255: The stock market has surged after the Lunar New Year, and the Forbes list has been released!

A year passed.

The people around Wang Lin felt like they had changed, yet also like they hadn't.

Time flew by quickly.

Soon it was New Year's Eve.

After eating the last meal of dumplings for the year, Wang Lin took Wang Ran out to set off fireworks.

At that time, fireworks were not yet banned in their area.

Fireworks flew into the sky, bursting into beautiful flowers.

Wang Lin looked at the sky and sighed with emotion, "Another year!"

As usual, Wang Lin was extremely busy that night; various business partners and friends sent him New Year Greetings.

Major official leaders from Zhengcheng, for example, all sent Wang Lin a text message.

As well as Sun Jianguo from CITIC, and the leaders of Finance University.

Leng Nuannuan, Li Yuanyuan.

Even Im Yoon-ah and Yui Aragaki remembered that this day was China's most important holiday and sent Wang Lin a congratulatory message.

Wang Lin did not reply to them individually; he simply enjoyed the quiet and cozy feeling of being at home.

On the First Day of the Lunar New Year.

Wang Lin's home started buzzing with activity.

The major leaders, and the company executives who cooperated with Wang Lin or whose companies were invested in by Wang Lin.

All chose to come today to Pay a New Year Visit.

For them, they could visit their own relatives anytime, or, at their level, others were already coming to their homes to pay New Year visits.

But for those people, being able to rush to Wang Lin's home on the First Day of the Lunar New Year to pay a visit and increase their familiarity was better than anything else.

This is China's unique Society of Human Relationships.

You can choose not to engage in relationship politics, but you absolutely must know how to navigate them.

"Too many gifts are never a fault," this saying is never wrong.

First were the tycoons from the companies Wang Lin invested in, such as DJI, Bubble Blind Box, Snow King, and ByteDance.

Especially the bosses of Snow King and Bubble Blind Box.

Since they were all people from Yu Province, coming to Wang Lin was very close.

At the same time, they were the two companies that had received the deepest help from Wang Lin.

On this First Day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Ning and his wife from Bubble Blind Box set off early in the morning, bringing a whole carload of Bubble Blind Box IP dolls.

Among them were many Limited Edition dolls.

They understood clearly that coming over this time was to show their respect for Brother Lin.

Since Brother Lin is now chinas richest man, he has everything he could want.

Therefore, they had to find a different approach to show their respect.

Showing respect to the people around Brother Lin is essentially showing respect to him.

This entire carload of dolls was their New Year's Gift for Brother Lin.

It was neither overly expensive nor did it fail to reflect their respect.

The term "not overly expensive" refers to the context of their comparable statuses.

A Hidden Edition doll with a market price of several thousand to tens of thousands was indeed not considered overly valuable to them.

But it was able to show a feeling of respect.

The balance was struck perfectly.

At the same time, the two brothers from Snow King, Zhang Hongchao and Zhang Hongpu, also arrived around this time.

However, they didn't have any proprietary items worth presenting, so they could only bring some standard items like cosmetics, tobacco, and alcohol.

For them, showing the sincerity of their intentions was the most important thing.

Although the bosses of DJI and ByteDance Company could not come today, they both sent representatives with gifts to pay New Year visits.

Everyone understood very well that visiting on the First Day of the Lunar New Year required careful timing—neither too early nor too late.

The window between 8 and 9 AM.

The threshold of Wang Lin's home, or rather, Wang Lins paternal uncle's home, was truly about to be worn down.

Expensive famous cigarettes and fine wines, various health supplements, cosmetics, etc., all considered costly by the villagers, were being delivered into the courtyard by the carload.

The streets were lined with a dazzling array of Luxury Cars.

It could only be said that the Prestige of chinas richest man continued to be fully displayed.

These scenes, witnessed by the neighbors and villagers who came to pay New Year visits early, filled them with both envy and admiration.

As for jealousy?

The gap between the two sides was too vast; they had long passed the point of jealousy.

Those tycoons who came at the same time but couldn't queue up to enter Wang Lin's house were also standing outside.

Instead, they chatted with the neighbors, hoping to glean some information about Brother Lin.

For example, what Brother Lin liked, and what his past was like.

Adapting to local conditions and catering to preferences—this was what these businessmen should do, and what was ingrained in their bones.

"Every single carload of these things looks ridiculously expensive!"

"Exactly! Take the liquor, for example. I didn't even see any Maotai or liquor; they were almost all Fine Maotai or higher!"

"The Jasmine Limited Edition from Bubble Blind Box! Mom, I want that one!"

"Later, ask your Brother Wang Lin if he can let you play with one. Remember to be extra sweet when you ask!"

