Our Rise Era

Chapter 8 Never stop learning and improving!

11 month 5 day.

Monday.

The sky was beginning to turn pale, and a thin mist like a veil gently enveloped the ancient city. The air was filled with a slight chill, revealing the coolness and solemnity of late autumn. On both sides of the street, the withered yellow leaves rustled in the breeze, as if telling of the change of seasons.

At five o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yang got up on time to run.

Zhang Yang has maintained this habit for more than ten years and it has become a part of his life.

"Morning, Boss Xu!"

"morning!"

"So early!"

"Yes!"

"..."

Looking at every boss along the way, whether he knew him or not, Zhang Yang greeted them with a smile.

Although the bosses were surprised, they all responded with a smile.

After running to the newsstand, Zhang Yang stopped and bought a newspaper of the day.

During the break, Zhang Yang picked up the newspaper.

[Suzhou Pinshang Solar Power Co., Ltd. was successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, becoming the fifth private high-tech enterprise in mainland China to be listed in New York. The issue price was US$15 and the total amount of funds raised was US$4 million]

[The American Bankruptcy Association announced that the number of consumers filing for bankruptcy in September increased by 9% year-on-year, close to 23 people? Experts refuted the rumor, saying that the situation in the United States is very good, jobs are in short supply, and high salaries and benefits are beckoning to the world...]

[Is the subprime mortgage crisis breaking out in the US? Renowned scholar Zhang Fulu slams the media for making alarmist statements and sensationalizing...]

【…】

Sometimes a lot of information about the times is hidden in seemingly boring news.

Zhang Yang gradually outlined a glimmer of opportunity in this familiar world through the lines of the news.

Comparing the scene of the financial crisis in the original world in my mind, in the end, the future directions of the two worlds seemed to gradually overlap.

Zhang Yang put down the newspaper and looked into the distance silently.

He vaguely felt that a terrible financial storm was brewing on the other side of the ocean...

The breeze at this moment is more like the calm before the storm.

While thinking about every next step, he bought breakfast, went to the bookstore next door and bought a few books, then continued running back in the direction of the grocery store.

In the grocery store.

Fatty Yuan has woken up and is washing up at this moment.

Yesterday's poor sales somewhat dampened Fatty Yuan's mood. After saying hello to Zhang Yang, Fatty Yuan began to wipe the items in the grocery store in a low mood.

Zhang Yang went to the bathroom to wash up briefly, then handed a few books to Fatty Yuan.

"Brother Zhang, what is this? Wait, English Speaking Practice?" Fatty Yuan was stunned after taking a few books: "Brother Zhang, what is this for?"

"From now on, learn a foreign language seriously..."

"Ah, Brother Zhang, are you crazy or am I? Me? Learning a foreign language? Brother Zhang, you know I've hated that since I was a kid. When I was in school, my English score was never above 30. You..."

Fatty Yuan lowered his head and saw that in addition to "English Speaking Practice", there were also several books such as "Overseas Customs and People" and "Cultural Differences between China and the United States".

He suddenly felt overwhelmed.

"The wave of globalization is inevitable. Do you want to stay in a small county town and be the owner of a grocery store for the rest of your life?" Zhang Yang stared at Fatty Yuan.

"But, I... I don't have the talent, I... I'm stupid... I can't learn it..." Fatty Yuan subconsciously avoided Zhang Yang's gaze and said embarrassedly.

“A person can be without a diploma, but not without knowledge; can choose not to go to university, but cannot fail to learn… It’s true that we are ordinary people, but will we be ordinary people all our lives?”

"..."

"In the near future, we will leave this small county and go to big cities. We will even go abroad, talk to foreigners and make money from them... By then, everyone we meet will be highly educated, highly cognitive, and even business elites... If you want to be a part of this era, will you be like a water that travels three thousand miles, or will you be an ordinary spectator?"

"..."

Zhang Yang patted Fatty Yuan's shoulder earnestly, then walked back into the house silently.

