After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future-Chapter 150 - 149: A Thousand Stocks Hit the Daily Limit Down X2
"Wow~ So cool!"
The silver-white body, smooth lines, and visually striking design made it look like a product from the future.
Li Manli's eyes sparkled with novelty, like a curious baby, touching here, tapping there, covertly snapping a few photos.
"If you like it, you can take it for a spin," Lu Liang couldn't help but smile, pressing the car key and opening the gull-wing doors.
On second thought, he realized he had quite a few cars himself: the Wild Bull, Mushang, Big Bull, and this Pagani.
But the one he rode in most was the Mushang, and the one he drove most was the Wild Bull. Sports cars have too low a chassis; they're okay for an occasional thrill.
"Really?" Li Manli's face lit up.
Lu Liang chuckled, "And here I thought you would refuse."
Li Manli looked serious: "I'm all yours now, isn't it normal to drive your car?"
Lu Liang laughed out loud: "Let me teach you how to drive it."
"Mhm."
As evening fell, the traffic increased.
Families and couples alike were seeking the perfect spot to celebrate the New Year.
The silver-white Pagani hit the road, its deep roar and cool design turning heads everywhere it went.
"Where shall we eat?" Lu Liang, bored out of his mind, rolled down the window, enjoying the scenery and the beauties along the road.
Li Manli drove too slowly. It was New Year's Eve, the roads were crowded, and it was unclear when they would reach their destination.
In truth, he disliked going out on holidays. He could go anywhere he wanted on regular days, not that he lacked the means to do so.
"You'll know when we get there."
Li Manli focused intently, not looking away. Ever since she learned the car was worth 25 million, she was paying extra attention.
Half an hour of starting and stopping, they finally reached their destination.
The Global Center building, a hotel on the 94th floor, where she had booked a luxury suite.
"I reserved it a month in advance. This place has the best view in all of Modu and you can see the light show too."
Li Manli tilted her chin up, pride written all over her face as if the words "Come on, praise me" were displayed across it.
Securing this room cost her almost half a month's salary. It was expensive normally, but the price skyrocketed on New Year's Eve.
But the thought of spending the New Year's Eve with Lu Liang made her feel like no amount of money was too much.
"So, how do you think I should compensate you?" Lu Liang said, embracing her as they collapsed onto the sofa.
"Hold on, we haven't even had dinner yet."
Li Manli giggled, made a phone call to have the hotel prepare dinner, and then ran into the bedroom with her suitcase.
Lu Liang waited and waited. The dishes were nearly served, but Li Manli was still not out.
He couldn't help asking, "Are you not ready yet?"
"Here I come~ How do I look? Nice?"
Li Manli emerged, smiling, twisting her slim waist and taking small steps before Lu Liang, then twirling around.
She wore a light pink strapless tulle dress, with white high heels. Her makeup was exquisitely done, as if she had stepped out of a painting like a fairy.
Lu Liang's eyes lit up, he couldn't help but exclaim sincerely, "With you looking like this, I've lost all appetite for dinner."
Li Manli beamed with joy. Lu Liang's affection was the best recognition for her: "As long as you like it, that's all that matters."
Suddenly, she sat on Lu Liang's lap, not caring if her dress wrinkled, her breath as fragrant as orchids: "Liang, I'm your doll tonight, you can do whatever you want."
Lu Liang paused, then grasped the theme of the night and teased: "My robot girlfriend?"
Li Manli nodded, her face expressionless, her voice mechanical: "Please issue your command, Master!"
"You really know how to have fun. Sit down and let's have dinner first," said Lu Liang, half amused, half exasperated.
"Please adjust the tenderness level first, Master, minimum 80, maximum 120."
"Let's go with 120 then."
"Liang~ Let me feed you,"
Li Manli's smile was sweet, as she seductively bit into a cherry and brought it to Lu Liang's lips.
"Actually, let's make it 80. I can't handle 120."
"Yes, command accepted."
Li Manli continued smiling, nearly back to her usual self.
Lu Liang couldn't help but marvel,
She is truly a '96, almost too much for him to handle.
They took half an hour to finish their meal.
Li Manli remembered their theme for the evening and without a command, she sat motionless at the dining table.
"Come over and sit with me for a while,"
Lu Liang said, moving towards the window and waving at her with a smile.
"Command received!"
Li Manli marched over with mechanical steps and a high knee lift.
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The two leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window, admiring the city's night view. The weather was clear tonight with a cloudless sky and a high moon.
As Lu Liang wrapped his arms around Li Manli's waist and felt her possibly having abs, noticing she also felt lighter, he asked, "Have you lost weight?"
"Yes, 166 cm tall, 47 kg in weight."
"Isn't there a manual override?"
