I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 396 - 242: Contented

On the Growth Enterprise Market, Li Xiang found a stock with good fundamentals and began with a virtual simulation.

He planned to invest real money only after the returns stabilized.

After all, if you lose 50% in actual cash, you need 100% return just to break even.

This forced him to be cautious, especially since the Growth Enterprise Market has a 20% limit on price fluctuations, and losses could be just as significant.

Although he had confidence in his stock model, matters involving money still made him uneasy.

Making money wouldn’t take just a few days, so once the simulated data became available, then he would consider real monetary investment, which wouldn’t be too late.

After instructing "Xiao Mu," the stock model ran smoothly. Li Xiang had guessed correctly that the computing power of his workstation was sufficient to analyze a single stock.

Seeing "Xiao Mu" already using the simulated platform to build a position with low absorption, he felt reassured.

"Xiao Mu" would partition his funds and build positions in phases, then use high selling and low buying tactics in daily trading, analyzing when to buy and sell based on market funds.

Even if this stock collapsed, and the price fell rapidly, he could monitor it in real time and quickly list sell orders to exit.

There are advantages to having a small fund; it allows for fluid maneuvering.

Once confirming that "Xiao Mu" could operate normally, Li Xiang didn’t further concern himself with it, planning to check its daily performance only at market close in the evening.

After disconnecting from "Xiao Mu," Li Xiang visited various departments to look at the latest R&D progress, helping solve their issues in the process by explaining things as clearly and simply as possible, making them feel that they truly learned something from him.

As their questions became more intricate, he surprised them by resolving them spontaneously, seemingly trivializing what were complex issues for others.

"Brother Li’s tech skills are truly impressive," they said.

"Seems like there’s nothing he can’t do."

"Why are the differences between people so vast?"

"It’s like comparing goods that make you want to discard them—comparing people frustrates you."

Li Xiang ignored their praises, merely smiling them off and encouraging them, "Keep working hard, complete this project and there will be bonuses."

After confirming there were no issues during his rounds, Li Xiang returned to his studio to gradually optimize his model, aiming to adjust parameters for more realistic rendering.

Now, with him in command, no one needed to be sketching skull specimens manually; the experience resided in his mind.

All he needed to do was keep tweaking the parameters.

Soon, it was 3 PM, and the stock market closed. Li Xiang opened his account for a glance: A million in the simulation account, with a ten thousand initial position today and a 4.7% unrealized profit; by comparison, total account profit was only 0.47%.

But it was just the first day, no need to rush.

Li Xiang’s model was designed for stability rather than aggressive full-throttle entries and exits, which carry high risk, something he was unwilling to face until his stable model began generating consistent returns before considering more aggressive stock models.

In the following days, Li Xiang balanced optimizing the cranial digital restoration technology with observing his stock model’s stability.

The stock model continued to generate profits daily, with daily buying and selling, the total account profit now reaching 5.7%.

Moreover, the trend chart showed an upward trajectory; "Xiao Mu" was even learning and would only become smoother.

After monitoring for a few days, the target model seemed stable with no apparent bugs, giving Li Xiang the courage to start using real money with "Xiao Mu."

"Xiao Mu,"

"Master, I’m here."

"My million in wife’s money is now entirely in your hands."

The million was truly given by his wife, calling it "wife’s money," not incorrect.

"Rest assured, Master, I’ll do my best."

"I believe in you."

Although he deposited a million in cash into the stock model, Li Xiang still felt a bit anxious.

For the subsequent days, his focus remained entirely on the stock model.

Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary; the stock model was relatively stable: when the market rose, so did his; when the market fell, he only saw minor increases. All in all, these days, he hadn’t experienced any unrealized losses.

Over a longer time span, there could be occasional unrealized losses, but they’d be limited.

Overall, this stock model account had established itself.

And he was using Lin Feifei’s trading account.

He hadn’t had the time to register at a brokerage.

For now, it was fine, as long as it made money.

Aside from weekends, every day at 3 PM, Li Xiang would check the account to see how much it had gained.

The first day was only a few hundred yuan, but after stabilizing for a week, his daily gains stabilized between one to two thousand, with the stock’s increased engagement level, his daily unrealized gains slowly increased, with a high of fifteen thousand in a single day.

Calculating this way, he earned forty to fifty thousand a month.

He was content.

Isn’t this better than saving in a bank? Not to mention the benefit of compound interest.

He believed things would only get better in the future.

With this sum each month, combined with his salary, he wouldn’t need to dip into his savings for renovations, and maybe the earnings each month would gradually cover the cost.

Resolving this major concern relaxed Li Xiang’s mood.

He devoted all his energy to optimizing cranial digital restoration technology, leading the institute’s entire team to optimize the software.

Through diligent effort, the software underwent significant changes from before, at least in appearance.

The design had been refined, shifting its previous raw feel to a more textured style.

As a forensic investigation tool, a necessary police emblem had been added, along with ongoing function optimizations and testing.

Overall, since Li Xiang became the chief designer at the institute, the project’s pace had qualitatively improved compared to before.

Xiang Hui felt fortunate for his decision; having advocated for Li Xiang’s appointment as chief designer, the project proceeded much smoother than anticipated.

There were no bottlenecks during development, and the software was developed smoothly without interruptions.

After passing three rounds of testing, the software was finally approved, and everyone gathered to watch Xiang Hui personally test it, yielding a photo similarity rate of 91%.

"We did it, truly successful,"

Xiang Hui, looking at the results, found his hands trembling with excitement.

The final outcome exceeded their initial project expectations, completing over-target.

"Not only did we surpass our goals, but also finished two months ahead of the original schedule."

"Amazing, all thanks to Brother Li—without him, this cranial digital restoration software wouldn’t exist."

"Brother Li is the father of cranial digital restoration technology."

Hearing the praise, Li Xiang humbly waved them down, "Low-key, low-key, this was a collective effort, not just my contribution; everyone played their part."

Seeing Li Xiang maintaining composure amid the accolades, without claiming all the credit, Xiang Hui felt more pleased with his character.

This young man’s future held unlimited potential.

"Let’s not make a commotion; I’ll invite Minister Li over soon. As the project’s founder, he has always been concerned with our progress. Now that we’ve yielded results, Minister Li will be gratified seeing the software."

Upon hearing that Minister Li was coming, everyone got excited.

To see the head of the provincial police was a rare opportunity; unexpectedly, he would soon visit the institute.

Realizing this, everyone promptly tidied the cluttered institute, hoping to show their best condition to welcome the leader.