Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 267 Dad, I want to marry Lin Lang, but he likes Shen An'an.

Before Lin Lang could receive a reply to the message he sent to Yan Li, a phone call came in.

"Uncle Song, why are you calling so early in the morning?"

Song Zhiyuan: "I saw your WeChat step count changed, so I figured you were awake and quickly called to tell you something."

"What, did Kong Rui vouch for them?"

"That's not it. Yan Li called in the early hours of the morning, asking where you were. I told her you were drunk and came to sleep at my place..."

"Ok?"

"What's wrong? I've been watching your WeChat steps the whole time. You were only busy for about ten minutes. You couldn't have gotten home in just ten minutes, could you?"

"I didn't go home, but President He covered for me. I went back according to President He's instructions."

Song Zhiyuan: "...Well...this...shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"I can't say for sure, but if the county wants Tianjin Capital's bonds, it's probably hopeless... I'll hang up now and see if I can retract the message."

Clearly, the message has been out for more than two minutes.

Since things had already come to this, Lin Lang was too lazy to care and started dealing with other matters.

The A-share market opened at 9:30 a.m.

Due to a large-scale transaction, Tianshui Duck Industry gained a new major shareholder, causing the stock to open at its limit up price, with a trading volume of only a little over one million shares.

Nobody knows how many deals will be completed in the future.

For funds that like to pursue shell companies, changes in shareholding in such low-priced stocks are definitely good news.

They came over following the scent.

Tianshui Duck Industry, whose market value has dwindled to only a few hundred million yuan, is their favorite.

If they had a billion or more, they would consider it.

Lin Lang also glanced at the stocks held by Tianjin Capital, and without a doubt, they were all performing poorly today.

On the surface, it appears to be a correction following the surge at the end of last month and the beginning of this month; in reality, it's a correction targeting [the market].

Why the hell did Tianjin Capital's holdings get pulled back?
Around 11 o'clock, Yan Li arrived at Dayu Media.

After entering the office, he glanced at Lin Lang and sat down next to him.

Lin Lang said, "Next time you come to Dayu Media, let me know in advance. If Gao Yu is here and you run into her, she will be very embarrassed."

Lin Lang definitely had to consider the interests of the vice president of Big Fish Media, since anyone would feel ashamed after their lies were exposed.

Yan Li said, feeling wronged, "You can take care of everyone else's feelings, but you selectively ignore mine..."

"We didn't overlook it. It's just the current solution. What we said last night and what we said today is the same, it doesn't matter."

"any solution?"

"Purchase restrictions lifted!"

"what?"

"After so much time, your fanbase has been refined. For those loyal fans, we should give them more opportunities. The limit of 20,000 yuan is indeed not good for some of them. Even if they gather five or six ID cards, they can't invest too much money in Tianjin Capital. As the saying goes, the peak breeds false supporters, and the twilight witnesses devout believers. Those who praised you when you were prosperous are not necessarily true fans. Those who are still willing to buy Tianjin Mixed Selection now are our eternal customers."

Yan Li's fans are a mixed bag.

There were genuine people, people just watching the show, and even fake people.

Lin Lang was certain that there must be a group of people who, after more than a month, had been completely conquered by Tianjin Capital, but unfortunately they had no chance to buy more money and could only watch from the sidelines.

Tianjin Hybrid Selection is currently facing the risk of a correction, which presents a good opportunity to give them a backdoor.

In the current environment, apart from those fans with extremely strong faith, no one else would buy it at all.

Yan Li said, "Isn't this just like harvesting leeks?"

"Don't put it so harshly... What does 'harvesting leeks' even mean? It means deliberately ripping people off. Tianjin Capital doesn't have any intention to rip people off. Putting everything else aside, as long as the purchase restrictions are lifted, another seven or eight billion yuan in funds shouldn't be a problem. Those mutual funds are willing to dump their shares, right? Then we'll take over all the shares they dump... What will a mutual fund do when it can't get any shares from the market?"

For fund companies, the annualized return is actually secondary; the most important thing is whether they can acquire enough shares.

This is also why, when the 5G and ultra-high voltage power transmission sectors were being hyped up before, the major players were unwilling to give up their core holdings, and even at the high point, they were unwilling to sell, frantically entering the market to save it.

Because they know that once they lose their core holdings, they will no longer have control over the relevant stocks.

