Chapter 267 You Know It in Your Own Heart

Chapter 267 You Know It in Your Own Heart

After hearing Elena's words, the representative's eyes flickered briefly before he nodded at her, offering no further comment.

Meanwhile, those who had been on the fence all along began murmuring amongst themselves after hearing Jasmine's pitch.

"She's right. Based on the current situation, the company Jasmine suggested does seem like it'll yield higher returns."

"Yeah, this company looks solid from every angle."

"Well then, let's follow her lead."

Listening to their decision, Elena pressed her lips together, her gaze lowered.

Soon, all the companies had been presented, and everyone at the launch event had selected their preferred investments.

Seeing that everyone had made their choices, the host spoke up immediately.

"In that case, let's begin."

As his words fell, a bar graph appeared on the large screen, with different companies represented beneath each bar.

At a glance, the display was quite impressive.

In the upper right corner of the screen, a fifteen-minute countdown began ticking down.

The moment the countdown started, the bar graph began to shift.

During the first eight minutes, the bar for the company Jasmine had chosen climbed rapidly upward, the numbers steadily increasing.

Watching this development, Jasmine's smile grew wider and wider, her expression increasingly smug.

"Elena, you just wait. Before long, you'll be completely humiliated. I can't wait to see how you'll survive in the business world after this!"

Jasmine muttered under her breath, a mocking smile spreading across her face.

But soon, that smile vanished.

Because she noticed that the stock growth for her chosen company had somehow started to slow down, while Elena's company was experiencing significant gains!

With five minutes remaining, her company's stock plummeted by more than ten points.

By the time only two minutes were left, the balance on the account had dwindled to just the initial investment amount.

Seeing this result, Jasmine clearly couldn't accept it. Her expression turned particularly ugly.

"How is this possible..."

"Jasmine, didn't you tell me that buying this company's stock would definitely make money?"

Emma's face darkened as she couldn't help but question her.

After all, she'd been in the business world for so many years and had made quite a fortune.

To stumble at such a small launch event—if word got out, who knew what ridicule she'd face!

At that thought, Emma's fury became impossible to contain.

Hearing her words, Jasmine's face turned deathly pale. "Emma, I don't know either..."

"But there's still time, isn't there? Maybe things will turn around?"

The moment those words left her lips, sure enough, their stock rebounded.

Meanwhile, Elena's stock suddenly dropped—even lower than the previous individual stock price.

Seeing this result, Jasmine's heart settled back into her chest.

But at the same time, she understood that until the very last moment, nothing that had happened before counted.

Right now, she had no mind to pay attention to Elena. Instead, her eyes were glued to the bar graph in the distance and the countdown on the screen.

In the blink of an eye, only ten seconds remained.

Staring at the single-digit number left, Jasmine let out a long breath of relief, using her sleeve to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

"Elena, looks like... what?!"

Before she could finish her sentence, her peripheral vision caught a dramatic turn of events on the screen.

With only five seconds left, the stock they'd purchased plummeted sharply. That steep downward curve made her face turn ashen, her body swaying unsteadily.

"This can't be... this can't be..."

"Time's up."

The host didn't care about any of that. Following protocol, he announced the final results. "The stocks with increased market value are Hengbao Shares, Tianmao Company..."

As his voice gradually reached everyone's ears, the expressions across the venue varied wildly.

Those who had invested with Jasmine wore gloomy faces due to their losses, while those who'd profited beamed with joy.

Elena looked at the final figures and allowed herself a slight smile, though her expression quickly returned to calm.

In Jasmine's eyes, however, that composure looked like nothing more than an act.

She gritted her teeth, about to curse Elena, when Emma suddenly spoke up.

"Jasmine, what kind of stock did you pick?! I lost nearly sixty million!"

Hearing the complaint and dissatisfaction in Emma's voice, Jasmine's heart skipped a beat. Knowing Emma was upset, she immediately tried to smooth things over.

"Emma, making money means sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. That's normal. We'll just make it back next time, won't we?"

"Easy for you to say?!"

Emma was completely enraged by those words, her voice rising sharply. "Do you have any idea how much money that is?! Sixty million!"

"Do you know how long Blake Corporation needs to be profitable to earn that back?! Do you think money just falls from the sky?!"

Listening to Emma's scolding, especially feeling everyone's eyes on her, Jasmine's expression became increasingly uncomfortable.

After all, she'd lost nearly forty million herself.

This old woman was really being unreasonable...

Though she grumbled internally, Jasmine didn't dare show it.

After spending so much time together, she understood Emma's temperament well enough.

If she showed any dissatisfaction, Emma would definitely blow up on the spot, and then there'd be no way to smooth things over.

"Emma, I know you're angry. I'm angry too."

"This stock was performing so well at the beginning, constantly rising. Plus, the information the company representative provided looked excellent."

"But more importantly, don't you think something's fishy here?"

"Why did the stock start dropping right when it was about to end..."

"Especially in those last five seconds, it fell so much that 'plummeted' doesn't even seem like the right word."

"We've never encountered anything like this before. Think about it—could someone have been manipulating things behind the scenes?"

The instant those words left her mouth, Emma's brow furrowed.

She lowered her head and thought carefully for a moment, then decided Jasmine's words made sense.

"You mean... Elena used underhanded methods behind the scenes?"

Seeing that Emma was clearly wavering, Jasmine nodded vigorously and said in a low voice, "Exactly. Otherwise, how do you explain how the company she chose—despite such a poor stock market—managed to turn things around at the last moment?"

"Are you saying her judgment is so sharp, even better than yours, Emma? I don't buy it."