When the first well-informed person tries to flee, a crowd will frantically rush to escape. The global financial market immediately experiences an avalanche-like chaos, plunging into turmoil in an instant.
The United States stock market bears the brunt, with the Dow Jones Index and the S&P 500 Index plummeting like kites with broken strings.
In the trading hall of Wall Street, the previously bustling crowd falls silent, with only the continuously flashing red numbers on the electronic screens reminding people that a disaster is unfolding.
It's not just the United States; Europe, Asia, and even emerging markets are all dragged down without exception.
Panic spreads like a plague, with investors rushing to sell their stocks in an attempt to preserve the last bit of their assets before the crash.
Zhou Qingfeng's eyes fall on his mobile phone screen, where news push notifications pop up one after another, all about the stock market crash.