It would be difficult for them to re-enter the market, and the time cost of doing so would be unbearable for them.

Without leverage, they have no reason to exist; leverage is their means of survival.

They are not like retail investors; the vast majority rely on guesswork, and their capital is not large, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions or hundreds of millions.

As institutions, their initial capital is in the hundreds of millions, or even billions or tens of billions.

There isn't much room for them to accumulate shares.

It's impossible for them to operate dozens of stocks simultaneously. If they want to make stable profits, they can only manipulate the market and control the distribution of shares by trading within a few stocks.

"Those blue-chip stocks have a lot of shares. Even if another 20 billion comes in, we won't be able to get much of them."

"However, the more we take, the more panicked they become! We have unlimited funds, do they? And another point, this lifting of purchase restrictions is equivalent to a correction for fund investors."

"Huh? A pullback for fund investors?"

Yan Li had only ever heard of stock market corrections, never of mutual fund investors experiencing corrections.

What's wrong? Is it obedience training?

Lin Lang asked, "What signal does lifting the purchase restrictions send?"

"Yes... Tianjin Capital is failing. It can't withstand the pressure of redemptions, so it has to open up purchase limits to let new funds in and offset the redemption pressure."

"Yes! In this way, fans will be divided into two camps: those who are wavering and hesitant will either choose to redeem their money, feeling that they shouldn't waste their money, while those who have unwavering faith in Tianjin Capital will see it as a good opportunity to expand their share."

"and then?"

"That's it. Even if we lose money later, it won't be a loss for Tianjin Capital. It's better than this slow death; at least we can live a little longer. But what if we make a profit later? What will happen then?"

Lin Lang knew very well that no matter how much the market corrected in the next few days, the main theme of boosting blue-chip stocks this year would not change, and they would eventually rebound.

He had already allocated his holdings, and based on the current holding ratio, barring any unforeseen circumstances, his net worth should more than double by the end of the year.

It is double the current amount.

But this was something she couldn't tell Yan Li; it was all in the future. Yan Li: "..."

That's so obvious!

If the fund makes money in the future, the investors who bought it this time will receive huge returns, and they will stand firmly on the side of Tianjin Capital, with Tianjin Capital as their only focus in the future.

Those whose resolve wavered, who chose to liquidate their holdings and run away, or who missed this opportunity to lift purchase restrictions, will only regret it deeply.

In this way, if Tianjin Capital really encounters any difficulties and reopens the purchase restrictions, fund investors will use the previous situation as a mental rehearsal and rush into it.

For Tianjin Capital, lifting the purchase restrictions could be a powerful tool to solve its difficulties. When it faces challenges, lifting the purchase restrictions would bring in countless funds to help Tianjin Capital overcome its difficulties.

Just like stock trading, every day it opens low and closes high. Retail investors have gotten used to it, so they are not afraid at all when it opens low, and instead have the urge to buy more.

This is a training exercise for fund investors to obey. Those who are willing to join can reap the rewards, while those who are unwilling will have to forget about joining when Tianjin Capital sets up purchase restrictions again in a while.

By making every move of Tianjin Capital seem like a money-making opportunity, those people will not back down no matter how many difficulties Tianjin Capital faces in the future.

Even if they occasionally experience a pullback that doesn't recover, they aren't particularly worried.

Because the market will eventually recover, it's just a matter of whether it takes a year, three years, five years, or ten years.

Only by cultivating good habits can Tianjin Capital stand firm.

Yan Li took a deep breath; she had never imagined that funds could be used in this way.

She always believed that past glory could only serve as a foundation for the present and had no further value for the future.

But Lin Lang was able to rediscover even greater value from his past glories.

Only Tianjin Capital can do this, because Tianjin Capital has a large enough fan base.

Tianjin Capital's stellar performance over the past month has left a deep impression on many people.

In other words, as long as the purchase restrictions are lifted this time, and the net asset value of Tianjin Hybrid Selection is increased, then Tianjin Capital's foundation will be solid!
This one move alone is enough to sustain Tianjin Capital for five years!

If such a cycle can be successfully implemented three to five times, the accumulated foundation will be enough for Tianjin Capital to live on for twenty years!
She glanced at Lin Lang and said, "Are you treating those fund investors like Japanese people?"

