Chapter 49: The Power of Rumors

  On Saturday afternoon after school, Liu Yifei came directly to his parents' market again.

  As soon as Liu Yifei arrived, Er Xiao immediately pulled him over and excitedly said: "Yifei, thank you so much! If it wasn't for your visit last week, I wouldn't have invested so quickly and would have lost a lot." Letting Liu Yifei speak with his parents.

  "Oh? What's wrong?" Liu Yifei's eyes lit up, but he still asked casually.

  "Do you know that all the counters and shops in Xīn Xīng Shopping Mall were sold out this week? If we go too far, we won't be able to buy anything!" Er Xiao exclaimed excitedly, rubbing his hands together.

  "What? Sold out?" Liu Yifei's eyes widened in surprise, he really didn't expect this situation to happen.

  "Yeah, starting from Monday, people swarmed in to buy counters and shops, and they were all sold out within three days. Hehe, I also borrowed your light and bought a shoe store, so brother will treat you to dinner."

  Liu Yifei was really surprised, he told Er Xiao about this matter, and indeed wanted Er Xiao to buy it, but also wanted Er to let more people know about it. The more people who buy, the more people will go buy. Chinese people are like that, they like to buy when prices are rising, not when they're falling. No matter if it's a house or something else, if nobody is paying attention to it, he won't buy it either. But if everyone is crazily buying it up, then no matter if it's worth it or not, he'll still go buy it.

  Liu Yifei's intention was to boost the market, let more buyers in, and those who were hesitant would also follow suit. Most importantly, he wanted his parents to buy some, but who knew the situation would develop so quickly? In just one short week, even if they wanted to buy now, it's likely that there wouldn't be any left.

  The second child didn't notice that Liu Yifei's expression was different, and continued to say: "This time you are really my noble person, come on, let's go out for dinner."

  "I've eaten." Liu Yifei didn't have the mood to eat at this time, and hurriedly asked again: "Then do you know where the news of other people comes from?"

  "Hmm... I don't know either, the news must be accurate, otherwise why would so many people go buy it?" Er Xiao chuckled dryly, his expression slightly unnatural.

  Liu Yifei is now suspected to be his main role, Er Xiao is obviously a big mouth, Liu Yifei originally valued this point, and Er Xiao is also the kind of person who is relatively active, with many friends. After getting the news from Liu Yifei, he must have told his friends without being able to hold back.

  This kind of rumor is most afraid of being spread, one spreads to ten, ten spreads to hundred, and the more it's spread, the more severe it becomes, in the end nobody knows what it will become, plus Er Xiao and them going to buy, others believe even more.

  It seems to confirm Liu Yifei's guess, a fat middle-aged woman walked over from the other side, walked to the counter of Liu Yifei's parents and said with a disappointed face: "Zhao Qin, did your family also invest in Xinxing?"

  "Oh, yeah." Liu Yifei's mother Zhao Qin has been really depressed these past two days. Every day from morning to night, there are people coming to ask if he has invested in Xin Xing (New Star), and all she can do is nod in response.

  The old lady was even more distressed, sighed and said: "Alas, I didn't expect you honest people to vote too. This news is really true. It's all my fault for hesitating and not voting in time. How many votes did you cast? Can you spare two for me?"

  "It's... " Zhao Qin was truly encountering for the first time someone who wanted to buy their counter, and she couldn't help but hesitate.

  Fat Auntie's face was full of smiles, saying: "We've always been good sisters, always doing business together. You want more, but you must give me some too, or else... I'll add some money for you?"

  Liu Yifei knew that his mother's face was thin, and it would be embarrassing to have an old friend come and plead for her. His father was also a kind person, both of them were the type of people who would lose their resolve with just two words of flattery from others. He hastily walked over and said: "Mom, give me 10 yuan, I want to go buy two books."

  Zhao Qin was in a dilemma, and Liu Yifei gave her an opportunity to buffer, smiled apologetically at the fat aunt, and quickly bent down to take money from the counter. At this time, Liu Yifei also followed into the counter, squatted down and pretended to look for his wallet, saying: "I'll get it myself." But under the counter, he shook his head slightly at Zhao Qin.

  Zhao Qin was stunned for a moment and didn't understand her son's meaning.

  Liu Yifei could only secretly point to the fat aunt outside again, and then shook his hand, while also frowning at Zhao Qin.

  Zhao Qin finally understood what Liu Yifei meant. She didn't want to transfer it in the first place, but she couldn't say no because of her feelings. Now that she was encouraged by Liu Yifei, she stood up and smiled: "Sister Li, it's not that I don't want to give you a share, but we only have a few counters, just enough for our own family to use. You also know that these counters are rented, and in the end, we'll all have to go there to work."

  Fat Auntie said discontentedly: "This is not right, how can you even deceive me? Everyone says that your family has bought more than 20 cabinets and five or six shops."

  "What?" Zhao Qin, Liu Dacheng and Liu Yifei all widened their eyes in unison.

  "Look at you guys, what are you pretending for? Who knows about this thing, why are you still hiding and covering up? Just say it straightforwardly, how much do you want?"

  Zhao Qin managed to persuade Fat Auntie away with her glib talk, while Liu Yifei was now truly at a loss for words. The power of the crowd was indeed great, and this ability to spread rumors was beyond human imagination. In his own home, he had only bought three cabinets and one store, but it had been exaggerated to such an extent that it was no wonder those people were fighting to buy cabinets. Even honest people like Liu Cheng and Zhao Qin dared to invest such a large sum of money, who wouldn't believe there was profit to be made here?

  "What's going on? What's going on?" Liu Dacheng frowned and rubbed his hands at this time.

  Zhao Qin also said with a bitter face: "I don't know either, where did our family get so much money to invest? I really don't know who spread this rumor, it's simply harming us."

  Liu Yifei took a glance at Er Xiao, only to see him smile awkwardly and turn his head to pretend to tidy up the goods. It was clear that Er Xiao was the source of the boastful rumors. However, Liu Yifei didn't blame him for it. Although this rumor would bring some trouble to his family, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. At least now, it had strengthened his parents' confidence in their investment, and they wouldn't be worried about losing money every day.