"These cars are so expensive, and most of them have out-of-town license plates. Is Uncle Wang Lin the most amazing person in our village?"

"Definitely! Director Sun, who is such a high-profile person, acts like a grandson in front of him!"

Inside Wang Lin's home.

Wang Lins paternal uncle and Wang Lins paternal aunt, as the eldest relatives in the household, sat there continuously greeting the incoming guests.

But the titles of the people who came were grander one after another.

Such as the boss of Snow King Group, and the boss of Bubble Blind Box.

These two companies were the most famous to them.

Especially Snow King.

People in their village, when they occasionally went to the city or county, felt honored to drink a few Snow King beverages!

This was true; Snow King was definitely considered high quality and low price at this time.

So when the two brothers, Zhang Hongchao and Zhang Hongpu, said they were the bosses of Snow King, the two relatives were instantly dumbfounded.

Not to mention Wang Ning and his wife, the bosses of Bubble Blind Box, standing nearby.

Wang Lins paternal uncle glanced at his nephew.

So, this was his true strength?

As for the various high-end goods piled up next to the house, there was almost no room left.

It was only because rural homes had large spaces that it was barely enough.

Wang Lin listened to their words and felt a surge of relief: "Not bad, it seems you are all developing well. These two years should be your fastest Golden Period of development. You must completely crush all your competitors!"

"At the very least, you must establish Differentiation!"

The two brothers, Zhang Hongchao and Zhang Hongpu, along with Wang Ning and his wife, listened to Wang Lin speak as if they were students.

This scene looked awkward to anyone unfamiliar with the situation.

There were too many people today, and Wang Lin didn't have time to talk much with them, followed immediately by others.

Even the Mayor came today.

His main purpose for coming this time was to thank Wang Lin for the contributions he made to the city.

That hundred million yuan in funds had already been allocated to their city's treasury for special, dedicated use.

This money could definitely solve their urgent needs.

This was a Pleasant Surprise!

Moreover, although this one hundred million wasn't a huge amount, the key was that this was just the beginning.

Since Wang Lin had this intention, then in the future, as long as he could keep Wang Lins paternal uncle and aunt happy, wouldn't there be plenty more money coming?!

For the Mayor, this was certainly a solid Political Achievement.

Therefore, he absolutely had to come today.

Wang Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief after being busy until noon.

Damn it.

Socializing is tough.

After tomorrow, he would take his sister traveling... The Spring Festival time flew by quickly.

Soon it was time for the stock market to open.

After giving everyone in the company a "Good Luck for the Start of Work" red envelope, Wang Lin returned to the trading room.

Having not traded for a long time, Wang Lin missed it quite a bit.

During the New Year period, he also checked the Stock Picking Bar and various Stock Bars.

He found that everyone was the same, eagerly anticipating the stock market's opening during the Spring Festival, which was the longest time span away from trading.

"The stock market is finally opening! I hope we can Start with a Bang!"

"The Spring Festival passed relatively smoothly. The External Market sentiment is good, and global stock markets have collectively risen. I estimate the A-share market will definitely have a good start today!"

"A good start? I don't feel that optimistic. Although global stock markets did rise during the holiday, Commodity Prices are trending down, which might affect certain sectors."

"What does falling Commodity Prices have to do with the A-share market? I don't trade related sectors. I play the brokerage sector, and it's highly likely to rise today!"

"Talking more now is useless. I'll know the temperature of the market just from the Call Auction!"

"This New Year had me completely stressed out, unable to eat or sleep, and it seems many friends around me are discussing stock trading too!"

"Exactly! It's a Massive Bull Market now. I estimate that even if there is a big drop today, it would be an excellent opportunity to get in!"

"After all, the overall market index hit Seven Consecutive Positive Days before the New Year—it was incredibly bullish! I'll accept it even if it drops today!"

Finally.

Amidst the excited gazes of countless Stock Investors, the time reached 9:15 AM.

February 25, 2015, the first trading day of the year, officially began!

During the Call Auction phase, it was clear that many stocks were truly active, and Retail Investors' funds were eagerly buying.

At 9:25 AM, the Shanghai Market gapped slightly higher, quoting 3266 points!

Sectors like military industry sector, Brokerage Firms, Real Estate, and State-Owned Enterprise Reform all opened higher, raising the curtain on the first trading day of the year!

These sectors were also where the Retail Investor group was most concentrated.

After all, they were already very popular sectors before the New Year.

However.

It wasn't long before these sectors began to diverge.

The military industry sector, for example, continued to climb, rising steadily like a bulldozer.

However, the big finance sector led by Brokerage Firms, along with Weighted Sectors like Real Estate, began to plummet, performing extremely poorly!