She now deeply understands why Lin Lang said he wanted to adjust the fund market.

"Stop insulting those fund investors, okay? No matter what, they're still one of us. How can you compare them to a bunch of animals?"

"Yes, yes, so did you deliberately find an excuse to leave Tianjin Capital, just to wait for this correction in Tianjin Capital, so that you could take advantage of it and also lower the expectations of fund investors?"

After speaking, Yan Li looked at Lin Lang with anticipation.

She especially wanted to hear Lin Lang's affirmative answer.

That would mean Lin Lang could return to Tianjin Capital at any time, and it would also mean that he was unwilling to leave at all.

It's all for the sake of the bigger picture.

"That's not it. The main reason is that the cycle for blue-chip stocks is about to end, otherwise all those big funds will go hungry. Even if there's no market rally this year, there should be next year, so this time the timing is perfect, and the chances of winning are extremely high, no matter who's in charge."

"How can they all be the same? After you left, Tianjin Mixed Selection will probably fall yesterday and today, and Tianjin Global Selection has already fallen for two consecutive days."

"A few days of decline is nothing. The drop in Tianjin Hybrid Selection is just a normal correction. As long as new funds come in, it won't have any impact. As for Tianjin Global Selection, even if someone redeems, we don't need to worry about it at all. We don't even need to change our positions. Even if no one subscribes, we can absorb the shares ourselves and just refund them from elsewhere."

Tianjin Global Selection's foreign exchange has already been exchanged, and Lin Lang certainly won't bother with currency conversion at this time, so it won't have any impact on the market sentiment.

Regarding Tianjin Hybrid Selection, some stocks need to be sold to cover redemption funds. This issue can be resolved quickly once the purchase restrictions are lifted.

As for when purchase restrictions will be reinstated? That depends on when the market stabilizes.

"But I still hope you can go back. If there's anything I can help with regarding Big Fish Media, just let me know, and I'll help you get it done as soon as possible."

Lin Lang said, "I'm too busy to finish everything in a short time. The reorganization of Tianshui Duck Industry, the launch of the 100-day survival project—they can't do without me, and there are also all sorts of projects that Big Fish Media is fully launching..."

"Isn't Gao Yu here?"

"Yes, even with her, we're still too busy. Actually, you don't need to keep focusing on the fund. There's very little room for change left. Your focus should be on recruiting talent from all over the world. I mentioned before that we need to build a quantitative team, and we can start preparing for it now. This is a great opportunity to strengthen Tianjin Capital's foundation. We can't rely on us for everything; the company needs to be able to be self-reliant."

"Okay," Yan Li agreed.

But that's not what she really thought.

The quantitative team is indeed important. After Lin Lang mentioned it last time, she had already contacted a headhunting company. However, finding talent is not so easy. She already has a list, and she will start interviewing them one by one after returning to Shanghai.

However, after Lin Lang mentioned the pullback in mutual funds, Yan Li was once again overwhelmed by Lin Lang's overall strategic planning ability.

This market correction is a life-or-death battle for fund investors, and for Tianjin Capital!

It will take one or two years to see results? That's too long...

She believes Lin Lang has the ability to achieve a high net worth within a few months.

Just because Lin Lang can see things from this perspective, his importance to Tianjin Capital is elevated to another level.

With Lin Lang around, Tianjin Capital is all set.

Without Lin Lang, Tianjin Capital would not exist.

She dares to say that no one in the world can act from the perspective of investors who are experiencing a correction.

A stock pullback is nothing more than a game involving billions or tens of billions of dollars, and a pullback could affect millions or even tens of millions of mutual fund investors.

This is pure creation.

She didn't know why Lin Lang stayed in the county. Perhaps he wanted to start Big Fish Media, to use social media to support the real economy, and to control the county's core resources...

Of course, it could also be simply because of Shen An'an.

She could help with anything else, but she couldn't help with Shen An'an's matter.

Shen An'an won't stay in Shanghai for long.

"I've made plans with Chen Wenbin for lunch. Let's go out for lunch together later."

"Okay, I'll be done with my work soon."

"Then I'll go out first and wait for you in the car downstairs."

Yan Li left Lin Lang's office.

Sitting in the car, she made a phone call to her father.

"Dad, I want to marry Lin Lang, but he likes Shen An'an."

(End of this chapter)