The A-share market of the millennium was a year that was called a bull market by later generations. In September 2000, its 1,800 point was the highest point in history.
At that time, across the ocean, the Nasdaq index in the United States was plummeting, and investors were lamenting that the Internet bubble was exploding.
It can be said that the stock markets on both sides are completely different - of course, this does not include domestic companies listed on NASDAQ.
Fang Zhuo, who had completely changed his outfit after buying something from Yiwu, sat quietly at the Luzhou Stock Exchange, seemingly intently reading the newspaper, occasionally looking up at the points on the screen.
He felt that his mother was here now, so he had to be stunned for a few seconds before he came up and asked if he was her grandson.
Well, this trip went smoothly. As expected, General Manager Chen really liked coming to the exchange as he said in later interviews, even during working hours.
"ST, 805."
Just when Fang Zhuo was slightly distracted, a vague muttering came from the side. It was Chen Shuhu who had been the target of speculation in recent days.
Fang Zhuo calmly flipped through the last page of the newspaper and looked up. 805, to be precise, is 000805, which is the stock code of ST Yanhuang.
OK, this is a topic that can be discussed.
"Brother, I don't think this stock is good." Fang Zhuo turned his face slightly and said with a smile.
Chen Shuhu glanced at the young man sharply and thought for three seconds. He usually didn't like chatting with strangers when he came to the exchange. He just liked the atmosphere here, but the company behind ST Yanhuang was considering ways to solve work problems. , then it doesn't hurt to hear the news.
"Why doesn't it work? There are a lot of advertisements this year. I think it will rise sharply!" Chen Shuhu deliberately made his tone a little excited to mobilize the young people's motivation to argue. He knew that young people would fall for this.
Fang Zhuo said disapprovingly: "This stock is Yanhuang Online, right? It imitates America Online, but America Online is having a hard time now, let alone its imitators in mainland China."
"Moreover, Yanhuang Online is just imitating the concept. In fact, I think it is just fooling people."
Chen Shuhu's interest was really aroused now. He made a judgment in his mind that this young man might be from overseas. The word he used was "mainland". He asked: "How to fool him?"
"Haha, do you know what services America Online provides?" Fang Zhuo laughed.
Chen Shuhu shook his head. He really didn't know much about foreign countries.
Most people in this era are like this.
"Online, online, it provides Internet services, don't you know?" Fang Zhuo looked at the confusion on the face of the target in front of him, and added a half-baked Shanghainese sentence as if to show off his newly learned dialect, and explained, "Dial-up Internet access You should know, right?"
Chen Shuhu understood that the numbers on the computers in the office were dial-up.
"But think about it, who controls the Internet in mainland China? Can it be opened to a private enterprise?" Fang Zhuo laughed again.
Chen Shuhu is convinced that he is the leader of a state-owned enterprise and knows the properties of urine.
"I've seen its advertisements, it's a website with 1.3 billion Chinese people in the world, but I've never heard of it abroad, and it can't come up with any commercial appeal, it's just a bubble." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.
Chen Shuhu was silent, which sounded reasonable. However, the stock market is not entirely reasonable. In the end, the rise and fall will speak.
He pointed at the numbers on the big screen: "Song Ruhua, oh, he is the boss behind this company. Can he not know better than you? This stock was just listed after changing its shell at the beginning of the month, and it has been rising. Song Ruhua also has a Top Group. Very popular."
"You also said that it has changed its shell. A bubble is just a bubble after all. Isn't this year's bubble in the United States enough to alert you?" Fang Zhuo said lightly, "I don't know whether Top Group is good or not, but it was in Shanghai a few days ago. I don't see anything special about the software industrial park. It's full of grass and the enclosed river sections have turned into fish ponds, hahahaha."
Fang Zhuo laughed a little wildly, looking sharp as a young man, but he was glancing at General Manager Chen's reaction out of the corner of his eye.
