Thus, when the establishment of securities companies was permitted, a number of business people rushed in. This trend of buying and selling stocks through one's own brokers threw gasoline on the fire of a stock market already inclined to speculation.
因此，在證券商開放設立後，不少企業界人士趨之若鶩，這種在自己號子買賣股票的風氣，使原已極投機的股市更如虎添翼。