Chapter 255: A Random Punch Beats a Master

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and it was October 16th, the day the Five Crabs Group went public.

In the Chinese Association Stock Exchange, the Ding father and sons arrived early, wearing flower decorations on their chests. For the Ding family, it was a new beginning, stepping onto a new level, and their faces were full of joy.

Meanwhile, in companies on other floors of the same building as the Chinese Association, Chen Taotao, Fang Ting, and a group of others were sharpening their knives, wanting to let the Ding father and sons experience what it meant to be "a mountain apart."

At the same time, near Chai Wan, in the dilapidated house owned by Ye Tian, Fang Zhanbo, who had been recuperating for a week but whose bruises hadn't faded, looked at the computer in front of him with firm eyes, wanting to let the Ding father and sons lose until they didn't even have underwear to wear. Behind him, Ye Tian's eyes were equally sharp, his edge fully revealed, standing up for his proud disciple.

In the drama, he didn't know how to use a computer, but this time he did. Because Wang Yan was a particular person, considering Fang Zhanbo was his godson and brother-in-law, although he didn't respect him and he was beaten half to death, the money was given a week in advance. And he generously didn't ask for more interest, still just that one million.

After getting the money, Fang Zhanbo immediately equipped a computer, bought a mobile phone, and found someone to teach him how to use the computer for two days. The reason he spent a lot of money to buy a computer and ran back to the public housing to operate behind the scenes was very simple: he was afraid of being killed by the red-eyed Ding father and sons. No matter how strong Wang Yan's deterrent power was, it was always out of reach. Moreover, he was also afraid of seeing the Ding father and sons, which would affect his judgment.

And here, it was also Fang Zhanbo's intention. Ye Tian's inner demons were acting up, and his sanity was becoming increasingly unclear. He still remembered the words Wang Yan said about taking a few million to play with stocks. Now that he had 10 million, he and his master-disciple duo would definitely succeed...

At 10:00 AM, as the bell rang, the market opened.

Ding Xie couldn't help but take two steps forward, looking at the big screen hanging above, looking for his own Five Crabs Group.

Ding Xiexie saw his father's action and stepped forward: "Dad, you can also see it here."

As he spoke, he pulled Ding Xie to the side where the trader was, looking at the stock price of the Five Crabs Group displayed on the computer.

Ding Xie comically wore a pair of glasses, with another one perched on his hand, staring at the computer and strangely saying: "Hmm? Why is it like this? It hasn't moved after opening? Not moving means no business."

The trader explained: "No, it's because the morning market is a bit light, it's very normal."

"Shall we go for tea, okay?" After finishing, Ding Yiexie instructed: "Today is the first day of listing, watch it well, it needs to go up to 2.2, understand?"

"Don't worry, Brother Xie, we know, you guys go for tea."

Ding Xiexie nodded with satisfaction: "Let's go, Dad, let's go for tea." As he spoke, he joked with his other three brothers and was about to leave.

Ding Xie responded to his son's words, but still worriedly looked at the stock price displayed on the computer. This look was incredible; the numbers on it jumped, and the stock price went from the opening 2.05 to 1.65.

Lifting both pairs of glasses to confirm, Ding Xie hurriedly shouted: "Hey, son, son, come here. Why is it like this? Did it fall?"

The Ding brothers heard the sound and ran back to look, all frowning. The hot-tempered Ding Yiexie said: "How could it be like this?"

Ding Xie was still asking there: "Is it good if it falls to the bottom..."

While speaking, Ding Xiexie and the others watched helplessly as the numbers representing the stock price changed non-stop, falling all the way, directly hitting 1.3.

The trader said: "Brother Xie, someone is dumping our goods with a large hand."

"You can't let it fall, you have to lift it up, lift it to 2.2."

The trader took action, and watching the price go from over 1 to 2.2, Ding Xie was happy, like a fool from the east of the village: "It's 2.2, it's 2.2."

He wasn't happy for long before Ding Xie watched the stock price fall again. He couldn't help but take two steps forward, anxiously looking at the big screen.

At this moment, a stockbroker not far behind, the one Fang Zhanbo followed named Uncle Ming, looked at the big screen with the person beside him and said: "It's like being chased as soon as it's listed, it's indeed rare."

