Starting with a fully invested A-share portfolio to become a capital...

Chapter 182 Institutional Investors and Retail Investors Forced to Stand on the Mountain Top as a Form of Punishment; Financial Research Network Poachs Talent to Counterattack Competitors
What does it feel like to be envious of others?
Envy? Jealousy? Or hatred?
All three emotions are present.

But if you go into detail, it's a kind of discomfort where blood rushes to the brain, desire overwhelms reason, and the heart feels like it's being tickled by countless fine hairs, yet there's no way to stop the itch.

At this moment, Chen Sanrong, far away in Shenzhen, looked at the transaction slip sent by Liao Guopei. Desire had completely consumed him, and his heart was screaming incessantly.

"Damn! I made over 2 million, why isn't this person me?"

"I shouldn't have sold so early; I lost out on double the profit!"

"That guy with the Shadowless Kick, damn it, he really made a killing!"

"Holy crap!!!"

He was envious.

He was really envious.

Chen Sanrong is now like a gambler on a whim, his primal instincts have firmly taken over his rationality.

With a net profit of 2.46 million, if you used that money to buy houses in Shenzhen, you could buy two or three hundred old, dilapidated apartments in Futian District, not to mention those in the suburbs costing hundreds of thousands of yuan.

If Chen Sanrong renovated two or three hundred houses and rented them all out, he couldn't even imagine how wonderful his life would be.

"Cough-cough-"

The QQ notification sound rang again.

[Zen City Shadowless Kick]: Pay close attention to Gezhouba, Anhui Provincial Water Conservancy and Conch Cement; there may be some market activity this afternoon.

Upon seeing the message, Chen Sanrong quickly typed, "Are you going to push the price up?"

[Zen City Shadowless Kick]: This is a concept stock related to the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. There is a lot of speculative capital involved. Pay attention to the upward signals on the chart.

The meaning of this statement is quite clear: it continues the "fishing to drive up prices" trading model to harvest speculative funds within the stock market.

The thought of becoming a "beast on Fuchun Road" instantly roused Chen Sanrong, who quickly replied, "I will fully cooperate."

There's no need for much explanation between speculative investors; they can tell whether the other party wants to shake out weak hands or drive up the price simply by looking at the intraday chart signals.

After the chat ended, Chen Sanrong remained cautious and went online to check whether the three companies were related to the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.

Individual investors who can become speculative capital are no ordinary people. They not only have strict execution skills, but also, to a certain extent, can suppress the inherent weaknesses in their DNA.

In terms of "herd mentality" alone, most ordinary retail investors cannot escape it, because it is something written into their DNA.

“Gezhouba Group is the core contractor of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project’s central route. It has undertaken key projects such as the Yellow River crossing project, the heightening of the Danjiangkou Dam, and the Shahe Aqueduct. Its actual controlling shareholder is China Energy Construction Group.”

"The fundamentals are fine."

"The business also matches."

Chen Sanrong nodded slightly, clearly agreeing with the stock.

As a speculative investor, he naturally has the habit of collecting news every day.

Because retail investors are savvy enough to trade stocks based on news, positive news can attract them to buy in and take over the shares.

At this point, some people may ask, if speculative funds and retail investors see the same news at the same time, what advantage do speculative funds still have?
1. Financial advantage.

2 is a cognitive advantage.

The advantage of capital goes without saying. Retail investors are not capable of driving up stock prices because, although their funds are large, they are very dispersed and cannot form an effective synergy.

As for cognitive advantage, it is undeniable that some retail investors have a high level of cognitive ability and can extract valuable content from news reports.

However, the vast majority of retail investors are "giant babies" who don't think for themselves and just wait for financial bloggers and news media to interpret the news.

For example, at the executive meeting on November 26, 2008, the document "Ten Major Industry Adjustment and Revitalization Plan" was practically telling all retail investors which ten sectors would be profitable in the future. Yet, some retail investors still went against the grain and went to sunset industries or played with high-risk ST stocks.

Publicly available information is not necessarily worthless; rather, it is necessary to understand the underlying implications and where the country's next move will be.

