Reinventing the Millennium

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, the Nasdaq index in the United States on the other side of the ocean 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 going to Nasdaq for listing.

After buying something from Yiwu, Fang Zhuo, who had completely changed his outfit, 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 turned over the last page of the newspaper and looked up. 805, to be precise, 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 motivation of young people to argue. He knew that young people would just 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.

This is the case for most people in this era.

"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, 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 up to a private enterprise?" Fang Zhuo laughed again.

Chen Shuhu believed this. He himself was the leader of a state-owned enterprise and knew the nature 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. It can't come up with any commercial appeal. It's just a bubble." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Chen Shuhu was silent. It sounded reasonable. However, the stock market is not entirely reasonable. In the end, the ups and downs will speak for themselves.

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. It’s hot.”

"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 in the city. It’s covered in 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?

The industrial park is 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 an endorsement.

He had a calm expression on his face, expecting the young man in front of him to reveal some more information. In his mind, 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 government 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 have a superficial relationship 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? Doesn't 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 piece should I do?"

Chen Shuhu said vaguely: "Do whatever you want, this place is not like the coast, and it still needs development. Xiao Wan, your name is cultural, 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 just talked so much about AOL, 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 something to learn from his appearance. At his age, he only knew how to study in school.

"I heard that there is a stock market crash in the United States right now?" Chen Shuhu started again. This was something he was curious about.

"Oh." 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 focuses on domestic matters, but now he meets a foreign monk who has valuable information and wants to hear the experience from outside.

Fang Zhuo looked thoughtful.

He reached out and groped in his pocket, and 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 Zhuozhi 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 was 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 gaze.

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 lit the fire for him personally and said with a smile: "Don't pass it through your lungs. The cigar is just about 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.