Chapter 54: The Vigil of Orion

  Zhao Pàngzi heard that Li Xiaoteng had made a lot of money from gambling on stones, and the funds were temporarily borrowed from their joint business. Zhao Pàngzi felt that he should have a share. When asking Li Xiaoteng for the gains, Li Xiaoteng gave Zhao Pàngzi a fund subscription form...

  Zhao Pàngzi held the fund subscription form given by Li Xiaoteng, turned it over and looked at it for a long time, then asked in confusion: "Teng Ge, what is this thing? What is a fund?"

  Li Xiaoteng chuckled and said, "I expected as much. Once you found out about my gambling debt, I knew you'd come looking for me! I know you too well..." As he spoke, he took another drag on his cigarette, which was almost burning his fingers, and carelessly flicked it under the stairs before continuing, "I did make some money, but it's all accounted for. And besides, I told you I borrowed it!"

  After finishing speaking, Zhao Baozi seemed a bit anxious again. He waved his hand and continued to say: "I, Li Xiaoteng, am not an unfeeling or ungrateful person either. You are my brother, so I naturally won't forget you! This money is for you! But I'm afraid that once you get the money, you won't be able to control yourself. Earlier at the bank, I took out 20,000 yuan and wrapped it in a red envelope for Cui Xiaoyan." He paused and continued: "She helped me solve my problem." Seeing Zhao Baozi's puzzled expression, he smiled and said: "It's that big-breasted girl who sells kebabs across the street!" Zhao Baozi's eyes suddenly lit up, saying: "My goddess? Haha..."

  Li Xiaoteng shook his head speechlessly and continued: "I happened to see the issuance of 180 index fund at that time. I exchanged your share for you in proportion!"

  Zhao Baozi asked strangely: "What is a fund after all? I really don't know! Is it a deposit or insurance?"

  Li Xiaoteng smiled and said: "This is not insurance, nor is it a deposit. It's a kind of collective financial management..."

  Zhao Pàngzi was delighted as soon as he heard this and hastily asked: "Wow! How much money can that thing make? Is it higher than the national debt interest?"

  Li Xiaoteng looked at Zhao Wuzi and said speechlessly, "It's nothing. Let me show you the Beijing Economic Report. You don't even read it. A fund is where you give your money to a professional investor, they pool everyone's money together to buy stocks or bonds, then share the profits and risks. And an 180 Index Fund is a type of index fund that tracks the performance of 180 constituent stocks on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges."

  Zhao Baozi's eyes widened with anxiety as he exclaimed, "Teng Ge! I heard the stock market has plummeted to an all-time low! They say it might collapse at any moment! Are you sure buying this thing won't turn into worthless paper?!"

  Li Xiaoteng said speechlessly: "Forget it! I'll take care of this thing, and I estimate that in a few years, we can make a lot of money! If two years from now, this thing is not worth one million, I will give you an additional one million, okay?" Zhao Baozi heard this and hastily flattered: "Brother Teng is mighty! Little brother will die for Brother Teng without any hesitation!"

  Li Xiaoteng chuckled and said to Zhao Baozi, "I didn't give it to you earlier because I was afraid you'd lose track of the money. I didn't mention this to you before, but after hearing what you do in your free time, I felt at ease giving it to you! Alright, hurry up and get to work!" After finishing speaking, he patted Zhao Baozi on the shoulder and walked towards Manager Dong's office.

  "Manager Dong! You promised to arrange a master for me earlier, what's going on? It's almost 5 o'clock! If you don't arrange someone for me, I won't be able to open my stall..."

  Zhao patted his belly, eyes shining with excitement, as he rushed towards the cold dish room, singing loudly: "Seize every minute of life... Go all out for our dreams in our hearts... Without experiencing ups and downs... How can we see a rainbow! No one can succeed easily..."

  Manager Dong arranged for the masters to help. Li Xiaoteng quickly assigned tasks to them, one master sorted out the ingredients, another master went to cut cooked food! In the allocation of Zhao Huazi to sort out the spicy and numbing hot pot! And Li Xiaoteng and Zhang Dakuan, two people, moved out a large steel bucket, placed it next to the hot pot stove, Li Xiaoteng started pouring water into it and adding peanuts.

