This Bad Luck is Awesome!

He was in for some bad luck again!

Someone was about to have a very bad day.

Introducing our next unlucky contestant!

’But is this bad luck related to the stocks I bought yesterday?’

’Or is it a completely new incident?’

He waited quietly in the kitchen for two and a half minutes.

But everything remained calm. Nothing happened.

’So it’s obvious. That "ding" must be related to the stocks I bought yesterday.’

There was no time to make breakfast, so he grabbed two slices of bread.

He munched on them while checking the news on his phone.

He searched directly by keyword, going through the 10 stocks he had bought yesterday one by one.

He searched the first few, but there was no news.

When he searched for a company called Ruisheng Pharmaceutical, he quickly found some freshly published news.

"According to an insider at Ruisheng Pharmaceutical, a depression drug that the company had invested heavily in to develop has shown poor results in clinical trials."

"In a double-blind study, a comparison between patients taking the drug and those taking a placebo..."

"Ruisheng Pharmaceutical has already halted the drug’s development, and the R&D team is facing dissolution."

After skimming the news, Chen Mo instantly made his assessment.

’With such a huge piece of bad news, Ruisheng Pharmaceutical’s stock is bound to plummet.’

’And since I bought shares in Ruisheng Pharmaceutical, a massive drop counts as bad luck.’

’This lines up perfectly with the "ding" from earlier.’

"Nice!"

Chen Mo couldn’t help but clench his fists and throw a few excited punches into the air.

"The forced activation was a success!"

Chen Mo’s eyes grew brighter and brighter, his heart pounding with excitement.

This news meant that his plan for a forced activation had succeeded.

’From now on, I won’t have to wait for my constitution to randomly activate in the stock market.’

’I can take the initiative, using the mechanics of it to force an activation.’

’Looks like Ruisheng Pharmaceutical is due for a major turnaround soon.’

Chen Mo understood that since his constitution had been activated, after the bad luck ended, good luck would arrive.

Based on his previous experience, Ruisheng Pharmaceutical was bound to have some major good news next.

He just didn’t know what it would be.

"I don’t need to know what it is. I just need to know it’s going to go up."

Chen Mo smiled. He didn’t care about the reason behind it at all.

After what happened with Guanlan Automobile, he knew the ultimate reason could be completely bizarre.

Something a normal person would never think of.

So he decided not to think about it at all to save himself the headache.

’But maybe this time I can try waiting until the very end to buy in.’

Chen Mo habitually stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.

This time, he wanted to take a gamble.

’I won’t buy in early. I’ll wait for the day the "ding" stops, and then go all-in.’

The risk was that if the turnaround happened before the market opened...

Then everyone would know the good news, and compared to the institutional investors, he would have no advantage.

It would probably be just like with Guanlan Automobile, where so many people tried to buy that he couldn’t get an order through.

But if the turnaround happened after he went all-in, it would be perfect.

He wouldn’t have to buy a small amount every day, which would prevent him from taking losses upfront.

On top of that, it would save him a lot of mental energy.

So it all came down to a gamble on when, exactly, the turnaround would happen.

’I can afford to take this gamble.’

After some thought, Chen Mo decided to take the risk.

This time, he had already confirmed that his forced activation method was viable.

Even if he lost this bet, it just meant he would miss out on this one payday.

He would have many more opportunities to make money in the future.

But if he won this bet, it would make his future stock plays much more straightforward.

He felt it was a worthwhile trade-off to use one money-making opportunity to better understand the rules of his ability.

Besides, he felt the probability of winning the bet was very high.

’Because I only bought one lot of each stock. How much money is that, really?’

’If I can’t manage to go all-in, I won’t make much money even if the stock soars later.’

’Can that really be considered the good luck that follows the bad?’

The returns after his bad luck were always very substantial.

Therefore, he concluded the turnaround had to occur at the point that would maximize his profits.

’I should search for news on the remaining stocks, just to make sure I haven’t misjudged the situation.’

To be on the safe side, Chen Mo continued searching on his phone.

After finishing his search, he still only saw news about Ruisheng Pharmaceutical.

This confirmed that the current bout of bad luck was definitely related to Ruisheng Pharmaceutical.

’The next part is simple. I just have to listen for a "ding" every morning when I wake up.’

’A "ding" means the bad luck isn’t over and the stock will keep falling.’

’No "ding" means the turnaround has arrived, and it’s time to go all-in.’

By the time he finished searching the news, he had also finished his two slices of bread.

He drank some water. The time crept up to 9:30.

The stock market opened.

Sure enough, Ruisheng Pharmaceutical’s stock price plummeted under the influence of the bearish news.

On Chen Mo’s screen, Ruisheng Pharmaceutical’s stock was a sea of red.

With nearly every refresh, the losses grew larger.

Before long, Ruisheng Pharmaceutical hit its limit down.

A large number of people wanted to sell their shares, but even when they listed them at the limit-down price, no one was buying.

Because no one was a fool.

With this news about Ruisheng Pharmaceutical out, everyone knew the stock was about to go into freefall.

Who would buy in now? That would just be catching a falling knife.

18.00 yuan (-2.00, -10.00%)

The stock, which had been trading at 20 yuan per share, dropped by 10%—its daily limit—in a short period, bringing the price down to just 18 yuan per share.

’It’s going to fall even more.’

Chen Mo didn’t even have to think to know that it was far from hitting bottom.

Ruisheng Pharmaceutical wasn’t a large pharmaceutical company to begin with.

Investing so much capital into developing this depression drug was practically an all-or-nothing bet for them.

As a result, with no good news for a long time, the stock price had been steadily falling.

Now with the news that the project had completely failed, the stock price was definitely on a one-way trip down.

He glanced at his WeChat group chat and saw people were discussing this stock.

Basically, everyone thought Ruisheng Pharmaceutical was finished.

No one was thinking of buying the dip.

With other stocks, you might buy the dip only to find you’ve bought halfway down the mountain.

But this stock looked like it was heading for delisting. Buying the dip now would be financial suicide.

"It’s a good thing no one is optimistic about it."

Chen Mo smiled; this was what made his secret to wealth so valuable.

After watching the news for a while, he received a call from a delivery guy.

The computer hardware he bought yesterday had all arrived.

Since there were quite a few items, he asked the delivery guy to help bring them to his door.

After signing for them, he opened the boxes one by one and began to assemble the parts.

He’d seen plenty of online tutorials on how to build a PC.

After a quick review, he got to work.

He was pretty good with his hands. Though a bit slow, he methodically assembled all the components.

Chen Mo stood up and stretched. His body was a little stiff from squatting for so long.

CLICK~

He took a deep breath and pressed the power button on the computer case.

WHIRRR...

Soon, the lights on the case fans lit up.

And the sound of the fans spinning immediately followed.

"Alright, it posted on the first try."

Chen Mo was very satisfied with his work and then used the USB drive the seller had included to install the operating system.

After everything was set up, Chen Mo downloaded some of the games he usually played.

Over the next few days, his routine was to listen for the "ding" as soon as he woke up.

Then he would go for a morning run in the park.

He spent the rest of his time holed up in his gaming room playing games.

’It was a degenerate lifestyle, but man, it felt good!’

’A new rig that cost tens of thousands to build, a 4K monitor worth several thousand...’

’The experience was on a whole other level compared to my old piece-of-crap laptop.’

His decadent lifestyle continued until this one morning.

Chen Mo woke up, but the familiar "ding" didn’t sound in his mind.

He was instantly wide awake.

The turnaround had arrived.