Actually, when Zhou Jianguo discovered his unique insight into stock trading, he had considered inviting Luo Bei to join him. However, he was not sure before. What if he was just lucky and happened to guess correctly? After all, Zhou Jianguo didn’t want to cause trouble. He wasn’t that interested in the stock market, but when he heard Luo Bei talking about buying a car, he had an idea.
He said that if she believed in him, he could help her.
If someone else had said this, Luo Bei would have just listened and ignored it. But now it was Zhou Jianguo who was speaking to her, and she almost believed him without hesitation.
Luo Bei nodded, “I trust you.”
Zhou Jianguo signaled her to move forward and he followed. The two of them kept a safe distance, and he slowly said, “I’ve been watching some stocks these past few days. If you believe in me, we can each invest ten thousand and try it out. If nothing unexpected happens, we might be able to earn enough to buy a car soon.”
Is he talking about mythology…?
Luo Bei didn’t really believe in stocks. She even saw it as a beast like a flood. There was a rich man’s son in the village who invested all his family’s savings in the stock market and ended up losing everything during the most volatile year in the stock market. He couldn’t bear the blow and tried to commit suicide but failed. Now he was basically a useless person.
In the eyes of an ordinary person like her, playing stocks was no different from gambling.
“Are you saying we’re going to invest in stocks?” asked Luo Bei, surprised.
Buying a car with stock market investments? It sounds like a fantasy!
Zhou Jianguo nodded calmly, “It depends on whether you trust me or not. But when it comes to stock trading, it’s best to stop while you’re ahead and not be too greedy. We’ll stop once we’ve made around 100,000 yuan, which is just enough to buy a car for deliveries or for your commute to work if we don’t need it.”
Luo Bei always thought she lacked foresight, but she believed she had one major advantage: she was good at judging people.
The reason why she started doing business with Zhou Jianguo was because she believed he had the ability. Of course, his charisma and persuasive skills were also important factors that convinced Luo Bei.
It seemed that everything that was once unbelievable to her became reasonable when Zhou Jianguo said it.
Ultimately, this was a person’s ability and charm. At least Luo Bei couldn’t do it, nor could anyone else around her.
Luo Bei remained silent for a moment before responding, “Okay.”
She didn’t ask if it was a surefire way to make money or any other questions, she just agreed without hesitation. Zhou Jianguo, on the other hand, was a little taken aback. He stopped walking and looked at Luo Bei with a puzzled expression, “Do you really trust me that much?”
Luo Bei nodded a little embarrassedly, “I don’t know why, I just think you’re really capable, so I believe in you.”
Although Zhou Jianguo himself was very confident, he couldn’t accept Luo Bei’s easy belief in him, whether it was in doing business or in stock trading. He even changed his usual manner and began to educate her with a serious tone, “You trust others too easily, and that’s not good.”
Luo Bei explained, “I’m not someone who easily trusts others, I just trust you more easily.”
This statement…
While feeling inexplicably moved, Zhou Jianguo also felt a heavier burden on his shoulders.
It seemed that he would have to devote more effort to business in the future, and be more cautious in stock trading. He couldn’t let down her trust.
“When we make enough money to buy the car, it will be registered under your name.” Zhou Jianguo added once again. The reason why the previous unmanned store was registered under her name was because his ID card was fake and he couldn’t obtain the relevant documents. However, this time, the car registered under her name meant that the car was her property, not for any other reason, but for her trust.
“Why?”
“I don’t like a one-hundred-thousand-yuan cheap car.”
Luo Bei : “…”
Next, Zhou Jianguo said, “Having a car under your name will make it easier for you to find a boyfriend. Let me tell you, men are very practical.”
He really did think about her.
Luo Bei patted his shoulder and said, “Okay, Mr. Xiao Zhou, I appreciate your kindness, but no matter whose name the car is registered under, it belongs to both of us. No one can take it all for themselves.”
Although Zhou Jianguo still felt disdain, the curve at the corner of his mouth betrayed his true feelings. “Who would want to take a car worth 100,000 yuan all for themselves?”
“Let’s keep a low profile in our conversations for now, since we haven’t made a fortune yet,” Luo Bei kindly reminded him.
If someone who didn’t know Zhou Jianguo heard him talk, they might think he was very wealthy and had a lot of money. If he was targeted by thieves, it would be a real hassle.
Since Luo Bei didn’t know anything about stocks, she went to Zhou Jianguo’s rental house in the urban village. He taught her how to buy stocks, and with his guidance, it wasn’t difficult to go through the process. They agreed that each would put up 10,000 yuan and stop once they had enough to buy the car.
