Chapter 51: With This Awareness, You Should Be a Manager
Rumble!!!
Dark clouds gathered over the imperial capital, pouring down heavy rain, with purple-yellow lightning rolling and roaring within the clouds.
Xu Yuan and Li Xinran stood inside the bus shelter, looking at the torrential rain, both wearing expressions of helplessness.
Xu Yuan had booked the plane tickets in advance, so after Li Xinran finished her exam, they were ready to head straight back to Jiangcheng.
They were fine when they came out, but who would have thought that just after exiting the subway entrance and about to transfer to the airport shuttle, they encountered a heavy rainstorm.
Both of them were carrying large and small pieces of luggage and didn’t have umbrellas, making it really difficult to move forward in this downpour.
Perhaps because of the rainy weather, all the passing taxis were occupied, so they couldn’t get a taxi and had no choice but to patiently wait for the shuttle bus.
“My luck seems to be going bad again…” Li Xinran held her head high, looking at Xu Yuan with a bit of embarrassment.
However, now she was no longer like before, feeling inferior because of her luck; it was somewhat said in a joking manner anyway.
Xu Yuan rubbed Li Xinran’s slightly damp hair and said, “Just a coincidence.”
As soon as Xu Yuan finished speaking, their phones rang simultaneously.
“No way…” Xu Yuan looked at the message on his phone, feeling a bit stunned.
The flight they were supposed to be on had actually been canceled!
“Uh…”
Li Xinran looked at Xu Yuan, as if wondering what else he could possibly say, daring to question her luck.
“It’s my fault for not checking the weather forecast. Tomorrow is supposed to be a great day. It should still be possible to book tickets now. Should we find a hotel to stay at first?” Xu Yuan said with an awkward smile.
They had all already applied to leave school through a mobile app and had been approved. Now, it seemed they wouldn’t be able to return to school.
“Seems like there’s no other solution for the time being,” Li Xinran shrugged, counting on her fingers, and said weakly, “Luckily, it’s just a flight cancellation. If it happened mid-flight…”
Hearing this, Xu Yuan quickly reached out and covered Li Xinran’s mouth before she could finish speaking.
You’re not allowed to say that!
With you like this, I’m afraid to take a plane now.
……
The two of them braved the heavy rain to find a nearby hotel, but perhaps due to many flights being delayed or canceled because of this sudden thunderstorm.
The handsome male receptionist actually said there was only one room left.
This melodramatic plot probably only happens in TV dramas.
However, Xu Yuan noticed that the male receptionist seemed to be winking at him the whole time.
“Is there only one room left?” Li Xinran looked at the heavy rain outside, her expression somewhat hesitant.
“Miss, with this terrible weather today, all flights have been canceled, and hotels near the airport are almost fully booked. It’s lucky to have even one room left,” the male receptionist said with a smile, secretly giving Xu Yuan an OK sign.
Xu Yuan just felt his eyelid twitch; he roughly understood what was going on. This guy’s awareness shouldn’t be at the front desk, at the very least, he should be a manager!
“Ahem… Xinran, how about we find another place? Even though it’s raining heavily outside and it’s hard to carry the luggage, we might catch a cold, and our clothes will get dirty…”
Before Xu Yuan could finish speaking, he heard Li Xinran sigh softly with her head down and say, “One room is fine, the rain outside is really heavy, and catching a cold would be a loss greater than the gain.”
After the two registered their information and received the room card, the moment Li Xinran stepped into the elevator, she quietly leaned close to Xu Yuan and said, “What does this mean?”
Li Xinran looked at Xu Yuan with her watery eyes, maintaining a smile, and made an OK gesture with her hand.
Xu Yuan scratched his head awkwardly; the girl had just seen it! But he was truly innocent— it was all that male receptionist acting on his own. He really had no other intentions.
“Maybe… the peacock dance, yes! He should be an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage.”
This answer was ridiculously lame, but it was still much better than being misunderstood as conspiring with the receptionist.
“Oh… the peacock dance, do you think I’ll believe that?”
“Usually, I’m very clever, so no thinking bad thoughts tonight!”
“It’s not fair, I really have nothing to do with that receptionist! If I wanted to do anything, I’d be a puppy, okay?” Xu Yuan felt like he couldn’t clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River now.
……
In the shower, the water was rushing loudly, outside the heavy rain poured down, and thunder rumbled from time to time.
But no matter how noisy these sounds were, they couldn’t drown out Xu Yuan’s strong and steady heartbeat.
Using this to test the cadre!
Li Xinran finally finished washing up, but unfortunately, she had already changed into clean clothes and wrapped herself up tightly.
Xu Yuan was excited for nothing.
“Go to bed early.” Xu Yuan had already slipped under the covers and patted the empty spot beside him.
“Okay.” Li Xinran was also a bit shy at this moment, slowly moving to the edge of the bed.
She didn’t dare to pull the blanket much, not even covering her whole body.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan suddenly turned over and directly pinned Li Xinran beneath him.
“Xu Yuan! You… do you want to be a puppy?!”
Li Xinran was startled, her little face as red as a peach, biting her red lips, so nervous she could hardly speak.
Smelling the faint fragrance of the girl beneath him, Xu Yuan also felt his heart flutter, a teasing smile involuntarily curling at the corner of his mouth.
“Woof!”
“Ah~” Li Xinran was completely flustered this time, nervously closing her eyes.
After a long while, Li Xinran did not see Xu Yuan make any further moves, but she felt as if she was being wrapped tightly by the blanket.
