128: It's obvious that Teacher Lei did it on purpose.

Xu Feng was completely despairing. He patted Lei Zhen's shoulder: "Don't blame us. This time, Xu Chong harmed us. How do you think he picks stocks? Out of thousands of stocks, he just had to pick the only one that hit the daily limit down."

Lei Zhen could only smile and say nothing.

Just then, Liao Xinyi, the team leader of Group Three, walked over with a cat-like stride.

Liao Xinyi was one of the three female team leaders in the First War Zone. Her short hair made her look very capable. Under her leadership, the Flying Dragon Group's monthly performance was always around one million.

She also proved one thing with her strength: women can hold up half the sky.

Xu Kexin was actually her Older Female Cousin, and Liao Xinyi was the one who brought her into the industry.

It was said that Xu Kexin had bought a house in Jiangcheng in full within less than a year of working, and just last month, she bought a new car.

When they were recruiting earlier, Liao Xinyi was already resentful because she didn't get Lei Zhen, and even now, seeing Lei Zhen, she still had some lingering feelings.

Indeed, if a sales genius like Lei Zhen had joined the Flying Dragon Team and formed a 'Deadly Duo' with Xu Kexin, then the Flying Dragon Team would no longer have any threats at headquarters.

And she herself could easily earn a million a year; how wonderful that would be.

Unfortunately, that guy Xu Feng used a dirty trick, bribing Li Mingwei with his Older Female Cousin, which caused her to lose the chance to form the Deadly Duo.

"Oh, Team Leader Xu, I really didn't expect this. What's wrong with Teacher Xu Chong? How could he pick the only stock in the entire market that hit the daily limit down?"

Facing Liao Xinyi's sneer, Xu Feng also said sarcastically, "What can be done? Heaven is helping some people, I guess."

"Indeed." Liao Xinyi didn't disagree: "Our Flying Dragon Team is just lucky. Lei Zhen's ability to leverage media resources is unparalleled. Originally, your Flying Eagle Group could still compete with us, but with Teacher Xu Chong's stunt, our media resources for today are probably ruined."

"Team Leader Liao, don't get too complacent too soon." Xu Feng smiled: "Lei Zhen only took two days to raise our group's performance from last place to second place. Do you think he'll still give Xu Kexin a chance next month?"

At these words, Liao Xinyi's expression changed.

Indeed, Lei Zhen had boosted performance to four or five hundred thousand in two days. Wouldn't he utterly dominate Xu Kexin over the course of a month?

"Don't get too complacent too soon."

Liao Xinyi had intended to give Xu Feng a warning, but unexpectedly, she was turned around and manipulated by him.

Seeing her Older Female Cousin return with a serious face, Xu Kexin asked, "Sis, what's wrong?"

Liao Xinyi sat down and slammed the table: "No, Lei Zhen must come to our group. Otherwise, our Flying Dragon Group will never have a chance to shine again."

After saying that, she looked at Xu Kexin: "How about you make a sacrifice and seduce that guy?"

"Ah?" Xu Kexin was stunned on the spot: "Se... seduce?"

Liao Xinyi simply pulled Xu Kexin closer to discuss: "Here's the plan: tonight, I'll find an opportunity to invite him to dinner. Then, we'll get him drunk, take him to a hotel, and have sex. We'll record the whole thing, and if he doesn't join our group, we'll accuse him of rape!"

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"Achoo!" Lei Zhen sneezed on the spot.

He still didn't know that Liao Xinyi had started plotting how to frame him.

The problem Lei Zhen faced now was very practical: how to close the 300,000 difference.

Soon, Lei Zhen thought of a solution.

At this time, half an hour had passed since the market opened, and the overall market had been soaring, breaking through 4,000 points in one fell swoop.

"The market has broken 4,000! The market has broken 4,000 points!"

Someone cheered that the market had hit a new high, but unfortunately, Xu Chong's stock recommendation was wrong. Now, the better the market, the higher other stocks rose, and the greater the clients' complaints.

And the more clients called back to curse.

Lei Zhen's phone rang too. This was the first call from one of his dozen clients.

Xu Feng came over and patted Lei Zhen's shoulder: "Answer it. You can't escape it. Comfort the client well, try to appease them for now. Don't even think about making performance today."

Lei Zhen smiled, then picked up the phone... However, ten minutes later, the entire hall suddenly erupted with the sound of firecrackers.

This meant someone had closed a deal.

Normally, the sound of firecrackers might not be surprising, but today was different. Everyone was busy appeasing clients, and clients were still cursing. Who could possibly close a deal at this critical moment?

Next, the voice of General Manager Zhao Mingxuan came through the speakers.

"Congratulations to Lei Zhen from the Flying Eagle Group! A client has voluntarily upgraded to 99,800."

Ah!!!!

Almost everyone in the room was stunned.

Lei Zhen closed another deal? And for ninety-nine thousand eight hundred?

Over a hundred people in the entire business hall all craned their necks to look at Lei Zhen.

Lei Zhen, facing everyone, grinned.

Even Xu Feng was shocked. He came up and asked, "Lei Zhen, what's going on? Where did a client suddenly upgrade from?"

