On the morning of Monday, April 26, Zhou Ming drove to Rogers' office in Brighton Bank Building after breakfast, Rogers invited Zhou Ming to sit on the sofa in the reception area, and asked the secretary to make tea for Zhou Ming, and he handed the teacup to Zhou Ming with his own hands.

"After Mr. Zhou Ming mentioned black tea to me last time, I specially asked my friend in China to buy some Pu'er from Yunnan and come back, according to my friend, this is the best black tea in China, and he said that he drank tea in the morning to refresh his mind. Rogers said to Zhou Ming, 'refresh your mind' is still pronounced in Chinese, and then he also brought sugar and creamer, "If Mr. Zhou Ming you think the tea has no taste, you can also add a little something, the taste will be better." ”

Zhou Ming was a little helpless, although there is also milk tea in China, but to say that adding sugar and creamer to a cup of brewed tea, Zhou Ming really feels very awkward, I'm afraid this is what Westerners do, right?

In addition, if we strictly analyze, Pu'er is not a black tea in the real sense in terms of production technology, but for these foreigners, where do they understand the breadth and profundity of the tea ceremony when they take coffee and milk every day? In particular, there are tea properties, which are related to the traditional yin and yang five elements, that is, many Chinese people do not understand, let alone these Americans, and Pu'er is relatively famous in the world, so they bought it, and there is no big problem.

Of course, more importantly, Zhou Ming did not come here today to discuss the domestic tea ceremony with Mr. Rogers.

Therefore, Zhou Ming declined Rogers' kindness, just took a small peck, and then put down the teacup and said to Rogers: "Manager Rogers, let's get down to business, you have already contacted your customer, right? ”

Rogers hesitated a little: "Mr. Zhou Ming, do you really want to do this?"

"Is there any problem?" Zhou Ming was a little surprised, "Did your friend tell you that there was a problem with the news of his investigation, and Old Brooke's funds had not yet entered the market, and he just played a trick before? Or did the Securities Regulatory Commission stop the trading of Deep Blue Airlines today?"

Rogers shook his head: "Neither, it's just that we may have hundreds of millions of dollars in Deep Blue Airlines' stock together, and if we suddenly withdraw, it will easily cause an avalanche of stocks." ”

"That's why we're going to go fast, Councillor Brooke's money is just coming in, and Deep Blue Airlines is trending quite well before, it's on the rise, he can't sell it now, now is the best opportunity." Zhou Ming saw that Rogers was still a little hesitant and continued, "Manager Rogers, you have been wanting to leave the field last week, why do I suggest you leave the field now, but you don't agree?"

For Zhou Ming's words, Rogers himself smiled: "People are contradictory, and of course their thoughts are different at different times, but I am not worried about my customers this time, I believe Mr. Zhou Ming, since you said that now is the best opportunity, then it must be, but I am a little worried about Mr. Zhou Ming, after all, you have publicly invested 30 million US dollars in it, if Mr. Mark ......"

Zhou Ming waved his hand and said: "There is no need to worry about this, since I dare to do it, there must be a way to solve it, and if there is no such problem, how can the famous Congressman Brooke dare to enter the game with confidence?"

In the end, Zhou Ming said: "Manager Rogers, I have already informed my employees that they will sell all the stocks in their hands after the stock market opens this morning, and if your customers do not sell, I will not be responsible for the losses." ”

Rogers opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he gave up, so he could only nod and say: "I understand, Mr. Zhou Ming, it seems that this is your oriental strategy, and I am becoming more and more incomprehensible." ”

After saying that, Rogers turned around and went to get the phone and called his customers one by one, and the content was all instructing them to sell the shares of Deep Blue Airlines after the stock market opened today, and sell all the remaining shares. Zhou Ming was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, because now was also a critical moment in his plan, and there was no problem, he looked up at the time, it was 8:45 in the morning.

Since April, the U.S. stock market has been in daylight saving time, and the stock market opens at 9 a.m.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and at nine o'clock, Zhou Ming and Rogers' ears seemed to ring the bell of the opening of the stock market.

Five minutes later, Deep Blue Airlines' stock number jumped by 0.02% for the first time on TV, and eight minutes later there was a second jump, up 0.06%...... By half-past nine, Deep Blue Airlines' stock had risen by 1%.

"What's going on? Didn't we give a sell order?" asked Rogers, surprised.

"Rogers Manager, please be calm, our trading order must have been issued, but there is a big lag in the market's information feedback, coupled with the good news that Deep Blue Airlines received a loan from Brighton Bank last week, and when the market was about to close on Friday, Councillor Brooke bought a large number of shares of Deep Blue Airlines. These are very confident in the market, and they are definitely going to drive the rise of today's stock market, when the whole market is very optimistic, even if we are selling a lot, it is not the first time to show it. ”

Zhou Ming thought for a while and then said: "As a key account manager, I think Mr. Rogers you must know better than me, right? I don't know how much confidence you have in your customers, Mr. Rogers, but at least I have a lot of confidence in my employees. ”

"I also have confidence in my clients, and they all trust my judgment. Rogers also said.

