan Kaixuan had no outstanding talents around him; his parents made money through stock trading, and after graduating from college, he naturally followed in their footsteps. But now, with someone as extraordinary as Zhao Fusheng by his side, how could Tan Kaixuan ignore it?

Don't forget, that guy Wang Zhen just casually came up with an idea and made over nine hundred thousand—that was a huge shock to Tan Kaixuan.

He was only a twenty-two-year-old young man, not the thirty-two-year-old business elite.

However, although Tan Kaixuan was thinking about starting a business, what he considered was how to do it without harming his friendship with Zhao Fusheng while also building his own career.

That was certain. This time with the stock market, Zhao Fusheng had led him to make money, but Tan Kaixuan had known since childhood that no one would help you repeatedly for no reason. Because you're handsome?

Tan Kaixuan didn't know that he could take Zhao Fusheng's help for granted, because Zhao Fusheng was repaying a debt. So he felt that he couldn't let Zhao Fusheng keep giving without giving something in return.

Of course, this was his inner thought; Zhao Fusheng was unaware of it.

And Zhao Fusheng's mind was also in a mess, because he knew very well that e-commerce was a money-burning business. In other words, to break out of the chaotic e-commerce landscape, you needed to be very rich, extremely rich, enormously rich.

It was possible that even if Tan Kaixuan threw in all his assets, he might not even make a splash in the e-commerce wave.

Shaking his head, Zhao Fusheng felt extremely conflicted. Graduation was approaching, and if Tan Kaixuan really threw himself into the e-commerce wave, wouldn't he become the culprit?

With such doubts, the two returned to the stock trading hall. Although it was lunch break, the place was packed.

Because just before the morning session closed, internet stocks had taken the lead. Several stocks that had hit the limit down in the morning were directly sealed at the limit up by large buy orders, and then the entire internet tech sector surged, driving the broader market into positive territory.

This news left many people baffled, not understanding what had happened and why there was suddenly such a change.

Stock investors are actually a pitiable group. The more stocks fall, the more they think it's a good opportunity to buy the dip, rushing in one after another, pouring their hard-earned savings into the stock market.

But conversely, once a bull market appears, these investors become hesitant, always worrying that if it rises today, it might fall tomorrow.

So, caught in hesitation and indecision, they miss good opportunities to make money. Then, when the bull market is about to end, they suddenly realize and rush in, only to find themselves trapped a few days later.

Even today was no different. As Zhao Fusheng and Tan Kaixuan walked through the crowd, the most common discussion they heard was whether these internet stocks were a trap to lure people in, and that the market would likely fall again in the afternoon.

"Can't these people hope for something good?" Tan Kaixuan muttered to Zhao Fusheng as he took out his phone to call his father.

Zhao Fusheng laughed: "They worry about inequality rather than scarcity. Most of their stocks are still trapped, so naturally they don't want to see our stocks turn red."

This was a normal mentality, or rather, many people are like this—when they're down, they hope others are down too.

Soon, Tan's father answered the phone. Tan Kaixuan asked where they were and pulled Zhao Fusheng over.

Tan's father and mother were chatting with a few acquaintances. When they saw Zhao Fusheng and Tan Kaixuan coming, they greeted them and walked over.

Before Tan Kaixuan could speak, his mother hugged him and planted a kiss on his cheek: "My good son, you really are a lucky star!"

It was clear she was genuinely happy, because without Tan Kaixuan's connection to Zhao Fusheng, the Tan family wouldn't have seized such a good opportunity.

She and her husband had invested almost all their liquid assets, originally thinking they'd have to hold for the medium to long term, but unexpectedly, Zhao Fusheng had guessed right.

It was like a group of people digging for gold in the ground. Others found nothing, but suddenly they dug up a gram—not much, but enough.

Tan Kaixuan's face turned as red as an apple. Zhao Fusheng stood behind him, almost bursting with laughter. It was rare to see him so embarrassed, and Zhao Fusheng wished he had a camera phone to record Tan Kaixuan's awkwardness.

Tan's father looked at Zhao Fusheng and nodded: "Xiao Zhao, thank you this time."

He knew well that if not for Zhao Fusheng insisting on including his son, their family might not have had the chance to make so much money this time.

Based on current estimates, with just five consecutive limit-ups, he would make a profit that would have taken five or six years before.

Although Tan's father was a decent stock trader before, he mostly followed the crowd, occasionally catching a few hot stocks and making two or three limit-ups at best.

Just now, chatting with some seasoned investors, everyone felt that this wave might be similar to the one last summer. They were all lamenting that they hadn't paid attention to internet tech stocks earlier; if they had entered early, they would definitely have made a fortune.

Tan's father and mother secretly rejoiced, but outwardly they sighed along with the others.

Little did anyone know, they were laughing inside.

Hearing Tan's father's words, Zhao Fusheng smiled: "Uncle Tan, you're too kind. It was just luck. To be honest, we were worried at noon too."

"Haha, don't even mention it. I couldn't sit still either." Tan's father laughed and said to Zhao Fusheng, "Come on, let's head back."

"Not staying to watch a bit longer?" Tan Kaixuan asked in surprise.

Tan's father shook his head: "No need. Given the situation now, it'll definitely close in the green today. Barring surprises, the rest of the week shouldn't be a problem."

In fact, Tan's father was wrong.

For ten full trading days, until February 21st, the two stocks they held were still firmly locked at the limit up.

By then, even Tan's father himself was getting a bit restless.

"This... it's already doubled, right?" Tan's father asked his wife as they sat in the stock trading hall.

Tan's mother's face flushed red as she nodded: "As long as it doesn't hit the limit down, we've already nearly tripled."

Over these twelve days, they felt like they were on a roller coaster. Every day after the market opened, they came to the exchange to check, only to find their stocks still firmly locked at the limit up.

At first, they were calm, but by the fifth trading day, that calm turned into worry that the limit up might break. So they sat there from morning till night, staring at the big screen.

Since they were fully invested, they didn't have to worry about anything else.

And now, as the tenth trading day was about to close, those two stocks were still firmly locked at the limit up.

"Xiao Zhao, what do you think?" Tan's father's attitude toward Zhao Fusheng had changed somewhat. In his view, unless Zhao Fusheng had inside information, how could he have timed it so perfectly?

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "Uncle, I told you before, I only do ten days."

"Huh?" Tan's father was startled, looking at Zhao Fusheng in surprise.

He watched as Zhao Fusheng stood up, called Tan Kaixuan, walked to the trading counter, reported his account number to the clerk, and calmly said: "Liquidate."

At that moment, Zhao Fusheng felt incredibly at ease.