Chapter 44 Public Outcry
At 20: p.m., the share price of Zhifei Biotechnology rose straight from two points underwater to the daily limit. It is a GEM stock, and the condition for the daily limit is %.

"Fuck! This dealer is so cunning, spreading such fake news." Lin Jia couldn't help but complain while browsing Weibo.

Chen Yuanguang hadn’t been on Weibo for a long time. He asked, “What does it mean?”

Lin Jia briefly explained to him: "In just a few minutes, Zhifei Bio's stock price was violently pulled up by 22 points. Its previous stock price was around billion, which is equivalent to a surge of about billion.

The essay on the Chinese stock market is really amazing."

Chen Yuanguang's first reaction was: "Could it be that Zhifei Biological directed and acted this out?"

Lin Jia shook his head: "It's unlikely, they can't just sell it casually, and they can't directly enjoy the benefits of the increase in market value.

I guess it’s the banker behind the scenes.

Do you want to make a statement? It's only 7 million RMB a year, who are you looking down on?"

Chen Yuanguang said: "Do you think it's good for me to make it or not?"

Lin Jia said: "Let's just post it. It will be a good deed if it can help fewer leeks take over.

If you don't come out and respond positively, Zhifei Bio will continue to rise tomorrow, and the market makers will slowly sell their stocks to the leeks, and then the losses will be unstoppable."

The A-share market has the simplest group of stockholders in the world, and they will believe any small essays that are flying around. As long as your stock can rise, I will believe your boasting.

Chen Yuanguang picked up his phone, thought for a moment, and then edited a Weibo post:
"The essay that's circulating online is fake at first glance. An agency in America offered me an annual salary of $5 million. Seven million is a bit of an underestimation of me."

After Chen Yuanguang posted it, it caused a huge uproar. He was already a focus figure, and now he was at the center of the storm.

The short essay related to Chen Yuanguang itself caused Zhifei Bio's share price to surge by 500 billion, which was already a hot topic. Now Chen Yuanguang has come out to refute the rumor and said that an American company offered a salary of million US dollars, which is like adding fuel to the fire.

All of a sudden, "Chen Yuanguang refutes rumors" topped the Weibo hot search list.

Lin Jia didn’t think there was anything wrong with the Weibo post Chen Yuanguang posted. It was normal for a genius to have his own personality, but she was curious why Chen Yuanguang suddenly became so high-profile.

Directly revealing her salary was a very high-profile act. She pulled Chen Yuanguang over with her skinny arms and said, "Hey, Yuanguang, why are you suddenly talking about your salary?"

Chen Yuanguang explained: “Nothing, I realized that fame can sometimes be a shield to protect myself.

So I think it’s good to be a bit boastful. If I have the ability, then it’s not boasting, it’s a manifestation of confidence.”

Lin Jia said, “It seems that you have matured in this regard as well.

It is true that sometimes fame can help you avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles.

As long as you are famous enough and start a business in places with mature market economies such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, you generally won't have any worries.

Of course, if the cake is too big, some of it should be divided up, and dividing the cake is also an art.”

Chen Yuanguang said: "I understand."

Lin Jia looked at Chen Yuanguang and sneered, “No, you don’t understand.

It is more cost-effective to divide the cake among state-owned assets than to divide it among private individuals. Private social resources may encounter accidents at any time. If you divide the cake among them and then something unexpected happens, the investment will fail.

"When you choose a partner, you should choose one with political potential. Even if he loses his potential, the state-owned capital behind you will still support you. If he can get promoted, then the investment is a success, and you have a win-win situation, with the support of the predecessors and the support of the future generations."

Chen Yuanguang felt that the twists and turns involved were too complicated and that it would be simpler to do scientific research.

He did not respond, but opened Weibo to read the replies, only to find that the comments below were all questioning.

"What are you bragging about? Five million dollars. I even said Bill Gates paid me fifty million dollars to be his driver."

"Guangshen, why are you starting to exaggerate? Even the top offers from the top pharmaceutical companies in America are only $500,000 or $600,000. Your $5 million is too much of an exaggeration."

“After publishing a few papers, I no longer know my own worth”

“Too inflated”

"Why are Chinese people like this? They become arrogant when they achieve a little success."

Chen Yuanguang was surprised. "Uh, why are all the comments questioning me? And the more they question, the more likes they get. Some comments scolding me are even more liked than others."

"This is different from my previous Weibo posts where everyone was calling me the God of Light. Previously, everyone was praising me."

Chen Yuanguang scratched his head, Lin Jia leaned over to take a look, then said calmly, "It's normal.

Think about how many people’s interests have been offended by your Weibo post. Will the retail investors of Zhifei Bio, who had been counting on the stock to continue to rise in price tomorrow, scold you?

Why come out to dispel rumors so early?
Will the person behind the small essay hire a troll army to scold you? I was able to make hundreds of millions or even more than 10 billion yuan by refuting the rumor so quickly, but now I can only make tens of millions at most.

Will the people who have had a hard time since the virus outbreak scold you? People are already having a hard time because of the virus, and many people can't find jobs, and you're still here saying you make $5 million a year.

It would be strange if I wasn’t scolded.” Lin Jia laughed happily when he talked about the latter part: “When I was still in Jiangda, I lived outside and drove to and from school, rarely taking the school bus, so I was criticized by others.

Just get used to it. There were people who scolded you before, but you just didn’t see those comments.”

Chen Yuanguang sighed: "It seems that I am still not suitable to be an Internet celebrity. I have to face such great pressure just for this. If I had agreed to Tencent and made myself a personal IP, how much pressure would I have to face from public opinion?"

Lin Jia disagrees: "As an ordinary worker, you face work pressure and still can't make much money. But when you become an internet celebrity, the greater the pressure from public opinion, the higher your income will be. You are already very happy, right?

In the past two years, the income of top internet celebrities has far exceeded that of most listed companies. I think internet celebrities have a very comfortable life.”

Chen Yuanguang said: “That’s right.”

Then Chen Yuanguang responded to the comment that questioned him, that is, the comment that said Bill Gates paid him 50 million US dollars to be a driver:

"You guessed it right. Bill Gates' company offered me an annual salary of five million dollars, but I haven't decided whether to go or not."

After replying, he put down his phone and took a rest.

Chen Yuanguang's reply was like adding more gasoline to the fire. From evening till morning, this matter remained at the top of the hot search list.

A large number of Chinese netizens on Twitter took action, posting screenshots of Chen Yuanguang's reply under Bill Gates' latest Weibo post and translating it into English, hoping to get a reply from Bill Gates.

(End of this chapter)