Chen Shuhu was horrified, a software park with grass? You know, Top Group has been able to support its own stock by opening industrial parks across the country. Is there something fishy about this?
Industrial parks are a collaboration between local governments. However, if you think about it carefully, its growth rate is indeed a bit too fast and seems to be a bit of a propaganda.
He had a calm expression on his face, expecting the young man in front of him to reveal some more information, and in his heart he had already excluded Top Group from the scope of contact to solve his work problems.
Originally, in response to the call for "information construction" from above, the province planned to invite Top Group to build an industrial park.
At this moment, Chen Shuhu felt that the young man sitting next to him was very familiar with the outside world and looked at certain domestic affairs from a relatively clear and confident perspective.
This feeling is not entirely a revelation of the content of the conversation, but more of a certainty that the situation has been accurately judged.
Just like when I knew in advance that the boss wanted to protect the "long" position in Treasury bond futures and firmly invested all my funds in it.
However, Fang Zhuo waved his hand: "Let's not talk about it anymore. It's not good to ruin people's wealth. Brother, I just said this casually. I'll just say it, and you can just listen to it."
Chen Shuhu felt a little regretful, but he also felt that it was right to communicate more superficially but not to talk deeply.
After a few seconds, he took the initiative to stretch out his right hand: "Chen Shuhu, I do some investment work. What do you call me? Does the accent sound like a local?"
"Wantong, Wantong from thousands of miles away." Fang Zhuo stretched out his hand and shook it, and asked in surprise, "Are there any investment companies here in Luzhou? I thought there were investment companies in just a few coastal cities in mainland China." Chen Which one should I do?"
Chen Shuhu said vaguely: "Do whatever you want, this place is not like the coast and still needs to be developed. Xiao Wan, your name is cultured, thousands of miles with the same wind, it kind of means 'a peaceful world, the whole world is cool and hot' . Let me guess, you came back from overseas. You talked about AOL a lot just now, so you are very familiar with it."
Fang Zhuo smiled and took a sip of the mineral water with an English label, without denying it.
Chen Shuhu didn't think this young man was arrogant. He came from overseas, and he seemed to have a lot of things to do. At his age, he only knew how to study in school.
"I heard that there is a stock market crash in the United States now?" Chen Shuhu started again. This was something he was curious about.
"Alas." Fang Zhuo pretended to be sad and sighed, "It's very difficult. It's better to come to the mainland to make a living."
"What's going on?" Chen Shuhu is really interested in bonds and stocks. He usually contacts domestic issues, but now he meets a foreign monk who has some useful information and wants to hear the experience from outside.
Fang Zhuo looked thoughtful.
He reached into his pocket and fumbled around. Just as he took out a small iron box with exquisite carvings, he suddenly stopped and asked, "Can I smoke this over here?"
Chen Shuhu thought he was going to smoke, so he smiled and pointed to the old smoker on the other side of the exchange.
"Want one?" Fang Zhuo calmly picked up a cigar from the box and handed it over.
Chen Shuhu was stunned. He had never smoked this, but he had seen it in movies. Wasn't this what Churchill smoked?
He felt timid in his heart and shook his head on his face.
Fang Zhuo cut a cigar, lit it, smoked it, and blew out the smoke as if he was enjoying it.
Then, he cut another one under Chen Shuhu's sight.
Chen Shuhu watched without making a sound to stop him.
"Maybe there are not many people smoking this in China? Try it, it tastes good."
Chen Shuhu hesitated for a moment and took it.
Fang Zhuo personally lit the fire for him and said with a smile: "Don't let it pass through your lungs. The cigar is just for tasting the remaining aroma in your mouth."
Chen Shuhu took a sip, but he didn't feel any aroma.
However, in order not to show timidity in front of this young man, he nodded and gave a universal comment: "It really has a unique flavor."
Fang Zhuo smiled noncommittally and smoked a cigar leisurely.