Chapter 1034: Incentive

Every time Cooper came to New Jincheng, he had a different fresh feeling.

For example, some place he had an impression of in his memory suddenly became unfamiliar, possibly because there was another skyscraper here.

It was also possible that some changes had occurred in the surrounding buildings.

He once had a doubt: why were the real estate developers in New Jincheng always doing some meaningless work?

They tore down some houses and built them, built them and tore them down, constantly repeating, constantly wasting funds in it. Why were they doing this?

He didn't think this was a profitable business. Look, you spent one million to build a building, then tore it down, and spent two million to build a building.

Even if this building was worth three million after it was built, you would still have a lot of deficits. Only when it was worth four million or five million could you make money.

But by the time it reached this point, they might have torn down this house again and rebuilt a new house on its ruins.

Even to this day, he didn't really understand this truth and reason. Being middle-class didn't mean being omnipotent. At least on this matter, he was indeed a bit powerless.

New Jincheng, which was renewed every day, gave him some special feelings. Sitting in the stockbroker's car, his eyes kept watching those things around him.

Suddenly, he felt the car turn significantly, then leaned to the side of the road, moving slowly forward.

"What happened?", he looked at the stockbroker who was driving, and the next second, he saw a luxury motorcade pass by them.

Undoubtedly, the other party was returning from the direction they were going.

"Whose motorcade is this?", Cooper couldn't help but look back at those luxury cars that were shining in the sun.

The piano-mirror paint made him couldn't help but have a desire to rush over and touch it. The feel must be very great!

It wouldn't be astringent, wouldn't be cold, and would feed back a warm and moist feeling just like a girl's skin.

His dream was to buy a luxury car, although he could definitely afford such a good car with his money now.

But being able to afford it and buying it for fun without burden were two different things.

Just like some people can easily own a luxury item worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, while another person needs to grit their teeth to afford it.

They might both be owners, but they were absolutely two different groups.

The stockbroker looked at the motorcade that was going away through the rearview mirror. As one of the people who was "best informed" in this city, he immediately recognized the motorcade.

"It's the Lans family's motorcade. It's very likely that Lans himself is in the car."

Cooper withdrew his gaze from the luxury car that was already blurred in the distance. "Is this Lans very powerful?"

"And how do you know it's their car?"

Cooper hoped that he could develop in New Jincheng in the future. After all, this was the financial center of the Federation and even the world.

His stockbroker couldn't help but explain somewhat showily, "The Lans family is a gang family. It is said that most of them are Imperial people, and some people call them the 'Imperial Gang'."

"But they claim to be the 'Lans family' to the outside world, because their leader is called 'Lans White'."

"What's interesting is that this Lans White is a Federal person, and his identity is a bit special."

"Special?", Cooper was clearly interested in this topic. "How special?"

"He was born in the suburbs of Jincheng. When he was a child, he was abducted and sold to work in a black factory. It wasn't until he was seventeen or eighteen that he found an opportunity to escape from the black factory. Based on his few childhood memories, he found his home."

"Later, he found a job in the district, but because he was a very disciplined person and very honest, many people began to rely on him and follow him."

"In the end, they did some good things, exposed some of the dark secrets of the upper class, and became well-known to the people."

"Some people also say that it is precisely because we did this that those upper-class masters called them a gang, so as to use the Federal police to suppress them."

"But who knows about this kind of thing?"

The stockbroker shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway, for me, I don't care what kind of person he is, a good person, a bad person, or some other person. Everything has nothing to do with me."

"As for how I distinguish them?"

"This is actually simpler. In New Jincheng, only their motorcade will uniformly use a red waistline the width of a palm, and if you pay attention to the marks on their car pillars, there is an 'L·W', which must be the Lans family's car."

Listening to the stockbroker talk about these rumors related to this city and the upper class, Cooper couldn't help but sigh. "You really know a lot!"

This compliment made the stockbroker smile. "Actually, it's nothing. As long as you stay in this city for a long time, you will know that there are almost no secrets here."

The car soon merged into the traffic again, and before long, it entered the congested Deruixi road.

The stockbroker parked the car in a parking lot at the entrance of the street. "There definitely won't be a parking space inside. Today is Monday!"

He explained, "Walking from here to the hotel is only five minutes. You can just take a look at everything here!"

This Hope Mining had booked a large auditorium in the most luxurious hotel on Deruixi Street, used to entertain all high-shareholding investors invited to attend the dividend meeting.