The plunge in these Weighted Sectors dragged the overall market index down as well.

For a time, the emotions of Retail Investors also began to diverge.

Those holding military industry stocks were all smiling, while those holding the brokerage sector, especially internet finance which saw strong gains before the New Year, were the main force behind today's plunge.

Stock Investors holding these shares were all extremely depressed.

They waited through a Winter Break and the Spring Festival, only to be hit with a massive loss on the very first day the market opened?!

It has to be the military industry sector, it's incredibly stable; both the rise and fall of the overall market index are good for it!

chengfei integration is forever divine; I've never seen this stock experience a major decline, and it looks incredibly beautiful on the weekly and monthly charts. I feel like this stock can be held long-term!

It was really comfortable holding military industry sector stocks today, continuing the bullish trend. If you were holding big finance sector stocks, you'd probably be depressed right now.

Damn it, I was holding internet finance stocks today and lost 6 points on my full position. This was even with diversifying into three stocks, otherwise I would have lost more. It's really frustrating!

At least you diversified! I hit a limit up today, a green open, it's disgusting!

Look, today's new stocks performed quite well. Gongjin Shares, Xiantan Assets, Lixing Shares, and other new stocks all closed at their limit up!

Indeed, they were good. And the state-owned enterprise reform sector stocks were also quite good, as were some resource stocks, which even rose. Could it be that the decline in the market's bulk commodities paradoxically caused their rise?

Inside Junlin Finance.

Wang Lin was also observing today's market trends.

At this point, it was already very clear!

The overall stock market trend today was down. As of this moment, no one had come to support the Shanghai Composite Index, and it had already consumed all the previous gap-up opening points.

Furthermore, the profit-takers from before the New Year were now starting to flee.

This further accelerated the decline.

In contrast, the military industry sector was as stable as Mount Tai, and some smaller sectors that had positive news during the holiday also saw a surge today due to the operations of some market makers.

But the overall market trend leaned towards a wait-and-see state.

"Not bad, this situation today is already pretty good!"

After reviewing the market, Wang Lin nodded.

This great bull market had now reached its most heated point.

Today's green open merely made some people take a wait-and-see approach.

In a few days, as long as there was a big positive candlestick, Stock Investors would once again rush into the market frantically!

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Sure enough.

Wang Lin's prediction was correct.

In the following days, after a brief volatile decline,

A sudden large positive candlestick in the A-share market completely devoured the negative candlesticks from the previous few days of volatility, successfully completing a reversal, and making countless Stock Investors go crazy again!

"The overall market index is too awesome!"

"It completed a reversal just like that? So, these few days of volatile decline after the New Year were just a shakeout, right?"

"Don't even mention it, I really got shaken out!"

"Damn it, this morning I saw a 'Rocket' and couldn't resist, so I went all-in again. I bought at the high point, and when it fell back later, I felt like dying, but thankfully it finally closed at the limit up!"

"This is a bull market; no matter when you get in, you'll get out of the red and make money!"

Under such market conditions, the speed of leveraged funds entering the market became faster and faster!

The balance of margin trading and short selling also continuously rose from 1.2 trillion!

The A-share market index continued to climb higher!

3300 points?

That was just the beginning!

And in this situation, the Forbes China Rich List was finally released!

【Forbes China Rich List!】

1. Wang Lin, Junlin Finance, 314.9 billion

2. Old Ma, Ali Baba, 119.4 billion

3. Li Yanhong, Adu, 89.9 billion

4. Pony Ma, Little Penguin, 88.1 billion

5. Old Wang, Wanda, 80.7 billion

6. Old Zong, Hahawa, 67.4 billion

(...)

9. Leizi, Xiaomi, 56 billion

10. Daqiangzi, JD.com, 43.6 billion

As soon as this list was published, it instantly caused a huge stir.

Not for any other reason, but because of the first person at the top.

Wang Lin!

This name finally resounded across the land of China at this moment.

With assets over 300 billion, he had a cliff-like lead over the second-place Old Ma!

The first to discuss it heatedly were the Stock Investors.

These Stock Investors, who knew everything from astronomy to geography, including changes in international situations, social development, emotional states, and so on, all needed to learn.

Among the most outstanding, the one who topped the list as chinas richest man was Wang Lin.

This also made these Stock Investors feel honored: "Brother Lin, awesome!"

"Awesome, awesome, so Brother Lin's real name is Wang Lin!"

"Haha, there really are familiar bigwigs from our stock market!"

"chinas richest man, I'd like to see who dares say stock trading is not a proper profession now. You can even become the richest man in the country by trading stocks, I ask, who else can do that!"