Li Xinran quietly opened her eyes and found that Xu Yuan had pulled the blanket over to her side quite a bit.
“What are you thinking about? You’re still too young!” Xu Yuan reached out and flicked Li Xinran’s forehead, laughing softly.
“The weather is cold, you need to cover yourself well with the blanket. Go to sleep.”
After Xu Yuan helped Li Xinran cover herself with the quilt, he turned his body away.
Worse than a beast!!!
“Is it small?” Li Xinran looked down and was actually a bit unconvinced.
Hearing Li Xinran’s muttering, Xu Yuan’s body trembled.
Damn it, don’t go too far!
……
……
“Slow down, don’t run so fast.” Xu Yuan was carrying both of their bags, chasing from behind. Fortunately, the large luggage had been checked in, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to keep up with Li Xinran’s pace.
Xu Yuan hadn’t slept well all night yesterday and was now dead tired.
Li Xinran was like a sprite full of curiosity about the world, excitedly running to the airport’s floor-to-ceiling window.
“Xu Yuan, look, those planes look so small.”
“Be careful not to fall, don’t run so fast. Not only can you see them, but soon you’ll be able to get on one too.” Xu Yuan shook his head helplessly.
Li Xinran’s curiosity was quite strong, her whole being radiating innocence and charm. She was different from the somewhat dull and timid top student she used to be.
Such a change made Xu Yuan a bit happy; Li Xinran should be like this at her age.
“I’ve read some books on aerodynamics. Making such a lump of metal fly is truly an amazing feat,” Li Xinran said, her eyes shining brightly.
“Got it, genius. It’s almost our turn; get ready for security check.”
After passing through security, the two finally reached the boarding gate, and Xu Yuan was finally able to sit down.
“Xu Yuan, hey… the gift I mentioned to you before.”
Li Xinran took out a bank card from her pocket and, without waiting for Xu Yuan to refuse, handed it into his hand.
After completing this step, Li Xinran seemed to let out a long breath, as if a weight had been lifted from her heart.
“What is this?” Xu Yuan frowned, wondering what it meant to give him a bank card.
Seeing the confusion in Xu Yuan’s eyes, Li Xinran pushed up her glasses and smiled as she explained, “There’s a total of 120,000 inside. I earned it over a long time.”
Consider the money we spent at the nightclub last time as us treating everyone together.
Xu Yuan stared at the bank card in his hand, somewhat stunned. Where did Li Xinran get so much money? Even with secret part-time jobs, she couldn’t have earned this much.
“I made all this from buying stocks. Actually, I earned quite a lot before. But recently, I’ve lost quite a bit.”
The stock market is so difficult. At first, I thought it was pretty simple. Unfortunately, it seems that as I invest more, the data I collected becomes invalid, and I end up losing money if I’m not careful,” Li Xinran pouted, speaking with a hint of disappointment.
Xu Yuan couldn’t hide his surprise. Li Xinran was only a freshman studying medicine, yet she was already able to make money in the stock market. She truly was exceptionally gifted!
Some say the stock market is like a casino, and there’s some truth to that.
For individual investors, there are no absolute rules in the stock market. Those rules are only temporary; all data is half true and half false, always at risk of becoming invalid.
Whether retail investors can make a profit entirely depends on the market makers and some super large investors, and when they decide to short sell and close the net.
Some stockholders who blindly believe in patterns and data often suffer losses because of this. They might make money at first, but once they experience some losses, the gambler’s mentality causes most people to invest even larger amounts.
This is no different from going all-in at a casino, betting all their savings on one hand.
People can accept losing first and then winning, but it’s hard to accept winning and then losing it all again.
So when facing the stock market, most of the time, the correct approach for most retail investors is to use limited funds to earn limited profits.
Because it is impossible for all stocks to have their patterns and data fail at the same time.
Of course, even achieving this is quite difficult. Because it requires almost simultaneously evaluating the data and patterns of several or more companies.
This is not something an average person can do. If you are working a job while trading stocks, it is almost impossible to manage both, and it may even lead to mental exhaustion.
So for most people, stock copying is really no different from gambling. The difference lies in its stronger guarantee.
And the cycle is long; profits and losses are not decided in an instant but can last for a month or even years, with ups and downs like a roller coaster.
That thrilling feeling between profit and loss often lasts for a long time. Many times, people are filled with regret—regretting buying too little, regretting selling too late, regretting selling too early.
Li Xinran was able to cut losses in time after a loss and secure limited profits, which is already quite calm.
Xu Yuan was stunned, and Li Xinran thought he was unwilling to accept.
“Please don’t refuse, okay?” Li Xinran grabbed Xu Yuan’s arm and pleaded somewhat earnestly.
Xu Yuan, having realized, smiled and reached out to ruffle Li Xinran’s hair.
“Alright! Let’s just say this is the dowry you paid me in advance.”
“I respect all your choices.”
……
It was her first time on a plane, and Li Xinran was very excited, while Xu Yuan fell into a deep sleep.
Last night, I really didn’t rest well. With Li Xinran sleeping beside me, how could I sleep?
The closer they got to Jiangcheng, Li Xinran looked at Xu Yuan, who was sound asleep on her shoulder, and couldn’t help but sigh softly.
A flicker of worry seemed to pass through the eyes.
Regarding the stock market, I was just sharing my own opinion, purely nonsense. If I accidentally offended any major retail investors, please forgive me.