It's not the individual who creates value, but rather that person who happens to be at the right moment and becomes a trendsetter of the times.

"Anhui Province's water resources sector has been deeply involved in supporting municipal engineering projects for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project through the BT (Build-Transfer) model, with newly signed contracts amounting to 31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 133%, including the construction of water transmission pipelines and pumping stations in cities such as Chuzhou and Xianning."

"Anhui Conch Cement, a leading cement company in China, has become a major cement supplier for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, even though it did not directly participate in the project. It has also become a major cement supplier for the project due to its production capacity advantage."

"All three stocks are fine."

After systematically learning about the information publicly available online, Chen Sanrong felt completely at ease, but a hint of greed for money quietly crept into his heart.

……

And on the other side.

Headquarters of Huitianfu Fund Management Co., Ltd.

As one of the top ten fund companies in China, it was established on February 3, 2005, less than 5 years ago.

Despite its short history, it has been selected as one of the top ten fund companies, which speaks to its strong background. Its largest shareholder is Orient Securities, holding 35.412% of the shares. Following closely are Shanghai Capital Asset Management Co., Ltd., holding 19.966% of the shares, China Eastern Airlines Financial Holdings Co., Ltd., holding 19.966% of the shares, and the employee stock ownership platform "Shanghai Capital Jingjujin", holding 24.656% of the shares.

Anyone who has started a business knows that in the primary market, besides capital, you also need connections.

Although Huitianfu Fund has a short history, none of its top three shareholders are easy to deal with; they are all companies with extraordinary abilities.

At this moment, Zhang Hui, the "top dog of Huitianfu" with delicate features and a refined temperament, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, was cursing and saying: "Fuck your mother, which private equity dog ​​smashed the market and broke the rules, I'll fuck your mother."

Because he was slow to act, he only managed to sell 200 million of his 1 billion yuan investment, while the remaining 800 million yuan was immediately driven down to the daily limit, resulting in a loss of over 100 million yuan in profits.

Although he made money, he didn't get much commission, but he was fighting for fame to pave the way for his transition to private equity.

There's a saying in the mutual fund industry: A fund manager who doesn't aspire to be a private equity fund manager isn't a good fund manager.

Since private equity firms cannot advertise publicly on platforms, those who want to transform into private equity firms must accumulate as many client resources as possible.

Let's put it this way: any public fund manager who cares about fund returns is paving the way for a transition to private equity, while public fund managers who don't care about fund returns are just a bunch of mediocre people and cronies who are just collecting management fees.

Zhang Hui's anger surged to the top of his head. Instead of swallowing his anger, he called private equity manager Yi Lin.

"Dududu-"

After a brief busy signal, the call was connected.

"Hey, Brother Hui."

"You didn't smash the plate, did you?"

Zhang Hui got straight to the point, his tone unfriendly.

Yi Lin's Yu Lin Private Equity is one of the few private equity firms he knows that subscribed to Huaguo Construction's IPO. The other few private equity firms are Zexi, Fuman, and Jiangcheng Private Equity.

"What the hell am I doing, Brother Hui? We've known each other for so long, you know what kind of person I am. I'm a well-known honest man in the surrounding area. How could I do such a beastly thing?"

"You're being honest my ass! Don't think I don't know. You were the one who smashed my plate last time. Be honest, wasn't it you?"

"I'm innocent! Last time it was an accident. I really didn't smash it this time. If you don't believe me, come to Yulin tonight and I'll show you the transaction record."

Upon hearing the words "delivery slip," Zhang Hui was already half convinced.

It's important to know that private equity funds are not allowed to disclose transaction records during their operations. This is why Yi Lin invited Zhang Hui over instead of sending him screenshots directly.

"I'll go over tonight."

As soon as Zhang Hui finished speaking, Yi Lin readily replied, "No problem, come over tonight, let's get together again, and maybe invite a couple of foreign girls along."

"Go away, go away, foreign girl my foot! Last time you said there was a foreign girl, but she was a black guy. I almost died in the hotel."

"Tell me, is it foreign or not?"

