Our Rise Era

Chapter 1: Man in the Storm

On November 2007, 11, it was cloudy with light rain in northern Zhejiang.

Taifeng County.

A busy street entrance.

The gray sky seemed to be covered by a huge curtain, and the heavy clouds made it almost impossible to breathe.

Under the dark clouds.

Zhang Yang looked into the distance silently, his figure motionless.

"Brother Zhang, the stock price has hit the lower limit again...our money..."

"We can't withdraw any of our money!"

"It's over, it's over, we're all finished!"

Behind Zhang Yang, Fatty Yuan knelt straight on the ground as if every last bit of strength had been drained from his body, mumbling to himself in despair.

Zhang Yang did not respond to the fat man, but continued to look up at the sky, staring at the darkness in the sky.

After staring for a long time, he closed his eyes.

"The storm is coming!"

When he opened his eyes again, he could see the trance and confusion in his eyes, and his pupils had become extremely deep.

as well as……

A vague feeling of bloodthirstiness?
A strong wind blew in the distance.

He loosened his hand, and the crumpled newspaper in his hand fluttered in the wind. In the dim light, a piece of news was clearly written on the newspaper.

[American Housing Mortgage Investment Corporation, the tenth largest mortgage institution in the United States, officially filed for bankruptcy protection in court]

The wind is getting stronger and stronger.

That piece of news, along with the crumpled newspaper, flew into the hazy darkness, and finally, flew to a place where he could no longer see it.

wind.

The fat man lowered his head.

"Yes, the storm is coming!"

"We are finished, finished..."

"Brother Zhang, we are all finished. Our lives are over!"

2005年11月~2006年5月，华夏股市从最低的1074涨到1678，理论最大涨幅为56%！

2006年10月~2007年5月，股指在半年内足足涨了145%……

From June to October 2007, the market went crazy, reaching an astonishing 6 points!

This round of surge is the most shocking scene in the history of China's stock market. As long as you enter the market, you can make a lot of money. Even a fool can make money as long as he knows how to buy!
Some people even said something like "Robbery is not as good as stock trading." Against this backdrop, countless people withdrew from casinos and plunged into the stock market, waiting to get rich overnight.

On October 2007, 10, Zhang Yang and Fatty Yuan watched countless people making a fortune, and finally they could not resist the temptation and took out a loan to enter the market, mortgaging everything they had!
Then, the stock market crash came. The market fell from a high of 6124 to 4778. The stocks that Fatty Yuan and Zhang Yang bought for export all turned green and kept falling. They couldn’t withdraw any money at all. Some of them had even been delisted…

In the distance, there were bursts of lightning, followed by muffled thunder.

In the flash of lightning, Fatty Yuan looked at Zhang Yang and turned around, his eyes slightly red, and pointed to the sky in the distance: "Fatty!"

"Brother Zhang, you said..."

"Would you like to feel the storm?"

"..."

As soon as Zhang Yang finished speaking, heavy rain came pouring down.

On the street, pedestrians hurried to avoid the rain, but they could not escape the baptism of the rain. The rain gathered into rivers, and puddles quickly formed on the stone road. Ripples appeared on the water surface, and raindrops smashed into small bubbles...

The fat man hurriedly pulled Zhang Yang towards the store, but Zhang Yang shook his head in everyone's surprised eyes.

Instead, he opened his hands!

"boom!"

There was a sound of thunder in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, streaks of lightning broke through the dark clouds, illuminating the world and also illuminating Zhang Yang's face.

He closed his eyes, and his whole body was instantly washed by the hazy rain, as if he was embracing the world.

Countless pedestrians running in panic seemed to become his background at this moment...

The fat man hid under the eaves, staring blankly at the motionless figure being washed by the rain.

An even more unfamiliar feeling surged into his heart, making him feel a little uneasy for a moment, and even this feeling of uneasiness gradually turned into panic.

Brother Zhang seems to be crazy!

In the rain, lightning flashed.

The bursts of muffled thunder frightened the fat man, and Fat Yuan subconsciously shrank back into the store.

That was a [Zhangyang Toy and Daily Necessities Store].

"boom!"

He wanted to pull Zhang Yang back, but he didn't dare!

Time passed little by little.

The figure in the storm stood there with his hands open, as if feeling something...

I don’t know how long it took, but the heavy rain finally gradually subsided!
The dark clouds in the distance dispersed, revealing a ray of sunshine!
Fatty Yuan looked at Zhang Yang, who was soaked by the rain and bathed in the sunshine. He seemed to be emitting a gentle light...

Then, he lowered his head, straightened his wet clothes, and walked towards the center of the street step by step with a calm and unfamiliar smile, ignoring the gazes of others.

....................................

evening.

sunset.

Zhang Yang took a shower and changed into fresh clothes.

He saw the fat man looking at him timidly: "Brother Zhang."

"Well, tell me!"

Zhang Yang nodded, sat on the chair, and made a cup of tea for himself and the fat man.