Ding Xie suddenly realized; he had been wondering why it felt wrong, so it turned out someone was attacking them. He turned and returned to his sons' side: "Hey, son, it turns out we are being chased."

"Try lifting it higher." Ding Xiexie heard this and also felt it was so, but he wasn't sure. After instructing the trader, he turned and asked: "Fourth, is this called being chased? Third, do you know, is it being chased?"

Seeing the two of them stuttering and unable to let out a fart, Ding Xiexie looked at Ding Yiexie: "Second, call Little Wang and ask for his professional opinion."

Just listening to the conversation, one knew that these Ding father and sons were a nest of hammers, none of whom understood stocks. Not understanding didn't matter; personally going down to command blindly was the big mistake. One had to fully respect professionals; for things one didn't understand, one shouldn't babble if one could avoid it, not to mention pointing fingers.

Wang Yan was so awesome, having lived for over 300 years, and a group of scientific masters who were barely even his grandchildren were sprayed by him until they were like grandchildren. And that was when Wang Yan understood a little something. Don't look at how he was leisurely and dashing every day now; that was after finishing consultations in the morning, and in the afternoon, going to Long Teng's laboratory was just being scolded, and no one indulged his bad habits.

If it weren't for Ding Xie's good luck, Chen Taotao playing them to death would have been really easy and even a bit pleasant. Being acquired three days after listing, with a weekend break in between, this joke would be laughed at by the people of Hong Kong for at least three years.

Who was sniping was certainly not a question; Fang Zhanbo was one, and Chen Taotao and Fang Ting were another. And before, Fang Zhanbo had communicated with Chen Taotao, and because of Wang Yan's money, the ammunition was sufficient, and the fight was much fiercer than in the original story.

Stocks, simply put, were still buying low and selling high. Fang Zhanbo and the others dumped goods to suppress the price, and Ding Xiexie took the orders to lift the price; the difference in the back and forth was what Ding Xiexie lost. Some subtle operations in the middle were mainly to suppress the price, earn Ding Xiexie's money, win all the chips in his hands, and then acquire the stocks at a low price, reaching the conditions stipulated by law, and then propose an acquisition.

Although this time because Wang Yan put out money, their offensive was relatively fierce. But Ding Xiexie, as the hooligan leader of the Zhongqing Society, had so many black industries, so hundreds of millions were no problem, not to mention that the industries could also be mortgaged for loans, as well as the money constantly being laundered. And Ding Xiexie and the others didn't understand so much; they only knew the stock price couldn't be low. After a deadlocked fight, the losses were naturally not small. After the market closed, the Ding brothers were all dejected, only Ding Xie was chattering endlessly. After knowing exactly how much money was lost, his eyes widened; it was truly too stimulating...

Joy and sorrow for the Ding father and sons, Fang Zhanbo, Fang Ting, and Chen Taotao were connected to a certain extent. Because the Ding family lost, they earned; the Ding family was sad, they were happy.

In one day, Fang Zhanbo used 10 million to earn 40 million, while Chen Taotao and Fang Ting earned 90 million. Compared to the 60+ million the Ding family lost in the original story, now they lost more than double that. After all, there were retail investors who followed the trend and ate a bit, just because of the 25 million Wang Yan took out. Of course, still the same sentence, it was all small money; after all, it was just the matter of 10,000+ bottles of Body-Strengthening Pill.

Chen Taotao was celebrating, but Fang Zhanbo here wasn't as happy as imagined.

"Stinky boy, your level is not bad, today's battle was fought beautifully." Ye Tian, who had watched from beginning to end, was old and comforted: "However, Zhanbo, you only defeated a group of bumpkins who didn't understand anything. Remember to be humble and not arrogant."

Fang Zhanbo turned his head and pointed to his face: "Hey, Master, look at me, do I look arrogant?"

He didn't know what was going on. Clearly, he had earned 40 million today, and after deducting the 11 million to pay back that damned hooligan leader, he still had 39 million. In just one day, he had earned wealth that ordinary people could hardly reach. He should have laughed out loud, but he just couldn't. In his heart, he always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it, and he was irritable.

