Episode 9

In 1990, when the world was changing, an undercurrent of change was quietly surging in Shenzhen, on the coast of the South China Sea. Stocks became a hot word on the streets. Long queues formed in front of stock exchanges. Private stock trading venues were crowded. In an almost fanatical atmosphere, people rushed to chase this express train to get rich.

The Nanfeng Stock Exchange was crowded with investors in the early morning. As soon as the stock market opened, people rushed to buy stocks, but many people still couldn't buy them. Some people had to go to the black market to buy at high prices, and ended up buying fake stocks. Liang, a staff member of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's preparatory teamYingquan saw it. In order to standardize the chaos in the stock market, the leader of the preparatory group and the team members worked hard and spent two years writing a book of regulations. Liang Ying sent a copy to Manager Wang, who promised to go all out to cooperate with the work of the preparatory group.

When Junsheng heard that his girlfriend Liang Ying came to see Manager Wang, he took the initiative to deliver coffee to Manager Wang and pretended to meet Liang Ying by chance.Junsheng sent Liang Ying out and met his old classmate Ajie. Ajie came to the exchange early to buy stocks, but still came back empty-handed. He asked Junsheng to help buy stocks. Liang Ying asked Junsheng to remind Ajie not to buy stocks on the black market to avoid being cheated.

Manager Wang felt that the book sent by Liang Ying was useless, so he asked Junsheng to throw it into the trash can, and Junsheng took the book away.Liang Ying gave the books they compiled to major exchanges, and then came back to report to the team leader.Ajie and his mother depended on each other, and her mother opened a rice roll shop to make a living. Ajie wanted to make a fortune from stocks, so he borrowed money to buy stocks, but fate played tricks on people and he bought several fake stocks in a row. Ajie was unwilling to give up. He wanted to go to the black market to buy stocks from Brother Wu, but he was afraid of buying fake stocks again, so he asked Junsheng to accompany him. Junsheng couldn't resist Ajie's hard work, so he not only lent him money, but also accompanied him to see Brother Wu.

Junsheng took Ajie to the black market to find Brother Wu, and asked Brother Wu to take Ajie to make a fortune together. Brother Wu had to agree due to feelings, and he reminded Ajie to be willing to admit defeat.Ajie took Junsheng and Liang Ying to eat rice rolls at his mother's roadside stall. He felt distressed when he saw his mother busy and vowed to make a lot of money to give her a rest. Liang Ying heard that Junsheng took Ajie to buy stocks on the black market, and she was furious. Junsheng lied about taking Ajie for a casual walk.

Junsheng took out the book that Liang Ying and the others had spent two months writing. Liang Ying realized that Manager Wang didn't read it at all, and left without eating in anger. Junsheng hurried to catch up.The listing price of Dongfa's stock was 80 yuan, but it was sold for 160 yuan per share on the black market. Liang Ying was worried that investors would be deceived, and team leader Yu was even more worried about collusion between internal employees of the exchange and the black market. In the end, retail investors would lose all their money in compensation. Team leader Yu encouraged the team members to work together to build the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as soon as possible.

Ajie scraped together some money and bought Dongfa from Brother Wu at 160 yuan per share. Dongfa's stock plummeted all the way. Ajie was afraid of falling again, so he had no choice but to sell it. Unexpectedly, Dongfa's stock rose to 260 yuan. Ajie regretted it, but it didn't help. He paid back the money he borrowed from Junsheng with interest, and asked Junsheng to visit his mother more often. Junsheng noticed that something was wrong with Ajie, so he didn't ask more questions.