In fact, as a professional securities practitioner, Rogers certainly knows the situation of the stock market better than Zhou Ming, but now that the situation is different, he can't maintain that kind of objectivity and calmness.

It wasn't until 9:50 that the stock of Deep Blue Airlines finally fell for the first time since the opening of the market, but the decline was not serious, only a small 0.01%, but this decline opened the door to a new era, and then the stock showed a straight decline, from 0.03% to 0.6% per jump.

In just an hour and a half, Deep Blue Airlines' stock price fell by seven percent.

This decline made Mark, the chairman of Deep Blue Airlines, unable to sit still any longer, and he immediately called Zhou Ming and said: "Mr. Zhou Ming, what is going on with the stock market today? Why is there another Black Monday? Didn't we just get a loan from Brighton Bank, this should be a piece of good news that gives confidence to the market, why did the market's reaction deviate in the opposite direction?"

Mark's series of questions made people dizzy, but Zhou Ming had already prepared an answer for him: "Mr. Mark, don't worry, today's situation is the result of my friend and I selling Deep Blue Airlines shares together." ”

Mark was stunned at the time, he didn't speak for a long time, and Zhou Ming was not in a hurry to urge him, and after a while, Mark asked tentatively: "Mr. Zhou Ming, aren't you joking with me? Today is not April Fool's Day." ”

"I'm not kidding, Mr. Mark, my friend and I have indeed sold off all of our stocks. Zhou Ming said.

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he could clearly hear Mark's breathing on the other side of the phone, obviously unable to accept this answer, he was very angry, but finally held back: "Mr. Zhou Ming, can you tell me why? If you are making any plans, I think you still have to tell me, after all, I am the chairman of Deep Blue Airlines, and I can better mobilize the market." ”

"I'm sorry Mr. Mark, but it's not what you think, but I think Deep Blue Airlines' stock has reached the upper limit of growth, so I and my partners will withdraw first. Zhou Ming said.

"So, Mr. Zhou Ming, are you running away from your own losses?" asked Mark.

Zhou Ming could hear his voice trembling, and he could clearly feel that he was holding back his anger, but Zhou Ming still replied yes.

Mark's side immediately erupted: "Zhou Ming, you despicable and shameless liar, selfish villain! At the beginning, you told me that you could use the rise of the stock market to seek more and greater benefits for the company, and you also said that you were investing, you didn't want to speculate, you said that you were optimistic about the potential of Deep Blue Airlines' development." Now Deep Blue Airlines has fulfilled its promise very well, promising the best dividends and bond interest, and has also cooperated with you to release a lot of good news, but you have betrayed your promise, you shameless traitor!"

The more Mark spoke, the more excited he became, and finally he roared on the phone: "You used to advertise that you were here to save the sluggish Deep Blue Airlines, and I also believed that you were the savior of Deep Blue Airlines to get rid of the decline, but I was really blind to believe you shameless bastard, in fact, you are as greedy as other speculators, and your purpose is only money, money, money!"

Mark continued to scold: "You have taught me what it means to be in the same boat, what it means to be in the same boat, and what it means to be in a position to be brave, but you yourself have trampled on them fiercely, you have no noble soul, you only have a disgusting and ugly face, you are the bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral on the outside, and the miser Grande on the inside!"

In the face of Mark's scolding, Zhou Ming couldn't find a chance to interject, only when he stopped to breathe, Zhou Ming said: "Mr. Mark, you scold too hard, we Chinese all say that trading is not lovely, we have cooperated for so long before, you won't be like this, right?"

"I hate to throw you into a meat grinder to grind into meat sauce!" Mark said in a high-pitched tone, "You shameless villain, I won't let you go, I've consulted my lawyer, your behavior is a violation of the Securities and Exchange Act, I have the right to claim compensation from you, I can bankrupt you and have nothing, I have to report you to the FBI, and I will also put you in jail!"

"That's enough, Mr. Mark, I think it's necessary for me to explain to you that it is true that the stock of Deep Blue Airlines has fallen a lot today because of my divestment, which has affected the rating and credibility of Deep Blue Airlines, but strictly speaking, there is no substantial loss, and on the other hand," Zhou Ming said, "there is indeed someone who should go to jail, but this person is not me, if Mr. Mark you are still willing to listen to me." ”

Mark pondered for a while and finally said, "Okay, you say, I hope that after this time, we can still be friends." ”

"Thank you very much Mr. Mark, I think we will be friends for sure. Zhou Ming said.