The opening ceremony of the securities firm was held in a hotel, of course, where ordinary people were not allowed to go.
There are already a lot of people lined up at the gate of the exchange's issuance market. It can be seen that although a considerable number of people in the market are not optimistic about the future of securities, they still cannot stop the pace of speculation.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange is the first real exchange in mainland China. Previously, many investors who wanted to buy stocks could only do so in the local or special black market. For a long time, the country has been in a wait-and-see attitude towards stock trading, neither encouraging nor banning it, which is particularly ambiguous. However, the capital market will not really become non-existent because of such deliberate neglect. Therefore, before this, the term "shareholder" has accumulated considerable power, although it is not well known.
How crazy this scene looks in the context of the 1990s, Gao Sheng, who probably knew what Lin Jingzhe was going to do, had their eyes straight. In Liyun's young man's world view, there is still the rule of earning 200 yuan a month and saving money down-to-earth. People from these big cities, those who come to send money, still have to queue up!
But Lin Jingzhe knew that the scene in front of him was far from the real word "hot". Compared with the grand occasion in later generations when almost all the people invested in stocks and the gate of the issuance market could not be closed due to the issuance of a new share, the excitement of today is nothing!
The acquaintance Tian Dahua said was an internal staff member, and he was in a hurry to the square. The opening ceremony was imminent, so he could only come out to meet and go back to prepare. Before leaving, he quickly stuffed a piece of paper into Tian Dahua's arms.
Tian Dahua smiled and smoothed the slightly wrinkled piece of paper, and handed it to Lin Jingzhe: "This is a power of attorney. I'll let him bring one out first, and everyone else has to line up to buy it."
Lin Jingzhe nodded, the power of attorney probably asked for money, but Tian Dahua didn't want it either. Sometimes, in order to maintain the relationship with the client, he would give some small profits appropriately.
"Then let's go." The people around were so crowded that it was hard to walk, and the scorching heat and the sultry air were all around him. Tian Dahua was sweating profusely from the heat, and he was afraid that Lin Jingzhe would be bumped by the crowd, so he hurriedly said, "Come on. The hammer is about to fall on the trading floor, but we can't see it. It's all retail investors, let's wait next door."
Lin Jingzhe had no opinion. He came here on purpose, just to witness the development of a piece of history in the present. It would give a wonderful feeling, as if the barriers of time had been shattered by an invisible force, allowing him to glimpse the passing light and shadow.
What was he doing at this time in his last life
Lin Jingzhe tried to recall, but he found that he could not remember.
It seems that he is in a sluggish state for the college entrance examination, or is he connecting with the sudden appearance of Jiang Chacha? Or saddened by the departure of the legacy left by those grandfathers
He looked at the crowd of people in front of him. In the eyes of these people, and above their heads, there were glittering dreams and passions.
Lin Jingzhe didn't raise the corners of his mouth, but he felt like he was smiling.
It turns out that those hurdles that you think you can't cross in your whole life can really be forgotten.
******
In a few years, with the stock market going higher and higher, securities companies in the market will appear like a blowout, but at the moment there are only a few in the city.
Tian Dahua owns a car that has been scrubbed and polished. The Darong Securities he brought Lin Jingzhe to should be the largest in the Shanghai market at this time.
Tian Dahua led him into a building next door to the company. The place was also overcrowded, but the components were obviously different from those of the small-scale retail investors in the distribution market. The trading investors were in suits and leather shoes, with a calm expression and steady pace.
Tian Dahua took the lead half a step to lead the way, and led Lin Jingzhe to the sixth floor. The signs hanging on the doors all the way through only had numbers like "618" and "628".
After turning a corner, there is only one door for a long distance under the corridor.
Tian Dahua looked up at the bright red number "6868" on the door, nodded, stepped aside and said, "It's here."
This is a fairly spacious trading room. There are TV sets at each end of the room. There are already many people sitting inside. Lin Jingzhe glanced at it and saw several people who looked like bosses nesting in leather sofas. On the phone with a huge big brother.
Following behind Tian Dahua, Lin Jingzhe calmly took the inquiring gazes around him without raising his eyelids.
His position is on the inner side, very close to the TV, which is obviously a good position, so Tian Dahua's smile brought out some meaning of taking credit: "Mr. Lin, are you still satisfied with this position? If you are not satisfied, I will find someone to give it to you. Change."
