[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group":3,"chapter-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-1217":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},985612,1286,"Chapter 1218 - 1193: So Proud, Yet So Fallen","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-1217",1217,"\u003Cp>\"Where is he?\" the bespectacled man scratched his head and muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I bet that delivery guy is rushing to make his deliveries,\" someone nearby said with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the bespectacled man found it quite reasonable. After all, seeing Ye Chen in a delivery uniform, it seemed only natural to watch the commotion, but survival is the most important thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can one live without earning money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one could have imagined that the delivery guy they were talking about was currently running towards the rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ye Chen entered the building, he was dismayed to find that the elevator was broken, so he had no choice but to run up the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This building had more than twenty floors, and he had to climb floor by floor. Including the rooftop, there were a total of twenty-one floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, life was at stake. Ye Chen reached the rooftop as fast as he could and saw Wang Qiang standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the overweight man before him, Ye Chen knew he had been indulging in eating big fish and rich meals lately, which transformed his previously skinny figure into this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Ye Chen had seen Wang Qiang as thin, but now he looked like a ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, it’s not an exaggeration to say Wang Qiang looked like a ball. He was already short, and now his body had grown horizontally, so the only word to describe him was a ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Qiang saw rescuers below shouting as they rushed into the building, \"Stay back, or I’ll really jump.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t jump. Don’t let a moment’s impulse make you do something irrevocable,\" shouted the rescuers downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Wang Qiang shook his head vigorously and muttered to himself, \"It’s over, all over. I’ve let my parents, wife, and kids down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you die, what happens to them? Wouldn’t you be letting them down even more?\" Ye Chen said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Wang Qiang realized there was someone behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around sharply and saw a familiar face—it was indeed his college classmate Ye Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ye Chen, why are you up here?\" Wang Qiang asked, shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, I’m here to see you jump,\" Ye Chen replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of being surprised, Wang Qiang gave a self-deprecating laugh and said, \"I think so too. Now that you see me like this, are you satisfied?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled the scene when the two of them had met before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, Wang Qiang saw Ye Chen on the road, riding a scooter and wearing a delivery uniform. Instead of feeling excited to see an old classmate, he had kept sneering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, having fallen on hard times, he wasn’t surprised by Ye Chen’s retaliation in such a manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Satisfied, very satisfied. So, one should be modest,\" Ye Chen kindly reminded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ye Chen, you’re right. It’s because I got too cocky. People called me a business prodigy, carving out a big piece in the business world at a young age, so I forgot who I really was, hurting a lot of good friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I always felt I had an investment talent and wanted to make it big one more time. Recently, I invested my entire fortune in a stock called Donghua Pharmaceutical and even told my close friends to buy it too. But it turned out to be a total loss. I even bankrupted the company and am now drowning in debt. I really don’t have the courage to live anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Qiang confessed to Ye Chen about his experience and his reason for contemplating suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life truly is unpredictable; it’s like the saying—thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people might get rich overnight, while others become penniless just as quickly. So, it’s important not to be prideful during prosperous times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Qiang is a living example. He looked down on others when he was rich, and now, in despair, he wants to jump off a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His life is like a play; as the saying goes, life is like a play, and a play is like life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang Qiang, you were always a very strong-willed person in college. Are you really willing to end it all? Are you satisfied with that?\" Ye Chen constantly used words to provoke the man before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were someone else, they would usually avoid doing this, as it might push the already suicidal person to jump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Ye Chen had the mind reading skill and knew Wang Qiang well, believing he wouldn’t truly jump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Qiang wanted to jump but was internally conflicted, not firm in his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What good is dissatisfaction? I’m already penniless. Creditors will soon come knocking. I’ve let my family down and those friends too. If it weren’t for my arrogance, I wouldn’t have ended up like this,\" Wang Qiang sobbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System, help me check the information on that Donghua Pharmaceutical stock,\" Ye Chen said in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System: \"Host, the stock market hasn’t been very good lately. This stock has fallen from its original price of 55 yuan to 5 yuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Ye Chen realized no wonder Wang Qiang was contemplating suicide. This stock had plummeted, as he said, leaving him with nothing. Years of hard work vanished overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to live that wealthy lifestyle anymore, anyone would be unable to withstand such a blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But after analyzing, this stock price will rise again, reaching a peak of 66 yuan,\" the system added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, Ye Chen couldn’t help but admire Wang Qiang as a business prodigy with sharp investment eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this investment, Wang Qiang hadn’t actually failed; the time simply hadn’t arrived yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This just showed Wang Qiang’s psychological resilience was poor, too smooth in the past, unable to handle setbacks and failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he hadn’t really failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having learned from the system that the stock will rise again, Ye Chen couldn’t miss such a good money-making opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled at Wang Qiang and said, \"You really are a business prodigy; your investment vision is spot on. You made the right choice with this stock.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Qiang just felt Ye Chen was trying to comfort him, shaking his head and saying, \"Ye Chen, you don’t need to comfort me. I know I’m already completely defeated and can’t recover.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew even if he sold his house and car, he couldn’t clear his debts. How would life go on after that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not a problem for someone to go from poor to rich, but going from rich to poor is hard to accept and adapt to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gotten used to a wealthy lifestyle, Wang Qiang didn’t want to start all over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew death would be an end to all troubles, and his family wouldn’t be implicated due to his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not comforting you. After hearing about that stock, I’ve decided to invest 2 billion in it,\" Ye Chen said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ye Chen, surely you’re joking. You’re just a delivery guy; how could you have 2 billion?\" Wang Qiang asked, looking incredulous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Ye Chen before him, Wang Qiang sighed and, with a face full of shame, said, \"Ye Chen, I’m sorry, I was wrong before. Although you’re a delivery guy, I shouldn’t have ridiculed you. Now I’m not even as good as you. Please accept my apology.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1226,"2026-06-03T08:13:10.608Z","2026-06-03T08:13:15.868Z",1,"novelbin.me","f04d163281bd721f2d2c3221b7ed6c1701f2e50cbeb7c02bb4b3f2ef2b871edf","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-1218","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-1216",1261,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-cover.jpg"]