57: Chapter 57 A Chicken Rib to Eat, A Pity to Discard

"Then I'll decide when to sell it myself." An Xiaonuan broke free from Chen Sheng's embrace and placed the jewelry box into the shoulder bag she usually carried to work.

It was her best friend, Wang Yan, who had told her about Chen Sheng winning the prize today. She had been so shocked at the time that she accidentally hit the speakerphone button while answering the call, and many of her colleagues nearby had learned the news.

It would be perfect to take it to the office before selling it, just to let those flashy vixens get a good look at it, so they wouldn't spend every day bragging about their bags that cost several thousand or tens of thousands of yuan.

It was absolutely tacky.

Just ask them, have they ever seen a necklace worth over a hundred thousand? Have they ever worn one?

...

The next day, a ray of sunlight pierced through the window and shone directly onto Chen Sheng's face. Feeling... no, having been completely drained, he held his waist and slowly sat up.

Leaning halfway against the headboard, he took a moment while still groggy to reminisce about the childlike fun from last night.

Last night, although there was no surprise, when it came time to sleep, An Xiaonuan had still agreed to quite a few reasonable requests after he pestered her.

Thinking back to himself a few years ago, he had been full of vitality, but now...

"Sigh! Life isn't easy; you have to accept it when you can't keep up!" After regaining his focus, Chen Sheng grabbed the phone from the nightstand, opened a shopping app to search for goji berries, and after comparing them, ordered two jin of black goji berries.

According to the seller's description, black goji berries were like Nanfu batteries—one was stronger than six—and he wanted to taste them for himself to see if they were as potent as the seller claimed.

After confirming the payment, Chen Sheng tossed the phone aside and silently recited: "Open system panel."

host: Chen Sheng

Level: 1

Upgrade Experience: 23/100

Unread Intelligence: 2

Chen Sheng rubbed his hands together vigorously, and when his palms felt warm, he finally tapped on the unread intelligence with his finger.

【Today's Intelligence 1: Over the next month, temperatures across the country will continue to rise. Please prepare for heatstroke prevention and sun protection.】

【Today's Intelligence 2: Affected by the sustained high temperatures, there will be a huge market demand for heatstroke prevention medicines like Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid, Shidi water, Rendan, and Niuhuang Jiedu tablets over the next month, which will cause the stocks of related pharmaceutical companies to continue rising. The maximum increase will be 4.3%.】

"Pfft~" Chen Sheng couldn't help but spit on his hands.

Just this?

It would have been better not to rub them.

Although the intelligence was good—take Intelligence 2, for example—if he invested money into the stock market of related pharmaceutical companies, he could still make money from a 4.3% rise.

But compared to the 21.7% increase in crude oil, 4.3% seemed like chicken ribs.

Tasteless to eat, but a pity to discard. After all, it was accurate intelligence generated from the system, and he was wondering at this moment if it had any value to utilize.

For example, selling the intelligence?

But Chen Sheng immediately dismissed this idea.

He wasn't a practitioner in that industry, so he couldn't explain the source of the news, nor could he guarantee its accuracy.

He couldn't exactly say he had a system and that it was 100% guaranteed to be true, right? Or say, "Trust me, brother, just do it!"

He would be treated like a lunatic.

"Sigh~" Chen Sheng let out a sigh, feeling like there was no room to maneuver... Wait! A person suddenly appeared in Chen Sheng's mind—Fatty. Perhaps he had a way!

Chen Sheng immediately picked up his phone, found the number saved as Wu Lang, and dialed it.

One ring, two rings, and it wasn't until the third time that the call was finally answered. Immediately, Wu Lang's furious roar came through the receiver, "WTF! Old Chen, I finally managed to fall asleep! If you don't give me a reason that convinces me, I'm going to grab a knife and come find you right now! If you want me to die of sudden cardiac death, just say so..."

Chen Sheng: "..."

