Chapter 67 - 65 Try Your Luck_2

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Chapter 67: Chapter 65 Try Your Luck_2Chen Feng replied with an "Mhm" and then stopped paying attention. He made his way back to the rented villa smoothly, opening all the doors and windows to air the place out. Then Chen Feng started to focus on stock trading to make money. He took out the brand-new laptop he won in a lottery and began by surfing the internet to get some information. Now in the true era of the internet and mobile devices, it was easy to trade stocks on a computer or phone. Just download a brokerage client or app. It was completely foolproof. Thus, it was also very convenient to promote and develop a new market for novices. The first step was to choose a reliable and legitimate brokerage. While searching on Baidu, Chen Feng inadvertently glanced at the trending topics list on the right side of the search page, and the third-ranked topic caught his eye. [Zhang Jingwen falls at the airport, raising suspicions of publicity stunt] With a casual click, Chen Feng saw many search results and randomly selected one to check out. Sure enough, he saw the photos and even a video of Zhang Jingwen falling at the airport from the day before. The news was released yesterday afternoon and rapidly became a top entertainment headline. There were quite a few videos of her falling at the airport, with the most viewed one having already reached tens of millions of views. Keep in mind that this was just overnight. Nobody expected this to happen, least of all Zhang Jingwen herself. Though she was currently famous due to the hit show "Immortal Destiny," to be frank, she was still a far cry from being an A-list star. At best, she could be considered a C-list celebrity, with B-list being a stretch. After all, she just had one hit show. And she had only just become popular, with a fan base and following that weren’t yet stable. In a few months, she might no longer have any fans or buzz. Yet, because of this airport fall incident, she unexpectedly trended on the hot search list, a popularity that persisted from yesterday afternoon until today. Now, she’s still firmly holding the third place on Baidu’s trending topics, which is truly remarkable. But, as a result, many people started to speculate that she faked the fall, suggesting it was all for publicity and to chase clout. That’s really unfair to her. At least Chen Feng was very clear that her fall was due to him and not some publicity stunt. He had indirectly helped her by getting her on the hot search list. Did that somewhat offset her grievances against him? After getting an update, Chen Feng no longer concerned himself with it. He continued to use Baidu and busied himself with online stock trading. That day, Chen Feng successfully opened an account and officially started trading stocks online. He chose stocks by chance and picked one called Dragon Horse Logistics at a price of 4.5 yuan per share, directly purchasing ten thousand shares and spending millions. Afterward, Chen Feng couldn’t be bothered to do any more trading. He planned to wait a few days to see if he made a profit. If he did, he’d continue to buy other stocks at random. For him, trading stocks was truly effortless. If his super-lucky buff was still active, making money from stock trading was way too easy, even more so than winning the lottery, and it also seemed more logical. Winning a big lottery prize once could be seen as normal, but winning twice definitely wouldn’t be. With stock trading, it’s different. No matter how many times you make money from stocks, people would just think you are incredibly skilled in stock trading—a stock market genius, relying on expertise and insight rather than luck like in the lottery. So, for now, if Chen Feng wanted to make money quickly, there was nothing more suitable than stock trading. As long as his extraordinary luck persisted, he could quickly become a billionaire. If it didn’t, losing a few million wouldn’t mean much to the current Chen Feng. He didn’t need to know much about stocks, just how to operate the trading software. The next day, Chen Feng decided not to check on the stocks, but instead he drove around to look at houses. Before, when he only had over ten million yuan, he never thought about buying a house in Xiu Zhou. But now, with tens of millions at his disposal, he couldn’t help wanting to buy a place of his own. This was part of a consumption tradition and habit ingrained in most Chinese people—when you have money, the first thing to do is to buy a house for yourself. Even though he was diagnosed with a terminal illness now, he couldn’t erase such a deeply-rooted sentiment. Moreover, this had been a wish of his for a long time. Ever since he moved to Xiu Zhou for