  Zhang Dake watched Li Xiaoteng busy alone and couldn't help. He could only assist on the side.

  Zhang Dake watched as Li Xiaoteng added various unfamiliar spices to the pot. He casually asked, "Teng Ge, what are you putting in there?"

  Li Xiaoteng was holding a handful of green peppercorns and Sichuan pepper. As he put them into the pot, he turned his head to Zhang Dakun and said: "I'm putting in Sichuan pepper, aren't I? Don't you recognize it?" Zhang Dakun burst out laughing and hastily replied: "Brother Teng, you love to joke! How could I not recognize Sichuan pepper? I was asking what you put in earlier!" Li Xiaoteng said mysteriously: "Earlier, I added Lockyang pills! This stuff is great for virility! It's guaranteed that our guests who eat the boiled peanuts will be like they've taken blue little pills... Silver Gun won't fall..."

  Zhang Dake hastily asked in surprise: "Can peanuts have such an effect? Can they also strengthen yang?"

  Li Xiaoteng smiled slyly and said mysteriously, "This is a proprietary formula, whoever eats it will know..." Zhang Dake said with some infatuation, "Teng brother! How much does this plate of peanuts sell for?"

  Li Xiaoteng said casually, "Ten bucks!" Zhang Dakuan was momentarily speechless, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Teng Ge, ten bucks' worth of peanuts, even if it's supposed to be invigorating, the effect is probably limited." Li Xiaoteng burst out laughing and started adjusting the flavor in the peanut soup pot.

  Looking at Li Xiaoteng's busy figure, Zhang Dakuan asked hesitantly: "Teng Ge! I heard you made a lot of money, why are you still doing this small business?"

  Li Xiaoteng didn't say a word, busy for a while, getting all the spices and flavors right. Then he patted his hands, looked at Zhang Dakuan and said: "I think since we've done this, we must see it through. I have a dream in my heart..."

  Zhang Dake looked at Li Xiaoteng who was silent and asked in a hurry: "Teng, what is your dream?"

  Li Xiaoteng was about to speak when Zhao Baozi rushed out with a fund subscription form. He ran three steps and took two steps to Li Xiaoteng's face, his face red, just wanting to say something, but seeing Zhang Dakuan on the side, he swallowed back what he had said.

  Zhang Dake took a glance at Zhao Baozi, chuckled and hastily said: "Bao Ge you guys chat! I suddenly remembered I have other things to do! Won't disturb you anymore." After finishing speaking, he turned around and rushed into the Dongxing Restaurant.

  Li Xiaoteng looked at Zhao Paozi, who was panting and asked strangely: "Dong Ge? What's wrong with you again?" Zhao Paozi's face turned red as he rushed to Li Xiaoteng and said: "Teng Ge! This subscription form seems a bit off, right?"

  Li Xiaoteng asked strangely, "What's wrong?" Zhao Baozi looked at Li Xiaoteng and glanced around to make sure no one was listening before saying, "Teng, the subscription form for the fund you gave me has your name, Li Xiaoteng, as the subscriber. This seems..."

  Li Xiaoteng smiled and said, "You weren't there at the time, and you didn't have your ID card. I had no way to buy it for you, so I had to use my name! If you're not reassured, in the next few days, I'll take you to transfer the fund into your name, okay?"

  Zhao Pàngzi suddenly asked excitedly: "Then what day shall we do it?" Li Xiaoteng sighed and said: "Whatever you want..."

  At 8 o'clock in the evening, on the Second Ring Road of Beijing. Cars are congested together like a swarm of locusts passing by. From time to time, either there is a scratch accident here in Beijing or several cars have a chain collision over there in Beijing.

  On a Volkswagen Passat, a woman in her thirties watched as the car next to her rear-ended a Beetle that had slammed on its brakes. The wheel didn't turn in time and directly hit the Beetle's bumper. The woman burst out laughing and cursed under her breath: "What an idiot! Hahaha..." As she turned her head to look at the accident, just as she was enjoying the show, suddenly there was a loud crash, and she herself rear-ended the bus in front of her. The airbag deployed with a loud bang and hit the woman right in the face...

  Xiao Si drove his BMW and saw two consecutive traffic accidents on the side. He laughed and said, "Now these people are really reckless! They all feel like road killers!"

