258: Chapter 257 One Thousand Accounts

The sudden remark from Liu Yemei left Wang Shuo dumbfounded for the first time in a long while, catching him off guard for a moment.

"What?"

"Just now, Xiao Ling told me that the stock indices involving Artificial Intelligence across the three major United States stock sectors have experienced a decline. As of 11:00 AM United States time, the Artificial Intelligence stock indices across the three major sectors have already fallen by more than ten percent. Some Artificial Intelligence stocks in these sectors have begun to decline to varying degrees, and some companies' stocks have even dropped by more than twenty percent."

Liu Yemei looked serious: "And it is still continuing to fall."

Seeing Liu Yemei's grave expression, Wang Shuo also straightened up slightly and asked: "So what?"

"The United States stock market is different from ours; they don't have price limit mechanisms for rising or falling. Therefore, if no capital steps in to stabilize it, the stock indices and stocks are very likely to continue falling until they crash."

Liu Yemei glanced at Wang Shuo, her tone slightly strange as she said: "I suspect someone wants to short Artificial Intelligence stocks, and the cause... should be zero egg."

"zero egg?"

Wang Shuo was stunned.

"Yes, zero egg."

Liu Yemei nodded affirmatively and said: "The official release of zero egg should be major positive news for the Artificial Intelligence field. However, after we released zero egg three days ago, the United States stock market did not have an overreaction. Some companies involved in Artificial Intelligence business were even steadily rising. The decline in stock indices... only started after the market opened today."

Stock indices refer to stock market indices. They are not a single stock, nor do they reflect the value of a single stock, and they are not equal to the stock price. However, stock indices are also a very important parameter; they reflect the growth curve of the stock market and reflect investors' confidence in the stock market.

A decline in stock indices means the market is unstable, meaning stocks are about to fall or have already started to fall.

Wang Shuo was lost in thought.

He didn't know or understand anything else.

But he did understand the basic principle that positive news is beneficial to the stock market.

Now that zero egg has been released and proven to be the world's number one Artificial Intelligence, logically speaking, Artificial Intelligence stocks should have skyrocketed like a rocket. Even if they couldn't rise by one hundred percent, a rise of twenty or thirty percent wouldn't be unreasonable, right?

But now, the United States stock market has fallen!

And it fell by twenty percent at once!

"So..."

"So, there are two situations now."

Liu Yemei looked at the murmuring Wang Shuo and said calmly: "First, someone is deliberately shorting Artificial Intelligence stocks, wanting to exploit the information time gap; second, someone does not have confidence in zero egg. Or perhaps, both possibilities exist."

"I understand." Wang Shuo clapped his hands: "We've been targeted."

Wang Shuo had not expected that so much could be deduced from a single stock.

But fortunately, the final analyzed result was within his expectations.

"Yes, Mr. Wang."

Liu Yemei nodded, a faint trace of worry flashing in her eyes. She had even guessed which aspect the other party would use to strike hard. This time, it would definitely be a thunderous blow, and they would never give Frontier Technology any chance to turn things around.

Was this young man who had amazed her time and time again about to stop here?

Looking up at Wang Shuo, Liu Yemei wanted to see a dejected expression on his face, but she was surprised to find that the Wang Shuo in front of her still wore a faint smile.

Wang Shuo really didn't feel much of anything.

Being targeted?

What a joke. Every step he had taken to get here had been while being targeted.

When he first entered this industry, Chen Zhongxuan gave him a head-on blow, forcibly devaluing a system worth over one hundred million to sixteen million. Did he say anything?

Ahem, of course, that wasn't entirely accurate. After all, the system ownership was still his, and the sixteen million was just the licensing fee. But that didn't stop Wang Shuo from writing this down in his little notebook and taking it out to flip through whenever he had nothing to do.

With that kind of experience, being targeted again was really nothing special.

Moreover, Wang Shuo had known from the very beginning that his enemies were still behind the scenes and had not yet appeared.

What was more dangerous was... perhaps it wasn't even just one person or one faction.

Being targeted again now was at best just having one more enemy.

As long as he developed with peace of mind, these cowards who dared not show their faces would sooner or later become a real joke.

Wang Shuo wasn't panicked at all; he even wanted to laugh a little.

