Reborn with Consumption System

Han Lie was so choked up he didn't know how to respond.

5,000?!

Nowadays, 5,000 yuan isn't even enough to reach third base with a KTV princess. You really underestimate me...

But thinking back to my loser days, if I really had 5,000 yuan, it seemed quite hard to spend it all—three years simping for Yu Yun didn't even cost me 8,000 yuan.

It wasn't that I didn't want to spend more on her, but my financial Strength didn't allow it.

An average of 1,500 per semester, scraped together from scrimping on food and saving money I would have spent at internet cafes—I had already pushed my limits.

So it's no wonder there are so many simps—simping truly is the method with the lowest financial cost.

Hence, Han Lie came to a new conclusion—

When guys are young and poor, on one hand, they should work hard to increase their own value. On the other hand, they should also simp diligently, simp fiercely, simp wildly.

After all, it doesn't cost much. What if you get lucky and successfully simp your way to a win?

You just need to be careful not to put the cart before the horse, and meticulously vet your simping targets. Walking on two legs like this is how you'll be both steady and fast.

After chatting with his mom and laying some groundwork, Han Lie refocused on his career.

The first week of the vacation began with continuous stock accumulation.

Zhongcheng Investment had only 580 million in cash. However, factoring in the 2x leverage Han Lie secured from CITIC, the actual operational funds had reached as much as 1.7 billion.

Given the current market environment, it wasn't easy to deploy it all.

The company's shareholders were even more aggressive than Han Lie when it came to using financing leverage.

These were the early days of margin financing. Brokers could offer up to 5x leverage and could even bypass the stocks officially designated for margin trading. Panzi and Little Dou even thought Han Lie was being too conservative.

But Han Lie rejected everyone's urging to increase the leverage.

It wasn't that I considered myself above it all. The main issue was, if I had too much capital but couldn't buy the stocks I needed, wouldn't I just be paying interest for nothing?

These past two days, the Shanghai market's trading volume was only around fifty to sixty billion yuan. It might seem like more than enough to absorb a mere 1.7 billion.

But the problem was, the stocks I'd targeted were all mid- and small-cap. The larger ones had market capitalizations of seven or eight billion, the smaller ones three or four billion, and their maximum daily trading volume was only in the tens of millions.

It's like trying to connect a DN50 water pipe to a household tap—how could that possibly work?

Faced with this situation, even Fan Fan knew not to force it and would offer words of comfort: "Mine is very big; you just have to endure it."

Brother Lie, of course, knew even better that it wouldn't work.

Then, on the very next day, January 21st, the Shanghai Index began to rebound.

Han Lie seized the opportunity to invest about another 450 million yuan, directly pushing four of the six stocks he was targeting to their daily trading limit.

Once the post-market Dragon-Tiger List was released, the forums immediately erupted.

The CITIC Securities Sichuan North Road branch topped the buy-side list for four of those stocks. Retail investors exclaimed, "That mysterious big shot, the one who dares to snatch food from the jaws of market titans, has made another move!"

To be precise, Han Lie's current market influence definitely didn't rank among the top.

There were renowned figures like "Chief Helmsman," "Brother Zhao," "Brother Sun," "Alliance Hierarch Zhang," "Trading Stocks to Support the Family," and others...

Not to mention famous brokerage branches like Jiefang South Road, Hushu South Road, Hongling Middle Road, Baoqing Road, Hongqiao Road...

The market had so many seasoned titans; it was far from Han Lie's turn to rise to prominence.

However, being a new force had its advantages—such as being more mysterious, generating more buzz, and being a more hotly debated topic.

This wouldn't affect Han Lie personally because the outside world wouldn't be able to confirm his identity right away.

Notable figures in the circle knew, but they wouldn't spread the word.

Outsiders would make wild guesses and spread misinformation. Even if an insider from Shanghai International Studies University mentioned Han Lie, their voice would be drowned out in the vast sea of information.

But for those particular stocks, such spontaneously formed discussions were a huge advantage—they drew market attention.

Today was just the first day of the rebound. With a general rise in individual stocks and over a hundred hitting their limit up, it wasn't too conspicuous yet.

But wait another couple of days. Once the tide of widespread gains recedes and the truly strong performers and speculative "demon stocks" stand out, then things would be different.

That's when the sparks from today would truly ignite a massive blaze.