Finally the price was around ten dollars, and even though it cost me a quarter of a chip, if I could hold it for twenty trading days, my mission would be done.

There is still no progress in the negotiations on Xiao Yuan's side, and it is estimated that the game between the two sides is in the midst of anxiety. I hope that they can reconcile and win, but I don't know if this kind of extravagant hope is realistic in the capital market.

Tang Feng came back, still taking his beloved girl with him, but he didn't go back to the headquarters to see the others. He said that in last year's wave of successful restructuring and finally chasing the market, because the news of the stock price doubling several times that year came from Beijing, many employees in the science and technology park lost a lot of money, and some people are also questioning him, and the stock price has been plummeting recently, he is afraid that the criticism there is too deep, so he has a long-term attitude towards the people and things in the park, and takes no contact as the best policy. But this kind of thing of stock speculation is actually not to blame others, greed and desire are the eternal root of human inferiority, which cannot be avoided or eliminated.

When I heard the news that Zhu Yu had left the company and decided to stay in Beijing to buy a house and settle down, I sighed for a long time, but his kindness finally failed to save him. Because I always believed that he would not be the one who leaked the company's information, considering that he didn't contact me last week, he called me, which was a kind of comfort to my friend.

"Hongyi, is that you?" The phone was connected, and Zhu Yu shouted happily over there.

"Yes, Brother Zhu hasn't seen me for a long time, I'll give you a call to say hello." I'm also happy to hear each other's voices.

"Oh, it's not easy to get in touch with you kid, I thought you forgot about me." The first thing he said was to start teasing me.

"How can it, don't you call back to apologize, and I'm going to go to Beijing to drink with you in a few days", I am still very grateful to him, whether it is a chance acquaintance or a later acquaintance at work, he is a noble person on the road of my life.

"You've been very busy with Mr. Xiao lately," he didn't forget to care about me after being so far away.

"Well, it's okay, it's still the same as before", I don't have to be polite with him, I understand what he says.

"I know, I've been paying attention to you, and I wanted to remind you last time I called, but unfortunately I didn't get in touch."

"Alas, Brother Zhu, I still want to ask you, why did you leave the company, no matter what, I won't believe that you are the one who leaked the company's secrets, can't you explain it to the leaders?"

"What if I'm the one who leaked the secrets?" Before I could finish speaking, he asked directly.

I was dumbfounded and didn't answer.

"Actually, Mr. Xiao arranged for me to disclose the news, and it's not wrong that I'm the "sheep", so I don't need to explain to the leader. He seemed to be completely relieved of that.

"It's a little late for you to call today, but it doesn't matter, there's still room for manoeuvre." He said one more sentence, and there was something in his words.

"What's wrong? Any questions?" I was still haunted by the fact that he just said that Xiao Yuan instructed him to leak the news, and I didn't fully understand the crux of it.

"It's nothing, it's not certain who wins and who loses", he looked very open, and looked like he was in his chest.

"So what's next for you?" I asked worriedly.

"I'm ready to go to Beijing to develop, in the past few years in the square, work and stock speculation have also saved a little money, take advantage of the current housing prices in Beijing is not expensive, first settle down and then talk about it." It seems that he thinks very well about people and things in the future.

"That's also good, Beijing is China's political and economic center, and there is more room for growth. When you develop, my little brother may have to ask you for help in the future."

"I don't have that much ambition, I don't have to think about my career for the time being, living well is the best practice."

"When did you start Buddhism?"

"When you do it for a few more years on the road of financial trading, you will understand that many places in life and trading are interconnected, and it is too early to tell you about it, and you can't understand it."

He is an authentic financial professional, has worked as an investment manager in an asset management company, and has also established a stock and futures trading studio, and has always been deeply obsessed with technical trading research. Always bring the trading mindset into the category of life philosophy to think.

"Alright then, I'll come and see you when I'm free." I'm ready to end the chat.

"Hmm. We'll talk about it when we have a chance to meet later. But I'll give you a word of advice: stay away from Mr. Xiao. You'd better not fall too deep this time. Sometimes leaving a way out for someone else is leaving a way out for yourself," he reminded me again and again.

"Okay, I understand, thank you Brother Zhu. See you soon"!

After the call, I was lost in thought. Gao Lin, I now know that Xiao Yuan may have a problem, and Zhu Yu has also uncovered the mystery of some abnormal phenomena back then; So what am I and where do I go from here?

In the journey of life, we will lose a lot of good things and encounter various setbacks, but we must not lose our independent thinking and be an unclear person. No one can live a life that everyone is satisfied with, go to the soup for the people who are worthy, be reserved and kind to the people you love, pick up what you should pick up, and give up what you should give up, this is the proper attitude to life.