They could stay for free, enjoy hotel services, and didn't need to pay any extra money. Everything was paid for by the company.

When the two were walking on the road, Cooper asked a question. "How much did you invest?"

The stockbroker didn't react at first. "What?", but soon he realized what Cooper was asking. He immediately said with a smile, "I invested about one hundred and seventy thousand."

Only eighty thousand of it was his own, and the rest were borrowed or leveraged through some institutions.

He knew that his investment this time was a bit impulsive, but he couldn't refuse such a wealth that he wished he could just stuff into his mouth, disappearing from before his eyes.

Hearing that the other party could take out so much money, Cooper didn't feel surprised, just a bit amazed. "Now?"

"Has it reached four hundred thousand?"

The stockbroker's face was full of smiles. "No, about three hundred and forty or fifty thousand. I haven't looked at it today, but it should only be more, not less."

"Wow!", Cooper showed a surprised expression. "You have already achieved financial freedom!"

When the Federal government was touting the Federal Dream, it naturally also knew that there was a beginning, there must be an end. If this was a road that never had an end, even if it looked really good, not so many people would step on it.

So the Federal government promoted some well-known social activists and some scholars and experts to instill a very special concept into the public—

When a person has a net asset of two hundred thousand, he can completely give up work and live very comfortably.

Many experts listed many ways to control this wealth, for example, how much money is in savings, how much money is used for investment, how much money is used to purchase real estate and other high-quality assets, and finally how much money is left in hand.

They always instill these concepts into the public, plus the Federation's savings interest has indeed increased in the past two years, and this set of statements is very popular.

Many people, when chatting about their medium and long-term goals, often hang two hundred thousand on their lips.

The stockbroker obviously also knew the reason why Cooper said these words. He waved his arm with a smile. "Who doesn't want to get more?"

"Fortunately, we all grasped such a great opportunity. Maybe it takes ten or twenty years to have such an opportunity once!"

"Do you know?"

"Before I called you, I actually called many other people. I told them there was a stock that could change their life and family destiny, waiting for them to subscribe."

"But most of these people had no reaction to my reminder at all. Some of them even thought I was a liar, and calling them was just for me to cheat them out of their money."

"Only you, Cooper, you are the person who trusts me the most, so I will reveal some news to you!"

"We will prove to those other people who don't trust me that my professional ethics are qualified!"

Cooper nodded hard. "I believe you!"

In fact, this was the first time Cooper truly met his stockbroker, and it was also the first time he had such a close conversation with him, but he just had a feeling of familiarity with this stockbroker who had professional ethics.

The two chatted, and soon arrived at the hotel where they attended the dividend meeting. After showing the invitation letter, they were invited to an auditorium on the third floor of the hotel.

This place could accommodate thousands of people, so accommodating some investors who were invited to come was not a difficult thing.

After the two sat down, the dividend meeting began. First on the stage was a middle-aged man who looked to be thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old. He claimed to be the president of the mining industry.

This was Cooper's first time participating in such... a large-scale meeting in the financial aspect. Everything felt very fresh to him.

He had participated in the industry skilled worker exchange meeting held by the Labor Union before, but the style of that kind of meeting was far worse than here.

The young and beautiful girls in the aisle, all exuding youthful breath, had sweet smiles on their faces.

Cooper peeked at them. The girl he looked at immediately noticed, and then walked over. She bent over slightly, and her career-mindedness could be seen. "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

The breath she exhaled when speaking was fragrant. Cooper didn't dare to look around, and said somewhat flustered, "No, nothing, I'm fine, thank you for your concern."

The girl nodded. "If you need anything, or don't understand anything, you can call me at any time."

After she finished speaking, she retreated.

The stockbroker sitting next to him couldn't help but laugh twice. "If you like her, you can give her your room number. It is very likely that she will come to your room to give you a surprise before you go to sleep tonight."

"And what you need to pay might just be two or three hundred dollars."

Cooper glanced at the girl again. The girl was still smiling sweetly at him. Only then did he discover that the girl also had dimples, and she was very charming when she smiled.

He turned his head back in a panic. Since he passed thirty, no young and beautiful girl had smiled so sweetly at him.

"You just said...", he turned his head and looked at his stockbroker, "two or three hundred?"

The stockbroker shrugged. "You haven't been here, you don't understand everything here."

"In Deruixi, everything has a price."

"A commodity in a window on the side of the road, a piece of bread in a counter, or...", he looked at the girl, "a girl who can make you feel good."