Ye Tian saw Fang Zhanbo had no smile and frowned: "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

"I don't know." Fang Zhanbo irritably rubbed his head: "Master, help me think. I don't know how it happened, but I just feel like a great disaster is imminent."

"A great disaster is imminent?"

Fang Zhanbo irritably scratched his head and accidentally touched the bruises from being beaten, grimacing: "Yes, I just feel something is wrong, but I can't say it. Master, hurry and help me think."

"Something is wrong..." Ye Tian frowned, smacking his lips and pondering.

Fang Zhanbo was also researching there. For a moment, the small dilapidated house was very quiet...

Wang Yan knew the specific situation. Even if he didn't, Fang Ting would tell him, report the good results, and release the excitement of making big money from the enemy.

After the passion, Wang Yan bit a cigarette, wrapped in a bath towel, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the apartment, and looked down at the sea below. The apartment Fang Ting lived in was on a high floor, the living room facing north, and the opposite shore was vaguely visible—that was Kowloon. The view was wide, and the scenery was excellent.

"Did you tell Chen Taotao my words?"

Fang Ting on the bed responded lazily.

"What did he say?"

"He said he would pay attention."

Nodding, Wang Yan knew—it was just treated as wind. Many of his words were convincing and treated as golden rules to be carefully pondered, but that wasn't in other people's professional fields. Especially for people like Chen Taotao, if Wang Yan said something else, he might believe it, but in the stock world, what was Wang Yan?

Thinking for a while, Wang Yan said: "Your brother knows about you, Sister Ling, and me."

Although this news would make Fang Ting somewhat embarrassed, knowing early was better than knowing late. After all, the appearance of thinking others didn't know and trying hard to cover it up was truly a joke, and even more embarrassing. Now that it was said, at least Fang Ting had a psychological preparation. Thinking about how to face it, then go see Fang Zhanbo; if she couldn't think of it, then don't see him; there was a choice.

Similarly, there was Luo Huiling. He had already informed her a few days ago, including the relationship with Fang Ting. By the same token, Luo Huiling was also quite embarrassed.

However, no matter how dog-blooded it was, it had nothing to do with him, Wang Mou. Although it was caused by him, not only was he not embarrassed, he even wanted to sleep together...

Fang Ting was stunned for a moment and said: "How did he know?"

"Discovered you had abnormalities, so he followed..."

"What about you, Brother Yan? How did you know?"

Wang Yan thought it was funny and shook his head: "Last week he came to me to borrow money, pulling connections."

"How could he be like this?" Fang Ting was angry because she felt she was being used: "How much did he borrow?"

"Ten million, same as you, also to snipe the Five Crabs Group. Didn't he and Chen Taotao get quite close? Didn't Chen Taotao say anything?"

"No." Fang Ting shook her head. Hearing that Fang Zhanbo borrowed money to snipe the Five Crabs Group, her face looked a bit better, and she suddenly realized: "No wonder during the day, Chen Taotao said to leave a little for fellow travelers."

"That's just not wanting you to know."

Fang Ting didn't speak. After all, no matter what he borrowed money for, Fang Zhanbo doing this was disrespectful to her, his sister.

These rotten matters had nothing to do with Wang Yan. After a little more intimacy, he put on his clothes and left. Ruan Mei had been pregnant for more than two months, and the initial discomfort had passed, but she started to become anxious, fearing that her illness would be passed on to the child. Nothing he said worked; she believed he could cure it, but thinking that the child was so small and had to drink such bitter soup medicine, the more she thought, the more uncomfortable she became. Her emotions changed unpredictably, making Wang Yan laugh and cry.

The subsequent development of things was no different. Fang Zhanbo and Ye Tian studied in that small dilapidated house for two days without finding a solution, Chen Taotao and Fang Ting and the others were happy for two days, and the Ding father and sons were worried for two days—being kicked around and not knowing who it was, one could imagine how uncomfortable it was.

In fact, it wasn't that Ding Xiexie hadn't suspected Wang Yan, but he denied it. After all, Long Teng was now so awesome that it reached the sky, so how could it look down on his little bit of stuff? He hadn't even thought about the waste Fang Zhanbo, and he really didn't know who else he had offended, which was quite annoying.

