A few days later,
Early one morning,
Jiang Hao got up, put on shorts and a tank top, and ran two laps along the coastal highway to work out. After returning to his room, he turned on the TV and took a shower. At that moment, a Canadian television station was broadcasting the news.
"Boeing Company was infiltrated by unidentified individuals. Security authorities stated that foreign spies may have been responsible and have listed the suspect as the top fugitive wanted by United States security agencies, replacing Snowden."
"Experts have analyzed that if Boeing Company's data is leaked, it could cause trillions in losses for the United States and create major problems for its national defense system."
"A certain President Trump stated that he would crack down hard on all espionage activities to prevent national interests from being harmed."
"Yesterday, Boeing's stock price continued to fall by 8.3%. Boeing Company's market value evaporated by tens of billions once again. Economic experts analyzed that, affected by this incident, Boeing's stock price would continue to suffer major repercussions, and investors needed to remain cautious."
During this period, Jiang Hao had done nothing and quietly recuperated in Vancouver. Yet because of the missing data, Boeing Company's stock had fallen by more than thirty percent on its own. Its market value had originally exceeded 200 billion, ranking sixty-first among the world's top five hundred companies, but due to the intrusion incident, it had dropped directly out of the top hundred.
Wiping his bald head with a towel, Jiang Hao muttered, "I haven't even made my move yet, and it's already dropped this much. If I do make my move and confirm that Boeing's data was leaked, will trading be suspended outright?"
If trading was suspended, the 2 billion US Dollars he had invested would