"Yes, it's loading~"
Li Manli rubbed her cheeks, huffing with annoyance, with her lips pursed high in the air, "They should've taken over manually a long time ago, it's so uncomfortable to keep it stretched like this."
She chattered on about the daily routines of the past few days. Although she was a guest, she trained alongside the contestants.
Suddenly, Li Manli became excited, "Liang, I recently learned a type of classical dance. Do you want to see it?"
"Let's have a look." Lu Liang smiled and nodded. Every time he saw Li Manli, he felt a sense of accomplishment as if raising a protege.
The once plain wine-serving girl had now become an internet sensation with millions of fans.
On the show "Panda," aside from the five who made the group, Li Manli was probably the biggest beneficiary.
With money and looks, a love for cosplay and cooking, and a willingness to learn, her many appealing traits made her a magnet for fans.
"Then wait for me, I'm going to put on some music."
The lights suddenly dimmed, and the emotive strains of classical music began to play.
She walked out of the room with a sweet smile on her face, her chiffon dress billowing in the wind, moving gracefully with the music like a woodland nymph, lively and ethereal.
Until outside the window, lights flashed brilliantly like daylight, and every tower in Lujiazui participated in this citywide light show.
The lights flashed faster and faster, as if counting down to the last second.
It was almost as if one could hear people shouting from the Bund.
Lu Liang, with a smile on his face, raised his glass, "Happy New Year."
Li Manli kicked off her high heels, barefoot, and came up to Lu Liang, downing her drink in one gulp, "Liang, Happy New Year."
Then, embracing Lu Liang with eyes full of love, "This is the first New Year we spend together. I hope to be with you for ten years, twenty years, forever and always."
"Me too."
Lu Liang chuckled. He had once told Lin Yike that she was not worth deceiving, but Li Manli was different.
...
The three-day holiday passed in the blink of an eye,
And Li Manli had returned to Star City early.
For the next two days, Lu Liang spent his time with Su Wanyu, making up for the regret of not being together on New Year's Eve.
January 4th, the first trading day of the new year and after the introduction of the circuit breaker mechanism,
Investors in the Big A stock market could never escape fate, with holidays inevitably leading to calamity being an immutable law.
Just as they had returned from a pleasant holiday to work, Big A dealt countless workers a severe blow right out of the gate.
The market opened to a sharp drop of 0.2%, continuing its descent.
The phenomenal news from the new energy sector attempted to pull up the market, almost breaking its back, but it couldn't keep the market flying high.
Finally, at one o'clock in the afternoon, trading resumed, but the new energy index couldn't hold up, and the market nosedived.
It seemed like a test to see if the circuit breaker mechanism really existed; at 1:13 PM, the market fell over 5%, triggering a level-one circuit breaker.
After a fifteen-minute trading halt, the market reopened at 1:28 PM, and within five minutes, tumbled past 7%, triggering a level-two circuit breaker.
Trading ended 87 minutes early for the day.
The entire market was awash in green.
Out of 3292 stocks in both exchanges, 1260 hit the daily limit down.
The tragic spectacle of a thousand stocks hitting their limit down reappeared.
However, retail investors in the Big A stock market were some of the most persistent in the world.
After several days of bottom-fishing,
They managed to produce back-to-back bullish days.
It's fortunate that the Big A stock market never disappoints when it comes to disappointment, just when everyone thought the issue would pass like the 1997 US stocks incident.
The Big A stock market took a big dive again.
On January 7th, within only 12 minutes of opening,
The stock index tumbled 5%, triggering a level-one circuit breaker again.
Fifteen minutes later, upon resuming trading, it only took 2 more minutes before the market plunged past 7%, activating a level-two circuit breaker.
A double thousand-stock limit down!
The introduction of the circuit breaker mechanism was cursed all the way to the trending searches.
"Damn it all."
"US stocks don't have limits on price fluctuation, that's why they have circuit breakers, and you damn Big A stock, you have a strict 10% fluctuation limit for the day, and yet you copy others with a circuit breaker. Now, truly broken."
"Damn, I came to work in high spirits today, now it's all ruined."
"Why ruined? Be happy. Work for 27 minutes and then off you go, it's freaking awesome, I want to die. Hahaha~~~"
"Lu Liang is really onto something, he ran so freaking fast. He must've known what a circuit breaker was all about."
"Lu God, Lu God, where are you!! I was wrong, save me, I will never call you Liangzi again."
Netizens almost dug up the chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission's ancestors, but as they cursed, they suddenly thought of Lu Liang.
In mid-December, once he heard about the announcement of the circuit breaker mechanism, he chose to distribute dividends and clear his positions.
It has to be said, that was fucking smart.
If they hadn't taken it as a joke, maybe they wouldn't have suffered such horrific losses now.
