1Not long after leaving Yang Hanqing's home, Xiao Ming received the five million pork payment from Bai Xuechao, and the five hundred thousand transfer from Zhang Dachuan.
He first opened a futures account, then met up with Yun Shi Yu and Shen Siyi at Yunding Restaurant. After dinner, they entered the suite that Yun Shi Yu had pre-arranged in Jiangtian Building.
Seeing three computers lined up side by side on the living room table, Xiao Ming asked in surprise, "Are you joining us too?"
Yun Shi Yu raised her eyebrows high, "Isn't it natural that we invest together? Or are you planning on doing something without me?"
Xiao Ming chuckled, "It's just futures trading, a computer with internet access is enough, we really don't need to be together.
The reason I asked you to book a room is that Siyi has bet all his assets, and I was afraid he might get overly anxious and make a mistake, so I came to keep him company and boost his courage."
"I also put in all my assets, twenty million, it's all my savings."
"Do you need some encouragement then?"
"I... I need to protect Siyi and monitor you to ensure you don't play any tricks to cheat him."
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm right here," protested Shen Siyi, "Could you two please leave me some dignity?"
Yun Shi Yu snickered and went to pour drinks from the cabinet.
At nine o'clock in the evening, as soon as the international futures market opened, Shen Siyi grew nervous, his eyes glued to the real-time market curve. Despite the air conditioning being on full blast, sweat continued to bead on his forehead.
Watching him, Xiao Ming found it amusing and said, "I haven't even told you what price to buy the contracts at yet, what can you see?"𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Shen Siyi scratched his head awkwardly, "I don't know, I just think about having wagered all my shares, and if I don't find something to do, I feel restless."
Xiao Ming was speechless and told Yun Shi Yu, "Make this guy a pot of coffee. I estimate he's going to have trouble sleeping tonight."
"You still plan on sleeping?" Yun Shi Yu was extremely surprised, "The price of futures fluctuates, and with the added risk of leverage, a little rise or fall could lead to a margin call, aren't you going to stay up and keep an eye on it?"
"No. I'm putting all my capital in, there won't be any spare money to cover margins, so why should I keep watch?"
Both Shen Siyi and Yun Shi Yu were stunned.
"Yu, I now feel like I've been conned into boarding a thief's ship," said Shen Siyi with a dejected face.
Yun Shi Yu swallowed hard, "Me too."
Xiao Ming laughed heartily, just as the price he remembered appeared on the computer, he said, "Buy the contract at 8,849 yuan, six times leverage, all in."
As he began to operate, Yun Shi Yu and Shen Siyi exchanged glances.
"Here goes nothing!"
Shen Siyi yelled and followed suit, buying in.
Yun Shi Yu glanced at Xiao Ming and, with a slight smile on her lips, began clicking the mouse.
Before long, the operations were complete, and Shen Siyi was drenched in sweat, his body slumped in the chair as if he were exhausted.
"Damn it, I always hear how thrilling futures trading is, and I've just started, yet I feel like I'm about to have a heart attack. Are all those who trade futures daily made of iron?"
"You'd better hurry up and prepare some nitroglycerin pills because you're going to experience this excitement for five days."
Shen Siyi froze, mechanically turning his head with a look as if he were about to burst into tears any moment.
At this point, the possibility of losing all his money wasn't the scariest part; it was the reality of having to endure his heart racing with every price drop for a whole five days that he couldn't bear to face.
A true case of death by a thousand cuts!
"Bro, what I need is not nitroglycerin pills but anesthesia, something that could put me to sleep for five days straight."
"I don't have anesthesia, but will a club do? I can knock you out."
"Will that last five days?"
"Every time you wake up, I'll just hit you again, keep it up for five days."
"..."
Yun Shi Yu stared at the trend for a while and asked, "You chose six times leverage instead of higher because of the 'five days,' right?"
"Truly worthy of being the Yun Family's talented woman," Xiao Ming nodded in approval.
"Within five days, the fluctuation in the price of live pigs won't exceed what six times leverage can handle. Any more would be dangerous."
"If you know the fluctuation range so precisely, you could definitely operate in real-time, buying and selling, and with higher leverage, wouldn't you make even more?"
"That's too troublesome; I don't want to sit in front of the computer every day."
Yun Shi Yu was speechless.
Being lazy while making money; she really wanted to crack open Xiao Ming's head to study its structure.
In truth, it wasn't just because Xiao Ming was lazy, but because he had twenty years' worth of future money-making information in his head. Compared to that, the small gains from five nights of staying up seemed pointless.
After sitting for a while longer, Xiao Ming stretched and stood up.
Shen Siyi immediately asked, "Where are you going?"
"To sleep."
"If you go to sleep, what about our futures contracts?"
"Staying here won't control the price movements of the contract."
"But... but..."
Shen Siyi stammered, unable to articulate his concern, while Xiao Ming waved him off and went into the bedroom.
The next morning, he got up and walked out only to see two pairs of rabbit-like eyes.
"Siyi not sleeping is one thing, but why did you stay up too?" he asked Yun Shi Yu.
Yun Shi Yu didn't answer but rushed up to him, staring intently at his head.
"Um... if you're thinking of kissing me, you might want to brush your teeth first."
"Who would want to kiss you!"
Yun Shi Yu slapped his forehead and excitedly said, "In the early hours, outbreaks of swine fever emerged in Europe and in various places in Asia, and this morning, infections have appeared in North China and the southeast as well.
By closing, the contract price of live pigs had nearly doubled!"