Chapter 69: This Has Just Begun
After confidently setting a flag, Wang Heng maintained his own pace and steadily enjoyed his second campus life.
From Monday to Friday, attending classes, reading books, writing code, everything in good order, very fulfilling.
On Saturdays and Sundays, going to Penguin Building to bring out the code he had written, playing the role of programming prophet, earning admiration and respect from colleagues who were on average about ten years older than him… not only fulfilling, but also extremely satisfying.
It was another Friday, Wang Heng was sitting in the advanced mathematics classroom, and while the teacher was still lecturing, he had already finished the after-class exercises for this chapter in the textbook. He twisted his neck, looked at the classmates around him who had dazed gazes or were looking down at their mobile phones, and smiled silently.
Naive kids, finally experiencing the coursework difficulty of a top domestic university, huh?
Next to him, Wang Ke muttered dreamily: “Didn’t we just cover finding limits? How did we jump here today…”
“This teacher’s lecturing speed,” the pen in Fu Hanwen’s hand was about to be crushed, “it’s like riding a rocket!”
Tang Hexing’s voice was even trembling: “I haven’t even listened to the previous two lectures… Do you all know how to use L’Hôpital’s rule?”
Wang Heng originally wanted to say ‘Isn’t that the most basic of basics?’, but looking at his roommates’ faces and hearing the faint sighs from other classmates around, he felt that if he really said that, he might not safely walk out of this classroom today.
So he said: “I’ve got it all figured out, I’ll explain it to you guys when we get back.”
“Really?” His roommates cast hopeful gazes.
Wang Heng opened his notebook, showing the achievement he had just completed: “I’ve finished all the after-class exercises, do you want to take a look?”
Wang Ke hurriedly grabbed his hand, excitedly saying: “Teacher, thank goodness we have you!”
Wang Heng looked at this roommate’s handsome face, goosebumps rising: “Talk properly, don’t touch!”
On the lectern, the teacher’s voice suddenly grew louder: “So we can’t integrate directly here, we need to use substitution…”
They noticed that while the teacher was speaking loudly, he also glanced over, so they quickly shut their mouths and pretended to be seriously listening to the lecture.
While lecturing, the teacher turned around and started writing the integral formula on the blackboard.
Wang Ke seized the timing and whispered: “Teacher Wang, lend me your notebook to look at!”
Wang Heng nodded, then saw the notebook in his hand being snatched away. At that speed, it was like a vicious dog snatching food. However, the one who snatched the notebook wasn’t Wang Ke, but Fu Hanwen from the other side.
Wang Ke couldn’t help complaining: “How can you do this? I said it first, clearly I said it first!”
“Wang Ke, don’t talk like that, it’s a bit scary…” Wang Heng rubbed his wrist that had just been grabbed, “Anyway, after class there’ll be plenty of time, I can explain each problem one by one, don’t rush.”
Wang Ke nodded, but his face showed some bewilderment. He didn’t quite understand what was scary about what he said—at this time, although there was already a certain photo album’s game and anime, the meme hadn’t gone viral yet, and Wang Ke, who wasn’t interested in ordinary romance plots, naturally wouldn’t know.
The course continued, and it was still early before the end of class. Fu Hanwen started looking at the notebook. The notebook not only had the problem-solving processes but also summaries of knowledge points, making Fu Hanwen feel like he had found a treasure. While Tang Hexing and Wang Ke could only listen to the teacher first—although they completely couldn’t understand anymore and couldn’t make sense of the formulas on the blackboard.
The classmates around, whether they could keep up with the teacher’s train of thought or not, were at least still listening. Meanwhile, Wang Heng quietly took out his laptop computer, connected to his mobile phone hotspot, and then began his speculation operation.
He sold off all the bitcoin in his account at once. Compared to the purchase price, it had risen 20 percent. In less than a month, a profit of about 20%, which was quite impressive even for professional investors.
In other words, Lu Qi’s one hundred thousand had netted almost twenty thousand profit. And his own fifty thousand had netted ten thousand.
“Alright, it should drop within a month… need to watch it closely.”
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That evening, at quitting time, Lu Qi’s work at hand temporarily wrapped up, so she went downstairs to eat dinner.
She still had to work overtime after dinner, time was tight, so she casually found a noodle restaurant and ordered a bowl of noodles.
While waiting for the noodles to be served, Lu Qi took out her mobile phone to browse recent news. In less than half a minute, a news title caught her attention.
“Silk Road’s popularity drives bitcoin surge…”
Although she was a veteran programmer, she didn’t know much about this website hidden in the darkness. She clicked on the title, read the report, and involuntarily fell into contemplation.
Hiring killers, banned drugs, counterfeit money, forged identification… all kinds of shady transactions worldwide could be found on Silk Road, all settled with bitcoin, making it hard for police in various countries to investigate. And this website’s popularity, plus its regulation allowing only bitcoin for business deals, further drove up bitcoin’s price.
But such a market trend was too dangerous, wasn’t it?
Thinking this, Lu Qi dialed Wang Heng’s phone number.
At this moment, the waiter brought the ordered bowl of noodles. She picked up the chopsticks, stirred the noodles in the bowl, but didn’t eat.
Because Wang Heng answered the phone and asked: “Sister Lu, what’s up?”
Lu Qi hesitated, then said: “Bitcoin has risen quite a bit recently, do you know?”
Wang Heng: “I know, and I sold it off just yesterday.”
Lu Qi said in surprise: “Didn’t you say you’d hold until year-end? How come you sold already?”
Wang Heng on the other end of the phone seemed to be eating too, chewing while explaining: “Because the recent price surge is driven by black market activities, too risky, better to dodge for now. After Silk Road gets busted, the price will definitely drop, that’s the timing to buy the dip.”
“Silk Road gets busted…” Lu Qi asked puzzledly, “Are you so certain?”
Wang Heng: “Think about it, with the federal intelligence department being so capable, would they sit idly by while Silk Road slaps them in the face? The more popular black market stuff gets, the shorter it lasts. Anyway, Sister Lu, rest assured. I’ve already secured 10% profit for you. Next time we buy the dip, we can get a few more.”
For a moment, Lu Qi didn’t know what to say.
She had called originally to remind him, but now it seemed he didn’t need reminding at all.
After thinking, Lu Qi said again: “Then I’ll wait for your good news. By year-end, I still plan to buy a small house in Rongdu.”
Wang Heng immediately said: “If you can buy, buy now, don’t wait until year-end.”
At this time, Lu Qi had picked up the noodles with her chopsticks and was about to take a bite. But hearing this, she couldn’t help becoming curious again.
“Are you so sure housing prices will keep rising?”
“Certain, definitely, and absolutely.”
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Thanks to LinkQwer tycoon, thanks to Feng Jia, Xueqing, the cutest little fairy, and Hanyang Immortal classmate for the rewards!