In his excitement, he had forgotten that Fatty's day and night were reversed. He could only say that this scolding was deserved.

"Sorry! I'll treat you to a drink next time." Chen Sheng quickly apologized.

As soon as drinking was mentioned, Wu Lang's voice grew even louder, "Oh, cut the crap! We haven't even finished the drinks from last time. Besides, every time we drink, you're always the first to shrink away. It's no fun at all."

Chen Sheng: "Is it my fault that I can't hold my liquor?"

He was also very helpless about this.

The scientific explanation was that his body lacked sufficient aldehyde dehydrogenase activity, causing acetaldehyde to accumulate rapidly in his body without being metabolized, leading to capillary dilation...

Not only was his alcohol tolerance average, but he also flushed easily—and the kind that turned red all over.

But this was truly innate, and he was quite helpless about it, okay?

However, Chen Sheng didn't intend to dwell too much on this issue. Taking advantage of the moment Fatty finished speaking, he went straight to the point: "Fatty! I have some accurate intelligence regarding the stock market here. I wanted to ask if you're interested?"

Unexpectedly, Fatty's voice grew even louder.

"I was the one who personally taught you how to open an account just two days ago, so what kind of bullshit intelligence could you possibly have? You haven't actually been scammed by someone, have you?"

"WTF! Old Chen, you haven't been set up, have you?"

A clattering sound came from the receiver, followed by the sound of running water. After waiting a while longer, there was a "pop" sound, immediately followed by the familiar sound of exhaling smoke. Hearing this sound, Chen Sheng felt an itch in his throat. Instinctively, he threw off the quilt and went to the balcony wearing a pair of boxer shorts. After a similar "pop" sound, his entire body and mind felt satisfied.

At this moment, Wu Lang's voice came from the receiver again, "Old Chen, tell me about it in detail. The water in this industry is very deep; don't really get yourself dragged into a ditch."

"I..." Chen Sheng was momentarily speechless.

If he retorted, it would be ignoring the fact that Fatty was concerned about him.

But if he didn't retort, he felt offended.

"Big boss, I'm already pushing thirty. Do you think I'm the type to be easily led into a ditch by a few words?"

"So what if you're pushing thirty? Forget about pushing thirty; in the years I've been doing training, I've led plenty of people pushing fifty or sixty into the ditch."

Chen Sheng: "..."

What a great way to say he's led people pushing fifty or sixty into the ditch.

He's not even hiding it at all!

That's some seriously bad karma.

"Let's talk business. I really did get some useful intelligence. Of course, don't ask where the intelligence came from; just tell me if you're interested, and that's it."

"Fine! I won't ask." Fatty said indifferently, "Of course I'm interested. Tell me, what area is it in?"

Chen Sheng thought for a moment and revealed, "Pharmaceuticals."

"WTF! Old Chen, don't tell me it's news about some anti-cancer drug about to be successfully developed?" Fatty said in a serious tone, "Let me tell you, Old Chen, any news like that is definitely a trap."

"There have been many people before who used 'insider information' about some drug being about to be successfully developed to trick people into investing in certain pharmaceutical companies, saying that once the development is successful, the stock will immediately skyrocket."

"As a result, those people enter the market and drive the stock price up, and then the people behind them immediately cash out and leave, directly causing these people to lose everything..."

"It's not some anti-cancer drug or targeted therapy." After being interrupted by Fatty's tirade, Chen Sheng felt like he was about to lose the ability to explain himself, so he simply said directly, "Let me be blunt. The news I got is that there will be a huge demand for heatstroke prevention medicines like Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid and Rendan in the near future, which will cause the stocks of related pharmaceutical companies to rise."

Chen Sheng asked with a slightly smug tone, "How about that? This is legitimate intelligence, right!"

Didn't he look down on him?

Isn't it satisfying to slap him in the face?

At this moment, after another "pop" sound came from the receiver, Fatty exhaled a puff of smoke and spat out two words, "Just this?"

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