Chapter 50: 050 Getting Shot Even Lying Down
Fu Hanwen’s self-introduction indeed attracted unanimous good reviews and applause from the girls.
“You’re so cute!”
“Then for next week’s movie, I won’t buy a ticket and will wait for you, okay?”
“Classmate Fu Hanwen, your name sounds very poetic.”
The responses from several girls made Fu Hanwen’s face flush red. Tang Hexing’s reaction next to him was envy—why didn’t I think of lines like that earlier?
Next, the self-introduction segment turned to Wang Heng, and he unhesitatingly showed the coolest side among all the boys in the class, forming an extremely stark contrast with Fu Hanwen.
“I’m Wang Heng, I like programming, that’s it.”
After saying that, he sat down and continued looking at his mobile phone.
The atmosphere became a bit awkward for a moment.
Reality is not a Mary Sue novel; the so-called cool male god is not that popular. Or rather, that kind of scream-inducing cool male god would be even more popular if changed to a warm guy or gentleman style. If the first impression left on others is one of being unapproachable, without showing stronger bonus points, then being ignored by others is a natural result.
This is exactly what Wang Heng wanted.
Coffee was served, and everyone gradually started chatting. But he was still looking at his mobile phone, tangled over one issue.
Wang Heng discovered that among the main traders of Bitcoin currently, many were people from the gray industry. Various illegal businesses like hiring hitmen, banned drugs, smuggling arms, etc., because they couldn’t use regular bank channels for settlement, used Bitcoin instead. And the most prominent big marketplace among them was a website named Silk Road.
From memory, Silk Road wouldn’t last much longer, and when this website was taken down by the US federal authorities, Bitcoin would drop another wave due to the negative external perception it brought. But soon, a new website would replace Silk Road as the new black market exchange, and certain speculators hidden behind the scenes would also quickly push up Bitcoin’s price while people’s attention was drawn over.
Of course, those behind-the-scenes speculators could never have imagined that the purchasing power of the big moms from the Celestial Dynasty would be so terrifying, with the eventual increase exceeding anyone’s control—that was a later story.
And what Wang Heng was considering at this moment was whether to sell off the Bitcoin he had stockpiled before this wave of decrease, and buy back when the price hit bottom?
If operated properly, there would be some profit in the short term, but he wasn’t very confident in this judgment either. What if after selling, he didn’t buy back in time and Bitcoin just skyrocketed?
“Speculation really isn’t easy…” he couldn’t help muttering.
At this moment, a girl’s voice sounded in his ear:
“Are you considering speculation?”
Wang Heng was startled and looked up to see a delicately made-up face in front of him. He quickly remembered that this girl was named Sun Ruimin, a Student Union cadre from Finance University, a second year undergraduate student in the Finance Department. Moreover, she was Sun Xing Si’s cousin sister, the female organizer of this social gathering.
She had shoulder-length straight hair with a strong workplace style, good looks, and makeup that made many boys’ eyes light up. The expression on that pretty face carried strong confidence.
Sun Ruimin glanced at Wang Heng’s mobile phone, slightly surprised: “A fully English website, and you can understand it?”
Wang Heng countered: “If I couldn’t understand it, what was I doing just now?”
Sun Ruimin: “And it’s Bitcoin news… Are you interested in this?”
At this time, Fu Hanwen tried to interject: “Senior sister, he’s not just reading news; he even bought several Bitcoins!”
Sun Ruimin’s eyes immediately lit up: “So rich?”
For first and second year university students, being able to take out several thousand yuan to play with Bitcoin was undoubtedly quite luxurious. It was also good that Wang Heng had been conservative when telling Fu Hanwen earlier and didn’t reveal that he had actually bought 50, a full fifty thousand yuan plus. One could imagine that if he had told the truth, it would probably scare them.
Wang Heng casually replied: “Since I said I’m bullish, I’ll prove it with actual action.”
Sun Ruimin praised: “Impressive, junior male student, you’re young but quite courageous.”
Fu Hanwen: “He’s not just courageous; all three of us in the dormitory call him Teacher Wang.”
Sun Ruimin: “Oh? Why is that?”
Fu Hanwen really wanted to participate in the conversation but couldn’t think of better lines for the moment, so he continued talking about Wang Heng.
So he ignored Wang Heng’s pleading look and said: “Because before first year even started, our Teacher Wang received an offer from Penguin Company and became their special employee. We haven’t even taken a single professional class yet, and he’s already a programming expert.”
Sun Ruimin only briefly glanced at Fu Hanwen before staring at Wang Heng again, smiling: “So when you said you like programming, that’s the kind of like… We’re talking about hobbies, but you’re talking about specialty.”
Wang Heng: “You’re too kind, too kind.”
Sun Ruimin asked again: “So the money you used to invest in Bitcoin was all earned from programming?”
“Yeah.” Wang Heng took a sip of coffee and suddenly felt a bit confused. He noticed that two more girls across from him seemed to be staring at him, probably due to Senior Sister Sun Ruimin’s popularity?
Another girl interjected: “Earning money yourself as a first year, so impressive! So can you cover your own living expenses now?”
“It’s okay…” Wang Heng really didn’t want to say more and wanted to shift the topic to his roommates. But looking around, Wang Ke was even more silent than him, and there were no good talking points on Tang Hexing and Fu Hanwen.
And what was Fu Hanwen this pig teammate doing? If you’re wooing girls, just do it, why drag others into it?
Sun Ruimin suddenly asked curiously: “Are you usually like this now, not willing to say a single extra word?”
Fu Hanwen answered for him: “He’s usually quiet too, but a bit more than now. During class, he occasionally talks to us, and we chat quite a bit in the dormitory.”
Sun Ruimin nodded but still kept staring at Wang Heng.
Wang Heng concluded: “Yeah, boys actually have more common language with boys.”
The girl next to Sun Ruimin couldn’t help complaining: “So, are you here for a social gathering with boys today?”
At this point, Tang Hexing finally found the timing and joined the conversation: “Actually, he didn’t plan to come originally; we dragged him here. Teacher Wang knows quite a few girls; that evening alone, two called him, and we all heard it.”
Wang Heng secretly gave Tang Hexing a thumbs up.
Now that’s more like it—expose shortcomings. To chat with girls, step on your roommates’ shoulders; never learn from that fool Fu Hanwen!
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