A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 187 Buying Stocks

"Mr. Li, I saw the newspaper. Thank you. Are you free tonight? How about we have dinner together?"

Back at his workstation, Li Mu looked at the message Ding Lei had sent at around 9:20, thought for a moment, and said:

"Mr. Ding, you're too kind. I just happened to be there. But tonight won't work; Nasdaq opens tonight, and I need to go to Hong Kong to buy our stock. Mr. Ding must be very busy these days, so how about another day?"

Ding Lei replied very quickly:

"Okay, then let's do it another day. I'll host a big banquet for President Li another day."

"Haha, you're too kind. A simple meal is fine. We'll meet whenever Mr. Ding is free~"

"Okay, it's a deal."

After replying to the message, Li Mu sat at his workstation and fell into deep thought again.

To be honest, he had no idea what changes would occur in the Department of Arts and Sports after Zhang Zhengwen left, and judging from Bie Ge's expression just now, he didn't ask.

But in the end... as a college graduate who just graduated last year, he experienced for the first time what it means to be "completely powerless."

Brother Bie had actually been quite subtle in his words, but Li Mu still understood.

It seems there are factions within the group, and although the head of the unit has changed, their influence has still spread. It's a systematic promotion system; even though the leader has changed, these factions still exist…

Furthermore, Li Mu understood something more.

Sometimes, even being fully aware of one's surroundings is a mistake.

tsk...

"Xiao Li, let's go do some interviews."

Suddenly, Shang Xiaobin's voice rang out.

Li Mu instinctively snapped back to reality, and when he looked up, he saw Brother Bin waving at him:

"Walk."

"Okay, Brother Bin, I'm coming."

He quickly composed himself and followed Shang Xiaobin outside.

……

Shang Xiaobin called out to Li Mu that he was going to do an interview about the return-to-work wave.

After wandering around the train station all morning, Li Mu was starving by noon.

After producing two bland interview articles about returning workers in the afternoon, it was almost time to leave work.

Theoretically speaking, his identity as a journalist temporarily fades away after he leaves work at 5 p.m.

Therefore, this crown... should be removed.

However, he took the newspaper with him, intending to keep it as a souvenir.

Around 7 or 8 p.m., Li Mu, who was having dinner, received another call from Chu Jiwei:

"Xiao Li, Nasdaq will open in a little over an hour. 24 hours have passed now, so you should be able to buy stocks after the market opens."

"Okay, Wei-ge. I'll inform Bingbing, and you inform Hai-ge?"

"Yes, that's what I mean."

"it is good."

Li Mu hung up the phone and immediately dialed his girlfriend's number.

After the phone rang for a while, Fan Bingbing's somewhat hollow voice finally came through:

"Hey, baby."

Your voice sounds so hollow.

"Hehe, I'm taking a bath, want to come join me?"

Hearing this noise, and recalling his girlfriend's body, as white as mutton fat jade, Li Mu felt a surge of heat in his heart...

Fortunately, he managed to control himself, so he said directly:

"Brother Wei just called me. He'll let us know when Nasdaq opens."

"Oh, I understand. We'll call the securities companies in Hong Kong and have them buy the stocks, right?"

"right."

"Okay, I'll be ready in a minute. Just call me when it's ready."

"Um...when are you free to come over?"

"Hehe, what's up? Missing me?...I missed you too."

Suddenly, her voice became sweet and seductive:

"I'll come over on the thirteenth or fourteenth to spend the Lantern Festival with you, okay?"

Li Mu was instantly happy.

"Hmm. By the way, has anyone from NetEase contacted you?"

"We've been discussing this for the past couple of days. Although their headquarters have moved back to Guangzhou, they still have a branch in Yanjing. After Mr. Ding told me about it, I asked Sister Hua to keep talking to them about it. If all goes well, we should have some progress in the next few days. I'm just waiting for the signature. Hehe, thanks to my baby for finding me my first deal of the year! Hey? With this income, do you think I can buy more NetEase stock?"

"Absolutely."

Li Mu responded:

"Buy as much as you can while it's cheap now."

"Okay, I understand."

"Okay, I'll hang up now. Remember to keep your phone with you at all times."

"Don't worry, I understand... Hehe, baby, my bathwater smells so nice~"

"Then drink more."

"Hey! You surnamed Li! I'll stab you to death, you believe me?!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Realizing that his words had really hit a nerve with his girlfriend, who was even speaking in Shandong dialect, Li Mu quickly and tactfully hung up the phone.

He washed the dishes, put them away, and then set up the chessboard on his own.

I plan to use playing chess, which is the fastest way to pass the time, to wait for the Nasdaq to open.

Soon, at 9:28 PM, Chu Jiwei called:

"Xiao Li, tell Bingbing that the market will open at 9:30."

"Okay, got it."

He sent his girlfriend a text message directly:

"9:30."

"Okay, I'll make the call now."

"Okay, I'll play too."

So, at 9:30 a.m. New York time, as soon as Nasdaq opened, countless cash flows poured into the trading market, the world's strongest stock index.

For US stocks, a transaction of one or two million US dollars is considered a very small deal.