Luo Bei couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Since you’re so confident in stocks and they make money faster, why do you still have part-time jobs and run an unmanned store?”
One makes money faster, the other slower…
Why not choose the former?
Zhou Jianguo glanced at her, “One must be practical in everything. Even when it comes to stocks, we must be prudent. Many people can’t stop themselves after tasting the sweetness. No one in this world is a true stock genius, and ordinary people like us should be even more cautious and not put all our efforts into it. Bank robbery makes money even faster, but how many people really do it? Making money quickly means higher risks, understand?”
Luo Bei was once again educated by him.
Recently, Zhou Jianguo seemed to be enthusiastic about teaching her and explaining things to her. She didn’t understand the business world and was still exploring it, and she was even more of a novice when it came to stocks. But she had good instincts and knew that as long as she followed Zhou Jianguo’s footsteps, she would be okay.
“What kind of person are you, exactly?” Luo Bei looked at him and said, “I always feel that you’re not an ordinary person, but you’re living in the basement of this urban village, and you’re also doing manual labor on a construction site.”
After a few previous experiences, Luo Bei began to suspect that Zhou Jianguo might also be a Tom-Sue.
You have to know that his Sue-like demeanor was even more thorough than that of Jiang Sihan!
She became more and more convinced that Zhou Jianguo was also a Tom-Sue who was hovering around her. She didn’t know what kind of achievements he would have in the future.
If he is a Tom-Sue, then she is a little expectant to dreaming about his story.
Zhou Jianguo replied seriously, “Of course I am not an ordinary person, I am President Zhou.”
Luo Bei didn’t stay too long in Zhou Jianguo’s room, after all, it was already evening. Although they were friends and business partners, it was not appropriate to stay too late. She had just come out of Zhou Jianguo’s room and ran into Jiang Sihan who had come back.
Jiang Sihan would not start filming for a while, but he had to go to the company every day. The company was now training him, and he had to improve his personal business level every day, so he was not idle. When he saw Luo Bei coming out of the next room while holding his lunchbox, he was surprised and asked, “Were you discussing business?”
Luo Bei nodded but didn’t reveal anything about the stock market. “I won’t disturb you to rest as soon as you come back. I have something to do tomorrow, so I’ll go back first.”
Jiang Sihan wanted to talk to Luo Bei, but seeing that she was clearly tired, he didn’t say anything and just nodded as he watched her go upstairs.
Luo Bei didn’t keep her stock market dealings a secret from Grandma Luo and Zhao Pianpian.
Zhao Pianpian was okay with it, and although Grandma Luo thought it was unreliable, she knew her granddaughter was very independent and didn’t interfere too much after reminding her a few times.
Luo Bei’s reasons were very sound. She won a prize of 50,000 and received 40,000 after taxes. She invested 24,000 in her business and still had 16,000 on hand. Even if she invested it in stocks and didn’t make or lose money, it wasn’t a big deal. She wouldn’t become addicted to it.
Brother Liu gave Jiang Sihan a box of cherries, and he divided them into three portions, keeping the smallest portion for himself and giving the other two portions to the Luo family and Zhao Pianpian.
Grandma Luo had always had a good impression of Jiang Sihan, and now she invited him to sit down and eat watermelon.
As people age, they tend to talk more, but Jiang Sihan was patient and could chat with Grandma Luo for hours without getting impatient.
“Now Beibei is very busy every day. Look, it’s Friday today. In the past, she would come back from work immediately. Today, she went to discuss some business with Xiao Zhou.” Although Grandma Luo said this, her face was full of smiles. “It’s not a bad thing for young people to be busy. Beibei and Xiao Zhou’s business is doing well, and it’s slowly getting on track. She told me yesterday that she wants to buy stocks with Xiao Zhou. I don’t know much about the stock market, but Beibei has always had her own opinions since she was young, so I won’t stop her.”
Jiang Sihan frowned when he heard this.
Like many others, he believed that investing in stocks was no different from gambling. It wasn’t a small matter if someone fell into it and lost not only their money, but also their life. There have been news reports of people jumping off buildings because of stock trading….
Jiang Sihan’s impression of Zhou Jianguo was neither good nor bad. He didn’t mind Beibei doing business with him before, but now that it came to stock trading, how could he involve Beibei?
Now, Jiang Sihan’s impression of Zhou Jianguo is very subtle.
Beibei is his good friend, and he can’t just sit by and watch her change, or even become addicted to the stock market. This is not a good change. Jiang Sihan immediately decided to find an opportunity to have a good talk with his neighbor.
Beibei is still young, and she has just graduated not long ago. She has not yet experienced much in the world, so she can’t be led in a bad direction.