Once the peak of the fever had passed, there followed a cruel slump ending at a fraction of its high 12,000 points; the windows of new buildings were festooned with advertisements seeking cheap sales.
狂熱顯峰過後，繼之而來的是一片慘跌﹘﹘股票從一萬兩千點跌得只剩零頭；路旁新落成的大廈窗上，也貼滿了拋售求現的紅紙條。