The time enters May, late spring and early summer.

In the canteen of No. 8, a news message was broadcast urgently on the radio in the corner, because of the slight interference of the radio waves, and the news was noisy, but this did not prevent everyone from hearing the information that fell like water droplets into a hot oil pan.

"NATO, led by the United States, brazenly bombed our embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the early morning of Beijing time today......"

After a brief silence, as if reacting to what had happened, the entire cafeteria was drowned out by a roaring noise.

There was a lot of thunder on the other side of the teaching building, it was the sound of slapping desks and stomping stools, teachers running from classroom to classroom, countless sheets and white papers hanging outside the dormitory window in the university not far from the door, Rongcheng seemed to be boiling, and there were voices of condemnation and noise everywhere.

In those days, a large number of marching students gathered in the direction of the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu, people threw bricks, eggs and inkwell bottles into the building, McDonald's and KFC were in shambles, banners and slogans were everywhere, including No. 10 Middle School, and students spliced together the paper of their picture books with transparent glue and wrote slogans denounced on them with brushes, all of which were angry.

After the bombing incident on May 8, the market opened on Monday 10, and the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets jumped down. This missile gap seems to have exploded in the hearts of every shareholder, the market is green, and there are few rising stocks, and the stock market is instantly worse.

Zhao Qing made a few phone calls, and Cheng Ran asked him to continue with the purchase plan.

Cheng Ran called his eldest brother again, Cheng Qi said that he had already organized a bus organized by the school to go to the consulate, Cheng Ran said, "Help me throw a few more bricks." ”

On the one hand, the teachers of the No. 10 Middle School came to stop the march of the high school students, on the one hand, they asked everyone to study hard and turn their grief into strength, and some classes used other ways to write letters to the US government, and then the school submitted them to the diplomatic agency.

Demonstrations broke out in major cities across the country, and the state could only use this way to put pressure on the other side of the ocean.

Later, Sun Hui said something to the class in that dull and sad atmosphere, and some people remembered it vividly many years later.

"Whether it's a careless accidental bombing that leads to a misintelligence attack, or a deliberate conspiracy, it only says one thing – because we are weak. ”

Because I am weak, I have to fight.

That was the most simple lesson for everyone at that moment.

Even his partners in Shanhai called him to communicate with each other, Yu Xiao said excitedly on the phone, "It is said that 900 people went to the National People's Congress, and 2,000 people went to Rongda.

Cheng Ran said, "Do you know all this news in the mountains and seas?"

"Of course, didn't my brother Songsong study in Beijing, and he told me on the phone, it is said that the president of their student union was even more ruthless, and called Wahaha directly, saying, 'The United States has bombed the embassy, what are you not doing?', as a result, Wahaha immediately sponsored countless very Cokes into every college campus, stacked them at the student rest stop, and no one bought Coca-Cola and Pepsi!

Yu Xiao said in a deep voice, "Safety first, we have all been notified by the school that we are not allowed to participate in the parade, you should also pay attention." ”

Cheng Ran said, "I asked my brother to help me throw a few bricks. ”

"You cow ......," Yu Xiao said again, "I heard that the staff dormitory building is ready to be finished." Are we going to meet in Rongcheng?"

"Is your school arranged?"

"I just don't know where to take the exam, I'm planning to try the twelfth middle school, my brother-in-law is in the school logistics group, maybe he can help, anyway...... The Demon King team of the Mixed World is about to gather, are you afraid?"

……

As long as you open the comments of various financial media at this time, you will see that investors and listed companies have had a crisis of confidence in the stock market that has continued to fall. There is a deep sense of pessimism in the market.

Zhao Qing admonished Cheng Ran, "I can't hold it anymore, the money invested in front has shrunk by one-third, and we may be able to withdraw it...... Cheng Ran, as I said before, what is the most feared thing in the stock market? It's not that you don't see the trend, these can be made up for with the improvement of your observation and analysis ability, but what you are most afraid of is this kind of black swan event that everyone is caught off guard, once this kind of event is smashed, it will directly hit the confidence of the entire stock market. ”

"Even if you understand the practices of some bookmakers, and believe that you can cash out and leave before the dealers smash the market, but when you encounter this kind of thing, there is nothing you can do, such an event will undoubtedly directly affect the decision-making of the bookmakers, and even make them lose confidence in control, and then expose all kinds of problems in a mess, and even lead to an avalanche, which is a natural disaster, which can not be predicted at all. ”

Cheng Ran agrees with Zhao Qing's statement, because this is also the reason why he is reluctant to speculate in stocks in addition to holding investment for a long time.

