10:00 PM.
The gathering finally came to an end.
Before it was over, Li Zhe found Lin Feng and shook his hand.
"Welcome to our circle. If there’s a next time, I’m afraid you’ll be the one hosting."
"You’ll have to think of a fresh theme for that one."
Lin Feng asked Li Zhe curiously, "How often do you hold these gatherings?"
By now, Lin Feng understood clearly. This wasn’t just a simple party; it was a gathering for something akin to bidding and resource sharing.
Li Zhe smiled and said, "There’s actually no fixed schedule. Basically, whenever someone has resources on hand, they’ll think about holding one."
"As the person in charge next time, you’ll just need to coordinate these resource-based projects and find a suitable time to hold it."
Lin Feng understood and nodded lightly.
These gatherings weren’t about who was free, but about who had suitable projects and resources.
It all depended on if the timing for various projects and resources could be coordinated.
If so, they could gather everyone who was interested for a meeting.
Lin Feng wasn’t opposed to the idea of being the host for the next one.
Thinking about it, Lin Feng had quite a few projects of his own right now.
It was just that compared to the projects showcased at tonight’s gathering, the ones from his investment company were a bit too small.
However, while Lin Feng didn’t have any projects that could capture the interest of these people, he did have money.
He could pick and choose from the projects of these tycoons.
He could strategically sprinkle his funds into them.
This could be considered a new avenue for investment...
After Lin Feng and Su Ruoxi left,
they were unaware that many people from the gathering had congregated.
They were talking about Lin Feng.
"That Junior Lin really has an extraordinary way with words. If you ask me, his future is limitless."
Fang Yurou sat on the sofa with a smile.
But Mr. Chen from the pharmaceutical field had the opposite opinion.
"He’s too young. Who knows if he’ll go down the wrong path later on?"
"A young person’s character needs to be tempered."
Wang Zongjie, who was nearby, chuckled and said, "But it’s because he’s young that he has that drive."
"Mr. Chen, you can’t be biased against Lin Feng just because he turned down your project, can you?"
It turned out that after Lin Feng had finished dancing,
this Mr. Chen from the pharmaceutical field had made a point to approach him, wanting to discuss his medical project.
Unfortunately, Lin Feng wasn’t particularly interested in the project Mr. Chen had on his hands.
So he had tactfully declined Mr. Chen’s offer.
At the time, Mr. Chen hadn’t said anything.
But unexpectedly, he was now finding fault with Lin Feng.
Wang Zongjie’s words, laced with a hidden barb, exposed Mr. Chen’s petty thoughts.
Mr. Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn’t let his annoyance show on his face.
"We’ll just have to wait and see. A young man’s drive is a good thing, but too much drive can make him lose sight of himself, and that isn’t necessarily a good thing."
After saying his piece, Mr. Chen turned and left.
Fang Yurou downed the rest of her red wine in one gulp, then turned to Li Zhe and the others with a smile.
"Old Chen is as petty as ever. And he holds a grudge!"
Knowing smiles appeared on everyone else’s faces.
Wang Zongjie pursed his lips. "He said the same thing about me back in the day, and haven’t I turned out just fine?"
Li Zhe clapped Wang Zongjie on the shoulder. "Mr. Chen has the Chen Group behind him."
"So it’s inevitable that he has a bit of a rich kid’s temper."
"He originally came from an academic research background. His move into business now is just an attempt to prove himself to his family."
Wang Zongjie nodded, his expression neutral.
Truthfully, not everyone in this circle had truly started from scratch.
Connections and networks were equally important in any circle or social class.
Take Chen Rui from the pharmaceutical industry, for example.
Although Chen Rui claimed to have started from scratch,
in reality, he was from a branch family of the Yang City Chen Group.
So this status brought him a great deal of convenience when he was starting his business.
Strictly speaking, he still relied on the family behind him, so it wasn’t a true entrepreneurial venture.
However, Chen Rui himself did possess the scientific research capabilities for his field.
And in this circle, there were quite a few second-generation rich kids or people from wealthy families who had "started from scratch."
These people vaguely formed their own clique.
Meanwhile, the others—the ones who truly started from scratch and relied purely on themselves—
also tended to stick together to some extent.
Even if to an outsider, the circle seemed perfectly harmonious,
after having been in it for so many years, Wang Zongjie understood.