Ding Xie, as a father, felt he had a responsibility to cover for his sons and thought of ways and strategies to solve the problem for them. After two days of diligent study, he finally remembered that person, Chen Wanxian.

He was sleepy, and God sent him a pillow. Chen Wanxian had been caught by the pigtail and sentenced to one year after a fight with his son Chen Taotao last time. The coincidence was that Chen Wanxian was released from prison on Zhou Yi. After finding out clearly, he blocked the prison gate early on Zhou Yi, hoping to seek help from an expert.

Chen Wanxian didn't like this madman Ding Xie, but helplessly, Ding Xie entangled him too tightly. With no other way, he said a bunch of nonsense, such as "You don't need to understand stocks to buy them, when luck comes, a random punch beats a master," "The way of stocks lies in others discarding what I take; when everyone buys low, you buy high, going against others is the only way to make a fortune," "Gambling doesn't necessarily mean losing, nor necessarily winning; who knows about tomorrow's affairs," and the most famous eight-character motto: "Everyone is dead, only you are not dead."

Anyway, it was a round of fooling, cheating a fool. The key was that Ding Xie believed it. Believing it didn't matter; he even made money, made a big fortune—this was the part that made people crazy.

Chen Wanxian would never have thought that his words advising people to die early would actually be hit by someone, making a big fortune. It was estimated that when he later worked for the Five Crabs Group, there were reasons for this; he couldn't accept it. However, although Chen Wanxian was very awesome, he didn't escape the old accounts being turned over and was sent in to be locked up for a few years. Finally, this president of the Chinese Securities Exchange and social celebrity committed suicide at Stanley.

The coincidence was that Chen Wanxian only worked for the Five Crabs Group halfway, and he didn't know if Ding Xie was involved. Suicide certainly had reasons for this; after all, he was caught and had nothing to do, and spent all day studying how he lost to a fool, and why the fool was so lucky—it would be strange if he could figure it out.

Next was naturally Ding Xie showing his power, selling some of the Five Crabs Group stocks in his hands, and exchanging money to buy index futures to fall before the market closed in the morning.

Fang Zhanbo also studied with Ye Tian that the stock market was about to collapse and urgently contacted Chen Taotao to let him run. But Chen Taotao had collected a lot of Five Crabs Group stocks, and victory was in sight, so he was somewhat unwise and ignored Fang Zhanbo's warning. Therefore, the index fell...

At this time, it was too late to sell stocks. The street-talk was "buy high, don't buy low." People had a mysterious belief in uncertain rises, but avoided uncertain falls. At this time, no one would take over. Even if someone took over, they would lose a lot in the end; wanting to retreat unscathed was impossible.

The index fell all the way, falling hundreds of points in a short time. The Hong Kong government intervened to stop the market for four days, and finally ended with the index falling 420 points. And on this day, Ding Xie earned over 400 million.

Chen Taotao was no longer as spirited as before, and the joke king couldn't laugh for a while. Fang Ting's chubby little face was twisted into a ball, wanting to cry.

She knew Wang Yan didn't care about 15 million, but she didn't know which was lighter or heavier between herself and 15 million. Before, she had guaranteed to make a big fortune, and the day before yesterday she was still showing off how much money she had made, but today she was trapped and couldn't get out. And although the Hong Kong government intervened to stop the market, with the current market, even if she didn't understand anything, she should know that it would definitely fall when the market opened next week. She was anxious, she was scared, and she didn't know how to tell Wang Yan.

Wang Mou was so understanding that he called in time to comfort her, saying it was no big deal. He also babbled a lot, which stabilized Fang Ting.

The Hong Kong stock market fell, and the US stock market was naturally no worse, falling by more than 20%. The 15 million Fang Ting lost, compared to the money he made in the US stock market, was truly slightly slightly... insignificant.

And Chen Taotao saw Fang Ting crying and laughing on the side, and his already bad mood became even worse. He liked Fang Ting; except for Fang Ting not knowing, everyone else knew. And Fang Ting followed Wang Yan; although Fang Ting didn't admit it herself, he could also know.