Lei Zhen smiled: "It's those few clients who only paid 6,800 before!"

Xu Feng was stunned: "Didn't he also buy that stock that hit the daily limit down?"

"He bought it," Lei Zhen said. "And lost quite a bit."

"Then he's still willing to voluntarily upgrade and pay ninety-nine thousand eight hundred?"

"He's willing!" Lei Zhen smiled calmly: "I didn't force him to pay."

His words baffled Xu Feng, who turned and ran to the monitoring department.

Because Lei Zhen's call recordings were there.

As Xu Feng listened to Lei Zhen's recording, he was completely dumbfounded.

You can play it like this?

Below is Lei Zhen's recording.

"Hello, this is Tianxiang Investment Consulting. How may I help you?"

This was Lei Zhen's voice, very youthful. It seemed he was answering the phone as another staff member, not the previous stock analyst with the deep voice.

On the other end was a middle-aged man's voice: "What's going on? Where's Teacher Lei? How did he recommend stocks to me? Out of over a thousand stocks in the market that hit the daily limit up, he actually made me buy the only one that hit the daily limit down."

"That can't be right. Our stock clearly hit the daily limit up, how could it hit the daily limit down?" Lei Zhen feigned ignorance.

"Daily limit up? It clearly hit the daily limit down! 6337XX, this stock clearly hit the daily limit down. I lost over twenty thousand today!"

Lei Zhen continued to play dumb: "How is that possible? Teacher Lei clearly recommended 6338XX to clients, not what you're saying, 6337XX. Did you mishear?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." The sound of a bowl being overturned came from the other end of the phone: "Who are you? Get your Teacher Lei to answer the phone. I want to hear him explain it to me personally."

"I'm sorry, Teacher Lei is in a meeting. I'm his assistant, Xiao Wang. Sir, you must have made a mistake somewhere. Our Teacher Lei has never made a mistake. How could he recommend a stock that hit the daily limit down to you?"

"But the stock I bought now has hit the daily limit down! My twenty thousand is gone. Is it fake?"

"Sir, please don't be angry with me. From what I understand, Teacher Lei wouldn't make such a mistake." Lei Zhen raised his voice:

"You must have offended Teacher Lei somewhere, otherwise he wouldn't deliberately pick a stock that hit the daily limit down for you. Think about it, when you communicated with Teacher Lei yesterday, were there any places where you were impolite?"

Hearing this, Xu Feng was stunned. Faced with the client's doubts, Lei Zhen actually turned the tables.

"That's impossible. How could I have said anything to offend him? Weren't we chatting just fine?" The man on the other end of the phone actually hesitated.

"Which level of our VIP membership did you join?" Lei Zhen asked again.

"I don't know what level, but I paid 6,800," the man replied.

"That explains it," Lei Zhen said. "Our Teacher Lei is a leading figure in the stock market research industry. He never takes on small retail investors. If you paid 6,800, you're just a regular VIP, and normally you don't even get a chance to speak with the teacher."

"What exactly is going on?" The client was also confused: "At the time, Teacher Lei told me to pay 99,800 directly, but I didn't agree."

"Then it's very reasonable," Lei Zhen said. "Teacher Lei personally called you, he must have analyzed the stock and the overall market for you. Did he tell you that the market would rise recently?"

The man thought for a moment: "Yes, he did say that. He told me to build up my position quickly."

"Then did he tell you to pay attention to the energy sector, and also tell you that this sector was the most worthwhile to pre-emptively position in, and that the market would break through 4,000 points?"

"Yes, Teacher Lei did say that."

"Since Teacher Lei was so accurate about the overall market, and specifically told you to pay attention to the new energy sector, then why would he recommend a stock from the pharmaceutical sector to you? Didn't you find that strange at the time?"

The man paused: "Yes, he clearly told me to pay attention to the new energy sector. Today, 80% of new energy stocks hit the daily limit up, but he just had to make me buy a junk stock? The teacher is pretty accurate about the market and trends, how could he make such a mistake?"

"That's simple, the teacher deliberately messed with you, you know." Lei Zhen concluded.

The man on the other end of the phone was also stunned: "Messed with me? Why?"

"You were so lucky to be able to talk to Teacher Lei personally, yet you weren't even willing to buy a Gold VIP. Do you think Teacher Lei would treat you well?

In my opinion, Teacher Lei deliberately picked the worst stock in the market for you, just to spur you on."

"Spur me on?"

"Think about it, out of four or five thousand stocks, the only one that hit the daily limit down—is that something an ordinary person could pick? Only Teacher Lei has that level of skill. He did it on purpose, isn't that obvious?"

At this point, the person on the other end of the phone had been completely fooled: "So what do I do now?"

"Don't worry, the little bit you lost today is small change. It's your good fortune to connect with a powerful figure like Teacher Lei. Since he can pick the only stock that hit the daily limit down out of over five thousand stocks in the market, picking a few stocks that hit the daily limit up is like child's play for him?

How about this, when he comes back, I'll talk to the teacher about your situation and say you've realized your mistake. Then, you can call the teacher again and apologize proactively, and I believe the teacher will give you a chance."