It was Gu Bai's first time coming to the company this early; many employees of Black Swan Group, upon seeing Gu Bai, greeted him with expressions of respect.

"President Gu."

"President Gu."

Some of these employees seemed familiar, while others did not recognize him at all, but since they addressed him as Chairman Gu, they were undoubtedly his employees.

Gu Bai also gently nodded in response to a few of them, showing a kind demeanor.

Among the employees, male and female, witnessing Gu Bai's kindness, the hearts of three young female employees couldn't help but start racing.

Other employees from surrounding companies saw this scene and glanced at the work badges of those greeting Gu Bai with slight envy. After all, the salary and benefits of Black Swan Group were not only top-notch in this building but also in all of Shanghai, making fellow workers inevitably envious.

Looking again at the young Gu Bai, many recognized him, but no one dared to greet him.

In an instant, a vacuum formed around Gu Bai within a few meters, with no one daring to approach.

Gu Bai glanced at this situation, shook his head helplessly, and directly walked to the VIP elevator. With a slight swipe of his card, the elevator doors opened directly.

Meanwhile, outside several other elevators, people were crowded, and even dividing them into two groups wasn't enough to fit everyone.

Gu Bai glanced at the employees who had just greeted him and said with a smile, "You all can come up with me."

The employees hesitated, looking at each other, without reacting for a while. After a few seconds, a bolder female employee nervously asked, "Is it okay?"

"In the future, just come to work a little earlier. Consider yourselves lucky today for running into me; otherwise, on a regular day, the 1,000 yuan full attendance would be gone for being late."

The employees quickly expressed their gratitude with joy.

"Thank you, President Gu!"

After speaking, they quickened their pace and entered the VIP elevator.

On the other side, many other company employees looked at them with envy — not because of getting on the elevator earlier, but for their privilege and the high 1,000 yuan attendance bonus.

Throughout the building, fewer than a hundred people were eligible to use the VIP elevator. Each was identity-verified in the building's security system. According to regulations, VIP elevator users cannot bring companions, but when the guard saw Gu Bai take five or six people with him, he selectively turned a blind eye.

If he dared to interfere, no one would think he was dutiful, but rather that he was a fool and he'd be unceremoniously fired.

This is the reality.

Because the elevator didn't need to stop midway, the distance to the 55th floor was quickly covered. Under the watchful eyes of several employees behind him, Gu Bai slowly exited the elevator and stepped into the company entrance.

"Although we kept the 1,000 yuan attendance bonus, if I had to choose again, I would never take the same elevator with President Gu."

"Me too!"

"It's too intimidating; although President Gu didn't speak the entire time, it made me too nervous even to breathe heavily."

"No wonder President Gu is one of the nation's top 10 young leaders, while we're just ordinary employees. That's the difference; perhaps that's what they call presence."

Everyone nodded in deep agreement.

If Gu Bai heard their conversation, he probably couldn't help but laugh.

The comfortable life accumulated over time might give birth to an indescribable aura, but presence is something elusive—it's merely the pressure one's own mind puts on itself when facing a superior.

"Alright, stop chatting! Go clock in quickly, don't miss the full attendance we've just managed to secure by boarding the VIP elevator!"

Upon saying that, several of the group employees ran into the company entrance to the administration department to start clocking in, and the VIP elevator incident became just an extra topic for conversation.

.........

Upon learning that Gu Bai was at the company, Mr. Shao, Xiao Qiang, and others came to the chairman's office to greet him.

It was unprecedented since Black Swan Capital's establishment into Black Swan Group in a few months; Gu Bai had never arrived at the company this early.

Gu Xin and Gu Si, too, received news of Gu Bai early on. Shortly after Gu Bai arrived, they each entered his office with a laptop.

"Good morning, advisors."

Mr. Shao and Xiao Qiang also smiled and greeted Gu Xin and Gu Si.

The advisor position holds no authority but has greater implicit power than anyone else except for Gu Bai, so both were highly regarded by all the high-level executives in the company.

Although Gu Xin and Gu Si are robots, their super high intelligence made them more understanding of human interactions than normal people. They nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

Gu Bai opened the computer in front of his desk and said to Mr. Shao and Xiao Qiang, "Inform the chairman's office that no one is allowed to come here this morning, even in case of emergencies; they must notify me by phone first."

Seeing Gu Bai's serious expression, they quickly nodded their understanding.

After speaking, seeing Gu Xin and Gu Si were already seated opposite Gu Bai, they knew it was inappropriate to stay longer, so they bid farewell and left the office together.

Though Mr. Shao and Xiao Qiang harbored many doubts, their mutual understanding kept them silent.

They knew better than anyone what could and couldn't be said at their level.

However, their sense of crisis internally grew as core board members; it was unsettling for Gu Bai to have matters to hide from them.

In Gu Bai's office, watching the yet-to-open stock price of Hongye Building Materials, he smiled and asked Gu Xin and Gu Si, "How long do you think it will take for Hongye Building Materials to hit the limit-up today?"

Without a moment's thought, Gu Xin directly replied, "No more than an hour."

Looking at the real-time comments on Hongye Building Materials' stock, Gu Bai agreed with Gu Xin's statement internally.

"For the first time, I wish the stock market could be traded freely 24/7."

"I've held for 4 trading days, with a rise of 39%. I feel it should almost peak; the recent increase is noticeably slower than previous days, even dipping slightly yesterday; I'm not planning to hold long, I'll sell all when it hits 50% rise."

"Go ahead and sell. While others are greedy, I'm fearful; while others are fearful, I'm greedy. I plan on making back all my previous losses on this speculative stock!"

Warren Buffett's classic saying was directly quoted in the comments.

Laughing uncontrollably, Gu Bai saw this comment.

If any type of trader were most favored by the capital market, this bold, reckless type surely topped the list.

This type practices the survivor's bias theory to perfection, always feeling they're the protagonist, the chosen one, maybe lucky ones do make big money with that thought, but these kinds of people often suffer the worst cuts and can't rise again!

Gu Bai took a pre-cut cigar from the drawer, lit it, savoring the rich aroma and then slowly said to Gu Xin and Gu Si, "Don't rush to dump stocks when the market opens; let the bullets fly for a while. Once today's peak increase is reached, start slowly selling out."

Currently, Gu Bai holds a total of 2 billion worth of Hongye Building Materials stocks.

Based on Hongye Building Materials' total current shares, that's 17%, meaning half of the publicly traded stocks are in his hands.

Gu Xin and Gu Si, with expressionless faces, stared at the computer screens before them and slowly nodded.

If the action goes well, Gu Bai's retaliation against Zhu Hongye in the stock market might even yield a little profit!

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