  The second elder sat in the back and hastily reminded: "Drive carefully! It's going to be a disaster if you get too excited!" The big brother sitting in the back seat didn't say anything, staring at the evening scenery, lost in thought.

  At the sight of these four people, aren't they those four brothers from Yinhe Securities?

  Along Nan'Er Huan, got on the Jingkai Expressway. The number of cars suddenly decreased, speeding BMWs. Like a swift arrow flying across...

  Lao San on the carriage looked at Lao Da who had been silent all along and asked strangely, "Big brother, you haven't spoken since we came out, what are you thinking about?"

  The boss looked out of the car window at the night sky. He pointed at the starry sky and said, "Old Three, look up at the sky, what do you see?"

  Lao San looked up at the sky and casually said: "Big brother! I saw an airplane!"

  The old man's face suddenly fell. The third child saw that his brother was unhappy and hurriedly said: "Brother, I was wrong! This is to make you happy!" After a pause, seeing the older brother's expression ease up a bit, he continued: "Brother! The sky is full of stars, away from the city center. It feels like the sky is even darker, but many stars that can't be seen in the city are now visible. And it feels brighter..."

  The big brother nodded and said: "Yes, we brothers made a mistake in judgment today! But the feeling I get is like tonight's night sky. People often take the wrong path, but as long as they keep an eye on Orion, head south, constantly correcting their mistakes! Although it can't surpass heaven, I believe it will definitely surpass itself and continue to grow!"

  The silent second brother looked out the car window, gazing at the stars in the sky. Suddenly he said: "Big brother, our south is Orion. In Greek mythology, Orion was the son of Poseidon, the sea god, who transformed into a hunter. He loved hunting and was good at sniping! Big brother, you mentioned Orion, I think you want to fire back at Laifu Electronics!"

  Big brother chuckled and said, looking at the Orion constellation through the windshield: "Second brother, your vision is still not broad enough! The breakdown of the car's electronics is just a small setback on our journey..."

  Looking up at the constellation of Orion, he muttered to himself: "You may not believe it, but I want to stand with my brothers at the pinnacle of China's financial world!" The starlight of Orion illuminated the earth. Li Xiaoteng, who was on the same land, was stirring his own spicy hot pot and tilted his head towards Zhang Dakuan, saying: "Actually, my dream is to stand at the peak of the financial world!" Zhang Dakuan scratched his head, puzzled, and asked: "What mountain is the financial world?" Li Xiaoteng looked at Zhang Dakuan's confused eyes and chuckled. He muttered to himself: "Sometimes I think brothers are more important than money! Many things can be solved with money, so they're not considered problems. But often people are reluctant to part with their money. Would I be willing to give my wealth to him, send him a grand fortune, and bind him to my core interests?" Zhang Dakuan looked at Li Xiaoteng's self-absorbed expression, puzzled, and scratched his head again, wanting to ask but not knowing how...

  At the same time, thanks to dmb's comment: "At first, I felt pretty unenthusiastic about the stone, but considering that buying stones wasn't for betting at first, but to help others, it's acceptable. Then I saw this chapter, and the weaknesses of human nature are so vividly revealed! It's too damn real!" No comments, don't read books!)

  Stock review: Yesterday morning, the two major indices continued to maintain their adjustment trend, with individual stocks rising and falling in equal numbers. The adjustment was still mild, and the ChiNext and small-cap indices outperformed the Shanghai Composite Index. In general, the author believes that the short-term adjustment of the major indices is nearing its end, and there will be a pulse opportunity in the next two days, which is worth grasping. In terms of sectors, we continue to look at mid-and-small-cap stocks with stagnant growth and coal stocks that have undergone sufficient adjustments. Among coal stocks, last Thursday was Ping'an Securities' limit-up day, last Friday was Shanxi Coking's limit-up day, and yesterday was Zhengzhou Coal Electricity's active day. Under the hidden momentum, the author believes that if the major indices want to pulse, only the coal sector can take on this responsibility! Of course, this is just the author's personal opinion. It's best to operate calmly with individual stocks in hand, and high throwing and low absorbing are the king's way! The core of high throwing and low absorbing is: overcoming one's own fear and greed!