I Sent You to School, So How Did You Crash the Stock Market?

Other kids at eight: "Mom, I want an Ultraman!" Zhao Lin at eight: "Mom, I can triple this 200,000 yuan for you, but let's agree on one thing first: I won't profit from a national disaster."

The whole internet erupted.

A kid who had clawed his way out of a remote mountain village had secretly taken his family's emergency savings to trade gold, making 300,000 yuan in half a month. Reporters chased after him and asked, "Where's the next big opportunity?"

He stared into the camera and said two words: sand.

"Province J is about to be hit by major floods. Sand prices will rise thirtyfold."

The host's eyes lit up. "How much will you invest?"

"Not a cent." Zhao Lin's little face was as stern as an old cadre's. "If the floods come, am I supposed to stockpile sand and make money? How would that make me any different from a leech sucking blood from disaster victims?"

Three million people were watching the livestream. The comments went from "Holy crap, a child prodigy!" to "I'm getting on my knees for this eight-year-old."

But that was only the beginning.

Just when everyone thought he was a "genius who guilt-trips people with morality," Zhao Lin pulled out his phone and opened a file. "But I can teach the country how to save three billion."

Flood-control plans, supplies distribution, optimized logistics routes... They were all data models that even adults couldn't understand.

The Ministry of Water Resources' phones were ringing off the hook, while Tsinghua's admissions office bought overnight train tickets to rush to his home.

Meanwhile, his parents were still fretting: "Son, are you a star of literature descended from the heavens, or a System glitch turned into a demon?"

Zhao Lin sighed, looking at the line of text in his mind that no one else could see:

[System Notice: The Host has triggered the "Patriotism" achievement. New feature unlocked: National Destiny Prediction]

Fine, time to come clean.

He wasn't just going to become a stock god. He was going to become the nation's strategist, too.

"Eight years old, with two lifetimes of work experience. I'll help you win this one."