Gu Bai: "What are you doing?" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Sister Man can kiss you, but I can’t?"

Listening to Yi Yiyi’s tone full of jealousy, Gu Bai helplessly rolled his eyes.

Gu Yi, sitting in the front, continued to stare straight ahead, with no ripple in his heart; that’s the advantage of robots. Even if Gu Bai suddenly felt like starting a group activity in the car, Gu Yi probably wouldn’t even turn his head to look.

A few minutes later, the Bentley emblem arrived at the entrance of Disneyland, Qi Man and Yi Yiyi opened the car doors and got out on each side. Just as Gu Bai was about to get out, Gu Yi, who never took the initiative to ask Gu Bai anything, suddenly said, "Chairman Gu, can I ask you a question?"

Gu Bai was startled; had the robot become sentient?

"What’s the matter?"

"I’ve been learning about the internet these past days, and it says that having simultaneous inappropriate relationships with two people earns you the label of a scumbag. Do you qualify as one?"

Hearing Gu Yi’s words, Gu Bai couldn’t resist reaching over from the back seat to pinch Gu Yi’s arm.

Still as hard as before.

If not for the system panel unable to provide his attributes, Gu Bai would think his intelligent robot bodyguard had been swapped.

Seeing Gu Bai not answering for a long time, Gu Yi’s naive and honest square face looked at Gu Bai with an expression full of inquiry.

"If you have time to surf the web, check out core socialist values instead of looking at nutritional garbage! Also, let me remind you, you’re just a robot; keep your nose out of social matters!"

After being scolded by Gu Bai, Gu Yi obediently began searching for a parking space, then followed the three from afar while browsing Douyin.

Every now and then, Gu Bai turned to glance at him, eyes full of curiosity; how was this intelligent robot becoming more like a regular person?

........................

Meanwhile, Zhu Hongye entered the company building, the respect employees used to show was completely gone, everyone silently looked at him. Just as he frowned and was about to speak, his assistant came over with a group of people dressed in black suits.

"Chairman Zhu... these people are..."

Before the assistant could introduce, a middle-aged man in a suit smiled and asked, "You must be the Chairman of Hongye Building Materials, Mr. Zhu Hongye, correct?"

Zhu Hongye looked at them suspiciously and nodded slightly.

The middle-aged man heard his response and smiled again, then took out a document.

"We are from the Securities Regulatory Commission. We’ve received multiple complaints about Hongye Building Materials. This is the investigation report on Hongye Building Materials’ malicious manipulation of stock prices for unfair gains. Please take a look."

Zhu Hongye took the file, glanced at it, saw the red seal of the Securities Regulatory Commission, and handed the file back.

"Chairman Zhu, please cooperate with our investigation and come with us,"

Zhu Hongye sighed faintly, knowing that from this moment, all of Gu Bai’s moves would follow one after another.

Just entered the company building and got taken away by the Securities Regulatory Commission. Knowing so much, he might as well not have come; being taken from home would be a bit more dignified.

The company entrance already had a bunch of finance news media waiting downstairs.

Seeing the Securities Regulatory Commission officers escorting Zhu Hongye out, a crowd of reporters rushed over like cats smelling fish.

"Chairman Zhu, it’s rumored online that you’re single-handedly responsible for the abnormal stock prices of Hongye Building Materials. Do you admit to this?"

"Chairman Zhu, I’m a reporter from Phoenix Finance. Regarding the Securities Regulatory Commission’s announcement this morning about suspending investigation into Hongye Building Materials, do you have anything to say to the public?"

With microphones almost stuffing into his mouth, Zhu Hongye glanced at the Securities Commission personnel not blocking them, instantly understanding the situation.

Under normal circumstances, although finance media have noses as sensitive as a dog’s, they’re not this sharp, typically flocking only after the Securities Commission finishes their investigation. This situation, along with the Securities Commission’s attitude, clearly shows the reporters were arranged.

Zhu Hongye remained expressionless, said nothing, and moved towards the Securities Commission’s vehicle.