There was some friction and exclusivity between the two factions.
It was just that when it came to major benefits, they would still prioritize people within the circle.
Wang Zongjie had more or less figured out these ins and outs over the years.
Wang Zongjie himself belonged to the group that had truly started from scratch, rising up purely on his own abilities.
He didn’t exactly dislike people like Chen Rui, but he didn’t like them either.
It was just that Chen Rui’s spoiled, rich-kid attitude sometimes really rubbed Wang Zongjie the wrong way.
Lin Feng had no idea that after he left, these people had talked about him so much.
After returning to the apartment, Su Ruoxi tidied up a bit and then opened her laptop.
Lin Feng was a little puzzled by Su Ruoxi’s diligent state. "It’s so late. Do you still have to work?"
Su Ruoxi smiled and nodded. "After attending a gathering like that today, I had some ideas of my own."
"Plus, I’m interning at Dingsheng Real Estate now, right?"
"I need to properly integrate some of these ideas into my work."
At this point, Su Ruoxi’s gaze softened considerably.
She looked at Lin Feng, her eyes full of smiles, and said, "I want to grow up faster, too. That way, I can become your helper!"
Lin Feng ruffled Su Ruoxi’s hair. "Don’t overwork yourself."
Su Ruoxi was already starting to mature.
She wasn’t as insecure as before.
Lin Feng also returned to his study.
Compared to Su Ruoxi, who only had to worry about Dingsheng Real Estate,
Lin Feng had much more to consider.
Sitting at his desk, Lin Feng briefly reviewed the events of the evening.
In doing so, he noticed a few things he hadn’t caught while he was in the thick of it.
For example, Chen Rui’s challenging question during the Q&A session.
And the flicker of discomfort on Chen Rui’s face when he had rejected his project invitation.
’He’s certainly not a magnanimous person,’ Lin Feng thought with a faint smile.
At that moment, Lin Feng mentally labeled Chen Rui as someone not to get too close to.
His impression of Fang Yurou, however, was quite good.
Although Fang Yurou was very serious and rigorous when it came to investing,
her personality was very straightforward.
And she had a good eye.
If any opportunities for collaboration arose in the future, Lin Feng would definitely consider Fang Yurou first.
Setting aside the gathering, Lin Feng had something else very important to do.
The United States stock market was opening tomorrow.
The system had already shown Lin Feng the stock market trend chart for tomorrow.
Lin Feng began to slowly sift through the vast amount of information.
After getting a general look at the overall market trend,
Lin Feng had a rough understanding of what tomorrow’s market would look like.
No wonder Yang Qiniang had said before that the market situation had been poor recently.
The overall state of tomorrow’s market would also be rather sluggish.
Basically, eighty to ninety percent of the stocks would be in the red.
While it wasn’t a major crash, the final result for them would be red.
All in all, tomorrow’s market was, frankly, not very suitable for investing.
However, the Stock Market Trend Prediction Card Lin Feng was using had already taken effect.
So, Lin Feng had no choice but to invest in the stock market tomorrow.
But after a rough pass through the data, Lin Feng also discovered a few opportunities.
Amidst a sea of red in the midday market,
there was one stock in the beverage sector that was in the green.
Out of nearly a thousand stocks, you could say this was the only one in the green.
For tomorrow’s investors, the odds of finding it were practically one in a thousand.
It was a chance that almost no one could guess correctly.
However, for someone like Lin Feng who had the Stock Market Trend Prediction Card,
spotting such a stock in the green was effortless.
"This is the one."
Lin Feng studied its trend throughout the morning.
He decided to start with this stock from the beverage sector.
The other stocks were falling too sharply.
In fact, if he held this beverage stock for the entire day tomorrow, he could achieve a return of about two to three percent.
But Lin Feng wasn’t satisfied with that.
The stock’s morning gains were decent.
But in the afternoon, it would only rise by a mere zero point two-something percent.
That rate of growth was far from enough to meet Lin Feng’s needs.
So, Lin Feng chose a specific point in time and marked it.
Then he turned and searched through the other sectors.
Even with the entire market being a sea of red,
there were still a few stocks showing anomalous spikes.
Lin Feng marked each of these stocks.
He roughly planned out his investment sequence for tomorrow.
Only then did he leave the study.

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