"I'm not going to waste my breath on you, I'm hanging up."

Zhang Hui immediately ended the call.

Yi Lin's willingness to openly request to see the transaction records indicates that he was not the one who dumped the shares. Zhang Hui then called Xu Xiang, Lin Tao, and Liu Chenyang, and all three gave the same answer as Yi Lin: they were willing to let Zhang Hui come offline to see the specific transaction records.

Although Zexi Private Equity immediately followed suit and sold off, the turning point was not caused by them, and the transaction price at the relevant point was not the 9.16 yuan limit-up price. This alone can clear them of suspicion.

All four private equity firms were open and aboveboard, and were not afraid of any transaction record checks.

For a while.

Zhang Hui was completely dumbfounded.

It wasn't Yulin, Zexi, or Fuman and Jiangcheng's private equity firms, so which private equity firm, or perhaps speculative capital, dumped the shares?

Not only Zhang Hui, but also star fund managers such as Wang Yawei, Shao Jian and Wang Hongyuan are searching all over the world to find the "bad apples" who caused the market crash.

Xu Xiang received six phone calls in a row, all from public fund managers asking about the specifics and wanting to know if Zexi Private Equity had dumped shares.

He readily agreed and told them to go to Zexi Private Equity to see the transaction details.

Having said all that, no public fund manager wants to break ties with Xu Xiang, after all, besides being a private equity manager, he is also the absolute number one figure in the speculative capital circle.

Of the 20 billion yuan in funds of Zexi No. 1, 10 billion yuan came from Xu Xiang, a wealthy and influential tycoon.

If there is no evidence, fund managers would not dare to offend them easily.

……

"I assure you, Brother Mao, it was definitely not our Zexi private equity that dumped the shares. I also welcome you to come and see the transaction records anytime."

"The One-Word Soul-Severing Blade is aimed at retail investors, who are all outsiders. We are our own people, and our own people won't harm each other."

"Don't worry, it wasn't me."

Xu Xiang dealt with several more phone calls, and gradually became irritated.

He didn't know which bastard smashed the plate; if they hadn't reacted quickly, they probably would have been thrown into a terrible mess.

Seemingly sensing that Xu Xiang was in a bad mood, Shu Yimin came to Xu Xiang's side and joked, "Zhang Hui, Shao Jian and their group of star mutual funds were forced to the daily limit down. This is really a strange thing. No wonder the defenses are broken."

This may seem like a joke, but it was actually meant for Xu Xiang, to tell him not to be angry about it.

After all, the other party was hit with the daily limit down, so it's perfectly normal for them to call and question it.

Ma Xinqi also quickly approached, shook his head and said, "The amount of the sell-off is at least 1.7 million, but it's a pity that the total amount is too small, so it probably won't make it onto the Dragon and Tiger List."

With 1.7 million in other stocks, he can basically secure a spot on the list of top traders.

But Huaguo Construction is different. Too many public and private funds have fled in panic. It's obvious that the sell-side positions are all held by public institutions.

"This dumping tactic reminds me of a ruthless speculator," Sun Guodong suddenly said, his gaze fixed on Xu Xiang.

"Fuchun Road?"

Xu Xiang's eyes darkened.

“Hey, you guys really do know, if it were Boss Liu dumping shares, he definitely has the financial capacity.” Shu Yimin’s eyes lit up, and he quickly voiced his thoughts.

Since Sun Guodong last met with Sun Yiheng to inquire about the specific information of Fuchun Road, and the latter then consulted Liu Hua, Sun Guodong learned that Fuchun Road was indeed Liu Hua's front man.

"Could it be that Boss Liu really dumped the shares?" Xu Xiang frowned deeply.

"This kind of transaction method, which disregards all code of conduct and is extremely selfish, can only be found on Fuchun Road."

Ma Xinqi also expressed his opinion.

If you were to ask who has the worst reputation in the speculative investment circle, it would definitely be Fuchun Road.

Because he not only preys on retail investors, but also on speculative capital, without ever reasoning with you.

