60: Chapter 60 Stock Trading, Driver's License in Hand

In the evening, Chen Fan lay on his bed.

Remembering he hadn't checked the wealth store yet today, he opened it to see if any suitable items had refreshed.

After a glance, a look of surprise appeared in Chen Fan's eyes.

【English Mastery】 500,000 wealth points.

To be honest, after seeing the name of this item, Chen Fan was indeed a bit confused.

What was the difference between this thing and the previous 【High School English Mastery】?

Besides, his college entrance exam was already over, and the scores were out, so this thing wasn't really useful.

It wasn't until he read the description of the item that he understood the difference between the two.

【High School English Mastery】: Master all English knowledge points for the high school stage, including the vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, and writing skills required for the college entrance exam; suitable for handling the college entrance exam.

【English Mastery】: Comprehensively master English language ability, covering the five dimensions of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation.

Specifically including: Spoken communication: Able to converse naturally and fluently with native speakers, with standard pronunciation, natural intonation, and no communication barriers.

Listening comprehension: Able to understand English conversations in various scenarios, including movies, news, academic lectures, etc.

Professional English: Professional vocabulary and expressions in fields such as business, technology, and academics.

Writing ability: Able to write standardized English emails, reports, papers, etc.

Cultural understanding: Deeply understand the cultural background, thinking habits, and expressions of English-speaking countries.

Simply put, 【High School English Mastery】 is for passing exams, while 【English Mastery】 is for actually using the language.

Chen Fan thought about it; this thing was indeed useful.

In the future, when he opens his own company, whether it's dealing with foreign companies after the business grows or traveling abroad, he will need this.

And it's not just for daily life; with this, he could easily handle his English courses in university.

Since that was the case, Chen Fan certainly wouldn't miss out.

He clicked purchase without hesitation.

A massive amount of information flooded into his mind—words, sentence patterns, pronunciation rules, cultural background... Things that originally required rote memorization were now as natural as breathing.

Chen Fan opened his mouth and subconsciously said:

"Well, that's quite something."

As soon as the words left his lips, a flash of surprise crossed Chen Fan's eyes.

This authentic accent sounded just like a foreigner's, almost indistinguishable from the pronunciation in the Western blockbusters he watched.

He paused for a moment and then tried saying a few more sentences:

"I mean, seriously? This is actually in my head now? That's insane."

It was still that authentic pronunciation, carrying a bit of American laziness, not at all like he was speaking a second language.

Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh.

Those 500,000 points were well spent.

He checked the time; it was already 2:00 AM.

Tomorrow morning—no, he should count it as after waking up this morning—he still had stock trading to do, so he had to get to sleep early.

...

The next day, at 9:00 AM, Chen Fan opened the trading software on time.

There were exactly nine million in his stock account; the reason he didn't put it all into stocks was to keep a little bit back, just in case of any emergencies, so he wouldn't be broke.

At 9:15 AM, the call auction had already started, and the screen displayed the declaration status of Sanqiao Forestry; he knew that from this moment on, he could place orders.

According to the real-time trends in his mind, today's stock price was the lowest point for this stock, with an opening price of 32.3 yuan per share and a closing price of 37.8 yuan for the day.

The highest point would be on July 15th, when it would rise to 75.3 yuan per share.

Starting from July 16th, it would continue to fall.

It would fall until July 26th, dropping to 45.2 yuan per share.

Starting from July 27th, it would rebound, rising to 48.3 yuan per share.

On the 28th, 52.2 yuan per share.

On the 29th, 57 yuan per share.

Chen Fan's plan was to buy 9 million worth of stocks in batches today and sell them on July 15th, making a profit of over 9 million.

He checked the time; it was 9:25 AM, and the call auction had just ended; Yiqiao Seedling's opening price was 32.3 yuan.

Chen Fan opened the trading software and began placing orders in batches.

The price was always kept slightly higher than the stock price to ensure a faster purchase.

By the time the market closed in the afternoon, his holdings showed: 256,922 shares at an average price of 35.03 yuan.

Chen Fan closed the software and leaned back.

Now, all that was left to do was wait.

Wait until July 15th.

...

In the blink of an eye, 10 days passed.

On this day, Chen Fan was lying on the sofa scrolling through his phone when it suddenly rang.

After answering, a gentle female voice came from the other end of the line.

"Mr. Chen, hello, I am Xiao Zhao from the Porsche 4S dealership in Chang'an; is now a convenient time for you to talk?"

Hearing the self-introduction from the other end, Chen Fan recalled that this was the Porsche 4S dealership salesperson who had served him; it seemed her name was something like Zhao Yutong.

"It's convenient, go ahead."