However, this incident did give Wang Shuo some ideas.

"Sister Liu."

Wang Shuo didn't notice Liu Yemei's astonishment and asked seriously: "Can we buy United States stocks?"

Liu Yemei, who had just come back to her senses after being reminded by Xiao Ling, composed herself and replied: "Yes, but you need to register. The entry requirements for the New York Stock Exchange are quite strict; it might take about five days."

Five days, honestly, was the fastest speed Liu Yemei could achieve. If it were someone else, this time might even turn into fifteen days.

"Five days?"

Wang Shuo frowned: "Can the downward trend of the United States stock market last for five days?"

Liu Yemei shook her head.

Never mind five days. Judging by the current decline, if it can hold on for three days, it's only because the big players are being generous and haven't cleared their positions.

"This matter..."

Wang Shuo originally wanted to say he would leave it to Zero to handle, but then he remembered someone. His company only had a few formal employees, and he absolutely couldn't let him stay idle.

Well, this was also a little company management trick that Sister Liu had taught him.

"This matter will be left to Han Xiaoxin. I'll have Zero notify him."

Liu Yemei frowned slightly.

"Mr. Wang, please forgive my bluntness, but given the current situation of the United States stock market, it is not advisable for us to enter."

"I know." Wang Shuo smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Sister Liu. I know my own capabilities very well. We don't need to earn too much; we'll withdraw once we've earned thirty percent."

Liu Yemei: "..."

Where on earth do you get the confidence to think you can steal profits from this wave of short-selling?

Liu Yemei knitted her beautiful eyebrows and was just about to speak when she heard Wang Shuo give an order.

"Zero, go wake Han Xiaoxin up. What time is it, and he's still sleeping in!"

"Okay, sir. Already awakened Han Xiaoxin's zero egg, currently waking up Han Xiaoxin."

Liu Yemei was stunned.

She checked the time.

12:07 AM.

...

Han Xiaoxin finally appeared in front of Wang Shuo and Liu Yemei.

With messy hair, eyes half-closed and half-awake, he was still in a sleepy state, and he hadn't even had time to change his clothes, just throwing on a jacket.

Hmm... that was definitely the standard posture of someone forcibly awakened.

With a pair of resentful eyes fixed on Wang Shuo, Han Xiaoxin, who was just about to say something, suddenly saw Liu Yemei standing on the side and was instantly stunned.

Immediately...

"Boss, wait for me ten minutes!"

After saying that, he ran out without looking back, leaving Wang Shuo standing there looking bewildered, frowning as he looked at Liu Yemei.

"What... is wrong with him?"

Liu Yemei shook her head faintly.

Ten minutes later, Han Xiaoxin returned.

Dressed in neat casual clothes, his hair shiny, as if he had used hair gel, he looked full of energy, a completely different person from his previous listless state.

Wang Shuo's expression became even stranger.

"Assistant Liu, you're here too."

Han Xiaoxin put on a smile he thought was very handsome and asked gently.

"Hmm."

Liu Yemei nodded lightly.

Getting that "hmm" was enough to satisfy Han Xiaoxin, so he turned his head to Wang Shuo, his tone carrying a bit of resentment: "Boss, can you check the time when you have instructions?"

Waking someone up to work at midnight, is this something a human would do? Is there any justice in this?

If it weren't for the fact that he lived in the company and couldn't run away, and also had zero egg's constant supervision, he would really want to just run away.

It really... is too bullying.

Han Xiaoxin felt aggrieved enough to cry.

Wang Shuo rubbed his nose: "I won't make you work for nothing. I'll give you a year-end bonus."

Han Xiaoxin was very proud, hmph!

"I'll give you annual leave, ten days of it!"

Han Xiaoxin turned his head, hmph!

"Ahem. I'm preparing a team-building activity, and everyone in the company will go..." Wang Shuo turned his head to look at the surprised Liu Yemei beside him: "Hmm... Assistant Liu will also..."

"I'll do it!"

Han Xiaoxin immediately declared his stance.

"As a member of the company, overtime is my duty! Boss, tell me! What do you want me to do?"

"Very good."

Wang Shuo showed a foxy smile and pointed to the computer.

"Help me create one thousand United States stock accounts."