Listening to Zhao Qing's words on the other end, Cheng Ran said, "Continue to replenish the position, this is a good time." ”

Zhao Qing, "...... Are you sure of that?"

"The bookmaker will not give up. Cheng Ran said.

Zhao Qing was stunned for a moment, "Do you know who the operator behind is and understand the other party's style and practices?"

"I know a little bit, they refuse to leave the field, how do they have to hold up, let him hold up, our boat is good to turn around, not greedy, can pick a little from them is a little. ”

Of course, he couldn't fully explain it to Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing said, "I understand, then do it." ”

Zhao Qing suppressed the urge to persuade to the greatest extent and turned his head to carry it out.

……

After talking to Zhao Qing on the phone, it was the last two physical education classes of the afternoon, and he sat in the stands. The glow of the sunset was showing bright markings from the sides of the black clouds, and the sky was gorgeous, with black shadows and golden pillars of light confronting each other at the end of the sky.

The playground below was littered with a lot of people, some people were fighting, and the sound could be heard from afar.

Outside the walls are the city's high-rise buildings, which are filled with an air of resentment and oppression, many banners are still on the streets, and there are still many uncleaned traces of the previous parade.

Everywhere there were people shouting to resist imperialism and to fight back, "No Coke!", and it was probably a long time before people realized that none of this was of much use.

There is a saying that I destroy you, and it has nothing to do with you.

I hit you, and it has nothing to do with you.

Whether it is a dispute over islands and reefs, a sovereignty intrusion, a crisis in the Taiwan Strait, the Yinhe, a bombing by mistake, or a plane collision in the South China Sea......

People who have gone through such an era have always been angry in those years, but they can only be angry.

The light and shadow in front of him dimmed for a moment, and Cheng Ran saw the girl appear in front of him.

Jiang Hongshao tilted her head, and the sunlight outlined the outline of the light edge around her.

She looked at him.

The embassy bombing incident came unprepared, so that the surroundings have been shrouded in this environment for a period of time, and the two did not have much opportunity to communicate, but when the three victims were broadcast on campus TV, Cheng Ran saw that Jiang Hongshao's eyes were very red.

Jiang Hongshao's voice came, "What are you looking at?"

Cheng Ran said, "I'm looking at the sea in front of me. ”

The sun is setting in front of you, where is the sea?

But Lao Jiang opened his mouth and asked, "Can I be together?"

Cheng Ran nodded.

She sat down beside him with her legs crossed.

The surroundings seemed to become very quiet, and the pushing and fighting in the playground under the stands stopped for a while, and many people turned their heads to look at the picture. Zhang Yu, who looked at the two of them condescendingly in the corridor of the teaching building, had a complicated expression.

Jiang Hongshao squinted, "So what do you see?"

Cheng Ran said, "The real truth and lesson is that only enough chips to enter the market can play at a table. That's why there's Mr. Sun's sentence, 'Because we're weak'. ”

"Yes, because we are weak. Jiang Hongshao said softly.

After a while, Cheng Ran asked, "What's going on with your grades?"

Jiang Hongshao smiled slightly, "I'll stop...... Wait for you. ”

Cheng Ran was stunned, turned his head, and stopped talking.

Jiang Hongshao shrugged, "I know, I'm a fool." ”

Cheng Ran said, "You lie to the ghost, shouldn't you wait for me to drop forty or fifty places? ”

Jiang Hongshao looked innocent and helpless, "What can I do, only in this way will there be no traces." to be able to explain to other teachers that it was just a trance. ”

So it makes people very speechless, and it's also very simple that the paper of the kind of test paper that drops dozens of places will make people see her purpose at a glance, so she can only hide it in a limited space, so as not to be discovered by someone who deliberately releases water.

The point is that other people's trance, such as themselves, directly dropped more than 40 people. You were in a trance, and you stepped back to tenth place. It also made the people in front feel that they had taken advantage of the opportunity. If they knew the truth, would they feel hopeless?

Cheng Ran said helplessly, "Don't do this in the future, it's boring." ”

Jiang Hongshao stuck out her tongue, "Got it." ”

Then Jiang Hongshao stared ahead like him, her pupils reflecting the magnificent sunset.

"Cheng Ran ......"

"Hmm. ”

"That's good. ”

"Huh?"

"It's so beautiful. ”

At sunset in 99, the two who were still very weak, facing the grandeur in front of them, would feel that those confused and uncertain future, and the difficult future was probably so far away from them.

But it's so sweet.

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(This chapter is probably paired with Andy Lau's "Happiness is So Far and So Sweet")