The Commission’s middle-aged man asked with a smile, "Chairman Zhu, do you have anything to say to the media?"

"What do you want me to say?"

The middle-aged man shrugged, "Since you have nothing to say, let’s go."

Saying that, he turned to the reporters and said, "Chairman Zhu is not interested in giving interviews, disperse."

Watching the Securities Commission vehicle leave slowly, reporters glanced at each other, not knowing what to do, feeling unsatisfied after coming early and getting no news.

"Zhangji, going back like this, how will we report?"

The recording assistant of Phoenix Finance asked the reporter.

The reporter sneered, "Is there no news if he didn’t accept interviews? Just write that Hongye Building Materials’ Chairman’s guilty conscience in avoiding reporters, the investigation possibly becoming real, advising investors to be cautious!"

The recorder inquired, "Wouldn’t this be false reporting?"

"Consider my prior statement, where is the falsehood? At most, it’s our media conjecture, and if wrong, we’ll apologize later."

The recorder thoughtfully nodded, then the two left in the interview car.

The remaining media reporters also quickly drafted reports similar to Phoenix Finance, each instructed by bosses to find explosive news. Unable to find it now, they relied on their creativity.

Each reporter here had received a thick envelope before coming.

..............

As the stock market operated as usual, retail investors hoping for Hongye Building Materials to rebound found it completely untradeable, with no stock number for Hongye Building Materials in major exchanges. Veteran investors immediately understood the situation.

Hongye Building Materials had been suspended!

Soon, many opened the finance news sections.

Sure enough, finance sections had been overwhelmed with news regarding Hongye Building Materials.

"Hongye Building Materials’ Chairman accused of malicious manipulation of stock prices for unfair gains, investigated by the Securities Commission!"

"Discussing the impact of ’Ghost Stocks’ Hongye Building Materials on A-shares in recent days!"

"The Securities Commission’s first move of 2018, is it ’Ghost Stocks’ or ’Cutting Leeks’?"

For a moment, all investors who bought Hongye Building Materials stocks felt uneasy, knowing that even if Zhu Hongye emerged unscathed post-investigation, the stocks couldn’t hold value.

The comment section for Hongye Building Materials stocks was filled with cries.

"Where are those who spoke for Hongye Building Materials before? Why aren’t they speaking now?"

"It’s over... I bet big on 10,000 shares yesterday, mortgaged the house, hoping to flip with this ghost stock; now it seems I’m treated like chives again..."

"Bro upstairs, I’m slightly better; I only bought 2,000 shares, sold 1,000 shares yesterday at peak already earning much. Even if Hongye Building Materials gets forcibly delisted, I won’t lose much."

"Stop wailing; I’m heavily invested in 30,000 shares, all bought at high prices; I’m the most unfortunate. If Hongye Building Materials really has trouble, I should live stream from the rooftop, leaving a reward for the family..."

Although the stock comment section was full of wailing, each person still held onto hope.

After all, even though listed companies being investigated by the Securities Commission aren’t numerous, they’re not rare, and not every company faces defeat or forced delisting post-investigation.

While investors bear slim hope, several large domestic real estate companies simultaneously spoke out, instantly sinking their hearts.

Wanda Real Estate: "Since February 2013, our group established a cooperative relationship with ’Hongye Building Materials’, but due to ’Hongye Building Materials’ violating the contractual spirit and providing inferior industrial materials, causing major engineering accidents within our group, we are unilaterally terminating the agreement with ’Hongye Building Materials’. The legal department’s letter has already been delivered to ’Hu Shang Hongye Building Materials Co., Ltd.’, and regarding the compensation for the engineering accident, our group believes the law will offer a fair outcome."

Wanke Real Estate: "We formally announce the termination of collaboration with ’Hu Shang Hongye Building Materials Co., Ltd.’"

Hengda Real Estate: "......"

If previously Zhu Hongye being taken for investigation struck investors’ hearts with a sword, the joint declaration by real estate giants clearly tells investors.

The sky has fallen on Hongye Building Materials!