"Money is the God here. No one can refuse God, nor are they allowed to refuse God. This is the rule here..."

Cooper's emotions were a bit chaotic. He didn't know whether he should give his room number to anyone else, but...

Just when he didn't know what to do, the applause around him attracted his attention back to the meeting itself.

"Next, the company's development will enter a very fast fast lane. We will acquire more mining companies, at a very low price."

"After the company team's evaluation, by the end of this year, our profit will be over forty million to over fifty million."

"Because of the war, many metals have been listed as strategic resources. It can be said that as long as we bring them from the soil to the ground, the moment they touch the air, they will turn into money."

"Our profitability, long-term operation and profitability, have already entered the top ten in the same industry."

"At the same time, because of some restrictions, you know, the Federal Financial Management Committee is always worried that we will talk nonsense and disturb the market, so it is not convenient for me to reveal too much."

"But what I can tell everyone is that good news will come one after another. If you still intend to continue holding our company's stock, then you have made a very correct decision."

"If you intend to increase your holdings of the company's stock, then I must congratulate you. You have already mastered the password and key to wealth."

"Of course, if you intend to reduce or clear your company's stock, I can only say it's a pity. When the new era arrives, we are standing on the roof, and you will only become our scenery!"

As he spoke, he pulled open the red silk cloth on the cart beside him, revealing a small mountain of cash piled underneath. "Alright, now let's start distributing money. I know you have been waiting anxiously..."

Accompanied by the appearance of more beautiful girls, they carried trays and sent the trays filled with banknotes to everyone's front. At this moment, every investor received a huge emotional feedback.

Cooper excitedly took the banknotes from the tray. Although it was only three thousand dollars, but... this was equivalent to a year's salary last year.

And he had only invested in Hope Mining for two months.

At this time, what should be said had been said, and the next step was the time for free questions and chatting.

Someone stood up and took the microphone from the girl beside him. "Mr. President, I am very curious about the company's next big move. Can't you reveal anything at all?"

The president laughed loudly. "Of course not, lest the Financial Management Committee find trouble with me, but just like what I can reveal to you, this is absolutely a very, very powerful big news."

"Our market value will increase to a great extent. We will become the miracle of Federal and even world finance this year, and will become the focus of those investment banks and big capital."

"And you will experience all this with us!"

The more he said this, the more curious people were. Cooper turned his head and asked the stockbroker sitting beside him, "Didn't you say you had some inside news?"

"What exactly is the big news?"

Hearing the word "inside news," everyone around turned their heads to look at the stockbroker.

Although he was cursing in his heart, his face didn't show his panic. "It's not convenient for me to say, after all, there are too many people here."

He looked at the people around him, and then lowered his voice a little. "It's not very convenient for me to talk to you about this in a public occasion. Let's talk about it after we go back."

His words made many people shift their gaze from him to his name tag, and then firmly remembered his name.

From his attire, everyone could see that he was very likely an industry practitioner.

With his name, wanting to find him was too simple here.

Cooper still didn't doubt it, because before the president announced this news, the stockbroker said he had an inside tip, and the facts proved that this was indeed news that only insiders knew.

Next, people kept standing up to ask questions. They were very concerned about some of the company's strategic plans for this year and next year, including whether they intended to continue to expand their scale in the Yalan region.

Now their mining resources were concentrated in the Lapa region, and they had the strength and ability to continue to expand outward.

To this, the president's answer was also relatively simple, that is, they did have such plans.

Everyone who stood up would raise some topics that were more worthy of attention, making Cooper, who was watching the fun on the side, feel that these participants in the meeting had a high level of education.

At least he couldn't ask these questions with content, depth, and significance. He would only ask how much he could get in dividends next year.

And these questions and answers also made everyone full of expectations for the future!

They seemed to be able to feel that the current mining company was a ship full of passengers, letting them ride the wind and waves on the boundless ocean!

Along with it, he was also full of confidence in the future.

Not to mention that the stock in his hand could rise to five hundred thousand, even if it was one million, he felt there was no problem—

At this time, the Federal stock market did not have a circuit breaker mechanism. Whether it was a plunge or a surge, unless there was artificial force interference.

There was a miracle here where a stock rose from a few cents to nearly two dollars in one day. A dozens-fold increase made a group of people become super big millionaires in an instant.

There were also stocks of four or five dollars that only had one or two dollars left in one day, or even less than one dollar.

The completely free-fluctuating market brought infinite possibilities, with hope, and also destruction! ===== CHAPTER 1035 =====