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Morning came soon and it brought along different reactions to households in Beijing.

The commoners or a modern term – ordinary people went about their normal routine of – Wake. Work. Eat. Repeat. They flip through their social media pages looking for some giggles or some hot gossip. The financial news was hardly read.

Those who read the local financial/business news spent a few minutes reading a particular article. Few brushed it off with a click of their tongue making offhand remarks and others made calls to clarify what they read.

In the upper echelons, the news article was accompanied with more indepth information. It caused a great unease.

“Are sure about this news?” One patriarch asked his butler.

“Yes, Old Master.” The man had an equally pensive expression on his face. They both read over the email that was sent a few minutes ago.

The Old Master’s wife and two sons were mildly curious about what the two were talking about and didn’t press further.