In fact, there is no need to look at the market in recent months. Lin Jingzhe shook his head: "No, it's very good here."
After talking, he turned around, sat down on the small sofa alone, and motioned Gao Sheng with his eyes to sit on the large sofa and rest.
But none of them listened. They were full of vigilance against the strange world they had come into contact with today, so they all stood behind Lin Jingzhe and acted to protect him.
Tian Dahua was only regarded as the professional quality of these bodyguards, and his heart was speechless.
In front, in another small space separated from Lin Jingzhe's position by two dense potted plants, Hu Shaofeng, who was lying on the sofa with his legs crossed and drinking Coke, sat up with a swish.
With his toes, he touched Xiao Chi, who was reclining on another sofa with his eyes free and focused on stroking a string of Buddha beads. Seeing that the other party ignored him, he simply stepped forward and pushed him.
Xiao Chi frowned and looked back at him: "Are you sick?"
"Look, look." Hu Shaofeng didn't care that he was being scolded, he raised his chin while raising his eyebrows and motioned him to look in that direction, "Look at that room, the one in white clothes, lying on grass, serving Now, you can be more forceful than you!"
Hearing this, Xiao Chi couldn't help but look back.
Hu Shaofeng laughed loudly behind his head, very magical: "Is it compared?"
He thought that his old friend, a girl who didn't smoke or play, and who always had a string of big wooden beads on his head when he thought about things, was already abstinent enough to look like a monk, but today he saw one... Hey! You don't have to do anything, just sit there quietly, and it's a wonderful wonder.
This bizarre flower is quite beautiful. Although Hu Shaofeng is male and female, he can't help but take a few more glances at this beauty.
Lin Jingzhe took the tea from the receptionist, felt a particularly obvious look, and subconsciously frowned and looked at him.
The gaze disappeared in a flash, but he met another gaze. After the two pots of lush green leaves in front of him, the owner of the gaze was caught and did not panic, and nodded slightly towards him.
The other party seemed to be quite young, probably only in his twenties, with sharp and delicate eyebrows and curly hair that was not long but with a large arc, combed back, and a few strands fell loosely on his forehead.
He is wearing gray casual clothes, which will not look outdated after more than 20 years. His style of painting is completely different from that of his friend who is wearing a Hawaiian-style holiday print shirt. He looks like a lit agarwood, stable and simple. , doesn't look like a businessman, and doesn't fit in with the money and madness of the dealing room.
Lin Jingzhe also nodded with him and looked away.
Xiao Chi turned his head, Hu Shaofeng had already got up and squeezed onto his sofa, and asked him with a wink, "I'm just asking if you're convinced?"
Xiao Chi plucked the bead on his right hand and showed a brief smile: "Serve."
The collision between the two forced kings did not cause any commotion. This trading room, or the entire financial circle of Shanghai, was eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the same time.
The moment the hands are set up—
The TVs at both ends of the trading room lit up suddenly.
Lin Jingzhe looked at the rebroadcasted stock market. The number of stocks listed on the market this year was pitiful compared to later generations. There was noise and commotion in the quiet trading room. Some people were watching, and some people were starting. Traders were full of people going back and forth. Tian Dahua squatted on the ground and began to fill in the power of attorney for Lin Jingzhe.
Lin Jingzhe chose a stock called Times Technology. This stock is the most familiar and is often seen in later generations. It is also the only non-Shenzhen local company. Tian Dahua filled in and asked: "Mr. Lin, you How much do you want to buy?"
"Five hundred thousand."
"500,000?!"
The two voices answered him together. Tian Dahua's pen was crooked and he almost made a typo. He raised his head and looked at Lin Jingzhe in disbelief, "Half a million?! That many?!"
Lin Jingzhe also heard another voice. He raised his head and looked at the curly-haired young man next door who had also turned his head because he heard Tian Dahua's voice.
The eyes of both sides parted as soon as they touched, Lin Jingzhe took a sip of tea, and his voice was so steady that no emotion could be heard: "Well."
The sweat on Tian Dahua's forehead suddenly came out, he swallowed, looking at Lin Jingzhe as if he was looking at a lunatic.
But he quickly cleared up his emotions and picked up the pen again. He looked at the blank amount column, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help saying: "Mr. Lin, you have to think about it."