In a market where retail investors make up 95% of the market, to not only exploit retail investors but also create a "fishing for price increases" strategy to exploit speculative capital is nothing short of monstrous.
Because Fuchun Road has no bottom line, its reputation is extremely bad, whether among retail investors or speculative capital.

"Should we tell those mutual fund companies?" Shu Yimin asked Xu Xiang.

"Forget it, we can't easily offend Boss Liu. Besides, let's tell those fund managers that we won't get paid either." Xu Xiang waved his hand.

Liu Hua is involved in coal and real estate. Offending such a business tycoon could easily lead to trouble one night.

There have been news reports that some construction sites were using live piles, and no one can guarantee that Liu Hua's methods were not that cruel.

"That's right."

"Then let's keep it a secret."

Shu Yimin, Ma Xinqi, and Sun Guodong echoed each other's opinions and did not continue the discussion.

They then returned to their positions and continued to instruct Zexi Private Equity's traders on how to operate their accounts.

……

While many mutual fund managers were forced to sell at their daily limit and were searching the world for the culprits, the two major A-share indices had already been pulled back into positive territory.

The Shanghai Composite Index has returned to 3300 points, currently standing at 3315 points, up 1.49%, with a fluctuation range of 99.25 points, or 3.09%.

The Shenzhen Component Index also returned to 13000 points, currently at 13197.7, up 0.43% with a volatility of 3.14%.

It is clear.

The index-weighted stocks rallied.

It is precisely because of the strong performance of the index-weighted stocks that the Shanghai Composite Index has recovered so significantly, with its volatility even matching that of the Shenzhen Component Index.

Although the 1.49% increase is much smaller than yesterday's 5% drop, the national team's two interventions to rescue the market have greatly restored the sentiment of retail investors.

[I'm not a hero]: The Shanghai Composite Index was pulled straight into positive territory. The national team is here, so don't panic. Just go all in.

[Encountering a Ghost While Picking Up Girls]: It must be foreign capital shorting our A-shares. We can't let those foreign devils succeed. They're Chinese, they still have some backbone! Give me the full amount of funds and crush those short-sellers!

[Emperor Yu Huang]: Buying at the bottom is so satisfying! I caught the entire 3% swing and made 10 yuan in one day. If there are more big drops like this, I'll achieve financial freedom!

[The Unromantic Man]: If you make money, clap your hands, clap clap! If you make money, clap your hands, clap clap! Comrades, you've made money again! Following the pace of national funds is always the right thing to do, haha!

A characteristic of A-share investors is that they tend to forget the pain once the wound has healed.

No matter how big the drop, as long as the market recovers the next day, a group of investors will firmly believe that a bull market has arrived.

Just as investors were all smiles, anticipating a new round of upward trend, Ying Baixuan, a leader of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, was being questioned by Lin Shangfu, the "village chief" of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, over the phone.

Why did Huaguo Construction's stock price hit the daily limit down?

Do you know how serious this is and how terrible the impact will be?

"This is the first large-cap stock to be listed since the IPO restart, and it hit the limit down on the second day. Are you trying to sabotage me?"

"Before I leave work today, I need to find out who exactly is behind the market sell-off and also get a clear count of how much money retail investors are stuck with."

Lin Shangfu was furious. He hadn't expected Huaguo Construction to hit its daily limit down the next day, and Huijin and China Securities Finance Corporation hadn't immediately supported it. This led to Lin Shangfu being questioned by a higher-level leader. Could Huaguo Construction really keep falling?
It can fall.

But it can't plummet like this.

What they want is a gradual, rhythmic decline, not a sudden, wild drop like a runaway horse hitting the ceiling or floor.

The moment Lin Shangfu hung up the phone, Ying Baixuan, who had been all smiles and barely daring to breathe just a second ago, suddenly turned stern and called his subordinate Lao Yongxiang to his office.

Not a moment.

"咚咚-"

Lao Yongxiang knocked on the office door.

"You're looking for me, Ying Suo?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ying Baixuan slammed the documents in his hand onto the table and said with a stern face, "Huaguo Construction has been smashed to the ground. Go and find out which funds were involved, and how much capital is tied up. You must have a clear account by 5 p.m., or you can get out of here."

