Holy Crap! My Cat is Actually a Female CEO?!

Chapter 18: Chapter 18: Please, Be Human

"Meow~"

A sudden meow caught Gu Yizhou’s attention.

He turned to see Xiaobai standing behind him, staring at him curiously.

With a slight smile, he scooped Xiaobai up. Ignoring its struggles, he pinned it down on his lap.

"Xiaobai, are you interested in stocks too?"

Gu Yizhou asked with a smile.

Yan Luoxi: "..."

’This movement, this position... Why does it look so much like...’

’The humiliation!!’

"Meow~!"

’Let me go, you bastard!’

’Interested my ass!’

’I just don’t want you to keep lying to your mom to get money for stock trading!’

She couldn’t help but roll her eyes, thinking irritably.

Of course, as a cat, she couldn’t actually roll her eyes. And Gu Yizhou couldn’t understand her meows at all.

Right now, all she wanted to do was struggle free from the clutches of this "major pervert," Gu Yizhou!

However, Gu Yizhou completely ignored her cries and said, as if to himself, "Xiaobai, do you see this stock, Zhongtian Technology?"

"It might look like it’s trading for less than ten yuan right now, but in less than a week, its price will definitely jump by more than fifty percent!"

’Hm?’

Hearing Gu Yizhou’s words, Yan Luoxi, who had been struggling to get off his lap, froze for a moment.

Yan Luoxi happened to know about the Zhongtian Technology stock.

Yes!

Tidal Group’s operations weren’t limited to a single sector; they were diversified, with their core business in finance.

After all, Tidal Group had gotten its start in finance.

And as it happened, the Zhongtian Technology stock had been brought up for discussion by the finance department at the last executive meeting. Ultimately, however, the investment analysis department had deemed it unsuitable for short-term investment, and the proposal was rejected.

’And now this "dog man" was telling her Zhongtian Technology would go up at least fifty percent in a week?’

She looked up at Gu Yizhou’s supremely confident face, wondering where he got his nerve.

Clearly, she didn’t believe a word he said.

After all, the conclusion that Zhongtian Technology was a poor short-term investment had been reached after extensive research by numerous personnel at her company, who analyzed all sorts of data.

Gu Yizhou, on the other hand, was just an intern investment analyst in her company’s finance department. Between the two, Yan Luoxi would naturally trust her company’s professionals.

’Looks like this "dog man" has gone nuts from trading. A complete rookie who’s learned a bit of analysis and now thinks he’s untouchable!’

Yan Luoxi shook her head, her opinion of him dropping even lower.

’She now suspected that the down payment money Gu Yizhou had tricked out of his mom would be completely squandered within a few months!’

At that moment, she started to feel bad for Gu Yizhou’s mom.

"Hey, Xiaobai, what’s with that look?"

"You don’t believe me?"

Seeing Xiaobai staring blankly at him, Gu Yizhou felt a bit awkward.

Even though he knew the little cat couldn’t understand him, he still explained defensively, "Don’t be fooled by Zhongtian Technology’s unremarkable appearance right now. Their internal R&D on a new technology has already succeeded, they’ve just been keeping it under wraps!"

"It’s all because of Zhongtian Technology’s upcoming additional stock offering. They’ve been suppressing the news to keep the price down. But you can’t hide something like this forever. The municipal government has known about it for a while. You know that recent Business and Investment Exchange Conference the city government hosted? The one where they talked about attracting high-tech companies to Modu and offering them support? That’s because the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission is planning to buy a stake in Zhongtian Technology during this stock offering!"

"After all, the higher-ups would never allow a new technology like this to be leaked indiscriminately!"

"Hmm... counting the days, the news is about to break. That’s why Zhongtian Technology is on the verge of a massive surge. We’re looking at a minimum of ten limit-up days. That’s why I said it’s guaranteed to rise fifty percent in a week!"

Gu Yizhou declared, full of confidence.

"?????"

After hearing Gu Yizhou’s explanation, Yan Luoxi’s eyes shot wide open. Her pair of azure blue cat eyes stared at him in utter astonishment.

’This...’

’Where in the world did this "dog man," Gu Yizhou, hear all this?’

’She didn’t know any of it. And classified information like this couldn’t possibly be common knowledge!’

’New technology... The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission buying a stake...’

Yan Luoxi’s eyes lit up.

’If what Gu Yizhou said is true, then Zhongtian Technology really is about to blow up!’

’But...’

She turned to glance at Gu Yizhou, her eyes filled with suspicion.

’She just couldn’t shake the feeling that it was hard to believe anything this "dog man" said.’

’Given her own status and position, even she didn’t know any of this. She’d checked Gu Yizhou’s background yesterday—he came from an ordinary family. So how could he possibly have obtained such classified, inside information?’

’Could this guy have really lost his mind from playing the market?’

’After all, the financial world was full of examples of traders who had lost their minds!’

Just as she was reeling from the shock, Gu Yizhou spoke again. "A fifty percent return in one week... to be honest, Zhongtian is just barely acceptable. If I had enough capital, I’d be better off picking Caesar..."

"Forget it, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I’ll figure out a plan once the money comes in tomorrow. Otherwise, with no capital, it’s all just talk."

Yan Luoxi: "..."

She could barely process what Gu Yizhou was saying anymore. Her expression shifted from shock to utter speechlessness.

’A fifty percent return in one week, and he calls that "barely acceptable"????’

’Just listen to him!’

’Is that something a human would say?!’

’For context, the ’God of Stocks’ Warren Buffett only has an average annual return on investment of 26.5%!’

’Anyone familiar with stock investing knows the "ten times in ten years" rule of thumb: you only need an annual profit of 25.89254%. With that, your capital can double every three years and grow tenfold in ten years.’

’If you start with a principal of 100,000, it will become 100 million in 30 years!’

’But this only exists in theory; actually achieving it is considered a miracle!’

’And that miracle is what Einstein called the eighth wonder of the world: compound interest.’

’And now, faced with a fifty percent return on investment in a single week, this "dog man" was still unsatisfied, even calling it "barely acceptable"!’

’If any other traders heard him say that, they’d probably want to beat him to death with a club on the spot!’

’Such an unbelievable show-off!’

Yan Luoxi was completely speechless.

Of course, despite how confidently Gu Yizhou spoke, she didn’t truly believe him.

’After all, what he was saying sounded like something out of a fantasy. If anyone else heard it, they probably wouldn’t believe it either!’

’However...’

’She secretly made a mental note of it. She planned to have someone at the company look into Zhongtian Technology tomorrow, after she turned back into her human self...’

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