Lin Jingzhe closed his eyes and nodded: "Fill in."
At the other table, Hu Shaofeng, who was ecstatic for a while, lowered his voice and approached Xiao Chi: "Is it safe to buy so much at once?"
Xiao Chi withdrew his gaze towards the seat next door, his sharp gaze fixed on the steaming cup of tea on the coffee table, wondering what he was thinking.
But his inner temperament is completely different from his appearance. Facing Hu Shaofeng's worried inquiries, he just dialed the Buddha beads and replied lightly: "This is just a test of the water, what are you afraid of, if it's a big deal, just listen to it."
Half an hour later that day, when the previous market closed, there were 50 transactions, with a quota of more than 6 million. Tian Dahua was amazed in his heart that there are so many crazy people in this world, while he weighed Lin Jingzhe's background more and more carefully in his heart. After throwing a full 500,000 yuan out, Lin Jingzhe looked like a normal person. Tian Dahua's legs were as heavy as a thousand pieces, but when he stepped out of the trading room, he felt as if he had just finished an outing.
It's really maddening to compare people.
Tian Dahua thought like this, but the smile on his face was very enthusiastic: "Mr. Lin, I will take you back to rest first, and I will pick you up here before the next game starts."
Lin Jingzhe said, "No need, I have something to do to leave Shenshi and come back after a while."
Tian Dahua simply thought he heard it wrong: "Then...the big market...you didn't read it?"
Lin Jingzhe nodded as a matter of course.
Tian Dahua was stunned. Those investors in the trading room and sales department, who didn't wait on time every day as soon as the market opened? There are still people in this world who trade stocks like Lin Jingzhe? What did the other party think of the half a million dollars
Lin Jingzhe did not pretend to be easy at all.
He is sure that the market will definitely show an extraordinary rise and fall in the past few months at least, so why waste time squatting in front of the broader market? He had been in the city for a while, and he brought Gao Sheng and them with him. Li Yun, he didn't know what to do in a hurry. If they didn't go back, Hu Yu and the others would have to think wildly.
Tian Dahua was convinced, completely convinced, he no longer tried to speculate on the origin of Lin Jingzhe, he was afraid of scaring himself to death.
Therefore, seeing that Lin Jingzhe insisted on leaving, he did not dare to do more to stop him. He closed the car door for Lin Jingzhe and sat in the cab. He fastened his seat belt and said with a smile, "Then Mr. Lin, let me treat you to a meal, too. It is practiced for you.”
Although the transaction had come to an end, Tian Dahua still wanted to keep a close distance with Lin Jingzhe. After all, such guests were not often encountered. If they could maintain a good relationship, they would surely be a lot of resources in the future.
During this period of time, apart from sleeping, Lin Jingzhe was thinking for an hour or even a minute every day. He leaned tiredly against the pillow in the back seat and closed his eyes. Deng Mai gently squeezed his shoulders for him. He nodded and said lazily, "Okay, then I'll be disrespectful."
Tian Dahua is indeed very energetic in the three religions and nine streams of the Shanghai market. It is not just buying these stocks and everything will be fine. Lin Jingzhe does not want to stop trading with the other party for the time being.
Tian Dahua was overjoyed. From the rearview mirror, he seemed to be sleepy. He even stepped on the brakes smoothly and softly along the way. He even assured him: "Mr. Lin, don't worry, I, Tian Dahua, have no other abilities, but where is Shenshi? The best place to eat is the most fun, ask me, it’s definitely right.”
******
Lin Jingzhe went back to the hotel and fell asleep. When he woke up, he looked at the end of the bed with sleepy eyes. Gao Sheng was sitting there wiping his feet with a hot towel. He took off the bathrobe that was loose enough to reveal his belly button, and put his other foot on Gao Sheng's thigh.
Gao Sheng held down his ankle, put a warm towel on his palm and pressed it against the sole of his foot, while pressing lightly with his thumb, he asked softly, "Awake?"
Lin Jingzhe closed his eyes and made a sound.
Deng Mai twisted a hot new towel over, replaced the warm one in Gao Sheng's hand, looked at the green shadow under Lin Jingzhe's eyes, and said, "Brother Lin, you haven't rested for a long time, you know you are sleeping. How many hours has it been?"
Lin Jingzhe asked lazily, "What time is it now?"