"Okay, I'll go and do the statistics right away." Lao Yongxiang bowed and scraped, not daring to anger his boss.

However, once he left the office and returned to his own, Lao Yongxiang immediately changed his demeanor, his brows furrowed with authority, and made a phone call to his subordinate, Qiu Wenrui.

"Dududu-"

"Hey you..."

The moment the call connected, before Qiu Wenrui could even speak, Lao Yongxiang interrupted him, saying, "Before 4 PM this afternoon, compile an electronic report of the buying and selling positions of Huaguo Construction, as well as the total amount of funds tied up by retail investors, and send it to my email. If you don't finish it, you're fired."

"Yes, yes, I guarantee I will complete the mission."

As soon as the call ended, Qiu Wenrui immediately complained, "Damn it, the market closes at 3 PM, and the data report is due at 4 PM. Are we rushing to be reincarnated? This is insane."

Despite the complaints, the work still had to be done, since the other party was my boss.

Due to time constraints, he couldn't possibly finish all the work after the market closed; instead, he first tallied the funds trapped in the morning's trading.

However, he was stunned when he opened the Shanghai Stock Exchange's internal system, not knowing what he was getting into until he started collecting statistics.

"27063 new securities accounts were added in one minute, with an average of 107,000 RMB locked up, which is nearly 3 billion RMB in locked-up funds!"

Qiu Wenrui swallowed hard after realizing he had embezzled 3 billion yuan in just one minute. No wonder the leadership wanted to investigate so thoroughly; the amount was simply too enormous.

After sorting through the data for half an hour, Qiu Wenrui looked at the numbers above and exclaimed, "A mere morning has seen 353 billion yuan of retail investors trapped! This is definitely not something that speculative capital could have caused. What's wrong with public and private funds?"

The more than 350 billion yuan of locked-up funds is equivalent to withdrawing more than 350 billion yuan of liquidity from the A-share market, which is enough to seriously damage the two major indices.

……

At noon, the sun is no longer gentle, but like a stern father, scorching the earth with its most intense sunlight.

Eastmoney Office Building.

Financial editorial department.

"Have you heard? Caiyan.com is offering double the salary to poach our editor-in-chief, and the manager has already called an emergency meeting."

"Caiyan.com? The Alibaba one?"

"It wasn't Alibaba. It was founded by Zhang Yang, the one who had dinner with Buffett. Alibaba was an investor."

Double the salary? That's incredibly wealthy!

"Yes, I heard from a friend at Tonghuashun that headhunters have also approached their editor-in-chief, offering double the salary."

"That's business competition. I don't know if we'll try to poach them back."

Since it was lunchtime, the financial editors chatted while eating.

For them, the biggest news today is not the rise of the two major A-share indices, nor the collapse of Huaguo Construction, but the fact that Caiyan.com has "declared war" on Eastmoney and Tonghuashun.

"Cough-cough-"

Just then, a middle-aged man with a large belly, a round head, and wearing a pair of scholarly silver-rimmed glasses walked into the open office area and announced the matter:

"Dear colleagues in the editorial department, after discussions with the higher authorities, starting next month, your base salary will be increased by 500 yuan, and there will also be a large year-end bonus."

He deliberately emphasized the word "large amount".

"Wow!"

"You got a raise?"

"Long live the supervisor! Long live Eastmoney!"

"Haha, thank you company!!"

In an instant, cheers and jubilation filled the entire financial editorial department.

However, the next second, the fat-headed manager stated the conditions for the raise: "As you may have heard, our competitors engage in malicious competition. This part of the salary is for our comrades who fight alongside us, so we need to sign a non-compete agreement."

"..."

The cheers, chatter, and laughter abruptly ceased, replaced by silence and bewildered glances among the editors.

Sign a non-compete agreement?
This is practically a contract of servitude!
It is important to understand that a so-called "non-compete agreement" is an agreement between an employer and an employee that, after the termination of the employment contract, the employee shall not work for an employer that produces similar products, operates similar businesses, or has other competitive relationships with the employer for a certain period of time, nor shall the employee produce similar products or operate similar businesses that compete with the former employer.

