Ming Detective's popularity exceeded expectations.
Its ratings were exceptionally high, and the number of views increased by millions daily.
At this rate, it will likely surpass Good Voice in viewership, even exceeding its reputation.
It's a completely new detective program, one of a kind.
After two episodes, there were almost no trolls.
Any negative comments were directed at the celebrities themselves, not the program. At most, they would criticize with comments like, "What is XX doing? They're wasting such a good program."
……
As the program aired, the company opened a Weibo account for Lin Zhi, and her fan count soared.
Lin Zhi occasionally posted photos.
Her assistant helped, filming her stretching, posing, and dancing in her home dance studio.
There were also close-up shots after her dance, showing her sweaty face, but she didn't look messy; instead, she looked alluring.
This Sister Lin is truly beautiful.
She could rely on her face, but she insists on relying on her figure.
She could rely on her figure, but she insists on relying on her acting skills.
She could rely on her acting skills, but she insists on relying on her persona.
After the program aired, Lin Zhi became increasingly natural and more like a detective, improving from her initial low scores to showing intelligence and quick-wittedness.
Of course,
it was also because Lao He and Lao Sa intentionally gave her opportunities.
In short, Lin Zhi's reputation completely reversed after three episodes. Perhaps it was because people became familiar with her and no longer considered her an amateur without works.
After all, a variety show celebrity is still a celebrity.
So beautiful, intelligent, with a good figure, and a good background—it's hard for her not to become popular.
Not long after,
another program went live: Personally Searching: Dad, Where Are We Going!
Upon launch, it received similar treatment to Ming Detective: viewership and ratings in 48 cities were number one from the start, and the viewership share jumped from under 10% initially to over 10% in the second episode!
Another phenomenal hit.
Even Toilet Station is a little overwhelmed.
Initially, Cao Cheng said this was a phenomenal variety show, but nobody believed him.
After all, a show about finding dads—no, a show about celebrity dads taking their star kids to play in the countryside, a parenting show—might appeal to some people.
But not to the point of being phenomenal, right?
What's so interesting about that?
The result…
Incredible.
Toilet Station's executives held a celebration banquet and specifically invited Young Master Cao.
Unfortunately, Young Master Cao was busy, so he sent Sister Li to attend in his place.
He was really busy.
Cao Cheng had to accompany Tang Xin.
After all, her belly was getting bigger day by day.
Accompanying his first wife is definitely more important than any celebration banquet—this is unquestionable.
We must also thank the international situation.
This year was probably the most "stable" year in the coming years.
This stability refers to the domestic situation.
Or, for Young Master Cao, it was a good year.
Because the outside world was relatively chaotic, nobody had time to look inward, giving Young Master Cao time to accompany his wife and quietly make plans without anyone noticing his actions.
The outside world is really chaotic.
Issues like chemical weapons.
The Prism affair.
The Yihe incident.
The Bar Chair incident.
And so on…
Looking back from the future, you will find that this year was the calmest before the "great chaos."
Even though it was already chaotic.
Compared to the future, it was still stable.
Because many things could be discussed.
In the future, even discussion would be unclear—that's the difference.
……
Of course,
this has nothing to do with Young Master Cao. Respecting others' fates is a kind of wisdom.
June.
The parable begins; the market dives.
This wave once again vindicated Young Master Cao.
In February, when the index was still above 2400 points, Young Master Cao had already warned against touching the market for half a year.
Subsequent trends followed Cao Cheng's prediction; the index fell to as low as 2100 points. Although it rebounded slightly later, it never broke the previous high, let alone set a new high.
Until June.
A sharp decline around the Dragon Boat Festival holiday triggered investor panic.
Of course, there were other reasons behind this…（deleted）
Of course,
institutions were involved.
As Young Master Cao said, retail investors are quite naive. It's impossible for a few retail investors' trades to cause such significant market fluctuations.
It's all because of trash institutions.
This time was no different.
Leverage issues, and institutions reducing their positions to hedge risk, exacerbated the selling pressure…
A series of reasons led to increasingly cheap chips.
Cao Cheng acquired these chips with tears in his eyes.
The average price was below 1900.
While acquiring chips, Cao Cheng also used Aotian Capital, Tang Xin's company, to issue an announcement.
The announcement urged retail investors not to panic, to add positions if they had money, and to remain inactive if they didn't, unlike some institutions.
How many people saw it or heeded the advice didn't matter to Young Master Cao.
He said what he had to say.
He did what he had to do.
……
At the end of the month,
the village management department held three meetings with some institutions.
They also contacted Young Master Cao, hoping he would use his reputation and influence to help stabilize the market, as he had done before.
If it continued to fall, a systemic risk was likely.
Cao Cheng naturally didn't refuse.
Such a good opportunity to harvest emotional value, even if nobody asked, Cao Cheng would seize it.
The next day,
Cao Cheng posted a message on his Weibo.
"1850 points, the iron bottom!"
"In the next hundred years, we might never see this number again."
The short message instantly topped the hot search.
This was a clear signal.
Fans and gamblers immediately flooded the comments section with both excitement and arguments.
Naturally, some didn't believe it.
After all, in the secondary market, where is there such a thing as an iron bottom?
How many times have people tried bottom fishing, only to end up at the midway point?
"Are you tricking me into buying again?"
"Let me tell you a joke: A-shares have an iron bottom…hahahaha."
"Charge! All in!"
"You can say Cao is bad, but you can't say he's incompetent. He's the Flower Street's recognized thief. Though the name isn't nice, do you think anyone can be a thief? How many people can profit from that?"
"That's right, you can't say he's incompetent."
"Take me with you, what are you all buying? Give me a direction?"
"Any big shots can give a direction? What sector is stable?"
"Asking the big shots for help again? Do you need direction? Buy whatever's cheap. I already told you it's the iron bottom; as long as you don't buy ST stocks, basically anything is fine."
"Where can I see ST stocks?"
"What's an ST stock?"
"Whoa, you guys don't know anything?"
"Trust the God of Stocks, the secondary market and gold are indeed as the God of Stocks predicted—they've fallen a lot."
"To be fair, gold really became legendary this wave. Luckily, I believed him and got out; otherwise, from over 1700 an ounce to 1400 now, my losses would have been huge. Moreover, gold hasn't bottomed out yet; the God of Stocks didn't say when it will rise?"
"God of Stocks, when can we bottom fish in gold?"
"Same question, what to do with gold? When is the iron bottom?"
"……”
Young Master Cao's side was lively.
There weren't many anti-fans.
Most who started criticizing were heavily criticized, and some people even started doxing the anti-fans.
After all, Young Master Cao's prediction this time was legendary.
A name has its reputation; a tree has its shadow.
This time, the number of believers increased dramatically.
Some institutions also saw Young Master Cao's message and began to change their minds.
Although colleagues are rivals and their relationship isn't particularly good.
But the statement "You can say Cao is bad, but you can't say he's incompetent" resonated with everyone.
Therefore,
now that Cao Cheng so confidently declared "iron bottom," everyone would seriously analyze and consider it.
Especially some financial executives, some of whom knew Young Master Cao's identity.
The Tang Family's son-in-law…
This must be inside information.
Even if they didn't believe it, they had to believe it.
……
Cao Cheng waited two days.
During these two days, the "iron bottom" statement remained high on the hot search, and the market stabilized.
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