Chapter 32: The Stock God of Harbor Island Was Stunned!

The next day, after finishing breakfast, Chen Hao and Lizhi took a taxi to the Stock Exchange located in Central.

They entered the trading hall and waited briefly before the morning stock market officially opened.

As before, Chen Hao continued to cooperate with Lizhi, engaging in rapid in-and-out ultra-short-term trades.

Meanwhile, in an office at Xiangsheng Securities, many traders all focused intently on Lizhi’s securities account, following Chen Hao’s trading records, and trading stocks alongside him.

As Chen Hao had mentioned earlier, because they followed his trades with a slight delay, there was a certain lag in timing.

Therefore, when they bought stocks based on Chen Hao’s purchase records, the prices were already somewhat higher than when Chen Hao bought them.

Similarly, when they sold stocks according to Chen Hao’s sell records, the prices had dropped slightly below the prices at which Chen Hao sold.

Nonetheless, even with these conditions, they still earned substantial profits by following Chen Hao.

While Chen Hao enjoyed the meat, they were content with the broth.

That was quite satisfactory.

Consequently, all the traders following Chen Hao’s trades saw their performance skyrocket.

As for the few who refused to follow Chen Hao, their performances lagged noticeably behind the others.

Take Zhang Guanjie, the top trader at Xiangsheng Securities, for example.

Previously, Zhang Guanjie was the firm’s best-performing trader.

However, because he insisted on trading using his own methods, his results had clearly fallen behind those who followed Chen Hao’s strategy.

If he continued down this path, his monthly performance would likely sink to the bottom.

"How can this Lizhi be so formidable?"

"How does she manage to make profits on the vast majority of her trades?"

"Who exactly is she?"

Before, Zhang Guanjie had disdainfully refused to follow Lizhi’s trading records.

He believed his own trading skills were excellent and that he wouldn't lose out to Lizhi’s account.

He hadn’t expected to have vastly overestimated his own abilities and underestimated the prowess behind Lizhi’s account.

Now, he had to admit that his trading skills were nowhere near as good as those reflected in Lizhi’s account.

At the same time, he became very curious about Lizhi’s background.

Could this Lizhi be the same Lizhi who won last year’s Miss Asia title?

If so, it would be astonishing.

A woman from the mainland with such superb trading skills!

Even he, a top trader in the Hong Kong Island stock market, had to concede defeat.

After much hesitation, he finally decided to join the others in following Lizhi’s trading records.

Otherwise, his monthly performance would bottom out.

At that point, he would be expelled from the firm.

Even though he had once been Xiangsheng Securities’ best trader, this place was ruthless.

If your performance lagged behind others, you would be eliminated.

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While all the traders at Xiangsheng Securities were busy trading intensely, a man in his sixties with thick eyebrows and prominent eyes, dressed in a black suit, walked into the company.

“President Xiang!”

“President Xiang!”

“President Xiang!”

The employees at Xiangsheng Securities greeted him respectfully one after another.

This man was none other than Xiang Zhiqiu, the owner of Xiangsheng Securities.

Xiang Zhiqiu was recognized by Hong Kong Island stock investors as a stock market legend, known by nicknames such as “Stock Market Maverick,” “Stock God,” “Trading King,” and “Chess Genius.”

His family was originally in the dyeing and weaving industry.

In the 1960s, he persuaded his father to transition into real estate investment and established Xiangsheng Real Estate Ltd.

This move quickly earned him his first fortune.

Through his diligent management, within just eleven years, he turned an initial capital of 1.1 million into 100 million.

However, due to internal conflicts among shareholders, the company was dissolved.

He received 6 million from the division.

Using this 6 million, he partnered with his brother to found Xiangsheng Development Ltd., which went public soon after.

Within a mere decade, Xiangsheng Development’s value multiplied twentyfold.

He became a billionaire with assets in the hundreds of millions.

In 1984, he solely established Xiangsheng Securities Ltd., specializing in securities business.

Although Xiangsheng Securities was not publicly listed, within three years, he built it into one of the top ten securities firms on Hong Kong Island.

Many wealthy clients entrusted their funds to him, drawn by his reputation as a stock god.

This was why Xiangsheng Securities grew so rapidly.

Recently, he had traveled to England and had just returned to Hong Kong Island today.

Upon his return, he came straight to his company to check on its recent performance.

“President Xiang, you’re here!” Jin Jiarong, Xiang Zhiqiu’s secretary, greeted him respectfully.

“Send Luo Zhiqiang to my office,” Xiang instructed.

Luo Zhiqiang was the manager of Xiangsheng Securities’ sales department, and Xiang wanted to inquire about the company’s recent performance.

“Understood!” Jin Jiarong replied and headed toward Luo Zhiqiang’s office.

Xiang Zhiqiu proceeded to his own office.

Not long after he sat down, there was a knock at the door.

“Come in!” Xiang said.

The door opened, and Luo Zhiqiang walked in.

“President Xiang, when did you get back?” Luo greeted him.

“Just now.”

“How’s our company’s performance lately?” Xiang asked directly.

“President Xiang, as you know, the overall stock market on Hong Kong Island hasn’t been doing well this month,” Luo said.

“So, at the beginning of the month, our performance was not very good.”

“However, recently, our performance has started to improve gradually.”

“Oh?”

“Why the sudden improvement?”

“Although I wasn’t in Hong Kong these days, I kept an eye on the market.”

“Recently, the Hong Kong stock market has been quite sluggish.”

“Many securities firms are incurring losses.”

“So how did our company’s performance suddenly get better?”

Xiang looked at Luo with some puzzlement.

“President Xiang, let me tell you about one account. If you look at its trading records, you’ll understand what’s going on,” Luo said immediately.

He then provided Xiang with Lizhi’s securities account information.

Xiang Zhiqiu promptly checked the trading records on his computer.

Soon, he was utterly shocked...