"I knew it wouldn't be good as soon as Manager Qin arrived; he's got a lot of bad ideas," an employee muttered in a low voice.

Once they sign the non-compete agreement, they are basically locked into Eastmoney.com, and no other financial website will pay them the penalty for breach of contract.

"Is 500 a bit too little?"

Someone mustered up the courage to ask.

Upon hearing this, other financial editors, seeing that someone had taken the lead, chimed in with their own opinions.

"Yes, 500 yuan is a bit too little."

"It should cost at least 1000 yuan, that's too stingy, sigh."

"A non-compete agreement is like a contract of servitude. Since it's a contract of servitude, 500 yuan is too little, manager. I definitely won't sign it."

"That's it."

"Yes."

Hearing the editors' complaints, Qin Sheng smiled and said, "500 yuan is the best I could do. Besides, you can all look forward to the year-end bonus."

"The year-end bonus is just one month's salary, are you suggesting we get two months' salary?"

"If it's paid for two months, I'll consider it."

"Indeed, it's something we can consider."

In established internet companies like Eastmoney, no matter how hard employees work, promotion still requires seniority.

Drawing a pie in the sky?

New employees only believe in empty promises from their bosses.

The more mature and larger the company, the more comprehensive its promotion mechanism. You should never listen to the promises made by the boss and supervisors; they are basically all lies.

Startups are different. Companies like Wahaha, BYD, and Metersbonwe have many executives who were the founders of the company. For example, the sales manager of Metersbonwe used to be a salesman who sold clothes on the street.

"We'll find out the exact amount of the year-end bonus at the end of the year. Right now, it's just a base salary of 500. Anyone who wants it can come and sign an agreement. Editors who don't want it will have to bear the consequences themselves."

Qin Sheng stopped being polite and changed his attitude.

The company's senior executives are all shrewd individuals. They may not be good at business, but they are very good at understanding human nature.

There was a moment of silence in the open-plan office area, then someone raised their hand and said, "I'll sign."

Once the first one started, a second, a third, and a fourth immediately followed, leaving only a few people looking at each other, unsure of what to do.

The phrase "bear the consequences yourself" is absolutely familiar to Chinese people; they've heard it since childhood.

Why do leaders like to use it?

The reason is that it can give people a sense of ambiguity, making it impossible for them to judge how serious the consequences will be.

Just as the Zuo Zhuan says, "If the punishments are not known, then the power is immeasurable," meaning that if the law is not made public, its power is limitless.

The remaining financial editors gathered around, and one of them looked at the burly, long-haired man and asked, "Brother Niu, will you sign?"

"I won't sign. What's the point of signing a slaving agreement? I'd rather go to Caiyan.com myself." Brother Niu refused to sign outright.

"Are you really not going to sign?"

The man asked again.

"Don't sign."

“I don’t want to sign either. 500 yuan is too little. Prices are rising so fast now. What can you do with that little bit of money? I might as well switch jobs a couple more times.”

"You're right."

Just as the group of financial editors were about to refuse to sign and let things take their course, Qin Sheng suddenly turned back, came to their side and said, "1000 yuan, don't make a fuss, those who are willing to sign, come with me."

next second.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

They never expected Qin Sheng to have this plan; they really have to bear the consequences.

For Qin Sheng, who sits in the supervisor's position, saving expenses for the company is his task. Originally, the higher-ups were going to add 1000 yuan to each person's salary, but now most people only need to add 500 yuan. That is his performance and the capital for his promotion.

……

The top floor of the Eastmoney Building.

Office of the Chairman.

Standing beside Shen Jun, Vice President Zhang Wenhao reported the latest progress: "President Shen, the main editors, visualization data analysts, and market researchers in the financial editorial department have all signed the non-compete agreement. According to Qin Sheng, the ordinary financial editors have also basically signed it."

"How much more will be spent?"

Shen Jun asked the question he was most concerned about.

