How Hard can Losing Money even Be?

Benny clapped his hands together and the sound of it immediately drew everyone’s attention.

"Have we spent all the money yet?"

Lucy looked up from her laptop.

"Not yet."

Benny frowned slightly while asking,"Why not?"

Lucy calmly explained,"We’re waiting for the price to drop further before purchasing. The market is still moving so if we wait a little longer, we may be able to acquire more shares for the same amount of money."

Benny immediately shook his head.

"It’s okay. Just buy everything right now."

The room fell silent and all the employees exchanged glances.

Meanwhile, Benny felt quite satisfied with his own reasoning.

After all, if they purchased at three yuan per share and the price fell afterward, the value of their holdings would immediately decrease.

Wouldn’t that count as a loss?

That sounded perfect.

Unfortunately, nobody else seemed to share his enthusiasm.

Xu Ming opened his mouth, then closed it again.

After thinking about it carefully, he decided silence was the safer option.

At that moment, Chen Wei spoke up.

"Boss."

"Hm?"

"We should try to minimize our losses by purchasing from those who are desperately selling."

The moment Benny heard the words minimize our losses, he felt uncomfortable.

However, the moment he heard desperately selling, his mood improved considerably.

People were trying to get rid of the stock?

That sounded promising.

Benny immediately waved his hand.

"We shouldn’t take advantage of people."

The employees blinked.

"Buy everything right now and let it stay there."

"..."

Nobody was quite sure what to say.

Eventually, everyone arrived at the same conclusion.

The boss probably didn’t want them spending all day staring at stock charts.

After all, they had already decided to invest.

Continuing to monitor every fluctuation would simply waste time.

When interpreted that way, his instructions sounded surprisingly reasonable.

Lucy nodded, "Understood."

She didn’t even bother asking for an explanation.

At this point, she had long since given up trying to understand every decision Benny made.

It was the boss’s money.

Not hers.

If he wanted to buy immediately, then they would buy immediately.

Simple as that, "Then we’ll begin purchasing now."

Benny smiled in satisfaction.

Soon, all the funds would finally be gone.

Lucy immediately relayed the instructions.

Within moments, the office sprang into action.

Several employees opened trading platforms.

Others contacted brokers.

The atmosphere became noticeably more serious.

Meanwhile, Benny stood behind them with his hands behind his back watching them all work.

For the first time since arriving at the office, he felt a sense of anticipation.

This was five million yuan, it was a huge amount of money.

And soon it would all become Titan Manufacturing shares.

The thought alone made him happy.

Not far away, Xu Ming quietly watched the market data.

The stock price continued fluctuating.

Sellers were clearly outnumbering buyers.

That wasn’t surprising.

After Professor Han’s livestream yesterday, confidence in Titan Manufacturing had fallen even further.

Many investors were rushing to get out.

Normally, this would have been an ideal opportunity to negotiate better prices.

Unfortunately... Xu Ming glanced toward Benny.

Their boss had already given his instructions.

Buy immediately.

A few minutes later, Chen Wei looked up from his computer.

"The first batch is complete."

Lucy nodded.

"Continue."

More orders were placed and more shares were acquired.

The available funds steadily decreased.

Throughout the process, Benny remained in an excellent mood.

Every time he heard another purchase had gone through, he felt slightly happier.

Eventually, Lucy spoke again.

"Boss."

Benny immediately looked over.

"Finished?"

Lucy checked the figures one last time and then nodded.

"All five million yuan has been fully deployed."

Benny’s eyes brightened.

"All of it?"

"All of it."

A smile immediately appeared on his face.

The company account was practically empty again.

Just the way he liked it.

Meanwhile, the employees looked at one another.

Even after completing the purchases, many of them still felt uneasy.

The concentration risk was simply too high.

Almost all of the company’s available capital had now been tied to a single investment.

That wasn’t how investment firms usually operated.

Yet their boss looked happier than ever.

Seeing his expression, some employees couldn’t help wondering.

Just what exactly had he seen in Titan Manufacturing?

Was there information they had missed?

After all, no normal investor would commit so heavily without a reason.

Surely the boss knew something.

Otherwise, how could he appear this confident?

Across the room, Benny had no idea what everyone was thinking.

He was currently calculating something else.

If Titan Manufacturing continued declining and the share price kept falling, then by the end of the business cycle...

A smile slowly spread across his face.

The future was looking brighter and brighter.

Satisfied, Benny clapped his hands.

"Excellent."

The employees looked up and Benny looked around the office.

The money was gone, every last yuan had been invested.

Which meant...

Benny began speaking.

"We’ve invested everything. So now we don’t really have anything to do for the next three months."

The employees stared at him and somehow they felt there was something wrong with that statement.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t immediately explain why.

Then Benny’s eyes lit up, "I have an idea."

For some reason, everyone suddenly felt nervous.

"What if we all take paid leave for the next three months?"

Xu Ming, Chen Wei and every employees stopped typing.

Even Lucy’s expression became blank.

Three months of paid leave?

After making a four-million-yuan investment.

Lucy spoke up first.

"...Boss."

"Hm?"

"We’re an investment company."

"Yes."

"We still have to monitor our investments."

Benny thought about it as that sounded reasonable.

Then he asked,"Can we monitor them from home?"

"..."

Lucy suddenly regretted opening her mouth.

Before she could answer, Benny continued.

"Actually, forget home. You can monitor them from anywhere. The beach, a mountain or even a hotel.

As long as someone occasionally checks the investment, isn’t it fine?"

The employees exchanged looks, stock prices could be checked remotely.

The real problem wasn’t whether it was possible.

The real problem was that nobody had ever heard a boss voluntarily suggesting three months of paid leave.

Meanwhile, Benny became increasingly convinced by his own idea.

The money had already been invested.

Titan Manufacturing wasn’t going anywhere.

Neither was the stock market.

Why sit around the office staring at screens every day?

That sounded exhausting, it was much better to relax.