Fatty Yuan looked at Zhang Yang's back, then looked at the English book that was giving him a headache, and finally gritted his teeth and read the book.

Then, like a deflated ball, I immediately felt drowsy...

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Seven-fifteen.

【ZY】Groceries open on time.

But, the grocery store business is not good today.

There were many people stopping along the way to express their curiosity.

Fatty Yuan was also very serious, receiving one customer after another.

But few deals were concluded.

Nine thirty.

Fatty Yuan looked at Zhang Yang with a slightly worried look in his eyes.

At this moment, Zhang Yang was not standing at the door, but sitting in front of the computer, opened the stock software, and was silently staring at the numbers on it.

Zhang Yang frowned, staring at each stock intently, and fell into deep thought.

The year 2008 was a turbulent year for the global capital market. The outbreak of the overseas subprime mortgage crisis triggered a global financial crisis, and the downward pressure on the domestic economy increased. The A-share market began a year-long deep adjustment, falling from the highest peak of 6124 points to 1664 points, with the maximum retracement exceeding 70%...

The A-share market trend in this world is very similar to that in the original world. At this moment, the A-share market has fallen to 4650 points.

Zhang Yang looked at the stocks in their joint account...

As soon as the market opened today, the stock price plummeted again. In just over ten minutes, it fell from 5 yuan to 4.95 yuan.

Zhang Yang carefully observed the stocks the two bought.

Ok!

All of them are financial stocks that suddenly and inexplicably soared...

Ha ha!

How can this not be a loss?
They are not aware of the international situation, do not understand any financial knowledge or market conditions, and just blindly follow the trend to invest in stocks. They choose whichever stocks the experts say are great. They have no independent thinking and judgment ability at all, and rely on luck to rise and fall...

Even those stock trading experts will lose all their money one day, okay?
This is a capital game, and retail investors without any cognitive ability are just leeks.

"Brother Zhang, can't these stocks be cashed out?" Fatty Yuan walked from the door to the house, and when he saw the green stock market, he immediately closed his eyes in despair.

He suddenly felt that he had no strength in his body, and even didn't want to run the grocery store anymore.

Zhang Yang did not respond, but just stared at the data above. He waited for a long time, but finally saw that those stocks were about to hit the limit down.

Only 5 yuan is left out of the 4 yuan...

In just one hour, I lost nearly 3000!

After seeing this scene, Fatty Yuan could no longer bear to look at the data above.

Finally he turned around and forced a smile to greet the few customers who had just come in.

However, when introducing the product, he began to be absent-minded and looked towards Zhang Yang from time to time.

Brother Zhang seems to have returned to the time when he was speculating in stocks...

I no longer look after the store, I no longer serve customers, I don’t care about anything…

Just a person, staring at the computer like a machine.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a little disappointed.

Could it be that everything has returned to the way it was before?
At noon, when he looked at the computer screen again, he found that the screen was no longer showing the stock software, but WORD.

Brother Zhang seems to be writing an article...

“I got rid of those stocks…”

"Brother Zhang, you've untied the trap. What stocks did you buy? Let me see."

"Let's see in three days. Now let's get to work..."

"it is good!"

After seeing Zhang Yang pack up the WORD and submit it, Fatty Yuan stood up and looked at the customer who was standing at the door of the grocery store. He smiled, straightened his suit, and went to greet him.

Soon, a group of customers were welcomed into the grocery store...

While Fatty Yuan was in a trance, he saw Zhang Yang and the customers quickly got along very well. In just a few minutes, he sold several bamboo artworks from the [Fine Chinese Products Area] at a very high profit...

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Zhang Yang started speculating in stocks again.

At first, Fatty Yuan was worried that he would return to his decadent state when he was speculating in stocks...

But in the next two days, Fatty Yuan discovered that apart from writing on the computer every day, Zhang Yang was conscientiously running the grocery store.

Apart from going back and forth between the post office and the bank every day to get some sample issues of magazines, I really had never opened the computer to check, even to take a look at stocks.

