Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 351 [The sky is falling! The girl I'm pursuing is actually a lifelike robot?!]

The next day, Friday.

Both companies reached an extremely unusual intraday high on the last trading day of the week.

Likang Technology surged more than 11% in the morning session before weakening, reaching a high of 9999.99 yuan, a super "leopard" pattern. Meanwhile, Lingjing Technology, a neighboring company, also surged more than 3.6% in the morning session before reaching a high of 666.66 yuan, another "leopard" pattern.

Both companies are already incredibly popular in the current capital market, and are currently the top two stocks by market capitalization in the A-share market. The fact that they both recorded such unusual "leopard numbers" today has attracted the attention of the entire market.

Screenshots are circulating widely in various chat groups and stock forums, sparking heated discussions.

[One is 9999.99, the other is 666.66, that's a huge A, they really know how to play...]
[I absolutely do not believe you if you say this is a coincidence.]
[Likang Technology previously reached temporary peaks of 27.27 yuan, 777.77 yuan, and 1919.19 yuan, but today it has unexpectedly hit 9999.99 yuan. Is this a cosmic top or just a temporary peak?]
Why do people love playing the "double top" and "triple top" patterns so much? Lately, so many stocks seem to be forming these kinds of tops...
[Anyway, this has nothing to do with us retail investors. Stocks on the Beijing Stock Exchange already have a high entry barrier; even on the main board now, retail investors simply can't afford them.]
[This is outrageous! One share costs 10,000 yuan, meaning you need at least 1 million yuan to afford one.]
[Don't even mention Likang Technology, Lingjing Technology is almost unaffordable now; the lowest price for a new one is over 6.]
[There are basically no retail investors left in Likang Technology now; it's mostly large funds and quantitative funds playing the game. Just watch from the sidelines.]
[Who would have thought that this stock was only 1.07 yuan five months ago? The cumulative increase is +934478.48%, a whopping 9300 times! That's close to a 5-fold increase! Can you believe it? Even the 'Linghuang' stock wasn't this crazy back then.]
[If you'd bought a property at the historical low, spending ten or twenty thousand yuan, you'd be financially independent by now.]
[Likang Technology has a market value of 4.65 trillion yuan. Zhou Hongyi, this guy, was criticized by the entire internet, yet his net worth reached a trillion yuan, making him the richest man in China. Aren't you angry...?]
……

As time went on, the stock prices of Lingjing Technology and Likang Technology continued to decline after they exited the "leopard number" pattern.

In the afternoon, both stocks accelerated their decline, turning green and falling.

As of the market close at 15 PM, Lingjing Technology closed down 1.23% at 635.01 yuan, with a market capitalization of 55.13 trillion yuan.

Likang Technology plunged 7.57% to 8258.23 yuan, with a market capitalization of 3.84 trillion yuan. Trading volume also hit a record high, with turnover exceeding 100 billion yuan for three consecutive days. Today's turnover reached 1242 billion yuan, breaking the record for the largest single-day turnover in the stock's history.

During the weekend, the most discussed topic among stock investors was the "leopard top" pattern of these two companies.

Investors across the market are incredibly curious whether Likang Technology can create another miracle. Referring to previous tops with leopard and pair patterns, these were all temporary tops, which were subsequently broken and continued to reach new highs.

In the following week, Lingjing Technology and Likang Technology both entered a period of adjustment. Fortunately, there was no one-sided sharp drop, as both companies have strong fundamental support.

Comparatively speaking, Lingjing Technology's fluctuations are much smaller.

However, Likang Technology's stock price fluctuated wildly during trading, with daily swings exceeding 10 percentage points.

There are no retail investors left in this stock. During the surge, those retail investors who bought in earlier jumped ship one after another. After that, the stock continued to surge, and no one expected it to hit new highs wave after wave. Now, it's too expensive to buy in.

Currently, Likang Technology's trading involves quantitative funds and algorithmic trading, resulting in significant intraday volatility and trading volume, creating substantial arbitrage opportunities.

……

As time went on, it was Tuesday the 19th of this month, in the middle to late part of the month.

