After Qin Fen said the words "us stock market", Wang Congcong's impatient expression finally changed.
A sharp glint instantly flashed through his eyes.
His tone finally softened a bit as he said, "Why the hell didn't you say so earlier? If you're saying this, it means the stock we invested in is a sure thing, right? Once something like this happens, it should plummet when the market opens tonight."
Wang Congcong was now completely wide awake, even starting to feel the same inner excitement as Qin Fen.
After all, he had invested four hundred million; it would be a lie to say he didn't care at all.
"Old Wang, let's be reasonable. I tried to tell you, but you didn't want to listen and even hung up on me. That's just too much," Qin Fen complained mercilessly from his end.
He continued, "I wanted to call Jiang Cheng, but I saw him posting on his Moments so late last night. He's probably sleeping now. I sent him a message on wechat, but he hasn't replied yet."
After putting the call on speaker, Wang Congcong opened Jiang Cheng's Moments and, sure enough, saw the news he had shared.
After reading it, Wang Congcong was also stunned for a moment. He never imagined that the us stock market Jiang Cheng mentioned would actually be Coca-Cola.
After all, anyone who wasn't out of their mind wouldn't think of shorting a us stock market company within the global top 100.
Yet Jiang Cheng had done exactly that, and according to him, it was with prior knowledge of inside information.
How terrifying was that? How could he know the inside secrets of a massive corporation like Coca-Cola?
"How did he know about something like this happening with Coca-Cola?" Wang Congcong muttered in disbelief.
Seeing it was that question again, Qin Fen went silent for a moment before saying, "Sigh, we were discussing that last night too. But who cares how he knows? Anyway, it's good enough that he brought me along. There's no point overthinking it. If there's another opportunity like this in the future, I'll still jump in without a second thought."
Wang Congcong smiled but didn't respond to Qin Fen's words.
However, in his heart, he shared the same sentiment as Qin Fen.
Whether it crashed or not, since they were playing together, he had to go for it.
It's best if they make a profit; if not, so be it.
It was all about the relationship.
The two talked for a while before hanging up.
Wang Congcong looked through a series of information about Coca-Cola, then took a screenshot and sent it to Richest Man Wang.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Cheng finally got out of bed.
It had to be said that the office's soundproofing was excellent; at least he wasn't woken up by the sounds of work outside.
Jiang Cheng picked up his phone and checked his messages.
As expected, putting his phone on silent before going to bed last night was a wise choice.
Jiang Cheng looked at the dozen or so unread messages.
They were all from Wang Congcong and the others.
Obviously, they had all seen the news Jiang Cheng shared on his Moments.
Looking at the messages they sent, Jiang Cheng gave each of them a confirming reply.
To be honest, it was no small feat for them to put up hundreds of millions in capital to accompany him under uncertain conditions.
Even though Jiang Cheng knew this was definitely a reliable opportunity to basically pick up money.
But very few people in reality would follow along so directly like this.
Compared to the caution of Qin Fen and the others, Qi Yuan was much more direct.
After seeing the message from Wang Congcong.
He immediately called Jiang Cheng.
Seeing Qi Yuan calling, Jiang Cheng stopped messaging and picked up.
Qi Yuan's high-pitched, excited voice soon came through the phone.
"Brother Jiang, I heard I'll never have to rent a car again!"
Jiang Cheng chuckled and said, "I told you, it's a sure thing."
"If you say so, then it definitely is! I can already imagine driving a supercar around campus when school starts. I wonder if I'll have the chance to get a porsche 911!" Qi Yuan's excited voice came from the other end.
"Be more confident. It's not just a chance; it's a certainty."
"Holy shit, I've already started imagining what kind of supercar to buy. I wonder if I can even dare to imagine being qualified for a porsche 918," Qi Yuan screamed exaggeratedly.
Jiang Cheng moved the phone away and turned on the speakerphone.
"Keep it low key. For this round, I estimate you'll be able to afford two 918s."
"Brother Jiang, all I can say is you're awesome. When are we going out to celebrate with a drink?"
"Forget it, I'll be keeping an eye on things at the company tonight."
Compared to the buildup last night, the crisis for Coca-Cola was only just truly beginning.
This morning, Coca-Cola's CEO, Ivester, immediately rushed from the United States to Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
Regarding this incident, he began holding a press conference.
To prove the food safety of Coca-Cola.
A bottle of Coca-Cola was placed on every seat in the press conference hall.
Unfortunately, none of the reporters present dared to open the drink and act as a guinea pig.
The atmosphere during the Q&A session was also quite rough.
Although their CEO repeatedly emphasized that Coca-Cola was a reliable, world-class food production company.
And that Coca-Cola would continue to strictly monitor food safety issues to produce more top-tier beverages for consumers, the public still wasn't buying it.
Instead of helping with PR, this press conference caused even more people to have serious doubts about Coca-Cola's safety.
Everyone just wanted to know why such a thing happened to an internationally renowned brand.
As a major sales market for Coca-Cola, China has a vast number of target consumers.
Once the incident in Belgium spread to our internet, other bloggers immediately started chasing the clout and stirring up trouble.
Misfortunes never come singly. Under the spread of foreign public opinion, Coca-Cola's dark history began to be dug up in bulk.
From this moment on, the wall that was Coca-Cola began to face a situation where everyone was pushing it down.
On our domestic side, occasional poisoning incidents involving Coca-Cola over the years were also unearthed and widely publicized.
In fact, such incidents are all over the internet if you search for them.
There had been similar reports before: [A citizen surnamed Liu and his son surnamed Chu drank Coca-Cola Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky (Fresh Strawberry flavor) and were suspected of food poisoning; Liu fell into a coma, and Chu died.]
Shortly after, relevant departments discovered during their investigation that another two people had suspected poisoning after drinking the same beverage, but fortunately, they were sent to the hospital in time and were discharged after being cured.
After testing, the departments determined that the remaining drinks in both incidents contained highly toxic carbamate insecticide (Methomyl) components.
Once similar incidents were dug up, they were widely reposted and commented on.
For a time, it caused widespread panic.
The brand's credibility plummeted instantly.
So much so that five hours after the press conference ended.
Coca-Cola's CEO was forced to sign an open letter to consumers.
In this letter, he made various guarantees to everyone.
Guaranteeing that they would strictly monitor and identify loopholes in the future to prevent such things from happening again.
He also proposed giving a bottle of Coke to every household in Belgium as an expression of Coca-Cola's apology.
But this letter came too late; amidst all the deep digging.
Boycotting Coca-Cola had already become a slogan shouted by everyone online.
Even though Coca-Cola's PR tried everything they could to clear their name, they couldn't at all suppress the verbal and written condemnation from public opinion.