In the spirit of being responsible for myself, I decided to meet with Gao Lin again to talk, if what I did was really against my original intention, I would just not do some things.

Under the deserted village, a rocky hill. Gao Lin stood in front of the easel in the wind and spitted ink.

"I didn't expect you to have this hobby." Far away, I greeted him panting as I climbed the rocks.

"When I was a child, my hobby was painting, and I won the first prize in a national competition. If it weren't for family responsibilities, I would have been a good painter in the future. "He matured quickly, and after a few days of not seeing each other, he began to make fun of life in an adult tone.

"This is not a contradiction, after you stabilize the situation, you can also become an entrepreneur painter, that is also a good story."

"I didn't expect that, but why did you hear that I was painting in this remote place, and you had to come and see it, you can wait for me to come home and find you."

"It's okay, it's the same everywhere you meet, the content of the chat is the main thing."

"Oh, is it important, are you in such a hurry?"

"I'm not in a hurry, it's going to open tomorrow, I just don't want to go further down the wrong path. And I want to see your paintings too."

"What do you mean by looking at my paintings?"

"It's not that painting is like a person, your knowledge, cultivation, and spirit will be revealed at the end of the pen, although I don't know how to paint, but I know how to be a person." I also explained to him in a pretended old-fashioned tone, despite the fact that we are all young people who have just stepped into society.

"That's what our guru said, but I haven't fully grasped the essence yet. Today's painting is originally a strange rock remnant, and my painting is simply chaotic. He was a little ashamed, but he still shifted his body for me to see.

"You're wrong, it's a good drawing, but it's actually your heart is upset, and you can't see the beauty in your eyes. When the company's affairs are dealt with, you will find a different beauty when you come back to appreciate it. I retorted to him on the spot.

In front of me is obviously a barren mountain and white stones, but he seeps green everywhere in the cracks of the stone and the mountains in the painting, and I feel the yearning in his heart from the lush greenery.

"Really?" He will be skeptical.

"Is the company making progress now?" I didn't answer his questions. Instead, help him pack his tools together and change the subject.

"My dad wants to take a break and talk about it later."

"That's right, I'm also strange, who said that fundraising has to be done in a few days, and if the price is not good, it will be over?"

"The point is that a lot of our capital expenditures have already been approved, and some of the terms of the agreements that my uncle has signed on behalf of the company have been very unfavorable to us." He pointed out the crux of the matter.

"What's the situation?" I know things have evolved to the point where the tricky problem is finally here.

"The planned backdoor listing is only the first step, followed by additional fundraising and overall listing. How do you know that in the early stage of market value management, in addition to the group's card funds, Mr. Xiao and my uncle themselves raised a sum of money in the secondary market to secretly display positions, and later the stock price came up, they made a lot of money, due to the bad market conditions, they were afraid of long nights and dreams, so they spread the news everywhere to pull the company's employees and retail investors around them to get out. What's even more infuriating is that the agreement signed by the uncle on behalf of the company with them is not in compliance in some places. Now it's a handle."

I was completely speechless, all kinds of bloody farces are intertwined in human nature, family affection, and interests, no wonder they are left with chicken feathers now.

"What then?" I'm worried about them now, even if the secondary market is properly released, how big of a problem can it solve?

"It's okay, my dad has already figured it out, he can't complain about others when he meets someone, he is ready to bear this price, even if it is hundreds of millions of billions, he is willing to accept it, and requires me to act steadily and properly in the future, not opportunistic, not ambitious."

I see, I said how could he have the leisure to start painting, and I immediately respected Lao Gao Dong. Lao Ji has ambitions for thousands of miles, and he can become a leader of the times, and this kind of courage is really not comparable to ordinary people.

Now that things have taken a turn for the better, my mood is much lighter, and on the way back, I found the "broken" stinky mandarin fish restaurant with Gao Lin, and tasted a delicious taste of the world. Sure enough, it's very sour.

Mission over, I said to myself.

Xiao Yuan and they are still discussing the game in the Zhengfang Group, I know that it is just an illusion arranged by Lao Gao Dong, maybe there is a sneer of his contempt and disdain behind which window. But sooner or later, everyone will wake up, and when the day comes to tear their faces, no one will be a winner, just a rebalance of their respective interests.

Life is the biggest prison for you and me, and we are imprisoned by reality and fate, cannibalized, homogenized, and institutionalized. Only by being an independent-minded person, not following the crowd, not resting on one's laurels, not moving forward, thinking independently, analyzing the current situation, preparing for the worst, doing the best and doing the best action, is the wisest choice to get out of the predicament. Because we don't know which one will come first, tomorrow or the unexpected.