What status and level was Wang Yan? Not to mention how that giant Long Teng was, just saying that he thought of the stock market being like boiling oil on a fire in advance, he was eight streets ahead of him in his most proficient field. There was also Fang Zhanbo; although a bit late, didn't he also discover it in advance and retreat unscathed? So what was he proud of...

Speaking of Fang Ting not knowing Chen Taotao liked her, it wasn't that Fang Ting was pretending; she really had no heart to pay attention to others. After all, she was willing to be unclear with Wang Yan, so how big a bubble would her head have to be to think about being intimate with others? That would be self-debasement.

And Ding Xie here earned money, thanked the true expert Chen Wanxian, and said he earned 400 million. Chen Wanxian had just lost 100 million, and today was the big day of his release from prison to regain freedom, but the result was this joy. His big mouth pouted high, and his old face pulled long. He couldn't beat Ding Xie, so he followed him to eat, and fooled the fool into sending four words: "Add fuel to the fire," wanting to pit Ding Xie to death.

Ding Xie naturally believed it was true. On Zhou Yi when the market resumed, he understood "add fuel to the fire" and dug a hole to bury people. It just happened to be Chen Wanxian's words; when a person is prosperous, a random punch really can beat a master, directly sending Chen Taotao away in one wave. At the same time, the index continued to decline, and the Ding family directly earned over 2 billion and took off.

Although Fang Ting was a bit sad, Wang Yan had already comforted her a few days ago, and she also expressed her apologies in reverse, so basically it was fine. Instead, she started to comfort Chen Taotao, who was bankrupt, in debt, and about to fall to the streets.

In fact, even if Wang Yan intervened this time, it would be in vain. After all, Ding Xie wouldn't play with you; he would acquire the shares of the Five Crabs Group however he wanted, and then turn to play index futures—whoever came wouldn't work.

This stock market crash was finally supported by banks lowering interest rates and lending, and tycoons like Wei Jiacheng taking action to stimulate the market. As for the people who died in this, it was not worth mentioning; those who lost everything and fell to the streets were countless.

Because Long Teng occupied most of the New Territories, and the maintenance of order in the territory was quite good, bullying rarely happened, and after two years of development, the business environment was also good. Especially Sha Tin, which was much more prosperous than two years ago. And this safety and prosperity also became the first choice for this batch of homeless people.

In a prosperous place, those sloppy people were always an eyesore. If they were driven out, it would be a bit lacking, affecting Long Teng's reputation, which was very important. Moreover, the territory of Hong Kong and Kowloon would all be Long Teng's in the future; if these people were driven away, wouldn't Long Teng take over in the end? So for the sake of the market environment, the real homeless and real beggars in the original territory were all caught and sent to the factory to work, whether they were disabled or had sound limbs, they had to work. As for the fake ones, Long Teng helped them become real ones.

For those who were really sick and couldn't work, Long Teng opened a shelter. At the same time, they found doctors, and Wang Yan occasionally went to take a look; those who could be saved were treated, and those who couldn't be saved were respected according to their own wishes. Those who wanted to live a few more days, Long Teng paid to support them; those who didn't want to live, waited for death. Of course, no matter what, they would eventually die. After death, Long Teng paid for cremation, and the ashes were scattered into the sea, letting their spirits wander the world and the ends of the earth.

So this batch of homeless people didn't wander for a few days before they were caught by Long Teng Security staff, forced to work, and kicked if they didn't work. Of course, Wang Yan wasn't running a black-hearted factory; on the contrary, the treatment he gave workers was first-class. These people had wages, and there were dormitories for multiple people to live in, which was quite decent.

Not blowing or blackening, Wang Mou was absolutely a great benevolent person who brought life to all, although many people who mentioned this great benevolent person always cursed...

Chen Taotao fell, and Fang Ting even said to let him work under Wang Yan. However, Chen Taotao refused, mainly because working under Wang Yan, he would no longer be on the same level as Wang Yan. However, although he didn't follow Wang Yan, he followed Fang Zhanbo.

Fang Zhanbo earned 40 million this time. Everyone said that zero to one million was the hardest, and he had already passed that hurdle. For Chen Taotao's joining, Fang Zhanbo was welcoming. He knew Chen Taotao had good technology and high means; this time it was just bad luck, and sooner or later he would be able to stand up again... ===== CHAPTER 256 =====