Chapter Two: Everyone Expected It to Soar

The proposed maximum loss was 14,000 yuan—far beyond his own rule. Tang stared at him. “Breaking discipline already?” Lu halved the orders and moved the put strike farther away. Premium at risk fell to 3,980 yuan, still eighteen percent of his survival account. He added a hard rule: if Blaze rose twelve percent while stablecoin redemptions remained normal, cut half. The voices could not veto the rule. Blaze climbed through $83,000, $87,000, and $91,000. Lu's puts lost half their value. People posted screenshots of overnight fortunes. Even the convenience-store owner downstairs asked how to open an account. His landlord demanded rent. Creditors demanded proof he could make the first payment.