Deng Mai said: "It's almost nine o'clock."
Lin Jingzhe was stunned for a while, his eyes could be opened: "Is Tian Dahua calling?"
"Come on, I called at four o'clock and said I wanted to invite you to dinner. I told him that you were still sleeping, and he told me not to disturb you until I woke up."
Lin Jingzhe rubbed his face and felt that he was still sleepy. Since he arrived in Shenshi, he hardly slept much. With something in mind, his sleep was extraordinarily shallow.
He gently stepped on Gao Sheng's stomach, and Gao Sheng patted him on the instep: "Why!"
"Stop pressing it." Lin Jingzhe asked, "You haven't eaten yet? Are you hungry?"
"I was a little hungry in the afternoon, but now I don't seem to be hungry anymore."
That is too hungry. Lin Jingzhe shook off his drowsiness, and a carp sat up straight from the bed: "Take you to dinner."
When he stood up, he found that Zhou Haitang, who had not shown up for a long time, was actually at the entrance, ironing his clothes on the ironing table.
When he got up, the three stinky boys followed closely behind him. When he brushed his teeth, he saw three pairs of pitiful eyes in the mirror. Lin Jingzhe almost swallowed the foam. He rinsed his mouth and asked a little unbearably, "What do you want to do, you guys."
"Jing Zhe." The three hesitated for a moment, but Gao Sheng spoke first. He asked nervously, "You were in that room just now, were you buying stocks?"
Oh, it seems that a lot of knowledge has been added these days, Lin Jingzhe nodded with satisfaction: "Yes."
"You bought half a million?"
"Yes."
The three of them had been guessing all afternoon, and now they have finally confirmed it, all of them were stunned. This number was beyond their comprehension. Gao Sheng's face turned pale: "Where did you get so much money?"
"I borrowed it." Lin Jingzhe spread his hands, "Do you remember the company from before? It was a fake company. I borrowed 200,000 yuan from Tian Dahua to open it up and used it to borrow money from the bank."
Although Gao Sheng didn't understand it, he also knew that this was a very serious matter, so he had a wtf look on his face. He covered his head as if trying to understand the terrifying amount of information in Lin Jingzhe's words through this action, but after pacing in place for three laps, he finally gave up and let go of his hand. When he raised his head, his eyes were already red. .
He asked Lin Jingzhe, "So how much money do you owe now?"
Lin Jingzhe calculated: "The bank's 500,000 plus Tian Dahua's 200,000, a total of 700,000."
"Are you crazy?!!!" Gao Sheng couldn't help raising his voice towards Lin Jingzhe under the dazed and dazed eyes of the other two friends, "Seven hundred thousand! So much money, what do you get back!? "
700,000, he has no concept of this number, this is probably an astronomical sum that he will not be able to earn in his entire life.
Faced with such a question, Lin Jingzhe just cast his eyes blankly. He looked at Gao Sheng for a while with this complicated look, and then turned his attention to Zhou Haitang and Deng Mai's faces.
The three of them were worried in a daze, and the expressions of despair in the worry told him that everything he had been intentionally instilling in them since he arrived in the city finally came to fruition.
Lin Jingzhe gave them an unbelievably relaxed smile under their gazes.
"I'll find some books for you tomorrow, and bring them back to Li Yun to read slowly." He threw the wet towel that had wiped his face back into the dirty clothes basket, untied the tie of the bathrobe, and hung the quilt toward him. Zhou Haitang walked to the wardrobe where the clothes were ironed without a trace of wrinkle, and said slowly, "Since I dare to borrow it, I will definitely be able to pay it back."
******
Because of a big dream, he missed dinner time, but Tian Dahua was not at all dissatisfied. He was still very excited when he received the call from Lin Jingzhe.
There are four o'clock play at four o'clock, and nine o'clock fun at nine o'clock. He has researched the nightlife in Shenshi quite a bit, and arranged the place almost effortlessly.
The high club is probably the most historical and prosperous bar in Shenshi. It is hard to find one every night. Tian Dahua ordered a table of wine, and while helping Lin Jingzhe down, he introduced him: "... The boss here is Americans, so there are many foreigners and beauties. Today, there is a rock band to perform, and the location is very good. I also asked a few friends to book it... "
The dim light seemed to shorten the distance between people. Tian Dahua dared to ask Lin Jingzhe's personal question for the first time: "Does Mr. Lin have a girlfriend?"