university, like everyone else striving in Xiu Zhou, he harbored a "simple wish" to buy a house there—even if for most people it remained a dream they could never realize in their lifetime. But that didn’t stop everyone from dreaming when they were idle. Even after Chen Feng had dated and married Shen Lin, he hadn’t been able to fulfill this desire, but now it was easily achievable. But to be honest, the feeling was completely different. Before, he had yearned for it day and night, with a strong desire, but now it seemed like it was just for the sake of completing a childhood whim, such as casually eating White Rabbit Creamy Candies. Once it was easily achieved, it was just so-so. Chen Feng drove to a property that he had passed countless times during his commutes to and from work: Red Villa Bay. Five years ago, when this property first went on sale, Chen Feng and Shen Lin had gone there to join the crowd. After viewing it, they were both incredibly motivated and couldn’t forget about it, dreaming of owning a house there, having a home. In the past, this wish was only achievable in dreams, but now it could be quickly realized in reality. Five years ago, the opening price here was over twenty thousand per square meter, but no more than thirty thousand. And now, five years later, even the second-hand homes here were priced at over thirty thousand, with the better ones at fifty or sixty thousand. That is to say, people who bought houses here five years ago, if they wanted to sell them now, not only could they have lived here free for five years but also could have made a profit. Therefore, investing in real estate really is a business where you can’t lose. Chen Feng went directly to an agency at Red Villa Bay and found an agent. This time he was lucky to encounter a professional-looking female broker. She was twenty-three or twenty-four, wore her hair in a ponytail, had glasses, and looked like a newcomer to the workforce. Chen Feng glanced at her name tag hanging in front of her: Xiao Ya. It was a good name, suggestive of scale. "I want to buy a house in Red Villa Bay, price is negotiable, it’s mainly about the layout. Are there any for sale right now?" After taking his seat in front of the female real estate agent, Chen Feng stated his request outright. "Okay, sir, please wait a moment, I’ll have a look." As Xiao Ya spoke, she turned on the computer on her desk and began to search. Soon after, she said, "Sir, we have over ten Red Villa Bay homes for sale here. The lowest price is thirty-two thousand, and the highest is fifty-six thousand." "Can you take me to see them?" Chen Feng asked. "Ah... sure!" Xiao Ya obviously hesitated, but she ultimately agreed. Real estate brokers sometimes really don’t want to take people to see properties in person because it wastes too much time and energy. Unless the client seems very determined, or if they offer a viewing fee upfront. Otherwise, no real estate broker wants to take clients to see properties every day. Having just started at the agency, Xiao Ya was eager to not let any opportunity slip away, despite being a newcomer to the job with less than a year of experience and under pressure to achieve certain targets. So even if Chen Feng didn’t seem like a high-quality client, she was willing to try her luck. And so, she took Chen Feng to view the houses. Red Villa Bay could be considered a high-end residential area, with rather strict security access. Even Xiao Ya, the real estate agent, had to register her identity before being allowed entry. After coordinating with each other, they went to the property management to collect keys for three different homes, representing the high, middle, and low tiers. First, they visited the lower tier. Calling it lower tier was relative, as even at thirty-two thousand per square meter, such a price would not be considered low in Xiu Zhou City. It was a suite on one of the upper floors of a mid-rise building, with a size of 120 square meters and a refined decoration. Previously, it had been rented out, but later the landlord, tired of the hassle, just left it vacant and put it up for sale. Chen Feng went in to have a look and came out in less than two minutes, unimpressed. For a simple reason, he now had money and was definitely more discerning. The balcony in the front was too small for his liking. The second was the middle-tier, a terraced house with two floors in a duplex style. Chen Feng took a glance but wasn’t quite satisfied. The houses were too close to each other, noisy, and not peaceful. Lastly, they went to the standalone villa that was priced at fifty-six thousand, a two-story duplex villa. Chen Feng took one look and was immediately interested.

Chapter 67 - 65 Try Your Luck_2

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