Chapter 41: An Ant Trying to Topple a Mountain Olivia skillfully handed over her ID and bank card to open her trading account. Unlike in her previous life, this time she wasnât trading stocks to stay close to Alexander but to get far away from him.
By the time Olivia finished setting up her account, Vance finally staggered over, still pale and weak from the car ride.
Olivia, are you really not considering joining my company? If you agree, I guarantee topâtier resources, and you can name your price. You wouldnât even have to spend much timeâjust participate in a few key concerts!â Vance pleaded.
Olivia didnât even lift her eyes, her focus entirely on recalling the stock she was searching for.
Seeing her indifference, Vanceâs expression shifted, and he adopted a pitiful tone.
*Olivia, Iâm really struggling here... You have no idea how fierce the competition is in the entertainment industry right now.
Handsome men and beautiful women are everywhere, and people keep mocking Zenith Entertainmentâs artists for being nothing but pretty faces.â
Olivia didnât even look up.
âTheyâre right.â
Vance thought, Olivia, thatâs just mean!
âOlivia, please help me! Zenith Entertainment really needs an artist like you!â Vance continued, now resorting to shameless flattery.
âGet lost and stop bothering me,â Olivia said impatiently.
Vance was out of options.
He stared at Olivia, his mind racing as he recalled bits of gossip heâd heard from the Wilson family.
Then, an idea struck.
âOlivia, could it be that youâre just shy?â he asked.
Olivia finally looked up, her expression one of utter disbelief.
âOlivia, weâre family. Do you think I donât know how you feel about Alex? My brother might be a little cold, but donât worry. If you join my company, Iâll personally deliver Alex to youââ giftâwrapped!â Vance said, winking exaggeratedly.
Even heroes fall for beauty! he thought. With Alexâs looks, you couldnât find a second man like him in the whole country 105, thuan m Chapter Mi An Xnt Trying to Topple a Mountain Vance decided to go all in. He didnât believe for a second that Olivia could resist a âbeauty trap,â
Now Olivia was sure he was a complete idiot.
âIâm not interested in Alex,â she said bluntly, Vance didnât buy it.
Youâre not interested? Then why do you cook for him every day? Stay up in the living room til midnight waiting for him? Wash his clothes by hand?â
If thatâs not love, then what is?
Listening to Vance list all the things she used to do for Alexander, Olivia wanted nothing more than to slap her past self.
This is just embarrassing!
Olivia chose to play dead, completely ignoring Vanceâs endless chatter.
Finally, she found the stock she remembered from her past life.
Olivia took out the $28,000 check and invested all of it in that stock.
Vance leaned over to look and nearly choked.
âOlivia, are you joking? Youâre putting $28,000 into that stock?â
The stock in question was a plummeting American companyâs stock, which had dropped from share to a shocking $0.30.
$11 per And it was still falling.
Anyone with half a brain would know that buying such a stock was a oneâway ticket to financial ruin.
âDo you even realize that capital is gutting this company? Itâs on the verge of bankruptcy. If you buy it, youâll lose everything,â
Vance said, genuinely trying to warn her.
Olivia knew. Of course, she knew.
This company was a veteran gaming firm that had been in business for decades. Since going public, its stock had been in a continuous decline, hitting historical lows under the manipulation of capital. It was teetering on the edge of collapse.
But Olivia also knew something else.
In just two weeks, this stock would become a legend in the stock market.
2/3 ChipM Ah Ant Trying to Topple a Mountain âHave you ever heard of an ant trying to topple a mountain?â Olivia suddenly asked.
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