Lin Jingzhe ordered some food for Gao Sheng and the others. Hearing this, he showed a strange expression.
"Not yet?" Tian Dahua laughed, as if surprised that someone like Lin Jingzhe would not have a girlfriend, and after laughing, he added to his ears mysteriously, "It's okay, I'll ask my friend to bring some beautiful girls over in a while, It's your choice."
Lin Jingzhe held up the wine glass in front of his approaching face, and said with a smile, "No need, I appreciate Mr. Tian's kindness."
Tian Dahua just thought he was shy, and his smile became more and more wretched, and after a while, he really had a few girls brought over. As soon as these people arrived, it was obvious that Lin Jingzhe was in the lead, and seeing that he looked handsome, so bees and butterflies rushed to persuade him to drink. Lin Jingzhe couldn't resist this, he was embarrassed, and he regretted coming to this scene. He excused himself to go to the toilet to hide from the table, and because Gao Sheng and the others were still eating, he signaled them not to follow.
It turned out to be a rock band that night. The heavy metal music exploded. The dance floor was crowded with people. The other guests were also very excited because of the strong rhythm. On the way to leave, Lin Jingzhe glanced at him, and saw that there were guests at a table next to him playing quite amazingly. A man actually called five girls to accompany him to drink. He was probably too drunk, and he couldn't see clearly when he was nestled in the sofa. It looks like Sao Bao's floral shirt has almost been unbuttoned, and it is wrinkled and pushed to his waist. A bunch of people are huddled together in a mess, which is quite easy to let go.
Lin Jingzhe slammed his tongue in his heart, and Lin Jingzhe withdrew his gaze. If he watched this kind of picture too much, he would probably have a pinhole.
As a result, things backfired. Along the way, in the corner of the corridor, you can see men and women hugging each other and eating each other. He frowned and quickened his pace, following the instructions, and finally found the bathroom.
It's clean.
The moment the music was blocked by the closed door, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Immediately raised his head, he saw an unexpected person.
Xiao Chi put his hands on the sink and looked at himself in the mirror with a blank expression. The string of Buddha beads was taken off because of washing his hands and put it aside.
What the hell did the group of women brought by that idiot Hu Shaofeng put in the wine! He had a fucking drink!
When he saw someone coming, he glanced at him with an unpleasant expression, but found that the other party's face was unexpectedly familiar.
Seeing that the other party stopped, Xiao Chi moved away from the sink and leaned against the wall next to him.
When Lin Jingzhe went to wash his hands, he couldn't help but glanced at the other's crotch, lying on the grass, this man is crazy, wash his hands so hard? ! How thirsty this is...
He recalled the first time he saw the other party in the trading room. At that time, he saw that the man had been plucking Buddhist beads and thought that the other party was a devout Buddhist, but he did not expect such a style of painting in private.
Xiao Chi was already very irritable. Although Lin Jingzhe just glanced at him calmly, without even having an expression on his face, he somehow felt that his embarrassment had risen to the highest point in his life.
He rarely gets angry, but now he can't help but speak, his tone is quite unkind: "What are you looking at?"
Lin Jingzhe glanced at him in the mirror and wondered if he had stepped on dog shit on the way back from the securities company, and encountered all kinds of strange things overnight.
He reluctantly found that there was no clean place in this bar at all. In the mirror, he found that the other party's sharp and gloomy eyes hadn't left. He couldn't help but scolded a madman, and drank a little wine and didn't rest for a few days. The good mood has been tense, and the anger has also come up.
He turned off the water, frowned and met the other's gaze: "What do I see with you?"
Xiao Chi's body was hot and sweating all the time, and a few strands of curly hair on his temples were wet with sweat and stuck to the side of his face. He didn't expect that Lin Jingzhe would actually reply, his brain seemed to be steamed with heat, and his ability to control his emotions was unprecedentedly weak.
The two stared at each other for a while, both of them expressionless.
Xiao Chi is still sensible. He didn't want to have a conflict with people in Shenshi, so he tried his best to endure: "You have washed your hands, can you leave?"
Ah!
Lin Jingzhe couldn't help but laugh in his heart, he let out a sneer, shook his hands vigorously, found a toilet, stood still, opened the zipper, and urinated.