Eastmoney is not a startup company and should have focused on reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

But just this morning, a headhunting firm revealed that Caiyan.com was going to poach the core teams from Eastmoney and Tonghuashun with salaries twice the industry average.

Shen Jun had no way of knowing whether the matter was true or false, but he was not the kind of person who liked to take remedial measures after the fact, so he immediately thought of signing a "non-compete agreement" to ensure that Eastmoney would not suffer a large loss of talent.

However, signing a non-compete agreement is not something that can be done with just words; it requires paying real money, as it is essentially a contract of servitude.

Zhang Wenhao thought for a moment and replied, "It involves more than 200 employees, including more than 50 core staff. It will require an additional expenditure of about 62 yuan per month, not including the expenses of senior management."

Shen Jun's eyes darkened at those last words. He looked at Zhang Wenhao and said, "Wenhao, I've treated you well. If Caiyan.com offered you double the salary to poach you, would you leave me?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Shen, I will never leave you. Even if it's three times my salary, I will not leave Oriental Fortune." Zhang Wenhao quickly pledged his loyalty, his eyes extremely firm.

"I'm relieved to hear that. Before you leave work tonight, notify all department executives to have a meeting in the conference room on the third floor."

"receive."

"Well, go get busy."

"Yes, Mr. Shen."

Zhang Wenhao strode out of the chairman's office. As soon as he stepped into the elevator, he couldn't help but think to himself, "Whoever pays the most will be my mother. If it weren't for the high salary here, who would put on this act for you?"

In the adult world, everyone is driven by self-interest.

If Caiyan.com really offered three times the salary, no, even just twice the salary, he would definitely jump ship and run away immediately.

Many employees, after working at a company for a long time, lose sight of the hierarchy and start to think that because they have made great contributions, the boss has already treated them like family.

In reality, they only treat you like family on the surface, making empty promises to make you devoted to making money for them.

Having been in the workplace for so long, Zhang Wenhao still knows how to distinguish between interests and disadvantages.

If Shen Jun were to give him shares, he would absolutely agree without hesitation. He would be a member of Eastmoney in life and in death.

But if you don't get shares and your salary isn't even as high as your peers, then what's the point of talking nonsense? Changing jobs is the only salvation for working people!

……

It's not just Eastmoney and Tonghuashun that have raised salaries; Sina Finance, Tencent Finance, NetEase Finance, Baidu Finance, and other peers have also launched a massive wave of salary increases.

2009 was the year of explosive growth for internet finance, and talent was scarce, with even programmers being in high demand.

Whoever has their core team hollowed out is likely to become a stepping stone.

Zhang Yang was unaware that his "talent poaching counterattack strategy" indirectly led to a collective salary increase in the internet finance industry and also enhanced Caiyan.com's reputation in the industry.

Since it was lunchtime, Zhang Yang, Liao Guopei, and Lin Guangchang, who had earned 2.46 million yuan, went out to eat. After enjoying a meal at a nearby Shandong cuisine restaurant, they returned to the company to prepare for their fishing trade in the afternoon.

As soon as he sat down, Liao Guopei looked at Zhang Yang and said, "Jumping Bro is really out of his mind. He kept sending me messages asking which stock to control first."

"What will you say?"

Zhang Yang turned on his computer and asked with a smile.

"Hehe, I told you to follow my eyes and act accordingly," Liao Guopei joked.

"Pfft!"

Lin Guangchang laughed out loud and asked, "The guy who jumped off the building didn't curse you, did he?"

“Shut up, he’s completely obsessed. He said he won’t tell anyone about what happened on Fuchun Road as long as I help him make money.”

As Liao Guopei spoke, he had already opened the brokerage trading platform webpage.

“If you help him make money, he won’t tell anyone. He’s basically asking you to live off him for the rest of your life,” Lin Guangchang said, glancing at Zhang Yang.

"You bet it is, it's really annoying."

Liao Guopei complained.

Zhang Yang glanced at the time; it was 12:52 PM. He then smiled faintly and said, "Let's leave him with something to hold against us. Who will be at the mercy of whom for life is still uncertain."

(End of this chapter)