Chapter 5: Interview in Progress

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Seeing that it was about time, Johnny took a deep breath and smiled at the camera as he made his opening statement.

“Welcome to this live broadcast. I’m your old friend, Jonny. As everyone knows, something big has happened in Manhattan these past few days. An eight-year-old boy actually accurately predicted the rise of Nasdaq stocks.”

“And the person sitting next to me for the interview today is the protagonist of the incident, Lance. Let us welcome him!”

With that, the camera turned to Lance.

Facing the dark lens, Lance smiled, neither servile nor overbearing and greeted everyone.

“Hello, everyone. I’m Lance.”

Unexpectedly, Lance’s mental fortitude was so good at such a young age. Johnny couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows secretly. He thought highly of him.

At first, Johnny didn’t want to interview him at all. He’s only a kid – how good could he be?

But since the higher-ups had given the task, Johnny did not dare to disobey.

However, he was suppressing his anger. Although Johnny did not dare to vent it openly, he could still use this embarrassing cheap shot, a cheap trick.

However, what he did not expect was that Lance was completely different from what he had imagined.

Seeing that Lance was not afraid to face the camera, Johnny suppressed his emotions and did his job diligently and competently.

“I’m sure everyone is familiar with Lance. You should have heard of the videos online.”

“But can an eight-year-old child really predict the shares of the Nasdaq? Everyone must have such questions in their hearts. In order to solve this riddle, we’ve specially invited Harvard’s PhD in Financial Economics, Ally, as a guest to solve the Enigma for us! Let’s welcome Madam Ally!”

With that, the camera turned to Ally, who was wearing a suit and tie.

In the face of the camera, Ally also seemed very calm.

“Hello, everyone.”

After introducing everyone present, Johnny looked at Lance to officially begin today’s interview.

“When did Lance discover that he was interested in finance?”

“He must have discovered it when he was two or three years old.”

At first, it was all very simple questions, just to get a general understanding of Lance.

“Then how did you realize that you had an interest in finance?”

“Well.” Lance thought for a moment and came up with a plausible reason. “I guess when I was in kindergarten, I discovered I was very sensitive to numbers. I slowly realized I might be particularly good in this area. Then I started consciously training on my own.”

“So geniuses start training from a young age.”

Jonny quipped, watching Lance and threw out his next question.

“Then can Lance tell us where you learned about the financial side of things?”

“Of course!”

Lance nodded.

“Some of it is from the news, but a larger part is what I learned from the Ghost of Wall Street.”

“You even read the Wall Street Ghost?”

Ally looked at Lance with some surprise.

Although almost all people in finance would pay attention to the Wall Street Ghost, even adults would have a headache reading the words, let alone a primary school student.

But at this moment, Lance nodded seriously.

“That’s right. I read every Wall Street Ghost issue.”

He actually read every issue?

Ally’s stare at Lance changed instantly.

Although Johnny did not know much about these things, the more controversies the show has, the more interesting it was.

Seeing that the two of them were communicating, Johnny did not ask any questions. He directly asked a question that everyone wanted to know.

“In that case, can Lance tell us again why you could predict the Nasdaq back then?”

“Of course!”

Hearing this, Lance’s eyes lit up.

Knowing that this was his opportunity, Lance answered very seriously.

“Other than the policy reasons I mentioned last time, the most important thing is the international format. I wonder if everyone knows that Country A has recently begun to have internal strife again and is fighting with the surrounding countries?”

“Since there’s war, the country will definitely buy necessities from other countries to survive the crisis. Coincidentally, Nasdaq happens to be one of the largest daily necessities companies in our country. Under the premise of using the country as a unit, how can it not rise?”

Unexpectedly, Lance gave a new answer. For a moment, everyone looked at him in surprise.

Ally, who had long changed her opinion of him, immediately looked at him in a different light.

She did not expect this little fellow to be so capable!

After the shock, Johnny asked about his studies.

“We’ve also learned from the school teachers in advance that Lance seems to be first in the cohort every time he takes an exam?”

“Yes.” Lance blinked, unperturbed by how shocking his next words were. “And I’ve taught myself the high school part.”

“Hiss—”

Other than Mr. and Mrs. Fred, everyone present was shocked.

What kind of genius is this! Not only can he predict the shares, but he can also guarantee that he will return to first place in his studies. Now, he actually told them that he has reached high school level in his self-studies?

How would ordinary people survive?!

“Cough cough…”

As expected of a gold-medal host, Johnny quickly came back to his senses. He coughed lightly and stared at Lance with surprise.

“Since you’ve already self-taught to the level of high school, what are your plans for the rest of your life? Do you want to stay in school or are you prepared to do something else?”

“I definitely have to go to school. After all, I’m still a student.”

Lance had no intention of dropping out of school.

“But I don’t intend to continue elementary school. Instead, I want to study at university. I want to learn more about finance so that I can prepare for my future.”

Although Lance’s words still shocked the people, they were surprisingly within expectations.

After all, he had already self-taught until high school. It would be a waste of his talent to continue staying in elementary school.

Johnny was not the only one who felt that way. Even the audience in front of the screen felt the same.

A child like Lance would definitely have a bright future.

This interview ended successfully.

After some thought, Johnny decided to pop the question.

“At the end of the show, do you have anything you want to say to everyone? Or do you have any evaluation about the future stock market?”

“What do you have to say?”

Lance thought of the two stocks again and hesitated.

“If I have to say, there are. I did predict two stocks that would rise sharply in the next few days.”

Surprising, there was actually something to say!

Hearing Lance’s words, everyone instantly perked up.

Just as they were about to continue listening, they saw Johnny laughing as he made his closing remarks.

“The good times are always short. I look forward to seeing you again. I’m your old friend Johnny. I’ll be looking forward to seeing you at the same time next week.”

It’s too unethical to only say half of what you mean to say!