"Old Ma was actually knocked out of first place. I thought Old Ma would still be first this year!"

"It should have been him, but Brother Lin is just too fierce. The stock market is simply Brother Lin's money printing machine!"

"Yes, I heard some people talk about the battle against Goldman Sachs abroad, it's even more exhilarating!"

"Over 300 billion? I feel a bit dizzy! This is too ruthless!"

"Unimaginable, is this really Wang Lin? I was his university classmate; he used to work part-time in school when he was at his lowest!"

"As soon as this list is released, I'm afraid the capital world is about to change again!"

And the capital world indeed began to change.

Every year, the release of the Forbes List is essentially a feast for the financial world.

Various big influencers would come to analyze all sorts of data from this list.

From it, they would judge future development trends.

For example, this time, a big influencer analyzed and said: "This year's Forbes List is very rare because an uninvited guest appeared on it! That is Wang Lin, the General Manager Wang of Junlin Finance, who is in first place by a landslide!"

"To this, I can only exclaim, so stock trading really can make you rich!"

"However, putting General Manager Wang aside, if we look from the second place onwards, we can see the trend of the most profitable industries in our China's future from this list!"

"That's right, it's the internet market. Like Old Ma in second, Li Yanhong in third, Pony Ma in fourth, and Leizi and Daqiangzi in ninth and tenth, almost all have an internet background!"

"Only Old Wang in fifth is still struggling to maintain the glory of Real Estate!"

"From this list, I can boldly assert that the era of wealth creation through the internet has truly arrived!"

"Strictly speaking, Brother Lin's Junlin Finance also belongs to a corner of the internet!"

His analysis made many readers nod involuntarily.

Or suddenly realize.

So this list had such a purpose?

However, many people actually didn't know what Junlin Finance did.

Most people only knew Ali Baba, and only knew Double Eleven!

On Social Media Platform.

Hot searches began to continuously appear.

【Forbes Rich List Announced!】

【chinas richest man is Really Him!!】

【Shocking! A Young Man in His 20s Worth Over 300 Billion!!】

Every time the Forbes List was published, it allowed a batch of editors to have a field day.

This was naturally due to its unique rich myth attribute.

Wang Lin, in first place, even inspired countless people to yearn for the stock market.

Coinciding with the arrival of the bull market, it could be said that this year's 5000+ points would probably be even higher!

Deviating from historical trajectories would not be an accident!

And a net worth of over 300 billion made Wang Lin's identity even more mysterious.

In just two short years, Wang Lin went from having nothing to becoming the world's richest man.

What kind of treasure was hidden in the A-share market?

Many uninformed viewers also began to take A-shares seriously!

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Inside Junlin Finance.

The protagonist, Wang Lin, was also looking at this rich list today.

He looked at the lists, recognizing almost everyone on them.

One could say they were all current and future famous bigwigs.

"BTA are all on the list, and also Old Wang and Old Zong, Leizi, Qiangzi, it really is a Hall of Fame!"

Wang Lin was truly emotional about these names.

He even knew the future changes in the rankings on these lists.

Pony Ma would top the list as chinas richest man multiple times in the coming years.

Of course, that would be when he, Wang Lin, was excluded.

As Wang Lin was thinking, his phone rang the next moment.

Wang Lin sighed, as expected, this list wouldn't let people live in peace.

But thankfully, it was Old Ma calling.

After Wang Lin answered, he laughed: "Old Ma, you second-place guy, how do you have time to call me?"

Old Ma didn't take Wang Lin's teasing seriously; he just deeply sighed in his heart: "Wang Lin, when we met last year, your net worth probably hadn't even broken a billion, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Lin also fell into thought.

Yes.

When they met, he hadn't even graduated yet.

Now, in a blink of an eye, Wang Lin had already become chinas richest man.

Wang Lin smiled and said, "Yes, it was truly my honor to receive General Manager Ma's recognition back then!"

Old Ma felt very pleased to hear this.

If the former Wang Lin had said this, he certainly wouldn't have felt this way now.

Old Ma then asked: "Over 300 billion, you must have reaped considerable profits from your battle against Goldman Sachs, right? Otherwise, by my calculations, you should at most only have a little more than me!"

Wang Lin just chuckled, not saying much.

Being able to gain so much from Goldman Sachs was also a very impressive achievement for Wang Lin.

Or rather, it was his first achievement on a global scale to date!

Old Ma sighed: "Alright, you really are famous now! But you must remember to stay true to yourself!"

Wang Lin was very disdainful of this. Stay true to himself?

His original intention was to eat, drink, and be merry.

Wang Lin was indifferent to other matters.

However, while he was indifferent, for those around him, like his school, his village, and other places, huge waves began to stir!