The fragrance of tea calmed his emotions, and he calmly looked at everything in the grocery store. This was a grocery store that sold toys and other daily necessities.

After graduating from high school and failing to get into college, the two suddenly had an idea and borrowed a large sum of money to start a business, hoping to become the next Ma Yun and Ma Huaqiang one day.

A year later, the store was still the same store, but the two people who were stuck with the stocks were in debt of $600,000 and experienced an unprecedented low in their lives.

"Brother Zhang, I... I know this incident has hit you hard, but, I... we are out of money now. All the stocks we invested in are gone. We... if we hadn't invested in stocks in the beginning..."

The atmosphere in the grocery store was oppressive.

Fatty Yuan's eyes were slightly red and he lowered his head, looking extremely desperate.

Zhang Yang looked at Fatty Yuan and did not respond, but poured him a cup of tea.

Fatty Yuan looked at the cup of tea and wanted to say something else, but found that the words were choked in his throat.

The grocery store suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Zhang Yang looked around, squinting his eyes.

He confirmed that he was truly reborn!

No, it should be said that I traveled through time and came to a strange world that is similar to the original world. In this world, there are familiar countries such as America, Europe, and China.

In this world, there are similar [Qdog Chat Software] and [Baotao Mall], and they all have the surname Ma...

this world……

……

Fragments of memories echoed in Zhang Yang's mind, making Zhang Yang gradually familiar with this world.

Zhang Yang looked at the street in the distance, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

it is good!
very good!

in time!
There’s still time for everything!

From now on, it is not too late to break the capital blockade and fight our way out step by step!
"I heard there's a store for sale here?"

Just at this time……

A sound interrupted Zhang Yang's memories.

Zhang Yang turned around and saw a middle-aged woman looking at the messy grocery store with critical eyes.

Fatty Yuan quickly smiled and went over to greet him: "Yes, yes, transfer it. Only 80,000 yuan. Everything here will be transferred to you. We two brothers just want to have a meal..."

The middle-aged woman looked at all this with disdain, and finally shook her head: "Fifty thousand!"

"Our cost here is 100,000 yuan, and we are in urgent need of money to pay off our debts. We have no choice but to sell it for 80,000 yuan..."

"Just 50,000, not a cent more. Last month, I saw several stores close down. If they don't sell for 50,000, they will only be 40,000 tomorrow. I won't pay a cent more..."

"..."

The middle-aged woman's voice was sharp and piercing.

Fatty Yuan's face showed helplessness and anger.

He knew that she had no bottom line in lowering the price, but he had to endure it and even smiled because the store was in urgent need of selling.

After the middle-aged woman pointed fingers at him and found fault with him, he tried to explain, but the woman interrupted him mercilessly: "Don't tell me any stories, I don't believe them... I only saw that your store is going to close down. If you want to sell it, sell it. If you don't want to sell it, forget it!"

Zhang Yang watched silently.

Looking at Fatty Yuan with his head down, the smile on his face was slightly stiff, his hands were shaking with anger, but in the end his expression became like that of a grandson, he kept nodding and agreeing, being extremely humble.

When I was about to speak...

Zhang Yang suddenly stood up: "We're not selling it!"

Fatty Yuan was stunned, while the middle-aged woman frowned and looked at Zhang Yang: "Are you sure?"

"Not for sale!"

"Okay, that's perfect. I also think it's a waste of money to buy these. It's better not to sell them!"

"..."

The middle-aged woman didn't say anything harsh. She just glanced at the store, muttered something, and turned away.

Fatty Yuan wanted to chase after them to stop them and have some more chat, but was stopped by Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang pulled the fat man back to the tea table to drink tea.

But at this moment, the fat man was extremely anxious, so how could he have the mind to drink tea?
But Zhang Yang was very calm: "The bigger the matter, the less anxious you should be. Have a cup of tea and calm down..."

"But, Brother Zhang..."

"Wait!"

The fat man finally lowered his head, took the teacup and drank a cup of tea.

After a while, the middle-aged woman turned around and said, "Let's both take a step back and go with 70,000!"

"Do not sell!"

Before the fat man could speak, Zhang Yang shook his head and replied.

"..."

"Forget it, forget it. You're all so cunning. Eighty thousand is eighty thousand! Let's sign the contract..."

"I won't sell it for 80,000. Go back. I won't sell it anymore!"

"you……"

The middle-aged woman was shocked, her face changed slightly, and she was about to say something.

But somehow, she met Zhang Yang's eyes.

The young man was smiling, but his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the lens and penetrate into people's hearts, as if in an instant, one could see through what she was thinking!
She subconsciously avoided Zhang Yang's gaze. For a moment, she felt inexplicably guilty and did not dare to look Zhang Yang in the eye.

"Okay! Ninety thousand!"

"I said, we're not selling it!"

"Okay, don't regret it!"

"No regrets……"

(End of this chapter)