Chapter 113: Fear And Greed
Facing the young girl looking at him eagerly, should he refuse or agree?
The instinct as a male led to one answer, but the resistance to danger pointed to another choice. Wang Heng, who always prided himself on being rational, naturally wouldn’t be driven by vulgar instincts, so he leaned more toward refusal.
So if refusing, what reason should he use this time? Not liking porridge?
Just as Wang Heng was hesitating, his mobile phone ringtone rang, saving him—the caller ID showed Lu Qi.
“Sorry, I need to take a call.” With that, Wang Heng quickly walked into the restroom.
Then he answered the call and heard the voice of that older sister type. But unlike her usual calmness and rationality, Lu Qi’s tone was very hurried this time, filled with thick unease.
“Did you check Bitcoin’s trend today? It’s dropped again, and it fell by more than a fifth in just one day!”
Wang Heng remained calm: “That’s normal. It’s not a domestic stock; there’s no limit up or down. It could rise or fall by any amount in a single day.”
“I know it’s possible, but such a big plunge—isn’t that terrible? Do we really not need to run? Look, Bitcoin rose too fiercely the past few days. The day before yesterday, it went from three thousand five to nearly five thousand in one go, yesterday it rose to five thousand five, and today it suddenly dropped to four thousand! This curve is too terrifying; don’t you think it looks just like the madness before a crash?”
Lu Qi’s voice came like a barrage of cannon fire, a panicked rush into his eardrums.
Wang Heng moved the mobile phone slightly away, waited for her to finish, then said helplessly: “Sister Lu, didn’t I say to believe me?”
Lu Qi gritted her teeth: “I didn’t want to tell you about this originally, but that Qin Meng sold at five thousand four yesterday, then came to my office today to show off, saying things like cashing out safely and such. I’ve never done an investment project with such high risk before, so…”
“So it’s normal for you to be a bit panicked,” Wang Heng continued, “Think about it: now it’s around four thousand per coin. We have 210 coins on hand, two-thirds of which are yours, 140 coins, which is about five or six hundred thousand in cash. Sister Lu, you’re not some capitalist; having five or six hundred thousand right in front of you, it’s impossible to stay completely calm.”
Before Wang Heng finished speaking, Lu Qi’s breathing had already steadied, because she guessed what this kid wanted to say.
Sure enough, after a short pause of two or three seconds, Wang Heng continued: “But there’s still one-third that’s my money, which is three hundred thousand. My family isn’t well-off; I’m still a student who’s never seen much of the world. Guess why I can stay calm?”
Lu Qi: “Because you have certainty.”
Wang Heng laughed: “Right, because I have certainty. Investing is a very, very anti-humanity thing. As ordinary people, our nature tells us to follow the crowd, to listen to others. But if you’re doing investments without your own judgment, better not play at all—put the money in the bank for safety.”
Lu Qi murmured: “So what Director Qin thinks has nothing to do with us…”
Wang Heng: “Right, what he thinks, says, or does has absolutely nothing to do with us. Since you chose to believe me from the start, please believe me all the way. And stepping back, your initial investment was only one hundred thousand—why do you have five or six hundred thousand now?”
Lu Qi’s voice finally carried a hint of a smile: “Because I believe you.”
Wang Heng: “Exactly, that’s it.”
Lu Qi said self-mockingly: “Qin Meng told me that truly mentally strong people need to be found in the investment market. I didn’t believe it before, but now I really feel it a bit. Losing tens of thousands in a day without blinking—that’s not something ordinary people can do. I thought I was mentally strong, but now it seems… I’m just an ordinary person.”
Wang Heng flattered: “For you to choose to believe me, that’s already very strong.”
“Are you praising yourself?” Lu Qi asked with a bit of teasing, “Choosing to believe you makes me strong; then how strong are you, who always believes in yourself?”
Wang Heng: “Just average.”
Lu Qi let out a “pfft” laugh.
“You’re really overly modest… I won’t disturb you anymore; I should pack up and go home too. Goodbye.”
With that, Lu Qi hung up.
Wang Heng walked out of the restroom and returned to Ye Xun. By then, he had found a sufficient reason to refuse.
With sincere apology on his face, he said: “My leader just called and needs me to work overtime on something. Sorry, I can’t have dinner with you.”
Ye Xun was a bit surprised: “You’re just a student with a part-time job; it’s so late, and you still have to go to the company?”
“No need to go to the office; I just need to go back to the dormitory and operate the computer for a bit. I told you before—my other part-time job is writing code, and occasional remote work is no problem.”
Wang Heng’s explanation sounded completely real, leaving Ye Xun no choice but to believe it.
The young girl said regretfully: “Then it can only be next week…”
“Yeah.”
Wang Heng also looked regretful, but secretly pondered: when refusing dinner next week, what reason would seem more sincere?
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Monday morning, Qin Meng sat in his large independent office, glanced at the Rolex on his wrist, feeling quite smug.
A full five hundred thousand in savings thrown into the Bitcoin market turned into nine hundred thousand in less than half a month. And just one day after he cashed out and exited, Bitcoin plummeted—he had perfectly caught the high point.
“This timing grasp—tut tut tut, it’s straight out of a textbook!”
Qin Meng took a small mirror from the drawer, looked at himself—hmm, Director Qin today was still remarkably talented and exceptionally suave.
So the question was: during lunch break, should he go to Director Lu to build some rapport?
While thinking about this, Qin Meng suddenly saw a news title on the computer screen: 【Bitcoin surges again】, and his brows furrowed.
He clicked on the webpage, took a look, and drew in a cold breath.
In just two short days, Bitcoin had risen back up, and the momentum seemed even fiercer!
For the next hour or so, Qin Meng stared at the computer screen, watching the constantly fluctuating price and various news about Bitcoin, hesitating for a long time… Finally, he gritted his teeth and grabbed a large sell order.
At a price of over five thousand three hundred, he used a full eight hundred thousand to buy 150 Bitcoins.
And just two days ago, at five thousand five hundred, he had bought with nine hundred thousand—that was still his proud match record.
Qin Meng didn’t care about building rapport with Lu Qi anymore; staring at the screen, he murmured: “This isn’t chasing high, isn’t chasing high; it definitely hasn’t topped out yet…”
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