Xiao Chi waited for a while, but he didn't hear the sound of water, and he laughed angrily, leaning against the wall and staring at the back.
Lin Jingzhe urinated for a while, but he really couldn't urinate, so he could only close the zipper and go back to the sink to wash his hands.
Xiao Chi, who had been leaning against the wall without moving, watched his actions, and said at this time, "Dude, you have to fucking make it hard for me, don't you?"
"Who's your buddy?" Lin Jingzhe asked, "Your family owns this place?"
Xiao Chi turned his head wordlessly, nodded slightly, absolutely! He thinks that he has done a really good job of memorizing words today! He actually met the two biggest idiots in this life, one Hu Shaofeng, and the other with the big eyes in front of him.
He clenched his fists, and according to his usual temper, he should be beaten, but he didn't beat him for a long while when he met those big eyes.
He raised his hands, and in the end he just pinched his brows. He sighed helplessly: "Okay, kid, I'll serve you, ah? I can't afford it, I'll hide, okay?"
Xiao Chi really did what he said. Although the bottom was swollen and painful, he still walked out over Lin Jingzhe, and the shoulders of both sides slammed into each other.
He felt helpless, and Lin Jingzhe was also inexplicable! He came to the toilet to hide in peace, who knew that he would meet such a person. He was almost unable to stand still after being hit by the shoulder, and he was drunk, and his whole person was not well. Seeing that the other party was about to open the door and leave, he was really embarrassed, and he couldn't help complaining: "Who the hell is looking at you? It's such a big ass, you can't read scriptures, right? Insane."
Xiao Chi's hand was already on the handle, and when he heard this, he turned his head to look at him gloomily.
Lin Jingzhe sneered.
Big shit? Xiao Chi let go of his hand, as if a fire was burning in his head, he stepped back towards Lin Jingzhe.
Lin Jingzhe clenched his fists, he was never afraid to fight with people, let alone that he didn't provoked it himself.
Xiao Chi walked fast, his curly hair swayed slightly as he walked, more and more sticking to his sweaty forehead and face.
Lin Jingzhe caught his eyes in an instant, and found that the other party's eyeballs were all red, and his drowsy brain was slightly stunned after drinking. In this brief moment, the opponent was already approaching quickly, Lin Jingzhe subconsciously raised his arm and was about to attack head-on—
The lower back was grabbed by a strong force and dragged forward, and before he could understand, a faint scent was already covering his head and covering his face.
His lips were hot, and then his face was firmly clamped by a few fingers, and the moment he touched another warm and slippery tongue, only one word flashed in his mind—
Hold!
There was still the smell of alcohol in the mouths of both parties. Lin Jingzhe was so shocked that he could still identify it now. The other party seemed to be drinking red wine and could taste the smell of grapes.
The incredible high temperature seemed to finally find a gap, Xiao Chi lowered his head slightly, and he fell into an almost blank trance. Lin Jingzhe's lips were very thin and moist, and his face was too small. He just grabbed it lightly with one hand and seemed to be able to fully grasp it. He loosened the fingers that were holding the other's chin, moved his palms back, covering the back of the other's round head, the short stubble stuck on the skin of the palms, Xiao Chi tightened his arms, and the other hugged Lin Jingzhe's waist The strength of his arm almost lifted Lin Jingzhe off the ground.
Lin Jingzhe stood on tiptoe, barely able to stand on his own strength. He felt that his whole body was enveloped in an indescribable high temperature. .
The other party suddenly took a step forward, and Lin Jingzhe was pushed to the cold wall. He raised his hands to his chest, trying to push the neuropathy away.
But the hands were immediately pulled away by the opponent, and he was pinched on the waist, which was itchy and painful. Lin Jingzhe subconsciously grabbed it, but the opponent approached in an instant, and he was completely lifted off the ground by the strength of the approach.
The lights in the bathroom were gentle and dim, and the tense confrontation scene instantly turned into the sound of tsk tsk water from time to time.
Surrounded by the high temperature and the scent of agarwood, strength was sucked from his lips, Lin Jingzhe finally gave up, he opened his eyes a gap, and his eyes flashed on the pair of eyelashes that were close enough to see the trembling slightly.
He closed his eyes abruptly, raised his hands, and pressed them on the other's shoulders.