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The Last Two Cards
At three o'clock last Friday afternoon, when the market closed, Lao Zhang from the IT department leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath. On his screen, red and green daily K-lines crisscrossed; three of his watchlist stocks were in the red, two in the green. He minimized the window, and an unfinished weekly report popped back onto his desktop. At the same moment, Director Li from the sales department updated his WeChat Moments with a photo: a fishing rod slanted in its holder against green hills and clear water, a float standing upright on the surface, captioned "Waiting for good news." Someone commented below, "Any bites?" He replied with a single character: "Wait."
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Small Victories
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