"It's like this: that top-spec porsche cayenne S you previously ordered at our dealership is now ready for pickup; when would it be convenient for you to come and pick it up?"

Hearing Zhao Yutong mention picking up the car, Chen Fan remembered that he still had a car to collect, though he had only paid the deposit and not the final balance.

But now his money was all in the stock market; he had entered on June 29th, and it hadn't reached its peak yet; if he sold now, he would lose out on several million; naturally, Chen Fan wouldn't do such a thing.

Even if he had to forfeit the 200,000 deposit for the car, he couldn't withdraw the money from the stock market.

He pondered for a moment and then said in a deep voice, "I can't pick up the car for the time being."

The other end of the line was silent for a second, then Zhao Yutong's voice came through, sounding a bit surprised: "Ah? Mr. Chen, didn't you say you were in quite a rush before? The car is all prepared for you, just waiting for you to pick it up."

"It's like this: my driver's license won't be issued until the 15th; once the license is issued, I'll go to your dealership to pick up the car; you should be able to wait a few days, right?"

Hearing Chen Fan's words, Xiao Zhao on the other end breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course, no problem; you are our valued major client; we can certainly afford to wait that little bit of time."

"Alright, thank you."

"You are too kind, Mr. Chen."

After hanging up, Chen Fan opened the stock software to check the current stock returns.

The royalties for July had come in, and adding the fees from the physical publication, it totaled around 1.03 million.

On the day it arrived, he bought into Sanqiao Forestry with everything at a price of 49.3 yuan per share.

So now he held 277,815 shares of Sanqiao Forestry stock, and based on today's stock price of 52.1, the total value was 14,474,168 yuan.

...

Three days later, on July 13th, Chen Fan was finally able to book his Subject Three driving test.

Chen Fan was quite lucky; he booked the earliest available time to take the test, July 14th, which was tomorrow.

This was actually quite good; once the money from the stock market was withdrawn, he would go to Chang'an to pick up the car.

Thinking about being able to drive a Porsche soon, Chen Fan's heart fluttered.

Early the next morning, Chen Fan rushed from home to the Subject Three test site.

The test site was located to the northwest of the county seat; there were few vehicles in this area, so it was suitable for the Subject Three test.

Twenty minutes later, the taxi Chen Fan was riding in stopped at the entrance of the test center.

There were already a dozen or so test vehicles parked in front of the test center.

Chen Fan went inside the test site and received his number.

Number 84; there were 83 people lined up in front of him.

After receiving his number, it was a long wait.

Actually, it wasn't that long; every five minutes, a batch went, with 4 people per batch.

In less than an hour, it was Chen Fan's turn.

After getting into the car, following the safety officer's prompts, he did a face scan and scanned his ID card.

After the identity verification was successful, the official test began.

Having already had the experience of taking the test once, and with several years of manual transmission driving experience, the Subject Three test was not difficult for Chen Fan at all.

Ten minutes or so later, Chen Fan successfully passed the Subject Three test.

One hour later, Chen Fan finally received his C1 driver's license.

"Finally, I can drive."

Chen Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He clearly had the money and could afford a luxury car, but because he didn't have a driver's license, he couldn't drive; who could understand this kind of annoyance?

...

Chen Fan got up early; pushing open the window, the sunlight outside was already a bit scorching.

He checked the time—9:00 AM.

The stock market had already opened.

Chen Fan sat in front of the computer and opened the trading software; the K-line chart for Yiqiao Seedling popped up, with the current price at 75.3 yuan.

He stared at the screen, the corners of his mouth curling up.

With a cost of 35.03, he had thrown in 9 million and acquired 257,000 shares; in the middle, he added another 20,892 shares at 49.3, spending 1.03 million.

And now, at 75.3 per share, the total market value of the stocks was 20,933,400 yuan.

In total, he had invested 10.03 million, making a profit of around 10.9 million, a profit of over 100%.

He opened the trading interface and entered the sell quantity—278,000 shares, selling at the market price.

One order, two orders, three orders... In less than ten minutes, all 278,000 shares were sold; the average transaction price was 75.32 yuan, two cents higher than the listed price.

Total transaction amount: 20,933,400 yuan.

The system automatically displayed the transaction details—Stamp duty: 20,933 yuan (0.1%); Brokerage commission: 6,280 yuan (0.03%); Transfer fees and other miscellaneous fees were negligible.

After deducting fees, the actual funds received were: 20,906,187 yuan.

Chen Fan couldn't move this money yet; according to current stock market rules, money from selling stocks on the day can only be transferred to a bank card the next day, though one can continue to buy stocks on the same day.

Therefore, Chen Fan had to wait until tomorrow to transfer it to his bank card.

However, it was only a one-day wait; Chen Fan could definitely afford to wait.