Chapter 104

During those three months, Gu Ci discovered his interest in business and the charm of finance.

He was successfully admitted to the finance department of his dream university, and won all scholarships inside and outside the school.

Gu Ci, who went to college, was absorbing knowledge like a hardened sponge.

He spent a year studying on his own, mastered all four-year university courses, and read all the financial books in the library.

During his sophomore year, Gu Ci began to be attracted to the stock industry.

Stock investment carries high risks and high returns, and the thrill of deciding one's life and death in one day deeply attracted Gu Ci.

Gu Ci regarded his scholarship as starting capital for his first entry into the stock market. He only observed the stock exchange for three days before investing all his money.

It's not a lot of money, but it's definitely bold.

After a few days of waiting, the fluctuation numbers of the stocks purchased by Gu Ci were dyed from green to red, and an additional 0 was added to Gu Ci's account.

This kind of sensory stimulation in a short period of time gave Gu Ci a rare sense of excitement. He began to observe the stock market frequently, buying and selling in large quantities almost every day.

Gu Ci never plays it safe when playing stocks. He leaves almost no escape route for himself. He only stops after clearing the balance in his account every time he invests.

The most taboo thing about the stock market is to be timid. Most investors dream of getting rich overnight, but in reality they are afraid of losing all their wealth.

They are too afraid of losing, so they habitually leave themselves with backup plans, fallback routes, and backup plans.

But Gu Ci doesn't feel "lost" is terrible.

Because he understood from a young age that the more important something is, the more painful it will be when it is left, so his emotional connection with everything in the world is very weak.

Gu Ci has very low material desires and is not interested in money.

If you have more money, spend it; if you have less money, you will die.

This was something he had understood since he was in the orphanage.

Therefore, Gu Ci does not care about profits and losses when trading stocks. What he yearns for is the fun and possibilities brought by the great uncertainty in stocks.

Gu Ci often sees two familiar names on the stock monitor of the stock exchange.

The Lu family and the Guan family have good reputations because of their large business, so the daily stock trends are almost always rising slightly.

Until Mr. Lu was exposed to the scandal by a competitor. It's only been a few days since Lu's stock fell sharply.

When some old investors saw the green light following Lu's stock price, they did not rush to sell their stocks but instead bought more and more retail investors.

Because they firmly believe that Lu's strength can perfectly solve this matter, and when the storm is over, Lu's stock price will definitely rise.

Gu Ci looked at the downward curve for a long time, and finally made a bold decision to short Lu Jia.

Unlike most people's long strategy of buying first and then holding, waiting to sell at a high price to earn the difference, Gu Ci's short selling strategy is to sell high first and then buy low.

All retail investors were betting that Lujia's stock price would rise, and only Gu Ci was betting that it would fall.

The risk of short selling is much greater than that of long selling, not to mention that the target of his short selling is still the Lu family.

Many people reminded Gu Ci that the Lu family's stock price could not fall anymore because Mr. Lu had just revealed that the Lu family was going to marry the Guan family.

Gu Ci did not respond when he heard this, nor did he stop.

The night when Gu Ci shorted Lu's stock, Miss Guan got his phone number from nowhere and cried on the other end of the phone.

She told Gu Ci that he didn't want to associate with the Lu family. She didn't like the Lu family's son, but she still liked Gu Ci.

Gu Ci still gave the same answer as before.

Miss Guan sobbed and told Gu Ci that she had specially found a house to adopt stray cats, and also brought many calico cats over from China. She asked him again and again why he still didn't like her.

Gu Ci couldn't understand her behavior, so he could only apologize.

The day after hanging up the phone, Gu Ci observed the stock market as usual and found that the Lu family's stock price was recovering due to the previously announced marriage.

Some people advised Gu Ci to short-sell stocks that could make some money back if they were conservative at this point. Gu Ci, who had invested all his savings, was not in a hurry.

On the fourth day after Miss Guan hung up the phone, something happened to the Guan family.

Overseas animal protection associations reported on Ms. Guan's illegal confinement of stray cats, accusing her of confining hundreds of stray cats in a room and depriving them of their freedom.

The Guan family's products abroad began to be boycotted, and the market value of several hundred million evaporated instantly.

The two companies that were supposed to join forces now have troubles happening one after another.

Investors began to hesitate, and hesitation gave rise to suspicion.

They began to distrust these two corporate giants, and the trends of the two stocks were not optimistic.

Gu Ci, who was originally questioned and ridiculed for wanting to short-sell the Lu family, became the biggest winner, and was severely damaged by the Lu family and Guan family that they were optimistic about.

In just one year, the balance in Gu Cika went from five digits to eight digits.

But he never showed off his wealth and still went to school and the exchange in plain clothes every day. He is so low-key that even the classmates in the class don't know that he is trading stocks.

Except for a "street walker" who walks the city all day long.

"Classmate, your name is Gu Ci, right?"

As usual, Gu Ci, who was about to go to the exchange after class, raised his head and glanced at the person coming.

The men are very well-dressed, have exquisite hairstyles, and smell of perfume.

Gu Ci nodded and before he could speak, he heard him introduce himself as he spoke: "My name is Shao Yixia. You may not have seen me before because I often skipped classes. But I have seen you many times near the stock exchange. "

Gu Ci didn't know the reason for his visit, so he asked directly: "What's the matter?"