But despite this, the grocery store's business can only be described as average, with a daily turnover of around 300 yuan, and a profit of about 200 yuan, and most of them are sold by Zhang Yang.

What is the stock situation like now?

11 month 8 day.

Fatty Yuan finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and opened the stock software on his computer.

then……

His eyes widened!

He saw that the stock price, which had originally fallen below 5, had actually risen to 5!

He wiped his eyes in disbelief.

He discovered that four more stocks, namely [Haitong Securities], [Huafu Industrial], [China Southern Airlines] and [Huaxia Shipbuilding], had been added to their joint account at some point.

then!

These stocks are skyrocketing!
In just over ten minutes, he saw that the principal in his stock account had increased to 5!
This, this, this...

"I have to sell all these stocks today and go all in to buy ST Lingguang..."

Just when Fatty Yuan was shocked, he suddenly heard Zhang Yang's voice rang out next to him.

Fatty Yuan was startled and stood up subconsciously. When he turned around, he saw that Zhang Yang had been standing behind him at some point, holding a newspaper and looking at him with a smile.

“Brother Zhang, I, I, I didn’t mean to look at it, I just… I’m sorry, Mr. Zhang, I, I…” He suddenly became nervous and began to stutter.

"There's nothing to be sorry about. Stocks are our joint account. It doesn't matter when you check them. Just don't be too obsessed with them. To put it bluntly, stocks are a game of capital. It's okay to play in the short term, but in the long run, we retail investors will never be able to beat capital..." Zhang Yang shook his head and looked at the ups and downs of stocks with an unusually calm emotion.

"Brother Zhang, I understand."

"Do you know why you should buy ST Prism?"

"I have no idea……"

"What's written in this newspaper?" Zhang Yang pointed to a headline on the newspaper about [Magic City Building Materials Group Holdings ST Lingguang].

"I don't understand. What does this have to do with stocks?" Fatty Yuan looked at the title, somewhat confused.

"ST Lingguang's controlling shareholder was changed to Modu Building Materials Group through the share reform. The latter injected high-quality assets and launched the company's original polysilicon business, which led to earth-shaking changes in the company's fundamentals and greatly improved its profitability..." Zhang Yang looked at Fatty Yuan's confused look and continued with a smile: "Do you know what polysilicon is?"

"what material?"

"One of the most important materials in the photovoltaic industry, take a look at this information..." Zhang Yang sat in front of the computer, opened the official website of the National Energy Administration, and clicked on the title of "Notice on the requirements for the construction of large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic demonstration power stations."

"Can you see anything?"

"I...I don't understand, Brother Zhang..."

Zhang Yang saw that Fatty Yuan was getting more and more confused. He still had a smile on his face and pushed up his glasses. "Remember, in the future, no matter what we do, we must try our best to collect all the information we can, and use our cognition to judge the impact of the next situation from the words between the lines of this information. At the same time, we must always pay attention to the slightest movement in the market. Any investment must follow the country's policies and the global trend. This is true for stocks and the future development direction..."

"Then, how do we analyze it? I... my mind is a mess right now..."

"So, I say, we can't stop learning next. Remember, we don't have a professional team or analysts, and we don't even have enough cognitive ability to understand the world. Under such circumstances, if we are unwilling to learn the ready-made knowledge in books, then how can we succeed?"

"..."

"Success is achieved step by step, not by relying on short-term luck..."

"..."

Just as Zhang Yang finished saying this to Fatty Yuan...

Suddenly, a young man appeared at the door of the grocery store. He was holding the latest issue of "Yi Lin" and passed by the store. He looked up inadvertently.

I saw the [ZY] sign.

Then, he lowered his head and looked at the pictures on the homepage of "Yilin"!
Then his eyes widened!
"Fuck!"

"Such an awesome grocery store is actually opened in this small county town?"

(Thanks to San Sheng Yuan Maomao for the reward, bow, thank you, and thank you to many familiar faces who came here without any promotion for this book... bow, thank you!)
(End of this chapter)