It didn't cause the slightest ripple.

US stocks were purchased for $0.5 each, for a total of one million US dollars.

200 million shares. (Note 1)

Similarly, Fan Bingbing also bought 40 shares.

Chu Jiwei bought one million, and Wang Hai bought three hundred thousand.

With the addition of cash flow from other sources, NetEase's stock price began to rise significantly.

From this perspective, it can only be said that before NetEase was banned from trading, many people did not want to have their money tied up and sold off this "penny stock." As a result, a few people used more than two million US dollars to wipe out the entire stock held by these retail investors.

However, the market reacted immediately after they made the purchase.

Starting at 0.5 per share, NetEase's stock price quickly began to rise.

Around 11 p.m. to midnight, Chu Jiwei called again:

"Haha, Xiao Li, our move successfully pushed NetEase's stock up to 85 cents a share. I reckon it'll break one dollar tomorrow! We did it! I just finished talking to Ding Lei on the phone, haha~"

Chujiwei was clearly excited.

Because if he sells the shares immediately once they break the one dollar mark, he can make a huge profit.

But doing so is obviously foolish.

Regardless of the circumstances, the promises made by these individuals have been fulfilled.

Once you resume trading, we will buy in large quantities to get NetEase's stock back on the market.

This temporarily protects you from the risk of delisting.

But what to do next...?

It's up to NetEase itself.

……

He spent eight million at once, causing the cash in his account to shrink by almost half again.

It would be a lie for Li Mu to say he wasn't panicking.

But even though the man with furrowed brows was so confident that NetEase's stock would skyrocket in the future... he still chose to believe him.

From this perspective, isn't it a gamble in itself?

What's more... he has two major expenses to make this year.

For a moment, Old Li felt a pang of regret for his money, but there was nothing he could do, and in the end, he could only manage a half-asleep.

On the day NetEase resumed trading, its stock price reached a high of 1 yuan.

However, it fell back somewhat by the close of trading, eventually stabilizing at $0.95 per share.

It's completely stabilized.

Li Mu didn't care about any of these things and went to work as usual the next day.

February arrived in the blink of an eye.

Tuesday, July 5th.

The thirteenth day of the Lunar New Year.

These past few days, things have been calm at the newspaper office. Even when Li Mu occasionally sees Bie Yan, the latter doesn't mention Zhang Zhengwen to him anymore.

After spending the morning somewhat absent-minded at his workstation, Li Mu hurried out of the office as soon as he finished get off work at noon. He practically jogged into the underground parking lot diagonally opposite the office. Soon, an Audi sped out like a stallion, startling even the dogs on the roadside.

The dog thought to itself, "Dude, you're in a hurry, even though I know it's spring now."

But could you please not rush things?

But if Li Mu knew what the dog was thinking, he would definitely kill it with a dump truck.

Not urgent?

The emperor isn't worried, but I am!

How could I not be anxious!

I... I'm so damn eager to improve!

The Audi drove recklessly all the way, even driving a PANZER on the expressway.

After arriving at the airport parking lot, he began to frantically tap the steering wheel.

Then... a little past one o'clock, he finally saw a woman pushing a large suitcase, wearing a stylish-looking cardigan, an oversized suit, jeans, and sneakers, and wearing a mask.

Two beeping sounds suddenly rang out in the parking lot.

After seeing the license plate, the masked woman sped up.

Li Mu didn't get out of the car because she wouldn't let him.

Ever since she went to Hong Kong with Hai Ge and caused a news story about being kept by a middle-aged tycoon, she's been extra careful...

But there's not much we can do.

Those colleagues in Hong Kong really have no bottom line. You can take pictures if you want, but they even gave Hai Ge's Rolex on his wrist a close-up in the photos.

I don't know if they're really blind or pretending, but they're making a Rolex worth two or three hundred thousand yuan look like they're wearing a Rolls-Royce on their wrist, directly giving Hai Ge the title of "mysterious tycoon".

Wang Hai was stunned when he heard the news.

Therefore, she is trying to keep a low profile this time.

Fortunately, the privacy film on Li Mu's car was a dark color.

So he just watched helplessly as his girlfriend struggled to put the suitcase into the trunk, then opened the car door and sat in the back seat.

"you……"

"Let's go home. I'll kiss you when we get home~"

"……All right."

Li Laosan, feeling like he was being completely bewitched by the fragrance wafting from her, was now incoherent, his head made of baskets and all he wanted was for the bulldozer to transform into a human and get home!

What else is there to say?

Just step on the gas, and leave the rest to the driver.

And as the car drove onto the expressway, finally, a pair of hands wrapped around his face:

"Baby."

"Um?"

"Let me kiss you..."

She took off her mask and pressed her lip print heavily onto Li Mu's cheek.

The aroma bursts forth.

Instantly, his soul found peace.

(Note 1: Actually, stocks aren't bought this way. NetEase's resumption price was 0.95 yuan. I've slightly modified this because I don't trade stocks, so stock market experts can just laugh it off. It's for the sake of the plot; it's all just to help Li Laosan and his wife make more money, so don't take it too seriously.)