Around 14 p.m. that day, a young male employee of a five-star hotel was in his dormitory when a close colleague rushed over to tell him some news.

"What? What did you say? Don't talk nonsense!" My friend froze on the spot after hearing what his colleague said.

Just half a month ago, the hotel hired several new employees, including a young woman with an outstanding appearance: long black hair, bright eyes, a beautiful figure, and a cheerful smile.

My buddy fell for her at first sight, and a few days later he quickly found out that she was still single.

This thrilled him, and he began to pursue the girl passionately.

Just now, my buddy's colleague suddenly ran over to tell him some news: the girl he's pursuing isn't human at all, but a lifelike robot named Flowing Star Language.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could she be a robot?" My friend was dumbfounded, his face filled with disbelief.

"Bro, I'm not kidding you, really. If you don't believe me, go check the news. Likang Technology just released an announcement, it only came out a short while ago, I just saw it," his colleague said with absolute certainty. His colleague was also struggling to suppress a laugh, the thought that the girl he had been pursuing so passionately was actually a Radiant Star Language robot made him a little uneasy.

Finally, the colleague couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter: "Hahaha! Hahaha..."

He burst into laughter, slapping the table and looking up at the sky. Between laughs, he said, "Sorry, brother, I didn't mean to, but I was just holding it in, woohoohahaha..."

The guy was dumbfounded and his temperature immediately turned red.

Judging from the situation, most of my colleagues at the hotel already know. They won't find out now, but they will eventually. I can't keep it a secret any longer.

Well, not only did he suffer a heartbreak on the spot, he also met a tragic social death.

After a while, his colleague said, "Oh right, bro, there are two more pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which do you want to hear first?"

Hearing this, the guy sat down on the edge of the bed, utterly dejected: "Tell me, nothing could be worse than the girl you like turning into a robot."

His colleague chuckled and replied, "The bad news is that Likang Technology advertised that 'Flowing Star Language' was so realistic that a hotel employee couldn't tell the difference and mistook it for a human, so he started pursuing it."

"????"

Upon hearing this, the guy felt like the sky had fallen. He immediately leaned back, closed his eyes, and slumped onto the bed, his body stiff. He calmly said, "Okay, stop talking. Please let me die peacefully on the spot..."

His colleague, suppressing a laugh, added, "Don't panic, there's good news. They didn't use your real name, they used an alias, and they even blurred your face."

The guy immediately started rolling around and wailing, "I can't stand this lousy shop for another day. I'm quitting. Anyway, judging from the current situation, I'll be replaced by robots sooner or later, so I might as well leave now."

This guy really wants to quit. First, he suffered a terrible social death, and I bet all his colleagues know about it by now.

Furthermore, hotels have already started testing the Flowing Star Language lifelike robot, and it's very likely that they will also lay off staff soon.

His colleague, who was initially overjoyed, suddenly stopped laughing after hearing his friend's words and realized that he might also be replaced by a robot.

After a while, my friend sat up, took out his phone, and said, "Where did you see the news?"

Upon hearing this, a colleague leaned over and mentioned a few keywords, which my friend immediately typed in and searched.

Sure enough, there was news. After clicking in and reading the news report, his anxiety finally subsided.

Just twenty minutes ago, Likang Technology held an impromptu press conference, where it disclosed for the first time the details of its cooperation with two well-known five-star hotels.

Two five-star hotels conducted a confidential pilot program with Likang Technology, recruiting several new front desk receptionists and service staff two weeks ago. In reality, these were all Likang Technology's Flowing Star Language simulation robots.

Until the truth was revealed today, neither the hotel staff nor the guests realized it and regarded it as a real human being.

The lifelike robots were assigned to the hotel's front desk reception and service positions, responsible for greeting guests and handling check-in and check-out procedures.

Its behavior is natural and fluid, without any of the stiffness or awkwardness of a robot. Its bionic skin is lifelike, and its speech is clear and polite. It doesn't seem like a robot at all, but rather like a well-trained professional.

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(End of this chapter)