"I came here to make friends with you, don't be so cold." Shao Yixia was very natural, and his smile changed. He said, "Actually, besides making friends, I also want to ask you if you have any plans to start a company."

"No." Gu Ci refused crisply and turned to leave.

Unwilling to give up, Shao Yixia followed Gu Ci and murmured: "Don't refuse in such a hurry. I have been observing you for several days. The mysterious person who shorted Lu's stock a few days ago was you, right?"

Shao Yixia clicked his tongue from the bottom of his heart. Twice, he praised: "That's the Lu family. As long as there is a mistake in one link, the investment will be lost. Your move is really risky and wonderful."

"My keen sixth Tell me you are a business genius. It would be a pity if you only use this talent for stock trading. Do you want to start a company with me?"

Before Shao Yixia could wait for the answer, he saw Gu Ci raising his hands to cover his ears. .

Shao Yixia was a little confused by Gu Ci: "What is going on?"

Gu Ci turned to look at him, and said calmly: "You are so annoying."

Shao Yixia, who was sociable and thick-skinned, was not discouraged at all, with a spoon-fed expression. Salesman followed Gu Ci to the entrance of the exchange.

Gu Ci didn't know whether his brain was overloaded by Shao Yixia's quarrel, or because he didn't want to hear the irritation in his ears anymore. He turned around and said to Shao Yixia seriously: "I won't start a company."

Shao Yixia followed the tradition of breaking the casserole and asking the truth . Shen Jing asked: "Why?"

Gu Ci recalled the three months with Mr. Lu, remembering those dinners and the secret words and pushes and pulls of his partners.

"Because it's troublesome to open a company."

What Gu Ci said was concise and simple, but Shao Yixia, who was like a good person, managed to guess the meaning behind Gu Ci based on the half hour of contact with him.

"Don't worry about social problems, I can handle them all." Shao Yixia is very confident in his communication skills. "I will take care of the running of the company. You only need to make every decision well."

Gu Ci heard these words It became quiet, but Shao Yixia was not disturbed by his silence.

He knew that Gu Ci would agree in the end.

Because Gu Ci didn't say no once during the thirty minutes of nagging.

As Shao Yixia expected, Gu Ci was actually looking forward to this matter in his heart.

He knows the operating rules of the business world and has participated in several large-scale decisions. To him, business war is like a large-scale business strategy game.

The sense of control of having everything under control gave Gu Ci great satisfaction.

He is no longer the one who is chosen and abandoned, but the dominant one who can decide what others gain and lose.

Gu Ci thought for a moment and replied, "I need to think about it for two more days."

Although the conditions given by Shao Yixia were very tempting, Gu Ci needed to understand his abilities before making a decision.

Gu Ci spared two days to search for information about Shao Yixia.

He found that although Shao Yixia often skipped classes, his grades were very good, and the various scholarships he received basically overlapped with his own.

After Gu Ci gave a positive reply, Shao Yixia began to deal with the company's preparations.

The two of them each contributed 50% as the company's start-up capital.

After all the company's preparations were basically completed, Gu Ci and Shao Yixia had a meal together.

When the two of them got along, Shao Yixia mostly talked and Gu Ci listened. When the two of them walked to the river that ran through the entire city, they stopped to enjoy the wind.

Shao Yixia, who had just been quiet for a second, suddenly spoke to Gu Ci again as if he remembered something: "Gu Ci, our company hasn't decided on a name yet."

Gu Ci looked through the railing at the rolling river under his feet and said: "Linhe."

"What?" Shao Yixia was caught off guard by his straightforward way of naming, "You are too casual. Standing by the river, you call it Linhe? Besides, this is not a river. Why don't you call it Linjiang? "Where is Linchuan?"

"Huh." Shao Yixia didn't expect to hear a good name from the words he originally used to tease Gu Ci, "How about calling him Linchuan?"

Gu Ci is not that particular about names. , and replied: "Okay."

Shao Yixia was as excited as a father for the first time.

He chewed the name Linchuan in his mouth several times, and he couldn't hide the smile at the corner of his mouth.

The moist night wind blew the hair and thoughts of the two young men. Shao Yixia looked at the source of inspiration for the name and asked Gu Ci: "Gu Ci, what do you think Linchuan will be like in ten years?"

Gu Ci thought about it seriously, and finally shook his head: "I don't know."

Gu Ci has always been forthright in speaking, and has never been tactful or polite to anyone.

There are not even a hundred but eighty girls in the school who have been rejected by him in person.

Shao Yixia had bad intentions and deliberately asked Gu Ci: "Gu Ci, do you think you will find a girlfriend in ten years?"

At that time, Gu Ci didn't even understand what love was, and his girlfriend was even more distant to him. .

So Gu Ci continued to shake his head and said, "I don't know."

After hearing this, Shao Yixia turned his back and leaned on the railing, and teased Gu Ci with a smile: "Why do I think that if one day you really fall in love with someone, you will also "I don't know."

"If I can wait until that day, I will pretend not to know what it is like to see what happens to you."

The eighteen-year-old Gu Ci just owned a company called Linchuan. Be clear about the future development of the company and your own future.

The words he heard faded into the passing river and time with the wind. No one in his world knew what would happen ten years later.